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Transposable Elements and Genetic Variation

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Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 32))

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Fifty years ago the first transposable elements were discovered in Zea mays through the pioneering work of Barbara McClintock. Meanwhile transposons were found in all kinds of living organisms and several of these elements have been investigated at the molecular level.

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Frahm, C., Mahmoodzadeh, S., Meixner, M. (1998). Transposable Elements and Genetic Variation. In: Jain, S.M., Brar, D.S., Ahloowalia, B.S. (eds) Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9125-6_28

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