群体遗传学研究中的数据处理方法Ⅰ.RAPD数据的AMOVA分析

近年来,RAPD数据和AMOVA分析广泛地应用于群体遗传学和保护遗传学研究。然而,由于RAPD标记具显性特点,加上目前进行AMOVA分析所依赖的RAPDistance软件不完善,使得对RAPD数据进行AMOVA分析时存在许多不足。本文介绍了AMOVA分析的基本过程,同时引入一个新的程序DCFA用以替代RAPDistance,并详述了将DCFA与WINAMOVA联用,对RAPD数据进行AMOVA分析的具体步骤与注意事项。最后,以产自中国和巴西8个普通野生稻（Oryza rufipogon）天然群体为例,演示了对RAPD表型数据进行AMOVA分析的过程,讨论了AMOVA分析结果在群体遗传结构上的意义。通过对AMOVA算法的分析,同时比较4种距离系数所得AMOVA结果,我们认为在进行AMOVA分析时选择NEILI距离和欧氏距离平方较为合适,而目前国内使用较多的JACCARD系数不适合AMOVA分析。     

栲树天然群体遗传结构的RAPD分析

利用RAPD分子标记对5个栲树(Castanopsis fargesii Franch.) 天然群体共计188个个体的遗传多样性和群体遗传结构进行了分析.41个随机寡核苷酸引物共检测到385个位点,其中多态位点157个,占40.78%.物种水平的Shannon多样性指数I=0.459 7,Nei基因多样度h=0.296.遗传变异分析表明,栲树群体的遗传变异主要存在于群体内,利用Shannon多样性指数估算的分化(Hsp-Hpop)/Hsp=0.047 6,遗传分化系数Gst =0.042 9,分子方差分析(AMOVA)也证实了这一结论,群体内的变异组分占了94.97%,群体间变异只占5.03%.AMOVA分析结果的显著性检验也表明,群体间及群体内个体间均呈现出显著分化(P<0.001).     

栲树天然群体遗传结构的RAPD分析

利用RAPD分子标记对 5个栲树 (CastanopsisfargesiiFranch .)天然群体共计 188个个体的遗传多样性和群体遗传结构进行了分析。 4 1个随机寡核苷酸引物共检测到 385个位点 ,其中多态位点 15 7个 ,占 4 0 .78%。物种水平的Shannon多样性指数I=0 .4 5 97,Nei基因多样度h =0 .2 96。遗传变异分析表明 ,栲树群体的遗传变异主要存在于群体内 ,利用Shannon多样性指数估算的分化 (Hsp_Hpop) /Hsp=0 .0 4 76 ,遗传分化系数Gst =0 .0 4 2 9,分子方差分析 (AMOVA)也证实了这一结论 ,群体内的变异组分占了 94 .97% ,群体间变异只占 5 .0 3%。AMOVA分析结果的显著性检验也表明 ,群体间及群体内个体间均呈现出显著分化 (P <0 .0 0 1)。     

群体遗传学研究中STR数据的统计方法应用

STR作为遗传多态性较高的标记, 被广泛地运用于群体遗传学的研究。对于STR分型产生的基因型频率及等位基因频率数据, 文章总结了各种参数指标的计算及分析方法。其中参数指标包括杂合度、多态信息量、连锁不平衡系数、近交系数、遗传距离以及固定指数等; 分析方法包括主成分分析、系统发生树、分子方差分析、R矩阵、地理信息系统以及空间自相关分析。通过这些参数指标及分析方法的使用, 可以既直观又科学地揭示群体遗传结构、群体间遗传分化以及人类起源与进化等群体遗传学中研究的关键问题。     

AFLP和RAPD标记技术在栉孔扇贝遗传多样性研究中的应用比较

AFLP和RAPD标记技术是近年来发展最快的基于PCR基础上的两种DNA标记技术,本文比较了两种标记技术在我国栉孔扇贝群体遗传多样性研究中的应用。共筛选20个RAPD引物和7个AFLP引物组合,检测到AFLP标记的有效等位基因数和平均多态信息量稍低于RAPD标记,但AFLP标记在每单位分析中扩增到的野生和养殖群体的多态性条带数(23．8,24．8)分别高于RAPD标记(5．6,5．6),AFLP多态性检测效率显著高于RAPD标记。AFLP和RAPD两种标记技术所揭示的野生种群与养殖群体间的近交系数、遗传距离两项指标均表明,我国栉孔扇贝养殖群体和野生种群之间尚未出现明显的遗传分化。研究结果表明：RAPD和AFLP这两种标记技术均可用于栉孔扇贝遗传多样性的分析,其分析结果是一致的。     

