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Nuclear DNA of plastid origin (NUPTs), neglected driver of genome variation and evolutionary innovation.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2026
Carretero-Paulet Lorenzo, Marczuk-Rojas Juan Pablo, Gálvez-Salido Aaron
Abstract excerpt
Plant nuclear genomes contain a variable, though typically minor, fraction of DNA sequences of plastid origin known as NUPTs. Unlike the massive transfer of DNA and genes from the proto-organelle genome to the nucleus that occurred during the endosymbiotic event that gave rise to plastids, the formation of NUPTs is an ongoing process that does not imply concomitant DNA loss. Although NUPTs are generally...
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