Asymmetric protoplast fusion aimed at intraspecific transfer of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in Lolium perenne L. |
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Authors: | J Creemers-Molenaar R D Hall F A Krens |
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Institution: | (1) Barenbrug Holland BV, Stationsstraat 40, NL-6678 AC Oosterhout, The Netherlands;(2) Department of Cell Biology, Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research (CPRO-DLO), P.O. Box 16, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;(3) Present address: Department of Cell Biology, Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research (CPRO-DLO), P.O. Box 16, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Summary Techniques have been developed for the production of cybrids in Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass). Gamma-irradiated protoplasts of a cytoplasmically male-sterile breeding line of perennial ryegrass (B200) were fused with iodoacetamide-treated protoplasts of a fertile breeding line (Jon 401). After fusion 25 putative cybrid calli were characterized to determine mitochondrion type and composition of the nuclear genome. Analysis of phosphoglucoisomerase isozyme profiles and determination of the ploidy level by flow cytometry indicated that all of the calli tested essentially contained the nuclear DNA of the fertile line. However, the presence of parts of the nuclear DNA from the sterile line could not be excluded. Southern blotting of total DNA isolated from the parental lines and putative cybrids combined with hybridizations using the mitochondrial probes cox1 and atp6 revealed that the mitochondria of the calli originated from the fertile line (5 calli), the sterile line (5 calli) or from both parental lines (15 calli). The hybridization patterns of the mtDNA from the cybrid calli showed extensive quantitative and qualitative variation, suggesting that fusion-induced inter- or intramolecular mitochondrial recombination had taken place. |
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Keywords: | Lolium perenne Cytoplasmic male sterility Asymmetric protoplast fusion Mitochondrial DNA Recombination |
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