Genome analysis of Elytrigia caespitosa, Lophopyrum nodosum, Pseudoroegneria geniculata ssp. scythica, and Thinopyrum intermedium (Triticeae: Gramineae).

To elucidate the genome constitutions of the tetraploid (2n = 4x = 28) species Elytrigia caespitosa, Lophopyrum nodosum, and Pseudoroegneria geniculata ssp. scythica and the hexaploid (2n = 6x = 42) Thinopyrum intermedium, meiotic pairing was studied in these species as well as 10 hybrids. Karyotype analysis with aceto-orcein stained root-tip cells was performed for the four species and the hybrids of T. bessarabicum with E. caespitosa, P. geniculata ssp. scythica, and T. intermedium. Karyotype analysis by Giemsa C-banding was carried out with the three tetraploid species and the two triploid hybrids involving T. bessarabicum. The species behaved as strict allopolyploids. All hybrids were male sterile with few stainable pollen grains. It is concluded from the results that the three tetraploid species have the genome formula JeJeSS and T. intermedium has the formula JeJeJeJeSS. The chromosomes of the Je and S genomes in these species had C-banding patterns differing from each other and from those of the extant diploid species. Based on these findings, the four species investigated should be placed in the same genus or the same section of a genus. However, new combinations are not proposed at this time pending future taxonomic investigation of the genome constitution of Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski.     

Polymorphic nuclear gene sequences indicate a novel genome donor in the polyploid genus Thinopyrum

For decades, the wheatgrass genus Thinopyrum has been of interest to plant breeders as a source of genes that confer competitive traits. This genus has been a considerable challenge to plant systematists because of the impacts of polyploidization on the evolution of this group. This study was aimed to augment existing cytogenetic data with a sequence-based investigation of the genomes of these species. Sequences of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), introns 9 through 11 of the granule-bound starch synthase (GBSSI) gene and intron III of the beta-amylase gene (Bmy1) were isolated from the genomes of polyploid Thinopyrum species by PCR, cloning and sequencing and the evolutionary distances between these species and putative diploid ancestors were estimated with Kimura's two-parameter method. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences largely agrees with what has been established through cytogenetic means for the Th. caespitosum (Koch) Liu & Wang and Ps geniculata (Trin.) á. L?ve, and suggests a contribution of the St genome of Ps. spicata (Pursh) á. L?ve to the tetraploids Th. scirpeum (Presl) Dewey and Th. junceiforme (á. L?ve & D. L?ve) á. L?ve. A unique Bmy1 allele, divergent from other Triticeae but shared between Th. caespitosum, Th. intermedium (Host) Barkworth & Dewey, Th. junceum (L.) á. L?ve and Th. ponticum Barkworth & Dewey, implies a connection between these species. Distinct oligonucleotide polymorphisms and distance calculations based on the three loci implicate Crithopsis delileana (Schult.) Roshev. and Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski in the evolution of the hexaploid Th. intermedium and the decaploid Th. ponticum and also suggest a potential connection of these polyploids with Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex Nevski. None of these species have been previously associated with the Thinopyrum genus. Allele-specific PCR was employed to detect the putative Crithopsis allele of ITS1 in a number of accessions. Real-time PCR indicates that two of six genomes of the hexaploid Th. intermedium have the Crithopsis-type ITS1 allele and that all ITS1 loci in the decaploid Th. ponticum are of this type. These results are supportive of the hypothesis that concerted evolution has homogenized the rDNA of Th. ponticum to the allele derived from the Crithopsis or Taeniatherum ancestor. Discovery of these novel alleles, with close homology to Ta. caput-medusae, may represent a fundamental change in the view of the evolution of Th. intermedium and Th. ponticum.     

Genome analysis of Elytrigia pycnantha and Thinopyrum junceiforme and of their putative natural hybrid using the GISH technique.

Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), using genomic DNA probes from Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D.R. Dewey (E genome, 2n = 14), Th. bessarabicum (Savul. & Rayss) A. Love (J genome, 2n = 14), Pseudoroegneria stipifolia (Czern. ex Nevski) Love (S genome, 2n = 14), and Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner (P genome, 2n = 14), was used to characterize the genome constitution of the polyploid species Elytrigia pycnantha (2n = 6x = 42) and Thinopyrum junceiforme (2n = 4x = 28) and of one hybrid population (2n = 5x = 35). GISH results indicated that E. pycnantha contains S, E, and P genomes; the first of these was closely related to the S genome of Ps. stipifolia, the second was closely related to to the E genome of Th. elongatum, and the third was specifically related to A. cristatum. The E and P genomes included 2 and 10 chromosomes, respectively, with S genome DNA sequences in the centromeric region. GISH analysis of Th. junceiforme showed the presence of two sets of the E genome, except for fewer than 10 chromosomes for which the telomeric regions were not identified. Based on these results, the genome formula SSPsPsEsEs is proposed for E. pycnantha and that of EEEE is proposed for Th. junceiforme. The genomic constitution of the pentaploid hybrid comprised one S genome (seven chromosomes), one P genome (seven chromosomes), and three E genomes (21 chromosomes). The E and P genomes both included mosaic chromosomes (chromosomes 1 and 5, respectively) with the centromere region closely related to S-genome DNA. On the basis of these data, the genome formula SPSESEE is suggested for this hybrid and it is also suggested that the two species E. pycnantha and Th. junceiforme are the parents of the pentaploid hybrid.     

Analyses of Thinopyrum bessarabicum, T. elongatum, and T. junceum chromosomes using EST-SSR markers

Wild Thinopyrum grasses are important gene pools for forage and cereal crops. Knowledge of their chromosome organizations is pivotal for efficient utilization of this important gene pool in germplasm enhancement programs. Expressed sequence tags derived simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers for Thinopyrum bessarabicum, T. elongatum, and T. junceum chromosomes were identified among amplicons produced from three series of wheat-Thinopyrum addition lines using 193 primer pairs designed from the Leymus EST unigenes. The homology of T. junceum chromosomes in 13 wheat addition lines was tentatively established to reveal that homologous groups 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 were represented by HD3515, HD3505, AJDAj11, AJDAj1, and HD3508, whereas groups 1 and 2 were represented by AJADj7-AJDAj9 and AJDAj2-AJDAj4, respectively. AJDAj5 and AJDAj6 had complexly reconstituted T. junceum chromosomes that might have resulted from fusion or translocations of large chromosomal segments from two or more chromosomes, that is (1+5) and (2+5+1), respectively. The identified EST-SSR markers will be useful in comparative gene mapping, chromosome tracing, taxonomic studies, gene introgression, and cultivar identification.     

Fluorescence in situ Hybridization and Southern Blot Analyses on Leymus racemosus and Related Species

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was carried out in somatic cells of racemosus (lam.) Tzvel. and Thinopyrum junceum ( Savul. & Rayss) A. Love using Th. bessarabicum ( Savul. & Rayss) A. Love genomic DNA as probe. Fourteen pairs of chromosomes in L. racemosus gave positive signal, and only seven of fourteen pairs of chromosomes in Th. junceum showed signal. In FISH probed with PHv62, the chromosomes in Th. bessarabicum and L. racemosus hybridized with PHv62, whereas Th. Bessarabicum showed positive signal in four pairs of chromosomes, and the latter in thirteen pairs of chromosomes. No positive signal was observed in chromosomes of Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski and Th. junceum. The results of Southern hybridization probed with PHv62 were similar to those of in situ hybridization. Twelve alien chromosome lines of T. aestivum-L, racemosus were detected by PHv62 probing. In most of the alien chromosome lines, PHv62 hybridized in fragment of Leymus chromosomes, except for the line containing chromosomes 5Lr # 1 and 1 1Lr # 1. It is inferred that Th. bessarabicum may involve in the formation of species. Non the less, significant changes have occurred during the evolution of Leymus genomes.     

Absence of the J genome in Leymus species (Poaceae: Triticeae): evidence from DNA hybridization and meiotic pairing.

