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Cápal P, Said M, Molnár I, Doležel J. Flow Cytometric Analysis and Sorting of Plant Chromosomes. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2672:177-200. [PMID: 37335476 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3226-0_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Flow cytometry offers a unique way of analyzing and manipulating plant chromosomes. During a rapid movement in a liquid stream, large populations can be classified in a short time according to their fluorescence and light scatter properties. Chromosomes whose optical properties differ from other chromosomes in a karyotype can be purified by flow sorting and used in a range of applications in cytogenetics, molecular biology, genomics, and proteomics. As the samples for flow cytometry must be liquid suspensions of single particles, intact chromosomes must be released from mitotic cells. This protocol describes a procedure for preparation of suspensions of mitotic metaphase chromosomes from meristem root tips and their flow cytometric analysis and sorting for various downstream applications.
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- Petr Cápal
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, ELKH, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Fransz P, van de Belt J, de Jong H. Extended DNA Fibers for High-Resolution Mapping. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2672:351-363. [PMID: 37335488 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3226-0_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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DNA fiber-FISH is an easy and simple light microscopic method to map unique and repeat sequences relative to each other at the molecular scale. A standard fluorescence microscope and a DNA labeling kit are sufficient to visualize DNA sequences from any tissue or organ. Despite the enormous progress of high-throughput sequencing technologies, DNA fiber-FISH remains a unique and indispensable tool to detect chromosomal rearrangements and to demonstrate differences between related species at high resolution. We discuss standard and alternative steps to easily prepare extended DNA fibers for high-resolution FISH mapping.
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- Paul Fransz
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Zhao Y, Deng H, Chen Y, Li J, Chen S, Li C, Mu X, Hu Z, Li K, Wang W. Establishment and Optimization of Molecular Cytogenetic Techniques (45S rDNA-FISH, GISH, and Fiber-FISH) in Kiwifruit ( Actinidia Lindl.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:906168. [PMID: 35734244 PMCID: PMC9208197 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.906168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) has long been regarded as "the king of fruits" for its nutritional importance. However, the molecular cytogenetics of kiwifruit has long been hampered because of the large number of basic chromosome (x = 29), the inherent small size and highly similar morphology of metaphase chromosomes. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is an indispensable molecular cytogenetic technique widely used in many plant species. Herein, the effects of post-hybridization washing temperature on FISH, blocking DNA concentration on genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), extraction method on nuclei isolation and the incubation time on the DNA fiber quality in kiwifruit were evaluated. The post-hybridization washing in 2 × saline sodium citrate (SSC) solution for 3 × 5 min at 37°C ensured high stringency and distinct specific FISH signals in kiwifruit somatic chromosomes. The use of 50 × blocking DNA provided an efficient and reliable means of discriminating between chromosomes derived from in the hybrids of A. chinensis var. chinensis (2n = 2x = 58) × A. eriantha (2n = 2x = 58), and inferring the participation of parental genitors. The chopping method established in the present study were found to be very suitable for preparation of leaf nuclei in kiwifruit. A high-quality linear DNA fiber was achieved by an incubation of 20 min. The physical size of 45S rDNA signals was approximately 0.35-0.40 μm revealed by the highly reproducible fiber-FISH procedures established and optimized in this study. The molecular cytogenetic techniques (45S rDNA-FISH, GISH, and high-resolution fiber-FISH) for kiwifruit was for the first time established and optimized in the present study, which is the foundation for the future genomic and evolutionary studies and provides chromosomal characterization for kiwifruit breeding programs.
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- Yang Zhao
- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Xinxiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang, China
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- Institute of Pomology and Olericulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Horticultural Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Horticultural Research Institute, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Horticultural Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Horticultural Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Yañez-Santos AM, Paz RC, Paz-Sepúlveda PB, Urdampilleta JD. Full-length LTR retroelements in Capsicum annuum revealed a few species-specific family bursts with insertional preferences. Chromosome Res 2021; 29:261-284. [PMID: 34086192 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-021-09663-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Capsicum annuum is a species that has undergone an expansion of the size of its genome caused mainly by the amplification of repetitive DNA sequences, including mobile genetic elements. Based on information obtained from sequencing the genome of pepper, the estimated fraction of retroelements is approximately 81%, and previous results revealed an important contribution of lineages derived from Gypsy superfamily. However, the dynamics of the retroelements in the C. annuum genome is poorly understood. In this way, the present work seeks to investigate the phylogenetic diversity and genomic abundance of the families of autonomous (complete and intact) LTR retroelements from C. annuum and inspect their distribution along its chromosomes. In total, we identified 1151 structurally full-length retroelements (340 Copia; 811 Gypsy) grouped in 124 phylogenetic families in the base of their retrotranscriptase. All the evolutive lineages of LTR retroelements identified in plants were present in pepper; however, three of them comprise 83% of the entire LTR retroelements population, the lineages Athila, Del/Tekay, and Ale/Retrofit. From them, only three families represent 70.8% of the total number of the identified retroelements. A massive family-specific wave of amplification of two of them occurred in the last 0.5 Mya (GypsyCa_16; CopiaCa_01), whereas the third is more ancient and occurred 3.0 Mya (GypsyCa_13). Fluorescent in situ hybridization performed with family and lineage-specific probes revealed contrasting patterns of chromosomal affinity. Our results provide a database of the populations LTR retroelements specific to C. annuum genome. The most abundant families were analyzed according to chromosome insertional preferences, suppling useful tools to the design of retroelement-based markers specific to the species.
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- Anahí Mara Yañez-Santos
- CIGEOBIO (FCEFyN, UNSJ/CONICET), Av. Ignacio de la Roza 590 (Oeste), J5402DCS, Rivadavia, San Juan, Argentina.,Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIGEOBIO (FCEFyN, UNSJ/CONICET), Av. Ignacio de la Roza 590 (Oeste), J5402DCS, Rivadavia, San Juan, Argentina.
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina (CONICET) - Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas (CIC) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Córdoba, Argentina
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Doležel J, Lucretti S, Molnár I, Cápal P, Giorgi D. Chromosome analysis and sorting. Cytometry A 2021; 99:328-342. [PMID: 33615737 PMCID: PMC8048479 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Flow cytometric analysis and sorting of plant mitotic chromosomes has been mastered by only a few laboratories worldwide. Yet, it has been contributing significantly to progress in plant genetics, including the production of genome assemblies and the cloning of important genes. The dissection of complex genomes by flow sorting into the individual chromosomes that represent small parts of the genome reduces DNA sample complexity and streamlines projects relying on molecular and genomic techniques. Whereas flow cytometric analysis, that is, chromosome classification according to fluorescence and light scatter properties, is an integral part of any chromosome sorting project, it has rarely been used on its own due to lower resolution and sensitivity as compared to other cytogenetic methods. To perform chromosome analysis and sorting, commercially available electrostatic droplet sorters are suitable. However, in order to resolve and purify chromosomes of interest the instrument must offer high resolution of optical signals as well as stability during long runs. The challenge is thus not the instrumentation, but the adequate sample preparation. The sample must be a suspension of intact mitotic metaphase chromosomes and the protocol, which includes the induction of cell cycle synchrony, accumulation of dividing cells at metaphase, and release of undamaged chromosomes, is time consuming and laborious and needs to be performed very carefully. Moreover, in addition to fluorescent staining chromosomal DNA, the protocol may include specific labelling of DNA repeats to facilitate discrimination of particular chromosomes. This review introduces the applications of chromosome sorting in plants, and discusses in detail sample preparation, chromosome analysis and sorting to achieve the highest purity in flow-sorted fractions, and their suitability for downstream applications.
