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Physical, chemical and biological mutagenic agents cause genes to mutate at rates above the spontaneous baseline, thus producing a range of novel traits and broadening the genetic diversity of plants.
Substances capable of mutating human genetic material—altering and permanently damaging it—are present in many everyday products. Researchers at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) have, for the ...