植物染色体倍性鉴定方法研究进展

对植物染色体倍性的间接、直接鉴定方法进行了综述,并对各种方法的优越性和不足之处进行了评述．指出植物染色体倍性鉴定应因陋就简,多采用早期鉴定和破坏性较小的鉴定方法,同时各种鉴定方法综合运用．对不同植物采用不同的鉴定办法,为育种实践服务．     

流式细胞仪鉴定猕猴桃倍性技术研究

利用流式细胞仪（Flow cytometer,FCM）对不同倍性猕猴桃DNA的相对含量进行测定;建立一套简易、快速的鉴定猕猴桃倍性方法。以二倍体“红阳”猕猴桃为对照;‘81-5’、‘皖翠’猕猴桃为试材;通过筛选最优鉴定叶片部位;改良解离液配方;提高滤膜的目数;过滤次数;增加离心次数等优化鉴定技术。结果表明;露地栽培条件下;茎尖下初展叶是倍性鉴定的最佳部位;两次离心;解离液中2%PVP-30;500目滤膜抽滤两次可以有效解决仪器堵管现象;有效去除杂质峰并获得清晰样品峰。通过优化后的鉴定技术可实现同时测定2个以上倍性的猕猴桃混合样品。     

利用流式细胞光度术鉴定苹果倍性的研究

利用流式细胞光度术测定了苹果１２个二倍体,５个三倍体细胞ＤＮＡ含量。结果表明：二倍体细胞核ＤＮＡ含量平均为２．２７ｐｇ,三倍体细胞核ＤＮＡ含量平均为３．１３ｐｇ。     

人工雌核发育草鱼染色体倍性的鉴定

运用经典的红细胞及细胞核体积大小测量方法以及流式细胞仪,检测了人工诱导雌核发育草鱼染色体倍性与DNA含量.雌核发育草鱼红细胞体积为(333.5±41.94)μm3,细胞核体积为(20.7±2.378)μm3;与所测普通草鱼红细胞体积(343.8±50.1)μm3,细胞核体积(21.2±1.98)μm3,没有显著差异.雌核发育草鱼DNA含量(2C)平均为2.23pg,普通草鱼DNA含量(2C)2.20pg,两者无显著差异.研究结果表明,人工雌核发育草鱼与普通草鱼具有相同的染色体倍性.     

猕猴桃属十个种的染色体倍性鉴定

猕猴桃属(Actinidia)植物全世界有66种,约有118个种下分类单位(也有新的划分方法将其划分为54种21变种),其中大部分为中国特有。在猕猴桃杂交育种中,不同倍性之间选配不当会出现杂交失败、后代不育等现象,因此倍性鉴定是猕猴桃常规育种亲本选择的前提条件之一。但到目前为止,不少猕猴桃种或亚种的染色体倍性研究并不十分清楚,因而限制了这些资源的进一步开发利用。该研究针对广西植物研究所猕猴桃种质资源圃收集的目前倍性尚不明确的白萼、白花柱果、二色花、临桂、卵圆叶、桃花、宛田、长果、融水和五瓣猕猴桃等10个种类的猕猴桃,使用酸解法制备染色体标本,通过显微镜观察确定其倍性。这10个种类大多为广西特有,其中蕴藏着独特的优良园艺性状,具有很高的生产和开发价值。该研究结果表明这10个种类猕猴桃的染色体倍性均为二倍体(2n=2x=58)。该研究结果进一步丰富了猕猴桃种质资源多样性数据库,为这些猕猴桃资源的合理开发利用奠定了基础。     

花楸属复叶组植物倍性水平及基因组大小变异

为探究花楸属复叶组（Sorbus sect. Sorbus）植物的倍性和基因组大小变异,以水稻品种日本晴（Oryza sativa subsp. japonica ‘Nipponbare’）为内标植物,应用流式细胞术对植物体细胞所含的DNA含量进行测定。结果表明：19种植物的基因组大小为0.648~0.803 pg,有二、三、四倍体3种倍性水平,其中二倍体植物有 15种,2C值为1.335~1.607 pg;三倍体仅喜马拉雅花楸（S. himalaica）1种,2C值为2.137 pg;白毛花楸（S. albopilosa）、西康花楸（S. prattii）和假川滇花楸（S. pseudovilmorinii）为四倍体,2C值分别为2.594、2.891、2.751 pg。首次报道了16种花楸属植物的2C值,并报道了5种植物新的倍性水平,表明花楸属植物在种间及种内均存在倍性变化。     

