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The spaceflight environment can induce transpositional activation of multiple endogenous transposable elements in a genotype-dependent manner in rice.
Journal of plant physiology - 15 Dec 2009
Long Likun, Ou Xiufang, Liu Jingchun, Lin Xiuyun, Sheng Lianxi, Liu Bao
Abstract excerpt
Spaceflight represents a unique environmental condition whereby dysregulated gene expression and genomic instability can be provoked. However, detailed molecular characterization of the nature of genetic changes induced by spaceflight is yet to be documented in a higher eukaryote. Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous and have played a significant role in genome evolution. Mounting evidence indicates that...
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