双色荧光杂交芯片在近交系小鼠遗传监测中的应用

应用一种新的高通量SNP检测方法-双色荧光杂交芯片技术进行近交系小鼠遗传监测。应用双色荧光杂交芯片技术对4个品系近交系小鼠的多个基因组DNA 样本进行SNP分型,整合6个SNP位点的芯片杂交信息,对样本所属品系进行判断。研究结果表明SNP检测方法-双色荧光杂交芯片技术能够对选定的6个SNP位点进行高准确率分型;双色荧光杂交芯片技术是一种高通量SNP检测的良好工具,适合于对少量近交系品系来源的大样本量小鼠进行遗传污染监测和品系鉴定,并具有扩大应用的潜力。     

双色荧光杂交芯片在近交系小鼠遗传监测中的应用

应用一种新的高通量SNP检测方法-双色荧光杂交芯片技术进行近交系小鼠遗传监测。应用双色荧光杂交芯片技术对4个品系近交系小鼠的多个基因组DNA样本进行SNP分型,整合6个SNP位点的芯片杂交信息,对样本所属品系进行判断。研究结果表明SNP检测方法-双色荧光杂交芯片技术能够对选定的6个SNP位点进行高准确率分型;双色荧光杂交芯片技术是一种高通量SNP检测的良好工具,适合于对少量近交系品系来源的大样本量小鼠进行遗传污染监测和品系鉴定,并具有扩大应用的潜力。     

双色荧光杂交芯片在检测 P 1A 1M P I 基C 因多态性中的应用

目的：应用一种新的高通量SNP检测方法-双色荧光杂交芯片技术检测CYPIA1 MspI基因多态性。方法：收集江苏汉族人群原发性肺癌患者75例和相应对照77例,应用双色荧光杂交芯片技术检测了152例样本的CYPIAI基因MspI基因多态性,并应用PCR-RFLP技术验证双色荧光杂交芯片的特异性。结果：152例样本的CYPIAI基因双色荧光杂交芯片技术分型结果与PCR-RFLP结果完全相符,两种方法的基因型分型结果具有很好的一致性。结论：双色荧光杂交芯片技术是一个高通量SNP检测的良好工具,特异性高,在大规模人群SNP筛检中具有良好的发展前案。     

秦岭细鳞鲑(Brachymystax tsinlingensis)与细鳞鲑(Brachymystax lenok)当年幼鱼几何形态学特征的比较

秦岭细鳞鲑(Brachymystaxtsinlingensis)和细鳞鲑(Brachymystax lenok)为近缘种,均为国家Ⅱ级重点保护野生动物,对二者当年幼鱼几何形态学特征的比较可为物种鉴定与保护、增殖放流等提供重要依据。为探究当年幼鱼的形态差异,运用Tps软件建立薄板样条模型,比较了24项相对几何形态学特征的差异并进行了主成分分析。结果表明：二者的整体结构框架背景网格在头部、背部、尾部和腹部均呈现不同程度的弯曲,细鳞鲑的头部稍尖;秦岭细鳞鲑的13项相对几何形态学特征与细鳞鲑存在显著差异(P<0.05),如背鳍基部长度(C4/C1)、臀鳍基部长度(C13/C1)、眼径(C20/C1)、头高(C25/C1)大于细鳞鲑(P<0.05),而胸鳍基部至吻端的相对距离(C16/C1)小于细鳞鲑(P<0.05)。主成分分析显示,秦岭细鳞鲑与细鳞鲑在PC1和PC2水平上仅个别样本出现重叠分布,两物种的样本相对集中。总之,秦岭细鳞鲑与细鳞鲑当年幼鱼的几何形态学特征具有显著种间差异,特别是头部和尾部特征。     

应用SNPstream技术检测MASP2基因的多态性

目的：应用一种高通量单核苷酸多态性（SNP）检测方法——SNPstream技术检测甘露聚糖结合凝集素相关丝氨酸蛋白酶-2（MASP2）基因的多态性。方法：收集北京汉族人群SARS病例96例和正常对照96例,用SNPstream技术检测样本的MASP2基因多态性,并用PCR产物直接测序技术对其中一个位点rs2273346进行分型,以验证SNPstream技术的准确性。结果：192例样本的MASP2基因rs2273346位点SNPstream技术分型结果与测序结果完全相符,2种方法的基因型分型结果具有很好的一致性。结论：SNPstream技术是高通量SNP检测的良好工具,准确性高,所需样本量低,在大规模人群SNP筛检中具有良好的发展前景。     

