Abstract:
Lolium perenne/Festuca pratensis hybrids and their derivatives provide an ideal system for intergeneric introgression. The work described in this paper enables the elucidation of gene organization along Lolium/Festuca chromosomes; the determination of the relationship between gene distribution and recombination, allowing comparisons to be made between genome organization in a small genome species (i.e. rice) and large genome monocots (such as grass, wheat and others); the determination of the genetic control of key traits; and provides a resource for gene isolation via a chromosome landing strategy, i.e. introgression landing.
Description:
King, I. P., King, J., Armstead, I. P., Harper, J. A., Roberts, L. A., Thomas, H., Ougham, H. J., Jones, R. N., Thomas, A., Moore, B. J., Huang, L., Donnison, I. S. (2005). Introgression mapping in the grasses. Molecular Breeding for the Genetic Improvement of Forage Crops and Turf. Proceedings 4th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf. XXth International Grassland Congress Satellite, July 2005, Aberystwyth, Wales, Humphreys, M. O. (ed.) Wageningen Academic Publishers, ISBN:9076998736, 31-41