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. 1990 Oct;80(4):545-51.
doi: 10.1007/BF00226758.

Fertile somatic hybrids of Solanum species: RFLP analysis of a hybrid and its sexual progeny from crosses with potato

C E Williams  1 , G J Hunt, J P Helgeson
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Fertile somatic hybrids of Solanum species: RFLP analysis of a hybrid and its sexual progeny from crosses with potato

C E Williams et al. Theor Appl Genet. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers were used to distinguish the chromosomes of Solanum brevidens from those of potato (S. tuberosum) in a fertile somatic hybrid. The hybrid had markers that account for all 24 chromosome arms from each parent, indicating that the hybrid contained at least one copy of each chromosome from each parent. The markers were then used to follow segregation of chromosomes in sexual progeny that resulted from a cross of the somatic hybrid with the potato cultivar 'Katahdin'. Approximately 10% of the sexual progeny lacked one or more of the markers specific to S. brevidens. No one chromosome or marker appeared to be lost preferentially. This infrequent absence of a chromosome marker derived from the wild parent could be explained by intergenomic pairing and recombination. The loss of a marker band for chromosome 8, coupled with the retention of two flanking markers, suggested that a small region of DNA was deleted during regeneration of the somatic hybrid. These results show the value of RFLP analysis when applied to somatic hybrids and their progeny. Clearly, RFLPs will be useful for following the DNA from wild species during its introgression into potato cultivars.

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