基于线粒体控制区和微卫星标记探讨秦岭细鳞鲑物种有效性

文章基于线粒体控制区基因序列和微卫星标记比较秦岭细鳞鲑(Brachymystax tsinlingensis Li)、黑龙江流域的尖吻细鳞鲑(Brachymystax lenok Pallas)和钝吻细鳞鲑(Brachymystax tumensis Mori)的分子遗传差异,为澄清其分类地位争议提供分子证据。结果表明:(1)扩增217个样本的mtDNA D-loop区序列,共获得45个单倍型,类群间无共享单倍型;基于单倍型构建的系统进化树显示三个细鳞鲑类群呈独立的支系;(2)基于14个呈多态性位点的遗传分化结果表明,秦岭细鳞鲑与尖吻或钝吻细鳞鲑之间的遗传距离均大于尖吻细鳞鲑和钝吻细鳞鲑之间的遗传距离;(3)基于线粒体D-loop和多态性微卫星位点计算出的遗传分化系数(F_ST)都远高于0.25表明三个类群间的遗传分化程度极高。这些结果表明,秦岭细鳞鲑与黑龙江流域细鳞鲑之间遗传分化程度高,结合前期发现秦岭细鳞鲑与黑龙江细鳞鲑类群有明显形态分化的研究结果及它们之间地理隔离已久的现状,研究初步判定秦岭细鳞鲑为独立物种,并建议以Brachymystax tsinlinge...     

三江源和祁连山国家公园雪豹种群的遗传结构分析

掌握遗传信息对濒危物种的保护和管理具有重要意义。本研究在我国雪豹重要分布区祁连山和三江源国家公园分别采集粪便样品,利用mtDNA的cyt b基因、微卫星多态性位点进行了雪豹的物种鉴定、个体识别和种群遗传结构评估。在采集286份疑似雪豹粪便样品中,成功的对86份雪豹样品进行了扩增鉴定,利用微卫星位点进行个体识别获得41只雪豹个体,其中祁连山国家公园26只,三江源国家公园15只。通过等位基因数、有效等位基因数、观测杂合度、期望杂合度、多态信息含量等指标进行种群遗传多样性评估,认为雪豹种群遗传多样性相对较低,但祁连山国家公园雪豹种群遗传多样性相对较高。STRUCTURE进行群体遗传结构分析表明,4个种群可以划分为3个遗传类群,祁连山国家公园的种群（YCW和QLS）与三江源国家种群(DC和SJ)的遗传差异,可能与种群间的地理隔离存在明显的相似性。     

基于微卫星标记的圆口铜鱼亲子鉴定技术

为快速有效地鉴别不同的圆口铜鱼家系及来源, 研究从已发表的40个微卫星标记中筛选出20个多态性较高且稳定扩增的微卫星位点, 通过对8个圆口铜鱼家系339尾个体进行微卫星基因分型检测, 建立了圆口铜鱼荧光微卫星标记与多重毛细管电泳相结合的亲子鉴定技术。遗传多样性分析结果显示, 圆口铜鱼8个家系群体的平均等位基因数(N_a)为9个, 平均多态信息含量(PIC)为0.616, 平均期望杂合度(H_e)为0.659, 平均观测杂合度(H_o)为0.691, 其中子一代群体的遗传多样性水平明显低于亲本群体。亲子鉴定分析结果显示, 当双亲基因型未知时其单亲累积排除概率(CE-1P)为0.99954473, 当单亲基因型已知时其累积排除概率(CE-2P)为0.99999825, 当双亲基因型未知时其双亲累积排除概率(CE-PP)为1.00000000, 当使用20个微卫星位点进行亲子鉴定时, 297尾子一代均能正确找到其父母本, 亲子鉴定准确率为100%。由此可见, 研究建立的圆口铜鱼亲子鉴定技术是可靠的, 能为圆口铜鱼的家系管理、种群遗传管理和增殖放流效果评估提供科学依据     

高通量基因型分型技术及其在水稻中的应用

作物种质资源遗传基础的深入认识与高效利用,对于品种改良和粮食安全具有重要意义。传统系谱考察的方法对指导育种实践发挥了重要作用,随着分子生物学的发展,基因组学和高通量SNP分子标记等基因型分型方法可以更便捷地对种质资源进行鉴定。就基因型分型的主要方法进行了总结,重点论述了以SNP为核心的下一代高通量测序(NGS)分型方法、竞争性等位基因特异性PCR(KASP)和SNP芯片系统,以及当前主流的SNP分析工具和数据库。同时,介绍了高通量SNP分型技术在水稻研究中的进展,并就分型技术在作物育种等领域的应用和发展趋势进行了展望。     

