scholarly journals Instability of Alien Chromosome Introgressions in Wheat Associated with Improper Positioning in the Nucleus

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateřina Perničková ◽  
Veronika Koláčková ◽  
Adam Lukaszewski ◽  
Chaolan Fan ◽  
Jan Vrána ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Nuclear Periphery ◽  
Host Genome ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Alien Chromosome ◽  
3D Fish ◽  
Meiotic Event ◽  
Metaphase I

Alien introgressions introduce beneficial alleles into existing crops and hence, are widely used in plant breeding. Generally, introgressed alien chromosomes show reduced meiotic pairing relative to the host genome, and may be eliminated over generations. Reduced pairing appears to result from a failure of some telomeres of alien chromosomes to incorporate into the leptotene bouquet at the onset of meiosis, thereby preventing chiasmate pairing. In this study, we analysed somatic nuclei of rye introgressions in wheat using 3D-FISH and found that while introgressed rye chromosomes or chromosome arms occupied discrete positions in the Rabl’s orientation similar to chromosomes of the wheat host, their telomeres frequently occupied positions away from the nuclear periphery. The frequencies of such abnormal telomere positioning were similar to the frequencies of out-of-bouquet telomere positioning at leptotene, and of pairing failure at metaphase I. This study indicates that improper positioning of alien chromosomes that leads to reduced pairing is not a strictly meiotic event but rather a consequence of a more systemic problem. Improper positioning in the nuclei probably impacts the ability of introgressed chromosomes to migrate into the telomere bouquet at the onset of meiosis, preventing synapsis and chiasma establishment, and leading to their gradual elimination over generations.

scholarly journals Nuclear Disposition of Alien Chromosome Introgressions into Wheat and Rye Using 3D-FISH

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Koláčková ◽  
Kateřina Perničková ◽  
Jan Vrána ◽  
Martin Duchoslav ◽  
Glyn Jenkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Periphery ◽  
The Other ◽  
Chromosome Territories ◽  
Alien Chromosome ◽  
Chromosome Domains ◽  
Partial Association ◽  
Somatic Tissues ◽  
Chromosome Arm ◽  
3D Fish ◽  
Genetically Determined

During interphase, the chromosomes of eukaryotes decondense and they occupy distinct regions of the nucleus, called chromosome domains or chromosome territories (CTs). In plants, the Rabl’s configuration, with telomeres at one pole of nucleus and centromeres at the other, appears to be common, at least in plants with large genomes. It is unclear whether individual chromosomes of plants adopt defined, genetically determined addresses within the nucleus, as is the case in mammals. In this study, the nuclear disposition of alien rye and barley chromosomes and chromosome arm introgressions into wheat while using 3D-FISH in various somatic tissues was analyzed. All of the introgressed chromosomes showed Rabl’s orientation, but their relative positions in the nuclei were less clear. While in most cases pairs of introgressed chromosomes occupied discrete positions, their association (proximity) along their entire lengths was rare, and partial association only marginally more frequent. This arrangement is relatively stable in various tissues and during various stages of the cell cycle. On the other hand, the length of a chromosome arm appears to play a role in its positioning in a nucleus: shorter chromosomes or chromosome arms tend to be located closer to the centre of the nucleus, while longer arms are more often positioned at the nuclear periphery.

Evidence of nonchiasmate bonds at metaphase I in inbred rye

1984 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Cermeño ◽  
J. Orellana ◽  
J. R. Lacadena
Keyword(s):  
Secale Cereale ◽  
Chiasma Frequency ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Secale Cereale L ◽  
Chromosome 1R ◽  
Metaphase I

The loss of bound chromosome arms through early, middle, and late metaphase I has been analyzed in a plant of inbred rye (Secale cereale L.) heterozygous for a terminal heterochromatic C-band of the long arm of chromosome 1R. From the increase in the number of univalent pairs due to bound arm loss, and from the comparison between the frequencies of bound arms at metaphase I and recombinant chromosomes at anaphase I, it is concluded that some of the chromosome bonds appearing at metaphase I are actually nonchiasmate associations that can be considered as remnants of prophase pairing. Conclusions concerning recombination obtained solely from the analysis of chiasma frequency measured as bound arms may be invalid.Key words: inbred rye, C-heterochromatin, meiotic pairing, nonchiasmate bonds.

