小偃6号背景下黑麦遗传物质的荧光原位杂交分析

利用普通小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)“小偃6号”与黑麦(Secale cereale L.)品种“德国白粒”杂交,选育出“小偃6号”类型带有黑麦性状的种质材料。应用总基因组原位杂交(GISH)进行检测,在8份材料中探测到黑麦染色质的存在,其中附加系3个,代换系1个,易位系4个;进一步用荧光绿标记探针pSc119.2及荧光红标记探针pAs1的双色荧光原位杂交(FISH)技术,对其中部分品系的染色体组成进行分析鉴定,结果表明:易位系BC116-1是1RS/1BL小麦/黑麦易位系,BC152-1是涉及一条1B染色体的1RS/1BL易位系, 代换系BC97-2是2R(2D)二体代换系;附加系BC122-3附加了一条6R黑麦染色体,一条6B染色体的长臂缺失。同时,对连续的总基因组原位杂交和双色荧光原位杂交技术在小麦育种中的应用进行了讨论。     

1RS-7DS.7DL小麦-黑麦小片段易位系的鉴定

黑麦(Secale cereale L., RR)是改良普通小麦(Triticum aestivum L., AABBDD)的重要基因资源,将黑麦优异基因转移到普通小麦中,是小麦品种改良的有效途经之一。文章将四川地方品种蓬安白麦子(T. aestivum L., AABBDD) 与秦岭黑麦(S. cereale cv. Qinling, RR)杂交,染色体自动加倍获得八倍体小黑麦CD-13(AABBDDRR);通过顺序FISH和GISH分析,发现该八倍体小黑麦1RS端部与7DS的端部发生相互易位,是一个携带1RS-7DS.7DL小麦-黑麦小片段易位染色体的八倍体小黑麦。利用八倍体小黑麦CD-13与四川推广小麦品种川麦42杂交、连续自交,获得包含60个株系的F₅群体;对F₅群体的58个株系进行GISH和FISH分析发现,其中13个株系含有1RS-7DS.7DL小片段易位染色体。在这13个株系中,株系811染色体数目为2n=6x=42,是稳定的1RS-7DS.7DL小片段易位系;并且1RS特异分子标记和醇溶蛋白分析表明,1RS-7DS.7DL易位染色体1RS小片段的断裂点位于分子标记IB267-IAG95之间,不包含编码黑麦碱蛋白的Sec-1位点;同时1RS-7DS.7DL小片段易位系的千粒重与川麦42相当,远远高于八倍体小黑麦CD-13,对千粒重无负作用。因此,1RS-7DS.7DL小麦-黑麦小片段易位系可作为进一步深入研究1RS小片段上的优异基因及其遗传效应的重要材料。     

Inducement of chromosome translocation with small alien segments by irradiating mature female gametes of the whole arm translocation line

Haynaldia villosa Schur. (syn. Dasypyrum villosum Candargy, 2n=14, VV) has been proved to be an important genetic resource for wheat improvement. The development of translocation with small alien chromosome segments, especially interstitial translocation, will be helpful for better utilization of its useful genes. Up to now, most of the reported Triticum aestivum-H. villosa translocation lines are involved in a whole arm or large alien fragments. In this paper, we report a highly efficient approach for the creation of small chromosome segment translocation lines. Before flowering, the female gametes of wheat-H. villosa 6VS/6AL translocation line were irradiated by ⁶⁰C_O-γ ray at 160 Rad/M dosage rate and three dosages (1600, 1920, 2240 Rad). Anthers were removed from the irradiated florets on the same day and the florets were pollinated with normal fresh pollens of T. aestivum cv. Chinese Spring after 2 — 3 days. Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) at mitosis metaphase of root-tip cell of M₁ plants was used to detect the chromosome structural changes involving 6VS of H. villosa. Among the 534 M₁ plants screened, 97 plants contained small segment chromosome structural changes of 6VS, including 80 interstitial translocation chromosomes, 57 terminal translocation chromosomes and 55 deletion chromosomes. For the 2240 Rad dosage treatment, the inducement frequencies of interstitial translocation, terminal translocation and deletion were 21.02%, 14.01%, and 14.65%, respectively, which were much higher than those previously reported. The M₂ seeds were obtained by backcrossing of 74 M₁ plants involving 146 chromosomes structural changes of 6VS, and it was found that the structural aberrations in the M₁ plants could be transmitted to their progenies. Irradiating mature female gametes of whole arm translocation is a new and highly efficient approach for creation of small segment chromosome structural changes, especially for interstitial translocations.     

