CAS researchers assembled a 568.88 Mb #T2T gapless genome of Medicago lupulina and established its first #CRISPR/Cas9 editing platform, targeting MlPINNA1 to generate a 5-leaflet pentafoliate mutant phenotype. 🌿🤖
#MedicagoLupulina #JIPB2026 #LegumeGenomics #ForageBreeding #AgBiotech

Researchers cloned maize Miniature5 (Mn5), revealing that a natural missense variant in this P-type PPR protein impairs mitochondrial nad1 trans-splicing and complex I assembly to regulate kernel size without seed lethality. 🌽🤖 #MaizeGenomics #Mn5 #PPRprotein #Mitochondria #GrainYield #AgBiotech