Patent Document ID: 8674179
Application ID: 13114645

Base Claim:
1. A method of increasing recombination between two plants comprising the steps of: a) providing a first plant with a nucleotide sequence capable of expressing a wild-type prokaryotic MutS, or a mutant form of MutS consisting of a defect in the ATP-binding site, wherein the mutant form of MutS is capable of binding to nucleotide mismatch regions in DNA, within a germ cell undergoing meiosis, b) mating the first plant with a second plant to produce a first progeny with increased recombination, c) mating the first progeny to produce a next generation comprising a hybrid chromosome, and d) identifying the hybrid chromosome in the next generation.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first plant and the second plant may be crossed, and are selected from the group consisting of Brassica, Sinapis, Triticum, Zea, Hordeum, Triticum, Avena, Oryza, Glycine, Linum, Medicago, Lens, Pisum, Cicer, Solanum, Lycopersicon, Secale, Populus, Gossypium, Raphanus, Moricandia, Crambe, Triflorium, Phaseolus, Bromus, Phleum, Agropyron, Helianthus, Beta, Malus, Prunus, Cucurbita, Phoenix, Abies, Acer, Quercus, Olea, Allium, Washingtonia, Papaver, Rosa, Carthamus, Vicia, Fragaria, Lotus, Onobrychis, Trigonelia, Vigna, Citrus, Geranium, Daucus, Arabidopsis, Atropa, Capsicum, Picea, Pyrus, Pinus, Hyoscyamus, Nicotiana, Arachus, Asparagus, Heterocatlis, Nemesia, Pelargonium, Panicum, Penniserum, Ranunculus, Senecio, Salpiglossis, Cucarnis, Browallia, Cedrus, Lolium, Sorghum, Datura, Petunia, Digitalis, Majorana, Cichorium, Lactuca, Antirrhinum, Teosinte and Manihot.