In flowering plants, genes have frequently been transferred from mitochondria to the cell nucleus by way of a remarkable evolutionary rapid-transit system.
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Gray, M. Mitochondrial genes on the move. Nature 408, 303–305 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35042663
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