Horizonal gene transfer: Sweet potato naturally 'genetically modified'
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 09:50
in Biology & Nature
Sweet potatoes from all over the world naturally contain genes from the bacterium Agrobacterium, researchers report. Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption in the world. Because of the presence of this "foreign" DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a "natural GMO," the researchers say.