Patent ID: 9215849
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A01H,C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A plant comprising a mutated CENH3 gene, wherein the mutated CENH3 gene encodes a mutant CENH3 polypeptide having a CENH3 tail-domain and a CENH3 histone-fold domain, wherein the mutant CENH3 polypeptide: i. is identical to a wildtype CENH3 polypeptide but for 1 or 2 amino acid substitutions that occur in the CENH3 histone-fold domain, or ii. has a truncation in the CENH3 tail-domain, wherein the plant comprising the mutated CENH3 gene, when crossed with a wildtype diploid plant, generates haploid progeny.