US Patent Issued to University of Georgia Research Foundation on Jan. 20 for "Gene for induction of parthenogenesis, a component of apomictic reproduction" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,070, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (Athens, Ga.).

"Gene for induction of parthenogenesis, a component of apomictic reproduction" was invented by Peggy Ozias-Akins (Tifton, Ga.) and Joann A. Conner (Tifton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions disclosed herein relate to genes involved in plant production and methods of using the same."

The patent was filed on July 12, 2022, under Application No. 17/812,022.

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