Long Description: When transgene methods are used the Mi gene can be introduced into the L. esculentum genome without bringing along many other L. peruvianum genes. Thus, only one white "page" of L. peruvianum DNA sequence is introduced into the pure red bookstack.

100 books

(100,000 pages)

Mi gene

= 1 page

99.999 red books

Only 1 gene from L. peruvianum has been transferred

Gene Transfer by Transgenic Plant Methods (bookstack)

image modified from Peggy Lemaux http://ucbiotech.org/

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