Promotion of homoeologous chromosome pairing in hybrids of Triticum aestivum × Aegilops variabilis

Genome ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 825-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Farooq ◽  
N. Iqbal ◽  
T. M. Shah

Intergeneric hybrids of Triticum aestivum variety Lu-26 and ph1b mutant of the cultivar Chinese Spring were produced with three accessions, A, B, and E, of Aegilops variabilis. Significant differences were found in the amount of homoeologous chromosome pairing at meiotic metaphase I. Hybrids between wheat variety Lu-26 and accessions A and B of Ae. variabilis showed very little pairing, as indicated by the chiasma frequency of 1.0 and 1.5 per cell, respectively. Hybrids between Lu-26 and accession E, on the other hand, showed significantly increased homoeologous pairing (mean chiasma frequency, 12.6/cell). The level of such pairing was essentially the same as that between the hybrids of ph1b 'Chinese Spring' × Ae. variabilis accessions A and B. However, when the ph1b mutant was hyridized with accession E, the level of chromosome pairing increased significantly (mean chiasma frequency, 17.52/cell). This is indicative of the presence of pairing promoter gene(s) in Ae. variabilis accession E, which are epistatic to the wheat Ph1 allele and positively interact with its mutant form to further increase the ph1b ceiling to homoeologous pairing in wheat.Key words: Triticum aestivum, ph1b mutant, Aegilops variabilis, intergeneric hybrids, homoeologous pairing.


1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Driscoll ◽  
C. J. Quinn

Genetic differences which affect the extent of homoeologous chromosome pairing in intergeneric hybrids have been demonstrated between varieties of Triticum aestivum. Each of seven varieties of Triticum was crossed with the same strain of Aegilops variabilis. Significant differences in chiasma frequencies between varieties were found. Varieties Eureka, Gamut and Chinese Spring constitute one group with a relatively low chiasma frequency and varieties A. R. Falcon, Federation and Poso constitute a distinct second group with a relatively high chiasma frequency. The variety Bearded Yalta is intermediate to the two groups. Thus, this genetic variation appears to be common among varieties of Triticum. Presumably this variation does not become subject to natural selection as long as chromosome pairing in the parental varieties remains strictly homologous.



1978 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 539-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dvořák

Chromosome pairing in Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring × T. urartu hybrids lacking chromosome arm 5AS or 5BS was shown to be lower than in similar hybrids involving euploid Chinese Spring. Amphiploids were produced from crosses of Chinese Spring, ditelosomic 5AL, and ditelosomic 5BL with a specific strain of T. urartu. The absence of asynapsis in the amphiploids lacking chromosome arm 5AS or 5BS provides evidence that the poor chromosome pairing observed in the corresponding F1 hybrids was due to suppression of homoeologous pairing and not to general asynapsis. This conclusion is supported by the finding that heterogenetic chromosome pairing, as evidenced by the frequency of multivalents, was lower in the ditelo 5BL × T. urartu amphiploids than in the amphiploids from the cross Chinese Spring × T. urartu.



1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 777-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Sethi ◽  
R. A. Finch ◽  
T. E. Miller

Triticum aestivum 'Chinese Spring' mutant ph1b lacking the major wheat homoeologous pairing prevention gene was pollinated with Hordeum vulgare line 'Tuleen 346,' a triple interchange homozygote with all chromosomes distinct from one another. Two wheat-like hybrids, one with 28 and one with 31 chromosomes, were produced. Homoeologous chromosome pairing occurred in the hybrids, but no evidence of interspecific chromosome pairing was observed. Both hybrids were sterile, but pollination of the 28-chromosome hybrid with 'Chinese Spring' pollen gave a few seeds. Within the F1 hybrids, chromosome numbers varied slightly, especially among pollen mother cells, and barley showed partial dominance of nucleolus organizer regions in somatic cells. The 31-chromosome hybrid was awned possibly indicating extra dosage of a homoeologous group-2 chromosome.Key words: wheat, barley, hybrid, homoeologous pairing.



1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dvořák

The number of chiasmata per cell at metaphase I was scored in eight haploid plants of Triticum aestivum L. emend. Thell. cv. 'Chinese Spring' and 100 hybrid plants of Chinese Spring × Secale cereale L. Mean chiasma frequency per cell ranged from 0.00 to 3.59 in the hybrids and from 0.17 to 0.35 in the haploids. Since the same wheat genotype was present in both the haploids and hybrids, it is concluded that some of the rye genotypes promoted homoeologous chromosome pairing. The absence of distinct segregation classes among the hybrids suggests that these genes constitute a polygenic system.



