Interspecific hybrids involving the perennial oat species Avena macrostachya

1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Leggett

The chromosome pairing affinities and some morphological comparisons are described in two hybrids involving the autotetraploid perennial oat species Avena macrostachya, the hexaploid cultivated oat species Avena sativa, and the tetraploid oat Avena murphyi. Chromosome pairing in the hybrids indicates that some homology between the chromosomes of the three species exists, but that it may be masked by the preferential pairing of the chromosomes from the A. macrostachya parent.Key words: Avena, meiosis, hybridization, phylogeny.


1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Thomas

Chromosome pairing in the F1 hybrid between the cultivated oat Avena sativa and a diploid species A. ventricosa, and in the derived amphiploid, shows that the diploid species is related to one of the genomes of the hexaploid species. The amount of chromosome pairing observed in complex interamphiploid hybrids demonstrates further that A. ventricosa is related to the C. genome of A. sativa. However, the chromosomes of the diploid species have become differentiated from that of the C genome of A. sativa and this is readily apparent in the meiotic behaviour of both the F1 hybrid and the amphiploid.



1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 790-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Chang Chen ◽  
Pryce B. Gibson

Both Trifolium repens (2n = 32) and T. nigrescens (2n = 16) formed bivalents during meiosis. However, their triploid hybrid showed an average of 4.27 trivalents per microsporocyte at metaphase I. The frequency of trivalents in the hybrid between T. nigrescens and autotetraploid T. occidentale (2n = 32) was 5.69. The data are interpreted to indicate: (1) a possible autotetraploid origin of T. repens; and (2) a close phylogenetic relationship among T. repens, T. nigrescens and T. occidentale.



1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Leggett

Chromosome pairing and the frequency of secondary associations in two aneupolyhaploid plants of A. sativa are described. There was little evidence of pairing between homoeologous chromosomes in either plant. The results are discussed in relation to the genetic control of bivalent pairing in A. sativa and the possible divergence between the constituent genomes.



1983 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Dvořák

Data on chromosome pairing in haploids and interspecific hybrids of Solanum, sect. Petota reported in the literature were used to determine whether the diploidlike chromosome pairing that occurs in some of the polyploid species of the section is regulated by the genotype or brought about by some other mechanism. The following trends emerged from these data. Most of the polyploid × polyploid hybrids had high numbers of univalents, which seemed to indicate that the polyploid species were constructed from diverse genomes. Haploids, except for those derived from S. tuberosum, had incomplete chromosome pairing. All hybrids from diploid × diploid crosses had more or less regular chromosome pairing, which suggested that all investigated diploid species have the same genome. Likewise, hybrids from polyploid × diploid crosses had high levels of chromosome pairing. These paradoxical results are best explained if it is assumed that (i) the genotypes of most polyploid species, but not those of the diploid species, suppress heterogenetic pairing, (ii) that nonstructural chromosome differentiation is present among the genomes of both diploid and polyploid species, and (iii) the presence of the genome of a diploid species in a polyploid × diploid hybrid results in promotion of heterogenetic pairing. It is, therefore, concluded that heterogenetic pairing in most of the polyploid species is genetically suppressed.



Genome ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Rines ◽  
S. S. Johnson

Three meiotic synapsis-deficient mutants of oats (Avena sativa L.) were analyzed to determine their inheritance pattern, detailed chromosomal behavior, and location to chromosome. These highly sterile mutants, one in the cultivar 'Stout' and two in 'Noble', had been recovered from progeny of sodium azide mutagenized populations. Each segregated as a single gene recessive. The only synapsis-deficient variants previously described in hexaploid oats have been nullisomics or ditelosomics. Mutant 'Stout 1212' was classified as asynaptic due to deficiencies in chromosome pairing at all meiotic stages. Mutants 'Noble 1362' and 'Noble 1911' were classified as desynaptic since their homologous chromosomes were paired in early meiosis but they disassociated prematurely in late prophase I. Using a partial monosomic series from the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, mutant 1212 was mapped to monosome XII and is probably a mutation in Syn-5, a gene previously defined only by its nulli effect. Mutants 1362 and 1911 were mapped to monosome IV and are probably mutations in Syn-1, a gene also previously defined only by its nulli effect. Seed set on the synaptic mutant plants in the field was less than 0.2% of that on fertile sibs and likely resulted from pollination by surrounding fertile plants. This seed may serve as a source of unique aneuploid stocks in oats.Key words: meiotic mutants, gene mapping, monosomics, nullisomics, oat cytogenetics.



