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High level of somatic mutations detected in a diploid banana wild relative Musa basjoo.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 Jan 2023
Ji Yilun, Chen Xiaonan, Lin Shengqiu, Traw Milton Brian, Tian Dacheng, Yang Sihai, Wang Long, Huang Ju
Abstract excerpt
Plants are thought to lack an early segregating germline and often retain both asexual and sexual reproduction, both of which may allow somatic mutations to enter the gametes or clonal progeny, and thereby impact plant evolution. It is yet unclear how often these somatic mutations occur during plant development and what proportion is transmitted to their sexual or cloned offspring. Asexual "seedless" propagation...
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