To test the presence of a J genome in the type species of Leymus, L. arenarius, its total genomic DNA and that of tetraploids L. mollis, L. salinus ssp. salmonis, L. ambiguus, L. chinensis, L. secalinus, L. alaicus ssp. karataviensis, and L. innovatus were probed with the 277-bp insert of pLeUCD2, which can hybridize with the J, S, and P but not with the N, R, V, Q, I, T, and ABD genomes. The DNA probe hybridized with PalI- or TaqI-digested total DNAs from Thinopyrum elongatum (JeJe diploid) and T. elongatum x Psathyrostachys juncea (JeN hybrid), but not with those from L. arenarius (NNNNXXXX octoploid) and all tetraploid Leymus species (NNXX). Attempts to cross diploid Thinopyrum and tetraploid Leymus species yielded only one triploid hybrid, T. elongatum x L. salinus ssp. salmonis. Meiotic chromosome associations at metaphase I of pollen mother cells in the triploid hybrid averaged 19.69 univalents, 0.64 bivalents, and 0.01 trivalents per cell. Chromosome pairings in the tetraploid hybrids of L. mollis x L. salinus ssp. salmonis, and the reciprocal cross, indicate that L. mollis and L. salinus ssp. salmonis shae the same genomic constitution. Both the DNA probe and genome analysis results confirm the absence of the J genome in the seven additional Leymus species tested. Meiotic data indicated that tetraploid Leymus species could not have the genome formula N1N1N2N2; thus their genome formulas should remain as NNXX until the source of X is identified.     

Genetic diversity in wild Spanish populations of Thinopyrum junceum and Thinopyrum junceiforme using endosperm proteins and PCR-based markers

The genetic variation of sixteen wild, Spanish populations of Thinopyrum junceum and Thinopyrumjunceiforme and their interspecific relationships were analyzed. The relationships between these species and the diploids T. bessarabicum and T. elongatum were also investigated. The number of phenotypes and the composition of bands yielded by the electrophoretic separation of endosperm proteins were used to estimate intra- and interpopulational variability. DNA polymorphism generated by 24 arbitrary 10-mer primers and 14 specific 20-mer primers was used to determine interpopulational variability and interspecific relationships. Jaccard's coefficient of similarity was used to analyze presence and absence data in the DNA polymorphism and endosperm protein determinations of individual plants. Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient was used to analyse interpopulational variation using endosperm protein band frequency data. Dendrograms were constructed using an unweighted pair group method with arithmetical average (UPGMA). The high level of intrapopulational variability found in T. junceum and T. junceiforme was inconsistent with the traditional classification of these species as self-pollinating. The level of interpopulational variation varied according to the degree of polymorphism of the corresponding markers. The endosperm proteins and random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) proved to be the most polymorphic markers to those used although only the former were able to distinguish between the different populations. Interspecific relationships were consistently confirmed by all the PCR-based markers, and were also in agreement with the results of other authors.     

Identification of the parental chromosomes of the wheat-alien amphiploid Agrotana by genomic in situ hybridization.

Labelled total genomic DNA from four alien species, Thinopyrum ponticum (Host) Beauv. (2n = 70, genomes J1J1J1J2J2), Th. bessarabicum (Savul. &Rayss) Love (2n = 14, genome J), Th. elongatum (Host) Beauv. (2n = 14, genome E), and Haynaldia villosa (L.) Schur. (2n = 14, genome V), were used as probes in combination with blocking wheat DNA for in situ hybridization of the chromosomes of Agrotana, a wheat-alien hybrid (2n = 56) of unknown origin. The results showed that genomic DNA probes from Th. ponticum and Th. bessarabicum both clearly revealed 16 alien and 40 wheat chromosomes in Agrotana, indicating that the J genome present in these two species has a high degree of homology with the alien chromosomes in Agrotana. Biotinylated genomic DNA probe from Th. elongatum identified 10 chromosomes from Agrotana, while some regions of six other chromosomes yielded a weak or no signal. The probe from H. villosa produced no differential labelling of the chromosomes of Agrotana. The genomic formula of Agrotana was designated as AABBDDJJ. We suggest that the alien parent donor species of Agrotana is Th. ponticum rather than Th. bessarabicum. Genomic relationships of the three Thinopyrum species are discussed in relation to the distribution of GISH signals in the chromosomes of Agrotana.     

