With Wigner's SU(4) supermultiplet symmetry [and its generalization to pseu
do-SU(4)] as a starting point, a boson-model space is constructed that incl
udes T=0 as well as T=1 bosons (interacting boson model-4). The boson Hamil
tonian is derived microscopically from a realistic shell-model interaction
through a mapping that relies on the existence of approximate shell-model s
ymmetries. Applications are presented for odd-odd N=Z nuclei from Cu-58(29)
29 to Br-70(35)35.