基于磁性颗粒“在位”PCR和通用标签技术的新型高通量SNP分型方法

单核苷酸多态性(single nucleotide polymorphism,SNP)在对复杂疾病遗传易感性以及基于群体基因识别等方面的研究中起着非常重要的作用,尤其是对复杂疾病遗传易感性的研究,需要对大量样本进行分型.为了满足这种要求,亟待需要发展一种操作简单、成本较低、适于自动化和高通量的分型技术.利用磁性颗粒"在位"固相PCR(insituMPs-PCR)扩增的靶序列,通过与野生、突变标签探针以及双色荧光(Cy3,Cy5)通用检测子杂交实现对样本的分型.应用该方法,对96个样本的亚甲基四氢叶酸还原酶(MTHFR)基因C677T位点的多态性进行了检测,其野生型和突变型样本的正错配信号比大于4.5,杂合型正错配信号比接近1,分型结果与测序结果一致.     

MSQT for choosing SNP assays from multiple DNA alignments

MOTIVATION: One challenging aspect of genotyping and association mapping projects is often the identification of markers that are informative between groups of individuals and to convert these into genotyping assays. RESULTS: The Multiple SNP Query Tool (MSQT) extracts SNP information from multiple sequence alignments, stores it in a database, provides a web interface to query the database and outputs SNP information in a format directly applicable for SNP-assay design. MSQT was applied to Arabidopsis thaliana sequence data to develop SNP genotyping assays that distinguish a recurrent parent (Col-0) from five other strains. SNPs with intermediate allele frequencies were also identified and developed into markers suitable for efficient genetic mapping among random pairs of wild strains. AVAILABILITY: The source code for MSQT is available at http://msqt.weigelworld.org, together with an online instance of MSQT containing data on 1214 sequenced fragments from 96 ecotypes (wild inbred strains) of the reference plant A. thaliana. All SNP genotyping assays are available in several formats for broad community use. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.     

Discovery and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms in two anadromous alosine fishes of conservation concern

Freshwater habitat alteration and marine fisheries can affect anadromous fish species, and populations fluctuating in size elicit conservation concern and coordinated management. We describe the development and characterization of two sets of 96 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) assays for two species of anadromous alosine fishes, alewife and blueback herring (collectively known as river herring), that are native to the Atlantic coast of North America. We used data from high‐throughput DNA sequencing to discover SNPs and then developed molecular genetic assays for genotyping sets of 96 individual loci in each species. The two sets of assays were validated with multiple populations that encompass both the geographic range and the known regional genetic stocks of both species. The SNP panels developed herein accurately resolved the genetic stock structure for alewife and blueback herring that was previously identified using microsatellites and assigned individuals to regional stock of origin with high accuracy. These genetic markers, which generate data that are easily shared and combined, will greatly facilitate ongoing conservation and management of river herring including genetic assignment of marine caught individuals to stock of origin.     

Comparison of maturation timing,egg size and fecundity between hatchery lines of chinook salmon and their wild donor stocks

Increasing concern has been expressed about the genetic effects of cultured salmonid fishes on natural populations. Avoidance of extreme negative outcomes was one reason for the establishment of a genetic management policy for the State of Alaska. However, domestication within the hatchery may still cause divergence from the wild donor population. This divergence could potentially lead to adverse impacts on wild stocks through straying and introgression. This study examines potential domestication in two Alaskan chinook salmon stocks. The Little Port Walter (LPW) Hatchery Chickamin River stock resulted from a small collection of wild broodstock in 1976. The LPW Unuk stock was founded with a larger number of individuals in 1976 and has had subsequent infusion of wild gametes. These lines have been maintained at LPW through ocean ranching of tagged smolts. Comparisons are made between the hatchery lines, progeny of wild chinook collected from the Chickamin and Unuk Rivers, and hybrids between the hatchery and wild groups. Mature ocean‐ranched female chinook salmon returning to the facility were periodically graded for ripeness and spawned. Body size and meristic measurements were collected from these mature spawners. Maturation timing, fecundity, and individual egg size of these fourth generation hatchery fish are compared with that of offspring of wild fish from the same donor stock. Stock of origin is confirmed for all spawners and offspring using microsatellite DNA analysis.     

