In spite of the importance of Citrus in agriculture and recent progress in genetic mapping and cytogenetics of this group, chromosome mapping of Citrus species is still limited to rDNA probes. In order to obtain a better chromosome characterization of one species from this group, CMA/DAPI double staining followed by in situ hybridization using 45S rDNA and 24 BACs (BAC-FISH) were used on Poncirus trifoliata. The BACs used were obtained from a genomic library of this species and were selected by membrane hybridization using genomic DNA. Four of them were isolated from the Citrus tristeza virus (Ctv) resistance gene region. The P. trifoliata karyotype is composed of two chromosome pairs with one terminal and one proximal CMA+ band (B type chromosomes), four chromosome pairs with a single CMA+ band (D type) and three chromosome pairs without bands (F type). In situ hybridization with 13 of the BACs gave single copy signals on seven chromosome pairs. At least one BAC was mapped on each arm of the two B chromosome pairs. Among the four D chromosome pairs, two were identified by BACs mapped on the long arms, one has a 45S rDNA site and the other had no signal. Six BACs allowed identification of the three F chromosome pairs, with one pair hybridizing with four BACs from the Ctv resistance gene region. In summary, all nine chromosome pairs could be differentiated, seven of them by BAC-FISH, while the other two chromosomes could be recognized by the CMA+ band pattern and 45S rDNA sites. This first BAC-FISH map gives a general framework for comparative genome structure and evolutionary studies in Citrus and Poncirus, allowing the integration of genetic and physical maps when these BACs are included.

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