Nuclear and cytoplasmic genome composition of Solanum bulbocastanum (+) S. tuberosum somatic hybrids

Genome ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Iovene ◽  
Salvatore Savarese ◽  
Teodoro Cardi ◽  
Luigi Frusciante ◽  
Nunzia Scotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Species ◽  
Somatic Hybrids ◽  
Solanum Bulbocastanum ◽  
Genome Composition ◽  
Specific Primers ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Cytoplasmic Genome ◽  
Intergenic Regions

Somatic hybrids between the wild incongruent species Solanum bulbocastanum (2n = 2x = 24) and S. tuberosum haploids (2n = 2x = 24) have been characterized for their nuclear and cytoplasmic genome composition. Cytologic observations revealed the recovery of 8 (near-)tetraploid and 3 hexaploid somatic hybrids. Multicolor genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) analysis was carried out to study the genomic dosage of the parental species in 5 somatic hybrids with different ploidy. The GISH procedure used was effective in discriminating parental genomes in the hybrids; most chromosomes were unambiguously colored. Two (near-)tetraploid somatic hybrids showed the expected 2:2 cultivated-to-wild genomic dosage; 2 hexaploids revealed a 4:2 cultivated-to-wild genomic dosage, and 1 hexaploid had a 2:4 cultivated-to-wild genomic dosage. Characterization of hybrid cytoplasmic genomes was performed using gene-specific primers that detected polymorphisms between the fusion parents in the intergenic regions. The analysis showed that most of the somatic hybrids inherited the plastidial and mitochondrial DNA of the cultivated parent. A few hybrids, with a rearranged mitochondrial genome (showing fragments derived from both parents), were also identified. These results confirmed the potential of somatic hybridization in producing new variability for genetic studies and breeding.

scholarly journals Red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum): From population genetics to functional genomics

2018 ◽  
pp. 1043-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harshit Kumar ◽  
Manjit Panigrahi ◽  
Supriya Chhotaray ◽  
V. Bhanuprakash ◽  
Rahul Shandilya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Genomics ◽  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Insertional Mutagenesis ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Immune Priming ◽  
Systemic Rnai ◽  
Basic Facts

Tribolium castaneum is a small and low maintenance beetle that has emerged as a most suitable insect model for studying developmental biology and functional genetic analysis. Diverse population genetic studies have been conducted using Tribolium as the principal model to establish basic facts and principles of inbreeding experiments and response to the selection and other quantitative genetics fundamentals. The advanced molecular genetic studies presently focused on the use of Tribolium as a typical invertebrate model for higher diploid eukaryotes. After a whole genome sequencing of Tribolium, many areas of functional genomics were unraveled, which enabled the use of it in many technical approaches of genomics. The present text reviews the use of Tribolium in techniques such as RNAi, transgenic studies, immune priming, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, gene sequencing for characterization of microRNAs, and gene editing using engineered endonuclease. In contrast to Drosophila, the T. castaneum holds a robust systemic RNAi response, which makes it an excellent model for comparative functional genetic studies. Keywords: functional genomics, hox gene, insertional mutagenesis, RNAi, Tribolium.

CHARACTERIZATION OF SOMATIC HYBRIDS SOLANUM BULBOCASTANUM + DIHAPLOID SOLANUM TUBEROSUM

2012 ◽  
pp. 577-591
Author(s):  
M. Greplová ◽  
H. Polzerová ◽  
J. Patzak ◽  
J. Mazáková ◽  
J. Bouma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solanum Tuberosum ◽  
Somatic Hybrids ◽  
Solanum Bulbocastanum

Cytological characterization of potato - Solanum etuberosum somatic hybrids and their backcross progenies by genomic in situ hybridization

Genome ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 987-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Dong ◽  
R G Novy ◽  
J P Helgeson ◽  
J Jiang
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Dna Marker ◽  
Somatic Hybrids ◽  
Molecular Cytogenetics ◽  
Genomic In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Preferential Pairing ◽  
Potato Germplasm ◽  
Solanum Etuberosum

