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Yan Wang1, Hui Xie, Li-Ping Chen

  • 1China Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth, Development and Biotechnology, Agricultural Ministry of China, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China. wangyan2711@yahoo.cn

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Plant grafting induces inheritable genetic variation through horizontal gene transfer. Genetic material moves via plasmodesmata and phloem, with non-coding RNAs mediating epigenetic changes for stress adaptation.

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