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gene-for-gene relationship

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ID 705570 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain cell biology
  • the facts of reciprocal host-pathogen specificities led Flor ... to the now widely accepted gene-for-gene hypothesis upon which host and pathogen genes are expected to occur in matched pairs
gene-for-gene relationship
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  • Actions on lower animals, plants and micro-organisms are not eligible, except for those which are reared or cultivated on land or in fresh water or such organisms which are suited for use as biological control agents in agriculture. Exception will be made in the specific case of defined gene-for-gene relationships between parasite or symbiont and host, and where both organisms are to be conserved.

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