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Hip-hopping out of control

Nature volume 411, pages 147–149 (2001)Cite this article

'Jumping genes' can wreak havoc by hopping about a genome. Some plants can keep them under control by modifying them with certain chemical groups.

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Figure 1: Possible causes and consequences of uncontrolled movement of transposable elements ('jumping genes').

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