中国特有濒危树种毛红椿核心和边缘居群的遗传多样性

选用8对多态的微卫星引物, 研究了毛红椿(Toona ciliata var. pubescens)核心居群和边缘居群的遗传多样性。研究结果显示, 边缘居群的观察等位基因数和有效等位基因数并不比核心居群低, 甚至更高。普通广布和稀有地方等位基因在所有居群中均有分布, 而普通地方和稀有广布等位基因分别仅在5个和3个居群中有分布。从4种类型等位基因总数上看, 边缘居群高于核心居群, 特别是边缘居群的稀有地方等位基因数量明显多于核心居群。边缘居群的平均期望杂合度和观察杂合度都高于核心居群。核心居群间的基因分化系数为0.1520, 边缘居群间为0.3045, 边缘居群与核心居群的遗传分化差异达到显著水平。核心居群间基因流大于1, 而边缘居群间基因流小于1, 说明核心居群间基因交流频繁, 边缘居群由于片段化和地形影响, 基因流较小。Mantel检验结果显示, 居群间遗传距离与地理距离的相关性不显著, 说明地理距离对毛红椿居群遗传分化的影响不显著。     

三江源和祁连山国家公园雪豹种群的遗传结构分析

掌握遗传信息对濒危物种的保护和管理具有重要意义。本研究在我国雪豹重要分布区祁连山和三江源国家公园分别采集粪便样品,利用mtDNA的cyt b基因、微卫星多态性位点进行了雪豹的物种鉴定、个体识别和种群遗传结构评估。在采集286份疑似雪豹粪便样品中,成功的对86份雪豹样品进行了扩增鉴定,利用微卫星位点进行个体识别获得41只雪豹个体,其中祁连山国家公园26只,三江源国家公园15只。通过等位基因数、有效等位基因数、观测杂合度、期望杂合度、多态信息含量等指标进行种群遗传多样性评估,认为雪豹种群遗传多样性相对较低,但祁连山国家公园雪豹种群遗传多样性相对较高。STRUCTURE进行群体遗传结构分析表明,4个种群可以划分为3个遗传类群,祁连山国家公园的种群（YCW和QLS）与三江源国家种群(DC和SJ)的遗传差异,可能与种群间的地理隔离存在明显的相似性。     

蒙古沙葱萤叶甲种群遗传多样性的微卫星分析

【目的】沙葱萤叶甲 Galeruca daurica (Joannis)是一种近年来在内蒙古草原上猖獗成灾的新害虫,本研究旨在明确内蒙古沙葱萤叶甲不同地理种群间的遗传分化和基因交流程度。【方法】应用5对微卫星引物分析了沙葱萤叶甲8个地理种群的遗传多样性、基因流和遗传分化。【结果】5个位点等位基因数为10~18,有效等位基因数为9.2796~16.0388,多态信息含量值为0.6760~0.8985,期望杂合度为0.3430~0.5284,说明所选5个微卫星位点均为高度多态性位点。8个种群的期望杂合度为0.2216~0.3701,平均值为0.2680;种群间遗传分化系数为0.1244~0.4116,平均值为0.2521;种群间基因流为0.3574~1.7596,平均值为0.9622。8个地理种群根据遗传距离聚为3个分支,遗传距离与地理距离呈显著的正相关关系 (r=0.4854,P=0.0180)。【结论】沙葱萤叶甲种群遗传多样性低,不同地理种群之间基因流较小,遗传分化程度高;沙葱萤叶甲迁移能力弱和地理阻碍可能是限制其基因交流和导致遗传高度分化的主要原因。     

薇菜SSR分子标记的开发及遗传多样性初步探讨

利用改良FIASCO法(Fast Isolation by AFLP Sequences COntaining repeats)开发出的9对多态性SSR引物评价了薇菜(Osmunda japonica Thunb.)2个野生居群(庐山和恩施)、1个栽培居群(恩施)的遗传多样性和遗传分化水平。结果显示,9个SSR标记在3个薇菜居群中共检测到47个等位基因,每个SSR位点的平均等位基因数为5.222个,观测杂合度和期望杂合度分别为0.000~0.944和0.577~0.834,香农指数为0.962~1.860,表明各SSR位点多态性较高;各居群的平均期望杂合度均大于平均观测杂合度且种内近交系数均为正值,说明3个薇菜居群中都存在非随机交配现象;对各居群的相关遗传多样性参数分析表明,恩施野生居群遗传多样性最高,而其栽培居群最低;庐山野生居群与恩施野生居群间遗传分化系数为0.092,说明两地野生薇菜居群的遗传分化程度较低,AMOVA分析也表明遗传变异主要存在于野生居群内部。     

