中国食用向日葵种质资源遗传变异的RAPD及AFLP分析

本研究采用RAPD和AFLP方法对23个中国不同地区的食用向日葵(Helianthus annuus L.)骨干品种进行了遗传变异分析,同时对两种标记系统进行了比较.26个RAPD引物产生了总计192条DNA条带,大小分布于0.26 kb～1.98 kb之间,其中165条(86.12%)具有多态性,每条引物产生DNA条带的平均数为7.38.8对AFLP引物组合共产生了576条带,分布于100 bp～500 bp之间,其中的341条具有多态性,多态百分率为76.00%,每对引物组合产生DNA条带的平均数为72.RAPD方法检测到的每位点有效等位基因数(1.76)大于AFLP(1.65),AFLP标记位点的平均多态性信息量(PIC)(0.38)低于RAPD标记位点的PIC(0.41),但AFLP标记具有很高的多态性检测效率(Ai=38.52).用RAPD标记分析23个食用向日葵材料的亲缘关系,Nei氏相似性系数分布在47.84%～82.06%,平均相似性系数为0.649 5, 而采用AFLP的Nei氏相似性系数分布在54.15%～83.52%,平均相似性系数为0.688 4.RAPD数据的标准差为0.13,而AFLP数据的标准差为0.08.因此,采用RAPD和AFLP方法分析食用向日葵遗传变异,RAPD标记具有较低相似性系数和较高方差而AFLP则相反.源于两种不同标记的遗传相似性矩阵的相关系数为0.51,说明采用RAPD和AFLP系统分析食用向日葵遗传变异得到的结果有一定的相关性.无论采用RAPD还是AFLP标记进行聚类分析,都将23个不同基因型的食用向日葵材料分成了三个类群.     

河北省大豆推广品种遗传多样性分析

利用主要农艺性状以及SSR和AFLP2种分子标记,对河北省41个大豆推广品种进行遗传多样性分析,以便为种质资源利用和创新提供依据。农艺性状聚类结果将41个材料划分为3个类群和2个特殊品种,聚类结果与材料系谱来源相差悬殊,不能反映材料间亲缘关系。SSR和AFLP数据聚类结果将41个材料划分为4个SAG（SSR and AFLP—basedgroups）分子类群。30对SSR引物共检测出135个等位变异,平均每个位点上有4．47个等位变异,SSR的遗传多样性指数（Simpson）分布范围为0．0928～0．7800,平均值为0、6442。10对AFLP引物共扩增出93个多态性标记,平均每对引物9．3个多态性标记。品种间的遗传相似系数（GS）变化范围为0．5877～0．9868,平均值变化范围为0．6732～0．7653,总体平均值为0.7237,遗传相似系数较高,说明材料间遗传变异较小。     

中国食用向日葵种质资源遗传变异的RAPD及AFLP分析

本研究采用RAPD和AFLP方法对23个中国不同地区的食用向日葵（Helianthus annuus L.)骨干品种进行了遗传变异分析,同时对两种标记系统进行了比较。26个RAPD引物产生了总计192条DNA条带,大小分布 于0.26kb-1.98kb之间,其中165条（86．12％）具有多态性,每条引物产生DNA条带的平均数为7．38。8对AFLP引物组合共产生了576条带,分布于100bp-500bp之间,其中的341条具有多态性,多态百分率为76．00％,每对引物组合产生DNA条带的平均数为72。RAPD方法检测的每位点有效等位基因数（1．76）大于AFLP（1．65）,AFLP标记位点的平均多态性信息量（PIC）（0．38）低于RAPD标记位点PIC（0．41）,但AFLP标记具有很高的多态性检测效率（Ai=38．52）。用RAPD标记分析23个食用向日葵材料的亲缘关系,Nei氏相似性系数分布在47．84％－82．06％,平均相似性系数为0．6495,而采用AFLP的Nei氏相似性系数分布在54．15％－83．52％,平均相似性系数为0．6884。RAPD数据的标准差为0．13,而AFLP数据的标准差为0．08。因此,采用RAPD和AFLP方法分析食用向日葵遗传变异,RAPD标记具有较低相似性系数和较高方差而AFLP则相反。源于两种不同标记的遗传相似矩阵的相关系数为0．51,说明采用RAPD和AFLP系统分析食用向日葵遗传变异得到的结果有一定的相关性,无论采用RAPD还是AFLP标记进行聚类分析,都将23个不同基因型的食用向日葵材料分成了三个类群。     

中国十倍体割手密资源抗逆功能标记的遗传多样性分析

整倍体割手密是现代甘蔗品种重要的野生亲本和抗逆性状基因源,为了明确其抗逆相关基因的遗传背景,该研究选用来自脱水绑定因子DREB、水通道蛋白AQP、热激蛋白HSP70、WRKY1转录因子和随机引物组成的5对抗旱和耐高温相关功能标记,以63份甘蔗常用亲本材料和8份甘蔗原种作为对照,对中国保育的50份十倍体割手密(Saccharum spontaneum L.)进行遗传多样性分析。结果显示:(1)5对引物共获得119个扩增片段,其中110个为多态性条带,平均多态性条带比例为92.44%,平均多态信息量为92.53%,十倍体割手密抗旱功能标记多态性最高,甘蔗常用亲本材料耐高温功能标记多态性最高。(2)十倍体割手密在抗旱功能标记上具有较低的平均相似性系数值(0.541)和最大的分布范围(0.347~0.800),且主要集中在0.400~0.600之间,而在耐高温功能标记上甘蔗常用亲本材料虽拥有最大的分布范围(0.238~1.000),但甘蔗原种具有最低的平均相似性系数值(0.481),且相似性系数范围主要集中在0.400~0.600之间。(3)UPGMA聚类可将参试材料划分为较明显的两个大组,十倍体割手密与甘蔗常用亲本和甘蔗原种在聚类关系上表现出明显的不同。研究表明,十倍体割手密资源无论是在抗旱功能标记DBF、Aqua方面,还是在耐高温功能标记SCB174、SCB190方面都与甘蔗常用亲本和甘蔗原种具有较大的遗传差异,而且在抗旱功能标记方面表现出更为丰富的遗传变异,因此在后续甘蔗品种抗逆性状改良和亲本创新上应进一步加大十倍体割手密资源的利用。     

普通枇杷、大渡河枇杷和栎叶枇杷遗传关系研究——基于RAPD和AFLP分析

利用筛选得到的24个随机引物和5对AFLP引物组合对普通枇杷、大渡河枇杷及栎叶枇杷的遗传关系进行RAPD及AFLP分析,结果表明,普通枇杷与栎叶枇杷的相似性系数最小(0.3864和0.5364),而大渡河枇杷介于普通枇杷和栎叶枇杷之间,偏向于栎叶枇杷。分别以普通枇杷、大渡河枇杷和栎叶枇杷作为待定杂种,计算了三者谱带的叠加性,结果表明,无论是RAPD分子标记,还是AFLP分子标记,以大渡河枇杷作待定杂种获得最高叠加性,支持大渡河枇杷可能是普通枇杷与栎叶枇杷的杂交种的结论。     

111份大薯种质资源遗传多样性的AFLP分析

采用AFLP分子标记方法对收集于6省不同地区的111份大薯种质资源进行遗传多样性分析。筛选到的8个AFLP引物组合扩增到1291个位点,其中1286个是多态性位点。利用多态性信息含量(PIC)、标记指数(MI)和解析强度(RP)分析不同引物组合的标记效率,获得引物的PIC平均值为0.22,MI平均值为35.67,RP平均值为50.50,表明引物扩增位点的高多态性和对大薯种质资源具有强辨别能力,其中引物E-AAC/CAG-M(PIC 0.24、MI 38.56、RP 56.35)具有较高的标记效率。111份大薯种质的遗传相似系数(GS)在0.30~0.82之间,平均为0.58,表明大薯种质资源的遗传相似性较低。采用UPGMA对大薯种质进行聚类分析,遗传相似系数在0.54时,111份材料被划分为4个类群和3个单独的分支,不同地区来源的大薯材料在聚类图中没有明显界限。     

