芦苇根尖体细胞的染色体数目和形态

本文研究了芦苇(Phragmites communis)幼苗根尖分生组织细胞的染色体数目和形态。其染色体数为2n=96。在有丝分裂中期染色体组中,染色体的大小逐渐地改变,按照染色体的大小和形态,96个染色体能被分成8个同源单倍体染色体组。每一组由11个中部着丝点染色体和1个亚中部着丝点染色体组成。     

中国东乡野生稻的粗线期分析及其与普通栽培稻的亲和性

中国东乡野生稻具多年宿根性,生长习性分直立型和匍匐型二类,群体内已有基因分化。形态性状分析证明其为普通野生稻的生态型变种。根尖细胞学鉴定,其染色体数为2n=24。花粉母细胞减数分裂行为正常。粗线期分析证实:该种具3个中部着丝点染色体,8个次中部着丝点染色体及一个亚端部着丝点染色体。染色体ⅤⅢ与核仁相连。染色体绝对长度为64.4—18.7μ。与栽培稻杂交育性正常,染色体配对良好,染色体组型可能为AA。     

鲢鱼染色体组型的分析

研究鲢鱼染色体组型,用短期离体培养的肾细胞、空气干燥制片、Giemsa染色。鲢鱼染色体组型2n=48,其中中部着丝点染色体12对,亚中部着丝点染色体8对,亚端部着丝点染色体4对,染色体总臂数(AN)为96,没有端部着丝点染色体,没有单臂的染色体。与前人的工作有很大不同。观察了鲢鱼等几种鱼的培养细胞有丝分裂中期不同时相的染色体,并分析了中期各时相染色体的特点,认为在分析染色体组型时,须注意染色体的取相时期,其中以正中期为最好,因此,宜以正中期为准,而不宜以晚中期或染色体严重收缩时为准。     

东方蝾螈(Cynops orientalis)、肥螈(Pachytriton brevipes)核型、C带和免疫过氧化物酶染色的分析研究

1.东方蝾螈(Cynops orientalis)、肥螈(Pachytriton brevipes)染色体数均为2n=24。按染色体相对长度、臂比、着丝点指数可将12对染色体分成三组。染色体1—4为第一组,均为中部着丝点染色体。染色体5—8为第二组,除染色体7为亚中部着丝点外,其余为中部着丝点染色体。染色体9—12为第三组,除染色体9为中部着丝点外,其余都为亚中部着丝点。东方蝾螈和肥螈染色体核型相似,但却各具独特的C-带带谱图式。 2.经间接免疫过氧化物酶染色后,在东方蝾螈和肥螈肠上皮细胞染色体的着丝点两侧和长、短臂的端粒部位都显示棕褐色的5-甲基胞嘧啶特异位置的深着色,染色体的长臂、短臂上则为浅棕色。 3.东方蝾螈和肥螈雌雄个体肠上皮细胞的染色体核型中均未见染色体的异型性配对。     

鹿属(Cervus)染色体组型的进化

鹿属共9个种,除去已绝灭的熊氏鹿(Cervus shomburgki)外,现存者8个种。作者对其中的6个种的染色体组型用外周血培养方法进行了研究。加上文献中已报道的材料,对鹿属中染色体组型已进行分析的共有7个种、13个亚种。对这些材料所进行的分析表明,鹿属动物在进化过程中,X染色体是很保守的,而常染色体的变化,无论是种间还是种内,全是2n数每增加1条,中部或亚中部着丝点染色体数就减少1条,而端着丝点染色体数就增加2条,反之亦然。结合对鹿属古生物学资料和现代各个种的地理分布的分析,作者认为,鹿属染色体进化的主要机制是罗伯逊断裂,即一条中部(亚中部)着丝点染色体在着丝点部位断裂成为两条端着丝点染色体。     

沙田柚染色体组型及Giemsa带型分析

本文以沙田柚为材料,对其染色体组型及带型进行了观察分析。组型分析:染色体数目2n=18,根据染色体的相对长度分成大小染色体两种类型,前者包括1、2、3、4和5对,后者为6、7、8和9对,根据臂比,9对染色体能够被分成中部着丝点和近中着丝点染色体两种类型。即第5、7,9对为亚中部着丝点,其余为中部着丝点,第6对染色体上有随体;Giemsa带型:除第二对染色体只显中间带外,其余都显着丝点带,并在3、4、8对染色体短臂上和2、3、1对染色体长臂上均显端带,第2、3,6对同源染色体之间的C带显示杂合性。     

桓仁林蛙和桓仁产东北林蛙的染色体组型

用骨髓细胞制片法对桓仁林蛙（Rana huanrenesis）和桓仁产东北林蛙（R．dybowskii）的染色体组型进行了报道,两种林蛙的染色体数均为2n=24,都可配成12对,按照相对长度可分为3组,A组包括第1～5对,为大型染色体（相对长度〉9．0）;B组是第6对,为中型染色体（相对长度在7．0～9．0之间）;C组包括第7～12对,这一组为小型染色体（相对长度〈7．0）。在两种林蛙的染色体组型中未发现有异型性染色体。桓仁林蛙的第1、3、4、5对为中部着丝点染色体,第9对为端部着丝点染色体,其余各对为亚中部着丝点染色体。东北林蛙的第1、2、3、4、5、6、8对为中部着丝点染色体,第9对为端部着丝点染色体,其余各对为业中部着丝点染色体。两种林蛙的第11对染色体长臂有明显的次缢痕。     

两性型天然雌核发育彭泽鲫染色体组型的研究

彭泽鲫是一种两性型天然雌核发育群体。染色体组型分析结果表明：雌、雄鱼的染色体数目均为１６６。它们的核型组成是：３２条中部着丝点染色体、４０条亚中部着丝点染色体、１８条亚端部着丝点染色体和７６条端部着丝点染色体。臂数（ＮＦ）为２３８。本研究结果与其它雌核发育类型的鲫鱼有明显的差别。     

加拿大引进的二倍体燕麦种质的核型鉴定

采用常规压片法对砂燕麦、西班牙燕麦和短燕麦3个二倍体燕麦种进行了核型研究。结果表明:砂燕麦染色体核型公式为2n=2x=14=10m+4sm(2SAT),具近中部和中部着丝点染色体,第4对染色体组的短臂上有1对随体,核不对称系数为68.17%;西班牙燕麦染色体核型公式为2n=2x=14=10m+4sm(2SAT),具近中部和中部着丝点染色体,第7对染色体短臂上有1对随体,核不对称系数为59.31%;短燕麦染色体核型公式为2n=2x=14=6m+4sm+4st(2SAT),具近端部、近中部和中部着丝点染色体,第6对染色体组的短臂上有1对随体,核不对称系数为63.91%。虽然3个燕麦种的核型均为2A,但它们的染色体形态有明显不同,比较认为砂燕麦相对进化,短燕麦次之,西班牙燕麦较原始。本研究对燕麦种质资源的核型分析及进化地位研究具有参考价值。     

草鱼、团头鲂染色体组型的分析比较

应用胚胎细胞制作染色体玻片标本,分析草鱼、团头鲂的染色体组型。草鱼有48条染色体,分A(中部着丝点)、B(近中部着丝点)、C(近端部着丝点)三组,各组分别有9对、11对和4对染色体。团头鲂的染色体也是48条,同样分为三组。各组的数目分别为10对、12对和2对,但A组和C组各有一对带次缢痕的染色体。总的比较起来,草鱼和团头鲂的染色体组型差异较大。     

Specificity of compaction in meiotic chromosomes of the female Chinese hamster

This study describes the sequential alternation of compaction and decompaction in the chromosomes of the Chinese hamster oocyte from diakinesis to metaphase II. A series of micrographs show that the compact metaphase I chromosomes become greatly extended as they enter and pass through anaphase I. Once polarized, the presumptive oocyte chromosomes become exceedingly compact and form a tightly packed mass, each chromosome assuming contours to accomodate dovetailing with its neighbors, while the chromosomes consigned to the polar body remain extended and show signs of the incipient deterioration. Prior to ovulation, the chromosomes of the mass separate and begin to decompact, in part at least, by the previously postulated mechanism of uncoiling. Following ovulation, the chromosomes are greatly extended and, as the metaphase II complement, remain in that state until the advent of fertilization. — Evidence that the compaction patterns are ordered and chromosome specific is presented by observation of the two smallest chromosomes of the complement. At telophase I those chromosomes are markedly different in size and arm ratio; at metaphase II the differences are less pronounced and at mitotic metaphase the two smallest chromosome pairs are so similar in morphology as to be indistinguishable. It is proposed, therefore, that those two chromosomes differ in their fundamental morphology as revealed at the exceedingly compact state of telophase I oocyte chromosomes. Their subsequently established resemblance at mitotic metaphase may be due to allocycly on the part of one or both, resulting in two chromosomes of apparantly similar length and arm ratio.Supported by grants from the Institute of Child Health and Development of the National Institutes of Health, 5 RO1 HDO4846 and the Damon Runyan Foundation, DRG-907.Supported in part by CA-08748 from the Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.     

A chromosome study ofCharaxes jasius L. (Lepidoptera,Nymphalidae)

The haploid chromosome complement ofCharaxes jasius is n=25 in both males and females. The chromosomes in the mitotic metaphase are rod⁻ and dot-shaped; the primary constriction, even after treatment with hypotonic solution, is lacking in them. Meiosis in females is achiasmatic. This research was supported by a grant from M.P.I. 40%-1984.     

Cytogenetic analysis of Astylus antis (Perty, 1830) (Coleoptera, Melyridae): Karyotype, heterochromatin and location of ribosomal genes

Cytogenetic analysis of Astylus antis using mitotic and meiotic cells was performed to characterize the haploid and diploid numbers, sex determination system, chromosome morphology, constitutive heterochromatin distribution pattern and chromosomes carrying nucleolus organizer regions (NORs). Analysis of spermatogonial metaphase cells revealed the diploid number 2n = 18, with mostly metacentric chromosomes. Metaphase I cells exhibited 2n = 8II+Xyp and a parachute configuration of the sex chromosomes. Spermatogonial metaphase cells submitted to C-banding showed the presence of small dots of constitutive heterochromatin in the centromeric regions of nearly all the autosomes and on the short arm of the X chromosome (Xp), as well as an additional band on one of the arms of pair 1. Mitotic cells submitted to double staining with base-specific fluorochromes (DAPI-CMA(3) ) revealed no regions rich in A+T or G+C sequences. Analysis of spermatogonial mitotic cells after sequential Giemsa/AgNO (3) staining did not reveal any specific mark on the chromosomes. Meiotic metaphase I cells stained with silver nitrate revealed a strong impregnation associated to the sex chromosomes, and in situ hybridization with an 18S rDNA probe showed ribosomal cistrons in an autosomal bivalent.     

The Chromosome Number of Psammosilene tunicoides Endemic to China

In this paper,Psammosilene tunicoides,an endemic species to China,was cytologically studied for the first time.The morphology of the nuclei at resting stage was categorized to be simple chromocentre type.The morphology of mitotic prophase chromosomes was categorized to be the interstitial type.28 chromosomes were observed at the mitotic metaphase,and 14 bivalent chromosomes were observed at diakinesis.So,the basic chromosome number was confirmed to be x=14.Psammosilene tunicoides is different from Silene rubicunda in the basic chromosome number and the morphology of the nuclei at resting stage and mitotic prophase chromosomes,because Silene rubicund has the basic chromosome number of x=10 and 12,and its nuclei at resting stage and mitotic prophase chromosomes is sparsely diffuse type and continuous type respectivrly.     

Chromosomes and karyotype analysis of a liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, by scanning electron microscopy

Opisthorchis viverrini, a human liver fluke, has been categorized as the carcinogenic organism according to the strong association with carcinogenesis of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). The infection of this food-borne parasite is a major impact on the health of humans, especially CCA patients in the northeast of Thailand. Taxonomy, morphology, epidemiology and molecular study of O. viverrini have been publicized increasingly but the precise karyotypic study is still incomplete. In this study, the chromosomes of O. viverrini were prepared from the testes of adult worms retrieved from metacercariae infected-hamsters. The chromosomes of O. viverrini were identified in haploid (n=6) meiotic metaphase and in diploid (2n=12) mitotic metaphase by light microscopy. The chromosome number, length and nomenclature of each chromosome were determined by scanning electron microscopy. The six chromosomes consist of one large-sized metacentric, one medium-sized metacentric, two small-sized metacentric, one small-sized submetacentric and one small-sized acrocentric chromosomes with the lengths of 2.84±0.03, 2.12±0.10, 1.71±0.13, 1.44±0.04, 1.23±0.03 and 0.84±0.13 μm, respectively. This is the first karyotype analysis of O. viverrini with defined complete nomenclature.     

Primed in situ labelling facilitates flow sorting of similar sized chromosomes

Flow karyotyping and sorting of individual chromosome types is difficult when chromosomes of a complement do not differ sufficiently in DNA content. A strategy for sorting chromosomes of similar size has been developed. For this purpose oligonucleotide primed in situ (PRINS)-labelling was adapted to field bean chromosomes in suspension. With a primer designed according to a tandemly repetitive sequence ( Fokl element) PRINS-labelling resulted in fluorescence signals specific in position and intensity for each chromosome. A bivariate sorting mode combining fluorescence pulse areas obtained from propidium iodide staining (representing DNA content) and fluorescein isothiocyanate signals (representing chromosome-specific label) allowed chromosomes deviating in length by less than 1% of the haploid metaphase complement to be sorted. The average purity of sorted fractions was 95%. This technique should be applicable also to chromosomes of other species for obtaining chromosome-specific painting probes, for construction of chromosome-specific libraries (both without additional DNA amplification), and for gene mapping.     

星叶草属的核形态及其系统位置

本文研究了星叶草属的核形态。其间期核和前期染色体分别为简单染色中心型和中间型;中期染色体较小,长度介于3.00μm到1.20μm之间;核型公式为2n=30=22m+8sm。其明显很高的染色体基数以及其它退化和特化的形态学性状,表明该属是一个孑遗的古多倍体类群。该属与独叶草属在间期核形态、前期染色体形态以及中期染色体的大小和形态方面极为相似。结合其它方面的资料,本文认为星叶草属和独叶草属有较近的亲缘关系,支持将它们一起置于星叶草科的观点。     

B chromosome variation in Euphydryas colon (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Cytogenetic analysis of an Idaho population of the checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas colon, has revealed considerable inter- and intra-individual variation in chromosome number which turns out to be a classic case of B chromosome variation. The basic chromosome complement of the species is n (, )=31. The A chromosomes were aligned equatorially at mitotic metaphase and metaphase II, and axially at metaphase I, indicating a restriction of centric activity at the first meiotic division. No failure of pairing between homologous A chromosomes was observed and, although a marked asynchrony of chromatid separation was found to be characteristic of mitotic telophase and telophase II, the frequency of macrospermatid formation was low. The B chromosomes were at least partly heterochromatic but exhibited some variation in both pycnosity and size. Mitotically stable B-containing individuals showed a preponderance of unpaired Bs at first metaphase and these divided at either first or second anaphase. The presence of Bs was associated with a heightened production of abnormal spermatids particularly in individuals with high numbers of B chromosomes. Among the 25 individuals sampled, 21 carried from 1–6 B chromosomes, and of these 14 were mitotically stable. In all 7 unstable individuals the mean number of B chromosomes per cell exceeded the modal number. Assuming that the modal number represents the zygotic number, these results suggest that a mechanism to boost the number of B chromosomes exists in males of E. colon.     

Genetic and cytogenetic analysis of the American cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cingulata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

The American eastern cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cingulata, a pest of cherries in the western hemisphere, invaded Europe in 1983, and since then dispersed to several European countries. Information on the genetics and cytogenetics of this pest is very scarce. The mitotic karyotype and detailed photographic maps of the salivary gland polytene chromosomes of R. cingulata are presented here. The mitotic metaphase complement consists of six pairs of chromosomes with the sex chromosomes being very small and similar in size. The analysis of the salivary gland polytene complement shows a total number of five long chromosomes (10 polytene arms), which correspond to the five autosomes of the mitotic nuclei and an extrachromosomal heterochromatic mass, which corresponds to the sex chromosomes. The banding patterns and the most characteristic features and prominent landmarks of each polytene chromosome are presented and discussed. Chromosomal homologies between R. cingulata, R. completa and R. cerasi are also proposed, based on the comparison of chromosome banding patterns. Furthermore, the detection and characterization of Wolbachia pipientis in the R. cingulata population studied is presented and the potential correlation with the asynaptic phenomena found in its polytene complement is discussed. In addition, 10 out of 24 microsatellite markers developed for other Rhagoletis species are cross-amplified, evaluated and proposed as useful markers for population and genetic studies in R. cingulata.