红色原鸡群体遗传多样性

为了阐明红色原鸡的群体遗传结构,以对其有效保护提供遗传学依据,采用33个微卫星标记对其群体中56个个体进行了PCR-聚丙烯酰胺多态性电泳检测。33个微卫星座位共检测到140个等位基因,所有座位都呈现出多态性,每个座位的等位基因数在2～8个之间,平均每个座位等位基因数4.24个,有效等位基因数3.30个。根据等位基因频率,计算出的群体表观杂合度、期望杂合度及多态信息含量分别为0.7980、0.6506和0.5948。结果表明,红色原鸡群体遗传多样性较丰富。     

茶花鸡群体遗传多样性

茶花鸡是我国具有独特遗传特性的地方家禽品种,为了进一步阐明其群体遗传变异和遗传结构状况,采用了33个家鸡特异性的微卫星标记对该鸡种自然群体中30个个体进行了多态性电泳检测。33个微卫星座位共检测到105个等位基因,所有座位都呈现出多态性,每个座位的等位基因数在2~5个之间,平均每个座位等位基因数3.20个。群体平均杂合度和平均多态信息含量分别为0.612 9和0.527 6。结果表明,茶花鸡自然群体遗传多样性较丰富。     

德宏水牛微卫星标记分析的群体遗传变异

德宏水牛是云南省地方水牛的优良品种之一，为了进一步阐明其群体遗传变异和遗传结构，筛选了分别位于水牛14条染色体上的15对微卫星引物，对德宏水牛81个个体进行了检测分析。共检测到62个等位基因，每个座位等位基因数目从2到6个不等，平均等位基因数为4.13，该水牛群体期望杂合度和多态信息含量分别为0.6520±0.1526和0.5863±0.1789，各座位的遗传分化系数在0～0.0919之间，平均值为0.0202。每个座位的基因流较大，平均12.1502。研究结果表明德宏水牛群体遗传多样性较丰富，亚群间的遗传分化程度低，基因流较大，且很少发生近交。     

鲮鱼的微卫星位点筛选和群体遗传多样性初步分析

利用鲤科鱼类微卫星引物在鲮鱼中进行扩增,结果在24对引物中，13对引物能成功扩增，且在鲮鱼中的扩增产物表现稳定，其中11对有较高多态性,等位基因数在2—7个之间，扩增的条带符合孟德尔遗传规律。随后利用筛选的微卫星座位对鲮鱼野生和养殖群体遗传多样性进行了初步分析。分析结果显示：鲮鱼野生群体的平均等位基因数5.2个；观测杂合度在0.25与0.8之间，平均观测杂合度(Ho)是0.61±0.2，平均期望杂合度(He)是0.8±0.09；群体座位平均多态信息含量(PIC)为0.72±0.1。相比之下，养殖群体的平均观测杂合度(Ho)和平均期望杂合度(He)都低于野生群体，分别是0.59±0.2、0.75±0.1。两群体间的遗传相似度为0.7774、遗传距离为0.2518。研究表明：用其他鱼类分离出的微卫星引物可以快速筛选到适用于鲮鱼遗传分析的微卫星座位。     

云南南部地区野猪群体的遗传多样性

野猪(Sus scrofa)是家猪的祖先,也是野生动物遗传资源和生物多样性的重要组成部分.为了阐明其群体遗传变异,以对其进一步有效保护和合理利用提供科学依据,本研究采用分布在家猪19条染色体上的76个微卫星标记对云南南部地区野猪群体65只个体进行了群体遗传变异分析.共检测到349个等位基因,每个座位的等位基因数从3到9不等,有效等位基因数在1.683 5-8.066 7之间,平均每个座位等位基因数(4.592 1±1.145 2)个,有效等位基因数(3.709 9±0.990 4)个,群体平均表观杂合度、期望杂合度及平均多态信息含量分别为(0.949 2±0.113 5)、(0.711 6±0.078 7)和(0.663 4±0.092 1).结果表明,本实验检测到的野猪群体遗传多样性较丰富.     