利用流式细胞术鉴定68份三角梅基因组大小与染色体倍性

以国内外收集的54份三角梅(Bougainvillea)资源和14份实生种质为材料,选用番茄(Solanum lycopersicum)为内参,采用流式细胞术估测三角梅基因组大小,并以二倍体品种为对照,计算三角梅染色体倍性。结果表明：(1) 所选用的内参与待检测样品的最高值能完全分开,没有重叠峰,峰型比较清晰集中,可以对三角梅基因组大小进行有效估测。(2) 供试材料中有34份二倍体,基因组大小为2.48～2.86 Gb;有28份三倍体,基因组大小为3.65～4.22 Gb;有5份四倍体,基因组大小为4.98～5.12 Gb;另外,‘大金边杨梅’为2X、4X、6X混倍体。利用流式细胞法鉴定三角梅染色体倍性可缩短鉴定时间,提高鉴定效率。     

洞庭湖流域沅江蚬属贝类的倍性研究

洞庭湖流域蚬属(Corbicula)贝类资源丰富,但其倍性尚未见报道.流式细胞术是一种基于DNA含量的动物倍性鉴定方法,目前尚未见其应用于蚬的倍性鉴定.本研究在传统核型分析的基础上,采用流式细胞术对沅江常德鼎城区江段的蚬进行倍性鉴定,梳理倍性与其形态、性别间的关系,以期为蚬的种质资源评价和管理提供理论依据.结果显示:4...     

中华猕猴桃和美昧猕猴桃的倍性变异及地理分布研究

根据已有的猕猴桃自然地理分布资料,通过对中华猕猴桃（Actinidia chinensis）和美味猕猴桃（A．deliciosa）野外分布居群的详细调查,利用流式细胞技术对我国西部高原台地向中东部丘陵平原过渡地带6个纯中华猕猴桃、1个纯美味猕猴桃和5个中华／美味猕猴桃同域分布居群共276个个体的倍性进行了检测。结果表明：（1）中华猕猴桃存在二倍体和四倍体,美味猕猴桃存在四倍体、五倍体和六倍体;（2）中华猕猴桃和美昧猕猴桃在经度和纬度的分布上存在显著差异（P〈0．05）,中华猕猴桃在经度上偏东分布而美味猕猴桃偏西,纬度分布上中华猕猴桃偏南而美味猕猴桃偏北;而且不同倍性小种在经、纬度分布上呈现显著差异（P〈0．05）,二倍体、四倍体、六倍体的分布在经度上依次从东到西、纬度上从南到北;（3）中华猕猴桃和美味猕猴桃不同倍性小种的海拔分布存在显著性差异（P〈0．05）,二倍体小种分布海拔最低,四倍体小种次之,六倍体小种海拔分布最高,但通过LSD分析四倍体个体和六倍体个体在海拔分布上不存在显著差异（P〉0．05）。通过对中华／美味猕猴桃这两种具有重要经济价值的果树的倍性变异及地理分布的探讨,提出了猕猴桃倍性小种分布的上述规律并给猕猴桃种质资源收集、评价、创新和可持续利用方面提供了初步的研究基础,尤其是为我国猕猴桃新品种选育提供了基础数据和科学依据。     

中华猕猴桃和美味猕猴桃的倍性变异及地理分布研究

根据已有的猕猴桃自然地理分布资料,通过对中华猕猴桃（Actinidia chinensis）和美味猕猴桃（A．deliciosa）野外分布居群的详细调查,利用流式细胞技术对我国西部高原台地向中东部丘陵平原过渡地带6个纯中华猕猴桃、1个纯美味猕猴桃和5个中华／美味猕猴桃同域分布居群共276个个体的倍性进行了检测。结果表明：（1）中华猕猴桃存在二倍体和四倍体,美味猕猴桃存在四倍体、五倍体和六倍体;（2）中华猕猴桃和美昧猕猴桃在经度和纬度的分布上存在显著差异（P〈0．05）,中华猕猴桃在经度上偏东分布而美味猕猴桃偏西,纬度分布上中华猕猴桃偏南而美味猕猴桃偏北;而且不同倍性小种在经、纬度分布上呈现显著差异（P〈0．05）,二倍体、四倍体、六倍体的分布在经度上依次从东到西、纬度上从南到北;（3）中华猕猴桃和美味猕猴桃不同倍性小种的海拔分布存在显著性差异（P〈0．05）,二倍体小种分布海拔最低,四倍体小种次之,六倍体小种海拔分布最高,但通过LSD分析四倍体个体和六倍体个体在海拔分布上不存在显著差异（P〉0．05）。通过对中华／美味猕猴桃这两种具有重要经济价值的果树的倍性变异及地理分布的探讨,提出了猕猴桃倍性小种分布的上述规律并给猕猴桃种质资源收集、评价、创新和可持续利用方面提供了初步的研究基础,尤其是为我国猕猴桃新品种选育提供了基础数据和科学依据。     

