基于线粒体细胞色素b基因序列探讨红喉姬鹟两亚种的分类地位

以线粒体DNA细胞色素b基因的全序列作为遗传标记 ,探讨红喉姬普通亚种 (Ficedulaparvaal bicilla)和指名亚种 (F .p .parva)的分类地位。应用Kimura 2 parameter法计算出红喉姬普通亚种个体间的遗传距离为 0 1%～ 0 2 % ,而与指名亚种之间的遗传距离为 6 4 % ,两亚种之间的遗传距离远远大于种间的遗传距离。结合形态学的特征我们认为 :红喉姬指名亚种和普通亚种应为两个独立种 ,分别为红喉姬 (F .albicilla)和红胸姬 (F .parva) ,两者的分化时间为 3 15～ 3 2 5百万年     

基于线粒体细胞色素b基因序列探讨红喉姬鶲两亚种的分类地位

以线粒体DNA细胞色素b基因的全序列作为遗传标记,探讨红喉姬鶲普通亚种(Ficedula parva al—bicilla)和指名亚种(F．P．parva)的分类地位。应用Kimura 2—parameter法计算出红喉姬鶲普通亚种个体问的遗传距离为0．1％～0．2％,而与指名亚种之间的遗传距离为6．4％,两亚种之间的遗传距离远远大于种间的遗传距离。结合形态学的特征我们认为：红喉姬鶲指名亚种和普通亚种应为两个独立种,分别为红喉姬鶲(F．albicilla)和红胸姬鶲(F．parva),两者的分化时间为3．15～3．25百万年。     

中国鸟类新记录种——红胸姬鹟(Ficedula parva)（英文）

2007年4-5月间,笔者在中国河北省乐亭县祥云岛林场及香港特别行政区蒲台岛分别记录到红胸姬鹟(Ficedula parva),为中国鸟类物种新记录。红胸姬鹟和F.albicilla原为红喉姬鹟(F.parva)的两个亚种,近年来很多著者依据形态、鸣声、分子等证据,认为两者应为在古北界异域分布(allopatric)的对种(semispecies)。本文亦就两者的鉴定特征和野外辨识要点进行了讨论。     

大石鸡亚种分化及一新亚种描述(鸡形目,雉科)

通过地理分布、形态差异、分子进化证明了我国特有种大石鸡Alectoris magna分化为两个亚种,指名亚种A.magna magna和兰州亚种新亚种A.magna lanzhouensis subsp.nov..对新亚种与指名亚种的形态进行了比较.测新亚种12个和指名亚种7个样本的mtDNA控制区486个碱基,两个亚种间无共享单倍型,其间基因交流受到限制;新亚种各取样种群间共享一种单倍型,说明它们来自共同祖先;新亚种序列变异0.27%,而指名亚种为0.91%,其间差异显著(t=1.77,p=0.046＜0.05);两个亚种间的遗传距离为0.0103,约50万年前它们分歧进化.     

西藏南部8种鸟类的新分布记录

2016年9和10月,在西藏自治区林芝及日喀则开展鸟类多样性调查期间新记录到8种鸟类,包括白胸翡翠指名亚种(Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis)、黑冠山雀指名亚种(Periparus rubidiventris rubidiventris)和栗腹?指名亚种(Sitta cinnamoventris cinnamoventris)、斑尾鹃鸠(Macropygia unchall)、红喉姬鹟(Ficedula albicilla)、黄胸柳莺(Phylloscopus cantator)、棕脸鹟莺(Abroscopus albogularis)以及田鹨(Anthus richardi)。     

中国鸟类新记录种——红胸姬鹟(Ficedula parva)

2007年4－5月间，笔者在中国河北省乐亭县祥云岛林场及香港特别行政区蒲台岛分别记录到红胸姬鹟（Ficedula parva），为中国鸟类物种新记录。红胸姬鹟和F. albicilla原为红喉姬鹟（F. parva）的两个亚种，近年来很多著者依据形态、鸣声、分子等证据，认为两者应为在古北界异域分布（allopatric）的对种（semispecies）。本文亦就两者的鉴定特征和野外辨识要点进行了讨论。     