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- Jaroslav Doležel
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of SciencesCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)Division of Biotechnology and AgroindustryRomeItaly
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of SciencesCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of SciencesCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)Division of Biotechnology and AgroindustryRomeItaly
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Zwyrtková J, Šimková H, Doležel J. Chromosome genomics uncovers plant genome organization and function. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 46:107659. [PMID: 33259907 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The identification of causal genomic loci and their interactions underlying various traits in plants has been greatly aided by progress in understanding the organization of the nuclear genome. This provides clues to the responses of plants to environmental stimuli at the molecular level. Apart from other uses, these insights are needed to fully explore the potential of new breeding techniques that rely on genome editing. However, genome analysis and sequencing is not straightforward in the many agricultural crops and their wild relatives that possess large and complex genomes. Chromosome genomics streamlines this task by dissecting the genome to single chromosomes whose DNA is then used instead of nuclear DNA. This results in a massive and lossless reduction in DNA sample complexity, reduces the time and cost of the experiment, and simplifies data interpretation. Flow cytometric sorting of condensed mitotic chromosomes makes it possible to purify single chromosomes in large quantities, and as the DNA remains intact this process can be coupled successfully with many techniques in molecular biology and genomics. Since the first experiments with flow cytometric sorting in the late 1980s, numerous applications have been developed, and chromosome genomics has been having a significant impact in many areas of research, including the sequencing of complex genomes of important crops and gene cloning. This review discusses these applications, describes their contribution to advancements in plant genome analysis and gene cloning, and outlines future directions.
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- Jana Zwyrtková
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Zagorski D, Hartmann M, Bertrand YJK, Paštová L, Slavíková R, Josefiová J, Fehrer J. Characterization and Dynamics of Repeatomes in Closely Related Species of Hieracium (Asteraceae) and Their Synthetic and Apomictic Hybrids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:591053. [PMID: 33224172 PMCID: PMC7667050 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.591053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The repetitive content of the plant genome (repeatome) often represents its largest fraction and is frequently correlated with its size. Transposable elements (TEs), the main component of the repeatome, are an important driver in the genome diversification due to their fast-evolving nature. Hybridization and polyploidization events are hypothesized to induce massive bursts of TEs resulting, among other effects, in an increase of copy number and genome size. Little is known about the repeatome dynamics following hybridization and polyploidization in plants that reproduce by apomixis (asexual reproduction via seeds). To address this, we analyzed the repeatomes of two diploid parental species, Hieracium intybaceum and H. prenanthoides (sexual), their diploid F1 synthetic and their natural triploid hybrids (H. pallidiflorum and H. picroides, apomictic). Using low-coverage next-generation sequencing (NGS) and a graph-based clustering approach, we detected high overall similarity across all major repeatome categories between the parental species, despite their large phylogenetic distance. Medium and highly abundant repetitive elements comprise ∼70% of Hieracium genomes; most prevalent were Ty3/Gypsy chromovirus Tekay and Ty1/Copia Maximus-SIRE elements. No TE bursts were detected, neither in synthetic nor in natural hybrids, as TE abundance generally followed theoretical expectations based on parental genome dosage. Slight over- and under-representation of TE cluster abundances reflected individual differences in genome size. However, in comparative analyses, apomicts displayed an overabundance of pararetrovirus clusters not observed in synthetic hybrids. Substantial deviations were detected in rDNAs and satellite repeats, but these patterns were sample specific. rDNA and satellite repeats (three of them were newly developed as cytogenetic markers) were localized on chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). In a few cases, low-abundant repeats (5S rDNA and certain satellites) showed some discrepancy between NGS data and FISH results, which is due partly to the bias of low-coverage sequencing and partly to low amounts of the satellite repeats or their sequence divergence. Overall, satellite DNA (including rDNA) was markedly affected by hybridization, but independent of the ploidy or reproductive mode of the progeny, whereas bursts of TEs did not play an important role in the evolutionary history of Hieracium.
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Moreno R, Castro P, Vrána J, Kubaláková M, Cápal P, García V, Gil J, Millán T, Doležel J. Integration of Genetic and Cytogenetic Maps and Identification of Sex Chromosome in Garden Asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1068. [PMID: 30108600 PMCID: PMC6079222 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A genetic linkage map of dioecious garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L., 2n = 2x = 20) was constructed using F1 population, simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. In total, 1376 SNPs and 27 SSRs were used for genetic mapping. Two resulting parental maps contained 907 and 678 markers spanning 1947 and 1814 cM, for female and male parent, respectively, over ten linkage groups representing ten haploid chromosomes of the species. With the aim to anchor the ten genetic linkage groups to individual chromosomes and develop a tool to facilitate genome analysis and gene cloning, we have optimized a protocol for flow cytometric chromosome analysis and sorting in asparagus. The analysis of DAPI-stained suspensions of intact mitotic chromosomes by flow cytometry resulted in histograms of relative fluorescence intensity (flow karyotypes) comprising eight major peaks. The analysis of chromosome morphology and localization of 5S and 45S rDNA by FISH on flow-sorted chromosomes, revealed that four chromosomes (IV, V, VI, VIII) could be discriminated and sorted. Seventy-two SSR markers were used to characterize chromosome content of individual peaks on the flow karyotype. Out of them, 27 were included in the genetic linkage map and anchored genetic linkage groups to chromosomes. The sex determining locus was located on LG5, which was associated with peak V representing a chromosome with 5S rDNA locus. The results obtained in this study will support asparagus improvement by facilitating targeted marker development and gene isolation using flow-sorted chromosomes.
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- Roberto Moreno
- Department of Genetics-ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Genetics-ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Genetics-ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Genetics-ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Genetics-ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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Bačovský V, Hobza R, Vyskot B. Technical Review: Cytogenetic Tools for Studying Mitotic Chromosomes. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1675:509-535. [PMID: 29052211 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7318-7_30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Significant advances in chromosome preparation and other techniques have greatly increased the potential of plant cytogenetics in recent years. Increase in longitudinal resolution using DNA extended fibers as well as new developments in imaging and signal amplification technologies have enhanced the ability of FISH to detect small gene targets. The combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization with immunocytochemistry allows the investigation of cell events, chromosomal rearrangements and chromatin features typical for plant nuclei. Chromosome manipulation techniques using microdissection and flow sorting have accelerated the analysis of complex plant genomes. Together, the different cytogenetic approaches are invaluable for the unravelling of detailed structures of plant chromosomes, which are of utmost importance for the study of genome properties, DNA replication and gene regulation. In this technical review, different cytogenetic approaches are discussed for the analysis of plant chromosomes, with a focus on mitotic chromosomes.
