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Rice Genetics IV - IRRI books - International Rice Research Institute

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ANormal sexualpathwayMegasporangiumMegaspore mother cellAdventitiousembryonyAntherMeiosisMeiosisPollen(sperm 1 + sperm 2)MegasporeHaploid embryo sacDouble fertilizationSomatic cells(e.g., nucellusof citrus)TriploidendospermDiploid zygoteDiploid embryoAdventitiousembryoBModified sexualpathwayAntherPollen(sperm 1 + sperm 2)TriploidendospermMeiosisMegasporangiumMegaspore mother cellMeiosisMegasporeHaploid embryo sacDouble fertilizationDiploid zygoteDiploid embryoNucellusAdventitiousembryoAdventitiousembryonyFig. 1. Outline of three reproductive pathways in the ovary of plants. (A)Pathways of sexual reproduction and adventitious embryony. (B) Proposedpathway of synthetic apomixis in rice, featuring the induction of an adventitiousembryo in the nucellus and ablation of the sexual embryo.cause pollination is required for pseudogamy, the sexual embryo will also be formedbut will be ablated to avoid competition with the adventitious embryo. Genes aretherefore required for induction of the adventitious embryo, ablation of the sexualembryo, and the correct timing of the two events.Figure 2 shows where the switch to apomixis fits into the activities of hybrid ricebreeders and farmers. Breeders use a male parent (MP) and a female parent (FP) thathave been genetically engineered to contain the several transgenes required for syntheticapomixis. These genes are discussed in detail later in “Achieving syntheticapomixis,” “Induction of an adventitious embryo in the rice nucellus,” and “Ablationof the sexual embryo.” The MP and FP are not apomictic because each contains onlya subset of the genes needed for apomixis; they are maintained on a small scale in theMolecular tools for achieving synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice 379

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