Homoeologous recombination is recurrent in the nascent synthetic allotetraploid Arachis ipaënsis × Arachis correntina(4x) and its derivatives

Genome instability in newly synthesized allotetraploids of peanut has breeding implications that have not been fully appreciated. Synthesis of wild species-derived neo-tetraploids offers the opportunity to broaden the gene pool of peanut; however, the dynamics among the newly merged genomes creates predictable and unpredictable variation. Selfed progenies from the neo-tetraploid Arachis ipaënsis × Arachis correntina (A. ipaënsis × A. correntina)(4x) and F(1) hybrids and F(2) progenies from crosses between A. hypogaea × [A. ipaënsis × A. correntina](4x) were genotyped by the Axiom Arachis 48 K SNP array. Homoeologous recombination between the A. ipaënsis and A. correntina derived subgenomes was observed in the S(0) generation. Among the S(1) progenies, these recombined segments segregated and new events of homoeologous recombination emerged. The genomic regions undergoing homoeologous recombination segregated mostly disomically in the F(2) progenies from A. hypogaea × [A. ipaënsis × A. correntina](4x) crosses. New homoeologous recombination events also occurred in the F(2) population, mostly found on chromosomes 03, 04, 05, and 06. From the breeding perspective, these phenomena offer both possibilities and perils; recombination between genomes increases genetic diversity, but genome instability could lead to instability of traits or even loss of viability within lineages.