Comparative mapping of the wheat Vrn-AI region with the rice Hd-6 region

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Although extensive synteny between hexaploid wheat and rice chromosomes has been demonstrated, synteny between the species breaks down in several regions of the wheat genome carrying agronomically important genes. A possible relationship between the wheat Vrn-A1, the vernalization response gene on chromosome 5A, and the rice Hd-6, a QTL controlling heading date by photoperiod response on chromosome 3, was investigated. Rice cDNA clones which had previously been mapped onto the Hd-6 region were screened for comparative genetic mapping of the Vrn-A1 region. Ten markers mapped to Hd-6 were assigned to wheat chromosome 5A by nullisomic-tetrasomic analysis. Of them, four cDNA markers, linked within 2.2 cM in the rice Hd-6 region, were mapped on the flanking region of the wheat Vrn-A1, with a complete correspondence of order, demonstrating a fine-scale genetic collinearity. These results gave evidence that the wheat Vrn-A1 region is in synteny with the rice Hd-6 region.Key words: wheat, rice, vernalization response gene, photoperiod response gene, synteny.

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