Shihui Zhao, Liangjun Huang, Qing Zhang, Ying Zhou, Meicui Yang, Haoran Shi, Yun Li, Jin Yang, Chao Li, Xianhong Ge, Wanzhuo Gong, Jisheng Wang, Qiong Zou, Lanrong Tao, Zeming Kang, Zhuang Li, Chaowen Xiao, Qiong Hu, Shaohong Fu
A synthetic octoploid rapeseed, Y3380, induces maternal doubled haploids when used as a pollen donor to pollinate plant. However, the mechanism underlying doubled haploid formation remains elusive. We speculated that double haploid induction occurs as the inducer line's chromosomes pass to the maternal egg cell, and the zygote is formed through fertilization. In the process of zygotic mitosis, the paternal chromosome is specifically eliminated. Part of the paternal gene might have infiltrated the maternal genome through homologous exchange during the elimination process...
2023: Frontiers in Plant Science