Analysis of the transgenic papaya genome sequence suggests that transgenes generally stay put following integration and can achieve stable expression level from generation to generation.
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Kohli, A., Christou, P. Stable transgenes bear fruit. Nat Biotechnol 26, 653–654 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0608-653
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