Inversions of chromosome arms 4AL and 2BS in wheat invert the patterns of chiasma distribution

In many species, including wheat, crossing over is distal, and the proximal regions of chromosome arms contribute little to genetic maps. This was thought to be a consequence of terminal initiation of synapsis favoring distal crossing over. However, in an inverted rye chromosome arm, the pattern of metaphase I chiasmata was also inverted, suggesting that crossover frequencies were specific to chromosome segments. Here, wheat chromosome arms 2BS and 4AL, with essentially entire arms inverted in reverse tandem duplications (rtd), were studied in the MI of meiosis. Inversion–duplication placed the recombining segments in the middle of the arms. While the overall pairing frequencies of the inverted–duplicated arms were considerably reduced relative to normal arms, chiasmata, if present, were always located in the same regions as in structurally normal arms, and relative chiasma frequencies remained the same. The frequencies of fragment or fragment + bridge configurations in AI and AII indicated that of the two tandemly arranged copies of segments in rtds, the more distal inverted segments were more likely to cross over than the segments in their original orientations. These observations show that also in wheat, relative crossover frequencies along chromosome arms are predetermined and independent of the segment location. The segments normally not licensed to cross over do not do so even when placed in seemingly most favorable positions for it.     

Inducement of chromosome translocation with small alien segments by irradiating mature female gametes of the whole arm translocation line

Haynaldia villosa Schur. (syn. Dasypyrum villosum Candargy, 2n=14, VV) has been proved to be an important genetic resource for wheat improvement. The development of translocation with small alien chromosome segments, especially interstitial translocation, will be helpful for better utilization of its useful genes. Up to now, most of the reported Triticum aestivum – H. villosa translocation lines are involved in a whole arm or large alien fragments. In this paper, we report a highly efficient approach for the creation of small chromosome segment translocation lines. Before flowering, the female gametes of wheat-H. villosa 6VS/6AL translocation line were irradiated by 60CO-γ ray at 160 Rad/M dosage rate and three dosages (1600, 1920, 2240 Rad). Anthers were removed from the irradiated florets on the same day and the florets were pollinated with normal fresh pollens of T. aestivum cv. Chinese Spring after 2-3 days. Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) at mitosis metaphase of root-tip cell of M1 plants was used to detect the chromosome structural changes involving 6VS of H. villosa. Among the 534 M1 plants screened, 97 plants contained small segment chromosome structural changes of 6VS, including 80 interstitial translocation chromosomes, 57 terminal translocation chromosomes and 55 deletion chromosomes. For the 2240 Rad dosage treatment, the inducement frequencies of interstitial translo-cation, terminal translocation and deletion were 21.02%, 14.01%, and 14.65%, respectively, which were much higher than those previously reported. The M2 seeds were obtained by backcrossing of 74 M1 plants involving 146 chromosomes structural changes of 6VS, and it was found that the structural aberrations in the M1 plants could be transmitted to their progenies. Irradiating mature female gametes of whole arm translocation is a new and highly efficient approach for creation of small segment chromosome struc-tural changes, especially for interstitial translocations.     

Controlled introgression to wheat of genes from rye chromosome arm 1RS by induction of allosyndesis

Summary Chromosome pairing between rye chromosome arm 1RS, present in two wheat-rye translocation stocks, and its wheat homoeologues was induced by introducing the translocations into either a ph1bph1b or a nullisomic 5B background. This rye arm carries a gene conferring resistance to wheat stem rust, but lines carrying the translocation produce a poor quality dough unsuitable for breadmaking. Storage protein markers were utilised along with stem rust reaction to screen for allosyndetic recombinants. From a 1DL-1RS translocation, three lines involving wheat-rye recombination were recovered, along with thirteen lines derived from wheat-wheat homoeologous recombination. From a 1BL-1RS translocation, an additional three allosyndetic recombinants were recovered. Nullisomy for chromosome 5B was as efficacious as the ph1b mutant for induction of allosyndesis, and the former stock is easier to manipulate due to the presence of a 5BL-encoded endosperm protein. The novel wheat-rye chromosomes present in the recombinant lines may enable the rye disease resistance to be exploited without the associated dough quality defect.     

