The Role of Horizontal Transfer in Shaping the Plant Mitochondrial Genome

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-69

  Mower, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Jain, Kanika ^a,c   Hepburn, Nancy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimeric genes; Endosymbiotic gene transfer; Epiphytic interactions; Grafting; Horizontal transfer; Interspecific transfer; Intracellular transfer; Intron diversity; Plant mitochondria; Plant parasitism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864612086     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394279-1.00003-X     Document Type: Chapter

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