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  1. 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
    sflorg.com/2026/08/bot08272601

  2. Branching out: Tomato genes point to new medicines

    The Takeaway CSHL’s Lippman and McCandlish labs have discovered how interactions between cryptic genetic mutations can increase or…
    #NewsBeep #News #Genetics #AU #Australia #DavidMcCandlish #Geneticsresearch #genomesequencing #PlantBiology #plantgenetics #QuantitativeBiology #Science #ZacharyLippman
    newsbeep.com/au/9661/

  3. Branching out: Tomato genes point to new medicines

    The Takeaway CSHL’s Lippman and McCandlish labs have discovered how interactions between cryptic genetic mutations can increase or…
    #NewsBeep #News #Genetics #CA #Canada #DavidMcCandlish #Geneticsresearch #genomesequencing #PlantBiology #plantgenetics #QuantitativeBiology #Science #ZacharyLippman
    newsbeep.com/ca/11385/