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MATRILINEAL, a sperm-specific phospholipase, triggers maize haploid induction.
Nature - 2 Feb 2017
Kelliher Timothy, Starr Dakota, Richbourg Lee, Chintamanani Satya, Delzer Brent, Nuccio Michael L, Green Julie, Chen Zhongying, McCuiston Jamie, Wang Wenling, Liebler Tara, Bullock Paul, Martin Barry
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Sexual reproduction in flowering plants involves double fertilization, the union of two sperm from pollen with two sex cells in the female embryo sac. Modern plant breeders increasingly seek to circumvent this process to produce doubled haploid individuals, which derive from the chromosome-doubled cells of the haploid gametophyte. Doubled haploid production fixes recombinant haploid genomes in inbred lines,...
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