Male Infertile and Mitochondrial-Edited Fertile Rice (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Male Infertile and Mitochondrial-Edited Fertile Rice

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Researchers in Japan have successfully edited plant mitochondrial DNA for the first time. A mitochondrial gene that causes cytoplasmic male infertility was deleted using a mitoTALENs technique. Infertile rice (right) stands straight, but fertile rice (left) bends under the weight of heavy seeds. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0459-z

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