Intra-individual heterogeneity of rDNA allows the distinction between two closely related species in the Genus Helianthus

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 794-800

  Cuellar T ^a   Bella, J L ^a   Beihassen, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Helianthus annuus; Helianthus argophyllus; Methylation; Polymorphism; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0030466968     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00224078     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Allard RW, Saghai-Maroof MA, Zhang Q, Jorgensen RA (1990) Genetic and molecular organization of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) variants in wild and cultivated barley. Genetics 126:743-751
2. Belhassen E, Auge G, Ji J, Billot C, Fernandez-Martinez J, Ruso J, Vares D (1994) Dynamic management of genetic resources: first generation analysis of sunflower artificial populations. Genet Sel Evol 26:241S-253s
3. Belhassen E, This D, Monneveux P (1995) L'adaptation génétique face aux contraintes de sécheresse. Cahiers Agric 4:251-261
4. Choumane W (1988) Analyse de la variabilité génétique dans le genre Helianthus a travers la structure des genes ribosomiques. PhD thesis. University Claude Bernard, Lyon
5. Choumane W, Heizmann P (1988) Structure and variability of nuclear ribosomal genes in the genus Helianthus. Theor Appl Genet 76:481-489
6. Cuéllar T, Belhassen E, Fernandez-Calvin B, Orellana J, Bella JL (1996) Chromosomal differentiation in Helianthus annuus var. macrocarpus: heterochromatin characterization and rDNA location. Heredity 76:586-591
7. Dellaporta SL, Wood J, Hicks JB (1983) A plant DNA minipreparation: version II. Plant Mol Biol Rep 1:19-21
8. Delseny M, Cooke R, Penon P (1983) Sequence heterogeneity in radish nuclear ribosomal RNA genes. Plant Sci Lett 30:107-119
9. Delseny M, McGrath JM, This P, Chevre AM, Quiros CF (1990) Ribosomal RNA genes in diploid and amphidiploid Brassica and related species: organization, polymorphism, and evolution. Genome 33:733-744
10. Doyle JJ, Beachy RN (1985) Ribosomal gene variation in soybean (glycine) and its relatives. Theor Appl Genet 70:369-376
11. Faivre-Rampant P, Jeandroz S, Lefevre F, Lemoine M, Villar M, Berville A (1992) Ribosomal DNA studies in poplars: Populus deltoides, P. nigra, P. trichocarpa, P. maximowiczii and P. alba. Genome 35:733-740
12. Flavell RB, O'Dell M, Sharp P, Nevo E, Beiles A (1986) Variation in the intergenic spacer of ribosomal DNA of wild wheat, Triticum dicocoides, in Israel. Mol Biol Evol 3:546-558
13. Guadet J, Julien J, Lafay JF, Boygoo Y (1989) Phylogeny of some Fusarium species, as determined by large-subunit rRNA comparison. Mol Biol Evol 6:227-242
14. Jorgensen RA, Cuellar RE, Thompson WF, Kavanagh TA (1987) Structure and variation in ribosomal RNA genes of pea. Plant Mol Biol 8:3-12
15. Kolosha V, Fodor I (1990) Nucleotide sequence of Citrus limon 26s rRNA gene and the secondary structure model of its RNA. Plant Mol Biol 14:147-161
16. Lapitan NLV (1992) Organisation and evolution of higher-plant nuclear genomes. Genome 35:171-181
17. Martienssen RA, Richards EJ (1995) DNA methylation in eukaryotes. Current Opin Genet Dev 5:234-242
18. Michot B, Qu LH, Bachellerie JP (1990) Evolution of large-sub-unit rRNA structure. The diversification of the divergent D3 domain among major phylogenetic groups. Eur J Biochem 188: 219-229
19. Rieseberg LH, Beckstrom-Stenberg S, Doan K (1990) Helianthus annuus ssp. texanus has chloroplast DNA and nuclear ribosomal RNA genes of Helianthus debilis ssp. cucumerifolius. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 87:593-597
20. Rochefort TR (1994) Change in ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer-length composition in maize recurrent-selection populations. 1. Analysis of BS13, BSSS, and BSCB1. Theor Appl Genet 88:541-547
21. Rogers SO, Bendich AJ (1987) Ribosomal RNA genes in plants: variability in copy number and in the intergenic spacer. Plant Mol Biol 9:509-520
22. Santoni S, Berville A (1992) Characterization of the nuclear ribosomal DNA units and phytogeny of Beta L. wild forms and cultivated beets. Theor Appl Genet 83:533-542
23. Schilling EE, Heiser CB (1981) Infragenic classification of Helianthus (Compositae). Taxon 30:393-403
24. Springer PS, Zimmer EA, Bennetzen JL (1989) Genomic organization of the ribosomal DNA of sorghum and its close relatives. Theor Appl Genet 77:844-850
25. Takiawa F, Oono K, Iida Y, Sugiura M (1985) The complete nucleotide sequence of a rice 255 rRNA gene. Gene 37:255-259