The association pattern of marked tetrasomes of Secale chromosome 1R at meiotic first metaphase was analyzed. Two of the four chromosomes were identical with terminal C-bands at both arms; the other two were also identical but lacked C-bands and were homologous or homeologous with the first two. Four different types of heterozygotes for 1R were studied: (i). autotetraploid hybrids between genetic variants within Secale cereale subsp. cereale, (ii). tetraploid hybrids between subspecies of Secale cereale, (iii). tetraploid hybrids between species of Secale, and (iv). autotetrasomes of S. cereale in a wheat background. Earlier observations that heterozygous associations (banded with unbanded) had consistently higher chiasma frequencies than homozygous associations were extended and confirmed. To analyze this phenomenon more closely, the possible relations between this correlation and several other meiotic phenomena were studied. For this analysis, three genetically different autotetraploid hybrids within S. cereale were selected that differed with respect to the relation between pairing type and chiasma frequency. Special attention was given to different patterns of interference and other meiotic phenomena in the two chromosome arms of chromosome 1R. No relations between such phenomena and the relation between pairing type and chiasma frequency could be established. A hypothesis is formulated assuming that long-distance homologue attraction is concentrated in a limited number of sites and that in different genotypes, different patterns of active sites are present. Moderately weak attraction sites can pair with strong homologous sites under favorable genetic conditions, but two weak sites cannot. Then, heterozygotes have more effective pairing initiation and consequently chiasma formation than homozygotes. Under less favorable conditions, only strong sites are effective, and then, homozygotes pair better, but the chiasma frequency is lower. A model of the forces involved in homologue attraction is presented.
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