Recombination block in the Spore killer region of Neurospora

Genome ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Campbell ◽  
Barbara C. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Chromosome Rearrangement ◽  
Meiotic Drive ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Crossing Over ◽  
Homologous Pairing ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Normal Crossing ◽  
Selective Plating ◽  
Spore Killer

Spore killers Sk-2K and Sk-3K are chromosomal meiotic drive factors in Neurospora. In heterozygous crosses, ascospores not contining the Spore killer die. Sk-2K and Sk-3K, which differ in killing specificity, were found to be associated with suppression of recombination in a centromere-spanning region of linkage group III, and investigation of that recombination block is reported here. The block covers a region that is normally 30 to 40 map units long. A locus (r(Sk-2)) conferring resistance to Sk-2K maps to the left end of the recombination block. Recombination is normal in r(Sk-2) × Sk sensitive but blocked in Sk-2K × r(Sk-2); so the block does not depend upon killing. By selective plating, SkK stocks carrying genetic markers within the block were obtained at frequencies on the order of 10−5 or 10−6. Since this tight block is far beyond what has been observed for genetic reduction of recombination, a structural basis is assumed. No evidence of chromosome rearrangement was obtained. Crosses homozygous for Sk-2K show normal crossing-over and map order for the flanking markers cum and his-7 and three included markers (acr-7, acr-2, and leu-1). Results would be consistent with a divergence of sequence great enough to interfere with homologous pairing. Key words: meiotic drive, Neurospora, crossover suppressor.

scholarly journals Spore-Killing Meiotic Drive Factors in a Natural Population of the Fungus Podospora anserina

Genetics ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 156 (2) ◽  
pp. 593-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijn van der Gaag ◽  
Alfons J M Debets ◽  
Jessica Oosterhof ◽  
Marijke Slakhorst ◽  
Jessica A G M Thijssen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Natural Population ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Meiotic Drive ◽  
Podospora Anserina ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Spore Killing ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Spore Killer

Abstract In fungi, meiotic drive is observed as spore killing. In the secondarily homothallic ascomycete Podospora anserina it is characterized by the abortion of two of the four spores in the ascus. We have identified seven different types of meiotic drive elements (Spore killers). Among 99 isolates from nature, six of these meiotic drive elements occurred in a local population. Spore killers comprise 23% of the natural population of P. anserina in Wageningen, The Netherlands, sampled from 1991 to 1997. One Spore-killer type was also found in a French strain dating from 1937. All other isolates found so far are sensitive to spore killing. All seven Spore killer types differ in the percentage of asci that show killing and in their mutual interactions. Interactions among Spore killer types showed either mutual resistance or dominant epistasis. Most killer elements could be assigned to linkage group III but are not tightly linked to the centromere.

scholarly journals Expression of meiotic drive elements Spore killer-2 and Spore killer-3 in asci of Neurospora tetrasperma.

Genetics ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
N B Raju ◽  
D D Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
Mating Type ◽  
Meiotic Drive ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Neurospora Tetrasperma ◽  
Spore Killer ◽  
Variable Penetrance

Abstract It was shown previously that when a chromosomal Spore killer factor is heterozygous in Neurospora species with eight-spored asci, the four sensitive ascospores in each ascus die and the four survivors are all killers. Sk-2K and Sk-3K are nonrecombining haplotypes that segregate with the centromere of linkage group III. No killing occurs when either one of these killers is homozygous, but each is sensitive to killing by the other in crosses of Sk-2K x Sk-3K. In the present study, Sk-2K and Sk-3K were transferred by recurrent backcrosses from the eight-spored species Neurospora crassa into Neurospora tetrasperma, a pseudohomothallic species which normally makes asci with four large spores, each heterokaryotic for mating type and for any other centromere-linked genes that are heterozygous in the cross. The action of Sk-2K and Sk-3K in N. tetrasperma is that predicted from their behavior in eight-spored species. A sensitive nucleus is protected from killing if it is enclosed in the same ascospore with a killer nucleus. Crosses of Sk-2K x Sk-2S, Sk-3K x Sk-3S, and Sk-sK x Sk-3K all produce four-spored asci that are wild type in appearance, with the ascospores heterokaryotic and viable. The Eight-spore gene E, which shows variable penetrance, was used to obtain N. tetrasperma asci in which two to eight spores are small and homokaryotic. When killer and sensitive alleles are segregating in the presence of E, only those ascospores that contain a killer allele survive. Half of the small ascospores are killed. In crosses of Sk-2K x Sk-3K (with E heterozygous), effectively all small ascospores are killed. The ability of N. tetrasperma to carry killer elements in cryptic condition suggests a possible role for Spore killers in the origin of pseudohomothallism, with adoption of the four-spored mode restoring ascospore viability of crosses in which killing would otherwise occur.

