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Parasitic Plants Rafflesia cantleyi Steal Genes from Their Hosts!!!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

 New research published June 8 in BioMed Central‘s open access journal BMC Genomics reveals that the Malaysian parasitic plant Rafflesia cantleyi, with its 50cm diameter flowers, has ‘stolen’ genes from its host Tetrastigma rafflesiae. Analysis of these genes shows that … Continue reading →

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