Wide hybridization:engineering the next leap in wheat yield
Wide hybridization: engineering the next leap in wheat yield作者机构:Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China
出 版 物:《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》 (遗传学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2009年第36卷第9期
页 面:509-510页
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摘 要:Wide hybridization and chromosome engineering constitute an active and important area of plant biology research. The insights obtained in this field have contributed significantly to the understanding of the structure and function of plant chromosomes and genomes, and to the genetic improvement of many agricultural crops. Owing to well defined genomic relationships, clearly visible metaphase chromosomes, and relatively high interspecific and intergeneric crossability, wheat and related Triticeae species form ideal experimental systems for conducting wide hybridization and chromosome engineering studies (Sears, 1972, 1981; Singh and Jauhar, 2006). Pioneering investigations have demonstrated that the entire genome or chromatin from Triticeae relatives can be transferred into wheat genome through chromosome engineering (re- viewed by Qi et al., 2007).