ISSN:
1432-2242
Keywords:
Gliadin
;
Triticum
;
Polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis
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Light and electron microscopy
;
Chromosome deficiency
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary About 360 offspring of a tri-parental cross were screened by gel electrophoresis and unexpectedly one of them did not contain chromosome 1B ω-gliadins derived from either of the primary parents. A line disomic for the ω-gliadin null was developed from the surviving embryo half of the unique grain. Two dimensional electrophoresis revealed that all the storage protein genes at Gli-B1, coding for γ-gliadins, β-gliadins and low-molecular-weight subunits of glutenin as well as the ω-gliadin, were not expressed. The nuclei of dividing root-tip cells were shown by light microscopy to lack the normal short-arm satellites of chromosome 1B, indicating that the genes for the missing storage proteins had been lost through a terminal deletion. Using a radioactive ribosomal RNA probe, the deficient 1B chromosomes were shown to contain ribosomal RNA genes demonstrating that at least two-thirds of the short arm was still present. Examination of serial sections of chromosome 1B at metaphase by low-power electron microscopy showed that the point of scission of this chromosome was within the secondary constriction where the ribosomal RNA genes are located. The Gli-B1 locus must therefore be carried on the short-arm satellite. Transmission of the deficient chromosome from female gametes to progeny was normal (i.e., about 50%) but from pollen it was poor (8.8%). Recombination mapping indicated that the distance from the ribosomal RNA genes (Nor1) to Glu-B1 was 22 cM, equivalent to 13 cM from Nor1 to the centromere.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00267886
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