The genome composition of hexaploid Psammopyrum athericum and octoploid Psammopyrum pungens (Poaceae: Triticeae).

The genomic constitution of two species in the genus Psammopyrum, i.e., Ps. athericum (2n = 6x = 42) and Ps. pungens (2n = 8x = 56), was studied by genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). In Ps. athericum, one diploid chromosome set hybridized to a genomic probe from Pseudoroegneria ferganensis (St genome), one diploid set to a probe from Agropyron cristatum (P genome), and one diploid set to a probe from Thinopyrum junceiforme (EbEe genomes) or Th. bessarabicum (Eb genome). Substituting the St-genome probe with an L-genome probe from Festucopsis serpentinii resulted in exactly the same hybridization pattern, suggesting a genomic constitution of EStP or ELP for Ps. athericum. The same probes used on Ps. pungens showed two diploid sets of chromosomes hybridizing to the St-genome probe, one diploid set hybridizing to the P-genome probe, and one diploid set hybridizing to the EbEe-genome probe. The L-genome probe hybridized to approximately 14 of the chromosomes that were labeled by the St-genome probe. Hence the genomic constitution for Ps. pungens is proposed to be EStStP or EStLP.     

Genetic diversity and phylogeny in Hystrix (Poaceae, Triticeae) and related genera inferred from Giemsa C-banded karyotypes

The phylogenetic relationships of 15 taxa from Hystrix and the related genera Leymus (NsXm), Elymus (StH), Pseudoroegneria (St), Hordeum (H), Psathyrostachys (Ns), and Thinopyrum (E) were examined by using the Giemsa C-banded karyotype. The Hy. patula C-banding pattern was similar to those of Elymus species, whereas C-banding patterns of the other Hystrix species were similar to those of Leymus species. The results suggest high genetic diversity within Hystrix, and support treating Hy. patula as E. hystrix L., and transferring Hy. coreana, Hy. duthiei ssp. duthiei and Hy. duthiei ssp. longearistata to the genus Leymus. On comparing C-banding patterns of Elymus species with their diploid ancestors (Pseudoroegneria and Hordeum), there are indications that certain chromosomal re-arrangements had previously occurred in the St and H genomes. Furthermore, a comparison of the C-banding patterns of the Hystrix and Leymus species with the potential diploid progenitors (Psathyrostachys and Thinopyrum) suggests that Hy. coreana and some Leymus species are closely related to the Ns genome of Psathyrostachys, whereas Hy. duthiei ssp. duthiei, Hy. duthiei ssp. longearistata and some of the Leymus species have a close relationship with the E genome. The results suggest a multiple origin of the polyploid genera Hystrix and Leymus.     

Characterization of Thinopyrum distichum chromosomes using double fluorescence in situ hybridization, RFLP analysis of 5S and 26S rRNA, and C-banding of parents and addition lines.

Diagnostic markers for eight Thinopyrum distichum addition chromosomes in Triticum turgidum were established using C-banding, in situ hybridization, and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The C-band karyotype conclusively identified individual Th. distichum chromosomes and distinguished them from chromosomes of T. turgidum. Also, TaqI and BamHI restriction fragments containing 5S and 18S-5.8S-26S rRNA sequences were identified as positive markers specific to Th. distichum chromosomes. Simultaneous fluorescence in situ hybridization showed both 5S and 18S-5.8S-26S ribosomal RNA genes to be located on chromosome IV. Thinopyrum distichum chromosome VII carried only a 18S-5.8S-26S rRNA locus and chromosome pair II carried only a 5S rRNA locus. The arrangement of these loci on Th. distichum chromosome IV was different from that on wheat chromosome pair 1B. Two other unidentified Th. distichum chromosome pairs also carried 5S rRNA loci. The homoeologous relationship between Th. distichum chromosomes IV and VII and chromosomes of other members of the Triticeae was discussed by comparing results obtained using these physical and molecular markers.     

