| Literature DB >> 15753579 |
M Martinez1, C Cuadrado, D A Laurie, C Romero.
Abstract
Haploids of three cultivars of Triticum aestivum (Thatcher, Chris, and Chinese Spring) were obtained from crosses with Zea mays. The level of chromosome pairing at metaphase I and the synaptic behaviour at prophase I was studied. There were differences in the meiotic behaviour of the haploids from different cultivars. Thatcher and Chris haploids had significantly higher levels of pairing at metaphase I than Chinese Spring haploids. This metaphase I pairing was correlated with higher levels of synapsis achieved in the Thatcher and Chris prophase I nuclei than in the Chinese Spring nuclei. Variation in the effectiveness of the diploidizing mechanism among cultivars of wheat is proposed to have a genetic origin and the role of the Ph1 locus in the different haploids is discussed. Copyright 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15753579 DOI: 10.1159/000082402
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cytogenet Genome Res ISSN: 1424-8581 Impact factor: 1.636