Isozyme markers in rice: genetic analysis and linkage relationships

Abstract

Segregations of rice isozymes made it possible to ascertain the genetic control of 13 enzymes by 30 loci. In addition to numerous cases of independence, several linkages were observed. Got-2 and Enp-1 were localized on chromosome 3 and a linkage group composed of Pox-3, Pox-4, and Est-1 was identified. Inconsistencies of recombination rates between linked loci among different crosses were noted. Several cases of distorted segregations and pseudolinkages were recorded. The relationships between these results and the study of genome organization in cultivated rice are discussed.Key words: Oryza, isozyme, genetic analysis, segregation distortion, linkage.