Genome Communication: Alleles Of Homologous Genes Can Silence One Another
Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 22:14
in Biology & Nature
The exact mechanisms of how genes talk to other genes and change their behavior are being investigated, and recent results suggest that these processes could be important in engineering plants responsive to a variety of environmental conditions. Scientists have studied paramutations in maize and other plants and have identified some of the genes and mechanisms that operate in this epigenetic process.
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