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The genetic instability of an intertribal hybrid cell line, Duboisia hopwoodii + Nicotiana tabacum, obtained by mechanical isolation of a single hybrid cell was studied. Ten subclones of calli derived from this hybrid cell line were cultured for 3 years, and their genetic makeup clarified as to nuclear DNA content, chromosome constitution, and peroxidase isozymes. Nuclear DNA content differed in each subclone. In most subclones, mean DNA content was lower than the mean DNA content in the original hybrid cell line determined 1 year after fusion. This decrease in DNA content is partly attributable to the elimination of tobacco chromosomes that occurred in all subclones. The extent to which tobacco chromosomes were eliminated varied among the subclones — evidence that chromosome elimination occurred slowly. Peroxidase isozyme analysis indicated the loss of a tobacco-specific isozyme, thus confirming results obtained by chromosome analysis. Shoots regenerated from two hybrid subclones after 2 years were also heterogeneous in morphology and nuclear DNA content.
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Endo, T., Komiya, T., Mino, M. et al. Genetic diversity among sublines originating from a single somatic hybrid cell of Duboisia hopwoodii + Nicotiana tabacum . Theoret. Appl. Genetics 76, 641–646 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303507
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