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Horizontal gene transfer in rice.
Horizontal transfer is the movement of genetic material between reproductively isolated species. Although horizontal transfer of plant mitochondrial genes is well documented, movement of plant nuclear genes has never been observed. The first such case, involving the movement of a transposable element between millet and rice, is presented in Diao et al.
Image Credit: Photograph by Haohua He
Citation: (2006) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 4(1) January 2006. PLoS Biol 4(1): ev04.i01. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v04.i01
Published: January 31, 2006
Copyright: © 2006 Haohua He. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Horizontal transfer is the movement of genetic material between reproductively isolated species. Although horizontal transfer of plant mitochondrial genes is well documented, movement of plant nuclear genes has never been observed. The first such case, involving the movement of a transposable element between millet and rice, is presented in Diao et al.
Image Credit: Photograph by Haohua He