Segregation distortion at marker loci: variation during microspore embryogenesis in maize
2001
Dufour, P. | Johnsson, C. | Antoine-Michard, S. | Cheng, R. | Murigneux, A. | Beckert, M.
In the present study, we analyzed the segregation distortions of markers during in vitro androgenesis in maize. This was based on four segregating populations derived from the A188xDH7 one-way-cross. These populations consisted of very young androgenetic embryos, well-developed calluses, haploid regenerated plantlets and spontaneous diploid plantlets. These structures all represented different developmental stages, from that of microspores to the regenerated plantlets. This study complemented a previous one by Murigneuxet al. 1994, where distorted segregations of RFLP markers were detected in a single-seed-descent population and in a doubled-haploid population derived from the same cross. The weakly biased SSD maize genetic map was used as a reference to locate 145 AFLP loci whose allelic segregations were also analyzed in the androgenetic segregating populations. Segregation distortions were determined based on chi-square analysis (P<0.01 and P<0.001). Regions on chromosomes 2 and 8 showed distortions from the beginning of embryo formation, with large effects throughout the process. Regions on chromosomes 3, 4, 6 and 10 could control callus formation from microspores. Other deviations of marker genotypes on chromosomes 1, 4, 6 and 10 could be associated with the regeneration phase. Moreover, the statistical method of Cheng et al. for mapping a lethal factor locus inside segments of linked distorted markers was used to estimate the position of seven partial lethal androgenetic factors on chromosomes 1, 2, 8 and 10. These factors could represent selective genes actively involved in maize androgenesis.
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