Chromosoma

, Volume 102, Issue 6, pp 374–381 | Cite as

A chromosome region-specific mapping strategy reveals gene-rich telomeric ends in wheat

  • K. S. Gill
  • B. S. Gill
  • T. R. Endo
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Abstract

A strategy is described for rapid chromosome region-specific mapping in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell., 2n=6x=42, AABBDD). The method involves allocation of markers to specific chromosome regions by deletion mapping and ordering of probes by high resolution genetic mapping in Triticum tauschii, the D-genome progenitor species. The strategy is demonstrated using 26 chromosome deletion lines for wheat homoeologous group-6. Twenty-five DNA probes from the T. tauschii genetic linkage map and six wheat homoeologous group-6 specific probes were mapped on the deletion lines. Twenty-four of the 25 probes from 6D of T. tauschii also mapped on wheat homoeologous group-6 chromosomes, and their linear order in wheat is the same as in T. tauschii. A consensus physical map of wheat group-6 was constructed because the linear order and the relative position of the probe loci was the same among the three group-6 chromosomes. Comparison of the consensus physical map with the genetic map demonstrated that most of the recombination occurs in the distal ends of the wheat chromosomes. Most of the loci mapped in the distal regions of the chromosomes. The probes were mostly either PstI genomic clones or cDNA clones indicating that the undermethylated single-copy sequences are concentrated in the distal ends of the wheat chromosomes. Fifteen loci are uniformly distributed in the distal 11% of the group-6 chromosomes. Physically, the region spans only 0.58 μm, which in wheat translates to about 40 Mb of DNA. The average distance between the markers is, therefore, less than 2.7 Mb and is in the range of PFGE (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) resolution. Any gene present in the region can be genetically ordered with respect to the markers since the average recombination frequency in the region is very high (>90 cM genetic distance).

Keywords

Linear Order Hexaploid Wheat Wheat Chromosome Deletion Line Specific Chromosome Region 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • K. S. Gill
    • 1
  • B. S. Gill
    • 1
  • T. R. Endo
    • 2
  1. 1.Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant PathologyKansas State UniversityManhattanUSA
  2. 2.Nara UniversityNaraJapan

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