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Immediate Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in F1 Hybrids Parented by Species with Divergent Genomes in the Rice Genus (Oryza).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Wu Ying, Sun Yue, Shen Kun, Sun Shuai, Wang Jie, Jiang Tingting, Cao Shuai, Josiah Samuel Manthi, Pang Jinsong, Lin Xiuyun, Liu Bao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inter-specific hybridization occurs frequently in higher plants, and represents a driving force of evolution and speciation. Inter-specific hybridization often induces genetic and epigenetic instabilities in the resultant homoploid hybrids or allopolyploids, a phenomenon known as genome shock. Although genetic and epigenetic consequences of hybridizations between rice subspecies (e.g., japonica and...
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