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EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. "Having found kin discrimination once, we expect to find kin discrimination elsewhere in plants, since variable dispersal, variable competitive situations, and increases in fitness when competing with kin, are found in other plants. Other competitive traits, such as stem elongation and apical dominance, are the most probable candidates to exhibit plastic responses contingent on kinship of neighbours." https://lnkd.in/d7SNVuH View in LinkedIn

PROFOUND FINDING. "If kin discrimination via root–root interactions proves widespread, it will profoundly change how we view competition in plants. Our results, because we used maternal sibships, indicate a genetic or maternally derived mechanism for kin recognition involving root communication. However, the mechanism is probably different from the self/non-self mechanism, because plants recognize genetically identical individuals as non-self." http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/4/435.short View in LinkedIn

SIBLING ROOT PATTERNS. "We found that kin groups allocated less to their fine root mass than did stranger groups when they competed below ground, indicating that these plants could discriminate relatives. Root allocation did not differ between kin and stranger groups grown in isolated pots, indicating that the cues for kin recognition lie in root interactions. Siblings were less competitive than strangers, which is consistent with kin selection." http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/4/435.short View in LinkedIn

ROOT KIN RECOGNITION. "Here we show in the annual plant Cakile edentula, allocation to roots increased when groups of strangers shared a common pot, but not when groups of siblings shared a pot. Our results demonstrate that plants can discriminate kin in competitive interactions and indicate that the root interactions may provide the cue for kin recognition." http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/4/435.short View in LinkedIn

COMPETITIVE ROOT RESPONSE. "Recent evidence also indicates that allocation patterns in some plants differ if their roots encounter relatives compared with strangers. In general, plants grew roots or stems more aggressively when strangers were encountered compared with kin." http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1756/20123062.short View in LinkedIn

COMPETITIVE POTS. "Plants with competitors and heterogeneous soil nutrient distributions reduced their root growth only modestly. These data, although conflicting with the data from Broz et al. (2010), indicate that plant responses to its neighbours are heavily governed by the availability of the nutrient resources in soil." https://lnkd.in/d_tsqB7 View in LinkedIn

PLANT ENGINEERING. "Haploidisation is a biotechnological method used to obtain plants with improved traits that are of use to humans." https://lnkd.in/g4mkgn7 View in LinkedIn

CROP HAPLOIDS. "Haploid plants (characterized by gametic number of chromosomes) are both significant and necessary elements in plant improvement programs. They are important in many basic research disciplines, such as biotechnology, genetics, crop evolution and plant breeding. Moreover, haploids are very useful as a base for the production of homozygous plants in that they expedite the breeding process and can lead to an increase in crop yield." https://lnkd.in/g4mkgn7 View in LinkedIn

"GENOME EDITING Using Mammalian Haploid Cells. Haploid cells are useful for studying gene functions because disruption of a single allele can cause loss-of-function phenotypes. Recent success in generating haploid embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in mice, rats, and monkeys provides a new platform for simple genetic manipulation of the mammalian genome. Use of haploid ESCs enhances the genome-editing potential of the CRISPR/Cas system." http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/10/23604/htm View in LinkedIn

PARTHENOGENIC PLANT EMBRYOS. "Induced Parthenogenesis with an Apomict-Derived Gene. Haploid plants can be recovered from parthenogenetically-derived embryos. This gene has potential utility for haploid induction through parthenogenesis in reduced eggs or apomixis through induction of parthenogenesis in unreduced eggs." https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxiv/webprogram/Paper18705.html View in LinkedIn