布氏罗非鱼微卫星位点筛选和群体遗传多样性分析

为阐明布氏罗非(Tilapia buttikoferi)群体遗传变异和遗传结构状况,采用50个尼罗罗非鱼特异性的微卫星分子标记对45个布氏罗非鱼个体进行遗传检测.结果有27对引物能获得稳定的特异性条带,占总数的54%,其中16个多态性微卫星座位共检测出52个等位基因.每个座位的等位基因数为2～6之间,平均每个座位为3.24;平均观测杂合度(Ho)为0.5266,平均期望杂合度(He)为0.5237,平均多态信息含量为0.4652,表明布氏罗非鱼群体遗传多样性较丰富,种群结构处于合理状态.     

鳜原种群体和养殖群体遗传多样性的微卫星分析

本研究利用20对微卫星引物对鳜(Siniperca chuatsi)原种群体和养殖群体进行遗传多样性分析。结果表明,在鳜原种群体中检测到多态性位点14个,养殖群体11个。在两个群体中共检测到等位基因数96个,其中原种群体检测到等位基因数53个,每个位点的等位基因数在1～7之间,平均有效等位基因数为2.7390;养殖群体检测到等位基因数43个,每个位点的等位基因数在1～6之间,平均有效等位基因数为2.1284。原种群体的平均观察杂合度0.5708,Nei氏期望杂合度0.5295,平均多态信息含量PIC0.5353;养殖群体的平均观察杂合度0.3839,Nei氏期望杂合度0.4011,平均多态信息含量PIC0.5043。因此,与养殖群体相比,鳜原种群体仍有丰富的遗传多样性。本研究可为鳜种质资源的保护、监测和遗传育种提供分子水平上的数据。     

尼西鸡遗传多样性微卫星标记分析

尼西鸡抗病力强,产蛋性能高,适应高海拔及寒冷的气候条件,是具有独特群体遗传特性的高原地方鸡种。为了对其有效保护和合理利用提供遗传背景资料,筛选了家鸡基因组24条染色体上的33个微卫星标记,对随机选取的50个尼西鸡个体进行多态性检测,共检测到122个等位基因,每个座位平均等位基因数为3·7个。该群体平均多态信息含量和平均杂合度分别为0·5514和0·6350,大染色体较小染色体的微卫星多态性程度高。表明尼西鸡属多态性较丰富的群体。     

利用30个微卫星标记分析长江中下游鲢群体的遗传多样性

摘要: 利用30对微卫星分子标记对长江中下游5个鲢群体进行了遗传多样性分析。结果表明: 在30个基因座中, 共检测到144个等位基因, 每个座位检测到的等位基因数为1～10个, 其中有25个座位具有多态性, 多态位点百分率为83.33,5个群体的平均等位基因数A为4.0/4.1, 平均有效等位基因数Ne为2.4445～2.6332, 平均观察杂合度Ho为0.3233～0.3511, 平均期望杂合度He为0.4421～0.4704, 平均多态信息含量PIC为0.4068～0.4286。对数据进行F-检验, Fst值表明群体间的遗传分化程度中等, 并对基因型进行了基于Hardy-Weinberg平衡的卡方检验, 所得P值说明5个群体均一定程度上偏离了平衡。5个群体间的遗传相似系数为0.8466～0.9146,遗传距离为0.0893～0.1665, 并根据Nei氏标准遗传距离用UPGMA方法对5个鲢群体进行亲缘关系聚类。     

长江中上游两个鲢群体遗传变异的微卫星分析

对长江中上游2个鲢群体使用39个微卫星标记进行了遗传多样性分析, 计算并统计了平均观测等位基因数、平均有效等位基因数、多态信息含量、遗传杂合度、Hardy-Weinberg平衡偏离指数、遗传相似系数、遗传距离等遗传参数。结果表明: 万州鲢和监利鲢群体所检测微卫星位点的平均观测等位基因数分别为6.128和4.974; 平均有效等位基因数分别为4.107和3.395; 多态位点百分率分别为100和94.87; 39个微卫星标记共有等位基因259个, 173个等位基因为两群体所共有; 多态微卫星位点的PIC在0.077~0.865之间变动,平均为0.617; 两群体所检测位点平均观测杂合度为0.834和0.775, 平均期望杂合度为0.713和0.623; 两个群体间的遗传相似系数为0.618, 群体间的遗传距离为0.482。结果显示长江中上游两个鲢群体间存在显著遗传分化, 应隶属于不同的种群。     

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.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.