The inheritance of restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the flax rust Melampsora lini

P. A. Anderson, G. J. Lawrence, A. Pryor

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Abstract

Random cDNA sequences synthesized from poly A+ RNA extracted from germinated urediospores of the flax rust fungus, Melampsora lini, were used as probes to detect restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) in three races of M. lini originating from cultivated flax, Linum usitatissimum, and one race originating from Australian native flax, L. marginale. Fourteen out of 22 probes tested detected RFLPs in the three races from cultivated flax while 19 of the probes detected polymorphisms between these three races and the race from L. marginale. The segregation of seven RFLPs was determined in a family of 19 F2 progeny derived from a cross between two of the rust races. With six of these the inheritance was consistent, in each case, with the segregation of alleles at a single locus. Inheritance of the seventh was unusual and an explanation involving two loci with null alleles at each was proposed. No linkage was detected between any of the RFLP loci and nine unlinked loci specifying avirulence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)845-850
Number of pages6
JournalTheoretical and Applied Genetics
Volume84
Issue number7-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 1992
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Flax
  • Genetic segregation
  • RFLP
  • Rust

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