Abstract
The utility of transgenic plants for both experimental and practical agronomic purposes is highly dependent on stable, predictable, and heritable expression of the introduced genes. This requirement is frequently unfulfilled, and transgenes often are completely silenced. Studies of transgenic loci have shown that rearrangements of transgenes occur during the integration process, some of which are potent cues that induce silencing. Conversely, intact, single-copy transgenes produced via transposon-mediated gene delivery have shown relatively stable expression, at least in early-generation progeny. To examine the long-term expression stability of a bar expression cassette delivered via Dissociation (Ds)-mediated transposition, we examined qualitative and quantitative expression in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) populations developed for transposon tagging. Qualitative assessments of herbicide resistance among 106 lines showed bar expression to be stable for at least five generations of advance via self-pollination. Similarly, qualitatively stable expression was observed among 31 near-isogenic lines derived from at least seven backcrosses to the cultivar Garnet. Quantitative RT-PCR measurements of bar expression were conducted for eight near-isogenic lines and their donor parents. The expression of bar was highly correlated in parent and progeny near-isogenic lines, showing high heritability of bar expression. These data demonstrate stable, predictable transgene expression following Ds-mediated delivery.
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