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Genetic polymorphism of flax Linum usitatissimum based on the use of molecular cytogenetic markers

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Using a set of approaches based on the use of molecular cytogenetic markers (DAPI/C-banding, estimation of the total area of DAPI-positive regions in prophase nuclei, FISH with 26S and 5S rDNA probes) and the microsatellite (SSR-PCR) assay, we studied genomic polymorphism in 15 flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) varieties from different geographic regions belonging to three directions of selection (oil, fiber, and intermediate flax) and in the k-37 × Viking hybrid. All individual chromosomes have been identified in the karyotypes of these varieties on the basis of the patterns of differential DAPI/C-banding and the distribution of 26S and 5S rDNA, and idiograms of the chromosomes have been generated. Unlike the oil flax varieties, the chromosomes in the karyotypes of the fiber flax varieties have, as a rule, pericentromeric and telomeric DAPI-positive bands of smaller size, but contain larger intercalary regions. Two chromosome rearrangements (chromosome 3 inversions) were detected in the variety Luna and in the k-37 × Viking hybrid. In both these forms, no colocalization of 26S rDNA and 5S rDNA on the satellite chromosome was detected. The SSR assay with the use of 20 polymorphic pairs of primers revealed 22 polymorphic loci. Based on the SSR data, we analyzed genetic similarity of the flax forms studied and constructed a genetic similarity dendrogram. The genotypes studied here form three clusters. The oil varieties comprise an independent cluster. The genetically related fiber flax varieties Vita and Luna, as well as the landrace Lipinska XIII belonging to the intermediate type, proved to be closer to the oil varieties than the remaining fiber flax varieties. The results of the molecular chromosome analysis in the fiber and oil flax confirm their very close genetic similarity. In spite of this, the combined use of the chromosome and molecular markers has opened up unique possibilities for describing the genotypes of flax varieties and creating their genetic passports.

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  1. Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    O. A. Rachinskaya, O. V. Muravenko, O. Yu. Yurkevich, N. L. Bol’sheva, T. E. Samatadze, K. V. Popov, N. G. Shostak & A. V. Zelenin

  2. Institute of Genetics and Cytology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    V. A. Lemesh, E. V. Guzenko, M. V. Bogdanova, S. V. Malyshev & L. V. Hotyleva

  3. Institute of Natural Fibers and Medicinal Plants, Poznan, PL60630, Poland

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Rachinskaya, V.A. Lemesh, O.V. Muravenko, O.Yu. Yurkevich, E.V. Guzenko, N.L. Bol’sheva, M.V. Bogdanova, T.E. Samatadze, K.V. Popov, S.V. Malyshev, N.G. Shostak, K.Heller, L.V. Hotyleva, A.V. Zelenin, 2011, published in Genetika, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 65–75.

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Rachinskaya, O.A., Lemesh, V.A., Muravenko, O.V. et al. Genetic polymorphism of flax Linum usitatissimum based on the use of molecular cytogenetic markers. Russ J Genet 47, 56–65 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795411010108

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