豚鼠基因组26个多态性微卫星标记的筛选

目的筛选豚鼠基因组的多态性微卫星标记,为豚鼠遗传质量控制及基因定位等工作奠定基础。方法采用磁珠富集法和豚鼠基因组数据库筛选法获取微卫星位点序列,通过分析和初步筛选,挑选部分候选位点,根据其序列设计引物,对5种不同来源的豚鼠基因组DNA标本进行PCR扩增,以期获得多态性分子标记。结果本实验采用磁珠富集法共获得微卫星序列304个,设计引物125对,最终获得多态性位点1个,暂未发现多态性的特异性位点17个;用数据库筛选法共获得微卫星序列292个,设计并合成相应引物178对,最终发现多态性位点25个,暂未发现多态性的特异性位点28个。结论本实验获得26个多态性微卫星标记,45个潜在的候选标记,为微卫星标记在豚鼠遗传质量监测及突变基因定位等工作的应用奠定了基础。     

花生微卫星标记的研究进展

近年来花生微卫星标记的开发取得了一定的进展,初步揭示了花生在DNA水平上的遗传多样性。花生微卫星标记的开发途径主要包括通过构建小片段基因组文库开发基因组SSR标记,根据花生EST序列开发EST-SSR标记,根据豆科植物序列信息和SSR标记开发花生SSR标记,将SSR标记与其它分子标记结合开发新的DNA标记,以及基于SSR核心序列开发ISSR标记。花生微卫星标记主要应用于遗传多样性研究、遗传图谱与品种指纹图谱构建以及分子标记辅助育种等领域。本文综述了花生SSR标记开发研究的进展及应用。     

微卫星DNA标记技术及其在植物研究中的应用

微卫星DNA(或简单重复序列,simplesequencerepeats,SSR)是继RFLP、RAPD等分子标记后出现的第二代分子标记技术。随着分子生物学的发展,微卫星标记技术在植物基因组中的应用越来越广泛。由于SSR具有多态性高,呈共显性遗传,遵守孟德尔式分离,在数量上没有生物学的限制,实验操作简单,对样品质量要求不高等特点,因此被广泛用于植物遗传图谱的构建、基因定位、构建指纹图谱、遗传多样性及物种进化与亲缘关系的研究等方面。     

微卫星位点筛选方法综述

微卫星标记因其丰富的多态性和共显性等特点,已得到了广泛的应用.应用微卫星标记首先需要获得微卫星位点的序列信息,用来设计引物.获得微卫星位点的方法有多种,本文综述了获得和富集微卫星位点的常用方法.最简便、最省时的方法是从公共数据库(如EMBL、Genbank、EST数据库等)或已发表的文献中查找到微卫星位点,但只限于已经有序列数据发布的物种.第二种方法是种间转移扩增,即从相近物种的数据库中查找微卫星位点,或使用已有数据发表的遗传距离相近物种的微卫星标记.第三种方法是从基因组DNA中筛选微卫星位点,其中用于富集微卫星的方法有引物法、磁珠杂交法、尼龙膜杂交法以及RAPD技术法.     

花生微卫星标记的研究进展

近年来花生微卫星标记的开发取得了一定的进展, 初步揭示了花生在DNA水平上的遗传多样性。花生微卫星标记的开发途径主要包括通过构建小片段基因组文库开发基因组SSR标记, 根据花生EST序列开发EST-SSR标记, 根据豆科植物序 列信息和SSR标记开发花生SSR标记, 将SSR标记与其它分子标记结合开发新的DNA标记, 以及基于SSR核心序列开发ISSR标记。花生微卫星标记主要应用于遗传多样性研究、遗传图谱与品种指纹图谱构建以及分子标记辅助育种等领域。本文综述了花生SSR标记开发研究的进展及应用。     

