The direct demonstration that chloroplast DNA can be incorporated into the nuclear genome of plants, even though it is unlikely that such DNA would be functional, will influence thinking in plant biotechnology.
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Maliga, P. Mobile plastid genes. Nature 422, 31–32 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/422031a
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