甜菜蚜(半翅目,蚜科)的种下分化——基于形态与分子数据

甜菜蚜Aphis,fabae scopoli是世界广布性害虫,主要为害甜菜、蚕豆、荞麦、玉米等农作物以及欧洲卫矛、金莲花等园林植物,该种包含6个亚种,即指名亚种A.fabae fabae Scopoli、刺菜亚种A.fabae cirsiiacanthoidis Scopoli、卫茅亚种A.fabae evonymi Fabricius、牛蒡亚种A.fabae mordvilkoi B(o)rner & Janich、茄亚种A.fabae solanella Theobald和蓟亚种A.fabae eryngii E.E.Blanchtard.由于各亚种形态特征十分相似,分类学上通常依据次生寄主植物来鉴定.至于这些亚种是否成立,不同的学者观点不同.为此,本研究选取了甜菜蚜4个亚种(卫矛哑种和蓟亚种除外),基于比较形态特征和分子遗传差异来确定这些亚种的分类地位.光学显微镜下观察并测量了10个常用的鉴别形态特征,判别分析结果表明牛蒡亚种和指名亚种具有较高的交叉重叠范围,而刺菜亚种和茄亚种部分个体互相重叠,部分个体相对独立,形态特征结果分析说明这些特征并不能对4个亚种进行有效区分.基于线粒体基因Cyt 6、用于DNA条形编码的COⅠ基因序列片段和它的5'端,对4个亚种34个个体的分子数据进行了分析,结果表明4个亚种的所有个体之间基于COⅠ和Cyt b序列的遗传距离范围均为0.0%～1.3%;基于遗传距离所构建的邻接树(NJ)明显聚为两支(支持率100%),两分支之间的遗传距离范围为1.1%～1.3%,各亚种内部的遗传距离范围为0.00～0.03%;结果表明甜菜蚜可能是一个止在分化的物种,基于DNA序列的分析并不支持4个亚种的划分.     

大壁虎不同地理居群的遗传变异与分化

以线粒体细胞色素b(Cytb)基因作为分子标记,对中国广西12个地区,以及越南和老挝大壁虎(Gekko gecko)进行序列测定,获得Cytb基因424bp的序列片段,共有7个单倍型。以白脊壁虎和沙虎为外群,用邻接法和最大简约法构建了大壁虎不同地理种群的系统发育关系,其结果显示中国广西4个不同单倍型黑大壁虎之间的平均遗传距离为0.20%—1.20%,越南红大壁虎与老挝红大壁虎之间的平均遗传距离为0.50%,广西宁明红大壁虎与越南红大壁虎和老挝红大壁虎之间平均遗传距离分别为1.70%和2.20%。广西黑大壁虎种群与红大壁虎种群之间的平均遗传距离为8.60%—9.50%,达到了亚种或种分化的差异。     

水稻品种SSR与PFLP及其与杂条优势的关系比较研究

用48对SSR引物和50个RFLP探针对来自6个生态型的57份水稻材料之间的遗传差异进行了比较分析,从单个位点的等位基历数和平均基因多样性看,SSR的多态性要高于RFLP,从遗传距离看,在总计1596对材料的遗传距离中,只有144对（占9％）用RFLP标记估计的遗传距离（简称GDRFLP,下同）高于用SSR标记估计的遗传距离（简称GDSSR,下同）,平均高出的幅度为0．0371,而有1452对（占91％）材料间的GDSSR高于GDRFLP,平均高出幅度为0．2492,无论是籼,粳亚种内还是灿粳亚种间,SSR标记比RFLP估计的遗传离高,如用SSR标记估计的籼稻亚种内材料之间平均遗传距离为0．5483,而RFLP标记估计的只有0．2776,粳稻亚种内SSR平均遗传距离为0．5777,RFLP的只有0．2405,用SSR和RFLP估计的亚种间的平均遗传距离分别为0．8047和0．731,成对材料的SSR遗传距离与RFLP遗传距离之间的相关分析表明,对于典型的籼粳品种,这两种标记估计的遗传距离相关系数较高,而中间型材料或偏籼偏粳材料的相关程序较低,通过分析4个两系不育系与48恢复系之间的遗传距离与F1的产量表现及杂种优势之间的相关关系得知,这两种标记估计的遗传距离与杂种表现间的相关均没有达到显著水平,而与杂种优势的相关系数中,除108s与恢复系的GDRFLP和LS2S与恢复系的GDSSR与超亲优势没有达到显著水平外,其他均达到极显著的水平。     

小熊猫种内遗传及亚种分化研究(食肉目:浣熊科)

