Genetics. Published Articles Ahead of Print: October 16, 2004, Copyright © 2004
doi:10.1534/genetics.104.035980


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Chromosome identification and nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor

1 Texas A&M University
2 USDA-ARS

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: stelly{at}tamu.edu.

Submitted on September 6, 2004
Revised on September 21, 2004
Accepted on 1 October 2004


Abstract

Linkage group identities and homologies were determined for metaphase chromosomes of Sorghum bicolor (2n=20) by FISH of landed BACs. Relative lengths of chromosomes in FISH-karyotyped metaphase spreads of the elite inbred BTx623 were used to estimate the molecular size of each chromosome, and to establish a size-based nomenclature for sorghum chromosomes (SBI-01 to SBI-10) and linkage groups (LG-01 to LG-10). Lengths of arms were determined to orient linkage groups relative to a standard karyotypic layout (short arms at top). The size-based nomenclature for BTx623 represents a reasonable choice as the standard for a unified chromosome nomenclature for use by the sorghum research community.

Key Words: FISH, genome, karyotype, map, sorghum




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