植物多倍体起源与分子进化研究进展

杂交和多倍化是植物最重要的进化方式之一 ,在自然界普遍存在着多倍体物种 ,约 50 %的被子植物和 80 %的蕨类植物进化历史上都曾经历过这种活动 〔1,2〕。在动物界 ,随着大量分子生物学证据的积累 ,有关杂交 -多倍化物种形成的报道也越来越多〔3〕。随着时间的流逝 ,杂种与祖先种在遗传分化上的积累越来越多 ,这使得探讨多倍体物种起源及其进化成为一个极具挑战性的研究领域。早在二十世纪二三十年代 ,生物学家们就对植物多倍体进行了大量的研究 〔4〕,不过 ,由于当时研究方法的限制 ,他们只能在外部形态、生化特性等方面对多倍体植物进行一…     

序列消除与异源多倍体植物基因组的进化

经杂交后多倍化形成的异源多倍体植物,被认为在其形成的早期阶段经历了DNA序列消除过程。发生消除的序列既涉及到高拷贝的序列也有低拷贝的序列,而且大多数情况下倾向于消除来自其中一个亲本的序列。序列消除的模式因基因组组成和物种的不同而有差异,并且可能受到细胞质的影响。尽管序列消除的分子机制还不是很清楚,但很多证据已表明非同源染色体之间的互作不是主要的原因。目前认为,序列消除增加了非同源染色体之间的差异,为多倍化后在减数分裂过程中快速恢复二倍化的染色体配对模式提供了物质基础,这样更有利于多倍体在自然界快速稳定。     

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。     

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     

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。     

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。     

禾本科植物的起源,进化及分布

禾本科植物的起源、进化及分布韩建国樊奋成李枫（中国农业大学草地研究所,北京１０００９４）ＯＲＩＧＩＮ,ＥＶＯＬＵＴＩＯＮＡＮＤＤＩＳＴＲＩＢＵＴＩＯＮＯＦＴＨＥＧＲＡＭＩＮＥＡＥＨａｎＪｉａｎ－ｇｕｏＦａｎＦｅｎ－ｃｈｅｎｇＬｉＦｅｎｇ（Ｇｒａｓｓｌ...     

山羊草属异源多倍体植物基因组进化的ＲＡＰＤ分析

和２４个随机引物对山羊草属（Ａegilops L.)异源多倍体物种对其祖先二倍体物进行ＲＡＰＤ分析,对扩增出的３１３条带进行聚类分析发现,含Ｄ基因组的多倍体与二倍体祖先Ａe.squarrosa(DD)在聚类图上聚为一支;除Ａe.juvenalis(DDMMUU)聚到上一支外,含Ｕ基因组的多倍 与二倍体祖先Ae.umbellulata(ＵＵ）在聚类图上聚为另一支;多倍体与其他二倍体均不聚在一起,表明多倍体分别与Ａe.squarrosa(DD)、Ae.umbellulata(UU)具有较近的亲缘关系,这说明多倍体开之后,Ｄ和Ｕ基因组变化较小,而其他基因组则发生了较大的变化。     

禾本科植物大小基因组间在基因密度上的共线性与保守性

禾本科植物大小基因组间在基因密度上的共线性与保守性@BeatKeller$InstituteofPlantBiology!UniversityofZǖｒｉｃｈＺｏｌｌｉｋｅｒｓｔｒａｓｓｅ107,CH-8008Zǖｒｉｃｈ,Switzerland禾本科植物;;基因组;;基因密度;;共线性     

禾本科植物幼苗与进化关系的研究

本文以禾本科植物幼苗基本特征和基本类型为基础对禾本科植物各类群的进化关系进行了探讨。原始禾本科植物幼苗第一叶宽短.中胚轴仲长, 不具中胚轴根, 不具质片及胚根鞘节根, 县少数或不具胚芽鞘节根。现代禾本科植物各亚科不同的幼苗类型是在原始幼苗的基础上直接或间接进化来的。各亚科及内部各种幼苗类型的进化顺序及地域分布反映了各类禾本科植物从其原发地向各自分布地扩散、迁移和进化适应的过程。     

The temporal distribution of gene duplication events in a set of highly conserved human gene families

Using a data set of protein translations associated with map positions in the human genome, we identified 1520 mapped highly conserved gene families. By comparing sharing of families between genomic windows, we identified 92 potentially duplicated blocks in the human genome containing 422 duplicated members of these families. Using branching order in the phylogenetic trees, we timed gene duplication events in these families relative to the primate-rodent divergence, the amniote-amphibian divergence, and the deuterostome-protostome divergence. The results showed similar patterns of gene duplication times within duplicated blocks and outside duplicated blocks. Both within and outside duplicated blocks, numerous duplications were timed prior to the deuterostome-protostome divergence, whereas others occurred after the amniote-amphibian divergence. Thus, neither gene duplication in general nor duplication of genomic blocks could be attributed entirely to polyploidization early in vertebrate history. The strongest signal in the data was a tendency for intrachromosomal duplications to be more recent than interchromosomal duplications, consistent with a model whereby tandem duplication-whether of single genes or of genomic blocks-may be followed by eventual separation of duplicates due to chromosomal rearrangements. The rate of separation of tandemly duplicated gene pairs onto separated chromosomes in the human lineage was estimated at 1.7 x 10(-9) per gene-pair per year.     

Beyond the Whole-Genome Duplication: Phylogenetic Evidence for an Ancient Interspecies Hybridization in the Baker's Yeast Lineage

Whole-genome duplications have shaped the genomes of several vertebrate, plant, and fungal lineages. Earlier studies have focused on establishing when these events occurred and on elucidating their functional and evolutionary consequences, but we still lack sufficient understanding of how genome duplications first originated. We used phylogenomics to study the ancient genome duplication occurred in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae lineage and found compelling evidence for the existence of a contemporaneous interspecies hybridization. We propose that the genome doubling was a direct consequence of this hybridization and that it served to provide stability to the recently formed allopolyploid. This scenario provides a mechanism for the origin of this ancient duplication and the lineage that originated from it and brings a new perspective to the interpretation of the origin and consequences of whole-genome duplications.     

Evolution of RAG-1 in polyploid clawed frogs

Possible genetic fates of a gene duplicate are silencing, redundancy, subfunctionalization, or novel function. These different fates can be realized at the DNA, RNA, or protein level, and their genetic determinants are poorly understood. We explored molecular evolution of duplicated RAG-1 genes in African clawed frogs (Xenopus and Silurana) (1) to examine the fate of paralogs of this gene at the DNA level in terms of recombination, positive selection, and gene degeneration and in the absence of extensive recombination among alleles at different paralogs, (2) to test phylogenetic hypotheses about the origins of polyploid species. We found that recombination between different RAG-1 paralogs is infrequent, that degeneration of some paralogs has occurred via stop codons and frameshift mutations, and that this degeneration occurred in paralogs inherited from only one diploid progenitor species. Simulations and phylogenetic analyses of RAG-1 and mitochondrial DNA support one origin of extant tetraploids in Xenopus and at least one origin in Silurana, five allopolyploid origins of extant octoploids, and two allopolyploid origins of extant dodecaploids. In allopolyploid species, which inherit a complete genome from two different ancestors, genes inherited from the same ancestor have a longer period of coevolution than genes inherited from different ancestors. Because of this, gene ancestry could potentially influence gene fate: interacting paralogs derived from the same lower ploidy ancestor might have similar genetic destinies.     

Duplication and DNA segmental loss in the rice genome: implications for diploidization

* Large-scale duplication events have been recently uncovered in the rice genome, but different interpretations were proposed regarding the extent of the duplications. * Through analysing the 370 Mb genome sequences assembled into 12 chromosomes of Oryza sativa subspecies indica, we detected 10 duplicated blocks on all 12 chromosomes that contained 47% of the total predicted genes. Based on the phylogenetic analysis, we inferred that this was a result of a genome duplication that occurred c. 70 million years ago, supporting the polyploidy origin of the rice genome. In addition, a segmental duplication was also identified involving chromosomes 11 and 12, which occurred c. 5 million years ago. * Following the duplications, there have been large-scale chromosomal rearrangements and deletions. About 30-65% of duplicated genes were lost shortly after the duplications, leading to a rapid diploidization. * Together with other lines of evidence, we propose that polyploidization is still an ongoing process in grasses of polyploidy origins.     

Gene Duplication and the Properties of Biological Networks

Patterns of network connection of members of multigene families were examined for two biological networks: a genetic network from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a protein–protein interaction network from Caenorhabditis elegans. In both networks, genes belonging to gene families represented by a single member in the genome (“singletons”) were disproportionately represented among the nodes having large numbers of connections. Of 68 single-member yeast families with 25 or more network connections, 28 (44.4%) were located in duplicated genomic segments believed to have originated from an ancient polyploidization event; thus, each of these 28 loci was thus presumably duplicated along with the genomic segment to which it belongs, but one of the two duplicates has subsequently been deleted. Nodes connected to major “hubs” with a large number of connections, tended to be relatively sparsely interconnected among themselves. Furthermore, duplicated genes, even those arising from recent duplication, rarely shared many network connections, suggesting that network connections are remarkably labile over evolutionary time. These factors serve to explain well-known general properties of biological networks, including their scale-free and modular nature. [Reviewing Editor : Dr. Manyuan Long]