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Said M, Gaál E, Farkas A, Molnár I, Bartoš J, Doležel J, Cabrera A, Endo TR. Gametocidal genes: from a discovery to the application in wheat breeding. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1396553. [PMID: 38711610 PMCID: PMC11070591 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1396553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Some species of the genus Aegilops, a wild relative of wheat, carry chromosomes that after introducing to wheat exhibit preferential transmission to progeny. Their selective retention is a result of the abortion of gametes lacking them due to induced chromosomal aberrations. These chromosomes are termed Gametocidal (Gc) and, based on their effects, they are categorized into three types: mild, intense or severe, and very strong. Gc elements within the same homoeologous chromosome groups of Aegilops (II, III, or IV) demonstrate similar Gc action. This review explores the intriguing dynamics of Gc chromosomes and encompasses comprehensive insights into their source species, behavioral aspects, mode of action, interactions, suppressions, and practical applications of the Gc system in wheat breeding. By delving into these areas, this work aims to contribute to the development of novel plant genetic resources for wheat breeding. The insights provided herein shed light on the utilization of Gc chromosomes to produce chromosomal rearrangements in wheat and its wild relatives, thereby facilitating the generation of chromosome deletions, translocations, and telosomic lines. The Gc approach has significantly advanced various aspects of wheat genetics, including the introgression of novel genes and alleles, molecular markers and gene mapping, and the exploration of homoeologous relationships within Triticeae species. The mystery lies in why gametes possessing Gc genes maintain their normality while those lacking Gc genes suffer abnormalities, highlighting an unresolved research gap necessitating deeper investigation.
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- Mahmoud Said
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czechia
- Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Agricultural Institute, Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN) Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN) Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czechia
- Agricultural Institute, Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN) Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Genetics Department, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y de Montes (ETSIAM), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Badaeva ED, Kotseruba VV, Fisenko AV, Chikida NN, Belousova MK, Zhurbenko PM, Surzhikov SA, Dragovich AY. Intraspecific divergence of diploid grass Aegilopscomosa is associated with structural chromosome changes. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2023; 17:75-112. [PMID: 37304148 PMCID: PMC10252141 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.17.101008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Aegilopscomosa Smith in Sibthorp et Smith, 1806 is diploid grass with MM genome constitution occurring mainly in Greece. Two morphologically distinct subspecies - Ae.c.comosa Chennaveeraiah, 1960 and Ae.c.heldreichii (Holzmann ex Boissier) Eig, 1929 are discriminated within Ae.comosa, however, genetic and karyotypic bases of their divergence are not fully understood. We used Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with repetitive DNA probes and electrophoretic analysis of gliadins to characterize the genome and karyotype of Ae.comosa to assess the level of their genetic diversity and uncover mechanisms leading to radiation of subspecies. We show that two subspecies differ in size and morphology of chromosomes 3M and 6M, which can be due to reciprocal translocation. Subspecies also differ in the amount and distribution of microsatellite and satellite DNA sequences, the number and position of minor NORs, especially on 3M and 6M, and gliadin spectra mainly in the a-zone. Frequent occurrence of hybrids can be caused by open pollination, which, along with genetic heterogeneity of accessions and, probably, the lack of geographic or genetic barrier between the subspecies, may contribute to extremely broad intraspecific variation of GAAn and gliadin patterns in Ae.comosa, which are usually not observed in endemic plant species.
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- Ekaterina D. Badaeva
- N.I.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina str. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, RussiaEngelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova str. 32, GSP-1, Moscow 119334, RussiaN.I.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popova str. 2, Saint Petersburg 197376, RussiaKomarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesSaint PetersburgRussia
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- N.I.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina str. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, RussiaEngelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Bolshaya Morskaya str. 42-44, Saint Petersburg 190000, RussiaN.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), Ministry of Science and Higher EducationSaint PetersburgRussia
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- N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Bolshaya Morskaya str. 42-44, Saint Petersburg 190000, RussiaN.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), Ministry of Science and Higher EducationSaint PetersburgRussia
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- Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popova str. 2, Saint Petersburg 197376, RussiaKomarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesSaint PetersburgRussia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova str. 32, GSP-1, Moscow 119334, RussiaN.I.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- N.I.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina str. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, RussiaEngelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) for the Genotyping of Triticeae Tribe Species and Hybrids. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2638:437-449. [PMID: 36781661 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3024-2_31] [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: 02/15/2023]
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This chapter is dedicated to using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for the genotyping of Triticeae tribe species and hybrids. The basic method of FISH on metaphase chromosomes is presented with a discussion on its modifications, and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) probes that can be useful for genotyping are proposed.
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Kroupin PY, Badaeva ED, Sokolova VM, Chikida NN, Belousova MK, Surzhikov SA, Nikitina EA, Kocheshkova AA, Ulyanov DS, Ermolaev AS, Khuat TML, Razumova OV, Yurkina AI, Karlov GI, Divashuk MG. Aegilops crassa Boiss. repeatome characterized using low-coverage NGS as a source of new FISH markers: Application in phylogenetic studies of the Triticeae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:980764. [PMID: 36325551 PMCID: PMC9621091 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.980764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Aegilops crassa Boiss. is polyploid grass species that grows in the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent, Afghanistan, and Middle Asia. It consists of tetraploid (4x) and hexaploid (6x) cytotypes (2n = 4x = 28, D1D (Abdolmalaki et al., 2019) XcrXcr and 2n = 6x = 42, D1D (Abdolmalaki et al., 2019) XcrXcrD2D (Adams and Wendel, 2005), respectively) that are similar morphologically. Although many Aegilops species were used in wheat breeding, the genetic potential of Ae. crassa has not yet been exploited due to its uncertain origin and significant genome modifications. Tetraploid Ae. crassa is thought to be the oldest polyploid Aegilops species, the subgenomes of which still retain some features of its ancient diploid progenitors. The D1 and D2 subgenomes of Ae. crassa were contributed by Aegilops tauschii (2n = 2x = 14, DD), while the Xcr subgenome donor is still unknown. Owing to its ancient origin, Ae. crassa can serve as model for studying genome evolution. Despite this, Ae. crassa is poorly studied genetically and no genome sequences were available for this species. We performed low-coverage genome sequencing of 4x and 6x cytotypes of Ae. crassa, and four Ae. tauschii accessions belonging to different subspecies; diploid wheatgrass Thinopyrum bessarabicum (Jb genome), which is phylogenetically close to D (sub)genome species, was taken as an outgroup. Subsequent data analysis using the pipeline RepeatExplorer2 allowed us to characterize the repeatomes of these species and identify several satellite sequences. Some of these sequences are novel, while others are found to be homologous to already known satellite sequences of Triticeae species. The copy number of satellite repeats in genomes of different species and their subgenome (D1 or Xcr) affinity in Ae. crassa were assessed by means of comparative bioinformatic analysis combined with quantitative PCR (qPCR). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed to map newly identified satellite repeats on chromosomes of common wheat, Triticum aestivum, 4x and 6x Ae. crassa, Ae. tauschii, and Th. bessarabicum. The new FISH markers can be used in phylogenetic analyses of the Triticeae for chromosome identification and the assessment of their subgenome affinities and for evaluation of genome/chromosome constitution of wide hybrids or polyploid species.
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- Pavel Yu. Kroupin
- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- N.I.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), Department of Wheat Genetic Resources, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), Department of Wheat Genetic Resources, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- Agricultural Genetics Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Kurchatov Genomics Centre – ARRIAB, Moscow, Russia
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Shi P, Sun H, Liu G, Zhang X, Zhou J, Song R, Xiao J, Yuan C, Sun L, Wang Z, Lou Q, Jiang J, Wang X, Wang H. Chromosome painting reveals inter-chromosomal rearrangements and evolution of subgenome D of wheat. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 112:55-67. [PMID: 35998122 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Aegilops species represent the most important gene pool for breeding bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Thus, understanding the genome evolution, including chromosomal structural rearrangements and syntenic relationships among Aegilops species or between Aegilops and wheat, is important for both basic genome research and practical breeding applications. In the present study, we attempted to develop subgenome D-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes by selecting D-specific oligonucleotides based on the reference genome of Chinese Spring. The oligo-based chromosome painting probes consisted of approximately 26 000 oligos per chromosome and their specificity was confirmed in both diploid and polyploid species containing the D subgenome. Two previously reported translocations involving two D chromosomes have been confirmed in wheat varieties and their derived lines. We demonstrate that the oligo painting probes can be used not only to identify the translocations involving D subgenome chromosomes, but also to determine the precise positions of chromosomal breakpoints. Chromosome painting of 56 accessions of Ae. tauschii from different origins led us to identify two novel translocations: a reciprocal 3D-7D translocation in two accessions and a complex 4D-5D-7D translocation in one accession. Painting probes were also used to analyze chromosomes from more diverse Aegilops species. These probes produced FISH signals in four different genomes. Chromosome rearrangements were identified in Aegilops umbellulata, Aegilops markgrafii, and Aegilops uniaristata, thus providing syntenic information that will be valuable for the application of these wild species in wheat breeding.
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- Peiyao Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, Department of Horticulture, MSU AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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Development and application of specific FISH probes for karyotyping Psathyrostachys huashanica chromosomes. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:309. [PMID: 35436853 PMCID: PMC9017042 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08516-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng has long been used as a genetic resource for improving wheat cultivar because of its genes mediating the resistance to various diseases (stripe rust, leaf rust, take-all, and powdery mildew) as well as its desirable agronomic traits. However, a high-resolution fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) karyotype of P. huashanica remains unavailable. Results To develop chromosome-specific FISH markers for P. huashanica, repetitive sequences, including pSc119.2, pTa535, pTa713, pAs1, (AAC)5, (CTT)12, pSc200, pTa71A-2, and Oligo-44 were used for a FISH analysis. The results indicated that the combination of pSc200, pTa71A-2 and Oligo-44 probes can clearly identify all Ns genomic chromosomes in the two P. huashanica germplasms. The homoeologous relationships between individual P. huashanica chromosomes and common wheat chromosomes were clarified by FISH painting. Marker validation analyses revealed that the combination of pSc200, pTa71A-2, and Oligo-44 for a FISH analysis can distinguish the P. huashanica Ns-genome chromosomes from wheat chromosomes, as well as all chromosomes (except 4Ns) from the chromosomes of diploid wheat relatives carrying St, E, V, I, P and R genomes. Additionally, the probes were applicable for discriminating between the P. huashanica Ns-genome chromosomes in all homologous groups and the corresponding chromosomes in Psathyrostachys juncea and most Leymus species containing the Ns genome. Furthermore, six wheat–P. huashanica chromosome addition lines (i.e., 2Ns, 3Ns, 4Ns, 7Ns chromosomes and chromosomal segments) were characterized using the newly developed FISH markers. Thus, these probes can rapidly and precisely detect P. huashanica alien chromosomes in the wheat background. Conclusions The FISH karyotype established in this study lays a solid foundation for the efficient identification of P. huashanica chromosomes in wheat genetic improvement programs.
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Avni R, Lux T, Minz‐Dub A, Millet E, Sela H, Distelfeld A, Deek J, Yu G, Steuernagel B, Pozniak C, Ens J, Gundlach H, Mayer KFX, Himmelbach A, Stein N, Mascher M, Spannagl M, Wulff BBH, Sharon A. Genome sequences of three Aegilops species of the section Sitopsis reveal phylogenetic relationships and provide resources for wheat improvement. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 110:179-192. [PMID: 34997796 PMCID: PMC10138734 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Aegilops is a close relative of wheat (Triticum spp.), and Aegilops species in the section Sitopsis represent a rich reservoir of genetic diversity for the improvement of wheat. To understand their diversity and advance their utilization, we produced whole-genome assemblies of Aegilops longissima and Aegilops speltoides. Whole-genome comparative analysis, along with the recently sequenced Aegilops sharonensis genome, showed that the Ae. longissima and Ae. sharonensis genomes are highly similar and are most closely related to the wheat D subgenome. By contrast, the Ae. speltoides genome is more closely related to the B subgenome. Haplotype block analysis supported the idea that Ae. speltoides genome is closest to the wheat B subgenome, and highlighted variable and similar genomic regions between the three Aegilops species and wheat. Genome-wide analysis of nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) genes revealed species-specific and lineage-specific NLR genes and variants, demonstrating the potential of Aegilops genomes for wheat improvement.
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- Raz Avni
- Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement and School of Plant Sciences and Food SecurityTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
- Present address: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) GaterslebenCorrensstrasse 3Seeland06466Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology (PGSB)Helmholtz‐Center MunichIngolstädter Landstraße 1NeuherbergD‐85764Germany
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- Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute for Cereal Crops ImprovementTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
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- Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute for Cereal Crops ImprovementTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
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- Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement and School of Plant Sciences and Food SecurityTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
- Present address: Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of EvolutionUniversity of Haifa199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount CarmelHaifa3498838Israel
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- Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement and School of Plant Sciences and Food SecurityTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
- Present address: Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of EvolutionUniversity of Haifa199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount CarmelHaifa3498838Israel
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- Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement and School of Plant Sciences and Food SecurityTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
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- John Innes CentreNorwich Research ParkNorwichNR4 7UHUK
- Present address: Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955‐6900Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Crop Development Centre, College of Agriculture and BioresourcesUniversity of SaskatchewanCampus Drive 51SaskatoonS7N 5A8Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Crop Development Centre, College of Agriculture and BioresourcesUniversity of SaskatchewanCampus Drive 51SaskatoonS7N 5A8Canada
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology (PGSB)Helmholtz‐Center MunichIngolstädter Landstraße 1NeuherbergD‐85764Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology (PGSB)Helmholtz‐Center MunichIngolstädter Landstraße 1NeuherbergD‐85764Germany
- Faculty of Life SciencesTechnical University MunichWeihenstephanMunichD‐80333Germany
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- Center of Integrated Breeding Research (CiBreed), Department of Crop SciencesGeorg‐August‐UniversityVon Siebold Str. 8Göttingen37075Germany
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- Center of Integrated Breeding Research (CiBreed), Department of Crop SciencesGeorg‐August‐UniversityVon Siebold Str. 8Göttingen37075Germany
- Leibniz‐Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) GaterslebenCorrensstrasse 3Seeland06466Germany
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) GaterslebenCorrensstrasse 3Seeland06466Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigPuschstrasse 4LeipzigD‐04103Germany
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- Plant Genome and Systems Biology (PGSB)Helmholtz‐Center MunichIngolstädter Landstraße 1NeuherbergD‐85764Germany
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- John Innes CentreNorwich Research ParkNorwichNR4 7UHUK
- Present address: Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Thuwal23955‐6900Saudi Arabia
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- Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement and School of Plant Sciences and Food SecurityTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
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Aegilops sharonensis genome-assisted identification of stem rust resistance gene Sr62. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1607. [PMID: 35338132 PMCID: PMC8956640 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29132-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The wild relatives and progenitors of wheat have been widely used as sources of disease resistance (R) genes. Molecular identification and characterization of these R genes facilitates their manipulation and tracking in breeding programmes. Here, we develop a reference-quality genome assembly of the wild diploid wheat relative Aegilops sharonensis and use positional mapping, mutagenesis, RNA-Seq and transgenesis to identify the stem rust resistance gene Sr62, which has also been transferred to common wheat. This gene encodes a tandem kinase, homologues of which exist across multiple taxa in the plant kingdom. Stable Sr62 transgenic wheat lines show high levels of resistance against diverse isolates of the stem rust pathogen, highlighting the utility of Sr62 for deployment as part of a polygenic stack to maximize the durability of stem rust resistance. Aegilops sharonensis is a wild diploid relative of wheat. Here, the authors assemble the genome of Ae. sharonensis and use the assembly as an aid to clone the Ae. sharonensis-derived stem rust resistance gene Sr62 in the allohexaploid genome of wheat.
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Wang X, Han R, Chen Z, Li J, Zhu T, Guo J, Xu W, Zi Y, Li F, Zhai S, Li H, Liu J, Liu A, Cheng D, Song J, Jia J, Ma P, Liu C. Identification and Evaluation of Wheat- Aegilops bicornis Lines with Resistance to Powdery Mildew and Stripe Rust. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:864-871. [PMID: 34645309 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-21-0982-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Wheat pathogens, especially those causing powdery mildew and stripe rust, seriously threaten yield worldwide. Utilizing newly identified disease resistance genes from wheat relatives is an effective strategy to minimize disease damage. In this study, chromosome-specific molecular markers for the 3Sb and 7Sb chromosomes of Aegilops bicornis were developed using PCR-based landmark unique gene primers for screening wheat-A. bicornis progenies. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed to further identify wheat-A. bicornis progenies using oligonucleotides probes Oligo-pSc119.2-1, Oligo-pTa535-1, and Oligo-(GAA)8. After establishing A. bicornis 3Sb and 7Sb chromosome-specific FISH markers, Holdfast (common wheat)-A. bicornis 3Sb addition, 7Sb addition, 3Sb(3A) substitution, 3Sb(3B) substitution, 3Sb(3D) substitution, 7Sb(7A) substitution, and 7Sb(7B) substitution lines were identified by the molecular and cytological markers. Stripe rust and powdery mildew resistance, along with agronomic traits, were investigated to evaluate the breeding potential of these lines. Holdfast and Holdfast-A. bicornis progenies were all highly resistant to stripe rust, indicating that the stripe rust resistance might derive from Holdfast. However, Holdfast-A. bicornis 3Sb addition, 3Sb(3A) substitution, 3Sb(3B) substitution, and 3Sb(3D) substitution lines showed high resistance to powdery mildew while Holdfast was highly susceptible, indicating that chromosome 3Sb of A. bicornis carries previously unknown powdery mildew resistance gene(s). Additionally, the transfer of the 3Sb chromosome from A. bicornis to wheat significantly increased tiller number, but chromosome 7Sb has a negative effect on agronomic traits. Therefore, wheat germplasm containing A. bicornis chromosome 3Sb has potential to contribute to improving powdery mildew resistance and tiller number during wheat breeding.
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- Xiaolu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- College of Agricultural, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- College of Life Science, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong 264005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- College of Agricultural, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- College of Life Science, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong 264005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the North Yellow and Huai River Valley of Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Said M, Holušová K, Farkas A, Ivanizs L, Gaál E, Cápal P, Abrouk M, Martis-Thiele MM, Kalapos B, Bartoš J, Friebe B, Doležel J, Molnár I. Development of DNA Markers From Physically Mapped Loci in Aegilops comosa and Aegilops umbellulata Using Single-Gene FISH and Chromosome Sequences. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:689031. [PMID: 34211490 PMCID: PMC8240756 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.689031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Breeding of agricultural crops adapted to climate change and resistant to diseases and pests is hindered by a limited gene pool because of domestication and thousands of years of human selection. One way to increase genetic variation is chromosome-mediated gene transfer from wild relatives by cross hybridization. In the case of wheat (Triticum aestivum), the species of genus Aegilops are a particularly attractive source of new genes and alleles. However, during the evolution of the Aegilops and Triticum genera, diversification of the D-genome lineage resulted in the formation of diploid C, M, and U genomes of Aegilops. The extent of structural genome alterations, which accompanied their evolution and speciation, and the shortage of molecular tools to detect Aegilops chromatin hamper gene transfer into wheat. To investigate the chromosome structure and help develop molecular markers with a known physical position that could improve the efficiency of the selection of desired introgressions, we developed single-gene fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) maps for M- and U-genome progenitors, Aegilops comosa and Aegilops umbellulata, respectively. Forty-three ortholog genes were located on 47 loci in Ae. comosa and on 52 loci in Ae. umbellulata using wheat cDNA probes. The results obtained showed that M-genome chromosomes preserved collinearity with those of wheat, excluding 2 and 6M containing an intrachromosomal rearrangement and paracentric inversion of 6ML, respectively. While Ae. umbellulata chromosomes 1, 3, and 5U maintained collinearity with wheat, structural reorganizations in 2, 4, 6, and 7U suggested a similarity with the C genome of Aegilops markgrafii. To develop molecular markers with exact physical positions on chromosomes of Aegilops, the single-gene FISH data were validated in silico using DNA sequence assemblies from flow-sorted M- and U-genome chromosomes. The sequence similarity search of cDNA sequences confirmed 44 out of the 47 single-gene loci in Ae. comosa and 40 of the 52 map positions in Ae. umbellulata. Polymorphic regions, thus, identified enabled the development of molecular markers, which were PCR validated using wheat-Aegilops disomic chromosome addition lines. The single-gene FISH-based approach allowed the development of PCR markers specific for cytogenetically mapped positions on Aegilops chromosomes, substituting as yet unavailable segregating map. The new knowledge and resources will support the efforts for the introgression of Aegilops genes into wheat and their cloning.
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- Mahmoud Said
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- Agricultural Research Centre, Field Crops Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- NBIS (National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory), Division of Cell Biology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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Badaeva ED, Chikida NN, Fisenko AN, Surzhikov SA, Belousova MK, Özkan H, Dragovich AY, Kochieva EZ. Chromosome and Molecular Analyses Reveal Significant Karyotype Diversity and Provide New Evidence on the Origin of Aegilops columnaris. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:956. [PMID: 34064905 PMCID: PMC8151338 DOI: 10.3390/plants10050956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aegilops columnaris Zhuk. is tetraploid grass species (2n = 4x = 28, UcUcXcXc) closely related to Ae. neglecta and growing in Western Asia and a western part of the Fertile Crescent. Genetic diversity of Ae. columnaris was assessed using C-banding, FISH, nuclear and chloroplast (cp) DNA analyses, and gliadin electrophoresis. Cytogenetically Ae. columnaris was subdivided into two groups, C-I and C-II, showing different karyotype structure, C-banding, and FISH patterns. C-I group was more similar to Ae. neglecta. All types of markers revealed significant heterogeneity in C-II group, although group C-I was also polymorphic. Two chromosomal groups were consistent with plastogroups identified in a current study based on sequencing of three chloroplast intergenic spacer regions. The similarity of group C-I of Ae. columnaris with Ae. neglecta and their distinctness from C-II indicate that divergence of the C-I group was associated with minor genome modifications. Group C-II could emerge from C-I relatively recently, probably due to introgression from another Aegilops species followed by a reorganization of the parental genomes. Most C-II accessions were collected from a very narrow geographic region, and they might originate from a common ancestor. We suggest that the C-II group is at the initial stage of species divergence and undergoing an extensive speciation process.
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- Ekaterina D. Badaeva
- N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Street 3, GSP–1, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.F.); (A.Y.D.)
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Street 34, GSP–1, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Federal Research Center, N. I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Bolshaya Morskaya Street 44, 190121 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.N.C.); (M.K.B.)
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- N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Street 3, GSP–1, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.F.); (A.Y.D.)
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Street 34, GSP–1, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Federal Research Center, N. I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Bolshaya Morskaya Street 44, 190121 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.N.C.); (M.K.B.)
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- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, 01330 Adana, Turkey;
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- N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Street 3, GSP–1, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.N.F.); (A.Y.D.)
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- Federal Research Center “Fundamentals of Biotechnology”, Russian Academy of Sciences, 60 let Oktjabrya Prospect 7, Build. 1, 117312 Moscow, Russia;
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Li G, Zhang T, Yu Z, Wang H, Yang E, Yang Z. An efficient Oligo-FISH painting system for revealing chromosome rearrangements and polyploidization in Triticeae. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:978-993. [PMID: 33210785 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A chromosome-specific painting technique has been developed which combines the most recent approaches of the companion disciplines of molecular cytogenetics and genome research. We developed seven oligonucleotide (oligo) pools derivd from single-copy sequences on chromosomes 1 to 7 of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and corresponding collinear regions of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The seven groups of pooled oligos comprised between 10 986 and 12 496 45-bp monomers, and these then produced stable fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) signals on chromosomes of each linkage group of wheat and barley. The pooled oligo probes were applied to high-throughput karyotyping of the chromosomes of other Triticeae species in the genera Secale, Aegilops, Thinopyrum, and Dasypyrum, and the study also extended to some wheat-alien amphiploids and derived lines. We demonstrated that a complete set of whole-chromosome oligo painting probes facilitated the study of inter-species chromosome homologous relationships and visualized non-homologous chromosomal rearrangements in Triticeae species and some wheat-alien species derivatives. When combined with other non-denaturing FISH procedures using tandem-repeat oligos, the newly developed oligo painting techniques provide an efficient tool for the study of chromosome structure, organization, and evolution among any wild Triticeae species with non-sequenced genomes.
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- Guangrong Li
- Center for Informational Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Center for Informational Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Center for Informational Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610066, China
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- Center for Informational Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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New chromosome number and cyto-molecular characterization of the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) - "The Tree of Life". Sci Rep 2020; 10:13174. [PMID: 32764541 PMCID: PMC7413363 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68697-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.), also referred to as the "Tree of Life", is a majestic, long-lived and multipurpose tree of sub-Saharan Africa. Internationally, a growing demand for baobab products in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries has been observed. Considering this, there is a need for scientific information on the genetics and breeding of A. digitata, including cytogenetics, genetic diversity and reproductive biology. The objectives of our cytogenetic research were to determine the genome size, chromosome number, and organization of ribosomal DNA (45S and 5SrDNA) of A. digitata. Flow cytometry analysis revealed a 2C-DNA value of 3.8 ± 0.6 pg (1Cx monoploid genome size 919.1 ± 62.9 Mbp). Using our improved chromosome preparation technique, we were able to unequivocally count the chromosomes resulting in 2n = 4x = 168, a revised chromosome number for A. digitata. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis revealed two massively large variants of 45S rDNA and their corresponding nucleolus organizer regions (NOR). The NOR variants were about two to four times larger than the main body of their respective chromosomes. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this phenomenon in a plant species. Furthermore, we found that FISH analysis using the Arabidopsis-type telomere repeat sequence probe clarified and confirmed the new chromosome number and characterized the 45S rDNA structural organization.
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Song Z, Dai S, Bao T, Zuo Y, Xiang Q, Li J, Liu G, Yan Z. Analysis of Structural Genomic Diversity in Aegilops umbellulata, Ae. markgrafii, Ae. comosa, and Ae. uniaristata by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Karyotyping. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:710. [PMID: 32655588 PMCID: PMC7325912 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization karyotypes have been widely used for evolutionary analysis on chromosome organization and genetic/genomic diversity in the wheat alliance (tribe Triticeae of Poaceae). The karyotpic diversity of Aegilops umbellulata, Ae. markgrafii, Ae. comosa subsp. comosa and subsp. subventricosa, and Ae. uniaristata was evaluated by the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes oligo-pSc119.2 and pTa71 in combination with (AAC)5, (ACT)7, and (CTT)12, respectively. Abundant intra- and interspecific genetic variation was discovered in Ae. umbellulata, Ae. markgrafii, and Ae. comosa, but not Ae. uniaristata. Chromosome 7 of Ae. umbellulata had more variants (six variants) than the other six U chromosomes (2-3 variants) as revealed by probes oligo-pSc119.2 and (AAC)5. Intraspecific variation in Ae. markgrafii and Ae. comosa was revealed by oligo-pSc119.2 in combination with (ACT)7 and (CTT)12, respectively. At least five variants were found in every chromosome of Ae. markgrafii and Ae. comosa, and up to 18, 10, and 15 variants were identified for chromosomes 2 of Ae. markgrafii, 4 of Ae. comosa subsp. comosa, and 6 of Ae. comosa subsp. subventricosa. The six Ae. uniaristata accessions showed identical FISH signal patterns. A large number of intra-specific polymorphic FISH signals were observed between the homologous chromosomes of Ae. markgrafii and Ae. comosa, especially chromosomes 1, 2, 4, and 7 of Ae. markgrafii, chromosome 4 of Ae. comosa subsp. comosa, and chromosome 6 of Ae. comosa subsp. subventricosa. Twelve Ae. comosa and 24 Ae. markgrafii accessions showed heteromorphism between homologous chromosomes. Additionally, a translocation between the short arms of chromosomes 1 and 7 of Ae. comosa PI 551038 was identified. The FISH karyotypes can be used to clearly identify the chromosome variations of each chromosome in these Aegilops species and also provide valuable information for understanding the evolutionary relationships and structural genomic variation among Aegilops species.
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- Zhongping Song
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, China
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Parisod C, Badaeva ED. Chromosome restructuring among hybridizing wild wheats. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:1263-1273. [PMID: 31913521 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The wheat group offers an outstanding system to address the interplay between hybridization, chromosomal evolution and biological diversification. Most diploid wild wheats originated following hybridization between the A-genome lineage and the B-genome lineage some 4 Myr ago, resulting in an admixed D-genome lineage that presented dramatic radiation accompanied by considerable changes in genome size and chromosomal rearrangements. Comparative profiling of low-copy genes, repeated sequences and transposable elements among those divergent species characterized by different karyotypes highlights high genome dynamics and sheds new light on the processes underlying chromosomal evolution in wild wheats. One of the hybrid clades presents upsizing of metacentric chromosomes going along with the proliferation of specific repeats (i.e. 'genomic obesity'), whereas other species show stable genome size associated with increasing chromosomal asymmetry. Genetic and ecological variation in those specialized species suggest that genome restructuring was coupled with adaptive processes to support the evolution of a majority of acrocentric chromosomes. This synthesis of current knowledge on genome restructuring across the diversity of wild wheats paves the way towards surveys based on latest sequencing technologies to characterize valuable resources and address the significance of chromosomal evolution in species with complex genomes.
