植物孤雌生殖研究进展：助力无融合生殖走向应用

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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (4): 448-455.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.24-313

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Progress on plant parthenogenesis: promoting the application of synthetic apomixis

Yajie Ji¹^,²(), Jie Xiong²^,³(), Xianjin Qiu¹, Kejian Wang²^,³()

1. College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434000, China
2. China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China
3. National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572025, China

Received:2024-11-01 Revised:2025-01-06 Online:2025-04-20 Published:2025-02-08
Contact: Kejian Wang E-mail:604016897@qq.com;xiongjie@caas.cn;wangkejian@caas.cn
Supported by:
Nanfan Special Project, CAAS(YBXM2433);Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(CAAS-ASTIP-2021-CNRRI)

Abstract

Abstract:

Apomixis is a form of asexual reproduction in plants where embryos and clone seeds are formed directly without meiosis and fertilization. The progenies generated through apomixis are genetically identical to the maternal plants, and the genotypes does not change across generations, and the phenotypes do not undergo segregation. Successful introduction of apomixis into major crops and permanent, can achieve the permanent fixation of crop heterosis, will resulting in significant economic benefits. Parthenogenesis constitutes a pivotal component in artificial apomixis, facilitating the transition from sexual reproduction to unisexual reproduction. In this review, we summarize the recent studies on plant parthenogenesis genes, and provide an overview of the application in haploid breeding and apomixis system. This contributes to a deeper and comprehensive understanding of parthenogenesis, offering important references for its application in apomixis.

Key words: parthenogenesis, apomixis, clonal seed, heterosis

Yajie Ji, Jie Xiong, Xianjin Qiu, Kejian Wang. Progress on plant parthenogenesis: promoting the application of synthetic apomixis[J]. Hereditas(Beijing), 2025, 47(4): 448-455.

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基因名称	物种来源	应用物种	孤雌生殖诱导效率(%)	结实率(%)	参考文献
PsASGR-BBML	狼尾草	珍珠粟	0~50.0	无	[26]
		烟草	0.2~27.3	无	[27]
		水稻	无	无	[28]
		玉米	无	无	[28]
BnBBM1	甘蓝型油菜	拟南芥	0.1~12.2	无	[30]
		油菜	0.1	无	[30]
		番茄	1.4	无	[30]
OsBBM1	水稻	水稻	5.8~32.5	无	[31]
OsBBM4	水稻	水稻	3.2	21.1~82.6	[32]
ZmBBM1	玉米	玉米	3.6~74.8	无	[35]
ZmBBM2	玉米	玉米	0.4~3.5	无	[34]
ToPAR	蒲公英	蒲公英	7.1	无	[36]
		生菜	13.3~25.6	无	[36]
		谷子	1.4~10.2	6.6~39.4	[37]
Lssex	生菜	蒲公英	8.3	无	[36]
OsWUS	水稻	水稻	无	无	[41]

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