Four somatic hybrids derived from a diploid wild species Solanum etuberosum and a diploid tuber-bearing Solanum clone 463-4, together with five BC1 and three BC2 plants, were analyzed by genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). None of the four somatic hybrids had the expected chromosome constitutions, i.e., 24 chromosomes from each fusion parent. Either one chromosome from S. etuberosum or one from the potato parent 463-4 was lost in the hybrids. Three BC1 plants had exactly one set of S. etuberosum chromosomes. The other two BC1 plants either had one extra or one fewer S. etuberosum chromosome, possibly because their somatic hybrid parents had an extra or had lost one S. etuberosum chromosome. The presence of one set, or close to one set, of S. etuberosum chromosomes in all BC1 plants suggests a preferential pairing and segregation of the S. etuberosum chromosomes in the somatic hybrids. Two of the three BC2 plants had 52 chromosomes, deviating significantly from the expected chromosome number of 48. These results suggest poor pairing between S. etuberosum and S. tuberosum chromosomes in the BC1 plants. The present study demonstrates the importance of combining GISH and DNA marker analysis for a thorough characterization of potato germplasm containing chromosomes from different species.Key words: potato germplasm, Solanum etuberosum, molecular cytogenetics.

scholarly journals Application of Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence Method for Analysis of Cytoplasmic Genome among Aurantioideae Intergeneric Somatic Hybrids

2003 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samia Lotfy ◽  
Francois Luro ◽  
Françoise Carreel ◽  
Yann Froelicher ◽  
Delphine Rist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fragment Length Polymorphism ◽  
Somatic Hybrids ◽  
Blot Hybridization ◽  
Southern Blot Hybridization ◽  
Universal Primers ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Cytoplasmic Genome ◽  
Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence ◽  
Pcr Rflp ◽  
Sequence Method

Somatic hybridization allows the creation of new patterns of nuclear, mitochondrial and chloroplastic association. It is therefore necessary to master cytoplasmic molecular markers to determine the genetic origin of both organelles of plantlets obtained from protoplasts fusion. In the case of Citrus and related genera, only southern blot hybridization and restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) techniques were used for this task until now. Here, we describe the use in the Aurantioideae subfamily, of a simple and non labeling cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) technique, to determine the cytoplasmic genome origin of intergeneric somatic hybrids. Mitochondrial and chloroplastic universal primers previously selected for population genetic studies in Quercus by Demesure et al. (1995) are used with some modifications. The variability of cytoplasmic genome among somatic fusion partners is detected by coupling amplification and restriction reactions. Digested DNA fragments are analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis (PCR-RFLP). This technique has been applied for the analysis of the cytoplasmic constitution of somatic hybrids arising from intergeneric, intersubtribal and intertribal combinations. Systematic transmission of the mitochondria from protoplasts isolated from embryogenic callus parents was confirmed.

scholarly journals Detection and Characterization of Genome-specific Microsatellite Markers in the Allotetraploid Prunus serotina

2008 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Pairon ◽  
Anne-Laure Jacquemart ◽  
Daniel Potter
Keyword(s):  
Microsatellite Markers ◽  
Null Allele ◽  
Prunus Serotina ◽  
Specific Primers ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Expected Heterozygosity ◽  
Disomic Inheritance ◽  
Successful Amplification ◽  
Potential Use

The utility of microsatellite markers to characterize the genetic diversity of a polyploid species with disomic inheritance is often hampered by the impossibility of determining allele frequencies and the complexity of inheritance patterns. The objective of this study was to solve these problems in the allotetraploid Prunus serotina Ehrh. by finding genome-specific primers (i.e., primers that are specific to one of the two genomes that initially formed the species). Sixty-seven microsatellite primers described in cultivated Prunus L. species were tested for cross-amplification in P. serotina, and evidence that conserved markers were genome-specific was found by demonstrating their typical Mendelian diploid inheritance in embryos resulting from controlled crosses. Among the 67 microsatellite markers tested, 26 produced successful amplification and five were genome-specific. No linkage disequilibrium was detected for these loci, but evidence was found for the presence of a null allele at one locus. We found both a high number of alleles per locus (three to 12) and a high mean expected heterozygosity (0.71), which were nonsignificantly different from the number of alleles and estimates of expected heterozygosity calculated for three non-genome-specific markers in the same population. The potential use of these genome-specific markers in population genetic studies is discussed.

The Use of Advanced Analytical Techniques for Characterization of the Chemical, Physical, and Crystallographic Nature of a Surface

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 132-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Herfert
Keyword(s):  
Surface Characterization ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Depth Of Penetration ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Past ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Electron

Studies of the nature of a surface, either metallic or nonmetallic, in the past, have been limited to the instrumentation available for these measurements. In the past, optical microscopy, replica transmission electron microscopy, electron or X-ray diffraction and optical or X-ray spectroscopy have provided the means of surface characterization. Actually, some of these techniques are not purely surface; the depth of penetration may be a few thousands of an inch. Within the last five years, instrumentation has been made available which now makes it practical for use to study the outer few 100A of layers and characterize it completely from a chemical, physical, and crystallographic standpoint. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) provides a means of viewing the surface of a material in situ to magnifications as high as 250,000X.

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