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Synthetic chromosome platforms in plants.
Annual review of plant biology - 1 Jan 2012
Gaeta Robert T, Masonbrink Rick E, Krishnaswamy Lakshminarasimhan, Zhao Changzeng, Birchler James A
Abstract excerpt
Synthetic chromosomes provide the means to stack transgenes independently of the remainder of the genome. Combining them with haploid breeding could provide the means to transfer many transgenes more easily among varieties of the same species. The epigenetic nature of centromere formation complicates the production of synthetic chromosomes. However, telomere-mediated truncation coupled with the introduction of...
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