Genome constitution of the Australian hexaploid grass Elymus scabrus (Poaceae: Triticeae)

Genome ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Torabinejad ◽  
R. J. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Pairing ◽  
Interspecific Hybrids ◽  
Intergeneric Hybrid ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Genome Constitution ◽  
Psathyrostachys Juncea ◽  
Hybrid Plants ◽  
Thinopyrum Bessarabicum ◽  
Mother Cells ◽  
Metaphase I

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.

scholarly journals Timing imbalance in the meiosis of the F1 hybrid Oryza sativa × O. australiensis

1961 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. S. Shastry ◽  
D. R. Ranga Rao
Keyword(s):  
Oryza Sativa ◽  
Comparative Morphology ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
F1 Hybrid ◽  
Oryza Saliva ◽  
End To End ◽  
Primitive Member ◽  
Meiotic Cycle ◽  
Metaphase I

The meiosis in the F1 hybrid Oryza saliva × O. australiensis was studied. Contrary to the observations of Gopalakrishnan (1959), true allosyndetic bivalents were not found at metaphase I. The most frequent associations were non-chiasmatic, end-to-end pseudobivalents. Autosyndetic bivalents were recorded mostly in the complement belonging to O. sativa, which are distinguishable by their smallness and lighter staining. The meiotic cycle exhibits timing imbalance with earlier condensation, and possibly migration, of the univalents belonging to O. australiensis. The data on meiotic pairing in the F1 hybrid and the comparative morphology of O. sativa, O. officinalis and O. australiensis inicate that the last species is the most primitive member, having originated from the pre-Sativa and pre-Officinalis complex.

Amphidiploids of perennial Triticeae. I. Synthetic Thinopyrum species and their hybrids

Genome ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 951-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R.-C. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Chromosome Pairing ◽  
Colchicine Treatment ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Pseudoroegneria Spicata ◽  
Genomic Relationships ◽  
Thinopyrum Elongatum ◽  
Metaphase I

Amphiploids of the hybrid Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D.R. Dewey (2n = 2x = 14; JeJe) × Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) A. Löve (2n = 2x = 14; SS) were obtained by the colchicine treatment of regenerants from inflorescence culture. Meiotic pairings in the JJSS amphiploids averaged 2.90 I + 4.44 rod II + 7.50 ring II + 0.14 III + 0.20 IV at metaphase I but had 13.38 ring II + 0.30 IV at diakinesis. This amphidiploid was crossed with that of T. bessarabicum (Savul. &Rayss) A. Löve (2n = 2x = 14; JbJb) × T. elongatum and the latter was also crossed with T. scirpeum (K. Presl) D.R. Dewey (2n = 4x = 28; JeJeJeJe) to obtain JbJeJeS and JeJeJeJb hybrids, respectively. The former hybrid had a metaphase I pairing pattern of 7.82 I + 4.33 rod II + 2.76 ring II + 1.51 III + 0.35 IV. The latter hybrid had 3.04 I + 4.05 rod II + 4.31 ring II + 1.26 III + 1.08 IV. These meiotic pairing data are in agreement with the genomic relationships based on the diploid hybrids involving these genomes. Fertility of the hybrid between T. scirpeum and the amphiploid of T. bessarabicum × T. elongatum suggested that their genomes were similar and balanced and that gene flow could occur between the JJ diploids and the JJJJ tetraploid.Key words: hybrid, amphidiploid, genome, isozyme, chromosome pairing, Triticeae, Thinopyrum.

Spreading synaptonemal complexes of B isochromosomes in the grasshopper Omocestus burri

Genome ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1035-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. del Cerro ◽  
A. Fernández ◽  
J. L. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Synaptonemal Complexes ◽  
Peripheral Location ◽  
Hairpin Loops ◽  
Pairing Model ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Surface Spread ◽  
Pairing Behaviour ◽  
Metaphase I

Meiotic pairing behaviour of one and two B isochromosomes (iso-Bs) in the grasshopper Omocestus burri was analysed by electron microscopy in surface-spread prophase I nuclei and compared with light microscopic observations of metaphase I. Iso-Bs display a peripheral location in the surface-spread nuclei and early pairing relative to that of the long members of the A set. Single iso-Bs undergo foldback pairing to give symmetrical hairpin loops. Two iso-Bs may show interarm pairing, mterchromosome pairing, or combinations of the two. Pericentromeric interarm pairing can be delayed in one or both Bs and this delay is mostly observed in bivalents with pairing partner switches. The iso-B bivalent frequencies observed in the three males analysed were 64, 44, and 41%, respectively; the two latter values were significantly lower than the 66% predicted by the random-end-pairing model. There is a reduction in the frequencies of iso-ring univalents (in 1B males) and bivalents (in 2B males) from pachytene to metaphase I. Similarities and differences between the pairing behaviour of iso-Bs from different species are also discussed.Key words: B isochromosomes, meiosis, grasshopper, synaptonemal complexes, pairing partner switches.