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- Christian Parisod
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, Bern, 3013, Switzerland
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkin St. 3, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Tanaka S, Yoshida K, Sato K, Takumi S. Diploid genome differentiation conferred by RNA sequencing-based survey of genome-wide polymorphisms throughout homoeologous loci in Triticum and Aegilops. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:246. [PMID: 32192452 PMCID: PMC7083043 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6664-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background Triticum and Aegilops diploid species have morphological and genetic diversity and are crucial genetic resources for wheat breeding. According to the chromosomal pairing-affinity of these species, their genome nomenclatures have been defined. However, evaluations of genome differentiation based on genome-wide nucleotide variations are still limited, especially in the three genomes of the genus Aegilops: Ae. caudata L. (CC genome), Ae. comosa Sibth. et Sm. (MM genome), and Ae. uniaristata Vis. (NN genome). To reveal the genome differentiation of these diploid species, we first performed RNA-seq-based polymorphic analyses for C, M, and N genomes, and then expanded the analysis to include the 12 diploid species of Triticum and Aegilops. Results Genetic divergence of the exon regions throughout the entire chromosomes in the M and N genomes was larger than that between A- and Am-genomes. Ae. caudata had the second highest genetic diversity following Ae. speltoides, the putative B genome donor of common wheat. In the phylogenetic trees derived from the nuclear and chloroplast genome-wide polymorphism data, the C, D, M, N, U, and S genome species were connected with short internal branches, suggesting that these diploid species emerged during a relatively short period in the evolutionary process. The highly consistent nuclear and chloroplast phylogenetic topologies indicated that nuclear and chloroplast genomes of the diploid Triticum and Aegilops species coevolved after their diversification into each genome, accounting for most of the genome differentiation among the diploid species. Conclusions RNA-sequencing-based analyses successfully evaluated genome differentiation among the diploid Triticum and Aegilops species and supported the chromosome-pairing-based genome nomenclature system, except for the position of Ae. speltoides. Phylogenomic and epigenetic analyses of intergenic and centromeric regions could be essential for clarifying the mechanisms behind this inconsistency.
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- Sayaka Tanaka
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Chuo 2-20-1, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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Song X, Song R, Zhou J, Yan W, Zhang T, Sun H, Xiao J, Wu Y, Xi M, Lou Q, Wang H, Wang X. Development and application of oligonucleotide-based chromosome painting for chromosome 4D of Triticum aestivum L. Chromosome Res 2020; 28:171-182. [PMID: 32002727 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-020-09627-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Chromosome painting is a useful technique for distinguishing specific chromosomes (fragments), elucidating the genetic relationships of different genomes or chromosomes, and identifying chromosomal rearrangements. The development of chromosome- or genome-specific probes is fundamental for chromosome painting. The possibility for developing such probes specifically painting homoeologous chromosomes in allopolyploid species has been questioned since that chromosomes belonging to the same homoeologous group share highly conserved sequences. In the present study, we attempted to construct a wheat chromosome 4D-specific oligo probe library by selecting 4D-specific sequences in reference genome of common wheat cv. Chinese Spring (CS, 2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD). The synthesized library contains 27,392 oligos. Oligo painting using the probe library confirmed its specificity, shown by that only chromosome 4D could be painted in three wheat genotypes and CS nulli-tetrasomic line N4AT4D. Oligo painting was successfully used to define the 4D breakpoints in CS deletion lines involving 4D and two wheat-Haynaldia villosa 4D-4V translocation lines. Thirteen wheat relatives and a Triticum durum-H. villosa amphiploid were used for oligo painting. Except the 4D in two Aegilops tauschii accessions, the 4M in Ae. comosa and 4U in Ae. umbellulata could be painted. In tetraploid Ae. ventricosa, both 4D and 4M could be painted; however, the signal intensity of 4M was less compared with 4D. No painted chromosome was observed for the other alien species. This indicated that the relationship among D/M/U was closer than that among D/A/B as well as D with genomes H/R/Ss/Sc/Y/P/N/J. Our successful development of 4D-specific oligo probe library may serve as a model for developing oligo probes specific for other homoeologous chromosomes.
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- Xinying Song
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China/Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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Badaeva ED, Fisenko AV, Surzhikov SA, Yankovskaya AA, Chikida NN, Zoshchuk SA, Belousova MK, Dragovich AY. Genetic Heterogeneity of a Diploid Grass Aegilops tauschii Revealed by Chromosome Banding Methods and Electrophoretic Analysis of the Seed Storage Proteins (Gliadins). RUSS J GENET+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795419110024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kurkiev KU, Adonina IG, Gadjimagomedova MK, Shchukina LV, Pshenichnikova TA. Biological and economic characteristics of the allotetraploid with genomic formula DDAuAu from the cereal family. Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 2019. [DOI: 10.18699/vj19.549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- K. U. Kurkiev
- Dagestan Experimental Station – Department of Federal Research Center the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR)
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- Dagestan Experimental Station – Department of Federal Research Center the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR)
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Huynh S, Marcussen T, Felber F, Parisod C. Hybridization preceded radiation in diploid wheats. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 139:106554. [PMID: 31288105 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Evolutionary relationships among the Aegilops-Triticum relatives of cultivated wheats have been difficult to resolve owing to incomplete lineage sorting and reticulate evolution. Recent studies have suggested that the wheat D-genome lineage (progenitor of Ae. tauschii) originated through homoploid hybridization between the A-genome lineage (progenitor of Triticum s.str.) and the B-genome lineage (progenitor of Ae. speltoides). This scenario of reticulation has been debated, calling for adequate phylogenetic analyses based on comprehensive sampling. To reconstruct the evolution of Aegilops-Triticum diploids, we here combined high-throughput sequencing of 38 nuclear low-copy loci of multiple accessions of all 13 species with inferences of the species phylogeny using the full-parameterized MCMC_SEQ method. Phylogenies recovered a monophyletic Aegilops-Triticum lineage that began diversifying ~6.6 Ma ago and gave rise to four sublineages, i.e. the A- (2 species), B- (1 species), D- (9 species) and T- (Ae. mutica) genome lineage. Full-parameterized phylogenies as well as patterns of tree dilation and tree compression supported a hybrid origin of the D-genome lineage from A and B ~3.0-4.0 Ma ago, and did not indicate additional hybridization events. Conflicting ABBA-BABA tests suggestive of further reticulation were shown here to result from ancestral population structure rather than hybridization. This comprehensive and dated phylogeny of wheat relatives indicates that the origin of the hybrid D-genome was followed by intense diversification into the majority of extant diploid as well as allopolyploid wild wheats.
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- Stella Huynh
- Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Musée et Jardins botaniques cantonaux de Lausanne et Pont-de-Nant, Switzerland
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Mirzaghaderi G, Mason AS. Broadening the bread wheat D genome. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:1295-1307. [PMID: 30739154 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03299-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Although Ae. tauschii has been extensively utilised for wheat breeding, the D-genome-containing allopolyploids have largely remained unexploited. In this review, we discuss approaches that can be used to exploit the D genomes of the different Aegilops species for the improvement of bread wheat. The D genome of allohexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum, 2n = AABBDD) is the least diverse of the three wheat genomes and is unarguably less diverse than that of diploid progenitor Aegilops tauschii (2n = DD). Useful genetic variation and phenotypic traits also exist within each of the wheat group species containing a copy of the D genome: allopolyploid Aegilops species Ae. cylindrica (2n = DcDcCcCc), Ae. crassa 4x (2n = D1D1XcrXcr), Ae. crassa 6x (2n = D1D1XcrXcrDcrDcr), Ae. ventricosa (2n = DvDvNvNv), Ae. vavilovii (2n = D1D1XcrXcrSvSv) and Ae. juvenalis (2n = D1D1XcrXcrUjUj). Although Ae. tauschii has been extensively utilised for wheat breeding, the D-genome-containing allopolyploids have largely remained unexploited. Some of these D genomes appear to be modified relative to the bread wheat and Ae. tauschii D genomes, and others present in the allopolyploids may also contain useful variation as a result of adaptation to an allopolyploid, multi-genome environment. We summarise the genetic relationships, karyotypic variation and phenotypic traits known to be present in each of the D genome species that could be of relevance for bread wheat improvement and discuss approaches that can be used to exploit the D genomes of the different Aegilops species for the improvement of bread wheat. Better understanding of factors controlling chromosome inheritance and recombination in wheat group interspecific hybrids, as well as effective utilisation of new and developing genetics and genomics technologies, have great potential to improve the agronomic potential of the bread wheat D genome.
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- Ghader Mirzaghaderi
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, P. O. Box 416, Sanandaj, Iran.
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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Glémin S, Scornavacca C, Dainat J, Burgarella C, Viader V, Ardisson M, Sarah G, Santoni S, David J, Ranwez V. Pervasive hybridizations in the history of wheat relatives. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaav9188. [PMID: 31049399 PMCID: PMC6494498 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav9188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cultivated wheats are derived from an intricate history of three genomes, A, B, and D, present in both diploid and polyploid species. It was recently proposed that the D genome originated from an ancient hybridization between the A and B lineages. However, this result has been questioned, and a robust phylogeny of wheat relatives is still lacking. Using transcriptome data from all diploid species and a new methodological approach, our comprehensive phylogenomic analysis revealed that more than half of the species descend from an ancient hybridization event but with a more complex scenario involving a different parent than previously thought-Aegilops mutica, an overlooked wild species-instead of the B genome. We also detected other extensive gene flow events that could explain long-standing controversies in the classification of wheat relatives.
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- Sylvain Glémin
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, ECOBIO (Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution)–UMR 6553, F-35042 Rennes, France
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE CC 064, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, cedex 05, France
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- National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS), SciLifeLab, Uppsala Biomedicinska Centrum (BMC), Husargatan 3, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
- IMBIM–Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala Biomedicinska Centrum (BMC), Husargatan 3, Box 582, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, F-34398 Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
- South Green Bioinformatics Platform, BIOVERSITY, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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Kwiatek MT, Kurasiak-Popowska D, Mikołajczyk S, Niemann J, Tomkowiak A, Weigt D, Nawracała J. Cytological markers used for identification and transfer of Aegilops spp. chromatin carrying valuable genes into cultivated forms of Triticum. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2019; 13:41-59. [PMID: 30854169 PMCID: PMC6403195 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v13i1.30673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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There are many reports describing chromosome structure, organization and evolution within goatgrasses (Aegilops spp.). Chromosome banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques are main methods used to identify Aegilops Linnaeus, 1753 chromosomes. These data have essential value considering the close genetic and genomic relationship of goatgrasses with wheat (Triticumaestivum Linnaeus, 1753) and triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack, 1899). A key question is whether those protocols are useful and effective for tracking Aegilops chromosomes or chromosome segments in genetic background of cultivated cereals. This article is a review of scientific reports describing chromosome identification methods, which were applied for development of prebreeding plant material and for transfer of desirable traits into Triticum Linnaeus, 1753 cultivated species. Moreover, this paper is a resume of the most efficient cytomolecular markers, which can be used to follow the introgression of Aegilops chromatin during the breeding process.
