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PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants12101956
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Beavis effect; chromosomal rearrangements; cytoplasmic inheritance; epigenetics; hybridization; loss of heterozygosity; polyploidy
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Non-Mendelian heredity plays a crucial role in plant breeding for developing new varieties. It involves various factors like cytoplasmic inheritance, methylation, epigenetics, hybrid vigor, and LOH that can influence inheritance patterns besides genetic architecture. Understanding these mechanisms, their prevalence, and implications for plant breeding is essential to accelerate crop improvement.
Mendelian heredity is the cornerstone of plant breeding and has been used to develop new varieties of plants since the 19th century. However, there are several breeding cases, such as cytoplasmic inheritance, methylation, epigenetics, hybrid vigor, and loss of heterozygosity (LOH), where Mendelian heredity is not applicable, known as non-Mendelian heredity. This type of inheritance can be influenced by several factors besides the genetic architecture of the plant and its breeding potential. Therefore, exploring various non-Mendelian heredity mechanisms, their prevalence in plants, and the implications for plant breeding is of paramount importance to accelerate the pace of crop improvement. In this review, we examine the current understanding of non-Mendelian heredity in plants, including the mechanisms, inheritance patterns, and applications in plant breeding, provide an overview of the various forms of non-Mendelian inheritance (including epigenetic inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance, hybrid vigor, and LOH), explore insight into the implications of non-Mendelian heredity in plant breeding, and the potential it holds for future research.
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