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Engineering apomixis in crops.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 18 May 2023
Mahlandt Alexander, Singh Dipesh Kumar, Mercier Raphael
Abstract excerpt
Apomixis is an asexual mode of reproduction through seeds where progeny are clones of the mother plants. Naturally apomictic modes of reproduction are found in hundreds of plant genera distributed across more than 30 plant families, but are absent in major crop plants. Apomixis has the potential to be a breakthrough technology by allowing the propagation through seed of any genotype, including F1 hybrids. Here,...
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