No sex please, we're (in)breeding

A genetic trick allows induction of haploid maize plants by a process known as gynogenesis, which is a useful tool for breeders. In this issue of The EMBO Journal, Gilles et al (2017) show that loss of function of a patatin-like phospholipase A underlies the induction of gynogenesis, findings that were also made in two other recent studies (Kelliher et al, 2017; Liu et al, 2017).
Source: EMBO Journal - Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Tags: Chromatin, Epigenetics, Genomics & Functional Genomics, Plant Biology News [amp ] Views Source Type: research