Small chemical 'epigenetic' modifications help plants control their genes. Baby plants erase these modifications to start with a fresh genome every generation. Scientists discovered a gene responsible for reinstalling the beneficial modifications important for survival. Reinstalling these modifications on mobile genetic elements called transposons may explain the diversity of flowering plants.
from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210520133707.htm
from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210520133707.htm
How plants leave behind their parents' genomic baggage
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