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First published online August 24, 2007; 10.1104/pp.107.104380 Plant Physiology 145:402-410 (2007) © 2007 American Society of Plant Biologists Ancestral Chromosomal Blocks Are Triplicated in Brassiceae Species with Varying Chromosome Number and Genome Size1 Department of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Masaryk University, CZ–625 00 Brno, Czech Republic (M.A.L.); Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom (M.A.L., K.C., M.K.); and Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, CZ–611 37 Brno, Czech Republic (P.B.)
The paleopolyploid character of genomes of the economically important genus Brassica and closely related species (tribe Brassiceae) is still fairly controversial. Here, we report on the comparative painting analysis of block F of the crucifer Ancestral Karyotype (AK; n = 8), consisting of 24 conserved genomic blocks, in 10 species traditionally treated as members of the tribe Brassiceae. Three homeologous copies of block F were identified per haploid chromosome complement in Brassiceae species with 2n = 14, 18, 20, 32, and 36. In high-polyploid (n
1 This work was supported by research grants from the Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Science (KJB601630606) and the UK Natural and Environmental Research Council (NE/D521357/1) awarded to M.A.L., and by research grants from the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (MSM0021622416 and LC06073) awarded to P.B. The author responsible for distribution of materials integral to the findings presented in this article in accordance with the policy described in the Instructions for Authors (www.plantphysiol.org) is: Martin A. Lysak (lysak{at}sci.muni.cz). www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/doi/10.1104/pp.107.104380 * Corresponding author; e-mail lysak{at}sci.muni.cz. Received June 26, 2007; accepted August 13, 2007; published August 24, 2007. This article has been cited by other articles:
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30) species Crambe maritima (2n = 60), Crambe cordifolia (2n = 120), and Vella pseudocytisus (2n = 68), six, 12, and six copies of the analyzed block have been revealed, respectively. Homeologous regions resembled the ancestral structure of block F within the AK or were altered by inversions and/or translocations. In two species of the subtribe Zillineae, two of the three homeologous regions were combined via a reciprocal translocation onto one chromosome. Altogether, these findings provide compelling evidence of an ancient hexaploidization event and corresponding whole-genome triplication shared by the tribe Brassiceae. No direct relationship between chromosome number and genome size variation (1.2–2.5 pg/2C) has been found in Brassiceae species with 2n = 14 to 36. Only two homeologous copies of block F suggest a whole-genome duplication but not the triplication event in Orychophragmus violaceus (2n = 24), and confirm a phylogenetic position of this species outside the tribe Brassiceae. Chromosome duplication detected in Orychophragmus as well as chromosome rearrangements shared by Zillineae species demonstrate the usefulness of comparative cytogenetics for elucidation of phylogenetic relationships. 