到目前为止,多数学者认为小熊猫种内已分指名亚种A.f.fulgens和川西亚种A.f.styani。然而,由于其个体毛色变异较大,一些学者对其亚种分化问题提出质疑。本文采用DNA指纹方法,对小熊猫的种内遗传和亚种分化进行了研究。结果表明,川西亚种所有个体在分子量约为8.4kb处均有一条指名亚种不具有的共有谱带,指名亚种所有个体则在分子量约为1.8kb处具有另外一条川西亚种不具有的共有谱带,且这两条谱带可通过双亲遗传给子代,说明此共有谱带可分别作为区分小熊猫川西亚种和指名亚种的特征带。另外,种内的遗传分化研究表明,川西亚种基因组的多态性强于指名亚种,且川西亚种内各个体之间的遗传变异高于指各亚种,说明小熊猫种内已形成遗传分化。因此,笔者认为以上研究结果为基因水平上进一步证明小熊猫种内已产生遗传分化,并形成两独立亚种,目前的亚种地位成立。     

Natural hybridization between endangered and introduced species of Pseudorasbora, with their genetic relationships and characteristics inferred from allozyme analyses

From 25 populations of Pseudorasbora in Japan, polymorphism at 22 allozyme loci indicated that the level of genetic differentiation between Pseudorasbora parva and Pseudorasbora pumila ( D  = 0·421–0·517) was greater than that between the two subspecies of P. pumila , P. pumila pumila and P. pumila subsp. ( D  = 0·164), consistent with morphological differences. While P. parva displayed genetic variation ( H  = 0·003–0·100) similar to other freshwater fishes, P. pumila pumila and P. pumila subsp. populations showed no genetic variation. In five of the 15 populations collected from the contact zone between P. parva and P. pumila pumila , hybrids were detected by allozyme analyses. All hybrids were presumed to represent the F₁ generation, because they were heterozygous at all 12 loci diagnostic between P. parva and P. pumila pumila . Although four populations were characterized by high frequencies of F₁ hybrids ( c . 40%), only one of the parental species was observed in each case. The results indicated that the two species have hybridized easily under natural conditions, but cannot coexist in the long-term. It is suggested that continued invasion of P. parva would hasten the extinction of P. pumila pumila .     

Electrical sizing of cells of the halophilic alga Dunaliella parva

Abstract. The cell volume of two strains of the halophilic alga Dunaliella parva was measured by two direct methods and by electrical sizing. The results from the direct methods agreed with each other and were consistently larger than those obtained from electrical sizing. Statistical analysis showed that the cell volume populations obtained by electrical size of D. Parva cells is due to the cell membrane having an unusually low electrical resistance relative to other cell membranes.     

鸟类核型研究 Ⅲ.莺亚科和鹟亚科14种

本文报道了莺亚科10种和鹟亚科4种的核型,并对已报道过的这二亚科18种鸟类的核型进行了比较研究。这两个亚科通常依据表型差异被划分在一个科——鹟科中。Siblcy(1988)等则依据DNA差异(通过DNA—DNA分子杂交测定)将它们划在不问的三个科(鹟科、莺科和戴菊科)中。核型比较的结果支持了Sibley对这两亚科鸟类的重新划分。     

Divergent character displacement in the song of two allospecies: the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca, and the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

Songs of the three flycatcher forms, Ficedula hypoleuca hypoleuca, Ficedula albicollis albicollis and Ficedula albicollis semitorquata , were distinguishable from one another using a multivariate analysis. F. albicollis semitorquata , which has an intermediate song character, is considered to be a primary allopatric form while the nominate subspecies of albicollis is assumed to be dispersed into sympatry with F. h. hypoleuca . The differences in song between the nominate albicollis and F. hypoleuca are accentuated in their zone of sympatry and are mostly due to divergence in the albicollis song. The song is primarily an epigamic vocalization in the two species and conforms to the pattern characteristic of divergent character displacement associated with reproductive behaviour. Two alarm calls are quite similar in the two species and are the main vocalizations associated with territorial combat. Their interspecific territorial behaviour has apparently not been affected in areas of sympatry.     

