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Can plant transposable elements geenrate novel regulatory systems?

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    Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer & Heinz Saedler

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Schwarz-Sommer, Z., Saedler, H. Can plant transposable elements geenrate novel regulatory systems?. Molec Gen Genet 209, 207–209 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00329644

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