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Maternal inheritance of mitochondrial genomes and complex inheritance of chloroplast genomes in Actinidia Lind.: evidences from interspecific crosses

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The inheritance pattern of chloroplast and mitochondria is a critical determinant in studying plant phylogenetics, biogeography and hybridization. To better understand chloroplast and mitochondrial inheritance patterns in Actinidia (traditionally called kiwifruit), we performed 11 artificial interspecific crosses and studied the ploidy levels, morphology, and sequence polymorphisms of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of parents and progenies. Sequence analysis showed that the mtDNA haplotypes of F1 hybrids entirely matched those of the female parents, indicating strictly maternal inheritance of Actinidia mtDNA. However, the cpDNA haplotypes of F1 hybrids, which were predominantly derived from the male parent (9 crosses), could also originate from the mother (1 cross) or both parents (1 cross), demonstrating paternal, maternal, and biparental inheritance of Actinidia cpDNA. The inheritance patterns of the cpDNA in Actinidia hybrids differed according to the species and genotypes chosen to be the parents, rather than the ploidy levels of the parent selected. The multiple inheritance modes of Actinidia cpDNA contradicted the strictly paternal inheritance patterns observed in previous studies, and provided new insights into the use of cpDNA markers in studies of phylogenetics, biogeography and introgression in Actinidia and other angiosperms.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Datson Paul (The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd) for his critical comments and suggestions, Quan Zhang (Peking University, China) and Xiaohong Yao for their helpful discussions, and Fei Han and Xiaoli Liu for help with crossing experiments and cultivation. This project was funded by the project (Y152091t02) of ‘Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences’ and NSF of China grant (Y211121N01).

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    Dawei Li, Xinwei Li, Li Li, Caihong Zhong & Hongwen Huang

  2. School of Chemistry and Life Science, Hubei University of Education, Wuhan Hi-Tech Zone, Wuhan, 430205, Hubei, P.R. China

    Xiaoqiong Qi

  3. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, Guangdong, P.R. China

    Hongwen Huang

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Table 3 The characteristics of 13 Actinidia genotypes used for the crosses in this study
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Table 4 The mitochondrial DNA haplotypes (mtDNA) based on the sequence polymorphisms using different primer pairs
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Table 5 The chloroplast DNA haplotypes (cpDNA) accorded to the sequence polymorphisms using different primer pairs
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Li, D., Qi, X., Li, X. et al. Maternal inheritance of mitochondrial genomes and complex inheritance of chloroplast genomes in Actinidia Lind.: evidences from interspecific crosses. Mol Genet Genomics 288, 101–110 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-012-0732-6

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