矮沙冬青小孢子发生和雄配子体发育的观察

对矮沙冬青（Ammopiptanthus nanus）小孢子发生及雄配子体发育过程进行了观察,结果表明：花约具4个花粉囊,花药壁发育为基本型,由表皮、药室内壁、中层（2—3层）和绒毡层组成,绒毡层为腺质型。小孢子母细胞减数分裂后胞质分裂为同时型,四分体为四面体型排列,成熟的花粉粒为二细胞型。在矮沙冬青小孢子发生及雄配子体发育过程中没有发现异常现象,认为矮沙冬青濒危不存在雄性生殖结构与发育过程异常的内在因素。     

兰州百合小孢子母细胞减数分裂异常现象的观察

对兰州百合(Lilium davidii var.unicolor)小孢子母细胞减数分裂异常进行了研究,发现存在不等二价体、同源染色体早分离、染色体桥、不均等分离、滞后染色体、核外染色体、微核等。分析了这些异常形成的可能机制及对正常小孢子形成的影响。人工花粉萌发实验表明：小孢子母细胞减数分裂异常是导致花粉败育的主要原因。认为兰州百合长期行无性繁殖引起染色体结构变异,导致减数分裂异常。     

同源四倍体矮牵牛花粉母细胞减数分裂观察

以同源四倍体矮牵牛06P-12为材料,采用常规压片法对花粉母细胞减数分裂过程及染色体行为进行了观察研究,以探明同源四倍体矮牵生育性降低的细胞学原因.结果显示:花粉母细胞减数分裂过程与二倍体基本相同但有其特殊性,主要表现在:终变期染色体的构型复杂,有四价体、三价体和单价体;中期Ⅰ和中期Ⅱ有赤道板外染色体;后期Ⅰ和后期Ⅱ出现落后染色体、丢失染色体、染色体桥及不均等分裂的现象;四分体时期出现一分体、二分休、三分体以及含微核的异常三分体、四分体、多分体.花粉母细胞减数分裂过程中正常细胞平均达78.6%,异常细胞频率平均为21.4%.研究表明,同源四倍体矮牵生育性降低的细胞学原因是减数分裂过程中染色体行为异常.     

珍稀濒危植物夏蜡梅的减数分裂观察

首次研究了夏蜡梅小孢子母细胞的减数分裂过程,并观察了花粉粒育性. 后期Ⅰ,末期Ⅰ和后期Ⅱ均观察到少量染色体异常行为的发生,但整个过程基本正常.花粉粒活性也大都正常.人为的因素可能是夏蜡梅濒危狭域的原因.     

五种紫萁属植物的细胞遗传学研究

对紫萁属Osmunda五种植物:狭叶紫萁D angustifolia Ching、紫萁O japonica Thunb.、华南紫萁O vachellii Hook.、粗齿紫萁O banksifolia(Presl)Kuhn和粤紫萁O.mildei C.Chr.的体细胞染色体形态和孢子母细胞减数分裂时染色体的行为进行了研究.五种紫其属植物的体细胞染色体数目均为2n=44,孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中,狭叶紫萁,紫萁、华南紫萁和粗齿紫萁染色体配对和联合行为正常,中期I染色体构型多为环状二价体,粗齿紫萁偶尔可观察到三价体和单价体,狭叶紫萁中期I偶可观察到1-2个提早分离的单价体,后期II可观察到染色体桥和断片,据此推测易位和倒位等染色体畸变作用在紫萁属植物物种形成和演化过程中具有重要意义.粤紫萁是华南分布的一个特有珍稀种、孢子母细胞减数分裂前期到中期无染色体配对和联会,导致染色体后期行为异常,80%的孢子母细胞有落后染色体和不均等分离现象,形成的孢子几乎完全败育,基于粤紫萁减数分裂显著偏离正常的同源染色体配对和联会现象,结合核型方面和形态学方面证据,认为粤紫萁是一个杂交种.     

