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Evolution of the apomixis transmitting chromosome in Pennisetum by Yukio Akiyama; Shailendra Goel; Joann A Conner; Wayne W Hanna; Hitomi Yamada-Akiyama; Peggy Ozias-Akins is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background Apomixis is an intriguing trait in plants that results in maternal clones through seed reproduction. Apomixis is an elusive, but potentially revolutionary, trait for plant breeding and hybrid seed production. Recent studies arguing that apomicts are not evolutionary dead ends have generated further interest in the evolution of asexual flowering plants. ## Results In the present study, we investigate karyotypic variation in a single chromosome responsible for transmitting apomixis, the Apospory-Specific Genomic Region carrier chromosome, in relation to species phylogeny in the genera __Pennisetum__ and __Cenchrus__. A 1 kb region from the 3' end of the __ndh__F gene and a 900 bp region from __trn__L-F were sequenced from 12 apomictic and eight sexual species in the genus __Pennisetum__ and allied genus __Cenchrus__. An 800 bp region from the Apospory-Specific Genomic Region also was sequenced from the 12 apomicts. Molecular cytological analysis was conducted in sixteen __Pennisetum__ and two __Cenchrus__ species. Our results indicate that the Apospory-Specific Genomic Region is shared by all apomictic species while it is absent from all sexual species or cytotypes. Con
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- Author
- Yukio Akiyama; Shailendra Goel; Joann A Conner; Wayne W Hanna; Hitomi Yamada-Akiyama; Peggy Ozias-Akins
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1471-2148)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)