Genome ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 888-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Gupta ◽  
G. Fedak

An attempt was made to determine the inheritance of the rye genes which induce high chiasma frequency in hybrids with wheat and to study if the ability of rye to induce partial amphiploidy in hybrids with wheat was heritable. Five to eight F2 pollen plants were derived from seeds taken from each of three F1 plants that had given high chiasma frequency in hybrids with 'Chinese Spring' wheat in earlier studies. Similarly, six to seven F2 pollen plants were derived from each of three F1 plants that had given partial amphiploids in hybrids with 'Chinese Spring' wheat in earlier studies. Chiasma frequency was studied in 127 hybrids with 'Chinese Spring' wheat. In the present study, significant differences in chiasma frequency were observed (i) among the 38 families represented by 127 plants, and (ii) between two groups of three sets each, one known for inducing high pairing and the other known for inducing partial amphiploidy associated with low pairing in wheat × F1 rye plants. Significant variation was also observed between families within sets (each originated from one F1 rye plant) suggesting that F2 rye plants derived from the same F1 plants also differed genetically for inducing heterogenetic (homoeologous) pairing in wheat × rye hybrids. One of the six sets particularly showed significantly higher pairing with a mean of 2.13 per cell (individual hybrids gave a chiasma frequency as high as a mean of 6.07 per cell) as against a range of 0.96 to 1.18 in the remaining five sets, suggesting accumulation of genes in F2 rye plants for inducing pairing in wheat × rye hybrids. It is expected that by intermating the segregating rye plants, it should be possible to accumulate genes and eventually to isolate homozygous lines inducing high pairing in hybrids with wheat. Contrary to expectation, no partial amphiploids were obtained in a study of 127 wheat × F2 rye hybrids, although three of the six F1 rye plants had earlier given partial amphiploids in wheat × F1 rye hybrids. Key words: intergeneric hybrids, wheat, rye, genetic control, chromosome pairing.



Genome ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 959-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Hao ◽  
Jiangtao Luo ◽  
Min Yang ◽  
Lianquan Zhang ◽  
Zehong Yan ◽  
...  

The ph-like genes in the Chinese common wheat landrace Kaixian-luohanmai (KL) induce homoeologous pairing in hybrids with alien species. In the present study, meiotic phenotypic differences on homoeologous chromosome pairing at metaphase I between hybrids of wheat genotypes Chinese Spring ph1b (CSph1b) and KL with rye were studied by genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). The frequency of wheat–wheat associations was higher in CSph1b × rye than in KL × rye. However, frequencies of wheat–rye and rye–rye associations were higher in KL × rye than in CSph1b × rye. These differences may be the result of different mechanisms of control between the ph-like gene(s) controlling homoeologous chromosome pairing in KL and CSph1b. Wheat–wheat associations were much more frequent than wheat–rye pairing in both hybriods. This may be caused by lower overall affinity, or homoeology, between wheat and rye chromosomes than between wheat chromosomes.



1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 844-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Gupta ◽  
George Fedak

Chiasmata frequencies ranging from 0.07 to 10.40 per cell were recorded in 125 hybrid plants derived from wheat × F1 rye crosses. These included 89 plants belonging to 28 families from the Triticum aestivum 'Chinese Spring' × Secale cereale F1 ('Petkus' × 'Prolific') cross and 36 plants belonging to 11 families from the 'Chinese Spring' × F1 ('Prolific' × 'Puma') cross. The data were analyzed to study the inheritance of genetic variation in rye affecting homoeologous chromosome pairing. The results were particularly interesting in the former case where segregation for major genes was evident. First, in this cross, a bimodal distribution was observed and second, chiasmata frequencies ranging from 6.11 to 10.40 per cell were observed in three families but without any hybrid falling in either the range of 3.0 to 6.0 or in the range of 6.11 to 9.82, showing discontinuous distribution. It was concluded that the genetic system in 'Petkus' differs from that in 'Prolific', and that genes both with major effects and minor effects may be present, the major effects possibly resulting from complementary gene action. In the second cross involving F1 rye plants derived from 'Prolific' × 'Puma', a smaller sample gave a continuous distribution with a single mode, the chiasmata frequency never exceeding 2.70 per cell. This could be due to a difference in genetic systems found in 'Puma' and 'Petkus' since 'Prolific' was a common parent in both crosses. The genetic variation in rye observed in the present study has been compared with that known in Aegilops speltoides and it was concluded that these may be of a similar nature.Key words: Triticum, Secale, pairing regulation, homoeologous pairing.



1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda S. Viegas ◽  
T. Mello-Sampayo ◽  
Moshe Feldman ◽  
Lydia Avivi

In a plant of Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell. cultivar Chinese Spring which was disomic for a mutant isochromosome of the long arm of chromosome 5D (di-isosomic 5DLM), partial chromosome asynapsis was detected at meiosis. Chromosome pairing in F1 hybrids from crosses of T. aestivum plants carrying the mutant isochromosome with Secale cereale, an intermediate pairing line of T. longissimum and with T. sharonensis disclosed that 5DLM carried a gene that reduced homoeologous chromosome pairing. This gene, designated Ph3 is less potent than its assumed homoeoallele on chromosomal arm 5BL, i.e., Ph1. The possibility of Ph1 being transferred from 5BL to 5DL through homoeologous chromosome pairing and recombination was discarded. Rather, it seems more likely that this allele resulted from a spontaneous mutation of the pairing-promoter allele known to be located on 5DL.



Genome ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
H. S. Balyan ◽  
G. Fedak

Three hybrids of Triticum turgidum cv. Ma with Hordeum californicum × T. aestivum cv. Chinese Spring amphiploid were obtained at a frequency of 1.6% of the pollinated florets. Meiotic analysis of the hybrid plants revealed an average chiasma frequency per pollen mother cell ranging from 15.27 to 17.60. The lower than expected chromosome pairing in the hybrid plants was attributed to the suppression of pairing between homologous wheat chromosomes by pairing regulatory gene(s) in H. californicum.Key words: intergeneric hybrids, Hordeum californicum, Triticum turgidum, meiosis, chromosome pairing.



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