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. 1988 Jan;118(1):141–147. doi: 10.1093/genetics/118.1.141

Mutants Resistant to anti-Microtubule Herbicides Map to a Locus on the Uni Linkage Group in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii

S W James 1, LPW Ranum 1, C D Silflow 1, P A Lefebvre 1
PMCID: PMC1203258  PMID: 8608924

Abstract

We have used genetic analysis to study the mode of action of two anti-microtubule herbicides, amiprophos-methyl (APM) and oryzalin (ORY). Over 200 resistant mutants were selected by growth on APM- or ORY-containing plates. The 21 independently isolated mutants examined in this study are 3- to 8-fold resistant to APM and are strongly cross-resistant to ORY and butamiphos, a close analog of APM. Two Mendelian genes, apm1 and apm2, are defined by linkage and complementation analysis. There are 20 alleles of apm1 and one temperature-sensitive lethal (33°) allele of apm2. Mapping by two-factor crosses places apm1 6.5 cM centromere proximal to uni1 and within 4 cM of pf7 on the uni linkage group, a genetically circular linkage group comprising genes which affect flagellar assembly or function; apm2 maps near the centromere of linkage group VIII. Allele-specific synthetic lethality is observed in crosses between apm2 and alleles of apm1. Also, self crosses of apm2 are zygotic lethal, whereas crosses of nine apm1 alleles inter se result in normal germination and tetrad viability. The mutants are recessive to their wild-type alleles but doubly heterozygous diploids (apm1 +/+ apm2) made with apm2 and any of 15 apm1 alleles display partial intergenic noncomplementation, expressed as intermediate resistance. Diploids homozygous for mutant alleles of apm1 are 4-6-fold resistant to APM and ORY; diploids homozygous for apm2 are ts(-) and 2-fold resistant to the herbicides. Doubly heterozygous diploids complement the ts(-) phenotype of apm2, but they are typically 1.5-2-fold resistant to APM and ORY. From the results described we suggest that the gene products of apm1 and apm2 may interact directly or function in the same structure or process.

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