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High temperature increases centromere-mediated genome elimination frequency in Arabidopsis deficient in cenH3 or its assembly factor KNL2

Ahmadli, U.; Kalidass, M.; Khaitova, L. C.; Fuchs, J.; Cuacos, M.; Demidov, D.; Zuo, S.; Pecinkova, J.; Ingouff, M.; Mascher, M.; Heckmann, S.; Houben, A.; Riha, K.; Lermontova, I.

2022-03-28 plant biology
10.1101/2022.03.24.485459 bioRxiv
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Double haploid production is the most effective way of creating true-breeding lines in a single generation. In Arabidopsis, haploid induction via mutation of the centromere-specific histone H3 (cenH3) has been shown when outcrossed to wild-type. Here we report that a mutant of the cenH3 assembly factor KNL2 can be used as a haploid inducer. We elucidated that short temperature stress of the knl2 mutant increased the efficiency of haploid induction from 1 to 10%. Moreover, we have demonstrated that a point mutation in the CENPC-k motif of KNL2 is sufficient to generate haploid inducing lines, suggesting that haploid inducing lines in crops can be identified in a naturally occurring or chemically induced mutant population, avoiding the GMO approach at any stage. In addition, we have shown that the cenh3-4 mutant, which does not induce haploids under standard growth conditions, functions as a haploid inducer after exposure to short temperature stress.

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