Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
Somatic-to-germline transmission of horizontally acquired extrachromosomal circular DNA in Brassica graft chimeras
Aijun Zhang, H J Zhou, Wanmu Zhou…·Liping Chen
This study shows that extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) acquired through grafting can be transmitted to the germline in Brassica plants, leading to heritable trait changes.