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- Václaclav Bačovský
- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Kirov I, Gilyok M, Knyazev A, Fesenko I. Pilot satellitome analysis of the model plant, Physcomitrellapatens, revealed a transcribed and high-copy IGS related tandem repeat. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2018; 12:493-513. [PMID: 30588288 PMCID: PMC6302065 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v12i4.31015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Satellite DNA (satDNA) constitutes a substantial part of eukaryotic genomes. In the last decade, it has been shown that satDNA is not an inert part of the genome and its function extends beyond the nuclear membrane. However, the number of model plant species suitable for studying the novel horizons of satDNA functionality is low. Here, we explored the satellitome of the model "basal" plant, Physcomitrellapatens (Hedwig, 1801) Bruch & Schimper, 1849 (moss), which has a number of advantages for deep functional and evolutionary research. Using a newly developed pyTanFinder pipeline (https://github.com/Kirovez/pyTanFinder) coupled with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), we identified five high copy number tandem repeats (TRs) occupying a long DNA array in the moss genome. The nuclear organization study revealed that two TRs had distinct locations in the moss genome, concentrating in the heterochromatin and knob-rDNA like chromatin bodies. Further genomic, epigenetic and transcriptomic analysis showed that one TR, named PpNATR76, was located in the intergenic spacer (IGS) region and transcribed into long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Several specific features of PpNATR76 lncRNAs make them very similar with the recently discovered human lncRNAs, raising a number of questions for future studies. This work provides new resources for functional studies of satellitome in plants using the model organism P.patens, and describes a list of tandem repeats for further analysis.
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- Ilya Kirov
- Laboratory of functional genomics and proteomics of plants, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russian FederationShemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of functional genomics and proteomics of plants, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russian FederationShemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of functional genomics and proteomics of plants, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russian FederationShemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryMoscowRussia
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- Laboratory of functional genomics and proteomics of plants, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russian FederationShemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryMoscowRussia
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Karafiátová M, Bartoš J, Doležel J. Localization of Low-Copy DNA Sequences on Mitotic Chromosomes by FISH. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1429:49-64. [PMID: 27511166 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3622-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a widely used method to localize DNA sequences on mitotic and meiotic chromosomes and interphase nuclei. It was developed in early 1980s and since then it has contributed to numerous studies and important discoveries. Over the decades, the protocol was modified for ease of use, allowing for localizing multiple probes simultaneously and increasing its sensitivity and specificity. Despite the continuous improvements, the ability to detect short single-copy sequences of only a few kilobases or less, such as genes, remains limited. Here, we provide a detailed protocol for detection of short, single- or low-copy sequences on plant mitotic metaphase chromosomes.
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- Miroslava Karafiátová
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78374, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78374, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78374, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Badaeva ED, Ruban AS, Aliyeva-Schnorr L, Municio C, Hesse S, Houben A. In Situ Hybridization to Plant Chromosomes. SPRINGER PROTOCOLS HANDBOOKS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-52959-1_49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Molnár I, Vrána J, Burešová V, Cápal P, Farkas A, Darkó É, Cseh A, Kubaláková M, Molnár-Láng M, Doležel J. Dissecting the U, M, S and C genomes of wild relatives of bread wheat (Aegilops spp.) into chromosomes and exploring their synteny with wheat. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 88:452-467. [PMID: 27402341 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Goat grasses (Aegilops spp.) contributed to the evolution of bread wheat and are important sources of genes and alleles for modern wheat improvement. However, their use in alien introgression breeding is hindered by poor knowledge of their genome structure and a lack of molecular tools. The analysis of large and complex genomes may be simplified by dissecting them into single chromosomes via flow cytometric sorting. In some species this is not possible due to similarities in relative DNA content among chromosomes within a karyotype. This work describes the distribution of GAA and ACG microsatellite repeats on chromosomes of the U, M, S and C genomes of Aegilops, and the use of microsatellite probes to label the chromosomes in suspension by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISHIS). Bivariate flow cytometric analysis of chromosome DAPI fluorescence and fluorescence of FITC-labelled microsatellites made it possible to discriminate all chromosomes and sort them with negligible contamination by other chromosomes. DNA of purified chromosomes was used as a template for polymerase chain reation (PCR) using Conserved Orthologous Set (COS) markers with known positions on wheat A, B and D genomes. Wheat-Aegilops macrosyntenic comparisons using COS markers revealed significant rearrangements in the U and C genomes, while the M and S genomes exhibited structure similar to wheat. Purified chromosome fractions provided an attractive resource to investigate the structure and evolution of the Aegilops genomes, and the COS markers assigned to Aegilops chromosomes will facilitate alien gene introgression into wheat.
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- István Molnár
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Brunszvik u. 2, H-2462, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Brunszvik u. 2, H-2462, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Brunszvik u. 2, H-2462, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Brunszvik u. 2, H-2462, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Brunszvik u. 2, H-2462, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Vrána J, Cápal P, Šimková H, Karafiátová M, Čížková J, Doležel J. Flow Analysis and Sorting of Plant Chromosomes. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN CYTOMETRY 2016; 78:5.3.1-5.3.43. [PMID: 27723090 DOI: 10.1002/cpcy.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Analysis and sorting of plant chromosomes (plant flow cytogenetics) is a special application of flow cytometry in plant genomics and its success depends critically on sample quality. This unit describes the methodology in a stepwise manner, starting with the induction of cell cycle synchrony and accumulation of dividing cells in mitotic metaphase, and continues with the preparation of suspensions of intact mitotic chromosomes, flow analysis and sorting of chromosomes, and finally processing of the sorted chromosomes. Each step of the protocol is described in detail as some procedures have not been used widely. Supporting histograms are presented as well as hints on dealing with plant material; the utility of sorted chromosomes for plant genomics is also discussed. © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Jan Vrána
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Türkösi E, Cseh A, Darkó É, Molnár-Láng M. Addition of Manas barley chromosome arms to the hexaploid wheat genome. BMC Genet 2016; 17:87. [PMID: 27328706 PMCID: PMC4915093 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0393-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Cultivated barley belongs to the tertiary genepool of hexaploid wheat. Genes of interest can be transferred from barley into wheat through wide hybridization. The application of wheat-barley introgression lines could provide an excellent tool for the transfer of earliness, favourable amino acid composition, biotic stress resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, or good tillering ability into wheat. Results A set of 10 wheat-barley ditelosomic addition lines (2HS, 2HL, 3HS, 3HL, 4HS, 4HL, 6HS, 6HL, 7HS and 7HL) was developed from the progenies of an Asakaze/Manas wheat-barley hybrid produced in Martonvásár, Hungary. The addition lines were selected from self-fertilized plants of the BC2F2-BC2F4 generations using genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) and were identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with repetitive DNA probes [HvT01, (GAA)7 and centromere-specific (AGGGAG)4 probes]. The cytogenetic identification was confirmed using barley arm-specific SSR and STS markers. The ditelosomic additions were propagated in the phytotron and in the field, and morphological parameters (plant height, tillering, length of the main spike, number of seeds/spike and seeds/plant, and spike characteristics) were described. In addition, the salt stress response of the ditelosomic additions was determined. Conclusions The six-rowed winter barley cultivar Manas is much better adapted to Central European environmental conditions than the two-rowed spring barley Betzes previously used in wheat-barley crosses. The production of wheat-barley ditelosomic addition lines has a wide range of applications both for breeding (transfer of useful genes to the recipient species) and for basic research (mapping of barley genes, genetic and evolutionary studies and heterologous expression of barley genes in the wheat background). Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12863-016-0393-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Edina Türkösi
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, P.O. Box 19, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, P.O. Box 19, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, P.O. Box 19, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, P.O. Box 19, Hungary.