蕙兰SSR引物开发及渝贵川地区兰属遗传多样性研究

采用磁珠富集法对野生蕙兰DNA进行SSR引物开发,并以开发出的多态性引物为研究工具,选取来自渝、贵、川3省(市)的9个野生兰属居群为研究对象,探讨遗传多样性与其地理位置分布的关系,从而在分子水平上为如何保护兰属植物提供有利参考。结果显示:8对SSR引物共扩增出53个等位基因,平均每个位点的等位基因为6.6250个,平均多态性位点百分率为98.6%。兰属植株个体间存在交配不平衡现象,Nei′s多样性指数范围为0.3158~0.8661,Shannon信息多样性指数变化范围为0.8833~1.3557。重庆黔江野生兰属居群的遗传多样性最高,79.97%的遗传分化存在于居群内,20.03%的遗传分化存在于居群间,居群内的变异高于居群间,基因流Nm<1,遗传漂变在兰属的遗传分化中起一定的作用。通过比较居群间遗传聚类结果与兰属植株采集地理位置的关系,发现野生兰花居群的划分在分子遗传学水平受其地理因素的影响较大。     

红泡刺藤居群的遗传多样性研究

利用ISSR分子标记对红泡刺藤的12个居群共242个个体进行了遗传多样性分析.结果表明:(1)16个ISSR引物共扩增到257个位点,其中236个是多态性位点,占91.83％.(2)红泡刺藤居群具有较高水平的遗传多样性,在物种水平上,平均每个位点的多态位点百分率为97.50％,有效等位基因数为1.267,Nei's遗传多样性为0.177,Shannon's多态信息指数为0.296;居群水平上多态位点百分率为51.43％,有效等位基因数为1.205,Nei's 遗传多样性为0.127,Shannon's多态信息指数为0.202.(3)居群间基因分化系数为0.2815,AMOVA分析居群间遗传变异占总量的34.47％,二者结果相近,说明红泡刺藤居群间存在一定程度的遗传分化.居群内的遗传变异为65.53％,基因流为1.2762.(4) Mantel检测显示居群间的遗传距离与地理距离不存在相关性.UPGMA聚类分析和二维主成分分析结果一致,红泡刺藤居群可分为2个居群组,即金沙江居群和维西居群为一个类群,其他居群为另外一大类,表明生态地理条件相似的居群优先集中.     

内蒙古沙葱萤叶甲种群遗传多样性的微卫星分析

【目的】沙葱萤叶甲Galeruca daurica(Joannis)是一种近年来在内蒙古草原上猖獗成灾的新害虫,本研究旨在明确内蒙古沙葱萤叶甲不同地理种群间的遗传分化和基因交流程度。【方法】应用5对微卫星引物分析了沙葱萤叶甲8个地理种群的遗传多样性、基因流和遗传分化。【结果】5个位点等位基因数为10~18,有效等位基因数为9.2796~16.0388,多态信息含量值为0.6760~0.8985,期望杂合度为0.3430~0.5284,说明所选5个微卫星位点均为高度多态性位点。8个种群的期望杂合度为0.2216~0.3701,平均值为0.2680;种群间遗传分化系数为0.1244~0.4116,平均值为0.2521;种群间基因流为0.3574~1.7596,平均值为0.9622。8个地理种群根据遗传距离聚为3个分支,遗传距离与地理距离呈显著的正相关关系(r=0.4854,P=0.0180)。【结论】沙葱萤叶甲种群遗传多样性低,不同地理种群之间基因流较小,遗传分化程度高;沙葱萤叶甲迁移能力弱和地理阻碍可能是限制其基因交流和导致遗传高度分化的主要原因。     

中国红原鸡和泰国红原鸡遗传多样性分析

利用29个微卫星DNA标记对来自中国的红原鸡Gallus gallus spadiceus亚种和来自泰国的红原鸡Gallus gallus gallus亚种进行遗传多样性分析, 评估亚种内的遗传变异和亚种间的遗传分化, 结果表明: 共检测到168个等位基因, 每个位点的等位基因数从2到13不等, 所有位点平均的期望杂合度和PIC值分别为0.5780和0.53。中国和泰国红原鸡29个微卫星位点平均有效等位基因数分别为3.79和4.79, 平均基因杂合度为0.5379和0.6385, 两个红原鸡亚种均表现出较高的群体杂合度和丰富的遗传多样性。群体分化系数为19.4%(P<0.01), 两个红原鸡亚种间的Reynolds’遗传距离和Nm值分别为0.157和1.040。由此可见, Gallus gallus spadiceus亚种和Gallus gallus gallus亚种群体具有不同的群体遗传结构, 群体之间存在明显的遗传分化, 并不能将其认定为是同一亚种, 这也为中国家鸡具有独立的起源提供了一定的佐证。     

