Paper · 1996 · Annals of Botany

Evidence for Heterochromatin Involvement in Chromosome Breakage in Maize Callus Culture

A FLUMINHAN Jr

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Abstract

ng from delayed separation of chromatids and typical bridges were observed in Feulgen preparations. The analysis of C-banded anaphases showed that delayed chromatids were held together at heterochromatic knob sites (primary event), and the presence of typical bridges with and without bands corresponding to knobs. These events suggest the occurrence of breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycles initiated by chromosome arms broken during the primary event. Additional evidence for such a mechanism was the presence of gross aberrations involving chromosome 7, detected in several C-banded metaphases of some cultures. It is hypothesized that such aberrations are duplication deficiencies produced by BFB cycles and chromosome healing that would have occurred after some cell divisions.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Delayed chromatid separation and typical bridges were observed in Feulgen preparations of maize callus.

Taxon
MaizeZea mayst0
Organ / stage
Callus Culturet0
Outcome
delayed separation of chromatids and typical bridgese1

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Chromosome Breakage in Maize Callus Culture”

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“ng from delayed separation of chromatids and typical bridges were observed in Feulgen preparations”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Delayed chromatids were held together at heterochromatic knob sites, the primary event, in C-banded anaphases.

Taxon
MaizeZea mayst0
Organ / stage
C-banded anaphasese2
Outcome
delayed chromatids were held together at heterochromatic knob sitese2

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Chromosome Breakage in Maize Callus Culture”

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“The analysis of C-banded anaphases showed that delayed chromatids were held together at heterochromatic knob sites (primary event)”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Typical bridges with and without bands corresponding to knobs were present in the analysed cells.

Taxon
MaizeZea mayst0
Outcome
typical bridges with and without bands corresponding to knobse3

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Chromosome Breakage in Maize Callus Culture”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 44–87 · show in text ↑
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“the presence of typical bridges with and without bands corresponding to knobs”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The observations suggest breakage-fusion-bridge cycles initiated by chromosome arms broken during the primary event.

Taxon
MaizeZea mayst0
Outcome
occurrence of breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cyclese4
Qualifier
chromosome arms broken during the primary evente4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Chromosome Breakage in Maize Callus Culture”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 44–87 · show in text ↑
e4

“These events suggest the occurrence of breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycles initiated by chromosome arms broken during the primary event”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 315–450 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Gross aberrations involving chromosome 7 were detected in several C-banded metaphases of some cultures.

Taxon
MaizeZea mayst0
Organ / stage
C-banded metaphasese5
Outcome
gross aberrations involving chromosome 7e5

Not reportedDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Chromosome Breakage in Maize Callus Culture”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 44–87 · show in text ↑
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“gross aberrations involving chromosome 7, detected in several C-banded metaphases of some cultures”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 513–611 · show in text ↑
Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The aberrations are hypothesized to be duplication deficiencies produced by BFB cycles and chromosome healing.

Taxon
MaizeZea mayst0
Outcome
duplication deficienciese6
Qualifier
produced by BFB cycles and chromosome healinge6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Chromosome Breakage in Maize Callus Culture”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 44–87 · show in text ↑
e6

“It is hypothesized that such aberrations are duplication deficiencies produced by BFB cycles and chromosome healing that would have occurred after some cell divisions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 613–779 · show in text ↑