scholarly journals SPORE KILLER, A CHROMOSOMAL FACTOR IN NEUROSPORA THAT KILLS MEIOTIC PRODUCTS NOT CONTAINING IT

Genetics ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-606
Author(s):  
Barbara C Turner ◽  
David D Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Background Level ◽  
Meiotic Drive ◽  
Crossing Over ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Geographic Pattern ◽  
Reciprocal Crosses ◽  
Segregation Distorter ◽  
Spore Killer

ABSTRACT Three chromosomal factors called Spore killer (Sk) have been found in wild populations of Neurospora sitophila and N . intermedia. Sk resembles other examples of meiotic drive such as Segregation Distorter in Drosophila, Pollen killer in wheat, and Gamete eliminator in tomato. In crosses heterozygous for Sk, each ascus contains four viable black ascospores and four inviable, undersize, clear ascospores, with second-division segregations infrequent. The survivors contain the killer allele Skk, while unlinked markers segregate normally. Reciprocal crosses are identical. When crosses are homozygous for an allele of Sk, all eight ascospores are viable and black in most asci. (Many homozygms crosses have a background level of randomly occurring inviable spores; however, the pattern of 4 viable : 4 small clear ascospores is not found in any of the asci of Sk-homozygous crosses.)—killer (Sk-1K) and sensitive (Sk-1S) alleles occur in about equal numbers among a worldwide sample of N. sitophila strains, following no geographic pattern. No killer allele has been found in N . crassa. Sk-2K and Sk-3k, found in N . intermedia, are rare. Most N. intermedia strains are Sk-2S and Sk-3S, but some are wholly o r partially resistant to one or both of the killer alleles, while not themselves acting as killers. Sk-2K and Sk-2R are both specific in conferring resistance to Sk-2K, but not to Sk-3K. Likewise Sk-3K and Sk-3R are resistant specifically to Sk-3K, but not to Sk-2K. Resistance segregates as an allele of SkK.——Sk-2 and Sk-3 have been mapped near the centromere of linkage group I11 after introgression into N . crassa, where crossing over is normally 11 % between the proximal I11 markers acr-2 and leu-1. But crossing over is absent in this region when either of the killer alleles is heterozygous (Sk-2K x Sk-2S, Sk-3K x Sk-3S and Sk-2K X Sk-2R have been examined).

SEX AND CROSSING OVER IN LINKAGE GROUP III OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM

1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Sokoloff
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Linkage Group ◽  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Relative Position ◽  
Genetic Background ◽  
Crossing Over ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
The Third ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

The relative position of the genes black (b), light ocular diaphragm (lod) and aureate (au) for the third linkage group of T. castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) has been determined as b – lod – au. The distances between the various genes vary, depending on the cross. The b++/+ lod au ♂ × + lod au/+ lod au ♀ crosses give the following recombination values: au – lod = 18.32 ± 1.21%; b – lod = 21.05 ± 1.51% and b – au = 37.43 ± 1.27%. The reciprocal crosses give au – lod = 27.67 ± 1.62%; b – lod = 13.97 ± 1.26% and b – au = 39.79 ± 1.78%. For the larger distances encompassed in the b – au region the recombination values in the two sexes were not significantly different. For the shorter b – lod region the recombination values were significantly larger in the females than in the males, while for the adjacent lod – au region the opposite was true. On the basis of the current literature it would appear that the main factors contributing to these sex differences in recombination are the modifiers which are different in the genetic background of the two sexes.

