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Parasitic plants, such as dodders, acquire and permanently integrate functional foreign genes from their host plants through horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Instead of merely preserving these stolen genes, the parasites structurally remodel them over millions of years while retaining their original biological functions.
#PlantGenetics #EvolutionaryBiology #MolecularBiology #PlantPhysiology #sflorg
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