To reduced linkage drag, plant breeders usually need
successive generation of recurrent backcrossing with the cultivated plant and simultaneous selection for
the trait to generate a genotype in which the gene of interest is no longer linkage to any undesired genes.
By contrast, cisgenesis isolates only the genes of interest from the donor plant, which is then inserted into
the recipient in one step. As no other genes are transferred, this method avoids linkage drag. This can
enhance the breeding speed. This is the main advantage of cisgenesis compared with traditional
introgression breeding.