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+Using CRISPR-Cas9 to generate *lwd1* mutants to confirm *LWD1* as the gene underlying the *eam7* locus. GP-fast embryos were transformed with vectors carrying sgRNAs that target the start or the end of the *LWD1* coding sequence.
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 **study overview**
 
 	WT transformation plants (GP-fast)