巨龙竹种下不同变异类型的RAPD分析

巨龙竹 (Dendrocalamussinicus)其种下具有 2个明显不同的变异类型 ,即“通直型”和“歪脚型”。本文利用 2 0个随机引物对 5 6份巨龙竹材料进行RAPD标记。首先用RAPDis tance软件计算各个体间的相似性系数 ,再用NTSYS软件对巨龙竹 5 6个样品以UPGMA方法进行聚类 ,聚类图中有 2个明显的分枝 ,一为“通直型” ,一为“歪脚型” ,结果表明巨龙竹表型的差异与遗传因素密切相关。同时用POPGENE软件和AMOVA软件分析表明 :巨龙竹种下不同变异类型的遗传变异较大 ,具有丰富的遗传多样性 ;歪脚类型的遗传多样性高于通直类型 ;巨龙竹变异类型群体之间及群体之内均出现显著的分化。     

用RAPD技术研究9个家猪群体的遗传结构

目的：利用RAPD技术对9个家猪群体的遗传多样性进行分析,方法：采用RAPD技术对13/17罗伯逊易位纯合子猪易位杂合子猪及正常核型猪的三个群体,丹系长白猪群体,加系双肌臀杜洛克猪群体,加系双肌臀大约克猪群体,加系双肌臀长白猪群体及欧洲猪与易位杂合子猪产生的两个杂交后备猪群体的遗传多样性进行分析,并分别计算其共有带率F及遗传距离指数D,采用最小距离法绘制其树状聚类图。结果：19条引物的扩增结果产生多态性,共得到316条清晰稳定的多态型片段,片段长度在200-4000bp之间,由Nei的公式计算获得的遗传距离介于0.016-0.092之间,参照系统进化树可将9个品系划分为3个组群。结论：9个品系之间存在着明显的遗传差异,可作为进一步育种方案设计的依据。     

小麦异交群体选择分化的RAPD分析

用RAPD分子标记技术及数量遗传分析手段对小麦异交群体趋异选择4代得到的各子群体的遗传关系进行了分析,并对两种结果进行了相关分析。采用11个引物扩增出134个位点,RAPD分析结果表明,群体具有丰富的遗传变异,整个群体的多态位点百分率达0.8134,杂合度达0.3006;子群体间遗传分化较小,相对基因分化系数Gst为0.2310,固定指数平均0.2120,标准遗传距离为0.1044±0.048,表明遗传变异多数来自群体之内。而数量遗传分析发现,选择性状进展都与预期方向相符,主成分遗传距离大部分达显著水平,说明选择使群体发生了相当程度的分化。对两种遗传距离进行聚类分析表明,二种信息间关系各类群成员多不一致。其原因可能在于：数量性状是人工选择的目标,RAPD是基因组随机序列的扩增,二者之间的相关与引物选择有关。 Abstract：The genetic relations of some subpopulations in the fourth generation of selection in outbreeding population of winter wheat were examined by RAPD techniques and quantitative analysis. The correlations of the two results were examined.For RAPD analysis, 11 primers were adopted, and 134 sites were amplified. The results showed that abundant genetic variations existed in the populations. In the whole population, the percentage of polymorphic sites (P) is 0.8134, and the averaged heterozygosity is 0.3006. However,genetic differentiation among subpopulations is small. The relative gene differentiation (Gst) is 0.2310,fixed index averages 0.2120, and the standard genetic distance between subpopulations is 0.1044±0.048.All above shows that most of the genetic variations existed within populations.The cluster results from RAPD analysis and principal component distances showed that similarity relations were only found in small part of the subpopulations. The reason for the results may be that the genes concerned for quantitative traits are selected directly,while the genes involved in RAPD analysis are only random samples of the whole genomes.     

