Journal article

Publication year: 1997

Pages: 582-587

Journal: Genome

Volume number: 40

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0831-2796

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1139/g97-076

Publisher: Canadian Science Publishing

Abstract: 
Using fluorescence in situ hybridization, we located ribosomal DNA loci on prometaphase chromosomes of the diploid species Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea and their amphidiploid Brassica napus. Based on comparisons of chromosome morphology and hybridization patterns, we characterized the individual B. napus rDNA loci according to their presumed origins in the Brassica A and C genomes. As reported in other studies, the sum of rDNA loci observed on B. rapa (AA genome) and B. oleracea (CC genome) chromosomes was one greater than the total number of loci seen in their amphidiploid B. napus (AACC). Evidence is presented that this reduction in B. napus rDNA locus number results from the loss of the smallest A genome rDNA site in the amphidiploid.

Harvard Citation style: Snowdon, R., Köhler, W. and Köhler, A. (1997) Chromosomal localization and characterization of rDNA loci in the Brassica A and C genomes, Genome, 40(4), pp. 582-587. https://doi.org/10.1139/g97-076

APA Citation style: Snowdon, R., Köhler, W., & Köhler, A. (1997). Chromosomal localization and characterization of rDNA loci in the Brassica A and C genomes. Genome. 40(4), 582-587. https://doi.org/10.1139/g97-076