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- Michał T. Kwiatek
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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Pollak Y, Zelinger E, Raskina O. Repetitive DNA in the Architecture, Repatterning, and Diversification of the Genome of Aegilops speltoides Tausch (Poaceae, Triticeae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1779. [PMID: 30564259 PMCID: PMC6288716 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The genome's adaptability to environmental changes, especially during rapid climatic fluctuations, underlies the existence and evolution of species. In the wild, genetic and epigenetic genomic changes are accompanied by significant alterations in the complex nuclear repetitive DNA fraction. Current intraspecific polymorphism of repetitive DNA is closely related to ongoing chromosomal rearrangements, which typically result from erroneous DNA repair and recombination. In this study, we addressed tandem repeat patterns and interaction/reshuffling both in pollen mother cell (PMC) development and somatogenesis in the wild diploid cereal Aegilops speltoides, with a focus on genome repatterning and stabilization. Individual contrasting genotypes were investigated using the fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) approach by applying correlative fluorescence and electron microscopy. Species-specific Spelt1 and tribe-specific Spelt52 tandem repeats were used as the markers for monitoring somatic and meiotic chromosomal interactions and dynamics in somatic interphase nuclei. We found that, the number of tandem repeat clusters in nuclei is usually lower than the number on chromosomes due to the associations of clusters of the same type in common blocks. In addition, tightly associated Spelt1-Spelt52 clusters were revealed in different genotypes. The frequencies of nonhomologous/ectopic associations between tandem repeat clusters were revealed in a genotype-/population-specific manner. An increase in the number of tandem repeat clusters in the genome causes an increase in the frequencies of their associations. The distal/terminal regions of homologous chromosomes are separated in nuclear space, and nonhomologous chromosomes are often involved in somatic recombination as seen by frequently formed interchromosomal chromatin bridges. In both microgametogenesis and somatogenesis, inter- and intrachromosomal associations are likely to lead to DNA breaks during chromosome disjunction in the anaphase stage. Uncondensed/improperly packed DNA fibers, mainly in heterochromatic regions, were revealed in both the meiotic and somatic prophases that might be a result of broken associations. Altogether, the data obtained showed that intraorganismal dynamics of repetitive DNA under the conditions of natural out-crossing and artificial intraspecific hybridization mirrors the structural plasticity of the Ae. speltoides genome, which is interlinked with genetic diversity through the species distribution area in contrasting ecogeographical environments in and around the Fertile Crescent.
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- Yulia Pollak
- The CSI Center for Scientific Imaging, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
- The Electron Microscopy Unit, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- The CSI Center for Scientific Imaging, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Said M, Hřibová E, Danilova TV, Karafiátová M, Čížková J, Friebe B, Doležel J, Gill BS, Vrána J. The Agropyron cristatum karyotype, chromosome structure and cross-genome homoeology as revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization with tandem repeats and wheat single-gene probes. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:2213-2227. [PMID: 30069594 PMCID: PMC6154037 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3148-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization with probes for 45 cDNAs and five tandem repeats revealed homoeologous relationships of Agropyron cristatum with wheat. The results will contribute to alien gene introgression in wheat improvement. Crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum L. Gaertn.) is a wild relative of wheat and a promising source of novel genes for wheat improvement. To date, identification of A. cristatum chromosomes has not been possible, and its molecular karyotype has not been available. Furthermore, homoeologous relationship between the genomes of A. cristatum and wheat has not been determined. To develop chromosome-specific landmarks, A. cristatum genomic DNA was sequenced, and new tandem repeats were discovered. Their distribution on mitotic chromosomes was studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), which revealed specific patterns for five repeats in addition to 5S and 45S ribosomal DNA and rye subtelomeric repeats pSc119.2 and pSc200. FISH with one tandem repeat together with 45S rDNA enabled identification of all A. cristatum chromosomes. To analyze the structure and cross-species homoeology of A. cristatum chromosomes with wheat, probes for 45 mapped wheat cDNAs covering all seven chromosome groups were localized by FISH. Thirty-four cDNAs hybridized to homoeologous chromosomes of A. cristatum, nine hybridized to homoeologous and non-homoeologous chromosomes, and two hybridized to unique positions on non-homoeologous chromosomes. FISH using single-gene probes revealed that the wheat-A. cristatum collinearity was distorted, and important structural rearrangements were observed for chromosomes 2P, 4P, 5P, 6P and 7P. Chromosomal inversions were found for pericentric region of 4P and whole chromosome arm 6PL. Furthermore, reciprocal translocations between 2PS and 4PL were detected. These results provide new insights into the genome evolution within Triticeae and will facilitate the use of crested wheatgrass in alien gene introgression into wheat.
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- Mahmoud Said
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, 9 Gamma Street, Giza, Cairo, 12619, Egypt
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, 1712 Claflin Road, 4024 Throckmorton PSC, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, 1712 Claflin Road, 4024 Throckmorton PSC, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, 1712 Claflin Road, 4024 Throckmorton PSC, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Transposable Elements in the Organization and Diversification of the Genome of Aegilops speltoides Tausch (Poaceae, Triticeae). Int J Genomics 2018; 2018:4373089. [PMID: 30356408 PMCID: PMC6178165 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4373089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Repetitive DNA-specifically, transposable elements (TEs)-is a prevailing genomic fraction in cereals that underlies extensive genome reshuffling and intraspecific diversification in the wild. Although large amounts of data have been accumulated, the effect of TEs on the genome architecture and functioning is not fully understood. Here, plant genome organization was addressed by means of cloning and sequencing TE fragments of different types, which compose the largest portion of the Aegilops speltoides genome. Individual genotypes were analyzed cytogenetically using the cloned TE fragments as the DNA probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The obtained TE sequences of the Ty1-copia, Ty3-gypsy, LINE, and CACTA superfamilies showed the relatedness of the Ae. speltoides genome to the Triticeae tribe and similarities to evolutionarily distant species. A significant number of clones consisted of intercalated fragments of TEs of various types, in which Fatima (Ty3-gypsy) sequences predominated. At the chromosomal level, different TE clones demonstrated sequence-specific patterning, emphasizing the effect of the TE fraction on the Ae. speltoides genome architecture and intraspecific diversification. Altogether, the obtained data highlight the current species-specific organization and patterning of the mobile element fraction and point to ancient evolutionary events in the genome of Ae. speltoides.
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Ruban AS, Badaeva ED. Evolution of the S-Genomes in Triticum-Aegilops Alliance: Evidences From Chromosome Analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1756. [PMID: 30564254 PMCID: PMC6288319 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Five diploid Aegilops species of the Sitopsis section: Ae. speltoides, Ae. longissima, Ae. sharonensis, Ae. searsii, and Ae. bicornis, two tetraploid species Ae. peregrina (= Ae. variabilis) and Ae. kotschyi (Aegilops section) and hexaploid Ae. vavilovii (Vertebrata section) carry the S-genomes. The B- and G-genomes of polyploid wheat are also the derivatives of the S-genome. Evolution of the S-genome species was studied using Giemsa C-banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with DNA probes representing 5S (pTa794) and 18S-5.8S-26S (pTa71) rDNAs as well as nine tandem repeats: pSc119.2, pAesp_SAT86, Spelt-1, Spelt-52, pAs1, pTa-535, and pTa-s53. To correlate the C-banding and FISH patterns we used the microsatellites (CTT)10 and (GTT)9, which are major components of the C-banding positive heterochromatin in wheat. According to the results obtained, diploid species split into two groups corresponding to Emarginata and Truncata sub-sections, which differ in the C-banding patterns, distribution of rDNA and other repeats. The B- and G-genomes of polyploid wheat are most closely related to the S-genome of Ae. speltoides. The genomes of allopolyploid wheat have been evolved as a result of different species-specific chromosome translocations, sequence amplification, elimination and re-patterning of repetitive DNA sequences. These events occurred independently in different wheat species and in Ae. speltoides . The 5S rDNA locus of chromosome 1S was probably lost in ancient Ae. speltoides prior to formation of Timopheevii wheat, but after the emergence of ancient emmer. Evolution of Emarginata species was associated with an increase of C-banding and (CTT)10-positive heterochromatin, amplification of Spelt-52, re-pattering of the pAesp_SAT86, and a gradual decrease in the amount of the D-genome-specific repeats pAs1, pTa-535, and pTa-s53. The emergence of Ae. peregrina and Ae. kotschyi did not lead to significant changes of the S*-genomes. However, partial elimination of 45S rDNA repeats from 5S* and 6S* chromosomes and alterations of C-banding and FISH-patterns have been detected. Similarity of the Sv-genome of Ae. vavilovii with the Ss genome of diploid Ae. searsii confirmed the origin of this hexaploid. A model of the S-genome evolution is suggested.
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- Alevtina S. Ruban
- Laboratory of Chromosome Structure and Function, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- Laboratory of Genetic Basis of Plant Identification, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Laboratory of Molecular Karyology, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- *Correspondence: Ekaterina D. Badaeva
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Badaeva ED, Ruban AS, Shishkina AA, Sibikeev SN, Druzhin AE, Surzhikov SA, Dragovich AY. Genetic classification of Aegilops columnaris Zhuk. (2n=4x=28, U cU cX cX c) chromosomes based on FISH analysis and substitution patterns in common wheat × Ae. columnaris introgressive lines. Genome 2017; 61:131-143. [PMID: 29216443 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2017-0186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Aegilops columnaris is a tetraploid species originated from Ae. umbellulata (2n=2x=14, UU) and a yet unknown diploid grass species. Although Ae. columnaris possesses some agronomically valuable traits, such as heat and drought tolerance and resistance to pests, it has never been used in wheat breeding because of difficulties in producing hybrids and a lack of information on the relationships between Ae. columnaris and common wheat chromosomes. In this paper, we report the development of 57 wheat - Ae. columnaris introgressive lines covering 8 of the14 chromosomes of Aegilops. Based on substitution spectra of hybrids and the results of FISH analysis of the parental Ae. columnaris line with seven DNA probes, we have developed the genetic nomenclature of the Uc and Xc chromosomes. Genetic groups and genome affinities were established for 11 of 14 chromosomes; the classification of the remaining three chromosomes remains unsolved. Each Ae. columnaris chromosome was characterized on the basis of C-banding pattern and the distribution of seven DNA sequences. Introgression processes were shown to depend on the parental wheat genotype and the level of divergence of homoeologous chromosomes. We found that lines carrying chromosome 5Xc are resistant to leaf rust; therefore, this chromosome could possess novel resistance genes that have never been utilized in wheat breeding.
