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Dias S, Souza RC, Vasconcelos EV, Vasconcelos S, da Silva Oliveira AR, do Vale Martins L, de Oliveira Bustamante F, da Costa VA, Souza G, da Costa AF, Benko-Iseppon AM, Knytl M, Brasileiro-Vidal AC. Cytomolecular diversity among Vigna Savi (Leguminosae) subgenera. PROTOPLASMA 2024:10.1007/s00709-024-01944-z. [PMID: 38467939 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-024-01944-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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The genus Vigna (Leguminosae) comprises about 150 species grouped into five subgenera. The present study aimed to improve the understanding of karyotype diversity and evolution in Vigna, using new and previously published data through different cytogenetic and DNA content approaches. In the Vigna subgenera, we observed a random distribution of rDNA patterns. The 35S rDNA varied in position, from terminal to proximal, and in number, ranging from one (V. aconitifolia, V. subg. Ceratotropis) to seven pairs (V. unguiculata subsp. unguiculata, V. subg. Vigna). On the other hand, the number of 5S rDNA was conserved (one or two pairs), except for V. radiata (V. subg. Ceratotropis), which had three pairs. Genome size was relatively conserved within the genus, ranging from 1C = 0.43 to 0.70 pg in V. oblongifolia and V. unguiculata subsp. unguiculata, respectively, both belonging to V. subg. Vigna. However, we observed a positive correlation between DNA content and the number of 35S rDNA sites. In addition, data from chromosome-specific BAC-FISH suggest that the ancestral 35S rDNA locus is conserved on chromosome 6 within Vigna. Considering the rapid diversification in the number and position of rDNA sites, such conservation is surprising and suggests that additional sites may have spread out from this ancestral locus.
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- Sibelle Dias
- Departamento de Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Laboratório de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Campus Amilcar Ferreira Sobral, Universidade Federal Do Piauí, Floriano, PI, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Universidade Do Estado de Minas Gerais - Unidade Divinópolis, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S4K1, Canada
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague, 12843, Czech Republic
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Characterization and expression analysis of bHLH transcription factors reveal their putative regulatory effects on nectar spur development in Aquilegia species. Gene 2023; 852:147057. [PMID: 36410606 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.147057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nectar spur is a hollow extension of certain flower parts and shows strikingly diverse size and shape in Aquilegia. Nectar spur development is involved in cell division and expansion processes. The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors (TFs) control a diversity of organ morphogenesis, including cell division and cell expansion processes. However, the role of bHLH genes in nectar spur development in Aquilegia is mainly unknown. We conducted a genome-wide identification of the bHLH gene family in Aquilegia to determine structural characteristics and phylogenetic relationships, and to analyze expression profiles of these genes during the development of nectar spur in spurless and spurred species. A total of 120 AqbHLH genes were identified from the Aquilegia coerulea genome. The phylogenetic tree showed that AqbHLH proteins were divided into 15 subfamilies, among which S7 and S8 subfamilies occurred marked expansion. The AqbHLH genes in the same clade had similar motif composition and gene structure characteristics. Conserved residue analysis indicated nineteen residues with conservation of more than 50% were found in the four conserved regions. In the upstream sequence of AqbHLH genes, the light-responsive element was the most abundant cis-acting element. Eighteen AqbHLH genes showed syntenic relationships, and eight genes from four syntenic pairs underwent tandem duplications. According to the expression profiling analysis by public RNA-Seq data and qRT-PCR results, five AqbHLH genes, including AqbHLH027, AqbHLH046, AqbHLH082, AqbHLH083 and AqbHLH092, were differentially expressed between different tissues in A. coerulea at early developmental stages, as well as between spurless and spurred Aquilegia species. Of them, AqbHLH046 was not only highly expressed in spur compared with blade, but also showed higher expression levels in spurred species than spurless specie, suggesting it plays an essential role in the development of spur by regulating cell division. This study lays a foundation to investigate the function of AqbHLH genes family in nectar spur development, and has potential implications for speciation and genetic breeding in the genus Aquilegia.
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Hou W, Zhang X, Liu Y, Liu Y, Feng BL. RNA-Seq and genetic diversity analysis of faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) varieties in China. PeerJ 2023; 11:e14259. [PMID: 36643650 PMCID: PMC9838209 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Faba bean (Vicia faba L) is one of the most important legumes in the world. However, there is relatively little genomic information available for this species owing to its large genome. The lack of data impedes the discovery of molecular markers and subsequent genetic research in faba bean. The objective of this study was to analyze the faba bean transcriptome, and to develop simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers to determine the genetic diversity of 226 faba bean varieties derived from different regions in China. Methods Faba bean varieties with different phenotype were used in transcriptome analysis. The functions of the unigenes were analyzed using various database. SSR markers were developed and the polymorphic markers were selected to conduct genetic diversity analysis. Results A total of 92.43 Gb of sequencing data was obtained in this study, and 133,487 unigene sequences with a total length of 178,152,541 bp were assembled. A total of 5,200 SSR markers were developed on the basis of RNA-Seq analysis. Then, 200 SSR markers were used to evaluate polymorphisms. In total, 103 (51.5%) SSR markers showed significant and repeatable bands between different faba bean varieties. Clustering analysis revealed that 226 faba bean materials were divided into five groups. Genetic diversity analysis revealed that the relationship between different faba beans in China was related, especially in the same region. These results provided a valuable data resource for annotating genes to different categories and developing SSR markers.
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- Wanwei Hou
- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China,Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China
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- College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Qinghai Universit, Xining, Qinghai, China
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- Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China
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- Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Bhowmick BK, Jha S. A critical review on cytogenetics of Cucurbitaceae with updates on Indian taxa. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2022; 16:93-125. [PMID: 36761811 PMCID: PMC9849056 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i2.79033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The cytogenetic relationships in the species of Cucurbitaceae are becoming immensely important to answer questions pertaining to genome evolution. Here, a simplified and updated data resource on cytogenetics of Cucurbitaceae is presented on the basis of foundational parameters (basic, zygotic and gametic chromosome numbers, ploidy, genome size, karyotype) and molecular cytogenetics. We have revised and collated our own findings on seven agriculturally important Indian cucurbit species in a comparative account with the globally published reports. Chromosome count (of around 19% species) shows nearly three-fold differences while genome size (of nearly 5% species) shows 5.84-fold differences across the species. There is no significant correlation between chromosome numbers and nuclear genome sizes. The possible trend of evolution is discussed here based on molecular cytogenetics data, especially the types and distribution of nucleolus organizer regions (NORs). The review supersedes the scopes of general chromosome databases and invites scopes for continuous updates. The offline resource serves as an exclusive toolkit for research and breeding communities across the globe and also opens scope for future establishment of web-database on Cucurbitaceae cytogenetics.