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Yang K, Zhang Y, Converse R, Lv J, Shi M, Zhang H, Zhu L. Improvement of high-resolution fluorescence in situ hybridisation mapping on chromosomes of Brassica oleracea var. capitata. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2016; 18:325-331. [PMID: 26312399 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The low resolution of chromosome-based Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) mapping is primarily due to the structure of the plant cell wall and cytoplasm and the compactness of regular chromosomes, which represent a significant obstacle to FISH. In order to improve spatial resolution and signal detection sensitivity, we provide a reproducible method to generate high-quality extended chromosomes that are ~13 times as long as their pachytene counterparts. We demonstrate that proteinase K used in this procedure is crucial for stretching pachytene chromosomes of Brassica oleracea in the context of a modified Carnoy's II fixative (6:1:3, ethanol:chloroform:acetic acid). The quality of super-stretched chromosomes was assessed in several FISH experiments. FISH signals from both repetitive 5S rDNA and single-copy ARC1 on super-stretched chromosomes are brighter than those on other different types of chromosome due to enhanced accessibility to targets on stretched pachytene chromosomes. In conclusion, the resulting extended chromosomes are suitable for FISH mapping for repetitive DNA sequences and the localisation of a single-copy locus, and FISH performed on super-stretched chromosomes can achieve significantly higher sensitivity and spatial resolution than other chromosome-based FISH mapping techniques.
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- K Yang
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Engineering Research Center of South Upland Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Nuclear genomes of many important plant species are tremendously complicated to map and sequence. The ability to isolate single chromosomes, which represent small units of nuclear genome, is priceless in many areas of plant research including cytogenetics, genomics, and proteomics. Flow cytometry is the only technique which can provide large quantities of pure chromosome fractions suitable for downstream applications including physical mapping, preparation of chromosome-specific BAC libraries, sequencing, and optical mapping. Here, we describe step-by-step procedure of preparation of liquid suspensions of intact mitotic metaphase chromosomes and their flow cytometric analysis and sorting.
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- Jan Vrána
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Cell synchronization and isolation of chromosomes from Chinese fir root tips for flow cytometric analysis. Biotechnol Lett 2015; 37:1309-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1800-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ma J, Stiller J, Zheng Z, Wei Y, Zheng YL, Yan G, Doležel J, Liu C. Putative interchromosomal rearrangements in the hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotype 'Chinese Spring' revealed by gene locations on homoeologous chromosomes. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:37. [PMID: 25880815 PMCID: PMC4364500 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0313-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background Chromosomal rearrangements are a major driving force in shaping genome during evolution. Previous studies show that translocated genes could undergo elevated rates of evolution and recombination frequencies around these genes can be altered. Based on the recently released genome sequences of Triticum urartu, Aegilops tauschii, Brachypodium distachyon and bread wheat, an analysis of interchromosomal translocations in the hexaploid wheat genotype ‘Chinese Spring’ (‘CS’) was conducted based on chromosome shotgun sequences from individual chromosome arms of this genotype. Results A total of 720 genes representing putative interchromosomal rearrangements was identified. They were distributed across the 42 chromosome arms. About 59% of these translocated genes were those involved in the well-characterized translocations involving chromosomes 4A, 5A and 7B. The other 41% of the genes represent a large numbers of putative interchromosomal rearrangements which have not yet been described. The number of the putative translocation events in the D subgenome was about half of those presented in either the A or B subgenomes, which agreed well with that the times of interaction between the A and B subgenomes almost doubled that between either of them and the D subgenome. Conclusions The possible existence of a large number of interchromosomal rearrangements detected in this study provide further evidence that caution should be taken when using synteny in ordering sequence contigs or in cloning genes in hexaploid wheat. The identification of these putative translocations in ‘CS’ also provide a base for a systematic evaluation of their presence or absence in the full spectrum of bread wheat and its close relatives, which could have significant implications in a wide array of fields ranging from studies of systematics and evolution to practical breeding. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0313-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jian Ma
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, China. .,CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD, 4067, Australia.
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- CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD, 4067, Australia.
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- CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD, 4067, Australia. .,School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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- School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD, 4067, Australia. .,School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.
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Ma J, Stiller J, Wei Y, Zheng YL, Devos KM, Doležel J, Liu C. Extensive pericentric rearrangements in the bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotype "Chinese Spring" revealed from chromosome shotgun sequence data. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:3039-48. [PMID: 25349265 PMCID: PMC4255769 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotype "Chinese Spring" ("CS") is the reference base in wheat genetics and genomics. Pericentric rearrangements in this genotype were systematically assessed by analyzing homoeoloci for a set of nonredundant genes from Brachypodium distachyon, Triticum urartu, and Aegilops tauschii in the CS chromosome shotgun sequence obtained from individual chromosome arms flow-sorted from CS aneuploid lines. Based on patterns of their homoeologous arm locations, 551 genes indicated the presence of pericentric inversions in at least 10 of the 21 chromosomes. Available data from deletion bin-mapped expressed sequence tags and genetic mapping in wheat indicated that all inversions had breakpoints in the low-recombinant gene-poor pericentromeric regions. The large number of putative intrachromosomal rearrangements suggests the presence of extensive structural differences among the three subgenomes, at least some of which likely occurred during the production of the aneuploid lines of this hexaploid wheat genotype. These differences could have significant implications in wheat genome research where comparative approaches are used such as in ordering and orientating sequence contigs and in gene cloning.
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- Jian Ma
- CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, China
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- CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Poursarebani N, Ma L, Schmutzer T, Houben A, Stein N. FISH Mapping for Physical Map Improvement in the Large Genome of Barley: A Case Study on Chromosome 2H. Cytogenet Genome Res 2014; 143:275-9. [DOI: 10.1159/000366028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Doležel J, Vrána J, Cápal P, Kubaláková M, Burešová V, Šimková H. Advances in plant chromosome genomics. Biotechnol Adv 2014; 32:122-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Karafiátová M, Bartoš J, Kopecký D, Ma L, Sato K, Houben A, Stein N, Doležel J. Mapping nonrecombining regions in barley using multicolor FISH. Chromosome Res 2013; 21:739-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9380-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Doležel J, Vrána J, Safář J, Bartoš J, Kubaláková M, Simková H. Chromosomes in the flow to simplify genome analysis. Funct Integr Genomics 2012; 12:397-416. [PMID: 22895700 PMCID: PMC3431466 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-012-0293-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nuclear genomes of human, animals, and plants are organized into subunits called chromosomes. When isolated into aqueous suspension, mitotic chromosomes can be classified using flow cytometry according to light scatter and fluorescence parameters. Chromosomes of interest can be purified by flow sorting if they can be resolved from other chromosomes in a karyotype. The analysis and sorting are carried out at rates of 10(2)-10(4) chromosomes per second, and for complex genomes such as wheat the flow sorting technology has been ground-breaking in reducing genome complexity for genome sequencing. The high sample rate provides an attractive approach for karyotype analysis (flow karyotyping) and the purification of chromosomes in large numbers. In characterizing the chromosome complement of an organism, the high number that can be studied using flow cytometry allows for a statistically accurate analysis. Chromosome sorting plays a particularly important role in the analysis of nuclear genome structure and the analysis of particular and aberrant chromosomes. Other attractive but not well-explored features include the analysis of chromosomal proteins, chromosome ultrastructure, and high-resolution mapping using FISH. Recent results demonstrate that chromosome flow sorting can be coupled seamlessly with DNA array and next-generation sequencing technologies for high-throughput analyses. The main advantages are targeting the analysis to a genome region of interest and a significant reduction in sample complexity. As flow sorters can also sort single copies of chromosomes, shotgun sequencing DNA amplified from them enables the production of haplotype-resolved genome sequences. This review explains the principles of flow cytometric chromosome analysis and sorting (flow cytogenetics), discusses the major uses of this technology in genome analysis, and outlines future directions.
