CHROMOSOME RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AVENA SATIVA AND THE TWO DIPLOID SPECIES A. CANARIENSIS AND A. PROSTRATA

1974 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 889-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Thomas ◽  
J. M. Leggett

Although the diploid species Avena canariensis has a number of morphological features in common with the hexaploid species of Avena, the degree of chromosome pairing in the tetraploid hybrid A. canariensis × A. sativa did not reveal closer homology with A. sativa than that of another diploid species, A. prostrata. The chromosomes of both these newly described diploid species are only partially homologous with one of the genomes of A. sativa. The two diploid species A. prostrata and A. canariensis are differentiated by translocations involving three pairs of chromosomes.

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.


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 ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 944-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem P. Jauhar

Evidence on the relationship of the J genome of diploid Thinopyrum bessarabicum and the E genome of diploid Thinopyrum elongatum (= Lophopyrum elongatum) is discussed. Low chromosome pairing between J and E at different ploidy levels, suppression of J–E pairing by the Ph1 pairing regulator that inhibits homoeologous pairing, complete sterility of the diploid hybrids (JE), karyotypic differentiation of the two genomes and differences in their biochemical organization as reflected in total content and distribution of constitutive heterochromatin, and marked differences in isozymes, 5S DNA, and rDNA indicate that J and E are distinct genomes. These genomes are homoeologous and not homologous. There is no justification for the merger of J and E genomes.Key words: chromosome pairing, Ph1 pairing regulator, C-banding, isozymes, 5S DNA, rDNA.


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 ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Leggett ◽  
G. S. Markhand

Genomic in situ hybridization using total genomic DNA extracted from the C genome diploid species Avena eriantha (2n = 2x = 14, genome CpCp) was used to identify monosomics (2n = 6x − 1 = 41) of the constituent genomes of the hexaploid cultivated oat A. sativa L. cv. Sun II (2n = 6x = 42, genomes AACCDD). The results demonstrate 3 AD/C and 6 C/AD chromosome translocations, indicate that five of the missing monosomics are derived from the C genome, and show that there are duplicates within the partial monosomic series. Chromosome polymorphisms between some monosomic lines are also demonstrated.Key words: Avena, monosomics, genomic in situ hybridization, genomic identification.


1936 ◽  
Vol 121 (823) ◽  
pp. 290-300 ◽  

Triploid organisms have three homologous chromosomes of each kind instead of the two of diploids. The regular mechanism of heredity fails in these circumstances. The triploid is incapable of breeding true by sexual reproduction. But the way in which it carries out the process of chromosome pairing and segregation is of great significance. The processes take place in normal series, but the relationships they establish are abnormal. A triploid thus provides a natural experiment, with the diploid of its own species as a control for one variable, and with triploids of different species as controls for others. In Tulipa and Hyacinthus I have made use of this experiment for inducing the principles of the external mechanics of chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis. I have inferred from them the relationships between the forces working in mitosis and meiosis. The triploid forms of various Fritillaria species make it possible to test the principles of metaphase mechanics induced from observations on structural hybrids and other polyploids (Darlington, 1932, b , and 1933, c ) as well as from the exceptional behaviour in the diploid species of Fritillaria already discussed.


Genome ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Ying Peng ◽  
Yu-Ming Wei ◽  
Bernard R. Baum ◽  
You-Liang Zheng

The molecular diversity of the rDNA sequences (5S rDNA units) in 71 accessions from 26 taxa of Avena was evaluated. The analyses, based on 553 sequenced clones, indicated that there were 6 unit classes, named according to the haplomes (genomes) they putatively represent, namely the long A1, long B1, long M1, short C1, short D1, and short M1 unit classes. The long and short M1 unit classes were found in the tetraploid A. macrostachya , the only perennial species. The long M1 unit class was closely related to the short C1 unit class, while the short M1 unit class was closely related to the long A1 and long B1 unit classes. However, the short D1 unit class was more divergent from the other unit classes. There was only one unit class per haplome in Avena, whereas haplomes in the Triticeae often have two. Most of the sequences captured belonged to the long A1 unit class. Sequences identified as the long B1 unit class were found in the tetraploids A. abyssinica and A. vaviloviana and the diploids A. atlantica and A. longiglumis . The short C1 unit class was found in the diploid species carrying the C genome, i.e., A. clauda, A. eriantha , and A. ventricosa , and also in the diploid A. longiglumis, the tetraploids A. insularis and A. maroccana , and all the hexaploid species. The short D1 unit class was found in all the hexaploid species and two clones of A. clauda. It is noteworthy that in previous studies the B genome was found only in tetraploid species and the D genome only in hexaploid species. Unexpectedly, we found that various diploid Avena species contained the B1 and D1 units. The long B1 unit class was found in 3 accessions of the diploid A. atlantica (CN25849, CN25864, and CN25887) collected in Morocco and in 2 accessions of A. longiglumis (CIav9087 and CIav9089) collected in Algeria and Libya, respectively, whereas only 1 clone of A. clauda (CN21378) had the short D1 unit. Thus there might be a clue as to where to search for diploids carrying the B and D genomes. Avena longiglumis was found to be the most diverse species, possibly harboring the A, B, and C haplomes. The long M1 and short M1 are the unit classes typical of A. macrostachya. These results could explain the roles of A. clauda, A. longiglumis, and A. atlantica in the evolution of the genus Avena. Furthermore, one clone of the tetraploid A. murphyi was found to have sequences belonging to the short D1 unit class, which could indicate that A. murphyi might have been the progenitor of hexaploid oats and not, as postulated earlier, A. insularis. The evolution of Avena did not follow the molecular clock. The path inferred is that the C genome is more ancient than the A and B genomes and closer to the genome of A. macrostachya, the only existing perennial, which is presumed to be the most ancestral species in the genus.


1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 921-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. Morgan ◽  
Hugh Thomas ◽  
M. Evans ◽  
M. Borrill

Chromosome pairing in hybrids between diploid species of Festuca is described. The chromosome complements of the species from different taxonomic sections vary in chromosome size and DNA content. In interspecific hybrids involving species of the section Montanae there was a relationship between the difference in DNA content of the parental species and chromosome pairing in the F1 hybrids. The larger the difference between the DNA content of the parental species, the more pronounced the failure of chromosome pairing in the F1 hybrids. Factors other than divergence in genome size were also shown to have an effect on chromosome pairing in other hybrid combinations.Key words: chromosome pairing, DNA content, Festuca, hybrids (interspecific).


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