A CROSSOVER SUPPRESSOR-ENHANCER SYSTEM IN THE MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satish C. Bhalla
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Reciprocal Translocation ◽  
Paracentric Inversion ◽  
Chromosome 1 ◽  
Crossing Over ◽  
Linkage Groups ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Partial Sterility ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Inversion

A small reciprocal translocation T(1;2)1 involving chromosomes 1 and 2 and a paracentric inversion In(1)3 on m chromosome (1) of A. aegypti interact to give peculiar but consistent crossover values. The system is termed COSES and is associated with partial sterility. In females it suppresses crossing over tremendously to the right of bz and enhances crossing over to its left. In the males it enhances crossing over to the right of m (only 3 crossover units away from bz) hut the region to its left remains unaffected. COSES also displays interchromosomal effects by enhancing crossing over in linkage group III. Cytological and genetic evidence for the presence of translocation and inversion are presented. All three pairs of chromosomes are correlated to the three linkage groups.

The genetic and RFLP characterization of the left end of linkage group III in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genome ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 712-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Pilgrim
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Linkage Group ◽  
Genetic Map ◽  
Physical Map ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Genomic Regions ◽  
Caenorhabditis Elegans Genome ◽  
Selection Of

A genetic approach was taken to identify new transposable element Tc1 -dependent polymorphisms on the left end of linkage group III in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The cloning of the genomic DNA surrounding the Tc1 allowed the selection of overlapping clones (from the collection being used to assemble the physical map of the C. elegans genome). A contig of approximately 600–800 kbp in the region has been identified, the genetic map of the region has been refined, and 10 new RFLPs as well as at least four previously characterized genetic loci have been positioned onto the physical map, to the resolution of a few cosmids. This analysis demonstrated the ability to combine physical and genetic mapping for the rapid analysis of large genomic regions (0.5–1 Mbp) in genetically amenable eukaryotes.Key words: Caenorhabditis elegans, genome analysis, RFLP, physical map, genetic map.

DOMINANT-AND-RECESSIVE EPISTASIS IN A HOMEOTIC MOSQUITO MUTANT

1976 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600
Author(s):  
Satish C. Bhalla
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Pure Strain ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Homeotic Mutant ◽  
Culex Pipiens Fatigans ◽  
Group I ◽  
Ratio Data ◽  
Independent Segregation ◽  
Selection For

Folowing selection for 15 generations a pure strain of a homeotic mutant spur was isolated from a Brazilian population of the mosquito Culex pipiens fatigans. Monohybrid crosses showed a 13:3 segregation indicating dominant-and-recessive epistasis for wild-type vs. spur. This implies that a dominant allele at one locus and a recessive at the other interact to produce the mutant phenotype. Dihybrid crosses with linkage group II markers yellow and ruby gave 39:13:9:3 ratios indicating independent segregation. However, the dihybrid cross with linkage group I marker maroon showed a highly significant departure from 39:13:9:3 ratio. Data available indicate that the phenotype spur is controlled by a dominant epistat in linkage group III and a recessive epistat (approximately 31.9 crossover units from maroon) in linkage group I.

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS DEFICIENCY MAPPING

Genetics ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-345
Author(s):  
D Christine Sigurdson ◽  
Gail J Spanier ◽  
Robert K Herman
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Linkage Group ◽  
Ethyl Methanesulfonate ◽  
Single Site ◽  
Crossing Over ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Recessive Lethal ◽  
X Ray ◽  
New Mutations

ABSTRACT Six schemes were used to identify 80 independent recessive lethal deficiencies of linkage group (LG) II following X-ray treatment of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Complementation tests between the deficiencies and ethyl methanesulfonate-induced recessive visible, lethal and sterile mutations and between different deficiencies were used to characterize the extents of the deficiencies. Deficiency endpoints thus helped to order 36 sites within a region representing about half of the loci on LG II and extending over about 5 map units. New mutations occurring in this region can be assigned to particular segments of the map by complementation tests against a small number of deficiencies; this facilitates the assignment of single-site mutations to particular genes, as we illustrate. Five sperm-defective and five oocyte-defective LG II sterile mutants were identified and mapped. Certain deficiency-by-deficiency complementation tests allowed us to suggest that the phenotypes of null mutations at two loci represented by visible alleles are wild type and that null mutations at a third locus confer a visible phenotype. A segment of LG II that is about 12 map units long and largely devoid of identified loci seems to be greatly favored for crossing over.

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