Exploring the parental origin of potato dihaploid DNA
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAmundson et al. investigate the fate of parental DNA in crosses that produce uniparental dihaploids
By Kirk Amundson and Luca Comai
Background: Plants carrying only the chromosomes of one parent, i.e. haploids, are very useful for research and breeding. Certain crosses are known to yield haploid…