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Apomixis Allows the Transgenerational Fixation of Phenotypes in Hybrid Plants.
Current biology : CB - 8 Feb 2016
Sailer Christian, Schmid Bernhard, Grossniklaus Ueli
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The introduction of apomixis-asexual reproduction through seeds-into crop plants is considered the holy grail of agriculture, as it would provide a mechanism to maintain agriculturally important phenotypes [1, 2]. Apomicts produce clonal offspring, such that apomixis could be used to transgenerationally fix any genotype, including that of F1 hybrids, which are used in agriculture due to their superior vigor and...
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