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Frequency of spontaneous amphiploids in Gilia (Polemoniaceae) hybrids¹

Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78713-7640 USA

This paper reports the frequency of spontaneous amphiploids or neopolyploids in experimental interspecific hybrids in two annual sections of Gilia (Polemoniaceae, sects. Arachnion and Gilia, x = 9). In each section the species were intercrossed in numerous hybrid combinations to obtain an array of F1 hybrid types; seven of the hybrid types spontaneously produced new amphiploid progeny in F2. In sect. Arachnion the parental species and F1s were all diploids and the amphiploids were tetraploid; in sect. Gilia the parental species were diploids or tetraploids and the amphiploids were tetraploid or hexaploid. Two measures were used to express the frequency of spontaneous amphiploid formation. The first is the proportion of the F1 hybrid combinations that yielded any amphiploid progeny at all. In sect. Arachnion this proportion is 3/39 or 7.7%; in sect. Gilia it is 4/16 or 25%. A second measure is needed to express the variation in productivity among the seven amphiploid-producing hybrid types. The measure adopted is the mean number of new amphiploids per single F1 hybrid plant. The productivity numbers for the three hybrid combinations in sect. Arachnion are 0.25, 0.67, and 2.0; and those for four hybrid combinations in sect. Gilia are 0.15, 0.62, 2.25, and 12.62. There are large differences from one hybrid combination to another in rate of amphiploid formation, and the rate is quite high in some hybrids. The factors affecting these differences are discussed.

Key Words: amphiploidy • Gilia • Polemoniaceae • polyploidy rate

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