Sunday, February 19, 2012

Genes may travel from plant to plant to fuel evolution

Summary:

The evolution of plants and animals generally has been thought to occur through the passing of genes from parent to offspring and genetic modifications that happen along the way. But evolutionary biologists from Brown University and the University of Sheffield have documented another avenue, through the passing of genes from plant to plant between species with only a distant ancestral kinship.

Critic: Interesting

Impact: Proves that evolution is a fact

Reference: http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2012/02/16/genes_may_travel_from_plant_to_plant_to_fuel_evolution.html

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