Linkage analysis of the nuclear homologues of mitochondrial plasmid-like DNAs in rice. |
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Authors: | A Kanazawa W Sakamoto N Kishimoto M Yano N Tsutsumi A Saito S Tano |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | A genetical study on the nucleotide sequences of the nuclear DNAs which share homology with rice mitochondrial plasmid-like DNAs, B1, B2, B3 and B4 was carried out. Restriction fragments of the nuclear DNAs hybridized with these plasmid-like DNAs showed polymorphisms in their length between Indica and Japonica rice cultivars. The hybridized signals found specifically in Indica or Japonica cultivars segregated in the F2 population derived from a cross between these two subspecies. The observed ratio of the nuclear homologues in the F2 population demonstrated that they were transmitted according to the Mendelian inheritance. The co-segregation of homologues was examined and the linkage was detected between the B1-nuclear homologue of Japonica and the B4-nuclear homologue of Indica, and also between the nuclear homologues of B2 and B3 of Indica. The linkage between the B1-nuclear homologue of Japonica and the B4-nuclear homologue of Indica was conserved in the different rice cultivars. |
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