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- Biplab Kumar Bhowmick
- Department of Botany, Scottish Church College, 1&3, Urquhart Square, Kolkata-700006, West Bengal, IndiaScottish Church CollegeKolkataIndia
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- Plant Cytogenetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, IndiaUniversity of CalcuttaKolkataIndia
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Tao X, Liu B, Dou Q. The Kengyiliahirsuta karyotype polymorphisms as revealed by FISH with tandem repeats and single-gene probes. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2021; 15:375-392. [PMID: 34804380 PMCID: PMC8580955 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i4.71525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Kengyiliahirsuta (Keng, 1959) J. L. Yang, C. Yen et B. R. Baum, 1992, a perennial hexaploidy species, is a wild relative species to wheat with great potential for wheat improvement and domestication. The genome structure and cross-species homoeology of K.hirsuta chromosomes with wheat were assayed using 14 single-gene probes covering all seven homoeologous groups, and four repetitive sequence probes 45S rDNA, 5S rDNA, pAs1, and (AAG)10 by FISH. Each chromosome of K.hirsuta was well characterized by homoeological determination and repeats distribution patterns. The synteny of chromosomes was strongly conserved in the St genome, whereas synteny of the Y and P genomes was more distorted. The collinearity of 1Y, 2Y, 3Y and 7Y might be interrupted in the Y genome. A new 5S rDNA site on 2Y might be translocated from 1Y. The short arm of 3Y might involve translocated segments from 7Y. The 7 Y was identified as involving a pericentric inversion. A reciprocal translocation between 2P and 4P, and tentative structural aberrations in the subtelomeric region of 1PL and 4PL, were observed in the P genome. Chromosome polymorphisms, which were mostly characterized by repeats amplification and deletion, varied between chromosomes, genomes, and different populations. However, two translocations involving a P genome segmental in 3YL and a non-Robertsonial reciprocal translocation between 4Y and 3P were identified in two independent populations. Moreover, the proportion of heterozygous karyotypes reached almost 35% in all materials, and almost 80% in the specific population. These results provide new insights into the genome organization of K.hirsuta and will facilitate genome dissection and germplasm utilization of this species.
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- Xiaoyan Tao
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Qinghai Province, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Bell KL, Petit RA, Cutler A, Dobbs EK, Macpherson JM, Read TD, Burgess KS, Brosi BJ. Comparing whole-genome shotgun sequencing and DNA metabarcoding approaches for species identification and quantification of pollen species mixtures. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:16082-16098. [PMID: 34824813 PMCID: PMC8601920 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Molecular identification of mixed-species pollen samples has a range of applications in various fields of research. To date, such molecular identification has primarily been carried out via amplicon sequencing, but whole-genome shotgun (WGS) sequencing of pollen DNA has potential advantages, including (1) more genetic information per sample and (2) the potential for better quantitative matching. In this study, we tested the performance of WGS sequencing methodology and publicly available reference sequences in identifying species and quantifying their relative abundance in pollen mock communities. Using mock communities previously analyzed with DNA metabarcoding, we sequenced approximately 200Mbp for each sample using Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq. Taxonomic identifications were based on the Kraken k-mer identification method with reference libraries constructed from full-genome and short read archive data from the NCBI database. We found WGS to be a reliable method for taxonomic identification of pollen with near 100% identification of species in mixtures but generating higher rates of false positives (reads not identified to the correct taxon at the required taxonomic level) relative to rbcL and ITS2 amplicon sequencing. For quantification of relative species abundance, WGS data provided a stronger correlation between pollen grain proportion and sequence read proportion, but diverged more from a 1:1 relationship, likely due to the higher rate of false positives. Currently, a limitation of WGS-based pollen identification is the lack of representation of plant diversity in publicly available genome databases. As databases improve and costs drop, we expect that eventually genomics methods will become the methods of choice for species identification and quantification of mixed-species pollen samples.
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- Karen L Bell
- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA
- Present address: School of Biological Sciences University of Western Australia Perth Australia
- Present address: CSIRO Land & Water and CSIRO Health & Biosecurity Floreat WA Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA
- Present address: Department of Biology Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights Kentucky USA
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- Department of Biology Chapman University Orange California USA
- Present address: 23andMe Mountain View California USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Department of Biology Columbus State University Columbus Georgia USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA
- Present address: Department of Biology University of Washington Seattle Washington USA
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Karyological and morphological differentiation of the Tanacetum corymbosum group (Asteraceae) in the Slovak part of the Carpathians. Biologia (Bratisl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00793-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rahman M, Baten A, Mauleon R, King GJ, Liu L, Barkla BJ. Identification, characterization and epitope mapping of proteins encoded by putative allergenic napin genes from Brassica rapa. Clin Exp Allergy 2020; 50:848-868. [PMID: 32306538 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Brassica rapeseed crops contain high concentrations of oil in the seed. The remaining meal, following oil extraction, has a high protein content, but is of low value due to the presence of high amounts of napin seed storage proteins. These 2S albumin-like proteins are difficult to digest and have been identified as major allergens in humans. OBJECTIVE To comprehensively characterize the napin gene (NG) family in Brassica rapa and to gain an understanding of the structural basis of allergenicity of the expressed proteins. METHODS To identify candidate napin genes in B rapa, 2S albumin-like napin genes of Arabidopsis thaliana were used as query sequences to search for similarity against the B rapa var. pekinensis Chiifu-401 v2 and the var. trilocularis R-o-18 v1.5 genomes. Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) and epitope modelling was carried out to determine structural and evolutionary relationships of NGs and their potential allergenicity. RESULTS Four candidate napin genes in R-o-18 and ten in Chiifu-401 were identified with high sequence similarity to A thaliana napin genes. Multiple sequence alignment revealed strong conservation among the candidate genes. An epitope survey indicated high conservation of allergenic epitope motifs with known 2S albumin-like allergens. CONCLUSION Napin is thought to be responsible for a high prevalence of food allergies. Characterization of the napin gene family in B rapa will give important insight into the protein structure, and epitope modelling will help to advance studies into allergenicity including the development of precise diagnostic screenings and therapies for this potential food allergy as well as the possible manipulation of napin levels in the seed by gene editing technology.
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- Mahmudur Rahman
- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia.,Grasslands Research Centre, AgResearch Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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Franco AL, Figueredo A, Pereira LDM, de Sousa SM, Souza G, Carvalho MA, Simon MF, Viccini LF. Low cytomolecular diversification in the genus Stylosanthes Sw. (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). Genet Mol Biol 2020; 43:e20180250. [PMID: 31429856 PMCID: PMC7197990 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2018-0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Stylosanthes (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) is a predominantly Neotropical genus with ~48 species that include worldwide important forage species. This study presents the chromosome number and morphology of eight species of the genus Stylosanthes (S. acuminata, S. gracilis, S. grandifolia, S. guianensis, S. hippocampoides, S. pilosa, S. macrocephala, and S. ruellioides). In addition, staining with CMA and DAPI, in situ hybridization with 5S and 35S rDNA probes, and estimation of DNA content were performed. The interpretation of Stylosanthes chromosome diversification was anchored by a comparison with the sister genus Arachis and a dated molecular phylogeny based on nuclear and plastid loci. Stylosanthes species showed 2n = 20, with low cytomolecular diversification regarding 5S rDNA, 35S rDNA, and genome size. Arachis has a more ancient diversification (~7 Mya in the Pliocene) than the relatively recent Stylosanthes (~2 Mya in the Pleistocene), and it seems more diverse than its sister lineage. Our data support the idea that the cytomolecular stability of Stylosanthes in relation to Arachis could be a result of its recent origin. The recent diversification of Stylosanthes could also be related to the low morphological differentiation among species, and to the recurrent formation of allopolyploid complexes.
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- Ana Luiza Franco
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Genética, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Botânica, Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução Vegetal, CCB, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Botânica, Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução Vegetal, CCB, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Genética, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Botânica, Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução Vegetal, CCB, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Genética, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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Grigoreva E, Ulianich P, Ben C, Gentzbittel L, Potokina E. First Insights into the Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) Genome of the ‘Vavilovskij 130’ Accession, Using Second and Third-Generation Sequencing Technologies. RUSS J GENET+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s102279541911005x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Xie D, Xu Y, Wang J, Liu W, Zhou Q, Luo S, Huang W, He X, Li Q, Peng Q, Yang X, Yuan J, Yu J, Wang X, Lucas WJ, Huang S, Jiang B, Zhang Z. The wax gourd genomes offer insights into the genetic diversity and ancestral cucurbit karyotype. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5158. [PMID: 31727887 PMCID: PMC6856369 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13185-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The botanical family Cucurbitaceae includes a variety of fruit crops with global or local economic importance. How their genomes evolve and the genetic basis of diversity remain largely unexplored. In this study, we sequence the genome of the wax gourd (Benincasa hispida), which bears giant fruit up to 80 cm in length and weighing over 20 kg. Comparative analyses of six cucurbit genomes reveal that the wax gourd genome represents the most ancestral karyotype, with the predicted ancestral genome having 15 proto-chromosomes. We also resequence 146 lines of diverse germplasm and build a variation map consisting of 16 million variations. Combining population genetics and linkage mapping, we identify a number of regions/genes potentially selected during domestication and improvement, some of which likely contribute to the large fruit size in wax gourds. Our analyses of these data help to understand genome evolution and function in cucurbits. Cucurbits fruits have diverse shapes and sizes, but their genomes evolution and genetic basis of diversity are unclear. Here, the authors show that the wax gourd genome has the most ancestral karyotype among cucurbits and identify candidate genes which contribute to large fruit size by comparative and population genomics analyses.
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- Dasen Xie
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.,Agricultural Genomic Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518124, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Caofeidian Dist., Tangshan, Hebei, 063200, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.,Agricultural Genomic Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518124, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Caofeidian Dist., Tangshan, Hebei, 063200, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Caofeidian Dist., Tangshan, Hebei, 063200, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Caofeidian Dist., Tangshan, Hebei, 063200, China
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- Agricultural Genomic Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518124, China.,Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Agricultural Genomic Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518124, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China. .,College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
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Filiault DL, Ballerini ES, Mandáková T, Aköz G, Derieg NJ, Schmutz J, Jenkins J, Grimwood J, Shu S, Hayes RD, Hellsten U, Barry K, Yan J, Mihaltcheva S, Karafiátová M, Nizhynska V, Kramer EM, Lysak MA, Hodges SA, Nordborg M. The Aquilegia genome provides insight into adaptive radiation and reveals an extraordinarily polymorphic chromosome with a unique history. eLife 2018; 7:e36426. [PMID: 30325307 PMCID: PMC6255393 DOI: 10.7554/elife.36426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The columbine genus Aquilegia is a classic example of an adaptive radiation, involving a wide variety of pollinators and habitats. Here we present the genome assembly of A. coerulea 'Goldsmith', complemented by high-coverage sequencing data from 10 wild species covering the world-wide distribution. Our analyses reveal extensive allele sharing among species and demonstrate that introgression and selection played a role in the Aquilegia radiation. We also present the remarkable discovery that the evolutionary history of an entire chromosome differs from that of the rest of the genome - a phenomenon that we do not fully understand, but which highlights the need to consider chromosomes in an evolutionary context.
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- Danièle L Filiault
- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna BioCenterViennaAustria
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaSanta BarbaraUnited States
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- Central-European Institute of TechnologyMasaryk UniversityBrnoCzech Republic
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna BioCenterViennaAustria
- Vienna Graduate School of Population GeneticsViennaAustria
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaSanta BarbaraUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
- HudsonAlpha Institute of BiotechnologyAlabamaUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
- HudsonAlpha Institute of BiotechnologyAlabamaUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
- HudsonAlpha Institute of BiotechnologyAlabamaUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
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- Department of EnergyJoint Genome InstituteWalnut CreekUnited States
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- Institute of Experimental BotanyCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna BioCenterViennaAustria
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary BiologyHarvard UniversityCambridgeUnited States
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- Central-European Institute of TechnologyMasaryk UniversityBrnoCzech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaSanta BarbaraUnited States
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna BioCenterViennaAustria
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Bell KL, Burgess KS, Botsch JC, Dobbs EK, Read TD, Brosi BJ. Quantitative and qualitative assessment of pollen
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metabarcoding using constructed species mixtures. Mol Ecol 2018; 28:431-455. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Karen L. Bell
- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta Georgia
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- Columbus State University Department of Biology Columbus Georgia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta Georgia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Human Genetics School of Medicine Emory University Atlanta Georgia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta Georgia
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Krahulcová A, Trávníček P, Krahulec F, Rejmánek M. Small genomes and large seeds: chromosome numbers, genome size and seed mass in diploid Aesculus species (Sapindaceae). ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 119:957-964. [PMID: 28065925 PMCID: PMC5604552 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Background and Aims Aesculus L. (horse chestnut, buckeye) is a genus of 12-19 extant woody species native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. This genus is known for unusually large seeds among angiosperms. While chromosome counts are available for many Aesculus species, only one has had its genome size measured. The aim of this study is to provide more genome size data and analyse the relationship between genome size and seed mass in this genus. Methods Chromosome numbers in root tip cuttings were confirmed for four species and reported for the first time for three additional species. Flow cytometric measurements of 2C nuclear DNA values were conducted on eight species, and mean seed mass values were estimated for the same taxa. Key Results The same chromosome number, 2 n = 40, was determined in all investigated taxa. Original measurements of 2C values for seven Aesculus species (eight taxa), added to just one reliable datum for A. hippocastanum , confirmed the notion that the genome size in this genus with relatively large seeds is surprisingly low, ranging from 0·955 pg 2C -1 in A. parviflora to 1·275 pg 2C -1 in A. glabra var. glabra. Conclusions The chromosome number of 2 n = 40 seems to be conclusively the universal 2 n number for non-hybrid species in this genus. Aesculus genome sizes are relatively small, not only within its own family, Sapindaceae, but also within woody angiosperms. The genome sizes seem to be distinct and non-overlapping among the four major Aesculus clades. These results provide an extra support for the most recent reconstruction of Aesculus phylogeny. The correlation between the 2C values and seed masses in examined Aesculus species is slightly negative and not significant. However, when the four major clades are treated separately, there is consistent positive association between larger genome size and larger seed mass within individual lineages.
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- Anna Krahulcová
- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Li DD, Lu YL, Guo SL, Yin LP, Zhou P, Lou YX. Nuclear DNA contents of Echinchloa crus-galli and its Gaussian relationships with environments. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nagaki K, Tanaka K, Yamaji N, Kobayashi H, Murata M. Sunflower centromeres consist of a centromere-specific LINE and a chromosome-specific tandem repeat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:912. [PMID: 26583020 PMCID: PMC4628103 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The kinetochore is a protein complex including kinetochore-specific proteins that plays a role in chromatid segregation during mitosis and meiosis. The complex associates with centromeric DNA sequences that are usually species-specific. In plant species, tandem repeats including satellite DNA sequences and retrotransposons have been reported as centromeric DNA sequences. In this study on sunflowers, a cDNA-encoding centromere-specific histone H3 (CENH3) was isolated from a cDNA pool from a seedling, and an antibody was raised against a peptide synthesized from the deduced cDNA. The antibody specifically recognized the sunflower CENH3 (HaCENH3) and showed centromeric signals by immunostaining and immunohistochemical staining analysis. The antibody was also applied in chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-Seq to isolate centromeric DNA sequences and two different types of repetitive DNA sequences were identified. One was a long interspersed nuclear element (LINE)-like sequence, which showed centromere-specific signals on almost all chromosomes in sunflowers. This is the first report of a centromeric LINE sequence, suggesting possible centromere targeting ability. Another type of identified repetitive DNA was a tandem repeat sequence with a 187-bp unit that was found only on a pair of chromosomes. The HaCENH3 content of the tandem repeats was estimated to be much higher than that of the LINE, which implies centromere evolution from LINE-based centromeres to more stable tandem-repeat-based centromeres. In addition, the epigenetic status of the sunflower centromeres was investigated by immunohistochemical staining and ChIP, and it was found that centromeres were heterochromatic.
