SYNTHETIC CLONAL REPRODUCTION THROUGH SEEDS

摘要

Clonal embryos or seeds produced by conversion of apomeiotic gametes into clonal embryos or seeds. Clonal embryos or seeds are produced by crossing a MiMe plant, as either a female or male, with an appropriate plant which induces genome elimination (genome eliminator, GE). MiMe plants are those in which meiosis is totally replaced by mitosis. In specific embodiments MiMe plants are MiMe-1 plants or MIME-2 plants. In specific embodiments MiMe plants are mutant plants. In a more specific embodiment, the genome eliminator is a haploid inducer exhibiting directed genome elimination of its own genome.