The origin of a "zebra" chromosome in wheat suggests nonhomologous recombination as a novel mechanism for new chromosome evolution and step changes in chromosome number

An alloplasmic wheat line, TA5536, with the "zebra" chromosome z5A was isolated from an Elymus trachycaulus/Triticum aestivum backcross derivative. This chromosome was named "zebra" because of its striped genomic in situ hybridization pattern. Its origin was traced to nonhomologous chromosome 5A of wheat and 1H(t) of Elymus; four chromatin segments were derived from chromosome 1H(t) and five chromatin segments including the centromere from 5A. In this study, our objective was to determine the mechanism of origin of chromosome z5A, whether by nonhomologous recombination or by multiple translocation events. Different crossing schemes were used to recover recombinants containing various Elymus chromatin segments of the z5A chromosome. In addition, one z5AL telocentric chromosome and three z5AL isochromosomes were recovered. The dissection of the Elymus segments into different stocks allowed us to determine the chromosomal origin of the different chromosome fragments on the basis of the order of the RFLP markers employed and suggested that the zebra chromosome originated from nonhomologous recombination. We present a model of possible mechanism(s) of chromosome evolution and step changes in chromosome number applicable to a wide range of organisms.     

Integrated genetic map and genetic analysis of a region associated with root traits on the short arm of rye chromosome 1 in bread wheat

A rye–wheat centric chromosome translocation 1RS.1BL has been widely used in wheat breeding programs around the world. Increased yield of translocation lines was probably a consequence of increased root biomass. In an effort to map loci-controlling root characteristics, homoeologous recombinants of 1RS with 1BS were used to generate a consensus genetic map comprised of 20 phenotypic and molecular markers, with an average spacing of 2.5 cM. Physically, all recombination events were located in the distal 40% of the arms. A total of 68 recombinants was used and recombination breakpoints were aligned and ordered over map intervals with all the markers, integrated together in a genetic map. This approach enabled dissection of genetic components of quantitative traits, such as root traits, present on 1S. To validate our hypothesis, phenotyping of 45-day-old wheat roots was performed in five lines including three recombinants representative of the entire short arm along with bread wheat parents ‘Pavon 76’ and Pavon 1RS.1BL. Individual root characteristics were ranked and the genotypic rank sums were subjected to Quade analysis to compare the overall rooting ability of the genotypes. It appears that the terminal 15% of the rye 1RS arm carries gene(s) for greater rooting ability in wheat.     

GISH analysis of meiotic chromosome pairing in Solanum lycopersicoides introgression lines of cultivated tomato.

Meiotic chromosome pairing was studied in introgression lines of cultivated tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum (= Solanum lycopersicum), containing 1 or 2 chromosome segments from the wild species Solanum lycopersicoides. Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) was used to compare the relative lengths at diakinesis of the different introgressed segments and to measure the chiasmate arm frequency for the chromosome pair involved in the introgression(s). Longer segments generally produced stronger GISH signals than shorter segments. GISH signal intensity also depended on whether or not an introgressed segment encompassed the centromeric region. For example, a 29 cM segment that included the centromeric region produced a stronger GISH signal than a 42 cM segment that did not. In each line the chromosome arm containing the homeologous segment showed a reduction in chiasmate arm frequency that was most pronounced in lines with long segments. This reduction was accompanied by an increased chiasmate arm frequency on the other arm. Double introgression lines, heterozygous in repulsion phase for 2 introgressions on opposite chromosome arms, showed a lower frequency of chiasmata than single introgression lines. Pairing failure, indicated by the presence of univalents, was highest in the double introgression and whole chromosome substitution lines. These results are discussed with respect to observations of suppressed recombination in these stocks and potential practical implications for reducing linkage drag in breeding programs.     

Isolation of lambda and YAC clones from defined regions of the rye genome

A dispersed, rye-specific element has been used to isolate clones of rye origin from wheat plants containing only a single rye chromosome arm or segment. In this way a set of 23 YAC clones has been isolated from the short arm of rye chromosome 1 (1RS). This technique was extended to isolate clones from a small region of 1RS that contains a large number of agronomically important genes. The targeted cloning method allowed the isolation of 26 classes of lambda clones representing about 5% of the region. Ten of the lambda clones could be mapped to segments within this region. A third example of the application of this technique involved the isolation of clones from a very small but fully functional rye chromosome, the midget chromosome. These clones have allowed the confirmation of the origin of the midget from 1RL, and may provide a tool for the isolation of structural elements of cereal chromosomes. This technique allows the identification of clone libraries for any rye chromosome or chromosome arm, since substitution, addition and translocation lines are available for all rye chromosomes. Furthermore, the technique allows isolation of clones derived from segments of the rye genome recombined into wheat. The method is technically simple and both lambda and YAC libraries can be constructed. Synteny between the genomes of the cereals allows region-specific libraries from rye to be used to target regions of the wheat and barley genomes.     