Meiotic pairing in new hybrids of Hordeum procerum (6x) with H. parodii (6x) and Elymus virginicus (4x)

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Gupta ◽  
George Fedak
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Pairing ◽  
Interspecific Hybrid ◽  
Intergeneric Hybrids ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Metaphase I

Hybrids of Hordeum procerum were readily produced with H. parodii (7.9%) and Elymus virginicus (14.3%). The average meiotic pairing per cell in the interspecific hybrid between H. procerum and H. parodii was 14.56 I + 12.19 II + 1.04 III, which indicated that the species have two genomes in common. In the hybrid between H. procerum and E. virginicus the average metaphase I configuration was 20.35 I + 6.86 II + 0.31 III indicating one common genome. Keywords: interspecific, intergeneric hybrids, chromosome pairing, Hordeum, Elymus.

The control of recombination

1981 ◽  
Vol 292 (1062) ◽  
pp. 529-534 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Transgressive Segregation ◽  
Meiotic Pairing

Recombination results in the release of variation upon which selection is practised in plant breeding. However, according to the objectives of the programme it may be necessary to reduce recombination to limit the disturbance of arrangements of genes already well suited to agricultural needs or to increase recombination to maximize the likelihood of recombination’s giving rise to transgressive segregation. Appropriate breeding manipulations are discussed. In addition, descriptions are provided of the induction of recombination between chromosomes that are distantly related in evolution and between which meiotic pairing and recombination does not normally take place.

Natural or induced nucleocytoplasmic heterogeneity in Triticum longissimum

Genome ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Maan
Keyword(s):  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Common Wheat ◽  
Meiotic Chromosome ◽  
Nuclear Gene ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Alien Chromosome ◽  
Male Sterile ◽  
Substitution Lines ◽  
Selfish Gene ◽  
Group 4

Alien cytoplasms produce a variety of phenotypes in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum) and common wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivars, which indicate the prevalence of cytoplasmic variability in the subtribe Triticinae. Intraspecific cytoplasmic differences have been demonstrated between the subspecies of Triticum speltoides, Triticum dichasians, and Triticum comosum. In this study, durum wheat lines with cytoplasm from two accessions, B and C, of Triticum longissimum were compared, and meiotic chromosome pairing between the group 4 homoeologues from the same two accessions was examined in common wheat. First, monosomic addition or monosomic substitution lines of common wheat with cytoplasm and one chromosome (designated B) from accession B were crossed with those having cytoplasm and a chromosome designated C-1 or C-2 from accession C. In each substitution line, an alien chromosome substituted for a group 4 homoeologue. Each alien chromosome had a "selfish" (Sf) gene, which remained fixed in the wheat nucleus. The F1s had greatly reduced meiotic pairing between chromosomes B and C-1 and B and C-2, which indicated greatly reduced homology between the group 4 homoeologues from the two accessions. Second, by using Triticum timopheevii as a bridging species, chromosome B in a common wheat line was eliminated and an euploid durum line with cytoplasm from accession B was obtained. This line was fertile. In contrast, a similarly produced durum line with cytoplasm from accession C was male sterile and retained a species cytoplasm specific (scs) nuclear gene from T. timopheevii. In conclusion, nuclear and cytoplasmic heterogeneity pre-existed between accessions B and C and they represent varieties or incipient subspecies in T. longissimum. Alternatively, the Sf genes produced chromosomal heterogeneity and mutated cytoplasmic genes from one or both accessions. Key words : meiotic drive, selfish gene (Sf), gametocidal gene (Gc), Triticum, Aegilops.

Meiotic pairing of specific chromosome arms in triploid rye

1984 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 717-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Benavente ◽  
Juan Orellana
Keyword(s):  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Preferential Pairing ◽  
Specific Chromosome ◽  
C Banding ◽  
Expected Values ◽  
Metaphase I

From the meiotic configurations at metaphase I of triploid plants it is possible to estimate the frequency of trivalent pairing (f) at pachytene. Although the meiotic pairing frequencies for specific chromosome arms (detected by C-banding) could not always be estimated owing to restrictions of the model, a good fit between observed and expected values was generally found. One case of preferential pairing between heteromorphic chromosome arms was observed. Heterochromatin apparently does not play any role in determining pairing preferences.Key words: triploid rye, C-heterochromatin, meiotic pairing.

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