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OsMATL mutation induces haploid seed formation in indica rice.
Nature plants - 1 Aug 2018
Yao Li, Zhang Ya, Liu Chunxia, Liu Yubo, Wang Yanli, Liang Dawei, Liu Juntao, Sahoo Gayatri, Kelliher Timothy
Abstract excerpt
Intraspecific haploid induction in maize (Zea mays) is triggered by a native frameshift mutation in MATRILINEAL (MATL), which encodes a pollen-specific phospholipase. To develop a haploid inducer in rice (Oryza sativa), we generated an allelic series in the putative ZmMATL orthologue, OsMATL, and found that knockout mutations led to a reduced seed set and a 2-6% haploid induction rate. This demonstrates MATL...
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