Single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping in polyploid wheat with the Illumina GoldenGate assay

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are indispensable in such applications as association mapping and construction of high-density genetic maps. These applications usually require genotyping of thousands of SNPs in a large number of individuals. Although a number of SNP genotyping assays are available, most of them are designed for SNP genotyping in diploid individuals. Here, we demonstrate that the Illumina GoldenGate assay could be used for SNP genotyping of homozygous tetraploid and hexaploid wheat lines. Genotyping reactions could be carried out directly on genomic DNA without the necessity of preliminary PCR amplification. A total of 53 tetraploid and 38 hexaploid homozygous wheat lines were genotyped at 96 SNP loci. The genotyping error rate estimated after removal of low-quality data was 0 and 1% for tetraploid and hexaploid wheat, respectively. Developed SNP genotyping assays were shown to be useful for genotyping wheat cultivars. This study demonstrated that the GoldenGate assay is a very efficient tool for high-throughput genotyping of polyploid wheat, opening new possibilities for the analysis of genetic variation in wheat and dissection of genetic basis of complex traits using association mapping approach. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

GENETIC VARIABILITY AND PARENTAGE IN MACROCYSTIS PYRZFERA (PHAEOPHYCEAE) USING MULTI-LOCUS DNA FINGERPRINTING1

Multi-locus DNA fingerprints using an M13 probe were obtained for two individuals of Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Ag. collected from Monterey Bay, California, and their laboratory-reared offspring. DNA was extracted from each of two field-collected individuals (= parents), their self-fertilized diploid offspring (three and seven individuals), and one diploid individual resulting from spores of the two parents. A total of 20 bands (4–19 kb) was detected among all individuals, ranging from 7 to 14 bands for any one individual. Two bands were present in all individuals, and three bands were unique to one parent and its three progeny. Ten bands were observed in the out-crossed individual, of which three were inherited from one parent, two from the other parent, and five were present in both parents. Genetic similarity between each parent and their self-fertilized offspring was significantly higher than similarity between the two self-fertilized groups. The data show that multi-locus DNA fingerprints can be used to assess parentage in the giant kelp and that there is consistent agreement between genetic similarity and known genetic relatedness among parents and offspring.     

Microsatellite DNA markers: evaluating their potential for estimating the proportion of hatchery-reared offspring in a stock enhancement programme

We describe a statistical method for estimating the effectiveness of a stock enhancement programme using nuclear DNA loci. It is based on knowing the population allele frequencies and the genotypes of the hatchery parents (mother only, or mother and father), and on determining the probability that a wild-born animal will by chance have a genotype consistent with hatchery origin. We show how to estimate the proportion of released animals in the wild population, and its standard error. The method is applied to a data set of eight microsatellite loci in brown tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus), prior to the start of a possible enhancement programme. We conclude that, for this particular data set, the effectiveness of such an enhancement programme could be quantified accurately if both maternal and paternal genotypes are known, but not if maternal genotypes only are known. Full paternal genotyping would require offspring genotyping and thus would be expensive, but a partly typed paternal genotype from a mass homogenate of offspring would be almost as effective and much cheaper. The experiment would become feasible based on maternal genotypes alone, if a further three typical microsatellite loci could be found to add to the existing panel of eight. The methods detailed should be of interest to any enhancement project that relies on nuclear DNA markers to provide tags.     

Assessment of alternative genotyping strategies to maximize imputation accuracy at minimal cost

Background

Commercial breeding programs seek to maximise the rate of genetic gain while minimizing the costs of attaining that gain. Genomic information offers great potential to increase rates of genetic gain but it is expensive to generate. Low-cost genotyping strategies combined with genotype imputation offer dramatically reduced costs. However, both the costs and accuracy of imputation of these strategies are highly sensitive to several factors. The objective of this paper was to explore the cost and imputation accuracy of several alternative genotyping strategies in pedigreed populations.

Methods

Pedigree and genotype data from a commercial pig population were used. Several alternative genotyping strategies were explored. The strategies differed in the density of genotypes used for the ancestors and the individuals to be imputed. Parents, grandparents, and other relatives that were not descendants, were genotyped at high-density, low-density, or extremely low-density, and associated costs and imputation accuracies were evaluated.

Results

Imputation accuracy and cost were influenced by the alternative genotyping strategies. Given the mating ratios and the numbers of offspring produced by males and females, an optimized low-cost genotyping strategy for a commercial pig population could involve genotyping male parents at high-density, female parents at low-density (e.g. 3000 SNP), and selection candidates at very low-density (384 SNP).

Conclusions

Among the selection candidates, 95.5 % and 93.5 % of the genotype variation contained in the high-density SNP panels were recovered using a genotyping strategy that costs respectively, $24.74 and $20.58 per candidate.     

