title: Molecular cytogenetic analysis of intergeneric chromosomal translocations between wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and Dasypyrum villosum arising from tissue culture.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was applied with total genomic DNA extracted from Dasypyrum villosum (L.) Candargy as a probe to characterize chromosome translocations arising from tissue culture in hybrids of Triticum aestivum x (T. durum - D. villosum, amphiploid). Chromosome translocations between wheat and D. villosum occurred in callus cells at an average frequency of 1.9%. Translocations existed not only in callus cells but also in regenerants. Three plants with translocation chromosomes were characterized among 66 regenerants of T. aestivum 'Chinese Spring' x 'TH1W' and 'NPFP' x 'TH1'. One of them proved to be a reciprocal translocation with an exchange of about one third of a wheat chromosome arm with about one half of a chromosome arm of D. villosum. The breakpoints of the other two translocations were located at, or near centromeres. The results are similar for both callus cells and regenerants and provide further evidence that translocations take place in tissue culture. Other structural chromosomal changes, for example, fragments, telocentrics, dicentromeres, and deletions, as well as numerical alterations including aneuploidy and polyploidy were recorded both in callus cells and regenerants.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002678:Chimera; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D017403:In Situ Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014908:Triticum / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D021901:DNA, Intergenic