Development of a wheat genotype combining the recessive crossability alleles kr1kr1kr2kr2 and the 1BL.1RS translocation, for the rapid enrichment of 1RS with new allelic variation

The main objective of the present work was to develop a wheat genotype containing both the recessive crossability alleles (kr1kr1kr2kr2), allowing high crossability between 6x wheat and diploid rye, and the 1BL.1RS wheat/rye translocation chromosome. This wheat genotype could be used as a recipient partner in wheat–rye crosses for the efficient introduction of new allelic variation into 1RS in translocation wheats. After crossing the wheat cultivars ‘Mv Magdaléna’ and ‘Mv Béres’, which carry the 1BL.1RS translocation involving the 1RS chromosome arm from ‘Petkus’, with the line ‘Mv9 kr1’, 117 F₂ plants were analysed for crossability, ten of which had higher than 50% seed set with rye and thus presumably carried the kr1kr1kr2kr2 alleles. Four of the ten plants contained the 1BL.1RS translocation in the disomic condition as detected by genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). The wheat × rye F₁ hybrids produced between these lines and the rye cultivar ‘Kriszta’ were analysed in meiosis using GISH. 1BL.1RS/1R chromosome pairing was detected in 62.4% of the pollen mother cells. The use of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with the repetitive DNA probes pSc119.2, Afa family and pTa71 allowed the 1R and 1BL.1RS chromosomes to be identified. The presence of the 1RS arm from ‘Kriszta’ besides that of ‘Petkus’ was demonstrated in the F₁ hybrids using the rye SSR markers RMS13 and SCM9. In four of the 22 BC₁ progenies analysed, only ‘Kriszta’-specific bands were observed with these markers, though the presence of the 1BL.1RS translocation was detected using GISH. It can be concluded that recombination occurred between the ‘Petkus’ and ‘Kriszta’ 1RS chromosome arms in the translocated chromosome in these plants.     

Distribution of Nonstructural Variation between Wheat Cultivars along Chromosome Arm 6Bp: Evidence from the Linkage Map and Physical Map of the Arm

Metaphase I (MI) pairing of homologous chromosomes in wheat intercultivar hybrids (heterohomologous chromosomes) is usually reduced relative to that within the inbred parental cultivars (euhomologous chromosomes). It was proposed elsewhere that this phenomenon is caused by polymorphism in nucleotide sequences (nonstructural chromosome variation) among wheat cultivars. The distribution of this polymorphism along chromosome arm 6Bp (=6BS) of cultivars Chinese Spring and Cheyenne was investigated. A population of potentially recombinant chromosomes derived from crossing over between telosome 6Bp of Chinese Spring and Cheyenne chromosome 6B was developed in the isogenic background of Chinese Spring. The approximate length of the Chinese Spring segment present in each of these chromosomes was assessed by determining for each chromosome the interval in which crossing over occurred (utilizing the rRNA gene region, a distal C-band and the gliadin gene region as markers). The MI pairing frequencies of these chromosomes (only the complete chromosomes were used) with the normal Chinese Spring telosome 6Bp were determined. These were directly proportional to the length of the euhomologous segment. The longer the incorporated euhomologous segment the better was the MI pairing. This provided evidence that the heterohomologous chromosomes are differentiated from each other in numerous sites distributed throughout the arm.—The comparison of the physical map of arm 6Bp with the linkage map showed a remarkable distortion of the linkage map; no crossing over was detected in the proximal 68% of the arm. A population of 49 recombinant chromosomes was assayed for recombination within the rRNA gene region, but none was detected. No new length variants of the nontranscribed spacer separating the 18S and 26S rRNA genes were detected either.     