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- Jaroslav Doležel
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Sokolovská 6, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Yang K, Zhang H, Converse R, Wang Y, Rong X, Wu Z, Luo B, Xue L, Jian L, Zhu L, Wang X. Fluorescence in situ hybridization on plant extended chromatin DNA fibers for single-copy and repetitive DNA sequences. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2011; 30:1779-1786. [PMID: 21695528 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1086-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The compactness of plant chromosomes and the structure of the plant cell wall and cytoplasm provide a great obstacle to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for single-copy or low-copy DNA sequences. Consequently, many new methods for improving spatial resolution via chromosomal stretching have been employed to overcome this technical challenge. In this article, a technique for extracting cell-wall free nuclei at mitotic interphase, then using these nuclei to prepare extended DNA fibers (EDFs) by the method of a receding interface, whereby slide-mounted chromatin produces EDFs in concert with gravity-assisted buffer flow, was adopted as a result of the low frequency of EDF damage produced by this procedure. To examine the quality of these EDFs, we used single-copy gene encoding S-locus receptor kinase and multi-copy 5S rDNA (ribosomal DNA) as probes. The resulting EDFs proved suitable for high-resolution FISH mapping for repetitive DNA sequences, and the localization of a single-copy locus.
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- Kun Yang
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Heckmann S, Schroeder-Reiter E, Kumke K, Ma L, Nagaki K, Murata M, Wanner G, Houben A. Holocentric Chromosomes of Luzula elegans Are Characterized by a Longitudinal Centromere Groove, Chromosome Bending, and a Terminal Nucleolus Organizer Region. Cytogenet Genome Res 2011; 134:220-8. [DOI: 10.1159/000327713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Kato A. High-density fluorescence in situ hybridization signal detection on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) chromosomes with improved probe screening and reprobing procedures. Genome 2011; 54:151-9. [DOI: 10.1139/g10-098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) genome was screened to identify sequences that could be used for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). From 2000 transformed bacterium colonies carrying barley clones, 56 colonies were selected on the basis of the patterns that their PCR products produced when subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis. Among them, 42 (75%) exhibited fluorescent signals on barley chromosomes after in situ hybridization using the directly labeled PCR products. Sequencing revealed seven clones, pHv-365, pHv-177, pHv-1112, pHv-689, pHv-1476, pHv-1889, and pHv-1972, to be newly identified FISH-positive sequences. The remainder possess previously described sequences such as 5S, GAA microsatellite, centromere repeats, HVT01, and pHvMWG2315 (324 bp repeat). It is shown here that a combination of five probes, which produce strong signals on barley chromosomes, pHv-38 (5S), pHv-365, pHv-961 (HVT01), GAA, and TAG microsatellites, offer unequivocal recognition of each chromosome. The combination of three probes, i.e., pHv-1123 (barley 324 bp repeat), GAA, and TAG, decorated entire chromosomes with fine dotted signals and was useful for detecting the break points of aberrant chromosomes. The signals’ distributions of pHv-177, pHv-1112, and TAG were highly polymorphic. An improved reprobing procedure and its usefulness are also discussed.
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- Akio Kato
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5 Shimogamo Hangi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-0823, Japan. (e-mail: )
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Molnár I, Cifuentes M, Schneider A, Benavente E, Molnár-Láng M. Association between simple sequence repeat-rich chromosome regions and intergenomic translocation breakpoints in natural populations of allopolyploid wild wheats. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2011; 107:65-76. [PMID: 21036694 PMCID: PMC3002473 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2010] [Revised: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Repetitive DNA sequences are thought to be involved in the formation of chromosomal rearrangements. The aim of this study was to analyse the distribution of microsatellite clusters in Aegilops biuncialis and Aegilops geniculata, and its relationship with the intergenomic translocations in these allotetraploid species, wild genetic resources for wheat improvement. METHODS The chromosomal localization of (ACG)(n) and (GAA)(n) microsatellite sequences in Ae. biuncialis and Ae. geniculata and in their diploid progenitors Aegilops comosa and Aegilops umbellulata was investigated by sequential in situ hybridization with simple sequence repeat (SSR) probes and repeated DNA probes (pSc119·2, Afa family and pTa71) and by dual-colour genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). Thirty-two Ae. biuncialis and 19 Ae. geniculata accessions were screened by GISH for intergenomic translocations, which were further characterized by fluorescence in situ hybridization and GISH. KEY RESULTS Single pericentromeric (ACG)(n) signals were localized on most U and on some M genome chromosomes, whereas strong pericentromeric and several intercalary and telomeric (GAA)(n) sites were observed on the Aegilops chromosomes. Three Ae. biuncialis accessions carried 7U(b)-7M(b) reciprocal translocations and one had a 7U(b)-1M(b) rearrangement, while two Ae. geniculata accessions carried 7U(g)-1M(g) or 5U(g)-5M(g) translocations. Conspicuous (ACG)(n) and/or (GAA)(n) clusters were located near the translocation breakpoints in eight of the ten translocated chromosomes analysed, SSR bands and breakpoints being statistically located at the same chromosomal site in six of them. CONCLUSIONS Intergenomic translocation breakpoints are frequently mapped to SSR-rich chromosomal regions in the allopolyploid species examined, suggesting that microsatellite repeated DNA sequences might facilitate the formation of those chromosomal rearrangements. The (ACG)(n) and (GAA)(n) SSR motifs serve as additional chromosome markers for the karyotypic analysis of UM genome Aegilops species.
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- István Molnár
- Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, POB 19, Hungary
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- Departamento de Biotecnología (Genética), E. T. S. Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, POB 19, Hungary
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- Departamento de Biotecnología (Genética), E. T. S. Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462, Martonvásár, POB 19, Hungary
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Wenzl P, Suchánková P, Carling J, Simková H, Huttner E, Kubaláková M, Sourdille P, Paul E, Feuillet C, Kilian A, Dolezel J. Isolated chromosomes as a new and efficient source of DArT markers for the saturation of genetic maps. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2010; 121:465-474. [PMID: 20364376 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1323-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We describe how the diversity arrays technology (DArT) can be coupled with chromosome sorting to increase the density of genetic maps in specific genome regions. Chromosome 3B and the short arm of chromosome 1B (1BS) of wheat were isolated by flow cytometric sorting and used to develop chromosome- and chromosome arm-enriched genotyping arrays containing 2,688 3B clones and 384 1BS clones. Linkage analysis showed that 553 of the 711 polymorphic 3B-derived markers (78%) mapped to chromosome 3B, and 59 of the 68 polymorphic 1BS-derived markers (87%) mapped to chromosome 1BS, confirming the efficiency of the chromosome-sorting approach. To demonstrate the potential for saturation of genetic maps, we constructed a consensus map of chromosome 3B using 19 mapping populations, including some that were genotyped with the 3B-enriched array. The 3B-derived DArT markers doubled the number of genetic loci covered. The resulting consensus map, probably the densest genetic map of 3B available to this date, contains 939 markers (779 DArTs and 160 other markers) that segregate on 304 genetically distinct loci. Importantly, only 2,688 3B-derived clones (probes) had to be screened to obtain almost twice as many polymorphic 3B markers (510) as identified by screening approximately 70,000 whole genome-derived clones (269). Since an enriched DArT array can be developed from less than 5 ng of chromosomal DNA, a quantity which can be obtained within 1 h of sorting, this approach can be readily applied to any crop for which chromosome sorting is available.