番木瓜核型和减数分裂研究

对番木瓜核型和花粉母细胞减数分裂行为的研究表明,番木瓜染色体数目为2n=18,由9对中部着丝粒染色体组成。核型公式为2n=2x=18m。花粉母细胞减数分裂正常,在终变期和中期Ⅰ观察到9个二价体,未观察到染色体结构变异和行为异常。     

枣胚乳三倍体的细胞学－中国果树资源细胞学研究之六

枣属植物经过染色体鉴定的5个种,未发现奇数倍性;中国枣为二倍体,未见自然多倍体类型。1978年通过胚乳培养,已首次诱导出三倍体植株。1983年三倍体始花结果,其细胞学特点如下: 1.胚乳二倍体胚乳二倍体的染色体数2n=24。小孢子母细胞减数分裂染色体行为正常。前期Ⅰ和中期Ⅰ,形成12个二阶体。减数分裂结束,形成正常的四分体,小孢子大小整齐。花粉粒属于正常的三孔沟型。2.胚乳三倍体胚乳三倍体的染色体数2n=36。小孢子母细胞较二倍体大。减数分裂染色体行为不正常。前期Ⅰ和中期Ⅰ有数目不等的单价体、二价体和多价体,染色体群数变动于14—20之间。后期Ⅰ、Ⅱ染色体分离不规则,数目不均衡,有落后染色体,多极分裂,并带有微核。减数分裂结束时,部分小孢子母细胞形成一分体、二分体、不等四分体、五分体和六分体等,小孢子大小不一致。正常花粉比二倍体大,有三孔沟和四孔沟两种类型,还有部分小花粉粒和败育花粉。     

矮沙冬青雌配子体及胚胎发育研究

矮沙冬青子房单心皮1室,边缘胎座,弯生胚珠,胚珠具双珠被、厚珠心。大孢子孢原细胞发生于珠心表皮下,大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成直线排列的四分体,合点端大孢子具功能,并按蓼型胚囊发育,雌配子体成熟于4月中旬。双受精后,胚乳发育为核型。在矮沙冬青大孢子发生、雌配子体和胚胎发育过程中未发现异常现象,因此认为矮沙冬青濒危不存在雌性生殖结构与发育过程异常的内在因素。     

水稻亚种间杂种F1半不育小孢子发生的细胞学观察

利用石蜡切片和染色体压片法对水稻亚种间半不育杂种F1及其亲本的小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程进行细胞学观察.结果显示:亲本及杂种F1的花药壁发育正常,但部分F1的小孢子母细胞减数分裂异常,形成不均等的二分体和异常的四分体;其染色体在中期Ⅰ分散在赤道板两旁或远离赤道板,形成单价体;在后期Ⅰ和后期Ⅱ产生大量落后染色体或染色体桥.研究表明,部分花粉母细胞减数分裂中期和后期染色体行为异常可能是造成杂种F1花粉半不育的主要原因.     

紫斑牡丹栽培品种小孢子发育过程的细胞遗传学研究

本文对紫斑牡丹栽培品种的花平细胞减数分裂过程进行了系统研究,结果发现紫斑牡丹品种约６８．９６％的花平细胞在减数分裂过程表现正常,约有３１．０４％的花粉母细胞在减数分裂的比线期、中期Ⅰ、后期Ⅰ、中期Ⅱ、后期Ⅱ及四分体时期观察到染色体行为异常。本实验表明,在小孢子形成过程中,多数小孢子发育政党,但有约３１．０４％的花粉母细胞减数分裂异常,导致了花粉的败育。     

Terminal regions of wheat chromosomes select their pairing partners in meiosis

Many plant species, including important crops like wheat, are polyploids that carry more than two sets of genetically related chromosomes capable of meiotic pairing. To safeguard a diploid-like behavior at meiosis, many polyploids evolved genetic loci that suppress incorrect pairing and recombination of homeologues. The Ph1 locus in wheat was proposed to ensure homologous pairing by controlling the specificity of centromere associations that precede chromosome pairing. Using wheat chromosomes that carry rye centromeres, we show that the centromere associations in early meiosis are not based on homology and that the Ph1 locus has no effect on such associations. Although centromeres indeed undergo a switch from nonhomologous to homologous associations in meiosis, this process is driven by the terminally initiated synapsis. The centromere has no effect on metaphase I chiasmate chromosome associations: homologs with identical or different centromeres, in the presence and absence of Ph1, pair the same. A FISH analysis of the behavior of centromeres and distal chromomeres in telocentric and bi-armed chromosomes demonstrates that it is not the centromeric, but rather the subtelomeric, regions that are involved in the correct partner recognition and selection.     

