Chloroplasts, the plant cell's green solar power generators ... which is then transcribed back into DNA. The direct transfer of DNA appears to predominate in the chloroplasts, but this pathway ...

For decades, scientists have known that all animals produce immune-regulating peptides known as transfer factors—tiny ...

It’s not clear yet how frequently this kind of horizontal genome transfer through organelle migration occurs in nature. Perhaps plants move chloroplasts between cells routinely in response to injuries ...

A new study in Nature Plants reveals that DNA double-strand break repair (DSBR) pathways help prevent gene transfer from ...

An emerging area of research is the evolutionarily conserved transfer of mitochondria between cells. Yet researchers have lacked unique and universally accepted terms and practices to describe such ...