中间偃麦草的GISH分析

以染色体组为E^eE^e的二倍体长穗偃麦草（Thinopyrum elongatum,2n=2x=14)、染色体组为E^bE^b的二倍体比萨偃麦草（Th.bessarabicum,2n=2x=14）、染色体组为StStStSt的四倍体拟鹅冠草（Pseudoroegneiria strigosa,2n=4x=28)的总基因组DNA为探针,对中间偃麦草（Th.intermedium)进行GISH分析。结果表明,中间偃麦草是由2个亲缘关系较近的染色体组、1个亲缘关系较远的染色体组构成;中间偃麦草所含的亲缘关系较近的染色体组分别与二倍长穗偃麦草染色体组E^e、比萨偃麦草染色体组E^b、以及1个亲缘关系较远的染色体组与拟鹅冠草染色体组St基本相似,但不完全一样,因此,中间偃麦草的染色体组用E^etE^etE^btStSt表示。     

Genetic Relationships Among Five Basic Genomes St, E, A, B and D in Triticeae Revealed by Genomic Southern and in situ Hybridization

The St and E are two important basic genomes in the perennial tribe Triticeae （Poaceae）. They exist in many perennial species and are very closely related to the A, B and D genomes of bread wheat （Triticum aestivum L.）. Genomic Southern hybridization and genomic in situ hybridization （GISH） were used to analyze the genomic relationships between the two genomes （St and E） and the three basic genomes （A, B and D） of T. aestivum. The semi-quantitative analysis of the Southern hybridization suggested that both St and E genomes are most closely related to the D genome, then the A genome, and relatively distant to the B genome. GISH analysis using St and E genomic DNA as probes further confirmed the conclusion. St and E are the two basic genomes of Thinopyrum ponticum （StStE^eE^bE^x） and Th. intermedium （StE^eE^b）, two perennial species successfully used in wheat improvement. Therefore, this paper provides a possible answer as to why most of the spontaneous wheat-Thinopyrum translocations and substitutions usually happen in the D genome, some in the A genome and rarely in the B genome. This would develop further use of alien species for wheat improvement, especially those containing St or E in their genome components.     

应用荧光原位杂交和染色体配对研究八倍体小冰麦中2的染色体组构成及染色体特征

通过染色体配对分析和荧光原位杂交（ＦＩＳＨ）技术对八倍体小冰麦中２的染色体组构成进行分析,结果表明：八倍体小冰麦中２含有的冰草染色体是来自天蓝冰草（Ａｇｒｏｐｙｒｏｎ　ｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉｕｍ（Ｈｏｓｔ）Ｐ．Ｂ．＝Ｅｌｙｔｒｉｇｉａ　ｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉａ（Ｈｏｓｔ）Ｎｅｖｓｋｉ＝Ｔｈｉｎｏｐｙｒｕｍ　ｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉｕｍ　（Ｈｏｓｔ）Ｂａｒｋｗｏｒｔｈ　ａｎｄ　Ｄｅｗｅｙ）具同亲关系的染色体组,但冰草的这种同亲关系的染色体组不同于二倍体长穗偃麦草（Ｔｈｉｎｏｐｙｒｕｍ　ｅｌｏｕｇａｔｕｍ　２Ｘ）的Ｅ组染色体。中２含有１２条冰草染色体,且有一对染色体为小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍ　ａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍ　Ｌ．）染色体和冰草染色体之间易位所形成的。     

Phylogenetic Analysis of Leymus (Poaceae: Triticeae) Inferred from Nuclear rDNA ITS Sequences

