PMID- 32219602 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210608 LR - 20210608 IS - 1573-6849 (Electronic) IS - 0967-3849 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Jun TI - A universal chromosome identification system for maize and wild Zea species. PG - 183-194 LID - 10.1007/s10577-020-09630-5 [doi] AB - Maize was one of the first eukaryotic species in which individual chromosomes can be identified cytologically, which made maize one of the oldest models for genetics and cytogenetics research. Nevertheless, consistent identification of all 10 chromosomes from different maize lines as well as from wild Zea species remains a challenge. We developed a new technique for maize chromosome identification based on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). We developed two oligonucleotide-based probes that hybridize to 24 chromosomal regions. Individual maize chromosomes show distinct FISH signal patterns, which allow universal identification of all chromosomes from different Zea species. We developed karyotypes from three Zea mays subspecies and two additional wild Zea species based on individually identified chromosomes. A paracentric inversion was discovered on the long arm of chromosome 4 in Z. nicaraguensis and Z. luxurians based on modifications of the FISH signal patterns. Chromosomes from these two species also showed distinct distribution patterns of terminal knobs compared with other Zea species. These results support that Z. nicaraguensis and Z. luxurians are closely related species. FAU - Braz, Guilherme T AU - Braz GT AD - Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. FAU - do Vale Martins, Livia AU - do Vale Martins L AD - Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. FAU - Zhang, Tao AU - Zhang T AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China. FAU - Albert, Patrice S AU - Albert PS AD - Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA. FAU - Birchler, James A AU - Birchler JA AD - Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA. FAU - Jiang, Jiming AU - Jiang J AD - Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. jiangjm@msu.edu. AD - Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. jiangjm@msu.edu. AD - AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. jiangjm@msu.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20200326 PL - Netherlands TA - Chromosome Res JT - Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology JID - 9313452 RN - 0 (Oligonucleotide Probes) SB - IM MH - Chromosome Inversion MH - *Chromosomes, Plant MH - *Cytogenetics/methods MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - *Karyotyping/methods MH - Oligonucleotide Probes MH - Zea mays/*classification/*genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chromosome identification OT - FISH OT - Karyotype OT - Maize OT - Oligo-FISH EDAT- 2020/03/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/09 06:00 CRDT- 2020/03/29 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/03/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/29 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10577-020-09630-5 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10577-020-09630-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chromosome Res. 2020 Jun;28(2):183-194. doi: 10.1007/s10577-020-09630-5. Epub 2020 Mar 26.