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The cytogenetics of the differences between some Secale species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Ralph Riley
Ralph Riley
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Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge
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1. The seed of crosses of Secale cereale with S. montanum and S. dalmaticum germinated only when S. cereale was the seed parent.

2. S. cereale was found to differ from S. montanum and S. dalmaticum by two large translocations involving three pairs of chromosomes, and a small translocation involving a fourth pair. The fertility of the F1 plants was low, and in ear morphology and perennial habit they were similar to the S. montanum and S. dalmaticum parents.

3. S. montanum and S. dalmaticum were found to be similar in gross chromosome structure and their hybrids were phenotypically intermediate and fertile.

4. The F2 of the cross S. cereale x S. dalmaticum consisted of three types, in terms of chromosome structural condition and plant morphology, those like one or other parent and those like the F1.

5. The genetic and evolutionary significance of this situation is discussed, together with the problem of the fixation of translocations in populations.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , October 1955 , pp. 377 - 383
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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