Targeted recombination between homologous chromosomes for precise breeding in tomato

Shdema Filler Hayut; Cathy Melamed Bessudo; Avraham A. Levy

doi:10.1038/ncomms15605

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Targeted recombination between homologous chromosomes for precise breeding in tomato

Shdema Filler Hayut,
Cathy Melamed Bessudo,
Avraham A. Levy

Affiliations

Shdema Filler Hayut: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Cathy Melamed Bessudo: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Avraham A. Levy: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15605
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Targeted homologous recombination between parental chromosomes could facilitate precision breeding of crop plants. Here, Filler Hayutet al. show that CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to induce DNA double strand breaks in somatic tissue and achieve targeted recombination between homologs at an endogenous locus in tomato.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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