A repetitive and species-specific sequence as a tool for detecting the genome contribution in somatic hybrids of the genus Medicago |
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Authors: | Ornella Calderini Fulvio Pupilli Francesco Paolocci S. Arcioni |
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Affiliation: | (1) Istituto di Ricerche sul Miglioramento Genetico delle Piante Foraggere C.N.R. Via della Madonna Alta 130, I-06128 Perugia, Italy, IT |
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Abstract: | A highly repeated sequence (C300) was cloned from Medicago coerulea and its organization in the M. sativa-coerulea-falcata complex, M. arborea, and three somatic hybrids involving M. sativa, was investigated. Southern-blot analysis revealed a tandemly repeated array and a species-specificity of the sequence to those species belonging to the complex. Various degrees of amplification of C300 were detected among the species of the complex and the outcome in the somatic hybrids was dependent on parental composition. Sequence analysis revealed strong homology (96%) of C300 with a clone (E180) previously isolated from M. sativa. As FISH analysis showed that C300 was dispersed along the chromosomes of Medicago spp., it should prove a valid tool for establishing the chromosome origin of somatic hybrids. Received: 14 April 1997 / Accepted: 18 April 1997 |
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Keywords: | Alfalfa Repetitive DNA FISH Parentage identification |
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