Mitotic behavior in root tips in Brachiaria genotypes with meiotic chromosome elimination during microsporogenesis.

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Author(s): FELISMINO, M. F.; SILVA, N.; PAGLIARINI, M. S.; VALLE, C. B. do

Summary: Three accessions of Brachiaria brizantha, three of B. humidicola, and two interspecific hybrids between B. ruziziensis and B. brizantha were analyzed with regard to their mitotic behavior in root tips. All these genotypes revealed chromosome elimination or lack of chromosome affinity in previous analyses of microsporogenesis. Analyses of root tips showed a normal mitotic division in all accessions and hybrids, reinforcing the notion that the genetic control of meiosis is totally independent of that of mitosis. The implications of these findings for the Brachiaria breeding program are discussed.

Publication year: 2008

Types of publication: Journal article

Unit: Embrapa Beef Cattle

Keywords: Brachiaria, Braquiária, Brasil, Brazil, Campo Grande, Citogenética vegetal, Crops, Cytogenetics, Feed crops, Feed grasses, Gramínea forrageira, Mato Grosso do Sul, Melhoramento genético vegetal, Plant breeding, Planta Forrageira

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