Discovery and characterization of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in steelhead/rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have several advantages over other genetic markers, including lower mutation and genotyping error rates, ease of inter-laboratory standardization, and the prospect of high-throughput, low-cost genotyping. Nevertheless, their development and use has only recently moved beyond model organisms to groups such as salmonid fishes. Oncorhynchus mykiss is a salmonid native to the North Pacific rim that has now been introduced throughout the world for fisheries and aquaculture. The anadromous form of the species is known as steelhead. Native steelhead populations on the west coast of the United States have declined and many now have protected status. The nonanadromous, or resident, form of the species is termed rainbow, redband or golden trout. Additional life history and morphological variation, and interactions between the forms, make the species challenging to study, monitor and evaluate. Here, we describe the discovery, characterization and assay development for 139 SNP loci in steelhead/rainbow trout. We used EST sequences from existing genomic databases to design primers for 480 genes. Sanger-sequencing products from these genes provided 130 KB of consensus sequence in which variation was surveyed for 22 individuals from steelhead, rainbow and redband trout groups. The resulting TaqMan assays were surveyed in five steelhead populations and three rainbow trout stocks, where they had a mean minor allele frequency of 0.15-0.26 and observed heterozygosity of 0.18-0.35. Mean F(ST) was 0.204. The development of SNPs for O. mykiss will help to provide highly informative genetic tools for individual and stock identification, pedigree reconstruction, phylogeography and ecological investigation.     

Estimation of genotyping error rate from repeat genotyping,unintentional recaptures and known parent–offspring comparisons in 16 microsatellite loci for brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)

Genotyping errors are present in almost all genetic data and can affect biological conclusions of a study, particularly for studies based on individual identification and parentage. Many statistical approaches can incorporate genotyping errors, but usually need accurate estimates of error rates. Here, we used a new microsatellite data set developed for brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus) to estimate genotyping error using three approaches: (i) repeat genotyping 5% of samples, (ii) comparing unintentionally recaptured individuals and (iii) Mendelian inheritance error checking for known parent–offspring pairs. In each data set, we quantified genotyping error rate per allele due to allele drop‐out and false alleles. Genotyping error rate per locus revealed an average overall genotyping error rate by direct count of 0.3%, 1.5% and 1.7% (0.002, 0.007 and 0.008 per allele error rate) from replicate genotypes, known parent–offspring pairs and unintentionally recaptured individuals, respectively. By direct‐count error estimates, the recapture and known parent–offspring data sets revealed an error rate four times greater than estimated using repeat genotypes. There was no evidence of correlation between error rates and locus variability for all three data sets, and errors appeared to occur randomly over loci in the repeat genotypes, but not in recaptures and parent–offspring comparisons. Furthermore, there was no correlation in locus‐specific error rates between any two of the three data sets. Our data suggest that repeat genotyping may underestimate true error rates and may not estimate locus‐specific error rates accurately. We therefore suggest using methods for error estimation that correspond to the overall aim of the study (e.g. known parent–offspring comparisons in parentage studies).     

Using molecular pedigree reconstruction to evaluate the long-term survival of outplanted hatchery-reared larval and juvenile northern abalone (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Haliotis kamtschatkana</Emphasis>)

The restoration of abalone (Haliotis spp.) populations through supplementation with the offspring of hatchery-spawned wild parents has been attempted in several species, with variable results. Between 2002 and 2005, the Bamfield Huu-ay-aht Community Abalone Project released 4.5 million larvae and 152,000 juveniles of the northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) into Barkley Sound, BC. The purpose of this study was to estimate the long-term survival of outplanted abalone 3–7 years after their release and thus determine their contribution to local population densities at three different outplanting sites. We identified outplanted abalone by genotyping epipodal tentacles sampled from wild-caught abalone for seven microsatellite loci. We then used three different pedigree reconstruction programs: one that used genotypes from hatchery-reared siblings (pedigree 2.2), one that used the wild parent genotypes that were available (cervus 3.0), and one that used both sources of information (colony 2.0). Each program identified different but partially overlapping subsets of hatchery-outplanted offspring. From this we inferred that up to 26% of the individuals sampled at the main outplanting site were from hatchery spawnings. Despite this large contribution of hatchery-reared stock, the density of mature abalone at each site was below the level required for successful fertilization. More intensive outplanting efforts might increase population densities of this broadcast spawner above this minimum sustainable level. However, for supplementation to be successful, other factors that could reduce outplanted juvenile survival, including the low genetic diversity of hatchery-produced offspring and the low habitat quality of some outplanting sites, need to be monitored.