Plant Biology: Genome Reveals Secrets of the Alien Within.

The genome of the parasitic plant Sapria himalayana reveals extraordinary changes that reflect its endoparasitic lifestyle. The genome has lost many genes, including the entire chloroplast genome, but has gained genes through horizontal gene transfer and repeated transposable elements.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  2021-03-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.012PMID 33689720
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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