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Unleashing meiotic crossovers in crops

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Mieulet D., Aubert G., Bres C., Klein A., Droc G., Vieille E., Rond-Coissieux C., Sanchez M., Dalmais M., Mauxion J.P., Rothan C., Guiderdoni E., Mercier R.
2018

Improved plant varieties are important in our attempts to face the challenges of a growing human population and limited planet resources. Plant breeding relies on meiotic crossovers to combine favourable alleles into elite varieties1. However, meiotic crossovers are relatively rare, typically one to three per chromosome2, limiting the efficiency of the breeding process and related activities such ...

Génétique et amélioration des plantes; Sociologie rurale et sécurité sociale

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