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Spaceflight-induced genetic and epigenetic changes in the rice (Oryza sativa L.) genome are independent of each other.
Genome - 1 Jul 2010
Ou Xiufang, Long Likun, Wu Ying, Yu Yingjie, Lin Xiuyun, Qi Xin, Liu Bao
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An array of studies have reported that the spaceflight environment is mutagenic and may induce phenotypic and genetic changes in diverse organisms. We reported recently that in at least some plant species (e.g., rice) the spaceflight environment can be particularly potent in generating heritable epigenetic changes in the form of altered cytosine methylation patterns and activation of transposable elements. To...
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