河北省绿子叶黑豆种质资源表现型和ISSR标记遗传多样性分析

为了揭示河北省绿子叶黑豆种质资源的遗传多样性,为其研究利用提供理论根据,以46份原产河北省的绿子叶黑豆种质资源为试验材料,对其基于表型性状及ISSR标记鉴定结果进行了聚类分析,结果表明:7个ISSR引物共检测出60个等位变异,平均每个位点有8.6个等位变异,变幅为5～17个;ISSR引物的多态性信息量PIC变幅为0.721～0.927,平均0.820;利用表型性状和ISSR标记数据进行品种间遗传多样性分析,遗传相似系数变化范围分别为0.07～0.53和0.43～1.00,平均为0.284和0.704,遗传相似性变幅较大,河北省不同绿子叶黑豆品种间存在着丰富的遗传多样性。聚类结果显示,类群与品种来源地有关。     

怒江干热河谷杧果种质资源的表型和AFLP遗传多样性分析

利用表型和AFLP标记,对怒江干热河谷57份杧果种质进行遗传多样性分析。表型性状分析结果表明:8个表型性状在不同的种质间表现出较大的差异,变异系数变化范围为16.98%~61.50%,多样性指数(H’)平均为3.975,其中单果重变异较大。AFLP分析结果显示:57份种质共产生1098条带,其中多态性条带为1032条,多态性比率为94.0%,相似系数在0.55~0.82之间。AFLP聚类分析结果及主成分分析结果均表明种质间具有复杂的遗传关系,且怒江干热河谷杧果种质的亲缘关系与地理分布没有明显的相关性。表型性状聚类和AFLP分子标记聚类分析的结果相对一致,均能较准确地将优势类群聚在一起,且表明57份杧果种质具有较丰富的遗传多样性。     

濒危植物元宝山冷杉的遗传多样性研究

元宝山冷杉(Abies yuanbaoshanensis)是仅分布于广西融水县元宝山的珍稀濒危物种。本研究采用AFLP分子标记分析了元宝山冷杉种群的遗传多样性。取元宝山冷杉种群43棵植株作为研究材料,4对引物组合用于AFLP扩增,共得到261条DNA扩增带。分析结果：元宝山冷杉种群的多态位点百分比率为50．96％,Nei's基因多样性为0．1510,Shannon多样性指数为0．1735。用NTSYS软件计算各个样品间的相似性系数,并用UPGMA法基于相似性系数进行了聚类分析。研究结果表明：元宝山冷杉种群的遗传多样性水平低,种群内个体间的相似性系数很大,无明显亚种群间的遗传分化。要保护或保存这个物种的遗传资源,建议应该选择种群内尽可能多的个体进行保护。     

河北省冬小麦品种SSR标记遗传多样性分析

利用79对多态性较高的SSR引物,对河北省1997-2007年间审定的冬小麦品种及国家小麦区试抗旱对照品种晋麦47和洛旱2号,共计87个冬小麦品种进行遗传多样性分析。79对SSR引物共检测出175个等位变异位点,每对引物可产生1~6条等位变异位点,平均2.215条。标记位点多态性信息含量(PIC)变幅为0.824~0.998,平均为0.941;有效等位基因数(Ne)变幅为1.644~20.333,平均4.708;香农指数(H’)变幅为0.148~1.102,平均为0.544,说明河北省冬小麦品种SSR遗传多样性较低。品种间遗传相似系数(GS)变幅为0.184~0.899,平均为0.418,其中河农826与石家庄8号间的遗传相似性最高,GS高达0.899,71-3与藁优9618间的遗传相似性最低,GS为0.184。不同育种单位培育的小麦品种平均遗传相似系数存在较大差异。UPGMA遗传相似性聚类表明,石家庄市小麦新品种新技术研究所培育的小麦品种与其他单位品种存在较大的遗传差异。     

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.