Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 455-469.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230262

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Research progress on horizontal gene transfer between plants: a new way of gene exchange and its agricultural utilization potential

YANG Yang1(), YUAN Lu1, LIU Bin1, WANG Tingjin1, ZHANG Aijun1, LIU Ke1, LI Xuqing2, DAO Liyun2, YUAN Xin3, CHEN Liping1,3,*()   

  1. 1. Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
    2. Bureau of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Rural Revitalization of Wulan of Qinghai Province, Wulan 817199, Qinghai, China
    3. Shandong (Linyi) Institute of Modern Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Linyi 276000, Shandong, China
  • Received:2023-03-01 Online:2024-02-25 Published:2024-03-05

Abstract:

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), refers to the transfer of genetic material across species by means other than fertilization, is different from sexual reproduction inheritance. It is an important source of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome composition and plays an important role in promoting biological evolution. In recent years, with the development of genome sequencing technology, it is further proved that there are a large number of HGT events among plants. This paper mainly reviewed the ways and classification of HGT between plants, as well as the application potential of HGT in agriculture, and put forward prospects for the problems in the current research, the future basic theoretical research and the direction of utilization.

Key words: parasitic plant, graft, horizontal gene transfer, mitochondrion, chloroplast

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