Article
Uncovering the mechanism of female restitution in sugarcane hybrids.
Nature - 1 Sept 2026
Zhu Sihui, Tang Haibao, Jones Tyler, Fumia Nathan, Zhou Jing, Cai Lingmin, Wang Wen, Zhou Yanhong, Mao Haoming, Zuo Liping, Zheng Yutong, Zhang Yixing, Ji Zhaoqian, Tao Huanhuan, Pan Jianling, Xu Yating, Chen Huiru, Nagai Chifumi, Ming Ray
Abstract excerpt
Variations of meiosis, which normally halve genetic complements prior to fertilization, can have profound consequences. For example, whole-genome duplications (polyploidy) have shaped the evolution and diversification of most angiosperm lineages. The century-long success of sugarcane interspecific hybrids has been attributed to unusual female restitution-an unreduced maternal gamete fusing with a normal haploid...
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- Chimera
- Chromosomes, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Plant
- Haploidy
- Haplotypes
