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Comparative physical mapping of the 5S and 18S-25S rDNA in nine wild Hordeum species and cytotypes.
- Source :
- Theoretical & Applied Genetics; Jan1999, Vol. 98 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- The physical locations of the 5S and 18S-25S rDNA sequences were examined in nine wild Hordeum species and cytotypes by double-target in situ hybridization using digoxigenin-labelled 5S rDNA and biotin-labelled 18S-25S rDNA as probes. H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum (2n=2 x=14; I-genome) had a similar composition of 5S and 18S-25S rDNA to cultivated barley ( H. vulgare ssp. vulgare, I-genome), with two major 18S-25S rDNA sites and minor sites on four of the other five chromosomes; three chromosomes had 5S rDNA sites. The closely related H. bulbosum (2 x; also I-genome) showed only one pair of 5S rDNA sites and one pair of 18S-25S rDNA sites on different chromosomes. Four wild diploid species, H. marinum (X-genome), H. glaucum and H. murinum (Y-genomes) and H. chilense (H-genome), differed in the number (2–3 pairs), location, and relative order of 5S and the one or two major 18S-25S rDNA sites, but no minor 18S-25S rDNA sites were observed. H. murinum 4 x had three chromosome pairs carrying 5S rDNA, while the diploid had only a single pair. Two other tetraploid species, H. brachyantherum 4 x and H. brevisubulatum 4 x (both considered to have H-type genomes), had minor 18S-25S rDNA sites, as well as the major sites. Unusual double 5S rDNA sites – two sites on one chromosome arm separated by a short distance – were found in the American H-genome species, H. chilense and H. brachyantherum 4 x. The results indicate that the species H. brachyantherum 4 x and H. brevisubulatum 4 x have a complex evolutionary history, probably involving the multiplication of minor rDNA sites (as in H. vulgare sensu lato), or the incorporation of both I and H types of genome. The rDNA markers are useful for an investigation of chromosome evolution and phylogeny. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00405752
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Theoretical & Applied Genetics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 49841659
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220051033