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- Kiyotaka Nagaki
- Applied Genomics Unit, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama UniversityKurashiki, Japan
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya, Japan
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- Applied Genomics Unit, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama UniversityKurashiki, Japan
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya, Japan
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- Applied Genomics Unit, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama UniversityKurashiki, Japan
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- Hugo de Vries Laboratory; University of Amsterdam; Kruislaan 318 NL-1098 SM Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Ozheredova IP, Parnikoza IY, Poronnik OO, Kozeretska IA, Demidov SV, Kunakh VA. Mechanisms of antarctic vascular plant adaptation to abiotic environmental factors. CYTOL GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452715020085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Podio M, Cáceres ME, Samoluk SS, Seijo JG, Pessino SC, Ortiz JPA, Pupilli F. A methylation status analysis of the apomixis-specific region in Paspalum spp. suggests an epigenetic control of parthenogenesis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:6411-24. [PMID: 25180110 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Apomixis, a clonal plant reproduction by seeds, is controlled in Paspalum spp. by a single locus which is blocked in terms of recombination. Partial sequence analysis of the apomixis locus revealed structural features of heterochromatin, namely the presence of repetitive elements, gene degeneration, and de-regulation. To test the epigenetic control of apomixis, a study on the distribution of cytosine methylation at the apomixis locus and the effect of artificial DNA demethylation on the mode of reproduction was undertaken in two apomictic Paspalum species. The 5-methylcytosine distribution in the apomixis-controlling genomic region was studied in P. simplex by methylation-sensitive restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and in P. notatum by fluorescene in situ hybridization (FISH). The effect of DNA demethylation was studied on the mode of reproduction of P. simplex by progeny test analysis of apomictic plants treated with the demethylating agent 5'-azacytidine. A high level of cytosine methylation was detected at the apomixis-controlling genomic region in both species. By analysing a total of 374 open pollination progeny, it was found that artificial demethylation had little or no effect on apospory, whereas it induced a significant depression of parthenogenesis. The results suggested that factors controlling repression of parthenogenesis might be inactivated in apomictic Paspalum by DNA methylation.
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- Maricel Podio
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Campo Experimental Villarino s/n CC 14 (S2125 ZAA), Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (IBONE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina
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- CNR-Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, Research Division: Perugia, Via della Madonna alta 130, I-06128 Perugia, Italy
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- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (IBONE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina
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- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (IBONE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Campo Experimental Villarino s/n CC 14 (S2125 ZAA), Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Campo Experimental Villarino s/n CC 14 (S2125 ZAA), Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (IBONE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina
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- CNR-Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, Research Division: Perugia, Via della Madonna alta 130, I-06128 Perugia, Italy
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Amijima M, Iwata Y, Koizumi N, Mishiba KI. The polar auxin transport inhibitor TIBA inhibits endoreduplication in dark grown spinach hypocotyls. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 225:45-51. [PMID: 25017158 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Revised: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We addressed the question of whether an additional round of endoreduplication in dark-grown hypocotyls is a common feature in dicotyledonous plants having endopolyploid tissues. Ploidy distributions of hypocotyl tissues derived from in vitro-grown spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. cv. Atlas) seedlings grown under different light conditions were analyzed by flow cytometry. An additional round of endoreduplication (represented by 32C cells) was found in the dark-grown hypocotyl tissues. This response was inhibited by light, the intensity of which is a crucial factor for the inhibition of endoreduplication. The higher ploidy cells in cortical tissues of the dark-grown hypocotyls had larger cell sizes, suggesting that the additional round of endoreduplication contributes to hypocotyl elongation. More importantly, a polar auxin transport inhibitor, 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA), strongly inhibits endoreduplication, not only in spinach but also in Arabidopsis. Because other polar auxin transport inhibitors or an auxin antagonist show no or mild effects, TIBA may have a specific feature that inhibits endoreduplication.
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- Makoto Amijima
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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Choudhury RR, Basak S, Ramesh AM, Rangan L. Nuclear DNA content of Pongamia pinnata L. and genome size stability of in vitro-regenerated plantlets. PROTOPLASMA 2014; 251:703-9. [PMID: 23990110 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0545-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Pongamia pinnata L. is a multipurpose versatile legume that is well known as a prospective feedstock biodiesel species. However, to date, there has been little genomic research aimed at the exploitation of the biotechnological potential of this species. Genetic characterization of any plant is a challenging task when there is no information about the genome size and organization of the species. Therefore, the genome size of P. pinnata was estimated by flow cytometry with respect to two standards (Zea mays and Pisum sativum), and compared with that of in vitro-raised plants (nodal segment, in vitro-rooted plantlets and acclimatized in vitro plants) to study the potential effect of somaclonal variation on genome size. This method can be used to support the establishment of true-to-type plants to encourage afforestation programs. Modified propidium iodide/hypotonic citrate buffer was used for isolation of the intact nuclei. The 2C DNA value of this species was estimated to be 2.51 ± 0.01 pg. Statistically, there was no significant difference in the DNA content of the in vitro-grown plants and mother plant at α = 0.05. As a result of the low genome size of P. pinnata, a species that has adapted itself to a wide range of edaphic and ecological condition, we can now proceed for its next generation sequencing and genomic diversity studies.
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- Rimjhim Roy Choudhury
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India
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Molecular markers for genetics and plant breeding: the MFLP marker system and its application in narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius). Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1069:179-201. [PMID: 23996316 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-613-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Since the development of molecular markers to tag genes of agronomic traits of interests, molecular markers have played an increasingly significant role in breeding programs. Molecular markers have been implemented for large-scale marker-assisted selection in the breeding program of many important crops including lupin. So far, more than a dozen molecular markers for disease resistance genes and for other agronomic traits of interest have been developed in lupin. The DNA fingerprinting method, "MFLP" has played a pivotal role in the success of lupin breeding program in Australia. Here, we describe the MFLP technique used in lupin breeding which could be easily transferable to other crop species.
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Nagl W, Treviranus A. A Flow Cytometric Analysis of the Nuclear 2C DNA Content in 17PhaseolusSpecies (53 Genotypes). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1995.tb00513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Faba Bean Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism. DIVERSITY-BASEL 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/d6010088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Garcia S, Leitch IJ, Anadon-Rosell A, Canela MÁ, Gálvez F, Garnatje T, Gras A, Hidalgo O, Johnston E, Mas de Xaxars G, Pellicer J, Siljak-Yakovlev S, Vallès J, Vitales D, Bennett MD. Recent updates and developments to plant genome size databases. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 42:D1159-66. [PMID: 24288377 PMCID: PMC3965065 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Two plant genome size databases have been recently updated and/or extended: the Plant DNA C-values database (http://data.kew.org/cvalues), and GSAD, the Genome Size in Asteraceae database (http://www.asteraceaegenomesize.com). While the first provides information on nuclear DNA contents across land plants and some algal groups, the second is focused on one of the largest and most economically important angiosperm families, Asteraceae. Genome size data have numerous applications: they can be used in comparative studies on genome evolution, or as a tool to appraise the cost of whole-genome sequencing programs. The growing interest in genome size and increasing rate of data accumulation has necessitated the continued update of these databases. Currently, the Plant DNA C-values database (Release 6.0, Dec. 2012) contains data for 8510 species, while GSAD has 1219 species (Release 2.0, June 2013), representing increases of 17 and 51%, respectively, in the number of species with genome size data, compared with previous releases. Here we provide overviews of the most recent releases of each database, and outline new features of GSAD. The latter include (i) a tool to visually compare genome size data between species, (ii) the option to export data and (iii) a webpage containing information about flow cytometry protocols.
