Ageing: How Do Long-Lived Plants Escape Mutational Meltdown?

被引:7
作者
Groot, Edwin P. [1 ]
Laux, Thomas [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Freiburg, BIOSS Ctr Biol Signalling Studies, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
关键词
SELECTION; EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.049
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Some plants can live for thousands of years, facing the problem of preventing accumulation of deleterious mutations. A recent study shows that massive tree stature requires surprisingly few stem cell divisions, and that the mutational load is not proportional to stature, but to branching order.
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页码:R530 / R532
页数:4
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