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Mitochondria in parasitic plants.
Mitochondrion - 1 May 2020
Petersen Gitte, Anderson Benjamin, Braun Hans-Peter, Meyer Etienne H, Møller Ian Max
Abstract excerpt
Plant mitochondrial genomes are renowned for their structural complexity, extreme variation in size and mutation rates, and ability to incorporate foreign DNA. Parasitic flowering plants are no exception, and the close association between parasite and host may even enhance the likelihood of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between them. Recent studies on mistletoes (Viscum) have revealed that these parasites have...
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