三个鲫品系DNA含量的比较研究

采用流式细胞术 (FCM)对红鲫、彭泽鲫、异育银鲫进行红血球DNA含量的检测分析比较 ,以鉴定它们的倍性。结果显示 ,红鲫红血球的DNA含量是 3 0pg ,彭泽鲫是 4 7pg ,异育银鲫是 4 8pg。显而易见 ,彭泽鲫的DNA含量是二倍体红鲫的 1 57倍 ,异育银鲫的DNA含量是红鲫的 1 6倍。采用肾细胞直接制作染色体的方法进行红鲫、彭泽鲫、异育银鲫的染色体倍性鉴定 ,结果红鲫的染色体数目是 10 0 ,为二倍体 (2n =10 0 ) ,彭泽鲫的染色体数目是 162 ,为三倍体 (3n =162 ) ,异育银鲫的染色体数目是 156— 162 ,为三倍体 (3n =156— 162 )。研究证明 :不同品系鲫的DNA含量高低与染色体的倍性有显著的正相关性     

应用流式细胞术测定17种中国野生蔷薇核DNA含量

以17种中国野生蔷薇为试材,采用改良的LB 01裂解液,以4种不同的标准植物——大豆（Glycine max Merr.‘Polanka’）、绿豆（Vigna radiata（L.） Wilczek）、番茄（Lycopersicon esculentum Miller）和玉米（Zea mays L.）为外标,以二倍体材料丽江蔷薇（Rosa×lichiangensis Yü et Ku）为内部参照,利用流式细胞术对其核DNA含量及染色体倍性进行检测,并采用常规染色体压片法验证倍性准确性。本研究首次检测了3个二倍体种——商城蔷薇（Rosa shangchengensis T.C.Ku）、广东蔷薇（Rosa kwangtungensis Yü et Tsai）和无刺刺梨（Rosa roxburghii f.inermis S.D.Shi）,1个三倍体种——伞房蔷薇（Rosa corymbulosa Rolfe）和1个四倍体种——弯刺蔷薇（Rosa beggeriana Schrenk）的核DNA含量及基因组大小。结果表明,流式细胞术检测结果与常规染色体压片法结果一致,可对中国野生蔷薇的倍性研究进行补充。本研究结果可丰富中国蔷薇属植物的细胞遗传学背景资料并为繁育新品种提供理论依据。     

Ploidy variation of progenies from intra- and inter-ploidy crosses with regard to trisomic production in asparagus (<Emphasis Type=Italic>Asparagus officinalis</Emphasis> L.)

Ploidy variation within progenies from intra- and inter-ploidy crosses of asparagus were determined in this study. The DNA content of most reduced microspores was half that of somatic cells in diploid, triploid and tetraploid plants as determined by flow cytometry. Many viable seeds were obtained from various 2x × 2x and 2x × 3x intra- and inter-ploidy crosses. Nuclear DNA contents of these progenies from reciprocal crosses between diploids and triploids were similar to those expected of diploids, but with a wider range: hyper- and hypo-diploids including trisomics seem to be involved in the progenies. Indeed, the number of chromosomes in the progenies of 2x × 3x crosses ranged from 18 to 23. Based on frequencies of viable seeds and trisomic phenotypic appearance, it was concluded that the 2x × 3x cross was most efficient for obtaining trisomic plants in Asparagus officinalis.     

Effect of ploidy and homozygosity on transgene expression in primary tobacco transformants and their androgenetic progenies

Expression of a transgene is rarely analysed in the androgenetic progenies of the transgenic plants. Here, we report differential transgene expression in androgenetic haploid and doubled haploid (DH) tobacco plants as compared to the diploid parental lines, thus demonstrating a gene dosage effect. Using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, and bacterial reporter genes encoding neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) and β-glucuronidase (uidA/ GUS), driven respectively by the mas 1′ and mas 2′ promoters, we have generated more than 150 independent transgenic (R₀) Nicotiana tabacum plants containing one or more T-DNA copies. Transgene analyses of these R₀, their selfed R₁ lines and their corresponding haploid progenies showed an obvious position effect (site of T-DNA insertion on chromosome) on uidA expression. However, transgene (GUS) expression levels were not proportional to transgene copy number. More than 150 haploids and doubled haploids, induced by treatment with colchicine, were produced from 20 independent transgenic R₀ plants containing single and multiple copies of the uidA gene. We observed that homozygous DH plants expressed GUS at approximately 2.9-fold the level of the corresponding parental haploid plants. This increase in transgene expression may be attributed mainly to the increase (2-fold) in chromosome number. Based on this observation, we suggest a strong link between chromosome number (ploidy dosage effect) and transgene expression. In particular, we demonstrate the effect on its expression level of converting the transgene from the heterozygous (in R₀ plants) to the homozygous (DH) state: e.g. an increase of 50% was observed in the homozygous DH as compared to the original heterozygous diploid plants. We propose that ploidy coupled with homozygosity can result in a new type of gene activation, creating differences in gene expression patterns. Received: 27 April 1998 / Accepted: 12 August 1998     

