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Priming with a double-stranded DNA virus alters Brassica rapa seed architecture and facilitates a defense response.
Gene - 25 Feb 2015
Kalischuk Melanie L, Johnson Dan, Kawchuk Lawrence M
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BACKGROUND: Abiotic and biotic stresses alter genome stability and physiology of plants. Under some stressful situations, a state of stress tolerance can be passed on to the offspring rendering them more suitable to stressful events than their parents. In plants, the exploration of transgenerational response has remained exclusive to model species, such as Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we expand transgenerational...
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