简介：Genomicinsituhybridization(GISH)isapowerfultooltocharacterizeparentalchromosomesininterspecifichybrids,includingthebehaviourofautosynapsisandchromosomepairing.ItwasusedtodistinguishthechromosomesofOryzasativafromwildspeciesinaspontaneousinterspecifichybridandtoinvestigatethechromosomepairingatmetaphaseIinmeiosisofthehybridinthisstudy.Thehybridwasatriploidwith36chromosomesaccordingtothechromosomenumberinvestigatedinmitosisofroottips.DuringmetaphaseIofmeiosisinthehybrid,lesschromosomepairingwasobservedandmostofthechromosomesexistedasunivalent.BasedonGISHandFISH(Fluorescentinsituhybridization)analyses,thechromosomesofthehybridwerecomposedofgenomesA,BandC.Thus,itwasbelievedthatthehybridwastheresultofnaturalhybridizationbetweencultivatedriceandwildspeciesO.minutawhichwasplantedinexperimentalfields.