Most organs of sugar-beet (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Beta vulgaris</Emphasis> L.) plants at the vegetative and reproductive stages of development are polysomatic

Polysomaty was studied using flow cytometry in different organs of diploid, triploid and tetraploid sugar-beet (Beta vulgaris L.) plants, in the first (at harvest) and the second (at the height of the blooming period) year of development. Of the organs/parts of organs of the vegetative plant that developed during the first year, only the leaf lamina did not contain endopolyploid cells; in all others, one to three endocycles had occurred. The second-year seed-crop plant was also highly polysomatic; even in reproductive organs such as the flower and pericarp the endopolyploid cells were present (up to 8C and 32C, respectively). At this stage of development no endocycles occurred in the leaf lamina, flower bract, and inflorescence bract. The parts of the plant with no endopolyploid cells are recommended for ploidy estimation, and as a material suitable for micropropagation and genetic manipulations. Endoreduplication, up to 32C (64Cx), was organ-specific and correlated negatively with plant ploidy. The highest mean C-value, over 7, was in the diploid, in the basal part of the oldest leaf petiole in the first-year plant, and in the storage parenchyma of the root in the second-year seed-crop plant. The results confirm that higher endopolyploidy occurs in plants with a smaller 2C DNA amount than in those with a larger one. The significance of endopolyploidization in development of sugar-beet plant organs is discussed.     

Production of dodecaploid plants of Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) by colchicine treatment of protoplasts

Summary Dodecaploid plants of Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) were obtained by colchicine treatment of protoplasts. Callus protoplasts of Jiro (2n=90, x=15) were cultured in modified KM8p medium with 0.1% colchicine for 3–9 days. After colchicine treatment, they were cultured using agarose bead culture. Microcalli were recovered from the protoplasts after 3 months. Flow cytometric measurement showed that nine of 31 callus lines obtained from 6 days of colchicine treatment had twice the nuclear DNA content as non-treated controls. Plantlets were regenerated from the calli with twice the nuclear DNA content. Microscopic observation of root tip cells showed that their somatic chromosome number was 2n=180 (x=15). Compared with Jiro, dodecaploid plants had longer stomatal guard cells and lower stomatal densities, consistent with increased ploidy.     

Flow cytometric evidence for multiple ploidy levels in the endosperm of some gymnosperm species

 Considered to be haploid tissue, the endosperm of coniferous trees has been extensively used by forest geneticists. Using laser flow cytometry, we show that endosperm ploidy level depends on the systematic position. The Abies, Cedrus and Pinus species tested exhibited uniform haploid endosperm compared to the diploid DNA content of the corresponding embryo. Endosperm of Cupressaceae contained multiple ploidy levels: Cupressus arizonica, Juniperus oxycedrus and Thuja orientalis endosperms exhibited a mixture of haploid–diploid nuclei, while C. atlantica and C. sempervirens endosperms contained six ploidy levels: 1C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 5C and 6C. Physiological and genetic implications of this original feature are discussed. Received: 17 August 1996 / Accepted: 18 October 1996     

Fundamentals of flow cytometry

Flow cytomelers arc instruments that arc used primarily to measure the physical and biochemical characteristics of biological particles. This technology is used to perform measurements on whole cells as well as prepared cellular constituents, such as nuclei and organelles. Flow cytomcters are investigative tools for a broad range of scientific disciplines because they make measurements on thousands of individual cells/ particles in a matter of seconds. This is a unique advantage relative to other detection instruments that provide bulk particle measurements. Flow cytomety is a complex and highly technical field; therefore, a basic understanding of the technology is essential for all users. The purpose of this article is to provide fundamental information about the instrumentation used for flow cytometry as well as the methods used to analyze and interpret data. This information will provide a foundation to use flow cytometry effectively as a research tool.