Extranuclear Inheritance: Plastid Genetics: Manipulation of Plastid Genomes and Biotechnological Applications

  • Ralph Bock
  • Rudolf Hagemann
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Part of the Progress in Botany book series (BOTANY, volume 61)

Abstract

When Erwin Baur, at the beginning of this century, proposed that the non-Mendelian inheritance of leaf variegations can be explained with the assumption that chloroplasts (plastids) contain their own genetic information (Baur 1909, 1910), he found himself confronted with the sheer disbelief of many of his colleagues (Hagemann 1999). It took more than half a century until the discovery of chloroplast DNA (Chun et al. 1963; Sager and Ishida 1963) provided the ultimate proof for Baur’s ingenious hypothesis. Already with the very first analyses on chloroplast DNA sequences, it became obvious that plastid and eubacterial genomes are evolutionarily related (Schwarz and Kössel 1979, 1980), a finding that provided direct molecular evidence for the endosymbiotic origin of organelles (Gray 1989). The elucidation of the complete DNA sequence of two chloroplast genomes in 1986 (Ohyama et al. 1986; Shinozaki et al. 1986) marks a milestone in organelle genetics and has had a profound influence on our understanding of the biology and evolution of plastids (cf. Hagemann and Hagemann 1994; Hagemann et al. 1996, 1998).

Keywords

Chloroplast Genome Plastid Genome Plastid Transformation Transplastomic Plant Tobacco Chloroplast 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ralph Bock
    • 1
  • Rudolf Hagemann
    • 2
  1. 1.Institut für Biologie IIIAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität FreiburgFreiburg i. Br.Germany
  2. 2.Halle (Saale)Germany

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