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Molecular Cytogenetic Maps Using Cytogenetic Stocks
Through a study of linkage of molecular marker loci with morphological or biochemical (isozymes) markers having known chromosome location, it was possible to locate molecular marker loci not only on specific chromosomes, but also on specific regions of these chromosomes. For this purpose, nullisomic­tetrasomic lines (in wheat), monosomics (in cotton, maize), trisomics (in barley and rice) and various available translocations (in cotton) or deletion stocks (in wheat), were utilized. This resulted in the preparation of molecular chromosome maps for all major crops.

The above technique also allowed mapping of duplicate loci, when more than one fragments homologous to a probe were detected on Southern blots or more than one PCR products obtained using same SSR primer pair. While in maize, 28.6% sequences detected duplicate loci, in tomato these duplicate loci were less that 2% of the loci tested. This gave new evidence about the presence of frequent duplicate chromosome segments in maize rather than in tomato. More recently, duplicate loci have also been detected using whole genome sequencing, as done in Arabidopsis.

Molecular chromosome maps are also being prepared for wheat, rye, barley, rice, etc. and the availability of aneuploids has greatly facilitated this work. For instance in wheat the use of nullisomic-tetrasomic lines facilitated the location of marker loci on specific chromosomes and the use of telocentrics allowed their location on specific arms. This has thus allowed in wheat the identification of molecular markers for each of the chromosomes arms belonging to 21 different chromosomes. In this connection, under the name 'International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI)', international collaboration was initiated to prepare maps for the tribe Triticeae and each homoeologous group was assigned to one research group. Twelve such workshops to assess the progress made and to plan future work were organised during 1990-2002. Rapid progress in preparation of molecular maps of different species of the Triticeae was made through these efforts.

Alien addition lines in wheat have also been utilized for assigning genes to specific chromosomes of the alien species involved. For instance wheat-barley addition lines have been successfully utilized for assigning genes on specific barley chromosomes and wheat-rye addition lines were used for a similar purpose for assigning genes on specific rye chromosomes. Oat-maize addition lines were similarly used for assigning markers to individual maize chromosomes. Genome specific probes (isolated from DNA of Aegilops squarrosa)have also been isolated to identify the D genome chromosomes in wheat and several other polyploid species carrying the D genome e.g. Ae.cylindrica,CCDD; Ae. crassa,DDMM; Ae. ventricosa, DDUU.

 

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