Isolation and characterization of 19 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the topmouth gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva

The Asiatic topmouth gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva, is recognized as one of the most invasive fish species in many countries outside of Asia. We isolated and characterized 19 microsatellite loci from P. parva. The polymorphism of these 19 loci was tested on 40 individuals of P. parva sampled from a wild population located in Ezhou, Hubei province of China. The loci had 5 to 11 alleles, with a mean of 7.7 at each locus; 11 loci conformed to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The expected and observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.237 to 0.973 and from 0.647 to 0.914, respectively. All microsatellite loci were in linkage equilibrium. These microsatellite markers are potentially useful for the assessment of population genetic structure during invasion and dispersal of P. parva in new habitats.     

Linkage disequilibrium between alleles at highly polymorphic mini- and micro-satellite loci of Theileria parva isolated from cattle in three regions of Kenya

Theileria parva schizont-infected lymphocyte culture isolates from western, central and coastal Kenya were analysed for size polymorphism at 30 T. parva-specific variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci using a panel of mini- and micro-satellite markers. The mean number of alleles ranged from 3 to 11 at individual loci and 183 distinct alleles were observed in total, indicating high genetic diversity within the T. parva gene pool in Kenyan cattle. The frequency distribution of the length variation of specific alleles among isolates ranged from normal to markedly discontinuous. Genetic relationships between isolates were analysed using standard indices of genetic distance. Genetic distances and dendrograms derived from these using neighbour-joining algorithms did not indicate significant clustering on a geographical basis. Analysis of molecular variance demonstrated that the genetic variation between individual isolates was 72%, but only 2.3% when isolates from different regions were pooled. Both these observations suggest minimal genetic sub-structuring relative to geographical origin. Linkage disequilibrium was observed between pairs of loci within populations, as in certain Ugandan T. parva populations. A novel observation was that disequilibrium was also detected between alleles at three individual pairs of VNTR loci when isolates from the three regional meta-populations were pooled for analysis.     

Comparison of the population genetics and densities of five pinanga palm species at kuala belalong, brunei

This study investigated the effect of population density on the population genetic structure of five co-occurring congeneric understorey palm species: Pinanga aristata, P. sp. aff. brevipes, P. dumetosa, P. tenella var. tenella and P. veitchii, all endemic to northern Borneo. The average population densities of the study species varied across a wide spectrum, ranging from 343 (plants per ha) in P. tenella to 10 (plants per ha) in P. veitchii. All species of Pinanga palms studied had quite high levels of genetic diversity (HE: 0.379, 0.256, 0.294, 0.133, 0.352). Genetic diversity (HE) was correlated with population density (D; rs = - 0.433, P < 0.01) and the average distance to the nearest conspecific neighbour (NN; rs = 0.576, P < 0.001) such that the most-dense species had less genetic diversity and the less-dense species had greater genetic diversity. Gene flow (Nm) among populations approximately followed a gradient of increasing species density and abundance, such that the most common species P. dumestosa had the greatest gene flow (Nm = 2.268) between its populations and the rarest, most sparsely distributed species P. sp. aff. brevipes had the lowest (Nm = 0.698). All species of Pinanga were effectively inbred (F: 0.760, 0.856, 0.640, 0.753, 0.674). The amount of homozygosity and inbreeding (HO, F) were not correlated (P > 0.05) with population density (D) or the distance between nearest neighbouring plants of the same species (NN).     

Sympatric divergence and clinal variation in multiple coloration traits of Ficedula flycatchers

Geographic variation in phenotypes plays a key role in fundamental evolutionary processes such as local adaptation, population differentiation and speciation, but the selective forces behind it are rarely known. We found support for the hypothesis that geographic variation in plumage traits of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca is explained by character displacement with the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis in the contact zone. The plumage traits of the pied flycatcher differed strongly from the more conspicuous collared flycatcher in a sympatric area but increased in conspicuousness with increasing distance to there. Phenotypic differentiation (P_ST) was higher than that in neutral genetic markers (F_ST), and the effect of geographic distance remained when statistically controlling for neutral genetic differentiation. This suggests that a cline created by character displacement and gene flow explains phenotypic variation across the distribution of this species. The different plumage traits of the pied flycatcher are strongly to moderately correlated, indicating that they evolve non‐independently from each other. The flycatchers provide an example of plumage patterns diverging in two species that differ in several aspects of appearance. The divergence in sympatry and convergence in allopatry in these birds provide a possibility to study the evolutionary mechanisms behind the highly divergent avian plumage patterns.