BENEFICIAL MOSAICS. “The great size and longevity of many trees and clonal plants is predicted to be associated with the accumulation of numerous somatic mutations in cell lineages. Some have argued for the adaptive benefits of this type of variation because of the formation of genetic mosaics and their role in plant defense.”
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022