Cytogenetic evidence supports Avena insularis being closely related to hexaploid oats.

ABSTRACT: Cytogenetic observations, phylogenetic studies and genome analysis using high-density genetic markers have suggested a tetraploid Avena species carrying the C and D genomes (formerly C and A) to be the donor of all hexaploid oats (AACCDD). However, controversy surrounds which of the three extant CCDD tetraploid species-A. insularis, A. magna and A. murphyi-is most closely related to hexaploid oats. The present work describes a comparative karyotype analysis of these three CCDD tetraploid species and two hexaploid species, A. sativa and A. byzantina. This involved the use of FISH with six simple sequence repeats (SSRs) with the motifs CT, AAC, AAG, ACG, ATC and ACT, two repeated ribosomal sequences, and C genome-specific repetitive DNA. The hybridization pattern of A. insularis with oligonu

SUBMITTER: Fominaya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519437 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature