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Table. 2.

List of loci or genes that induce in-vivo haploids in maize.

Name Allele Gene action Location Function/characteristic References
MATRILINEAL (MTL)
NOT LIKE DAD (NLD)
Patatin-Like
Phospholipase A (ZmPLA1)
mtl
nld
zmpla1
qhir1
Recessive Gene
GRMZM2G471240 (67.86-68.42 Mb)
- Sperm-specific phospholipase.
- Trigger maize haploid induction, mutant increase HIR to 2%.
- Note that three independent researches found the same gene and allele.
Kelliher et al. 2017
Gilles et al. 2017
Liu et al. 2017
ZMDMP zmdmp
qhir8
Recessive Chromosome 9
bin 9.01
GRMZM2G465053
- DUF679 domain membrane protein.
- Mutant increase HIRz up 7% when the mutant combination zmpla1-zmdmp
Liu et al. 2015
Zhong et al. 2019
Centromere histone H3 (CENH3) cenh3 Hetero-zygous Chromosome 6 - Crossing +/cenh3 to wildtype induces haploids in both direction Wang et al. 2021
Zea mays PHOSPHOLOPASE D3 (ZmPLD3) zmpld3 recessive Chromosome 6 - Phospholipase expressed specifically in pollen Li et al. 2021
ZmPOD65 zmPOD65 Hetero-zygous Chromosome 5 - Perisase 65 controls ROS burst causing sperm DNA breakage. Jiang et al. 2022
Zm00001d029559
KOKOPELLI
Not yet named Not yet clarified Chromosome 10
141.7 Mb
- Maize cyclin dependent kinase 1
- KOKOPELLI controls cis-antisense siRNA causing HIR in Arabidopsis.
Trentin et al. 2023a

zHIR : Haploid Induction Rate.

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