Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Selective inheritance of target genes from only one parent of sexually reproduced F1 progeny in Arabidopsis

  • Tao Zhang,
  • Michael Mudgett,
  • Ratnala Rambabu,
  • Bradley Abramson,
  • Xinhua Dai,
  • Todd P. Michael,
  • Yunde Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24195-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Unlike insects and mice, CRISPR/Cas9-based gene drives have not been achieved in plants. Here, the authors demonstrate homozygous F1 Arabidopsis plants can be obtained through zygotic conversion using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated homology-directed repair.