Plant Breeding Breakthrough: Offspring with genes from only one parent

[2Lazy]

You misunderstood.

They are creating a genetically dominant strain. Suppose they needed both drought resistance and mold resistance in the same strain. So they take one strain with one trait, then the other strain with the other trait, and they get a stock of seeds. They then test the plants grown from these seeds for specific traits.

Now, normally they would inbreed two plants with the traits they want, and then inbreed those children, in an attempt to focus or limit the genetic variance. This will provide a predictable strain.

Instead, once they have the plant with the traits they want then they simply induce with the protein and breed. The treated genes are kept while no new genes are inserted, effectively making seeds of the treated plants' haploid copies.

Understanding the implications here requires a high-level working knowledge of modern genetics.

 

[UpInTheCut]

everything 2Lazy said is correct, but the magic of this new process is a GREATLY REDUCED time frame. Think about it, you have all the traits your looking for in a plant,so the next thing to do would be to start breeding it and back breeding it for stable characteristics. That takes years and years.
Now with this process you find the plant you want in a couple months. Effectively, speeding up evolution, for whatever plant your working on.

 

[asstastic]

You misunderstood.

They are creating a genetically dominant strain. Suppose they needed both drought resistance and mold resistance in the same strain. So they take one strain with one trait, then the other strain with the other trait, and they get a stock of seeds. They then test the plants grown from these seeds for specific traits.

Now, normally they would inbreed two plants with the traits they want, and then inbreed those children, in an attempt to focus or limit the genetic variance. This will provide a predictable strain.

Instead, once they have the plant with the traits they want then they simply induce with the protein and breed. The treated genes are kept while no new genes are inserted, effectively making seeds of the treated plants' haploid copies.

Understanding the implications here requires a high-level working knowledge of modern genetics.

you covered it perfictly