Genome ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Torabinejad ◽  
R. J. Mueller

Eight intergeneric hybrid plants were obtained between Elymus scabrus (2n = 6x = 42, SSYY??) and Australopyrum pectinatum ssp. retrofractum (2n = 2x = 14, WW). The hybrids were vegetatively vigorous but reproductively sterile. Examination of pollen mother cells at metaphase I revealed an average of 16.63 I, 5.29 II, 0.19 III, and 0.05 IV per cell for the eight hybrids. The average chiasma frequency of 6.77 per cell in the above hybrids strongly supports the presence of a W genome from A. pectinatum ssp. retrofractum in E. scabrus. Meiotic pairing data of some other interspecific hybrids suggest the existence of the SY genomes in E. scabrus. Therefore, the genome constitution of E. scabrus should be written as SSYYWW. Two other hybrid plants resulted from Elymus yezoensis (2n = 4x = 28, SSYY) crosses with A. pectinatum ssp. pectinatum (2n = 2x = 14, WW). Both were weak and sterile. An average of 0.45 bivalents per cell were observed at metaphase I. This clearly indicates a lack of pairing between W genome of Australopyrum and S or Y genomes of E. yezoensis. In addition, six hybrid plants of E. scabrus with Psathyrostachys juncea (2n = 2x = 14, NN) and one with Thinopyrum bessarabicum (2n = 2x = 14, JJ) were also obtained. The average bivalents per cell formed in both combinations were 2.84 and 0.70, respectively. The results of the latter two combinations showed that there is no N or J genome in E. scabrus.Key words: wide hybridization, chromosome pairing, genome analysis, Australopyrum, Elymus.





2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-Qin Zhang ◽  
Xue Bai ◽  
Bao-Rong Lu ◽  
Henry E. Connor ◽  
Yong-Hong Zhou

Elymus tenuis (Buch.) Á.Löve et Connor is a perennial octoploid (2n = 56) wheatgrass endemic to New Zealand. To investigate its genomic constitution, four artificial interspecific hybrids between E. tenuis and E. enysii (2n = 4x = 28, HW), and E. solandri (2n = 6x = 42, StYW) and E. multiflorus (2n = 6x = 42, StYW) were studied cytologically. Meioses in pollen mother cells (PMCs) of the hybrids showed relatively high chromosome pairing, with an average of 13.50 in E. enysii × E. tenuis, 20.22 in E. solandri × E. tenuis, 19.62 in E. multiflorus × E. tenuis, and 20.00 in E. tenuis × E. multiflorus bivalents per cell, respectively. The results indicate that E. tenuis is an allo-octoploid species, with the new and unique genomic constitution StYHW. An autochthonous origin is proposed for it.



Genome ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 639-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Naranjo ◽  
A. Roca ◽  
R. Giraldez ◽  
P. G. Goicoechea

Metaphase I pairing was studied in five ph1b mutant wheat × rye hybrids to verify the presence of translocations between homoeologous chromosomes in ph1b mutant wheat and to establish the pairing homoeology between wheat and rye chromosomes. Three 5B-deficient ABDR hybrids with standard chromosome structure were used as controls. Chromosomes 1R and 5R of rye and most wheat chromosomes, as well as their arms, were identified by means of C-banding. The presence of 5BS in ph1b hybrids raised the overall pairing level. The pattern of pairing between wheat chromosomes in ph1b hybrids, as in 5B-deficient hybrids, was characterized by the occurrence of preferential pairing between chromosomes of the A and D genomes in most homoeologous groups. The existence of a double translocation involving 4BL, 5AL, and 7BS in common wheat was confirmed. Deviation from the standard pairing pattern suggested the existence of a translocation involving 1BL and 1DL in one ph1b ABDR plant and another translocation involving 3AL and 3DL in three other ph1b hybrids. In ph1b hybrids, wheat – rye pairing was relatively frequent for 1RL, 5RL, and an arm of a metacentric rye chromosome, probably 2R, that is homoeologous to 2BL, and the homoeologous arms of 2A and 2D. The existence of a translocation involving 5RL and 4RL in rye was confirmed.Key words: homoeologous, homologous, 5B-deficient, translocations, C-banding.



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