植物多倍体基因组的形成与进化

多倍化是植物进化变异的自然现象,也是促进植物发生进化改变的重要力量。在被子植物中,约 70％的种类在进化史中曾发生过一次或多次多倍化的过程。目前的研究结果表明,自然界绝大多数多倍体是通过未减数配子的融合而形成的,并且很多多倍体种是通过多次独立的多倍化过程而重复发生的。由多倍化所导致的重复基因在多倍体基因组中可能有三种不同的命运,即：保持原有的功能、基因沉默或分化并执行新的功能。多倍化以后,重复基因组的进化动态则主要表现在染色体重排和“染色体二倍化”、不同基因组之间的相互渗透、以及核-质之间的相互作用等方面。     

荧光原位杂交技术在植物多倍体起源与进化研究中的应用

多倍化是植物物种形成与多样化的重要原动力。研究植物特别是一些重要经济作物和园艺植物多倍体的起源与进化,不仅对于揭示多倍体形成过程中性状变异的分子机制具有重要意义,而且可为植物遗传资源的保护与利用提供理论和技术支持。作为连接基因组序列片段到染色体组的桥梁,荧光原位杂交技术长期被广泛用来研究多倍体形成与进化过程中相关特异基因或序列的表达定位、外源染色体检测和鉴定、基因组结构变异等科学问题。因此,在简单介绍荧光原位杂交技术发展历史和植物多倍体主要类型的基础上,主要总结了荧光原位杂交技术在植物多倍体起源与进化相关研究上的应用。     

植物多倍体中的基因组印记

植物多倍体在自然界中广泛存在,这说明拥有多套遗传物质使得多倍体的适应进化具有优势。新多倍体形成后,一些基因组范围的变化较迅速地发生在多倍体形成开端,另一些在长期进化中发生。由于受到遗传、表观等因素的影响,亲本对于新形成多倍体基因组的贡献不均衡。这种偏向于某个亲本基因组的显性优势,称为基因组印记。植物多倍体中的基因组印记表现为基因组偏向性的序列消除、不均衡基因表达、基因沉默,这些受到基因组合并及DNA甲基化、核仁显性等表观因素影响。本文旨在为多倍体基因组进化及育种的相关研究提供参考。     

未减数配子和多倍体植物演化

由植物体内外因素引起的细胞减数分裂是未减数配子形成的主要原因,而未减数配子的发生则引起自然界多倍体植物的不断演化形成丰富多彩的植物世界。     

多倍体生物研究进展

多倍体是含有3套或3套以上完整染色体组的生物体,在动植物中广泛存在,是物种发生的一种重要方式.近年来的动植物基因组测序结果及相关分子系统学、生物信息学的研究,支持物种在演化过程中经历过全基因组复制的观点.多倍体的稳定性依赖于其形成后发生的基因组快速重组和基因表达调控的变化;多倍体的形成及其二倍体化过程是物种长期演化过程中的重要组成部分.多倍体可通过多种方式形成,其中,通过远缘杂交形成能产生不减数配子的杂交生物体,导致其后代染色体加倍,是快速、高效的形成多倍体的途径之一.可育多倍体的形成不仅促进了物种间的遗传物质交流,丰富了物种多样性,而且为多倍体育种奠定了基础.对多倍体生物的研究不仅具有重要的理论意义,而且有重要的应用价值.动植物多倍体育种在生产上的应用带来了显著的经济效益和社会效益.     

山羊草属异源多倍体植物基因组进化的ISSR分析

使用31个ISSR引物对山羊草属Aegilops多倍体植物及其祖先二倍体（共23种）的基因组进行了分析,结果表明：与其二倍体祖先种相比,异源多倍体物种的基因组发生了很大变化。在含U基因组的异源多倍体物种中,U基因组相对而言变化很小,而其他基因组则发生了不同程度的变化。这表明当U基因组与其他基因组共存于多倍体物种中时,U基因组表现出较强的“同化效应”。对这些基因组的进化进行了讨论。     

基于低拷贝核基因GBBSI的禺毛茛复合体系统进化研究

禺毛茛多倍体复合体及其近缘种系统进化关系复杂,杂交与多倍化现象同时存在。该复合体内高倍性植物的形成及扩散过程仍需进一步研究。首次克隆了毛茛属植物低拷贝核基因颗粒结合型淀粉合成酶 I (GBBSI )基因,并利用其构建禺毛茛多倍体复合体及其近缘种的系统进化树和网状进化关系,进而证明其适合于研究毛茛属植物种下系统发育研究。结果表明：匍枝毛茛与多倍体复合体关系密切,参与了该多倍体复合体的起源和进化;禺毛茛起源于茴茴蒜和卷喙毛茛,扬子毛茛起源于茴茴蒜和匍枝毛茛;在该类群中茴茴蒜是个关键种,它在多倍体复合体中可能起着枢纽基因组的重要作用。     

芸薹属多倍体植物基因组进化的RAPD分析

多倍化是促进高等植物发生进化的重要力量。为了更清楚地了解多倍体在形成之后其基因组是如何进化的,利用38个随机引物对芸薹属Brassica L.禹氏三角（U’Triangle）中的多倍体物种及其祖先二倍体物种进行了研究。根据扩增出的273条带计算了遗传距离,并用UPGMA法进行了聚类分析。结果发现,二倍体物种B.campestris（AA）与B.oleracea（CC）的亲缘关系比与B.nigra（BB）的要近;异源多倍体B.napus（AACC）比起其二倍体祖先之一B.campestris（AA）与另一个     

多倍体植物混合倍性种群的建立机制研究进展

基因组多倍化是物种形成和进化的重要驱动力, 几乎所有植物都经历过至少一次基因组加倍。然而, 由于多倍体植株比二倍体表现出更高的死亡率, 多倍化机制被认为是植物进化的“死胡同”。一些植物物种具有自然混合倍性种群, 即同一物种具有不同倍性, 这为揭示多倍体的进化机制提供了最佳途径。本文从基因组加倍形成多倍体植物开始, 综述了混合倍性种群的形成、建立与维持的研究进展, 探讨了多倍体适应自然环境的种群分化而形成多倍体物种的机制。研究自然混合倍性种群的倍性组成、重复基因的功能分化以及多倍体的生态位分化, 有利于明确混合倍性自然种群的生态适应与维持机理, 以及多倍体植物的进化机制。     

芸薹属蔬菜Chs基因序列多态性

为探讨我国芸薹属蔬菜的起源及遗传多样性,克隆、测序芸薹属不同种的Chs基因序列。A基因组二倍体、A基因组多倍体、B基因组多倍体和C基因组二倍体的Chs基因突变位点数分别为120、172、194和25个,Chs基因多态性表现为:B基因组多倍体A基因组二倍体A基因组多倍体C基因组多倍体。Tajima'D、Fu and Li'D和Fu and Li'F检验表明A基因组二倍体、C基因组二倍体Chs基因是中性进化基因。HKA平衡检验及误配分析表明A基因组多倍体和B基因组多倍体Chs基因进化中存在选择作用。A基因组和B基因组间存在较低的共有差异和较高的共有多态性,C基因组与A、B基因组存在较高的共有差异和较低的共有多态性。系统发育树将芸薹属Chs基因序列分成4个亚支、10个支系。网状分析表明,白菜可能是四倍体A基因组的供体,黑芥可能是四倍体B基因组的供体,甘蓝可能是四倍体C基因组的供体。中国芸薹属蔬菜在Chs基因位点有较高的遗传多态性,不同基因组间分化程度不一样,B基因组分化较大,A和C基因组分化较小。A和B基因组的亲缘关系较A和C基因组以及B和C基因组更为接近。建议根据基因组的不同将中国芸薹蔬菜分成白菜组、芥菜组和甘蓝组,研究结果支持芸薹属进化的禹式三角模型。     

Asynchronous expression of duplicate genes in angiosperms may cause apomixis, bispory, tetraspory, and polyembryony