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- E D Badaeva
- a Vavilov Institute of General Generics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Str. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.,b Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova str. 32, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- c Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Chromosome Structure and Function Laboratory, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- a Vavilov Institute of General Generics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Str. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- d Agricultural Research Institute of South-East Regions, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tulaikova Str. 7, Saratov 140010, Russia
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- d Agricultural Research Institute of South-East Regions, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tulaikova Str. 7, Saratov 140010, Russia
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- b Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova str. 32, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- a Vavilov Institute of General Generics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkina Str. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Sergeeva EM, Shcherban AB, Adonina IG, Nesterov MA, Beletsky AV, Rakitin AL, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV, Salina EA. Fine organization of genomic regions tagged to the 5S rDNA locus of the bread wheat 5B chromosome. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:183. [PMID: 29143604 PMCID: PMC5688495 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1120-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND The multigene family encoding the 5S rRNA, one of the most important structurally-functional part of the large ribosomal subunit, is an obligate component of all eukaryotic genomes. 5S rDNA has long been a favored target for cytological and phylogenetic studies due to the inherent peculiarities of its structural organization, such as the tandem arrays of repetitive units and their high interspecific divergence. The complex polyploid nature of the genome of bread wheat, Triticum aestivum, and the technically difficult task of sequencing clusters of tandem repeats mean that the detailed organization of extended genomic regions containing 5S rRNA genes remains unclear. This is despite the recent progress made in wheat genomic sequencing. Using pyrosequencing of BAC clones, in this work we studied the organization of two distinct 5S rDNA-tagged regions of the 5BS chromosome of bread wheat. RESULTS Three BAC-clones containing 5S rDNA were identified in the 5BS chromosome-specific BAC-library of Triticum aestivum. Using the results of pyrosequencing and assembling, we obtained six 5S rDNA- containing contigs with a total length of 140,417 bp, and two sets (pools) of individual 5S rDNA sequences belonging to separate, but closely located genomic regions on the 5BS chromosome. Both regions are characterized by the presence of approximately 70-80 copies of 5S rDNA, however, they are completely different in their structural organization. The first region contained highly diverged short-type 5S rDNA units that were disrupted by multiple insertions of transposable elements. The second region contained the more conserved long-type 5S rDNA, organized as a single tandem array. FISH using probes specific to both 5S rDNA unit types showed differences in the distribution and intensity of signals on the chromosomes of polyploid wheat species and their diploid progenitors. CONCLUSION A detailed structural organization of two closely located 5S rDNA-tagged genomic regions on the 5BS chromosome of bread wheat has been established. These two regions differ in the organization of both 5S rDNA and the neighboring sequences comprised of transposable elements, implying different modes of evolution for these regions.
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- Ekaterina M Sergeeva
- The Federal Research Center "Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS", Novosibirsk, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center "Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS", Novosibirsk, Russia.
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- The Federal Research Center "Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS", Novosibirsk, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center "Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS", Novosibirsk, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology RAS", Moscow, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology RAS", Moscow, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology RAS", Moscow, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology RAS", Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center "Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS", Novosibirsk, Russia
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Danilova TV, Akhunova AR, Akhunov ED, Friebe B, Gill BS. Major structural genomic alterations can be associated with hybrid speciation in Aegilops markgrafii (Triticeae). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 92:317-330. [PMID: 28776783 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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During evolutionary history many grasses from the tribe Triticeae have undergone interspecific hybridization, resulting in allopolyploidy; whereas homoploid hybrid speciation was found only in rye. Homoeologous chromosomes within the Triticeae preserved cross-species macrocolinearity, except for a few species with rearranged genomes. Aegilops markgrafii, a diploid wild relative of wheat (2n = 2x = 14), has a highly asymmetrical karyotype that is indicative of chromosome rearrangements. Molecular cytogenetics and next-generation sequencing were used to explore the genome organization. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with a set of wheat cDNAs allowed the macrostructure and cross-genome homoeology of the Ae. markgrafii chromosomes to be established. Two chromosomes maintained colinearity, whereas the remaining were highly rearranged as a result of inversions and inter- and intrachromosomal translocations. We used sets of barley and wheat orthologous gene sequences to compare discrete parts of the Ae. markgrafii genome involved in the rearrangements. Analysis of sequence identity profiles and phylogenic relationships grouped chromosome blocks into two distinct clusters. Chromosome painting revealed the distribution of transposable elements and differentiated chromosome blocks into two groups consistent with the sequence analyses. These data suggest that introgressive hybridization accompanied by gross chromosome rearrangements might have had an impact on karyotype evolution and homoploid speciation in Ae. markgrafii.
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- Tatiana V Danilova
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Linc G, Gaál E, Molnár I, Icsó D, Badaeva E, Molnár-Láng M. Molecular cytogenetic (FISH) and genome analysis of diploid wheatgrasses and their phylogenetic relationship. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173623. [PMID: 28278169 PMCID: PMC5344461 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This paper reports detailed FISH-based karyotypes for three diploid wheatgrass species Agropyron cristatum (L.) Beauv., Thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul.&Rayss) A. Löve, Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) A. Löve, the supposed ancestors of hexaploid Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey, compiled using DNA repeats and comparative genome analysis based on COS markers. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with repetitive DNA probes proved suitable for the identification of individual chromosomes in the diploid JJ, StSt and PP genomes. Of the seven microsatellite markers tested only the (GAA)n trinucleotide sequence was appropriate for use as a single chromosome marker for the P. spicata AS chromosome. Based on COS marker analysis, the phylogenetic relationship between diploid wheatgrasses and the hexaploid bread wheat genomes was established. These findings confirmed that the J and E genomes are in neighbouring clusters.
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- Gabriella Linc
- Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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Gong W, Han R, Li H, Song J, Yan H, Li G, Liu A, Cao X, Guo J, Zhai S, Cheng D, Zhao Z, Liu C, Liu J. Agronomic Traits and Molecular Marker Identification of Wheat- Aegilops caudata Addition Lines. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1743. [PMID: 29075275 PMCID: PMC5644244 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Aegilops caudata is an important gene source for wheat breeding. Intensive evaluation of its utilization value is an essential first step prior to its application in breeding. In this research, the agronomical and quality traits of Triticum aestivum-Ae. caudata additions B-G (homoeologous groups not identified) were analyzed and evaluated. Disease resistance tests showed that chromosome D of Ae. caudata might possess leaf rust resistance, and chromosome E might carry stem rust and powdery mildew resistance genes. Investigations into agronomical traits suggested that the introduction of the Ae. caudata chromosome in addition line F could reduce plant height. Grain quality tests showed that the introduction of chromosomes E or F into wheat could increase its protein and wet gluten content. Therefore, wheat-Ae. caudata additions D-F are all potentially useful candidates for chromosome engineering activities to create useful wheat-alien chromosome introgressions. A total of 55 EST-based molecular markers were developed and then used to identify the chromosome homoeologous group of each of the Ae. caudata B-G chromosomes. Marker analysis indicated that the Ae. caudata chromosomes in addition lines B to G were structurally altered, therefore, a large population combined with intensive screening pressure should be taken into consideration when inducing and screening for wheat-Ae. caudata compensating translocations. Marker data also indicated that the Ae. caudata chromosomes in addition lines C-F were 5C, 6C, 7C, and 3C, respectively, while the homoeologous group of chromosomes B and G of Ae. caudata are as yet undetermined and need further research.
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- Wenping Gong
- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Cheng Liu
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement in the Northern Yellow-Huai Rivers Valley of Ministry of Agriculture/National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Maize, Jinan, China
- Jianjun Liu
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Petrash NV, Leonova IN, Adonina IG, Salina EA. Effect of translocations from Aegilops speltoides Tausch on resistance to fungal diseases and productivity in common wheat. RUSS J GENET+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795416120097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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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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Dou Q, Liu R, Yu F. Chromosomal organization of repetitive DNAs in Hordeum bogdanii and H. brevisubulatum (Poaceae). COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2016; 10:465-481. [PMID: 28123672 PMCID: PMC5240503 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v10i4.9666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Molecular karyotypes of Hordeum bogdanii Wilensky, 1918 (2n = 14), and Hordeum brevisubulatum Link, 1844 ssp. brevisubulatum (2n = 28), were characterized by physical mapping of several repetitive sequences. A total of 18 repeats, including all possible di- or trinucleotide SSR (simple sequence repeat) motifs and satellite DNAs, such as pAs1, 5S rDNA, 45S rDNA, and pSc119.2, were used as probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization on root-tip metaphase chromosomes. Except for the SSR motifs AG, AT and GC, all the repeats we examined produced detectable hybridization signals on chromosomes of both species. A detailed molecular karyotype of the I genome of Hordeum bogdanii is described for the first time, and each repetitive sequence is physically mapped. A high degree of chromosome variation, including aneuploidy and structural changes, was observed in Hordeum brevisubulatum. Although the distribution of repeats in the chromosomes of Hordeum brevisubulatum is different from that of Hordeum bogdanii, similar patterns between the two species imply that the autopolyploid origin of Hordeum brevisubulatum is from a Hordeum species with an I genome. A comparison of the I genome and the other Hordeum genomes, H, Xa and Xu, shows that colocalization of motifs AAC, ACT and CAT and colocalization of motifs AAG and AGG are characteristic of the I genome. In addition, we discuss the evolutionary significance of repeats in the genome during genome differentiation.
