PMID- 15911540 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050929 LR - 20181113 IS - 0305-7364 (Print) IS - 1095-8290 (Electronic) IS - 0305-7364 (Linking) VI - 96 IP - 2 DP - 2005 Aug TI - Localization of the 5S and 45S rDNA sites and cpDNA sequence analysis in species of the Quadrifaria group of Paspalum (Poaceae, Paniceae). PG - 191-200 AB - BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The Quadrifaria group of Paspalum (Poaceae, Paniceae) comprises species native to the subtropical and temperate regions of South America. The purpose of this research was to characterize the I genomes in five species of this group and to establish phylogenetic relationships among them. METHODS: Prometaphase chromatin condensation patterns, the physical location of 5S and 45S rDNA sites by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and sequences of five chloroplast non-coding regions were analysed. KEY RESULTS: The condensation patterns observed were highly conserved among diploid and tetraploid accessions studied and not influenced by the dyes used or by the FISH procedure, allowing the identification of almost all the chromosome pairs that carried the rDNA signals. The FISH analysis of 5S rDNA sites showed the same localization and a correspondence between the number of sites and ploidy level. In contrast, the distribution of 45S rDNA sites was variable. Two general patterns were observed with respect to the location of the 45S rDNA. The species and cytotypes Paspalum haumanii 2x, P. intermedium 2x, P. quadrifarium 4x and P. exaltatum 4x showed proximal sites on chromosome 8 and two to four distal sites in other chromosomes, while P. quarinii 4x and P. quadrifarium 2x showed only distal sites located on a variable number of small chromosomes and on the long arm of chromosome 1. The single most-parsimonious tree found from the phylogenetic analysis showed the Quadrifaria species partitioned in two clades, one of them includes P. haumanii 2x and P. intermedium 2x together with P. quadrifarium 4x and P. exaltatum 4x, while the other contains P. quadrifarium 2x and P. quarinii 4x. CONCLUSIONS: The subdivision found with FISH is consistent with the clades recovered with cpDNA data and both analyses suggest that the Quadrifaria group, as presently defined, is not monophyletic and its species belong in at least two clades. FAU - Vaio, Magdalena AU - Vaio M AD - Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Plant Biology, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la Republica, Av. E. Garzon 780 CP12900, Montevideo, Uruguay. FAU - Speranza, Pablo AU - Speranza P FAU - Valls, Jose Francisco AU - Valls JF FAU - Guerra, Marcelo AU - Guerra M FAU - Mazzella, Cristina AU - Mazzella C LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AY941120 SI - GENBANK/AY941121 SI - GENBANK/AY941122 SI - GENBANK/AY941123 SI - GENBANK/AY941124 SI - GENBANK/AY941125 SI - GENBANK/AY941126 SI - GENBANK/AY941127 SI - GENBANK/AY941128 SI - GENBANK/AY941129 SI - GENBANK/AY941130 SI - GENBANK/AY941131 SI - GENBANK/AY941132 SI - GENBANK/AY941133 SI - GENBANK/AY941134 SI - GENBANK/AY941135 SI - GENBANK/AY941136 SI - GENBANK/AY941137 SI - GENBANK/AY941138 SI - GENBANK/AY941139 SI - GENBANK/AY941140 SI - GENBANK/AY941141 SI - GENBANK/AY941142 SI - GENBANK/AY941143 SI - GENBANK/AY941144 SI - GENBANK/AY941145 SI - GENBANK/AY941146 SI - GENBANK/AY941147 SI - GENBANK/AY941148 SI - GENBANK/AY941149 SI - GENBANK/AY941150 SI - GENBANK/AY941151 SI - GENBANK/AY941152 SI - GENBANK/AY941153 SI - GENBANK/AY941154 SI - GENBANK/AY941155 SI - GENBANK/AY941156 SI - GENBANK/AY941157 SI - GENBANK/AY941158 SI - GENBANK/AY941159 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20050523 PL - England TA - Ann Bot JT - Annals of botany JID - 0372347 RN - 0 (DNA, Chloroplast) RN - 0 (DNA, Ribosomal) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 5S) RN - 0 (RNA, ribosomal, 45S) SB - IM MH - Chromosomes, Plant/genetics MH - DNA, Chloroplast/chemistry/*genetics MH - DNA, Ribosomal/genetics MH - Genetic Variation MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Karyotyping MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Paspalum/*genetics MH - Phylogeny MH - Polyploidy MH - Prometaphase/genetics MH - RNA, Ribosomal/*genetics MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/*genetics MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Species Specificity PMC - PMC4246868 EDAT- 2005/05/25 09:00 MHDA- 2005/09/30 09:00 PMCR- 2006/08/01 CRDT- 2005/05/25 09:00 PHST- 2005/05/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/09/30 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/05/25 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2006/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - mci168 [pii] AID - 10.1093/aob/mci168 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Bot. 2005 Aug;96(2):191-200. doi: 10.1093/aob/mci168. Epub 2005 May 23.