濒危羊踯躅自然居群的遗传多样性和遗传结构分析

利用12对微卫星(SSR)分子标记对涉及6省8个羊踯躅自然居群193个体的遗传多样性和遗传结构进行分析,探讨羊踯躅遗传多样性水平与分化程度的可能原因,为羊踯躅的保护提供科学依据。结果显示:(1)12对SSR引物共扩出260个等位基因,每个位点的平均等位基因数为21.667,平均有效等位基因数(Ne)为5.425,平均多态信息含量(PIC)为0.900;物种水平的Shannon多样性指数(I)为1.768,基因多样性指数(H)为0.777。(2)江西金溪(JX)的羊踯躅居群的遗传变异最丰富,福建政和(ZH)的遗传多样性水平最低。(3)基于无限等位基因模型(IAM)的遗传分化系数(F_(st))为0.142,基因流(N_m)为1.522;AMOVA分析显示羊踯躅居群内变异(87.71%)大于居群间变异(12.29%)。(4)遗传距离法聚类NJ分析和Structure分析均表明,8个自然群体被分为三大类群;Mantel检测发现,羊踯躅遗传距离与地理距离无显著相关性。研究表明,羊踯躅最好以就地保护为主,应优先保护江西金溪(JX)居群,同时增加对福建政和(ZH)和湖北京山(JS)居群的保护权重。讨论了羊踯躅较高遗传多样性和中等程度分化的可能原因。     

大叶藻居群微卫星遗传多样性研究

采用4对微卫星引物对大叶藻的7个地理居群进行了遗传多样性与遗传结构分析。扩增148株大叶藻得到57个等位基因, 每个位点平均等位基因数为6, 大叶藻居群的平均期望杂合度(He)为0.687, 平均观测杂合度(Ho)为0.417。青岛湾居群的遗传多样性最高(A=7.750, AR=7.043), 俚岛居群最低(A=4.750, AR=4.543)。从F_st值来看, 7个大叶藻居群间属于中度分化。UPGMA系统发育树显示, 中国4个大叶藻居群聚类到一起, 其遗传分化可能是由于历史大海草场的遗留小片段居群产生, 而中国、韩国、日本和爱尔兰居群间的遗传分化则主要是由于地理隔离造成的。自由交配估计结果支持海草的东亚起源说。青岛湾居群遗传多样性较高, 可优先作为大叶藻移植修复的材料和基因库, 并进行重点保护。     

How Distinctive is Genetic Information?

There is extensive discussion of the ethical, social, economic and political issues associated with the use of technologies based on DNA techniques. Many of these debates are premised on the assumption that DNA, and the genetic information that may be derived from it, have unique features which raise new social and ethical issues. In this paper it is argued that several of the features associated with DNA which are sometimes regarded as unique are shared with other biological materials. Others owe more to the cultural image of DNA and some of the metaphors used to discuss it in biology and in wider debates than to the biological properties of DNA. The paper discusses the concepts of genetic material and genetic information and the social construction of DNA in relation to forensic DNA databases, paternity testing and genetic testing for disease. The paper concludes by suggesting that there are seven areas where issues related to DNA and genetic information are at least relatively distinct.     

DNA指纹在近交系动物遗传污染检测中的应用

在用ＤＮＡ指纹为建立葡萄胎动物模型选择动物的过程中,发现“三种”不同来源的ＢＡＬＢ／Ｃ小鼠的ＤＮＡ指纹出现了明显差别。与标准的保种品系Ｂ１和Ｂ２有１２ｋｂ各缺铁了一条ＤＮＡ片段,Ｂ１还缺失了６．６ｋｂ的片段,而在６ｋｂ处Ｂ１和Ｂ２都增加了一条ＤＮＡ片段。     

Studies on genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of limpograss (Hemarthria altissima) and related species based on combined chloroplast DNA intergenic spacer data

Hemarthria R. Br. is a genus which includes important forage grasses. However, there is currently a lack of data analysis on the chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) of Hemarthria species. This study is to use three cpDNA intergenic spacers (trnL-F, trnC-ycf6 and psbC-trnS) to obtain phylogenetic information in 36 Hemarthria samples including four Hemarthria species: Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf et C. E. Hubb., Hemarthria compressa (L. f.) R. Br., Hemarthria uncinata R. Br., and Hemarthria japonica (Hack.) Roshev. Data analysis revealed that non-significant genetic diversity existed in our samples, which was implied by nucleotide sequences information and the results of haplotypic and nucleotide diversity. The results of phylogenetic trees based on maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) revealed that H. altissima and H. compressa samples were not entirely distinct, suggesting that the two species share an intimate genetic relationship. A haplotype median-joining (MJ) network revealed broadly similar results to those derived from the ML and BI trees and implied that haplotype H3 may represent an ancient haplotype. Analysis of the population statistic F_ST revealed little genetic differentiation among the seven populations of H. altissima in Africa.     

Indexes to the reassociation and stability of solution DNA hybrids

Summary The computation, assumptions, and properties of DNA-hybrid stability and reassociation indexes were reviewed. Different methods of computing the same index typically yielded similar values. However, because dissociation curves change from asymmetric to symmetric as increasingly divergent DNAs are compared, adequate determination of mode required fitting a complex function. Delta Tm, delta mode, and delta T50H correlated well up to ca. 12, and all were found to be useful indexes of genomic similarity in that range. They also exhibited similar levels of error, even though T50H comprises a percent reassociation component with relatively large variance. At greater distances, the delta Tm scale became markedly compressed because of the boundary imposed by the temperature of hybrid formation (incubation temperature). Though not compressed or technically limited by it, delta mode and delta T50H could not be extrapolated with certainty below the incubation temperature. Among theoretical problems discussed: Tm and mode index an increasingly small percentage of the genome as the extent of reassociation decreases, and they may compare different genomic segments as DNAs become highly diverged. T50H relies upon the assumptions that all sequences evolve at a constant rate and that reassociation behavior is the same among all sequences regardless of their extent of divergence. Tm and T50H may be biased by selfhybridization of repetitive elements or cross-hybridization of paralogous sequences. Delta mode is free of such biases as long as the genomes under comparison are not too diverged. No index was found to be best in all circumstances.     

DNA分子标记在实验动物遗传分析中的应用

DNA分子标记技术很多,基本都是建立在RFLP、PCR和重复顺序的基础上的。本文重点介绍了限制性片段长度多态性（RFLP）标记、随机扩增多态性DNA（RAPD）标记、微卫星DNA（STR）标记、DNA指纹（DFP）标记、扩增片段长度多态性（AFLP）标记等几种重要的DNA分子标记技术的定义、结构、分布、组成、保守性、优点及丰富的多态性等。并重点介绍了微卫星DNA（STR）标记在分子遗传监测、遗传多样性分析和遗传血缘关系及个体识别等领域的应用。     

洞庭湖四种黄颡鱼基因组DNA遗传多样性的RAPD分析

以洞庭湖瓦氏黄颡鱼、光泽黄颡鱼、长须黄颡鱼、普通黄颡鱼的基因组DNA为材料对 4种黄颡鱼进行了遗传多样性随机扩增多态性DNA(RAPD)分析。通过筛选的 90个引物对 4种黄颡鱼基因组DNA的扩增 ,获得了 36个有效引物 ,并计算出了 4种黄颡鱼群体间的遗传相似系数和遗传距离 ,遗传距离最大的为普通黄颡鱼和瓦氏黄颡鱼 (D =0 9895 ) ,遗传距离最小的为普通黄颡鱼和光泽黄颡鱼 (D =0 672 0 )。同时运用聚类分析 (UPGMA)的方法建立了 4种黄颡鱼的聚类图。     

bri3, a novel gene, participates in tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced cell death

bri3 was identified to be a novel gene up-regulated in TNF-treated cells with suppressed subtractive hybridization (SSH) in our laboratory. Previous studies showed that overexpression of BRI3 induced apoptosis in L929 cells. To further study the function of bri3, we disrupted its expression by expressing bri3 antisense RNA. The antisense RNA promoted resistance to TNF-induced cell death by more than 1000-fold in L929 cells, suggesting the involvement of BRI3 in TNF-induced cell death in this cell line. Analysis of cell death caused by other apoptotic inducers showed that the effect of BRI3 antisense RNA is highly specific to TNF-induced cell death. Taken together, bri3 appears to play an important role in TNF-induced cell death. Finally, we reported here that BRI3 may be localized to lysosome and function through lysosome.     