Induced suppression of genetic recombination in females of the Mediterranean fruit fly,Ceratitis capitata (Wied.), by translocation heterozygosity

Chromosomal recombination suppressors (RS) were induced and studied as part of a programme to induce and isolate temperature-sensitive recessive lethal factors, for subsequent use in genetic sexing mechanisms in the medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Wied.).The presence of induced RS factors was identified through the complete linkage of two morphologicla markers, ap and dc, located 18.25 recombination units apart. Adult +dc males were irradiated one day after emergence with 50 Gy in a cobalt-60 source. The irradiated males were mated to marked ap + females and the F1 females were crossed to ap dc males. A total of 5 heterozygous RS factors was isolated from 570 irradiated and screened chromosomes. Suppression of female recombination in the heterozygous lines ranged from 77.6% in RS 19 to 99.1% in RS 30B. Chromosomal analysis showed all RS lines to contain a single reciprocal translocation involving in all cases chromosome 3 and one other autosome. It appears that recombination between the two morphological markers is suppressed either through lethality conferred upon the gametes, which results from recombinant events taking place in the interstitial segment between the centromere and the translocation breakpoints, or through interference by the translocation heterozygote with the initiation or maintenance of cross-over synapsis thus preventing the appearance of cross-over products.All 5 translocations involved chromosome 3 and one of the other autosomes, providing the first evidence for a correlation between the ap-dc linkage group and chromosome 3.This work forms part of a joint FAO/IAEA research programme for the development of genetic sexing mechanisms for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wied.).     

Partial trisomy of chromosome no. 1 in two adult brothers due to maternal translocation (1q-;6p+)

Summary Extra chromosome material on the short arm of chromosome no. 6 (46,XY,6p+) was found in two mentally retarded adult half-brothers with mildly dysmorphic features. The phenotypically normal mother had a balanced translocation between the long arm of chromosome no. 1 and the short arm of chromosome no. 6: 46,XX,t(1;6)(q32;p25). Thus the two affected brothers were trisomic for the long arm segment of chromosome no. 1, distal to q32. These patients, with mildly dysmorphic features and mental retardation, represent the first cases of partial trisomy 1q surviving to adulthood.The clinical and cytogenetic data obtained from eight individuals with partial trisomies for different long arm segments of chromosome no. 1 suggest that partial trisomy of the distal two-thirds of the long arm is characterized by severe malformations, growth retardation, and early death. Conversely, partial trisomy for the distal one-third of the long arm is associated with milder malformations and longer survival time as well as growth and mental retardation.     

Isolation of lambda and YAC clones from defined regions of the rye genome

A dispersed, rye-specific element has been used to isolate clones of rye origin from wheat plants containing only a single rye chromosome arm or segment. In this way a set of 23 YAC clones has been isolated from the short arm of rye chromosome 1 (1RS). This technique was extended to isolate clones from a small region of 1RS that contains a large number of agronomically important genes. The targeted cloning method allowed the isolation of 26 classes of lambda clones representing about 5% of the region. Ten of the lambda clones could be mapped to segments within this region. A third example of the application of this technique involved the isolation of clones from a very small but fully functional rye chromosome, the midget chromosome. These clones have allowed the confirmation of the origin of the midget from 1RL, and may provide a tool for the isolation of structural elements of cereal chromosomes. This technique allows the identification of clone libraries for any rye chromosome or chromosome arm, since substitution, addition and translocation lines are available for all rye chromosomes. Furthermore, the technique allows isolation of clones derived from segments of the rye genome recombined into wheat. The method is technically simple and both lambda and YAC libraries can be constructed. Synteny between the genomes of the cereals allows region-specific libraries from rye to be used to target regions of the wheat and barley genomes. Received: 25 June 1997 / Accepted: 11 November 1997     

小麦主栽品种中的1RS分布和兰考90(6)系列白粉病新抗源

利用黑麦染色体臂1RS的特异性PCR标记,对黄淮麦区138个小麦主栽品种、系进行了PCR扩增,结果表明：有42．0%的小麦品种、系携带1RS染色体臂。以六倍体小黑麦Mzalenod Beer为黑麦染色体供体,培育的兰考90(6)系列小麦品系是新的小麦-黑麦1BL／1RS易位系。这些品系对小麦白粉病具有很高的抗性,是小麦抗白粉病育种的新抗源。对兰考90(6)系列品系白粉病抗性进行了研究,结果表明,兰考90(6)系列品系的抗谱与许多已经知道的小麦抗白粉病基因的抗谱不同,并具有数量抗性特点。     

