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GrainGenes Reference Report: GEN-140-1069

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Reference	GEN-140-1069
Title	Chromatid and chromosome type breakage-fusion-bridge cycles in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Journal	Genetics
Year	1995
Volume	140
Pages	1069-1085
Author	Lukaszewski A
Abstract	During the development of disomic additions of rye (Secale cereale L. chromosomes to wheat (Triticum aestivum L. , two reverse tandem duplications on wheat chromosomes 3D and 4A were isolated By virtue of their meiotic pairing, the reverse tandem duplications initiated the chromatic type of the breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle This BFB cycle continued through pollen mitoses and in the early endosperm divisions, but no clear evidence of its presence in embryo mitoses was found. The chromosome type of BFB cycle was initiated by fusion of two broken chromosome ends resulting in a dicentric or a ring chromosome. Chromosome type BFB cycles were detected in embryo mitoses and in root tips, but they did not persist until the next meiosis and were not transmitted to the progeny. Active BFB cycles induced breakage of other wheat chromosomes that resulted in additional reverse tandem duplications and dicentric and ring chromosomes. Four loci, on chromosome arms 2BS, 3DS, 4AL, and most likely on 7DL were particularly susceptible to breakage. The BFB cycles produced high frequency of variegation for pigmentation of the aleurone layer of kernels and somatic chimeras for a morphological marker. With the exception of low mutation rate, the observed phenomena are consistent with the activity of a Ds-like element. However, it is not clear whether such an element, if indeed present, was of wheat or rye origin.
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