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- Sònia Garcia
- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Sònia Garcia: Tel: +34 934 024490; Fax: +34 934 025879;
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- Correspondence may be also addressed to Ilia J. Leitch. Tel: +44 208 332 5329; Fax: +44 208 332 5310;
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratori de Botànica-Unitat Associada CSIC, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Department of Managerial Decision Sciences, IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 08032 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, BioScripts - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, 41012 Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain, Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), 08038 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Laboratoire d’Evolution et Systématique, Université Paris Sud, UMR8079 CNRS-UPS-AgroParis-Tech, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Ramesh AM, Basak S, Choudhury RR, Rangan L. Development of flow cytometric protocol for nuclear DNA content estimation and determination of chromosome number in Pongamia pinnata L., a valuable biodiesel plant. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 172:533-48. [PMID: 24101561 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0553-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The potentiality of Pongamia pinnata L. as a sustainable source of feedstock for the biodiesel industry is dependent on an extensive knowledge of the genome structure of the plant. Flow cytometry, with propidium iodide (PI) as the DNA stain, was used to estimate the nuclear DNA content of P. pinnata, with respect to Zea mays 'CE-777' as standard. The internal and pseudo-internal standardization was followed on account of the inhibitory effect of secondary compounds on PI intercalation. The antioxidants (PVP-40 and β-mercaptoethanol) were added to the nuclear isolation buffer for the reduction of inhibitory effect of P. pinnata cytosol. Nuclear DNA content estimation was done for P. pinnata leaves from different altitudes (37-117 m height from sea level) of Assam. Flow cytometry analysis indicated that the nuclear DNA content of P. pinnata is 2.66 pg with predicted 1C value of 1,300 Mb using Z. mays as standard. Coefficient of variation in flow cytometric analysis was within the limit of 5 % indicating that the results were reliable. Somatic chromosome numbers were counted from root-tip cells and was found to be 2n = 22 corresponding to the diploid level (x = 11). A decreasing trend in the nuclear DNA content was observed for the species of different altitudes.
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- Aadi Moolam Ramesh
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India, 781 039
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Relative quantification in seed GMO analysis: state of art and bottlenecks. Transgenic Res 2013; 22:461-76. [PMID: 23400878 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9684-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/28/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Reliable quantitative methods are needed to comply with current EU regulations on the mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and GMO-derived food and feed products with a minimum GMO content of 0.9 %. The implementation of EU Commission Recommendation 2004/787/EC on technical guidance for sampling and detection which meant as a helpful tool for the practical implementation of EC Regulation 1830/2003, which states that "the results of quantitative analysis should be expressed as the number of target DNA sequences per target taxon specific sequences calculated in terms of haploid genomes". This has led to an intense debate on the type of calibrator best suitable for GMO quantification. The main question addressed in this review is whether reference materials and calibrators should be matrix based or whether pure DNA analytes should be used for relative quantification in GMO analysis. The state of the art, including the advantages and drawbacks, of using DNA plasmid (compared to genomic DNA reference materials) as calibrators, is widely described. In addition, the influence of the genetic structure of seeds on real-time PCR quantitative results obtained for seed lots is discussed. The specific composition of a seed kernel, the mode of inheritance, and the ploidy level ensure that there is discordance between a GMO % expressed as a haploid genome equivalent and a GMO % based on numbers of seeds. This means that a threshold fixed as a percentage of seeds cannot be used as such for RT-PCR. All critical points that affect the expression of the GMO content in seeds are discussed in this paper.
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In many cultivated crop species there is limited genetic variation available for the development of new higher yielding varieties adapted to climate change and sustainable farming practises. The distant relatives of crop species provide a vast and largely untapped reservoir of genetic variation for a wide range of agronomically important traits that can be exploited by breeders for crop improvement. In this paper, in what we believe to be the largest introgression programme undertaken in the monocots, we describe the transfer of the entire genome of Festuca pratensis into Lolium perenne in overlapping chromosome segments. The L. perenne/F. pratensis introgressions were identified and characterised via 131 simple sequence repeats and 1612 SNPs anchored to the rice genome. Comparative analyses were undertaken to determine the syntenic relationship between L. perenne/F. pratensis and rice, wheat, barley, sorghum and Brachypodium distachyon. Analyses comparing recombination frequency and gene distribution indicated that a large proportion of the genes within the genome are located in the proximal regions of chromosomes which undergo low/very low frequencies of recombination. Thus, it is proposed that past breeding efforts to produce improved varieties have centred on the subset of genes located in the distal regions of chromosomes where recombination is highest. The use of alien introgression for crop improvement is important for meeting the challenges of global food supply and the monocots such as the forage grasses and cereals, together with recent technological advances in molecular biology, can help meet these challenges.
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Bai C, Alverson WS, Follansbee A, Waller DM. New reports of nuclear DNA content for 407 vascular plant taxa from the United States. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2012; 110:1623-9. [PMID: 23100602 PMCID: PMC3503501 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The amount of DNA in an unreplicated haploid nuclear genome (C-value) ranges over several orders of magnitude among plant species and represents a key metric for comparing plant genomes. To extend previously published datasets on plant nuclear content and to characterize the DNA content of many species present in one region of North America, flow cytometry was used to estimate C-values of woody and herbaceous species collected in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. METHODS A total of 674 samples and vouchers were collected from locations across Wisconsin and Michigan, USA. From these, C-value estimates were obtained for 514 species, subspecies and varieties of vascular plants. Nuclei were extracted from samples of these species in one of two buffers, stained with the fluorochrome propidium iodide, and an Accuri C-6 flow cytometer was used to measure fluorescence peaks relative to those of an internal standard. Replicate extractions, coefficients of variation and comparisons to published C-values in the same and related species were used to confirm the accuracy and reliability of our results. KEY RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Prime C-values for 407 taxa are provided for which no published data exist, including 390 angiosperms, two gymnosperms, ten monilophytes and five lycophytes. Non-prime reports for 107 additional taxa are also provided. The prime values represent new reports for 129 genera and five families (of 303 genera and 97 families sampled). New family C-value maxima or minima are reported for Betulaceae, Ericaceae, Ranunculaceae and Sapindaceae. These data provide the basis for phylogenetic analyses of C-value variation and future analyses of how C-values covary with other functional traits.
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- Chengke Bai
- Botany Department, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, 199 Chang'an Road, Xian, Shaanxi 710062, China
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- Botany Department, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Botany Department, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Botany Department, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Wanous MK, Goicoechea PG, Gustafson JP. RFLP maps of rye chromosomes 6R and 7R including terminal C-bands. Genome 2012; 38:999-1004. [PMID: 18470222 DOI: 10.1139/g95-131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A F2 mapping population was created from a cross between 'UC-90' and E-line ryes (Secale cereale L.), two lines that showed polymorphism for eight C-band loci. Clones from rye, as well as other grasses, were used as probes. RFLP maps of rye chromosomes 6R and 7R were generated that include the 6RS and 6RL terminal C-bands and the 7RS terminal C-band. The 6R map spans 230 cM and includes 9 loci. The 7R map covers 225 cM and includes 21 loci. Segregation distortion was detected for several chromosomal regions. Heterochromatic C-bands did not appear to be responsible for the distortion.
