A gene called PsASGR-BBML from a plant called Pennisetum squamulatum can make embryos grow from unfertilized eggs in pearl millet. This gene is part of the ASGR region that controls a type of asexual reproduction in plants called apomixis. When the PsASGR-BBML gene was put into pearl millet, it caused parthenogenesis (embryo formation without fertilization) and made haploid offspring. This is the first time a gene from an apomictic plant has been shown to control parthenogenesis.