Chloroplast DNA variation and genetic structure of Miscanthus sinensis in southwest China

Miscanthus sinensis is a dominant perennial C4 grass with the potential to being a feedstock crop in North America, Europe, and China. Variation in chloroplast DNA sequence was used to obtain information regarding the genetic diversity and structure of populations of M. sinensis in southwest China. Chloroplast DNA, trnL-F and rpl20-rps12 sequences from seventy-five individuals representing 14 populations of M. sinensis were used to study the sequence variation. Seven haplotypes and 16 polymorphic sites (2.7%) were identified. Five substitutions, 6 indels, and 5 existing substitutions and indels sites, were detected through splicing these two gene segments. The genetic diversity within the studied populations (diversity of haploids, h = 0.561, nucleotide diversity, π = 0.00504) was low, this may be affected by the relatively larger effect of genetic drift on the chloroplast DNA, reflecting smaller effective populations than nuclear DNA. Genetic variance within the populations was higher than that between the populations, suggesting that higher gene flow may exist within these populations. The results of parsimony network in seven haplotypes indicated that H1 and H2 may be ancient haplotypes, which may help guide future research on the origin of M. sinensis. Our results provide information on the genetic diversity and structure of M. sinensis and may assist future studies on the phylogeography of M. sinensis.     

Population genetic characterization of the endangered silver skipper,Leptalina unicolor (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), using novel microsatellite markers and mitochondrial DNA gene sequences

The silver stripped skipper, Leptalina unicolor, is listed as an endangered species with a paucity of leftover populations in Korea. Prior population genetic analysis is essential for the establishment of effective conservation strategies. In the present study, we investigated the genetic diversity and the relationships of L. unicolor populations in Korea using 12 newly developed L. unicolor-specific microsatellite markers and two mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences (a total of 1283 bp from COI and CytB). Due to the endangered status and rarity, a total of 33 individuals from two localities in Gangwon-do Province (Seohwa and Girin) and one in Gyeongsangnam-do Province (Danjang) were sampled. The concatenated mtDNA sequences revealed very low genetic diversity in each population, with only one to three independent haplotypes per population. F_ST, principal coordinate analysis, and independent structural analysis of the concatenated mtDNA sequences and the 12 microsatellite loci developed in this study showed that each L. unicolor population in Korea is nearly completely isolated, although inbreeding has not yet occurred. Long-term conservation habitat recovery that increases the available population appears to be important in the prevention of genetic drift and inbreeding, which occur in small isolated populations and reduce the viability of populations under fluctuating environmental conditions.     

五个红罗非鱼群体的遗传多样性分析

实验采用微卫星标记技术,选用22对微卫星引物对5个红罗非鱼群体进行遗传多样性分析。经PCR扩增,16个微卫星位点扩增产物在关岛红罗非鱼（GD）、珍珠白红罗非鱼（ZZ）、佛罗里达红罗非鱼（FL）、明月红罗非鱼（MY）、马来西亚红罗非鱼（ML）中均获得了清晰稳定的条带。分析结果显示:16个微卫星标记共检测到146个等位基因。5个群体的平均等位基因数（N_a）在6.5625-8.5625,平均有效等位基因数（N_e）在4.1495-6.1330,平均杂合度（H_e）在0.7491-0.8247,平均多态信息含量（PIC）在0.6939-0.7840,说明它们的遗传多态性丰富。卡方检验表明5个红罗非鱼群体的大部分位点偏离Hardy-Weinberg平衡。在5个群体中,关岛红罗非鱼（GD）与珍珠白红罗非鱼（ZZ）遗传相似系数（0.6171）最小,遗传距离（0.4827）最大,说明两者亲缘关系最远;佛罗里达红罗非鱼（FL）与马来西亚红罗非鱼（ML）遗传相似系数（0.9069）最大,遗传距离（0.0977）最小,可推断两者亲缘关系最近。采用UPGMA进行聚类分析,结果表明:佛罗里达与马来西亚先聚成一支,二者再与珍珠白聚在一起,接着三者与明月聚在一起,最后,四者与关岛聚到一起。聚类结果说明关岛群体与其他4个群体亲缘关系最远;佛罗里达与马来西亚亲缘关系最近,珍珠白群体次之,明月群体再次之。以上结果可推断5个红罗非鱼群体遗传多态性丰富,具有较大的选育潜力。