Chromosome painting in meiosis reveals pairing of specific chromosomes in polyploid <Emphasis Type="Italic">Solanum</Emphasis> species

Analysis of chromosome pairing has been an important tool to assess the genetic similarity of homologous and homoeologous chromosomes in polyploids. However, it is technically challenging to monitor the pairing of specific chromosomes in polyploid species, especially for plant species with a large number of small chromosomes. We developed oligonucleotide-based painting probes for four different potato chromosomes. We demonstrate that these probes are robust enough to monitor a single chromosome throughout the prophase I of meiosis in polyploid Solanum species. Cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum, 2n?=?4x?=?48) is an autotetraploid. We demonstrate that the four copies of each potato chromosome pair as a quadrivalent in 66–78% of the meiotic cells at the pachytene stage. Solanum demissum (2n?=?6x?=?72) is a hexaploid and has been controversial regarding its nature as an autopolyploid or allopolyploid. Interestingly, no hexavalent pairing was observed in meiosis. Instead, we observed three independent bivalents in 83–98% of the meiotic cells at late diakinesis and early metaphase I for the four chromosomes. These results suggest that S. demissum has evolved into a cytologically stable state with predominantly bivalent pairing in meiosis.     

The dynamics of homologous chromosome pairing during male Drosophila meiosis

BACKGROUND: Meiotic pairing is essential for the proper orientation of chromosomes at the metaphase plate and their subsequent disjunction during anaphase I. In male Drosophila melanogaster, meiosis occurs in the absence of recombination or a recognizable synaptonemal complex (SC). Due to limitations in available cytological techniques, the early stages of homologous chromosome pairing in male Drosophila have not been observed, and the mechanisms involved are poorly understood.RESULTS: Chromosome tagging with GFP-Lac repressor protein allowed us to track, for the first time, the behavior of meiotic chromosomes at high resolution, live, at all stages of male Drosophila meiosis. Homologous chromosomes pair throughout the euchromatic regions in spermatogonia and during the early phases of spermatocyte development. Extensive separation of homologs and sister chromatids along the chromosome arms occurs in mid-G2, several hours before the first meiotic division, and before the G2/M transition. Centromeres, on the other hand, show complex association patterns, with specific homolog pairing taking place in mid-G2. These changes in chromosome pairing parallel changes in large-scale chromosome organization.CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that widespread interactions along the euchromatin are required for the initiation, but not the maintenance, of meiotic pairing of autosomes in male Drosophila. We propose that heterochromatic associations, or chromatid entanglement, may be responsible for the maintenance of homolog association during late G2. Our data also suggest that the formation of chromosome territories in the spermatocyte nucleus may play an active role in ensuring the specificity of meiotic pairing in late prophase by disrupting interactions between nonhomologous chromosomes.     

The reduction of chromosome number in meiosis is determined by properties built into the chromosomes

In meiosis I, two chromatids move to each spindle pole. Then, in meiosis II, the two are distributed, one to each future gamete. This requires that meiosis I chromosomes attach to the spindle differently than meiosis II chromosomes and that they regulate chromosome cohesion differently. We investigated whether the information that dictates the division type of the chromosome comes from the whole cell, the spindle, or the chromosome itself. Also, we determined when chromosomes can switch from meiosis I behavior to meiosis II behavior. We used a micromanipulation needle to fuse grasshopper spermatocytes in meiosis I to spermatocytes in meiosis II, and to move chromosomes from one spindle to the other. Chromosomes placed on spindles of a different meiotic division always behaved as they would have on their native spindle; e.g., a meiosis I chromosome attached to a meiosis II spindle in its normal fashion and sister chromatids moved together to the same spindle pole. We also showed that meiosis I chromosomes become competent meiosis II chromosomes in anaphase of meiosis I, but not before. The patterns for attachment to the spindle and regulation of cohesion are built into the chromosome itself. These results suggest that regulation of chromosome cohesion may be linked to differences in the arrangement of kinetochores in the two meiotic divisions.     

Nuclear architecture and chromosome dynamics in the search of the pairing partner in meiosis in plants

The formation of haploid gametes in organisms with sexual reproduction requires regular bivalent chromosome pairing in meiosis. In many species, homologous chromosomes occupy separate territories at the onset of meiosis. To be paired at metaphase I, they need to be brought into a close proximity for interactions that include homology recognition and the establishment of some form of bonds. How homologues find each other is one of the least understood meiotic events. Plant species with large or medium sized genomes, such as wheat or maize, are excellent materials for the cytological analysis of chromosome dynamics at early meiosis, but genes that control meiosis have been identified mainly in small genome species such as Arabidopsis thaliana. This review is focused on the contribution studies on plants are providing to the knowledge of the initial steps of the meiotic process.     

