AUTHOR=Gautam Mayank , Dang Yanwei , Ge Xianhong , Shao Yujiao , Li Zaiyun 

TITLE=Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.) Extracted from Intergeneric Allopolyploid and Additions with Orychophragmus

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2016.00438

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2016.00438

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=<p>Allopolyploidization with the merger of the genomes from different species has been shown to be associated with genetic and epigenetic changes. But the maintenance of such alterations related to one parental species after the genome is extracted from the allopolyploid remains to be detected. In this study, the genome of <italic>Brassica napus</italic> L. (2<italic>n</italic> = 38, genomes AACC) was extracted from its intergeneric allohexaploid (2<italic>n</italic> = 62, genomes AACCOO) with another crucifer <italic>Orychophragmus violaceus</italic> (2<italic>n</italic> = 24, genome OO), by backcrossing and development of alien addition lines. <italic>B. napus</italic>-type plants identified in the self-pollinated progenies of nine monosomic additions were analyzed by the methods of amplified fragment length polymorphism, sequence-specific amplified polymorphism, and methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism. They showed modifications to certain extents in genomic components (loss and gain of DNA segments and transposons, introgression of alien DNA segments) and DNA methylation, compared with <italic>B. napus</italic> donor. The significant differences in the changes between the <italic>B. napus</italic> types extracted from these additions likely resulted from the different effects of individual alien chromosomes. Particularly, the additions which harbored the <italic>O. violaceus</italic> chromosome carrying dominant rRNA genes over those of <italic>B. napus</italic> tended to result in the development of plants which showed fewer changes, suggesting a role of the expression levels of alien rRNA genes in genomic stability. These results provided new cues for the genetic alterations in one parental genome that are maintained even after the genome becomes independent.</p>