草鱼基因组DNA一些RAPD位点的遗传分析及分子标记筛选

RAPD技术的实验结果很容易因实验条件和反应参数的不同而造成差异。为了建立能通用的草鱼基因组多态性分析RAPD分子标记体系,需要利用RAPD位点按照孟德尔共显性规律遗传的特点,用不同遗传背景的材料对多态性的RAPD位点进行统计遗传学比较分析以判断其真实性。为此,本实验选择具有遗传多态性的湘江流域草鱼群体和经连续两代人工诱导雌核发育获得的雌核发育草鱼品系,对一些可能作为草鱼基因组DNA分子标记的RAPD位点进行了遗传学比较分析。所用的10条多态性随机引物共检测到30个多态性RAPD位点。两个不同遗传背景群体的遗传统计对比分析结果表明:这30个多态位性位点在湘江流域草鱼群体和雌核发育草鱼群体中的分布符合孟德尔遗传规律,可以作为草鱼基因组DNA分析的可靠分子标记。本实验的观察结果还表明:在人工诱导雌核发育过程中,存在RAPD位点的快速丢失现象,两次人工诱导雌核发育过程中共丢失了17个多态性位点。因此,加强对自然水体中草鱼种质资源多样性的保护和利用各种现代生物学技术纯化、筛选和组合优良性状基因,是草鱼遗传育种中同样重要和不可或缺的两个方面。     

群体遗传结构中的基因流

群体遗传结构上的差异是遗传多样性的一种重要体现,对群体遗传结构的研究已有较久的历史,而其中的基因流研究近些年来越来越受到重视。它对群体遗传学、进化生物学、保护生物学、生态学有着极其重要的作用。虽然传统的群体遗传学能估测基因流大小,但它的精确性还有很大局限性。随着生物技术的进步,对基因流的研究逐渐向分子水平过渡,应用蛋白质电泳技术、分子标记技术(RAPD、RFLP、VNTR、ISSR、DNA测序等)方法对群体间基因流的流动水平进行了深入细致的研究。通过综述群体遗传结构的几种模式:陆岛模式、海岛模式、阶石模式、距离隔离模式、层次模式,以及在群体遗传结构的几种模式基础上的基因流的研究方法、作用、地位和近些年来研究者的研究成果,并指出了这些方法的局限性。     

Assessing population genetic structure and variability with RAPD data: Application to Vaccinium macrocarpon (American Cranberry)

A method for estimating and comparing population genetic variation using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiling is presented. An analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) is extended to accomodate phenotypic molecular data in diploid populations in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium or with an assumed degree of selfing. We present a two step strategy: 1) Estimate RAPD site frequencies without preliminary assumptions on the unknown population structure, then perform significance testing for population substructuring. 2) If population structure is evident from the first step, use this data to calculate better estimates for RAPD site frequencies and sub-population variance components. A nonparametric test for the homogeneity of molecular variance (HOMOVA) is also presented. This test was designed to statistically test for differences in intrapopulational molecular variances (heteroscedasticity among populations). These theoretical developments are applied to a RAPD data set in Vaccinium macrocarpon (American cranberry) using small sample sizes, where a gradient of molecular diversity is found between central and marginal populations. The AMOVA and HOMOVA methods provide flexible population analysis tools when using data from RAPD or other DNA methods that provide many polymorphic markers with or without direct allelic data.     

Genetic variation of Saxifraga paniculata Mill. (Saxifragaceae): molecular evidence for glacial relict endemism in central Europe

Saxifraga paniculata Mill. is an amphi-atlantic species that is widely distributed in the Alps but also occurs with disjunct populations in central Europe. These isolated populations are considered to be glacial relicts. In the study presented here, we analysed the genetic variation within and between populations of Saxifraga paniculata in central Europe to test whether the molecular data give evidence for the supposed relict endemism. We used RAPD analysis and the analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) technique to investigate 30 populations of Saxifraga paniculata from different locations in central Europe and adjacent geographical areas. In the RAPD analysis, 319 fragments could be amplified of which 91.2% were polymorphic. The percentage of polymorphic bands within populations correlated significantly with population size, indicating a higher level of inbreeding in small populations. AMOVA revealed 43.60% of the variation within populations, only 15.45% between populations within locations, and 40.95% between locations. Genetic distance between locations (Φ_ST) correlated significantly with the geographical distance between locations, giving evidence for geographical isolation. In an UPGMA cluster analysis, based on RAPD data, the populations were grouped together according to their location. The results exhibit a strong genetic differentiation which is obviously due to genetic drift in the isolated populations. Our study therefore gives evidence for glacial relict endemism of Saxifraga paniculata in central Europe.  © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 80, 11–21.     

