利用荧光标记高通量鉴定减数分裂重组抑制突变体

正向遗传学突变体筛选被广泛用于揭示减数分裂中涉及的遗传基因, 如调控减数分裂II型交叉形成途径的重组抑制基因。该研究利用拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)花粉荧光标记系进行EMS突变体的正向遗传学筛选, 鉴定拟南芥野生型Col遗传背景下的重组抑制突变体, 共获得18个重组率显著提高3倍以上的重组抑制突变体, 其中包括显性和隐性遗传突变。研究表明, 基于荧光标记高通量鉴定重组抑制突变体是可行的, 可为植物减数分裂重组调控分子机制研究提供新方法和突变材料。

High-throughput Identification of Meiotic Anti-CO Mutants by Fluorescent Reporters

The forward genetic approach has become a widespread methodology to reveal genetic factors involved in meiosis, such as the crossover negative regulators, which limit the class II crossover formation. Here we developed a forward genetics mutant screen to identify anti-CO mutants under the Col wild-type background of Arabidopsis thaliana. We isolated 18 mutant lines showing more than three-fold increase in male meiotic recombination frequency as compared with the wild type, including dominant and recessive mutants. Thus, the EMS screen based on fluorescent reporters allows for high-throughput identification of meiotic anti-CO mutants and provides a novel approach and genetic materials to study the molecular mechanism of meiotic recombination regulation.