🧬New chapter published! In this OA article, we reveal that mutant alleles of StMSH4 are responsible for crossover shortage in potato. 🥔 doi.org/10.1093/geneti… @GeneticsGSA #potato #genetics #meiosis
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🤔Why does it matter? Lack of crossover leads to unbalanced gametes and sterility: terrible for breeding 😟. But, when combined with a meiotic alteration that restitute the first division, we get highly uniform and balanced unreduced gametes: ideal for interploidy breeding 😊!