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- Peter Wenzl
- Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd, 1 Wilf Crane Crescent, Yarralumla, ACT, 2600, Australia
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Evolution of chromosome 6 of Solanum species revealed by comparative fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping. Chromosoma 2010; 119:435-42. [PMID: 20352244 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-010-0269-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 02/15/2010] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Comparative genetic linkage mapping using a common set of DNA markers in related species is an important methodology in plant genome research. Here, we demonstrate a comparative fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping strategy in plants. A set of 13 bacterial artificial chromosome clones spanning the entire length of potato chromosome 6 was used for pachytene chromosome-based FISH mapping in seven distantly related Solanum species including potato, tomato, and eggplant. We discovered one paracentric inversion and one pericentric inversion within specific lineages of these species. The comparative FISH mapping data revealed the ancestral structure of this chromosome. We demonstrate that comparative FISH mapping is an efficient and powerful methodology to study chromosomal evolution among plant species diverged for up to 12 million years.
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Figueroa DM, Bass HW. A historical and modern perspective on plant cytogenetics. Brief Funct Genomics 2010; 9:95-102. [DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elp058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Koo DH, Jiang J. Super-stretched pachytene chromosomes for fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping and immunodetection of DNA methylation. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 59:509-516. [PMID: 19392688 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03881.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Meiotic pachytene chromosome-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping is one of the most important tools in plant molecular cytogenetic research. Here we report a simple technique that allows stretching of pachytene chromosomes of maize to up to at least 20 times their original size. A modified Carnoy's II fixative (6:1:3 ethanol:chloroform:acetic acid) was used in the procedure, and proved to be key for super-stretching of pachytene chromosomes. We demonstrate that super-stretched pachytene chromosomes provide unprecedented resolution for chromosome-based FISH mapping. DNA probes separated by as little as 50 kb can be resolved on super-stretched chromosomes. A combination of FISH with immunofluorescent detection of 5-methyl cytosine on super-stretched pachytene chromosomes provides a powerful tool to reveal DNA methylation of specific chromosomal domains, especially those associated with highly repetitive DNA sequences.
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- Dal-Hoe Koo
- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Simková H, Svensson JT, Condamine P, Hribová E, Suchánková P, Bhat PR, Bartos J, Safár J, Close TJ, Dolezel J. Coupling amplified DNA from flow-sorted chromosomes to high-density SNP mapping in barley. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:294. [PMID: 18565235 PMCID: PMC2453526 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 06/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background Flow cytometry facilitates sorting of single chromosomes and chromosome arms which can be used for targeted genome analysis. However, the recovery of microgram amounts of DNA needed for some assays requires sorting of millions of chromosomes which is laborious and time consuming. Yet, many genomic applications such as development of genetic maps or physical mapping do not require large DNA fragments. In such cases time-consuming de novo sorting can be minimized by utilizing whole-genome amplification. Results Here we report a protocol optimized in barley including amplification of DNA from only ten thousand chromosomes, which can be isolated in less than one hour. Flow-sorted chromosomes were treated with proteinase K and amplified using Phi29 multiple displacement amplification (MDA). Overnight amplification in a 20-microlitre reaction produced 3.7 – 5.7 micrograms DNA with a majority of products between 5 and 30 kb. To determine the purity of sorted fractions and potential amplification bias we used quantitative PCR for specific genes on each chromosome. To extend the analysis to a whole genome level we performed an oligonucleotide pool assay (OPA) for interrogation of 1524 loci, of which 1153 loci had known genetic map positions. Analysis of unamplified genomic DNA of barley cv. Akcent using this OPA resulted in 1426 markers with present calls. Comparison with three replicates of amplified genomic DNA revealed >99% concordance. DNA samples from amplified chromosome 1H and a fraction containing chromosomes 2H – 7H were examined. In addition to loci with known map positions, 349 loci with unknown map positions were included. Based on this analysis 40 new loci were mapped to 1H. Conclusion The results indicate a significant potential of using this approach for physical mapping. Moreover, the study showed that multiple displacement amplification of flow-sorted chromosomes is highly efficient and representative which considerably expands the potential of chromosome flow sorting in plant genomics.
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- Hana Simková
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Sokolovská 6, CZ-77200 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Simková H, Svensson JT, Condamine P, Hribová E, Suchánková P, Bhat PR, Bartos J, Safár J, Close TJ, Dolezel J. Coupling amplified DNA from flow-sorted chromosomes to high-density SNP mapping in barley. BMC Genomics 2008. [PMID: 18565235 DOI: 10.1186/1471‐2164‐9‐294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Flow cytometry facilitates sorting of single chromosomes and chromosome arms which can be used for targeted genome analysis. However, the recovery of microgram amounts of DNA needed for some assays requires sorting of millions of chromosomes which is laborious and time consuming. Yet, many genomic applications such as development of genetic maps or physical mapping do not require large DNA fragments. In such cases time-consuming de novo sorting can be minimized by utilizing whole-genome amplification. RESULTS Here we report a protocol optimized in barley including amplification of DNA from only ten thousand chromosomes, which can be isolated in less than one hour. Flow-sorted chromosomes were treated with proteinase K and amplified using Phi29 multiple displacement amplification (MDA). Overnight amplification in a 20-microlitre reaction produced 3.7 - 5.7 micrograms DNA with a majority of products between 5 and 30 kb. To determine the purity of sorted fractions and potential amplification bias we used quantitative PCR for specific genes on each chromosome. To extend the analysis to a whole genome level we performed an oligonucleotide pool assay (OPA) for interrogation of 1524 loci, of which 1153 loci had known genetic map positions. Analysis of unamplified genomic DNA of barley cv. Akcent using this OPA resulted in 1426 markers with present calls. Comparison with three replicates of amplified genomic DNA revealed >99% concordance. DNA samples from amplified chromosome 1H and a fraction containing chromosomes 2H - 7H were examined. In addition to loci with known map positions, 349 loci with unknown map positions were included. Based on this analysis 40 new loci were mapped to 1H. CONCLUSION The results indicate a significant potential of using this approach for physical mapping. Moreover, the study showed that multiple displacement amplification of flow-sorted chromosomes is highly efficient and representative which considerably expands the potential of chromosome flow sorting in plant genomics.
