The FDA assertion that horizontal gene transfer does not occur between transgenic plants and microorganisms has stimulated a number of investigations, centering on two types of experiments ...

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Grafting two transgenic plants triggers lateral gene transfer at the graft site but does not elicit long-distance transport of DNA into the scion or root of the graft. Initially Ralph Bock's ...

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Previous studies have shown that similar horizontal gene transfer events contributed to new outbreaks of other pathogens, including potato blight, certain wheat fungal pathogens and Aspergillus ...

This is easier where there is a close relative to borrow genes from, or where the gene remains in the plant's DNA but has been deactivated. However, many genes contribute to resistance to ...