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The occurrence of hybrid semi-lethals and the cytology of Triticum macha and Triticum vavilovi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Leo Sachs
Leo Sachs
Affiliation:
Plant Breeding Institute, School of Agriculture, Cambridge
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1. A semi-lethal gene combination has been found in hexaploid species hybrids involving some strains of Triticum macha, but not in comparable hybrids involving other strains of T. macha. The production of these semi-lethal hybrids can be explained by the interaction of two genes designated as ma and mb.

2. The gene ma is carried in some strains of T. macha. The gene mb is carried in the third chromosome set of all other hexaploid species of Triticum, in Aegilops squarrosa and in Aeg. cylindrica.

3. The semi-lethal gene combination has been found between species which would otherwise produce fertile hybrids and between species which would otherwise produce sterile hybrids. The semilethal gene combination occurs between species which do not overlap geographically.

4. The distribution of the genes ma and mb shows that the gene ma originated in T. macha and that the gene mb originated in Aeg. squarrosa and was introduced from there, during the course of evolution, into the hexaploid species of Triticum (probably excluding T. macha) and into Aeg. cylindrica.

5. Meiosis in semi-lethal plants was comparable to meiosis in normal plants. But the semi-lethal plants showed a reduction in fertility, probably as a result of their poor vegetative growth.

6. The chromosomes of T. macha and T. vavilovi have been no more structurally differentiated than the chromosomes of the other hexaploid species of Triticum.

7. The present study has confirmed that the third chromosome set of the genus Triticum has been phylogenetically derived from Aeg. squarrosa.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , April 1953 , pp. 204 - 213
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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