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The Activation of Maize Controlling Elements

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A major contribution to the dynamic flux of the plant genome is the presence of discrete mobile genetic elements that can cause high rates of genetic instability including spontaneous unstable mutations and chromosome rearrangements. These mobile elements, first identified in maize, have since been discovered in a wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. They may well be ubiquitous but simply not yet identified in other organisms.

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Dellaporta, S.L., Chomet, P.S. (1985). The Activation of Maize Controlling Elements. In: Hohn, B., Dennis, E.S. (eds) Genetic Flux in Plants. Plant Gene Research. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8765-4_10

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