PMID- 16767176 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061011 LR - 20161124 IS - 0831-2796 (Print) IS - 0831-2796 (Linking) VI - 49 IP - 5 DP - 2006 May TI - Variations in abundance of 2 repetitive sequences in Leymus and Psathyrostachys species. PG - 511-9 AB - The Ns genome of the genus Psathyrostachys is a component of the polyploid genome in the genus Leymus. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), the occurrence and abundance of 2 tandem repetitive sequences from Leymus racemosus (Lam.) Tzvelev, pLrTaiI-1 (TaiI family) and pLrPstI-1 (1 class of 350-bp family), were assayed in 4 species of the genera Psathyrostachys and Leymus. The pLrPstI-1 sequence was absent in all 4 Psathyrostachys species. While P. fragilis and P. huashanica did not have the pLrTaiI-1 sequence, 15 accessions of P. juncea and 2 accessions of P. lanuginosa had pLrTaiI-1 sites ranging in number from 7 to 16 and from 2 to 21, respectively. The numbers of pLrTaiI-1 and pLrPstI-1 sites were 1-24 and 0-30, respectively, in L. ramosus; 2-31 and 5-36 in L. racemosus; 0-4 and 0 in L. mollis; 2-9 and 24-27 in L. secalinus. The FISH assay on pLrTaiI-1 was successfully converted to a sequence-tagged-site polymerase chain reaction (STS-PCR) test using a primer pair designed from the sequence of this repetitive DNA. Seventy-three accessions representing 27 Leymus species were assayed for the abundance of pLrTaiI-1 by STS-PCR. With a few exceptions of uniformity in some accessions, nearly all Leymus species observed were heterogeneous for the abundance of pLrTaiI-1 sequence and no Leymus species was totally devoid of this repetitive sequence. These findings may have significance for the understanding of phylogeny, nature of polyploidy, adaptive ranges, and breeding potential of Leymus species. FAU - Wang, R R-C AU - Wang RR AD - Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Japan. rrcwang@cc.usu.edu FAU - Zhang, J-Y AU - Zhang JY FAU - Lee, B S AU - Lee BS FAU - Jensen, K B AU - Jensen KB FAU - Kishii, M AU - Kishii M FAU - Tsujimoto, H AU - Tsujimoto H LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Canada TA - Genome JT - Genome JID - 8704544 SB - IM MH - Blotting, Southern MH - Chromosomes, Plant/diagnostic imaging MH - Cytogenetic Analysis MH - Elymus/*genetics MH - *Gene Dosage MH - *Genetic Variation MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length MH - Radiography MH - *Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid EDAT- 2006/06/13 09:00 MHDA- 2006/10/13 09:00 CRDT- 2006/06/13 09:00 PHST- 2006/06/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/10/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/06/13 09:00 [entrez] AID - g05-126 [pii] AID - 10.1139/g05-126 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genome. 2006 May;49(5):511-9. doi: 10.1139/g05-126.