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Wang HF, Zong XX, Guan JP, Yang T, Sun XL, Ma Y, Redden R. Genetic diversity and relationship of global faba bean (Vicia faba L.) germplasm revealed by ISSR markers. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2012; 124:789-97. [PMID: 22204023 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1750-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Genetic diversity and relationships of 802 faba bean (Vicia faba L.) landraces and varieties from different geographical locations of China and abroad were examined using ISSR markers. A total of 212 repeatable amplified bands were generated with 11 ISSR primers, of which 209 were polymorphic. Accessions from North China showed highest genetic diversity, while accessions from central China showed low level of diversity. Chinese spring faba bean germplasm was clearly separated from Chinese winter faba bean, based on principal component analysis and UPGMA clustering analysis. Winter accessions from Zhejiang (East China), Jiangxi (East China), Sichuan (Southwest China) and Guizhou (Southwest China) were quite distinct to that from other provinces in China. Great differentiation between Chinese accessions and those from rest of the world was shown with a UPGMA dendrogram. AMOVA analyses demonstrated large variation and differentiation within and among groups of accessions from China. As a continental geographic group, accessions from Europe were genetically closer to those from North Africa. Based on ISSR data, grouping results of accessions from Asia, Europe and Africa were obviously associated with their geographical origin. The overall results indicated that the genetic relationship of faba bean germplasm was closely associated with their geographical origin and their ecological habit.
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- Hai-Fei Wang
- Institute of Crop Science/The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Veselý P, Bures P, Smarda P, Pavlícek T. Genome size and DNA base composition of geophytes: the mirror of phenology and ecology? ANNALS OF BOTANY 2012; 109:65-75. [PMID: 22021815 PMCID: PMC3241587 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Genome size is known to affect various plant traits such as stomatal size, seed mass, and flower or shoot phenology. However, these associations are not well understood for species with very large genomes, which are laregly represented by geophytic plants. No detailed associations are known between DNA base composition and genome size or species ecology. METHODS Genome sizes and GC contents were measured in 219 geophytes together with tentative morpho-anatomical and ecological traits. KEY RESULTS Increased genome size was associated with earliness of flowering and tendency to grow in humid conditions, and there was a positive correlation between an increase in stomatal size in species with extremely large genomes. Seed mass of geophytes was closely related to their ecology, but not to genomic parameters. Genomic DNA GC content showed a unimodal relationship with genome size but no relationship with species ecology. CONCLUSIONS Evolution of genome size in geophytes is closely related to their ecology and phenology and is also associated with remarkable changes in DNA base composition. Although geophytism together with producing larger cells appears to be an advantageous strategy for fast development of an organism in seasonal habitats, the drought sensitivity of large stomata may restrict the occurrence of geophytes with very large genomes to regions not subject to water stress.
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- Pavel Veselý
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ-61137, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Praça-Fontes MM, Carvalho CR, Clarindo WR. C-value reassessment of plant standards: an image cytometry approach. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2011; 30:2303-12. [PMID: 21850594 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1135-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2011] [Revised: 07/02/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Image cytometry (ICM) has been used to measure DNA 2C-values by evaluating the optical density of Feulgen-stained nuclei. This optical measurement is carried out using three basic tools: microscopy, digital video camera, and image analysis software. Because ICM has been applied to plants, some authors have remarked that studies should be performed before this technique can be accepted as an accurate method for determination of plant genome size. Based on this, the 2C-value of eight plants, which are widely used as standards in DNA quantifications, was reassessed in a cascade-like manner, from A. thaliana through R. sativus, S. lycopersicum, Glycine max, Z. mays, P. sativum, V. faba, to A. cepa. The mean 2C-values of all plants were statistically compared to the values reported by other authors using flow cytometry and/or ICM. These analyses demonstrated that ICM is an accurate and reliable method for 2C-value measurement, representing an attractive alternative to flow cytometry. Statistical comparison of the results also indicated Glycine max 'Polanka' as the most adequate primary standard. However, distinct authors have been advised that 2C DNA content of the reference standard should be close to that of the sample. As three further approaches also revisited the 2C-value of these eight plants, we have thus proposed a mean 2C-value for each eight species.
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- Milene Miranda Praça-Fontes
- Laboratório de Microscopia, Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEP 29500-000, Alegre, ES, Brazil
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Wang H, Yang T, Guan J, Ma Y, Sun X, Zong X. Development and characterization of 20 novel polymorphic STS markers in Vicia faba (fava bean). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2011; 98:e189-e191. [PMID: 21700796 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Sequence tagged site (STS) primers were developed for Vicia faba, based on amplified bands by ISSR primers. The usefulness of these STS markers was validated for size polymorphism among fava bean accessions. METHODS AND RESULTS Based on the sequences derived from intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) amplification, 66 sequence tagged site (STS) primer pairs were developed and screened, and 20 of them were polymorphic. The polymorphism of these markers was identified in 32 fava bean germplasm from different global geographical locations. Alleles (N(a)) per locus numbered 2 to 4, and expected heterozygosity (H(E)) per locus ranged from 0.000 to 0.714. There was significant variation in H(E) among germplasm from different regions for individual primers. CONCLUSIONS These novel polymorphic STS markers may be useful and convenient for further studies of population genetics, cultivar identification, and evolution in fava bean.
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- Haifei Wang
- Institute of Crop Sciences, The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Rauwolf U, Golczyk H, Greiner S, Herrmann RG. Variable amounts of DNA related to the size of chloroplasts III. Biochemical determinations of DNA amounts per organelle. Mol Genet Genomics 2010; 283:35-47. [PMID: 19911199 PMCID: PMC2799680 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-009-0491-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 09/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Plastid genomes (plastomes) are part of the integrated compartmentalised genetic system of photoautotrophic eukaryotes. They are highly redundant and generally dispersed in several regions (nucleoids) within organelles. DNA quantities and number of DNA-containing regions per plastid vary and are developmentally regulated in a way not yet understood. Reliable quantitative data describing these patterns are scarce. We present a protocol to isolate fractions of pure plastids with varying average sizes from leaflets (8 microm average diameter, corresponding from approximately a dozen to 330 genome equivalents per organelle and on average four to seven copies per nucleoid. The ratio of plastid/nuclear DNA changed continuously during leaf development from as little as 0.4% to about 20% in fully developed leaves. On the other hand, mesophyll cells of mature leaves differing in ploidy (di-, tri- and tetraploid) appeared to maintain a relatively constant nuclear genome/plastome ratio, equivalent to about 1,700 copies per C-value.
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- Uwe Rauwolf
- Department für Biologie I, Bereich Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Menzinger Straße 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka 52, 31-044 Kraków, Poland
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- Department für Biologie I, Bereich Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Menzinger Straße 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
- Present Address: Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department für Biologie I, Bereich Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Menzinger Straße 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
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Ribeiro T, Barão A, Viegas W, Morais-Cecíli L. Molecular cytogenetics of forest trees. Cytogenet Genome Res 2008; 120:220-7. [DOI: 10.1159/000121070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Mekki L, Badr A, Fekry M. Cytogenetic studies on nine genotypes of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cultivated in Egypt in relation to zinc efficiency. Pak J Biol Sci 2007; 10:4230-5. [PMID: 19086576 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.4230.4235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This investigation deals with variations in karyotype features, nuclear DNA content and nuclear volume in nine genotypes of Phaseolus vulgaris that show different adaptations to Zinc Deficiency (ZD). In addition, this study addresses the correlation between chromosome length, nuclear DNA amount and nuclear volume on one hand and the capacity of the examined genotypes to tolerate Zn deficiency on the other hand. It was found that Zn Efficiency (ZE) genotypes have the longer chromosomes, higher amounts of DNA content and larger nuclear volume than ZD genotypes.
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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King J, Armstead IP, Donnison SI, Roberts LA, Harper JA, Skøt K, Elborough K, King IP. Comparative analyses between lolium/festuca introgression lines and rice reveal the major fraction of functionally annotated gene models is located in recombination-poor/very recombination-poor regions of the genome. Genetics 2007; 177:597-606. [PMID: 17603095 PMCID: PMC2013687 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.075515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Publication of the rice genome sequence has allowed an in-depth analysis of genome organization in a model monocot plant species. This has provided a powerful tool for genome analysis in large-genome unsequenced agriculturally important monocot species such as wheat, barley, rye, Lolium, etc. Previous data have indicated that the majority of genes in large-genome monocots are located toward the ends of chromosomes in gene-rich regions that undergo high frequencies of recombination. Here we demonstrate that a substantial component of the coding sequences in monocots is localized proximally in regions of very low and even negligible recombination frequencies. The implications of our findings are that during domestication of monocot plant species selection has concentrated on genes located in the terminal regions of chromosomes within areas of high recombination frequency. Thus a large proportion of the genetic variation available for selection of superior plant genotypes has not been exploited. In addition our findings raise the possibility of the evolutionary development of large supergene complexes that confer a selective advantage to the individual.
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- Julie King
- Plant Genetics and Breeding Department, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, United Kingdom.
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Jaramillo MA, Kramer EM. Molecular evolution of the petal and stamen identity genes, APETALA3 and PISTILLATA, after petal loss in the Piperales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007; 44:598-609. [PMID: 17576077 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2006] [Revised: 02/08/2007] [Accepted: 03/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Organ loss is an evolutionary phenomenon commonly observed in all kinds of multicellular organisms. Across the angiosperms, petals have been lost several times over the course of their diversification. We examined the evolution of petal and stamen identity genes in the Piperales, a basal lineage of angiosperms that includes the perianthless (with no petals or sepals) families Piperaceae and Saururaceae as well as the Aristolochiaceae, which exhibit a well-developed perianth. Here, we provide evidence for relaxation of selection on the putative petal and stamen identity genes, homologs of APETALA3 and PISTILLATA, following the loss of petals in the Piperales. Our results are particularly interesting as the B-class genes are not only responsible for the production of petals but are also central to stamen identity, the male reproductive organs that show no modification in these plants. Relaxed purifying selection after the loss of only one of these organs suggests that there has been dissociation of the functional roles of these genes in the Piperales.
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- M Alejandra Jaramillo
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Xiao W, Su Y, Sakamoto W. Isolation and characterization of Ty1/copia-like retrotransposons in mung bean (Vigna radiata). JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2007; 120:323-8. [PMID: 17122901 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-006-0045-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Two Ty1/copia-like retrotransposons, RTvr1 and RTvr2, were isolated from mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genomic DNA and are the first complete elements of this kind to be reported in this legume. Nucleotide sequence analyses revealed that both elements are AT-rich (60% and 61%, respectively) and are flanked by a target-site duplication of 5 bp. The structures of RTvr1 and RTvr2 are those of typical long terminal repeat retrotransposons. Both transposons were able to produce putative proteins with the domain order of Gag-protease-integrase-reverse transcriptase-RNase H, indicating that RTvr1 and RTvr2 belong to the Ty1/copia-like retrotransposons. Except for a 2,500-bp insertion region in RTvr2, the overall similarity between RTvr1 and RTvr2 is 92%. Dot blots showed that these two retroelements were present at a copy number of 120 per mung bean haploid genome. Multiple sequence alignments showed that the conserved motifs of the aspartic proteases, integrase, reverse transcriptase, and the RNase H in the Ty1/copia-like group all exist in RTvr1 and RTvr2.
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- Weimin Xiao
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Jan CC, Seiler G. Sunflower. GENETIC RESOURCES, CHROMOSOME ENGINEERING, AND CROP IMPROVEMENT 2006. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420005363.ch5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Nelson MN, Phan HTT, Ellwood SR, Moolhuijzen PM, Hane J, Williams A, O'Lone CE, Fosu-Nyarko J, Scobie M, Cakir M, Jones MGK, Bellgard M, Ksiazkiewicz M, Wolko B, Barker SJ, Oliver RP, Cowling WA. The first gene-based map of Lupinus angustifolius L.-location of domestication genes and conserved synteny with Medicago truncatula. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2006; 113:225-38. [PMID: 16791689 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0288-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Accepted: 03/31/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We report the first gene-based linkage map of Lupinus angustifolius (narrow-leafed lupin) and its comparison to the partially sequenced genome of Medicago truncatula. The map comprises 382 loci in 20 major linkage groups, two triplets, three pairs and 11 unlinked loci and is 1,846 cM in length. The map was generated from the segregation of 163 RFLP markers, 135 gene-based PCR markers, 75 AFLP and 4 AFLP-derived SCAR markers in a mapping population of 93 recombinant inbred lines, derived from a cross between domesticated and wild-type parents. This enabled the mapping of five major genes controlling key domestication traits in L. angustifolius. Using marker sequence data, the L. angustifolius genetic map was compared to the partially completed M. truncatula genome sequence. We found evidence of conserved synteny in some regions of the genome despite the wide evolutionary distance between these legume species. We also found new evidence of widespread duplication within the L. angustifolius genome.
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- Matthew N Nelson
- School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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ZONNEVELD BJM, LEITCH IJ, BENNETT MD. First nuclear DNA amounts in more than 300 angiosperms. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2005; 96:229-44. [PMID: 15905300 PMCID: PMC4246870 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Genome size (DNA C-value) data are key biodiversity characters of fundamental significance used in a wide variety of biological fields. Since 1976, Bennett and colleagues have made scattered published and unpublished genome size data more widely accessible by assembling them into user-friendly compilations. Initially these were published as hard copy lists, but since 1997 they have also been made available electronically (see the Plant DNA C-values database http://www.kew.org/cval/homepage.html). Nevertheless, at the Second Plant Genome Size Meeting in 2003, Bennett noted that as many as 1000 DNA C-value estimates were still unpublished and hence unavailable. Scientists were strongly encouraged to communicate such unpublished data. The present work combines the databasing experience of the Kew-based authors with the unpublished C-values produced by Zonneveld to make a large body of valuable genome size data available to the scientific community. METHODS C-values for angiosperm species, selected primarily for their horticultural interest, were estimated by flow cytometry using the fluorochrome propidium iodide. The data were compiled into a table whose form is similar to previously published lists of DNA amounts by Bennett and colleagues. KEY RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The present work contains C-values for 411 taxa including first values for 308 species not listed previously by Bennett and colleagues. Based on a recent estimate of the global published output of angiosperm DNA C-value data (i.e. 200 first C-value estimates per annum) the present work equals 1.5 years of average global published output; and constitutes over 12 % of the latest 5-year global target set by the Second Plant Genome Size Workshop (see http://www.kew.org/cval/workshopreport.html). Hopefully, the present example will encourage others to unveil further valuable data which otherwise may lie forever unpublished and unavailable for comparative analyses.
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- B. J. M. ZONNEVELD
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK
- For correspondence. E-mail
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Nelson MN, Nixon J, Lydiate DJ. Genome-wide analysis of the frequency and distribution of crossovers at male and female meiosis in Sinapis alba L. (white mustard). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2005; 111:31-43. [PMID: 15902398 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-1961-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2004] [Accepted: 02/14/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We present the first genetic linkage maps of Sinapis alba (white mustard) and a rigorous analysis of sex effects on the frequency and distribution of crossovers at meiosis in this species. Sex-averaged maps representing recombination in two highly heterozygous parents were aligned to give a consensus map consisting of 382 loci defined by restriction fragment length polymorphisms and arranged in 12 linkage groups with no unlinked markers. The loci were distributed in a near-random manner across the genome, and there was little evidence of segregation distortion. From these dense maps, a subset of spaced informative markers was used to establish recombination frequencies assayed separately in male and female gametes and derived from two distinct genetic backgrounds. Analyses of 746 gametes indicated that recombination frequencies were greater in male gametes, with the greatest differences near the ends of linkage groups. Genetic background had a lesser effect on recombination frequencies, with no discernible pattern in the distribution of such differences. The possible causes of sex differences in recombination frequency and the implications for plant breeding are discussed.
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Sliwinska E, Zielinska E, Jedrzejczyk I. Are seeds suitable for flow cytometric estimation of plant genome size? Cytometry A 2005; 64:72-9. [PMID: 15739186 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nuclear DNA content in plants is commonly estimated using flow cytometry (FCM). Plant material suitable for FCM measurement should contain the majority of its cells arrested in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle. Usually young, rapidly growing leaves are used for analysis. However, in some cases seeds would be more convenient because they can be easily transported and analyzed without the delays and additional costs required to raise seedlings. Using seeds would be particularly suitable for species that contain leaf cytosol compounds affecting fluorochrome accessibility to the DNA. Therefore, the usefulness of seeds or their specific tissues for FCM genome size estimation was investigated, and the results are presented here. METHODS The genome size of six plant species was determined by FCM using intercalating fluorochrome propidium iodide for staining isolated nuclei. Young leaves and different seed tissues were used as experimental material. Pisum sativum cv. Set (2C = 9.11 pg) was used as an internal standard. For isolation of nuclei from species containing compounds that interfere with propidium iodide intercalation and/or fluorescence, buffers were used supplemented with reductants. RESULTS For Anethum graveolens, Beta vulgaris, and Zea mays, cytometrically estimated genome size was the same in seeds and leaves. For Helianthus annuus, different values for DNA amounts in seeds and in leaves were obtained when using all but one of four nuclei isolation buffers. For Brassica napus var. oleifera, none of the applied nuclei isolation buffers eliminated differences in genome size determined in the seeds and leaves. CONCLUSIONS The genome size of species that do not contain compounds that influence fluorochrome accessibility appears to be the same when estimated using specific seed tissues and young leaves. Seeds can be more suitable than leaves, especially for species containing staining inhibitors in the leaf cytosol. Thus, use of seeds for FCM nuclear DNA content estimation is recommended, although for some species a specific seed tissue (usually the radicle) should be used. Protocols for preparation of samples from endospermic and endospermless seeds have been developed.
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- Elwira Sliwinska
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Cytometry, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Technology and Agriculture, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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Donnison IS, O'Sullivan DM, Thomas A, Canter P, Moore B, Armstead I, Thomas H, Edwards KJ, King IP. Construction of a Festuca pratensis BAC library for map-based cloning in Festulolium substitution lines. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2005; 110:846-51. [PMID: 15711790 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-004-1870-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2004] [Accepted: 10/30/2004] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Introgression in Festulolium is a potentially powerful tool to isolate genes for a large number of traits which differ between Festuca pratensis Huds. and Lolium perenne L. Not only are hybrids between the two species fertile, but the two genomes can be distinguished by genomic in situ hybridisation and a high frequency of recombination occurs between homoeologous chromosomes and chromosome segments. By a programme of introgression and a series of backcrosses, L. perenne lines have been produced which contain small F. pratensis substitutions. This material is a rich source of polymorphic markers targeted towards any trait carried on the F. pratensis substitution not observed in the L. perenne background. We describe here the construction of an F. pratensis BAC library, which establishes the basis of a map-based cloning strategy in L. perenne. The library contains 49,152 clones, with an average insert size of 112 kbp, providing coverage of 2.5 haploid genome equivalents. We have screened the library for eight amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) derived markers known to be linked to an F. pratensis gene introgressed into L. perenne and conferring a staygreen phenotype as a consequence of a mutation in primary chlorophyll catabolism. While for four of the markers it was possible to identify bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones, the other four AFLPs were too repetitive to enable reliable identification of locus-specific BACs. Moreover, when the four BACs were partially sequenced, no obvious coding regions could be identified. This contrasted to BACs identified using cDNA sequences, when multiple genes were identified on the same BAC.
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- Iain S Donnison
- Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK.
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Quarrie SA, Steed A, Calestani C, Semikhodskii A, Lebreton C, Chinoy C, Steele N, Pljevljakusić D, Waterman E, Weyen J, Schondelmaier J, Habash DZ, Farmer P, Saker L, Clarkson DT, Abugalieva A, Yessimbekova M, Turuspekov Y, Abugalieva S, Tuberosa R, Sanguineti MC, Hollington PA, Aragués R, Royo A, Dodig D. A high-density genetic map of hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from the cross Chinese Spring x SQ1 and its use to compare QTLs for grain yield across a range of environments. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2005; 110:865-80. [PMID: 15719212 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-004-1902-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2004] [Accepted: 12/07/2004] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A population of 96 doubled haploid lines (DHLs) was prepared from F1 plants of the hexaploid wheat cross Chinese Spring x SQ1 (a high abscisic acid-expressing breeding line) and was mapped with 567 RFLP, AFLP, SSR, morphological and biochemical markers covering all 21 chromosomes, with a total map length of 3,522 cM. Although the map lengths for each genome were very similar, the D genome had only half the markers of the other two genomes. The map was used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for yield and yield components from a combination of 24 site x treatment x year combinations, including nutrient stress, drought stress and salt stress treatments. Although yield QTLs were widely distributed around the genome, 17 clusters of yield QTLs from five or more trials were identified: two on group 1 chromosomes, one each on group 2 and group 3, five on group 4, four on group 5, one on group 6 and three on group 7. The strongest yield QTL effects were on chromosomes 7AL and 7BL, due mainly to variation in grain numbers per ear. Three of the yield QTL clusters were largely site-specific, while four clusters were largely associated with one or other of the stress treatments. Three of the yield QTL clusters were coincident with the dwarfing gene Rht-B1 on 4BS and with the vernalisation genes Vrn-A1 on 5AL and Vrn-D1 on 5DL. Yields of each DHL were calculated for trial mean yields of 6 g plant(-1) and 2 g plant(-1) (equivalent to about 8 t ha(-1) and 2.5 t ha(-1), respectively), representing optimum and moderately stressed conditions. Analyses of these yield estimates using interval mapping confirmed the group-7 effects on yield and, at 2 g plant(-1), identified two additional major yield QTLs on chromosomes 1D and 5A. Many of the yield QTL clusters corresponded with QTLs already reported in wheat and, on the basis of comparative genetics, also in rice. The implications of these results for improving wheat yield stability are discussed.
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- S A Quarrie
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR47UH, UK.
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