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
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Zelenin AV, Rodionov AV, Bolsheva NL, Badaeva ED, Muravenko OV. Genome: Origins and evolution of the term. Mol Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893316040178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kwiatek M, Belter J, Majka M, Wiśniewska H. Allocation of the S-genome chromosomes of Aegilops variabilis Eig. carrying powdery mildew resistance in triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack). PROTOPLASMA 2016; 253:329-43. [PMID: 25868512 PMCID: PMC4783449 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0813-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that the powdery mildew adult plant resistance (APR) controlled by the Pm13 gene in Aegilops longissima Schweinf. & Muschl. (S(l)S(l)) has been evolutionary transferred to Aegilops variabilis Eig. (UUSS). The molecular marker analysis and the visual evaluation of powdery mildew symptoms in Ae. variabilis and the Ae. variabilis × Secale cereale amphiploid forms (2n = 6x = 42, UUSSRR) showed the presence of product that corresponded to Pm13 marker and the lower infection level compared to susceptible model, respectively. This study also describes the transfer of Ae. variabilis Eig. (2n = 4x = 28, U(v)U(v)S(v)S(v)) chromosomes, carrying powdery mildew resistance, into triticale (× Triticosecale Wittm., 2n = 6x = 42, AABBRR) using Ae. variabilis × S. cereale amphiploid forms. The individual chromosomes of Ae. variabilis, triticale 'Lamberto' and hybrids were characterized by genomic and fluorescence in situ hybridization (GISH/FISH). The chromosome configurations of obtained hybrid forms were studied at first metaphase of meiosis of pollen mother cells (PMCs) using GISH. The statistical analysis showed that the way of S-genome chromosome pairing and transmission to subsequent hybrid generations was diploid-like and had no influence on chromosome pairing of triticale chromosomes. The cytogenetic study of hybrid forms were supported by the marker-assisted selection using Pm13 marker and visual evaluation of natural infection by Blumeria graminis, that allowed to select the addition or substitution lines of hybrids carrying chromosome 3S(v) which were tolerant to the powdery mildew infection.
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- M Kwiatek
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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Senerchia N, Felber F, North B, Sarr A, Guadagnuolo R, Parisod C. Differential introgression and reorganization of retrotransposons in hybrid zones between wild wheats. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:2518-28. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Natacha Senerchia
- Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland
- Musée et Jardins Botaniques Cantonaux; 1007 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland
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Chen H, Chung MC, Tsai YC, Wei FJ, Hsieh JS, Hsing YIC. Distribution of new satellites and simple sequence repeats in annual and perennial Glycine species. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2015; 56:22. [PMID: 28510831 PMCID: PMC5430363 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-015-0103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The repeat sequences occupied more than 50 % of soybean genome. In order to understand where these repeat sequences distributed in soybean genome and its related Glycine species, we examined three new repeat sequences-soybean repeat sequence (SBRS1, SBRS2 and SBRS3), some nonspecific repeat sequences and 45S rDNA on several Glycine species, including annual and perennial accessions in this study. In the annual species, G. soja, signals for SBRS1 and ATT repeat can be found on each chromosome in GG genome, but those for SBRS2 and SBRS3 were located at three specific loci. In perennial Glycine species, these three SBR repeat frequently co-localized with 45S rDNA, two major 45S rDNA loci were found in all tetraploid species. However, an extra minor locus was found in one accession of the G. pescadrensis (Tab074), but not in another accession (Tab004). We demonstrate that some repetitive sequences are present in all Glycine species used in the study, but the abundancy is different in annual or perennial species. We suggest this study may provide additional information in investigations of the phylogeny in the Glycine species.
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- Hsuan Chen
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115 Taiwan
- Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115 Taiwan
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- Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106 Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115 Taiwan
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Molnár I, Vrána J, Farkas A, Kubaláková M, Cseh A, Molnár-Láng M, Doležel J. Flow sorting of C-genome chromosomes from wild relatives of wheat Aegilops markgrafii, Ae. triuncialis and Ae. cylindrica, and their molecular organization. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2015; 116:189-200. [PMID: 26043745 PMCID: PMC4512188 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Revised: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Aegilops markgrafii (CC) and its natural hybrids Ae. triuncialis (U(t)U(t)C(t)C(t)) and Ae. cylindrica (D(c)D(c)C(c)C(c)) represent a rich reservoir of useful genes for improvement of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum), but the limited information available on their genome structure and the shortage of molecular (cyto-) genetic tools hamper the utilization of the extant genetic diversity. This study provides the complete karyotypes in the three species obtained after fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with repetitive DNA probes, and evaluates the potential of flow cytometric chromosome sorting. METHODS The flow karyotypes obtained after the analysis of 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)-stained chromosomes were characterized and the chromosome content of the peaks on the flow karyotypes was determined by FISH. Twenty-nine conserved orthologous set (COS) markers covering all seven wheat homoeologous chromosome groups were used for PCR with DNA amplified from flow-sorted chromosomes and genomic DNA. KEY RESULTS FISH with repetitive DNA probes revealed that chromosomes 4C, 5C, 7C(t), T6U(t)S.6U(t)L-5C(t)L, 1C(c) and 5D(c) could be sorted with purities ranging from 66 to 91 %, while the remaining chromosomes could be sorted in groups of 2-5. This identified a partial wheat-C-genome homology for group 4 and 5 chromosomes. In addition, 1C chromosomes were homologous with group 1 of wheat; a small segment from group 2 indicated 1C-2C rearrangement. An extensively rearranged structure of chromosome 7C relative to wheat was also detected. CONCLUSIONS The possibility of purifying Aegilops chromosomes provides an attractive opportunity to investigate the structure and evolution of the Aegilops C genome and to develop molecular tools to facilitate the identification of alien chromatin and support alien introgression breeding in bread wheat.
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- István Molnár
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Brunszvik u. 2, H-2462 Martonvásár, Hungary and
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- Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, 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 and
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- Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, 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 and
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Brunszvik u. 2, H-2462 Martonvásár, Hungary and
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- Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Badaeva ED, Amosova AV, Goncharov NP, Macas J, Ruban AS, Grechishnikova IV, Zoshchuk SA, Houben A. A Set of Cytogenetic Markers Allows the Precise Identification of All A-Genome Chromosomes in Diploid and Polyploid Wheat. Cytogenet Genome Res 2015; 146:71-9. [PMID: 26160023 DOI: 10.1159/000433458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Karyotypes of 3 diploid wheat species containing different variants of the A-genome, Triticum boeoticum (A(b)), T. monococcum (A(b)), and T. urartu (A(u)), were examined using C-banding and FISH with DNA probes representing 5S and 45S rDNA families, the microsatellite sequences GAAn and GTTn, the already known satellite sequences pSc119.2, Spelt52, Fat, pAs1, and pTa535, and a newly identified repeat called Aesp_SAT86. The C-banding patterns of the 3 species in general were similar; differences were observed in chromosomes 4A and 6A. Besides 2 major 45S rDNA loci on chromosomes 1A and 5A, 2 minor polymorphic NORs were observed in the terminal part of 5AL and in the distal part of 6AS in all species. An additional minor locus was found in the distal part of 7A(b)L of T. boeoticum and T. monococcum, but not in T. urartu. Two 5S rDNA loci were observed in 1AS and 5AS. The pTa535 probe displayed species- and chromosome-specific hybridization patterns, allowing complete chromosome identification and species discrimination. The distribution of pTa535 on the A(u)-genome chromosomes was more similar to that on the A-genome chromosomes of T. dicoccoides and T. araraticum, thus confirming the origin of these genomes from T. urartu. The probe pAs1 allowed the identification of 4 chromosomes of T. urartu and 2 of T. boeoticum or T. monococcum. The Aesp_SAT86-derived patterns were polymorphic; main clusters were observed on chromosomes 1A(u )and 3A(u) of T. urartu and chromosomes 3A(b) and 6A(b) of T. boeoticum. Thus, a set of probes, pTa535, pAs1, GAAn and GTTn, pTa71, pTa794, and Aesp_SAT86, proved to be most informative for the analysis of A-genomes in diploid and polyploid wheat species.
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- Ekaterina D Badaeva
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Mirzaghaderi G, Houben A, Badaeva ED. Molecular-cytogenetic analysis of Aegilops triuncialis and identification of its chromosomes in the background of wheat. Mol Cytogenet 2014; 7:91. [PMID: 25505933 PMCID: PMC4263106 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-014-0091-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Species belonging to the genus Aegilops L. are an important source of genetic material for expanding genetic variability of wheat. Ae. triuncialis is an allotetraploid in this genus which was originated from hybridization of Ae. umbellulata and Ae. markgrafii (Greuter) Hammer. Although the Ae. triuncialis karyotype was thoroughly examined by conventional chromosome staining and Giemsa C-banding, it is still poorly characterized using FISH markers. The objective of this study was to test the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) patterns of Ae. triuncialis (2n = 4x = 28, CtCtUtUt) chromosomes using different repetitive sequences and to compare the produced patterns to the chromosomes of its diploid ancestors, with the aim of establishing a generalized Ae. triuncialis idiogram and detection of Aegilops chromosomes in the background of wheat. Results The probes pSc119.2-1, pTa535-1, pAs1-1, (CTT)10 and the 45S rDNA clone from wheat (pTa71) were hybridized to chromosomes of Ae. triuncialis and compared with its diploid progenitors (Ae. umbellulata Zhuk., 2n = 2x = 14, UU and Ae. markgrafii (Greuter) Hammer, 2n = 2x = 14, CC) and Ae. cylindrica Host. (2n = 4x = 28, DcDcCcCc), another tetraploid species containing the C-genome. Ae. cylindrica was further analyzed by genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) using C genome probe in order to identify any possible translocation. Conclusions In general, FISH patterns of the Ut- and Ct-genome chromosomes of Ae. triuncialis were similar to those of U- and C-genome chromosomes of the diploid progenitor species Ae. umbellulata and Ae. markgrafii respectively, although some differences were observed. Two major 45S rDNA loci were revealed in the short arm of chromosomes A and C, of the Ct genome which correspond to homoeologous groups 1 and 5 respectively. Minor 45S rDNA loci were mapped on the short arm of chromosomes 1Ut and 5Ut. GISH analysis revealed three different non-reciprocal homologous or heterologous translocations between Cc and Dc chromosomes in all studied accessions of Ae. cylindrica. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13039-014-0091-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ghader Mirzaghaderi
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, P. O. Box 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Gornicki P, Zhu H, Wang J, Challa GS, Zhang Z, Gill BS, Li W. The chloroplast view of the evolution of polyploid wheat. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 204:704-714. [PMID: 25059383 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Polyploid wheats comprise four species: Triticum turgidum (AABB genomes) and T. aestivum (AABBDD) in the Emmer lineage, and T. timopheevii (AAGG) and T. zhukovskyi (AAGGA(m) A(m) ) in the Timopheevi lineage. Genetic relationships between chloroplast genomes were studied to trace the evolutionary history of the species. Twenty-five chloroplast genomes were sequenced, and 1127 plant accessions were genotyped, representing 13 Triticum and Aegilops species. The A. speltoides (SS genome) diverged before the divergence of T. urartu (AA), A. tauschii (DD) and the Aegilops species of the Sitopsis section. Aegilops speltoides forms a monophyletic clade with the polyploid Emmer and Timopheevi wheats, which originated within the last 0.7 and 0.4 Myr, respectively. The geographic distribution of chloroplast haplotypes of the wild tetraploid wheats and A. speltoides illustrates the possible geographic origin of the Emmer lineage in the southern Levant and the Timopheevi lineage in northern Iraq. Aegilops speltoides is the closest relative of the diploid donor of the chloroplast (cytoplasm), as well as the B and G genomes to Timopheevi and Emmer lineages. Chloroplast haplotypes were often shared by species or subspecies within major lineages and between the lineages, indicating the contribution of introgression to the evolution and domestication of polyploid wheats.