To investigate the phylogenetic relationships of polyploid Leymus (Poaceae: Triticeae), sequences of the nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) were analyzed for 34 Leymus accessions representing 25 species, together with three Psathyrostachys species (Ns genome), two Pseudoroegneria (St genome) species, Lophopyrum elongatum (E(e) genome), and Thinopyrum bessarabicum (E(b) genome). The phylogenetic analyses (maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference) supported two major clades, one including 21 Leymus species and three Psathyrostachys species, the other with nine Leymus species and four diploid species. The ITS RNA secondary structure of the Leymus species was compared with that of their putative diploid donor. It is suggested that (1) the species from the same areas or neighboring geographic regions are closely related to each other; (2) L. coreanus, L. duthiei, L. duthiei var. longearistatus, and L. komarovii are closely related to other Leymus species, and it is reasonable to transfer these species from the genus Hystrix to Leymus; (3) the ITS sequences of Leymus are evolutionarily distinct; (4) the different Leymus species and different distribution of a species derived their Ns genome from different Psathyrostachys species; and (5) there is a close relationship among Leymus, Pseudoroegneria, Lophopyrum, and Thinopyrum, but it is difficult to presume that the St, E(e), and E(b) genome may be the Xm genome donor of the Leymus species.     

Phylogeny of Hystrix and related genera (Poaceae: Triticeae) based on nuclear rDNA ITS sequences

The taxonomic status of Hystrix and phylogenetic relationships among Hystrix and its related genera of Pseudoroegneria (St), Hordeum (H), Psathyrostachys (Ns), Elymus (StH), Leymus (NsXm), Thinopyrum bessarabicum (E(b)) and Lophopyrum elongatum (E(e)) were estimated from sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. The type species of Hystrix, H. patula, clustered with species of Pseudoroegneria, Hordeum, Elymus, Th. bessarabicum and Lo. elongatum, while H. duthiei ssp. duthiei, H. duthiei ssp. longearistata, H. coreana and H. komarovii were grouped with Psathyrostachys and Leymus species. The results indicate that: (i) H. patula is distantly related to other species of Hystrix, but is closely related to Elymus species; (ii) H. duthiei ssp. duthiei, H. duthiei ssp. longearistata, H. coreana and H. komarovii have a close affinity with Psathyrostachys and Leymus species, and H. komarovii might contain the NsXm genome of Leymus; and (iii) the St, H and Ns genomes in Hystrix originate from Pseudoroegneria, Hordeum and Psathyrostachys, respectively, while the Xm in Hystrix and Leymus has a complex relationship with the E or St genomes. According to the genomic system of classification in Tiritceae, it is reasonable to treat Hystrix patula as Elymus hystrix L, and the other species of Hystrix as species of a section of Leymus, Leymus Sect. Hystrix.     

Genetic Relationships Among Five Basic Genomes St,E,A,B and D in Triticeae Revealed by Genomic Southern and in situ Hybridization

The St and E are two important basic genomes in the perennial tribe Triticeae (Poaceae). They exist in many perennialspecies and are very closely related to the A, B and D genomes of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genomic Southernhybridization and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) were used to analyze the genomic relationships between the twogenomes (St and E) and the three basic genomes (A, B and D) of T. aestivum. The semi-quantitative analysis of the Southernhybridization suggested that both St and E genomes are most closely related to the D genome, then the A genome, andrelatively distant to the B genome. GISH analysis using St and E genomic DNA as probes further confirmed the conclusion.St and E are the two basic genomes of Thinopyrum ponticum (StStE~eE~bE~x) and Th. intermedium (StE~eE~b), two perennialspecies successfully used in wheat improvement. Therefore, this paper provides a possible answer as to why most of thespontaneous wheat-Thinopyrum translocations and substitutions usually happen in the D genome, some in the A genomeand rarely in the B genome. This would develop further use of alien species for wheat improvement, especially thosecontaining St or E in their genome components.     

Optional Endoreplication and Selective Elimination of Parental Genomes during Oogenesis in Diploid and Triploid Hybrid European Water Frogs

Incompatibilities between parental genomes decrease viability of interspecific hybrids; however, deviations from canonical gametogenesis such as genome endoreplication and elimination can rescue hybrid organisms. To evaluate frequency and regularity of genome elimination and endoreplication during gametogenesis in hybrid animals with different ploidy, we examined genome composition in oocytes of di- and triploid hybrid frogs of the Pelophylax esculentus complex. Obtained results allowed us to suggest that during oogenesis the endoreplication involves all genomes occurring before the selective genome elimination. We accepted the hypothesis that only elimination of one copied genome occurs premeiotically in most of triploid hybrid females. At the same time, we rejected the hypothesis stating that the genome of parental species hybrid frogs co-exist with is always eliminated during oogenesis in diploid hybrids. Diploid hybrid frogs demonstrate an enlarged frequency of deviations in oogenesis comparatively to triploid hybrids. Typical for hybrid frogs deviations in gametogenesis increase variability of produced gametes and provide a mechanism for appearance of different forms of hybrids.     

