title: Regeneration of asymmetric somatic hybrid plants from the fusion of two types of wheat with Russian wildrye.
abstract: Two types of protoplasts of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Jinan 177) were used in fusion experiments--cha9, with a high division frequency, and 176, with a high regeneration frequency. The fusion combination of either cha9 or 176 protoplasts with Russian wildrye protoplasts failed to produce regenerated calli. When a mixture of cha9 and 176 protoplasts were fused with those of Russian wildrye, 14 fusion-derived calli were produced, of which seven differentiated into green plants and two differentiated into albinos. The morphology of all hybrid plants strongly resembled that of the parental wheat type. The hybrid nature of the cell lines was confirmed by cytological, isozyme, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) analyses. GISH analysis revealed that only chromosome fragments of Russian wildrye were transferred to the wheat chromosomes of hybrid calli and plants. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) analysis of the chloroplast genome of the hybrids with seven pairs of wheat-specific chloroplast microsatellite primers indicated that all of the cell lines had band patterns identical to wheat. Our results show that highly asymmetric somatic hybrid calli and plants can be produced via symmetric fusion in a triparental fusion system. The dominant effect of two wheat cell lines on the exclusion of Russian wildrye chromosomes is discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan , 250100, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Cuiling
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guangmin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Fengning
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Chuanen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Aixia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D002678:Chimera / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D018745:Genome, Plant; D005838:Genotype; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D012038:Regeneration / Q000235:genetics*; D012434:Secale / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant