应用多重PCR和基因扫描技术对五指山猪13个家系32个微卫星基因座的遗传分析

五指山猪是我国著名的珍稀畜种,体型小、性成熟早、遗传稳定、近交程度高,可用于医学、药学和生物材料等方面。作者利用多重PCR和基因扫描技术对五指山猪13个家系的32个微卫星基因座进行遗传检测。统计各家系的等位基因组成,计算各家系的平均杂合度和多态信息含量(PIC);结果,各家系32基因座的平均等位基因数为13.66个,平均PIC为0.731,平均杂合度为0.559。表明海南五指山猪具有丰富的遗传多样性。这些结果对于海南五指山猪的保种、定向选育、开发利用都具有重要的指导意义。     

中国7个地方绵羊品种遗传多样性的微卫星分析

利用26个微卫星标记分析了中国7个地方绵羊（Ovis aries）品种的遗传多样性。通过计算基因频率、平均杂合度（H）、多态信息含量（PIC）及有效等位基因数（N_e）,并根据Nei氏标准遗传距离,利用UPGMA法进行了聚类分析,评估其种内遗传变异和品种间遗传关系。结果表明：26个微卫星位点共检测到278个等位基因,Ne 在2.1288-13.3924之间;以等位基因频率为基础,得出位点的平均杂合度在0.0629-0.5903之间,品种平均杂合度在0.3633-0.4489之间。26个位点均为高度多态位点,PIC在0.6628-0.8712之间。聚类分析表明哈萨克羊、阿勒泰羊和巴音布鲁克羊遗传关系最近;然后与白藏羊、黑藏羊聚为一类;湖羊和晋中羊聚为一类。各绵羊品种的聚类关系与其来源、育成史及地理分布基本一致。     

版纳小耳猪近交系5家系35个微卫星座位的遗传分析

利用35个微卫星座位对版纳小耳猪近交系5个家系进行了遗传检测。统计各家系的等位基因组成,计算各家系的平均基因纯合率,利用基因频率计算出各家系的平均杂合度及品系间的遗传距离,并进行系统聚类。结果表明各家系的平均基因纯合度均较高,其151家系达到88.79％;PIC（多态信息含量）和平均杂合度均较普通商品猪低;各家系等位基因组成差别较大;各家系间亲缘关系与其近交过程一致,据此认为版纳小耳猪近交系5家系均具有较高的近交程度;其基因多态性和遗传多样性较普通商品猪低;各家系均已构成独立遗传群体。     

用毛细管电泳技术对北京汉族人群9个STR基因座遗传多态性的研究

为对北京汉族D3S1358、vWA、FGA、D8S1179、D21S11、D18S51、D5S818、D13S317及D7S820等9个STR基因座的遗传多态性进行群体遗传学研究,利用荧光标记复合扩增及毛细管电泳自动荧光检测的方法,对236名无关个体获得9个STR基因座等位基因的分布频率,结果均符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡.计算了各基因座的杂合度（H）、个人识别能力（DP）、偶合率（PM）、非父排除率（EPP）和多态性信息总量（PIC）等群体遗传学数据.结果表明,这9个STR基因座多态性好,灵敏度高,可用于人类遗传分析及法医学中的亲子鉴定和个人识别.     

利用TP-M13-SSR技术分析我国两个地方猪种的遗传多样性

采用TP-M13-SSR技术,检测了我国地方猪品种柯乐猪和藏猪近交群体在18个微卫星位点的遗传多样性.结果如下:1)TP-M13-SSR方法简单、准确、高效,优于聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳;2)18个微卫星座位在柯乐猪封闭群和藏猪近交群体中的平均有效等位基因数分别为3.5092±1.0545、2.6097±0.8811,平均观察杂合度分别为0.7597±0.1672、0.5966±0.2194,平均期望杂合度分别为0.7000±0.1138、0.5781±0.1522,平均多态信息含量分别为0.6413±0.1252、0.5086±0.1535,表明两个群体具有较高的遗传多样性和较大的遗传潜力,柯乐猪封闭群可作为保种群使用.结论:将TP-M13-SSR技术应用于我国地方猪品种的遗传多样性,为快速、大规模评估我国地方猪种遗传资源提供了新的方法.     

金华猪遗传结构及其与太湖猪遗传分化的研究

本研究利用65个微卫星标记结合荧光标记检测技术, 对金华猪I系、II系、III系共271个个体以及嘉兴黑猪、中梅山猪、小梅山猪和二花脸猪等4个太湖猪品种和嵊县花猪各30头的基因型进行了检测, 统计分析了金华猪各品系的遗传结构及各猪种群间的遗传分化。结果显示: 金华猪品系间具有丰富的遗传变异, 平均有效等位基因数以金华猪I系最高, 为3.5; 其次是II系和III系, 分别是2.8和2.5, 金华猪3个品系的平均多态信息含量均高于0.5; I、II、III系的平均观察杂合度分别是0.381、0.399和0.442。金华猪3个品系偏离Hardy-Weinberg平衡的程度不一:I系偏离较大, III系次之, II系相对较小。分析认为金华猪各品系存在一定程度的近交, 品系间存在不同的等位基因。遗传分化结果显示: 金华猪II系和III系间遗传分化相对较小(F_ST＝0.1883), 但它们与I系间的遗传分化较大, F_ST值分别是0.3663和0.3619。同时, 金华猪各品系与太湖猪的遗传关系较近, 其中与中梅山猪群体遗传分化相对较小, F_ST值分别为0.3581、0.3560和0.3572。而金华猪各品系与嵊县花猪的遗传分化最大, F_ST值分别为0.4499, 0.4654和0.4801, 由此可见, 金华猪不同于其他浙江省地方品种, 有着独立的起源和驯化进程。     

基于SSR标记的新疆野杏群体遗传多样性及遗传结构

利用27对SSR分子标记对新疆4个野杏群体遗传多样性和遗传结构进行分析,评价新疆野杏遗传多样性水平和分化程度,为新疆野杏合理保护与利用提供科学依据。结果显示：（1）27对SSR引物共检测到431个等位基因（N_a）,各位点平均等位基因数（N_a）和多态性信息含量（PIC）分别为15.96和0.84;物种水平上Shannons信息指数（I）和期望杂合度（H_e）分别为2.21和0.78。（2）群体水平上等位基因数（N_a）、有效等位基因（N_e）、Shannons信息指数（I）、期望杂合度（H_e）和观察杂合度（H_o）分别为10.98、5.85、1.92、0.79和0.55;其中新源县野杏群体遗传多样性最丰富,巩留县群体遗传多样性最低。（3）基于F统计量分析的遗传分化系数（F_st）为0.05,基因流（N_m）为5.26;分子方差分析显示新疆野杏群体大部分遗传变异来自群体内（95.4%）,群体间的遗传变异仅占4.6%。（4）新疆野杏群体遗传距离为0.06~0.49,平均为0.24;遗传相似度为0.61~0.94,平均为0.80;遗传相似度的聚类分析和遗传距离的主坐标分析结果一致,均将供试4个群体划分为两组;Mantel检测显示,新疆野杏群体遗传距离与地理距离无显著相关（r=0.332,P＝0.16）。研究表明,新疆野杏资源具有丰富的遗传多样性,群体遗传分化程度较低,群体间遗传距离较小,这与新疆野杏群体的大小和悠久的演化历史以及群体间频繁的基因交流相关。     

菲律宾蛤仔EST-SSRs标记开发及不同地理群体遗传多样性

利用13对微卫星引物对大连、莆田、青岛3个地理群体蛤仔遗传多样性进行了检测。结果表明:13个基因座共检测到154个等位基因,每个座位检测到的等位基因数在2-7个之间,平均有效等位基因数为2.7657;3个群体平均观测杂合度分别为0.4387、0.4194、0.2383,平均期望杂合度分别为0.6488、0.6484、0.5526;群体间的遗传多样性差异不显著(P＞0.05)。NJ聚类结果显示大连和莆田群体的蛤仔亲缘关系较近,二者与青岛群体关系较远。3个群体均有不同程度的偏离Hardy-Weinberg平衡现象,表明各群体基因频率和基因型频率的稳定性相对较低。本研究所获得的微卫星标记的多态信息含量(PIC)>0.5,说明这些微卫星位点的多样性较高,可为下一步遗传图谱构建研究提供参考。     

贵州白香猪两品系微卫星座位的遗传分析

采用24个微卫星标记对贵州白香猪2个品系的遗传变异进行了检测.试验结果表明,2个品系在24个微卫星基因座的平均等位基因、平均期望杂合度、平均多态信息含量和平均近交系数分别为2.1667、2.0417,0.4074、0.4188,0.3436、0.3249和0.5377、0.5605.结果 提示贵州白香猪具有一定的遗传稳定性,已成为一个稳定的遗传群体,符合封闭群动物的遗传特征.     

Z:ZCLA长爪沙鼠微卫星标记的遗传多态性研究

通过对9个微卫星座位的扩增,研究了Z：ZCLA长爪沙鼠的遗传多态性。结果表明,Z：ZCLA长爪沙鼠在其中1个位点上只有一个等位基因,在其它位点上均有2～4个等位基因,平均等位基因数2．6个。平均杂合度0．4684,平均多态信息量0．4166,平均有效等位基因数2．1756。全群基因纯合度从0．1111～0．5555,平均0．3389,提示目前本群遗传多样性水平处于中度多态。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.