Plagarism in the poaceae, the role of lateral gene transfer in grass evolution Flashcards
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What is lateral gene transfer defined by
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The aquisition of genetic materal from another organism without sexual reproduction
2
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Why do we work on grasses
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Because they’re enconomically and ecologically important
3
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How many grass species are there
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11000
4
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How can LGT accerlate adaptive evolution
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Populations that gain LGT alloing bypass to the refractory evolution period
5
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Examples of reproductive contamination
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Transformation appraoches that requrie minimal human intervention
Repeated pollination makes transformed rice
