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Chapter 2on the other, two types <strong>of</strong> translocations can be dist<strong>in</strong>guished: nonhomologous andhomoeologous translocations.Dur<strong>in</strong>g the past several years, a large number <strong>of</strong> polyploids have been <strong>in</strong>duced by us<strong>in</strong>ghybrids <strong>of</strong> species and cultivars <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lilium</strong> and the result<strong>in</strong>g neopolyploids were analysedthrough GISH (Barba-Gonzalez et al. 2004; Barba-Gonzalez et al. 2005b; Barba-Gonzalez etal. 2006b; Karlov et al. 1999; Khan et al. 2009a; Lim et al. 2000; Zhou et al. 2008b). For thesynthesis <strong>of</strong> polyploids, both somatic <strong>chromosome</strong> doubl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the F1 hybrids throughchemicals such as colchic<strong>in</strong>e or oryzal<strong>in</strong> as well as sexual polyploidization throughnumerically unreduced (2n) gametes were used. These neopolyploid progeny are ideallysuitable for cytological <strong>analysis</strong> us<strong>in</strong>g GISH technique for two important reasons. 1. The<strong>chromosome</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lilium</strong> species are very large and suitable for cytological <strong>analysis</strong>. 2. Thegenomes <strong>of</strong> the parents used for produc<strong>in</strong>g hybrids and their neopolyploids are so welldifferentiated that structural rearrangements, if any, can be identified accurately throughGISH <strong>in</strong> meiotic as well as somatic cells. The ma<strong>in</strong> aim <strong>of</strong> the present study is to <strong>in</strong>vestigate,through GISH <strong>analysis</strong>, whether chromosomal rearrangements occur <strong>in</strong> the neopolyploids <strong>of</strong><strong>Lilium</strong>. Furthermore, the reasons why <strong>in</strong>tergenomic recomb<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong> hybrids might bemistaken for chromosomal rearrangements are discussed.Materials and methodsPlant materialsPlant material consisted <strong>of</strong> polyploids derived from the hybrids <strong>of</strong> four groups <strong>of</strong> diploid (2n= 2x = 24) cultivars, viz., Longiflorum (L), Asiatic (A), Oriental (O) and Trumpet (T).Because the cultivars are derived from cross<strong>in</strong>g some closely related <strong>Lilium</strong> species (McRae1998), the specific names <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual species are avoided and the letters <strong>in</strong> each case<strong>in</strong>dicate the genomes. The first three <strong>of</strong> these groups (L, A and O) have resulted from cross<strong>in</strong>g<strong>of</strong> closely related species with<strong>in</strong> each <strong>of</strong> the three taxonomic sections, viz., Leucolirion,S<strong>in</strong>omartagon and Archelirion respectively. The last one, the Trumpet group, also belongs tothe section Leucolirion, the same as Longiflorum, but forms a separate crossability groupwith<strong>in</strong> the section and possesses a clearly differentiated genome (Lim et al. 2008a). For the<strong>analysis</strong> <strong>of</strong> polyploids derived from somatic <strong>chromosome</strong> doubl<strong>in</strong>g, the progeny <strong>of</strong> a crossbetween an allotriploid ‘Triumphator’ (LLO) with an allotetraploid (LLTT) the latter suppliedby one <strong>of</strong> the Dutch lily companies (Worldbreed<strong>in</strong>g BV) were used. The triploid parent <strong>of</strong> thiscross was produced by backcross<strong>in</strong>g the allotetraploid, LLOO, hybrid with diploidLongiflorum (LL). Meiotically doubled polyploids were produced by backcross<strong>in</strong>gLongiflorum × Asiatic (LA) and Oriental × Asiatic (OA) F1 hybrids with Asiatic parents <strong>in</strong>which the F1 hybrids had contributed 2n gametes and the result<strong>in</strong>g progenies were triploids(Barba-Gonzalez et al. 2006a; Khan et al. 2009a). Part <strong>of</strong> the backcross progeny <strong>of</strong> meiotic18

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