K型小麦细胞质雄性不育保持系T911289中外源遗传物质的初步鉴定

利用荧光基因组原位杂交(GISH)、生化标记和DNA分子标记技术对普通小麦(triticum aestivum L.)K型细胞质雄性不育保持系T911289的染色体组成进行了鉴定与分析。GISH鉴定和黑麦特异散布重复序列的检测结果表明,T911289的外源遗传物质来源于黑麦,黑麦1RS上的微卫星引物SCM9扩增结果和醇溶蛋白酸性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(A—PAGE)分析、低分子量谷蛋白的sDS_PAGE分析均表明,T911289所含的黑麦遗传物质来源于1RS;A-PAGE和SDS-PAGE分析及小麦1BS上的微卫星引物的扩增结果则表明,‘1911289缺少1BS染色体臂或1BS末端片段。GISH鉴定结果还表明,‘1911289中有罗泊逊易位和小片段易位两种类型的杂交信号,说明T911289是一个异质群体,但其罗泊逊易位又不同于生产上大面积应用的1BL／1RS易位,它可能是一种新的复杂易位形式。虽然T911289的小片段易位未能打破优异农艺性状与劣质蛋白基因的连锁,但这种小片段易位的获得将有利于小麦和黑麦的遗传研究,这种种质材料在育种上的应用价值也应优于罗泊逊易位。     

Engineering of interstitial foreign chromosome segments containing the K+/Na+ selectivity gene Kna1 by sequential homoeologous recombination in durum wheat

Targeted homoeologous recombination mediated by the absence of the Ph1 locus is currently the most efficient technique by which foreign genes can be introgressed into polyploid wheat species. Because intra-arm homoeologous double cross-overs are rare, introgressed foreign genes are usually on terminal foreign chromosome segments. Since the minimum length of such a segment is determined by the position of a gene in the chromosome, large chromosome segments with undesirable genetic effects are often introgressed. Introgression of foreign genes on short interstitial segments based on two cycles of homoeologous recombination is described here. The utility of the technique is demonstrated by the introgression of the Kna1 locus, which controls K⁺/Na⁺ selectivity in T. aesivum L., on short interstitial segments of chromosome 4D into chromosome 4B of Triticum turgidum L. The level of recombination in a homoeologous segment is not significantly affected by a juxtaposed proximal homologous segment in the absence of the Ph1 locus.     

Physical mapping of translocation breakpoints in a set of wheat-Aegilops umbellulata recombinant lines using in situ hybridization

Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk. carries genes at Glu-U1 loci that code for a pair of high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits not found in common wheat, Triticum aestivum. Wheat-Ae. umbellulata recombinant lines were produced with the aim of transferring genes coding for glutenin subunits from Ae. umbellulata into wheat with minimal flanking material. We used fluorescent genomic in situ hybridization to evaluate the extent of recombination and to map physically the translocation breakpoints on 11 wheat-Ae. umbellulata recombinant lines. In situ hybridization was able to identify alien material in wheat and showed breakpoints not only near the centromeres but also along chromosome arms. To characterize and identify chromosomes further, including deletions along the 1U chromosome, we used simultaneous multiple target in situ hybridization to localize a tandemly repeated DNA sequence (pSc119.2) and the 18S–25S and 5S rRNA genes. One line contained an Ae. umbellulata telocentric chromosome and another two had different terminal deletions, mostly with some wheat chromosome rearrangements. Although from six independent original crosses, the other eight lines included only two types of intercalary wheat-Ae. umbellulata recombination events. Five occurred at the 5S rRNA genes on the short arm of the Ae. umbellulata chromosome with a distal wheat-origin segment, and three breakpoints were proximal to the centromere in the long arm, so most of the long arm was of Ae. umbellulata origin. The results allow characterization of recombination events in the context of the karyotype. They also facilitate the design of crossing programmes to generate lines where smaller Ae. umbellulata chromosome segments are transferred to wheat with the potential to improve bread-making quality by incorporating novel glutenin subunits without undesirable linked genes.     

Trisomy 6q22 leads to 6qter due to maternal 6;21 translocation. Case report review of the literature

Partial trisomy for the long arm of chromosome 6, involving 6q22 leads to 6qter, was observed in a 2-month-old male infant. The mother was 6q;21p translocation carrier. A review of the previously published cases with trisomies of different 6q segments suggests that the critical segment responsible for the clinically recognizable phenotype of 6q trisomy seems to be limited to bands 6q26 and/or 6q27.