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- Hana Simková
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Sokolovská 6, CZ-77200 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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The cereals are of enormous importance to mankind. Many of the major cereal species - specifically, wheat, barley, oat, rye, and maize - have large genomes. Early cytogenetics, genome analysis and genetic mapping in the cereals benefited greatly from their large chromosomes, and the allopolyploidy of wheat and oats that has allowed for the development of many precise cytogenetic stocks. In the genomics era, however, large genomes are disadvantageous. Sequencing large and complex genomes is expensive, and the assembly of genome sequence is hampered by a significant content of repetitive DNA and, in allopolyploids, by the presence of homoeologous genomes. Dissection of the genome into its component chromosomes and chromosome arms provides an elegant solution to these problems. In this review we illustrate how this can be achieved by flow cytometric sorting. We describe the development of methods for the preparation of intact chromosome suspensions from the major cereals, and their analysis and sorting using flow cytometry. We explain how difficulties in the discrimination of specific chromosomes and their arms can be overcome by exploiting extant cytogenetic stocks of polyploid wheat and oats, in particular chromosome deletion and alien addition lines. Finally, we discuss some of the applications of flow-sorted chromosomes, and present some examples demonstrating that a chromosome-based approach is advantageous for the analysis of the complex genomes of cereals, and that it can offer significant potential for the delivery of genome sequencing and gene cloning in these crops.
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- Jaroslav Dolezel
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Sokolovská 6, CZ-77200, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Janda J, Safár J, Kubaláková M, Bartos J, Kovárová P, Suchánková P, Pateyron S, Cíhalíková J, Sourdille P, Simková H, Faivre-Rampant P, Hribová E, Bernard M, Lukaszewski A, Dolezel J, Chalhoub B. Advanced resources for plant genomics: a BAC library specific for the short arm of wheat chromosome 1B. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 47:977-86. [PMID: 16911585 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L., 2n = 6x = 42) is a polyploid species possessing one of the largest genomes among the cultivated crops (1C is approximately 17 000 Mb). The presence of three homoeologous genomes (A, B and D), and the prevalence of repetitive DNA make sequencing the wheat genome a daunting task. We have developed a novel 'chromosome arm-based' strategy for wheat genome sequencing to simplify this task; this relies on sub-genomic libraries of large DNA inserts. In this paper, we used a di-telosomic line of wheat to isolate six million copies of the short arm of chromosome 1B (1BS) by flow sorting. Chromosomal DNA was partially digested with HindIII and used to construct an arm-specific BAC library. The library consists of 65 280 clones with an average insert size of 82 kb. Almost half of the library (45%) has inserts larger than 100 kb, while 18% of the inserts range in size between 75 and 100 kb, and 37% are shorter than 75 kb. We estimated the chromosome arm coverage to be 14.5-fold, giving a 99.9% probability of identifying a clone corresponding to any sequence on the short arm of 1B. Each chromosome arm in wheat can be flow sorted from an appropriate cytogenetic stock, and we envisage that the availability of chromosome arm-specific BAC resources in wheat will greatly facilitate the development of ready-to-sequence physical maps and map-based gene cloning.
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- Jaroslav Janda
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Sokolovská 6, CZ-77200 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Jiang J, Gill BS. Current status and the future of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in plant genome research. Genome 2006; 49:1057-68. [PMID: 17110986 DOI: 10.1139/g06-076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), which allows direct mapping of DNA sequences on chromosomes, has become the most important technique in plant molecular cytogenetics research. Repetitive DNA sequence can generate unique FISH patterns on individual chromosomes for karyotyping and phylogenetic analysis. FISH on meiotic pachytene chromosomes coupled with digital imaging systems has become an efficient method to develop physical maps in plant species. FISH on extended DNA fibers provides a high-resolution mapping approach to analyze large DNA molecules and to characterize large genomic loci. FISH-based physical mapping provides a valuable complementary approach in genome sequencing and map-based cloning research. We expect that FISH will continue to play an important role in relating DNA sequence information to chromosome biology. FISH coupled with immunoassays will be increasingly used to study features of chromatin at the cytological level that control expression and regulation of genes.
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- Jiming Jiang
- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Suchánková P, Kubaláková M, Kovárová P, Bartos J, Cíhalíková J, Molnár-Láng M, Endo TR, Dolezel J. Dissection of the nuclear genome of barley by chromosome flow sorting. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2006; 113:651-9. [PMID: 16810504 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0329-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2006] [Accepted: 05/27/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Isolation of mitotic chromosomes using flow cytometry is an attractive way to dissect nuclear genomes into their individual chromosomal components or portions of them. This approach is especially useful in plants with complex genomes, where it offers a targeted and hence economical approach to genome analysis and gene cloning. In several plant species, DNA of flow-sorted chromosomes has been used for isolation of molecular markers from specific genome regions, for physical mapping using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), for integration of genetic and physical maps and for construction of chromosome-specific DNA libraries, including those cloned in bacterial artificial chromosome vectors. Until now, chromosome analysis and sorting using flow cytometry (flow cytogenetics) has found little application in barley (2n = 14, 1C approximately 5,100 Mbp) because of the impossibility of discriminating and sorting individual chromosomes, except for the smallest chromosome 1H and some translocation chromosomes with DNA content significantly different from the remaining chromosomes. In this work, we demonstrate that wheat-barley ditelosomic addition lines can be used to sort any arm of barley chromosomes 2H-7H. Thus, the barley genome can be dissected into fractions representing only about 6-12% of the total genome. This advance makes the flow cytogenetics an attractive tool, which may greatly facilitate genome analysis and gene cloning in barley.
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- Pavla Suchánková
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Sokolovská 6, 77200 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Yang K, Qi HY, Zhu LQ, Wang XJ. Localization of S genes on extended DNA fibers (EDFs) in Brassica oleracea by high-resolution FISH. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 33:277-84. [PMID: 16553217 DOI: 10.1016/s0379-4172(06)60051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The compactness of plant chromosome and the structures of plant cell wall and cytoplasm pose a great resistance to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and consequently many new methods for improving spatial resolution are being exploited to overcome these problems. However, for plants with small chromosomes like rice and Brassica, there are still many difficulties. In this article a new and effective technique for preparation of extended DNA fibers (EDFs), using a series of treatments to prophase I chromosomes of Brassica oleracea PMCs, is presented. This technique allows longitudinal extension of the chromosomes 30-107 times longer than those of their metaphase counterparts. The length of the extended DNA fibers is between 89 microm and 273 microm, and the space resolution is 42.8-53.0 kb. Stretching ratios were assessed in a number of FISH experiments with super-stretched chromosomes from meiotic prophase I nuclei of B. olerecea. Through FISH to EDFs of pachytene chromosomes hybridized in situ with SRK (S-locus receptor kinase) and SPII (S-locus protein II) probes, for the first time we localized the accurate positions of S-locus and quantitatively analyzed the features of S genes in B. oleracea genome to show all S genes were single-copied. In addition, the length between two linked genes was measured to be about one micron. As a result, the highest space resolution which was about 4 kb was obtained.
