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Plant Cell, Vol. 12, 1551-1568, September 2000, Copyright © 2000, American Society of Plant Physiologists

Phenotypic Instability and Rapid Gene Silencing in Newly Formed Arabidopsis Allotetraploids

Luca Comaia, Anand P. Tyagib, Ken Wintera, Rachel Holmes-Davisa, Steven H. Reynoldsa, Yvonne Stevensa, and Breck Byersb
a Department of Botany, Box 355325, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
b Department of Genetics, Box 357360, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

Correspondence to: Luca Comai, comai{at}u.washington.edu (E-mail), 206-685-1728 (fax)

Allopolyploid hybridization serves as a major pathway for plant evolution, but in its early stages it is associated with phenotypic and genomic instabilities that are poorly understood. We have investigated allopolyploidization between Arabidopsis thaliana (2n = 2x = 10; n, gametic chromosome number; x, haploid chromosome number) and Cardaminopsis arenosa (2n = 4x = 32). The variable phenotype of the allotetraploids could not be explained by cytological abnormalities. However, we found suppression of 20 of the 700 genes examined by amplified fragment length polymorphism of cDNA. Independent reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction analyses of 10 of these 20 genes confirmed silencing in three of them, suggesting that ~0.4% of the genes in the allotetraploids are silenced. These three silenced genes were characterized. One, called K7, is repeated and similar to transposons. Another is RAP2.1, a member of the large APETALA2 (AP2) gene family, and has a repeated element upstream of its 5' end. The last, L6, is an unknown gene close to ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE on chromosome 1. CNG DNA methylation of K7 was less in the allotetraploids than in the parents, and the element varied in copy number. That K7 could be reactivated suggests epigenetic regulation. L6 was methylated in the C. arenosa genome. The present evidence that gene silencing accompanies allopolyploidization opens new avenues to this area of research.




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