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1.1 Hybridizations between Brassica napus and its wild relatives<br />

In or<strong>de</strong>r to un<strong>de</strong>rstand the possible risks of gene flow from Brassica napus to wild relatives, it<br />

is first important to un<strong>de</strong>rstand the relationship between the species of its primary gene pool<br />

amongst others belonging to the Brassicaceae, consisting of over 3000 species in 370 genera.<br />

Three species, B. napus (AACC, 2n = 4x=38), B. juncea (AABB, 2n = 36), and B. carinata<br />

(BBCC, 2n = 34), are allotetraploids <strong>de</strong>rived from three diploid species B. nigra (AA, 2n =<br />

16), B. rapa (CC, 2n = 20), and B. oleracea (BB, 2n = 18) (Fig. 1.1).<br />

Fig. 1.1. “U-triangle” r epresenting t he genomic relationships b etweenBrassica s pecies ( redrawn<br />

from U 1935)<br />

Almost a ll h ybridization a mong B. napus and t he f ive ot her s pecies c ould oc cur,<br />

<strong>de</strong>spite i t pr esented va rying di fficulty. T he h ybridization i s i nfluenced b y e xternal f actors,<br />

including w ind di rection a nd s peed, i nsect m ovement ( Scheffler e t al. 19 93), l ocations and<br />

flowers positions at plants (Becker et al. 1992). Natural crosses can frequently occur among<br />

the three oilseed Brassicas, B. napus, B. rapa and B. juncea (Bing et al. 1991,1996a; Leckie<br />

et al. 1993; Jorgensen and An<strong>de</strong>rsen 1994), and transgene flow from B. napus into B. rapa<br />

(Bing et al. 1991, Leckie et al. 1993) or B. juncea (Bing et al. 1991, Frello et al. 1995) may<br />

occur t hrough n atural p ollination. A lthough t he f requency of s uccessful c rosses be tween<br />

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