Meiotic mutants of rye Secale cereale L. |
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Authors: | S P Sosnikhina Yu S Fedotova V G Smirnov E I Mikhailova O L Kolomiets Yu F Bogdanov |
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Institution: | (1) Biological Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199164, Russia;(2) The Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Gubkin St., B-333, 117809 Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | Summary A mutant form of weedy rye characterized by male and female sterility and having a hereditary block in the chromosome synapsis has been found and described. Genetic analysis has shown the synapsis block to be determined by the recessive allele of a gene designated as sy-1. Electron microscopy of surface-spread microsporocyte nuclei revealed the complete absence of the synaptonemal complex over the whole meiotic prophase I, although the axial cores were perfectly formed by each chromosome. Only univalents were observed at metaphase I, their average number ranging from 13.1 to 14.0 per cell. A precocious distribution of univalents at the poles is observed at metaphase I. All of the later stages of meiosis were irregular and resulted in the formation of abnormal microspores. Thus, the mutant proves to be asynaptic because of the blocked initiation of synapses at prophase I. |
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Keywords: | Meiotic mutant Secale cereale Light and electron microscopy Synaptonemal complex Genetic analysis |
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