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Using primarily cDNA restriction fragment length polymorphism markers (RFLPs) previously located to Brassica oleracea (cabbage, 2n=18) chromosomes, we initiated a comparative RFLP map in an F2 population of B. campestris (turnip x mock pak-choi, 2n=20). As with B. oleracea, the genome of B. campestris showed extensive gene duplication, and the majority of detected duplicated loci were unlinked. Only 6 of the 49 identified loci were represented as a single copy, and 3 of these 6 were clustered on a single linkage group showing a distorted segregation ratio. Comparison with B. Oleracea indicates this synteny is conserved between species. Two other linkage groups also appeared syntenic between B. oleracea and B. campestris. One single copy locus appears to have changed synteny between B. oleracea and B. campestris. These observations suggest that B. oleracea and B. campestris share a common ancestor, but that chromosome repatterning has occurred during or after speciation. Within B. campestris, 5 loci appeared duplicated in one parent or the other, and 2 of these were linked. Differentiation through subspecies-specific duplication or deletion events is suggested as one mechansim for the evolution of numerous morphotypes within each of these species.
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McGrath, J.M., Quiros, C.E. Inheritance of isozyme and RFLP markers in Brassica campestris and comparison with B. oleracea . Theoret. Appl. Genetics 82, 668–673 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00227309
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