Insights into the meiotic behavior and evolution of multiple sex chromosome systems in spiders

A characteristic feature of spider karyotypes is the predominance of unusual multiple X chromosomes. To elucidate the evolution of spider sex chromosomes, their meiotic behavior was analyzed in 2 major clades of opisthothele spiders, namely, the entelegyne araneomorphs and the mygalomorphs. Our data support the predominance of X(1)X(2)0 systems in entelegynes, while rare X(1)X(2)X(3)X(4)0 systems were revealed in the tuberculote mygalomorphs. The spider species studied exhibited a considerable diversity of achiasmate sex chromosome pairing in male meiosis. The end-to-end pairing of sex chromosomes found in mygalomorphs was gradually replaced by the parallel attachment of sex chromosomes in entelegynes. The observed association of male X univalents with a centrosome at the first meiotic division may ensure the univalents' segregation. Spider meiotic sex chromosomes also showed other unique traits, namely, association with a chromosome pair in males and inactivation in females. Analysis of these traits supports the hypothesis that the multiple X chromosomes of spiders originated by duplications. In contrast to the homogametic sex of other animals, the homologous sex chromosomes of spider females were already paired at premeiotic interphase and were inactivated until prophase I. Furthermore, the sex chromosome pairs exhibited an end-to-end association during these stages. We suggest that the specific behavior of the female sex chromosomes may have evolved to avoid the negative effects of duplicated X chromosomes on female meiosis. The chromosome ends that ensure the association of sex chromosome pairs during meiosis may contain information for discriminating between homologous and homeologous X chromosomes and thus act to promote homologous pairing. The meiotic behavior of 4 X chromosome pairs in mygalomorph females, namely, the formation of 2 associations, each composed of 2 pairs with similar structure, suggests that the mygalomorph X(1)X(2)X(3)X(4)0 system originated by the duplication of the X(1)X(2)0 system via nondisjunctions or polyploidization.     

濒危植物巴东木莲花粉母细胞减数分裂观察

对巴东木莲Manglietia patungensis及其近缘种乳源木莲M. yuyuanensis的花粉母细胞减数分裂过程的基本特征进行了比较研究。乳源木莲与巴东木莲的染色体数目和核型相同,但不经任何人为因素诱导,它们之间在减数分裂过程中的染色体行为上有明显差异。(1)巴东木莲减数分裂中期I构型为0.30IV+18.33II+0.15I,与乳源木莲构型19II不同,巴东木莲可能存在同臂内倒位杂合子,染色体结构存在一定的杂合性。(2)后期I和后期II染色体行为异常现象发生频率明显不同。以后期II为例,乳源木莲减数分裂相中有迟滞染色体的细胞占8.8%,迟滞染色体不超过2个;巴东木莲有迟滞染色体等异常现象的细胞占29.2%,迟滞染色体最高达11个,还出现染色体碎裂成断片现象。巴东木莲减数分裂过程中染色体组表现出染色体结构杂合变异和迟滞染色体与染色体的断裂频率很高的异常现象在一定程度上可能影响了雄配子体的发育。     

Segregation of the amphitelically attached univalent X chromosome in the spittlebug <Emphasis Type="Italic">Philaenus spumarius</Emphasis>

In meiosis I, homologous chromosomes combine to form bivalents, which align on the metaphase plate. Homologous chromosomes then separate in anaphase I. Univalent sex chromosomes, on the other hand, are unable to segregate in the same way as homologous chromosomes of bivalents due to their lack of a homologous pairing partner in meiosis I. Here, we studied univalent segregation in a Hemipteran insect: the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius. We determined the chromosome number and sex determination mechanism in our population of P. spumarius and showed that, in male meiosis I, there is a univalent X chromosome. We discovered that the univalent X chromosome in primary spermatocytes forms an amphitelic attachment to the spindle and aligns on the metaphase plate with the autosomes. Interestingly, the X chromosome remains at spindle midzone long after the autosomes have separated. In late anaphase I, the X chromosome initiates movement towards one spindle pole. This movement appears to be correlated with a loss of microtubule connections between the kinetochore of one chromatid and its associated spindle pole.     

Homologous chromosome interactions in meiosis: diversity amidst conservation

Proper chromosome segregation is crucial for preventing fertility problems, birth defects and cancer. During mitotic cell divisions, sister chromatids separate from each other to opposite poles, resulting in two daughter cells that each have a complete copy of the genome. Meiosis poses a special problem in which homologous chromosomes must first pair and then separate at the first meiotic division before sister chromatids separate at the second meiotic division. So, chromosome interactions between homologues are a unique feature of meiosis and are essential for proper chromosome segregation. Pairing and locking together of homologous chromosomes involves recombination interactions in some cases, but not in others. Although all organisms must match and lock homologous chromosomes to maintain genome integrity throughout meiosis, recent results indicate that the underlying mechanisms vary in different organisms.