Genetic diversity and population structure of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.- a potential medicinal legume tree

Three molecular marker systems, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD), Inter-Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) and Sequence-Related Amplified Polymorphism (SRAP) were employed to investigate the genetic structure and diversity among the 14 natural populations of Butea monosperma collected from different geographical regions of India. Detected by 17 RAPD, 15 ISSR and 11 SRAP primer combinations, the proportions of polymorphic bands were 84.2 %, 77.2 % and 91.9 %, respectively, and the mean Nei’s genetic distances among the populations were 0.13, 0.10 and 0.13, respectively. Partitioning of genetic variability by Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that the high genetic diversity was distributed within the populations. AMOVA also revealed that the coefficient of gene differentiation among populations based on F_ST was very high irrespective of markers used. The overall gene flow among populations (Nm) was very low. Cophenetic correlation coefficients of Nei’s distance values and clustering pattern by Mental test were statistically significant for all three marker systems used but poor fit for ISSR data than for RAPD, SRAP and combined data set of all three markers. For all markers, a high similarity in dendrogram topologies was obtained, although some differences were observed with ISSR. The dendrogram obtained by RAPD, SRAP and combined data set of all three markers reflect relationship of most of the populations according to their geographic distribution.     

Genetic diversity of an Italian Rhizobium meliloti population from different Medicago sativa varieties.

We investigated the genetic diversity of 96 Rhizobium meliloti strains isolated from nodules of four Medicago sativa varieties from distinct geographic areas and planted in two different northern Italian soils. The 96 isolates, which were phenotypically indistinguishable, were analyzed for DNA polymorphism with the following three methods: (i) a randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method, (ii) a restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the 16S-23S ribosomal operon spacer region, and (iii) an RFLP analysis of a 25-kb region of the pSym plasmid containing nod genes. Although the bacteria which were studied constituted a unique genetic population, a considerable level of genetic diversity was found. The new analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) method was used to estimate the variance among the RAPD patterns. The results indicated that there was significant genetic diversity among strains nodulating different varieties. The AMOVA method was confirmed to be a useful tool for investigating the genetic variation in an intraspecific population. Moreover, the data obtained with the two RFLP methods were consistent with the RAPD results. The genetic diversity of the population was found to reside on the whole bacterial genome, as suggested by the RAPD analysis results, and seemed to be distributed on both the chromosome and plasmid pSym.     

Genetic variation within and among populations of a wild rice Oryza granulata from China detected by RAPD and ISSR markers

Genetic variation within and between five populations of Oryza granulata from two regions of China was investigated using RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) and ISSR (inter-simple sequence repeat amplification) markers. Twenty RAPD primers used in this study amplified 199 reproducible bands with 61 (30.65%) polymorphic; and 12 ISSR primers amplified 113 bands with 52 (46.02%) polymorphic. Both RAPD and ISSR analyses revealed a low level of genetic diversity in wild populations of O. granulata. Furthermore, analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) was used to apportion the variation within and between populations both within and between regions. As the RAPD markers revealed, 73.85% of the total genetic diversity resided between the two regions, whereas only 19.45% and 6.70% were present between populations within regions and within a population respectively. Similarly, it was shown by ISSR markers that a great amount of variation (49.26%) occurred between the two regions, with only 38.07% and 12.66% between populations within regions and within a population respectively. Both the results of a UPGMA cluster, based on Jaccard coefficients, and pairwise distance analysis agree with that of the AMOVA partition. This is the first report of the partitioning of genetic variability within and among populations of O. granulata at the DNA level, which is in general agreement with a recent study on the same species in China using allozyme analysis. Our results also indicated that the percentage of polymorphic bands (PPB) detected by ISSR is higher than that detected by RAPD. It seems that ISSR is superior to RAPD in terms of the polymorphism detected and the amplification reproducibility. Received: 29 March 2000 / Accepted: 15 May 2000     

RAPD variation within and among natural populations of outcrossing willow-leaved foxglove (Digitalis obscura L.)

 Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to assess levels and patterns of genetic diversity in Digitalis obscura L. (Scrophulariaceae), an outcrossing cardenolide-producing medicinal plant species. A total of 50 plants from six natural populations on the Iberian Peninsula were analysed by six arbitrarily chosen decamer primers resulting in 96 highly reproducible RAPD bands. To avoid bias in parameter estimation, analyses of population genetic structure were restricted to bands (35 of 96) whose observed frequencies were less than 1–3/n in each population. The analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) with distances among individuals corrected for the dominant nature of RAPDs (genotypic analysis) showed that most of the variation (84.8%) occurred among individuals within populations, which is expected for an outcrossing organism. Of the remaining variance, 9.7% was attributed to differences between regions, and 5.5% for differences among populations within regions. Estimates of the Wright, Weir and Cockerham and Lynch and Milligan F_ST from null-allele frequencies corroborated AMOVA partitioning and provided significant evidence for population differentiation in D. obscura. A non-parametric test for the homogeneity of molecular variance (HOMOVA) also showed significant differences in the amount of genetic variability present in the six populations. UPGMA cluster analyses, based on Apostol genetic distance, revealed grouping of some geographically proximate populations. Nevertheless, a Mantel test did not give a significant correlation between geographic and genetic distances. This is the first report of the partitioning of genetic variability within and between populations of D. obscura and provides important baseline data for optimising sampling strategies and for conserving the genetic resources of this medicinal species. Received: 7 September 1998 / Accepted: 28 November 1998     