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- Piotr Gornicki
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, 920 E 58th St, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, 252 North Plain Biostress, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, 252 North Plain Biostress, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, 252 North Plain Biostress, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, 252 North Plain Biostress, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
- Biotechnology Section, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddeh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, 252 North Plain Biostress, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
- Department of Plant Science, South Dakota State University, 247 North Plain Biostress, Brookings, SD, 57007, USA
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Molnár I, Kubaláková M, Šimková H, Farkas A, Cseh A, Megyeri M, Vrána J, Molnár-Láng M, Doležel J. Flow cytometric chromosome sorting from diploid progenitors of bread wheat, T. urartu, Ae. speltoides and Ae. tauschii. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:1091-104. [PMID: 24553964 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2282-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Chromosomes 5A (u) , 5S and 5D can be isolated from wild progenitors, providing a chromosome-based approach to develop tools for breeding and to study the genome evolution of wheat. The three subgenomes of hexaploid bread wheat originated from Triticum urartu (A(u)A(u)), from a species similar to Aegilops speltoides (SS) (progenitor of the B genome), and from Ae. tauschii (DD). Earlier studies indicated the potential of chromosome genomics to assist gene transfer from wild relatives of wheat and discover novel genes for wheat improvement. This study evaluates the potential of flow cytometric chromosome sorting in the diploid progenitors of bread wheat. Flow karyotypes obtained by analysing DAPI-stained chromosomes were characterized and the contents of the chromosome peaks were determined. FISH analysis with repetitive DNA probes proved that chromosomes 5A(u), 5S and 5D could be sorted with purities of 78-90 %, while the remaining chromosomes could be sorted in groups of three. Twenty-five conserved orthologous set (COS) markers covering wheat homoeologous chromosome groups 1-7 were used for PCR with DNA amplified from flow-sorted chromosomes and genomic DNA. These assays validated the cytomolecular results as follows: peak I on flow karyotypes contained chromosome groups 1, 4 and 6, peak II represented homoeologous group 5, while peak III consisted of groups 2, 3 and 7. The isolation of individual chromosomes of wild progenitors provides an attractive opportunity to investigate the structure and evolution of the polyploid genome and to deliver tools for wheat improvement.
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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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Dulai S, Molnár I, Szopkó D, Darkó É, Vojtkó A, Sass-Gyarmati A, Molnár-Láng M. Wheat-Aegilops biuncialis amphiploids have efficient photosynthesis and biomass production during osmotic stress. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 171:509-17. [PMID: 24655386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Osmotic stress responses of water content, photosynthetic parameters and biomass production were investigated in wheat-Aegilops biuncialis amphiploids and in wheat genotypes to clarify whether they can use to improve the drought tolerance of bread wheat. A decrease in the osmotic pressure of the medium resulted in considerable water loss, stomatal closure and a decreased CO2 assimilation rate for the wheat genotypes, while the changes in these parameters were moderate for the amphiploids. Maximal assimilation rate was maintained at high level even under severe osmotic stress in the amphiploids, while it decreased substantially in the wheat genotypes. Nevertheless, the effective quantum yield of PS II was higher and the quantum yield of non-photochemical quenching of PS II and PS I was lower for the amphiploids than for the wheat cultivars. Parallel with this, higher cyclic electron flow was detected in wheat than in the amphiploids. The elevated photosynthetic activity of amphiploids under osmotic stress conditions was manifested in higher biomass production by roots and shoots as compared to wheat genotypes. These results indicate that the drought-tolerant traits of Ae. biuncialis can be manifested in the wheat genetic background and these amphiploids are suitable genetic materials for improving drought tolerance of wheat.
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- Sándor Dulai
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Science, Eszterházy College, P.O. Box 43, H-3301 Eger, Hungary.
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Bruszvik út 2, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Science, Eszterházy College, P.O. Box 43, H-3301 Eger, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Bruszvik út 2, Hungary
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Eszterházy College, P.O. Box 43, H-3301 Eger, Hungary
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Eszterházy College, P.O. Box 43, H-3301 Eger, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Bruszvik út 2, Hungary
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Kwiatek M, Wiśniewska H, Apolinarska B. Cytogenetic analysis of Aegilops chromosomes, potentially usable in triticale (X Triticosecale Witt.) breeding. J Appl Genet 2013; 54:147-55. [PMID: 23378244 PMCID: PMC3620446 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-013-0133-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Chromosome identification using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is widely used in cytogenetic research. It is a diagnostic tool helpful in chromosome identification. It can also be used to characterize alien introgressions, when exercised in a combination with genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). This work aims to find chromosome identification of Aegilops species and Aegilops × Secale amphiploids, which can be used in cereal breeding as a source of favourable agronomic traits. Four diploid and two tetraploid Aegilops species and three Aegilops × Secale hybrids were analysed using FISH with pSc119.2, pAs1, 5S rDNA and 25S rDNA clones to differentiate the U-, M-, Ssh- and D-subgenome chromosomes of Aegilops genus. Additionally, GISH for chromosome categorization was carried out. Differences in the hybridization patterns allowed to identify all U-, M-, Ssh- and D-subgenome chromosomes. Some differences in localization of the rDNA, pSc119.2 and pAs1 sequences between analogue subgenomes in diploid and tetraploid species and Aegilops × Secale hybrids were detected. The hybridization pattern of the M and S genome was more variable than that of the U and D genome. An importance of the cytogenetic markers in plant breeding and their possible role in chromosome structure, function and evolution is discussed.
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- M Kwiatek
- Laboratory of Distant Crosses, Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznan, Poland.
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Seo JH, Bae HG, Park DH, Kim BS, Lee JW, Lee JI, Kim DH, Lee SW, Seo BB. Sequence polymorphisms in ribosomal RNA genes and variations in chromosomal loci of Oenothera odorata and O. laciniata. Genes Genomics 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-013-0084-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Megyeri M, Molnár-Láng M, Molnár I. Cytomolecular Identification of Individual Wheat-Wheat Chromosome Arm Associations in Wheat-Rye Hybrids. Cytogenet Genome Res 2013; 139:128-36. [DOI: 10.1159/000346047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Goryunova SV, Salentijn EMJ, Chikida NN, Kochieva EZ, van der Meer IM, Gilissen LJWJ, Smulders MJM. Expansion of the gamma-gliadin gene family in Aegilops and Triticum. BMC Evol Biol 2012; 12:215. [PMID: 23137212 PMCID: PMC3537741 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The gamma-gliadins are considered to be the oldest of the gliadin family of storage proteins in Aegilops/Triticum. However, the expansion of this multigene family has not been studied in an evolutionary perspective. RESULTS We have cloned 59 gamma-gliadin genes from Aegilops and Triticum species (Aegilops caudata L., Aegilops comosa Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Aegilops mutica Boiss., Aegilops speltoides Tausch, Aegilops tauschii Coss., Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk., Aegilops uniaristata Vis., and Triticum monococcum L.) representing eight different genomes: Am, B/S, C, D, M, N, T and U. Overall, 15% of the sequences contained internal stop codons resulting in pseudogenes, but this percentage was variable among genomes, up to over 50% in Ae. umbellulata. The most common length of the deduced protein, including the signal peptide, was 302 amino acids, but the length varied from 215 to 362 amino acids, both obtained from Ae. speltoides. Most genes encoded proteins with eight cysteines. However, all Aegilops species had genes that encoded a gamma-gliadin protein of 302 amino acids with an additional cysteine. These conserved nine-cysteine gamma-gliadins may perform a specific function, possibly as chain terminators in gluten network formation in protein bodies during endosperm development. A phylogenetic analysis of gamma-gliadins derived from Aegilops and Triticum species and the related genera Lophopyrum, Crithopsis, and Dasypyrum showed six groups of genes. Most Aegilops species contained gamma-gliadin genes from several of these groups, which also included sequences from the genera Lophopyrum, Crithopsis, and Dasypyrum. Hordein and secalin sequences formed separate groups. CONCLUSIONS We present a model for the evolution of the gamma-gliadins from which we deduce that the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of Aegilops/Triticum-Dasypyrum-Lophopyrum-Crithopsis already had four groups of gamma-gliadin sequences, presumably the result of two rounds of duplication of the locus.
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Affiliation(s)
- Svetlana V Goryunova
- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen UR, P,O, Box 16, Wageningen, NL-6700 AA, The Netherlands
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