St基因组中的CRW同源序列在偃麦草中的FISH分析

为了确定十倍体长穗偃麦草(Thinopyrum ponticum, Liu & Wang)和六倍体中间偃麦草(Th. intermedium, [Host] Barkworth & Dewey )的基因组组成, 根据野生一粒小麦(Triticum boeoticum)着丝粒自主型反转录转座子(CRW)序列设计特异引物, 以二倍体拟鹅观草(Pseudoroegneria spicata, Á Löve )基因组 DNA为模板进行PCR扩增, 筛选到一条St基因组着丝粒区相对特异反转录转座子的部分序列pStC1, 长度为1.755 kb (GenBank登录号: FJ952565), 其中有800 bp与小麦着丝粒反转录转座子(CRW)的LTR区高度同源, 另有小部分片段与其外壳蛋白编码基因(gag)部分同源, 并且包含一段富含AGCAAC碱基的重复序列。以pStC1为探针, 对十倍体长穗偃麦草的FISH检测结果显示其基因组组成为两个St组3个E组(St₁St₂E^eE^bE^x); pStC1与中间偃麦草杂交时, 不仅St基因组上有强烈的荧光信号, 而且E基因组一些染色体的近着丝粒区域也有杂交信号, 说明偃麦草属异源多倍体物种在其形成及进化过程中St与E基因组之间在着丝粒及近着丝粒相关区域可能存在协同进化。     

Genomic constitutions of four Chinese endemic Elymus species: E. brevipes, E. yangii, E. anthosachnoides, and E. altissimus (Triticeae, Poaceae).

The objectives of this study were to determine the genomic constitution and to explore the genomic variation within four Chinese endemic Elymus species, i.e., E. brevipes (Keng) L?ve (2n = 4x = 28) and E. yangii B.R. Lu (2n = 4x = 28), E. anthosachnoides (Keng) L?ve (2n = 4x = 28), and E. altissimus (Keng) L?ve (2n = 4x = 28). Intraspecific crosses between different populations of the four Elymus species, as well as interspecific hybridizations among the four target species, and with six analyzer species containing well-known genomes, i.e., E. caninus (L.) L. (2n = 4x = 28, SH), E. sibiricus L. (2n = 4x = 28, SH), E. semicostatus (Lees ex Steud.) Melderis (2n = 4x = 28, SY), E. parviglumis (Keng) L?ve (2n = 4x = 28, SY), E. tsukushiensis Honda (2n = 6x = 42, SHY), and E. himalayanus (Nevski) Tzvelev (2n = 6x = 42, SHY), were achieved through the aid of embryo rescue. Chromosome pairing behaviors were studied in the parental species and their hybrids. Numerical analysis on chromosome pairing was made on the interspecific hybrids. With one exception, each meiotic configuration at metaphase I in the hybrids involving the target taxa and the analyzer species containing the "SH" genomes fit a 2:1:1 model with x-values ranging between 0.91 and 1.00; chromosome pairing in the hybrids involving analyzer parents with the "SY" genomes match a 2:2 model, with x-values between 0.97 and 0.99. All pentaploid hybrids with a genomic formula "SSYYH," except for two crosses having unexpected low c-values, had pairing patterns fitting the 2:2:1 model with x-values varying between 0.96 and 1.00. It is concluded based on hybridization, fertility, and chromosome pairing data that (i) the four target Elymus species are strictly allotetraploid taxa, (ii) they are closely related species, all comprised of the "SY" genomes, (iii) minor genomic structural rearrangements have occurred within the four Elymus species, and (iv) meiotic pairing regulator(s) exists in some of the Elymus taxa studied.