Patterns of Genetic Variation in Swertia przewalskii, an Endangered Endemic Species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Swertia przewalskii Pissjauk. (Gentianaceae) is a critically endangered and endemic plant of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. RAPD and ISSR analyses were carried out on a total of 63 individuals to assess the extent of genetic variation in the remaining three populations. Percentage of polymorphic bands was 94% (156 bands) for RAPD and 96% (222 bands) for ISSR. A pairwise distance measure calculated from the RAPD and ISSR data was used as input for analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA). AMOVA indicated that a high proportion of the total genetic variation (52% for RAPD and 56% for ISSR) was found among populations; pairwise Φ _ST comparisons showed that the three populations examined were significantly different (p < 0.001). Significant genetic differentiation was found based on different measures (AMOVA and Hickory θ_B) in S. przewalskii (0.52 on RAPD and 0.56 on ISSR; 0.46 on RAPD and 0.45 on ISSR). The differentiation of the populations corresponded to low average gene flow (0.28 based on RAPD and 0.31 based on ISSR), whereas genetic distance-based clustering and coalescent-based assignment analyses revealed significant genetic isolation among populations. Our results indicate that genetic diversity is independent of population size. We conclude that although sexual reproduction and gene flow between populations of S. przewalskii are very limited, they have preserved high levels of genetic diversity. The main factors responsible for the high level of difference among populations are the isolation and recent fragmentation under human disturbance.     

Molecular Phylogeny among Local Populations of Formica japonica (Hym., Formicidae) in Korea

ABSTRACT Not only were used Random amplified polymorphismic DNA(RAPD) markers as input for an analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) and cluster analysis to describe the population genetic structure, but also morphometric analysis of Formica japonica in Korea in order to investigate the relationships between local populations according to altitude. The ten populations of F. japonica in Korea did not showed any relationships according to altitude in morphological analysis, while they showed distinct relationship in RAPD analysis. It was noticed that they were clearly separated as four groups according to altitude. The first was Jirisan-Gachilbong- Gyebangsan population, the second Iksansi-Odongdo, the third Deukyusan-Hallasan, the fourth Siheungsi- Seonamsa-Jinjusi. The first group was high mountainous, the second flat and low altitude, the third high mountainous, and the fourth flat and low altitude. They occur from low altitude to comparative high altitude 1,400 m in Korea. Actually, it was found that the relationships of 10 local populations of Korean Formica japonica were not related to morphological evolution, but related to molecular evolutionary data evolved from RAPD analysis.     

应用RAPD标记技术对树鼩遗传多样性的分析

目的建立树鼩RAPD（random amplified polymorphic DNA）遗传标记分析方法,了解中缅树鼩种群的遗传多样性。方法采用PCR技术对40条随机引物进行优化,筛选出能有效用于树鼩群体遗传分析的RAPD位点,对48只树鼩个体的基因组DNA进行PCR扩增,并应用Popgene 1.32与RAPDistance Package Version 1.04等软件进行数据处理,分析树鼩的群体遗传特性。结果20个RAPD引物共检测到113个位点,平均每个引物可扩增出5.65个位点,其中多态位点数为69个（占61.1%）。个体间的遗传相似系数平均为0.8307,个体间遗传距离在0.09-0.27之间,平均遗传距离为0.1693。雄性群体的遗传多态度（H0）（0.1864）略高于雌性群体（0.1470）,平均遗传多态度（Hpop）为0.1667;树鼩遗传多态度所占的比例在群体内为48.29%,而雌、雄群体间为51.71%。NJ法进行聚类分析得出T15、T33和T47号树鼩个体聚类成一大类,其余45只树鼩个体聚成另一大类,雌、雄个体呈相互交叉现象。结论实验所筛选的随机引物可有效用于中缅树鼩种群的遗传结构分析。本树鼩群体具有较好的遗传多样性。