U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Chromosome Engineering in Cereal Crops

该奖项将支持美国科罗拉多州立大学土屋拓美教授和日本岐阜大学西川Kozo教授之间的合作研究。他们将使用染色体操作技术来研究小麦、大麦和黑麦染色体的遗传结构。将对单个染色体的DNA含量进行比较观察，并绘制控制形态和同工酶性状的基因。本研究将为研究谷物染色体进化提供基础资料。研究小组由博士领导。土屋和西川将提供所有待研究物种的细胞遗传学专业知识。科罗拉多州立大学拥有优秀的植物生长设施和设备，用于所有植物物种的细胞学和遗传学研究。岐阜大学专门为生物化学和分子研究配备了高度复杂的显微分光光度计。

This award will enable collaborative research between Professor Takumi Tsuchiya of Colorado State University and Professor Kozo Nishikawa of Gifu University, Japan. They will use chromosome manipulation techniques to study the genetic architecture of chromosomes in wheat, barley and rye. Comparative observations on the DNA content of individual chromosomes will be made and the genes controlling morphological and isozymic traits will be mapped. This research will provide basic information on chromosome evolution in cereals. The research teams headed by Drs. Tsuchiya and Nishikawa will provide expertise in the cytogenetics of all species to be studied. Colorado State University has excellent plant growth facilities and equipment for cytological and genetic studies for all plant species involved. Gifu University is specially equipped for biochemical and molecular studies with a highly sophisticated microspectrophotometer set-up.