Somaclonal variation technology

Somaclonal Variation and Secondary Product Synthesis. The induction and recovery of genetic variants by somaclonal variation technology can have a profound impact on the economic feasibility of secondary metabolite production. While most of the discussion up to this point has focused on cell culture production of secondary compounds, there are clearly a number of instances where whole plant production is both more efficient and economically prudent. This is especially true for those compounds... 

Somaclonal variation in regenerated plants has been observed and reported since cell culture technology was very young (14). 

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