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A first step towards somatic hybridization in plants has been achieved. Protoplasts have been isolated and seen to fuse.
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POWER, J., CUMMINS, S. & COCKING, E. Fusion of Isolated Plant Protoplasts. Nature 225, 1016–1018 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2251016a0
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