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- Kun Yang
- College of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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Wang Y, van der Hoeven RS, Nielsen R, Mueller LA, Tanksley SD. Characteristics of the tomato nuclear genome as determined by sequencing undermethylated EcoRI digested fragments. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2005; 112:72-84. [PMID: 16208505 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-0107-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2005] [Accepted: 09/01/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A collection of 9,990 single-pass nuclear genomic sequences, corresponding to 5 Mb of tomato DNA, were obtained using methylation filtration (MF) strategy and reduced to 7,053 unique undermethylated genomic islands (UGIs) distributed as follows: (1) 59% non-coding sequences, (2) 28% coding sequences, (3) 12% transposons-96% of which are class I retroelements, and (4) 1% organellar sequences integrated into the nuclear genome over the past approximately 100 million years. A more detailed analysis of coding UGIs indicates that the unmethylated portion of tomato genes extends as far as 676 bp upstream and 766 bp downstream of coding regions with an average of 174 and 171 bp, respectively. Based on the analysis of the UGI copy distribution, the undermethylated portion of the tomato genome is determined to account for the majority of the unmethylated genes in the genome and is estimated to constitute 61+/-15 Mb of DNA (approximately 5% of the entire genome)--which is significantly less than the 220 Mb estimated for gene-rich euchromatic arms of the tomato genome. This result indicates that, while most genes reside in the euchromatin, a significant portion of euchromatin is methylated in the intergenic spacer regions. Implications of the results for sequencing the genome of tomato and other solanaceous species are discussed.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Gupta PK, Kulwal PL, Rustgi S. Wheat cytogenetics in the genomics era and its relevance to breeding. Cytogenet Genome Res 2005; 109:315-27. [PMID: 15753592 DOI: 10.1159/000082415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2004] [Accepted: 05/11/2004] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Hexaploid wheat is a species that has been subjected to most extensive cytogenetic studies. This has contributed to understanding the mechanism of the evolution of polyploids involving diploidization through genetic restriction of chromosome pairing to only homologous chromosomes. The availability of a variety of aneuploids and the ph mutants (Ph1 and Ph2) in bread wheat also allowed chromosome manipulations leading to the development of alien addition/substitution lines and the introgression of alien chromosome segments into the wheat genome. More recently in the genomics era, molecular tools have been used extensively not only for the construction of molecular maps, but also for identification/isolation of genes/QTLs (including epistatic QTLs, eQTLs and PQLs) for several agronomic traits. It has also been possible to identify gene-rich regions and recombination hot spots in the wheat genome, which are now being subjected to sequencing at the genome level, through development of BAC libraries. In the EST database also, among all plants wheat ESTs are the highest in number, and are only next to those for human, mouse, Ciona intestinalis (a chordate), rat and zebrafish genomes. These ESTs and sequences of several genomic regions have been subjected to a variety of applications including development of perfect markers and establishment of microcollinearity. The technique of in situ hybridization (including FISH, GISH and McFISH) and the development of deletion stocks also facilitated the preparation of physical maps. Molecular markers are also used for marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding programs in several countries. Construction of a wheat DNA chip, which will also become available soon, may further facilitate wheat genomics research. These enormous resources, knowledge base and the fast development of additional molecular tools and high throughput approaches for genotyping will prove extremely useful in future wheat research and will lead to development of improved wheat cultivars.
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- P K Gupta
- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India.
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Kubaláková M, Kovárová P, Suchánková P, Cíhalíková J, Bartos J, Lucretti S, Watanabe N, Kianian SF, Dolezel J. Chromosome sorting in tetraploid wheat and its potential for genome analysis. Genetics 2005; 170:823-9. [PMID: 15802508 PMCID: PMC1450420 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.039180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study evaluates the potential of flow cytometry for chromosome sorting in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum Desf. var. durum, 2n = 4x = 28). Histograms of fluorescence intensity (flow karyotypes) obtained after the analysis of DAPI-stained chromosomes consisted of three peaks. Of these, one represented chromosome 3B, a small peak corresponded to chromosomes 1A and 6A, and a large peak represented the remaining 11 chromosomes. Chromosomes sorted onto microscope slides were identified after fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with probes for GAA microsatellite, pSc119.2, and Afa repeats. Genomic distribution of these sequences was determined for the first time in durum wheat and a molecular karyotype has been developed for this crop. Flow karyotyping in double-ditelosomic lines of durum wheat revealed that the lines facilitated sorting of any arm of the wheat A- and B-genome chromosomes. Compared to hexaploid wheat, flow karyotype of durum wheat is less complex. This property results in better discrimination of telosomes and high purities in sorted fractions, ranging from 90 to 98%. We have demonstrated that large insert libraries can be created from DNA purified using flow cytometry. This study considerably expands the potential of flow cytogenetics for use in wheat genomics and opens the possibility of sequencing the genome of this important crop one chromosome arm at a time.
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- Marie Kubaláková
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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The role model systems have played in understanding telomere biology has been enormous, and understanding has rapidly transferred to human telomere research. Most work using model organisms to study telomerase and nontelomerase-based telomere-maintenance systems has centered on yeasts, ciliates, and insects. But it is now timely to put considerably more effort into plant models for a number of reasons: (i) the rice and Arabidopsis genome sequencing projects make data mining possible; (ii) extensive collections of insertion mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana enable phenotypic effects of protein gene knockouts to be analyzed, including for those genes involved in telomere structure, function (including, for example, in meiosis), and maintenance; and (iii) the variability of plant telomeres is considerable and ranges from the telomerase-mediated synthesis of the Arabidopsis-type (TTTAGGG) and vertebrate-type (TTAGGG) repeats to sequences synthesized by telomerase-independent mechanism(s) that are still to be discovered. Here we describe how the understanding of telomere biology has been advanced by methods used to isolate telomeric sequences and prove that the putative sequences isolated are indeed telomeric. We show how assays designed to prove the activity of telomerase [e.g., telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP)] lead not only to an understanding of telomere structure and function, but also to the understanding of cell activity in development and in the cell cycle. We review how assays designed to reveal protein/protein and protein/nucleic acid interactions promote understanding of the structure and activities of plant telomeres. Together, the data are making significant contributions to telomere biology in general and could have medical implications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jirí Fajkus
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Lavania UC, Basu S, Srivastava S, Mukai Y, Lavania S. In situ chromosomal localization of rDNA sites in "Safed Musli" Chlorophytum ker-gawl and their physical measurement by fiber FISH. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 96:155-60. [PMID: 15618304 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) technique has been applied on somatic chromosomes and extended DNA fibers in the medicinally important species of Chlorophytum to elucidate physical localization and measurement of the rDNA sites using two rRNA multigene families homologous to 45S and 5S rDNA. The two species of Chlorophytum, namely C. borivillianum and C. comosum, both with 2n = 28, reveal diversity for copy number and localization of rDNA sites. C. borivillianum is comprised of five 45S-rDNA sites:one each in the secondary constriction region of chromosomes 7, 8, 9; one in the subtelomeric region of the short arm of chromosome 2 and the telomeric region of the short arm of chromosome 12; and one 5S-rDNA site in the subtelomeric region of the long arm of chromosome 1. In C. comosum, there are three 45S-rDNA sites (one each in the short arm of chromosomes 12, 13, and 14) and two 5S-rDNA sites (in the secondary constriction regions of chromosomes 2 and 13). Fiber FISH analysis conducted on extended DNA fibers revealed variation in the size of continuous tandem strings for the two r-DNA families. Taking the standard value of native B DNA equivalent to 3.27 kb for 1 mum, it was estimated that the physical size of continuous DNA strings is of the order of approximately 90 kb, 180 kb, and 300 kb for 45S-rDNA and of the order of 60 kb, 150 kb for 5S-rDNA in C. comosum, grossly in correspondence to their respective physical sizes at metaphase.
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- U C Lavania
- Cytogenetics Division, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow-226 015, India.
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