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Plant-Insect Gene Transfer
April 8 , 2021
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- The Chinese scientists have recently identified the transfer of genes from plants to insects.
- Usually transfer of genes happen among the same family.
- Here the insect called whiteflies has incorporated a portion of DNA from plants into their genome.
- The incorporated gene found was BtPMaT1.
- The whiteflies use this gene to neutralise the toxic compounds produced by the plants against them.
Note
- The transfer of gene from one family to another is referred to as horizontal gene transfer.
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