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NEEDS DATA. "Hence, it is far from clear whether genetic fixation by apomixis suffices to fix the agriculturally relevant phenotypes of F1 hybrids, in particular because hybridization was recently shown to induce epigenetic changes." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215015766 View in LinkedIn

PHENOTYPIC COMPENSATION. In clonal plants lacking genetic diversity, "phenotypic plasticity is thought to play a major role in enabling populations to cope with environmental heterogeneity." http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full View in LinkedIn

SMALL PROBLEM. "Traits (phenotypes) do not only result from a complex combination of genetic and environmental variation but can also be influenced by epigenetic variation, which can be transgenerationally heritable in plants." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215015766 View in LinkedIn

LITTLE DIVERSITY. "Many clonal species are highly successful plant invaders, and, in some cases, their populations seem to contain little if any genetic diversity." http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full View in LinkedIn

NOT COMMON. "Since apomixis has not been retrieved in major crop species, research is mainly focussed on the genetic engineering of apomixis and hence on the identification of genes that underlie its major components." https://lnkd.in/dRCvaGr View in LinkedIn

FIXED GENOTYPE. "Apomicts produce clonal offspring, such that apomixis could be used to transgenerationally fix any genotype, including that of F1 hybrids, which are used in agriculture due to their superior vigor and yield." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215015766 View in LinkedIn

HOLY GRAIL. "Apomixis Allows the Transgenerational Fixation of Phenotypes in Hybrid Plants. The introduction of apomixis—asexual reproduction through seeds—into crop plants is considered the holy grail of agriculture, as it would provide a mechanism to maintain agriculturally important phenotypes." https://lnkd.in/dEzaftg View in LinkedIn

BREEDING REVOLUTION. "Plant Breeding: Surprisingly, Less Sex Is Better. A new study demonstrates that traits can be stably transferred between generations in newly produced apomictic lines, and heralds a breeding revolution needed to increase food production for the growing planet." https://lnkd.in/d_SK6ee View in LinkedIn

UNIFORM PROGENY. "Apomixis leads to the formation of genetically uniform populations and these can persist over many seedling generations. This makes it a potentially attractive trait for agriculture as its introduction into crops would significantly increase the rate of breeding gain for seed-propagated crops and it would simplify the production of hybrid populations for commercial use." http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4939-2389-2_7 View in LinkedIn

"VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION is more commonly represented than apomixis among angiosperm lineages, and it has been estimated that ∼80% possess some means of reproducing in this manner." http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full View in LinkedIn