Using BAC clones and rDNAs, we have initiated the project on the identification of individual chromosomes of F. pratensis using cytogenetic markers. We identified 1G18 BAC clone and two rDNAs (45S-rDNA and 5S-rDNA) which enable the identification of all seven F. pratensis chromosomes.
Kopecký, D., Lukaszewski, A.J. and Doležel, J. (2008). Cytogenetics of Festulolium (Festuca × Lolium hybrids). Cytogenetics and Genome Research 120: 370-383.
Kopecký, D., Lukaszewski, A.J. and Doležel, J. (2008). Meiotic behavior of individual chromosomes of Festuca pratensis in tetraploid Lolium multiflorum. Chromosome Research 16: 987-998.