Apomicts that produce unreduced parthenogenetic eggs are generally polyploid and occur in at least 33 of 460 families of angiosperms. Embryo sacs of these apomicts form precociously from ameiotic megaspore mother cells (diplospory) or adjacent somatic cells (apospory). Polysporic species (bisporic and tetrasporic) are sexual and occur in at least 88 families. Their embryo sacs also form precociously, but only non-critical portions of meiosis are affected. It is hypothesized that (i) the partial to complete replacement of meiosis by embryo sac formation in apomictic and polysporic species results from asynchronously-expressed duplicate genes that control female development, (ii) duplicate genes result from polyploidy or paleopolyploidy (diploidized polyploidy with chromatin from multiple genomes), (iii) apomixis results from competition between nearly complete sets of asynchronously-expressed duplicate genes, and (iv) polyspory and polyembryony result from competition between incomplete sets of asynchronously-expressed duplicate genes. Phylogenetic and genomic studies were conducted to evaluate this hypothesis. Apomictic, polysporic, and polyembryonic species tended to occur together in cosmopolitan families in which temporal variation in female development is expected, apomicts were generally polyploid with few chromosomes per genome (X = 9.6pL0.4 SE), and polysporic and polyembryonic species were paleopolyploid with many chromosomes per genome (x= 15.7pL0.6 and 13.2pL0.4, respectively). These findings support the proposed duplicate-gene asynchrony hypothesis and further suggest asexual reproduction in apomicts preserves primary genomes, sexual reproduction in polysporic and polyembryonic polyploids accelerates paleopolyploidization, and pa-leopolyploidization may sometimes eliminate gene duplications required for apomixis while retaining duplications required for polyspory or polyembryony. Hence, apomixis, with its long-term reproductive stability, may occasionally serve as an evolutionary springboard in the evolution of normal and developmentally-novel paleopolyploid sexual species and genera.     

Polyploid formation pathways have an impact on genetic rearrangements in resynthesized Brassica napus

? Polyploids can be produced by the union of unreduced gametes or through somatic doubling of F(1) interspecific hybrids. The first route is suspected to produce allopolyploid species under natural conditions, whereas experimental data have only been thoroughly gathered for the latter. ? We analyzed the meiotic behavior of an F(1) interspecific hybrid (by crossing Brassica oleracea and B.rapa, progenitors of B.napus) and the extent to which recombined homoeologous chromosomes were transmitted to its progeny. These results were then compared with results obtained for a plant generated by somatic doubling of this F? hybrid (CD.S?) and an amphidiploid (UG.S?) formed via a pathway involving unreduced gametes; we studied the impact of this method of polyploid formation on subsequent generations. ? This study revealed that meiosis of the F? interspecific hybrid generated more gametes with recombined chromosomes than did meiosis of the plant produced by somatic doubling, although the size of these translocations was smaller. In the progeny of the UG.S? plant, there was an unexpected increase in the frequency at which the C1 chromosome was replaced by the A1 chromosome. ? We conclude that polyploid formation pathways differ in their genetic outcome. Our study opens up perspectives for the understanding of polyploid origins.     

Genetic relationships between diploid and allotetraploid cherry species (Prunus avium, Prunus x gondouinii and Prunus cerasus)

Prunus avium L. (diploid, AA, 2n=2x=16), Prunus cerasus L. (allotetraploid, AAFF, 2n=4x=32) species, and their hybrid Prunus x gondouinii Rehd., constitute the most widely cultivated cherry tree species. P. cerasus is supposed to be an hybrid species produced by the union of unreduced P. avium gametes and normal P. fruticosa gametes. A continuum of morphological traits between these three species makes their assignation difficult. The aim of this paper is to study the genetic relationships between tetraploid and diploid cherry species. In all, 114 genotypes belonging to these species were analyzed using 75 AFLP markers. The coordinates of these genotypes on the first axis of a correspondence analysis allowed us to clearly distinguish each species, to identify misclassifications and to assign unknown genotypes to one species. We showed that there are specific alleles in P. cerasus, which are not present in the A genome of P. avium and which probably come from the F genome of P. cerasus. The frequencies of each marker in the A and the F genomes were estimated in order to identify A and F specific markers. We discuss the utility of these specific markers for finding the origin of the A and F genomes in the allopolyploid species.     

Novel patterns of gene expression in polyploid plants

Genome doubling, or polyploidy, is a major factor accounting for duplicate genes found in most eukaryotic genomes. Polyploidy has considerable effects on duplicate gene expression, including silencing and up- or downregulation of one of the duplicated genes. These changes can arise with the onset of polyploidization or within several generations after polyploid formation and they can have epigenetic causal factors. Many expression alterations are organ-specific. Specific genes can be independently and repeatedly silenced during polyploidization, whereas patterns for other genes appear to be more stochastic. Three recent reports have provided intriguing new insights into the patterns, timing and mechanisms of gene expression changes that accompany polyploidy in plants.     

