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SOMACLONAL VARIATION [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

The genetic changes that occur within non-reproductive or somatic cells as they are grown in vitro which results in variation among plants generated from these cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Manifestation des différences génétiques observées dans les cellules somatiques cultivées in vitro. Les sources de variations peuvent être d'origine naturelle (mutations), ou artificielle (recombinaisons génétiques in vitro).

CONT

Les biotechnologie végétales dissocient et manipulent les composantes de l'individu (explants, cellules ou structures moléculaires) et ouvrent de la sorte la voie à de nouvelles possibilités en matière d'état sanitaire, de manipulation rapide, de clonage, de mutagénèse, de vitrovariation, de marquage de gênes d'hybridation somatique, de transformation génétique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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