The role of 2n gametes and endosperm balance number in the origin and evolution of polyploids in the tuber-bearing Solanums

Polyploidization has played a major role in the origin and evolution of polyploid species. In this article we outline the unique characteristics of 2n gametes and implications of their participation in the evolution of polyploid Solanum species. The genetic consequences of 2n gametes indicate that sexual polyploidization results in greater variability, fitness, and heterozygosity than does somatic doubling. Further, the mechanisms of 2n gamete formation and the frequency of 2n gamete-forming genes in present polyploids and their ancestral species provide additional evidence of their involvement. Equally important is the endosperm, via the endosperm balance number (EBN) incompatibility system, in complementing the role of 2n gametes. In fact, the EBN system acts as a screen for either 1n or 2n gametes, depending on the EBN and chromosome numbers of parental species. EBN in combination with 2n gametes maintains the ploidy integrity of diploid ancestral species, while providing the flexibility for either unilateral or bilateral sexual polyploidization.     

THE VARIABILITY OF NUCLEAR DNA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR POLYPLOIDY IN WHITE ASH (FRAXINUS AMERICANA L.: OLEACEAE)

Cytophotometric studies of both mature and embryonic tissues of white ash (Fraxinus americana L.) revealed considerable variability of nuclear DNA content in this dioecious polyploid species (2n = 46, 92, 138). Triploid and pentaploid embryos may be produced, and mature individuals of these odd ploidy levels, in turn, may occur in natural populations. Polyploidy may have originated in this species through the union of unreduced gametes.     

Pathways to polyploidy: indications of a female triploid bridge in the alpine species <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ranunculus kuepferi</Emphasis> (Ranunculaceae)

Polyploidy is one of the most important evolutionary processes in plants. In natural populations, polyploids usually emerge from unreduced gametes which either fuse with reduced ones, resulting in triploid offspring (triploid bridge), or with other unreduced gametes, resulting in tetraploid embryos. The frequencies of these two pathways, and male versus female gamete contributions, however, are largely unexplored. Ranunculus kuepferi occurs with diploid, triploid and autotetraploid cytotypes in the Alps, whereby diploids are mostly sexual, while tetraploids are facultative apomicts. To test for the occurrence of polyploidization events by triploid bridge, we investigated 551 plants of natural populations via flow cytometric seed screening. We assessed ploidy shifts in the embryo to reconstruct female versus male gamete contributions to polyploid embryo and/or endosperm formation. Seed formation via unreduced egg cells (B_III hybrids) occurred in all three cytotypes, while only in one case both gametes were unreduced. Polyploids further formed seeds with reduced, unfertilized egg cells (polyhaploids and aneuploids). Pollen was highly variable in diameter, but only pollen >27 μm was viable, whereby diploids produced higher proportions of well-developed pollen. Pollen size was not informative for the formation of unreduced pollen. These results suggest that a female triploid bridge via unreduced egg cells is the major pathway toward polyploidization in R. kuepferi, maybe as a consequence of constraints of endosperm development. Triploids resulting from unreduced male gametes were not observed, which explains the lack of obligate sexual tetraploid individuals and populations. Unreduced egg cell formation in diploids represents the first step toward apomixis.     

Other tetraploid species and conspecific diploids as sources of genetic variation for an autotetraploid

? Premise of the study: Most plants are polyploid and have more than two copies of the genome. The evolutionary success of polyploids is often attributed to their potential to harbor increased genetic variation, but it is poorly understood how polyploids can attain such variation. Because of their formation bottleneck, newly formed tetraploids start out with little variation. Tetraploids may attain genetic variation through a combination of new mutations, recurrent formation, and gene exchange with diploid ancestors or related tetraploid species. We explore the role of gene exchange and introgression in autotetraploid Rorippa amphibia, a species that harbors more genetic variation than its diploid ancestors. ? Methods: We crossed autotetraploid R. amphibia to diploid conspecifics and tetraploid R. sylvestris and backcrossed resulting F(1) hybrids. We used flow cytometry to determine the ploidy of all progeny. ? Key results: Tetraploids of R. amphibia and R. sylvestris were interfertile; F(1) hybrids were fertile and could backcross. Crosses between diploids and tetraploids yielded a small number of viable, often tetraploid progeny. This indicates that unreduced gametes can facilitate gene flow from diploids to tetraploids. We detected a frequency of unreduced gametes of around 2.7 per 1000, which was comparable between diploids and tetraploids. ? Conclusions: Introgression from tetraploid R. sylvestris provides a realistic source of variation in autotetraploid R. amphibia. Only in a scenario where other compatible partners are absent, for example immediately after tetraploidization, gene flow through unreduced gametes from diploids could be an important source of genetic variation for tetraploids.