水生实验动物剑尾鱼的DNA指纹图谱构建

目的剑尾鱼是由原良种委员会审定并由农业部公布的水生实验动物,在遗传学研究、水环境污染监测、细菌性疾病研究方面显示出较好的应用前景。为了对剑尾鱼选育系进行种质资源监测、区分选育系与非选育以及鉴定近交系纯度,本研究采用微卫星DNA进行水生实验动物剑尾鱼的指纹图谱构建。方法根据相关报道设计合成了50对微卫星引物,对几个剑尾鱼品系的种质资源进行检测,筛选品系间差异性引物;确立剑尾鱼核心引物,用EXCEL散点图绘制DNA指纹图谱模式图;并将数字化指纹数据输入珠江水产研究所鱼类种质鉴定软件V1.0,形成剑尾鱼标准化指纹图谱鉴定数据库。结果共获得剑尾鱼品系间特异标记5个可用于剑尾鱼近交系鉴定,确立46个微卫星标记为核心引物,构建剑尾鱼选育系RR-B系、RW-H系和非选育的野生品种的DNA指纹图谱。结论本研究筛选出的微卫星标记与构建的指纹图谱,可用于剑尾鱼3个品种间的品种鉴定、纯度检测及遗传监测。     

鲫鱼微卫星DNA的分离及多态性分析

目的：用近缘物种鲤微卫星引物来分离鲫鱼微卫星标记并对其多态性进行分析。方法：以鲫鱼基因组DNA为模板,采用6对鲤微卫星引物进行PCR扩增,PCR产物经8%的非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和银染色检测。结果：筛选出2个以AC和TA为重复单元的鲫鱼新的微卫星标记。多态性分析表明,这2个微卫星标记的遗传杂合度分别为0.611和0.644,多态信息含量为0.536和0.572,属于高度多态性标记。结论：该研究筛选的2个微卫星标记可应用于鲫鱼遗传多样性、遗传连锁图谱构建及分子标记辅助育种等方面的研究。     

磁珠富集法分离刀鲚微卫星标记

利用磁珠富集法分离微卫星序列,以开发长江刀鲚微卫星分子标记。将长江刀鲚基因组DNA经限制内切酶Mse I酶切,回收400-1 000 bp片段,安装接头,构建长江刀鲚全基因组PCR文库。用生物素标记的微卫星探针(CA)12与其杂交,磁珠富集含有微卫星序列的DNA片段。将洗脱所得片段进行PCR扩增,然后进行克隆。经过菌落PCR检验后挑选出118个阳性克隆进行测序,其中97条含有微卫星序列。用设计合成59对微卫星引物对30尾养殖长江刀鲚进行引物的多态性筛选,得到9对多态性引物。     

火红熊蜂微卫星标记的筛选及种特异性分析

火红熊蜂Bombus pyrosoma是中国特有的熊蜂资源, 在华北地区分布十分丰富, 是众多野生植物和农作物的重要传粉者。为了探究火红熊蜂的遗传结构及其进化关系, 首次开展了该种熊蜂卫星标记的筛选及其种特异性研究。本研究采用生物素-磁珠吸附分离法从火红熊蜂基因组中筛选微卫星标记, 并选取黑熊蜂亚属Melanobombus其他7种熊蜂进行了这些标记的种特异性验证。结果表明： 不同探针与磁珠杂交产生的微卫星标记阳性克隆率存在很大差异, TC探针的微卫星阳性克隆率最高为82%; TG探针次之, 为28%; AT和GC探针分离未获得微卫星标记克隆。根据获得的阳性克隆的序列设计引物进行筛选验证, 共获得31对熊蜂微卫星序列特异性引物。微卫星标记分析发现, 完美型(perfect)18个, 占58.1%; 非完美型(imperfect)10个, 占32.3%; 混合完美型(compound perfect)1个, 占3.2%; 混合非完美型(compound imperfect)2个, 占6.4%。不同探针的微卫星核心序列重复数不同, TC探针和TG探针的微卫星核心序列最高重复数分别为28和15个, 最低重复数分别为7和11个。利用所获得的31对微卫星引物对黑熊蜂亚属其他7种熊蜂进行检测, 有26对引物可以扩增所测试的7种熊蜂, 其他5对引物只能扩增部分熊蜂种类, 其中BPM5是火红熊蜂种特异性引物。本研究从火红熊蜂基因组中筛选的微卫星标记, 不仅可用于火红熊蜂的遗传结构、 分子进化和资源保护等方面的研究, 而且可进一步用于黑熊蜂亚属其他种群的遗传特性分析。     

伊犁鲈微卫星位点的筛选及近缘物种通用性

为开发伊犁鲈(Perca schrenkii)分子标记用于鲈属鱼类种质资源保护,以伊犁鲈为材料,应用磁珠富集法进行了微卫星标记的筛选.从伊犁鲈尾鳍提取总DNA,进行酶切、接头连接、PCR扩增,再采用生物素标记(CA)15探针及生物素标记(TG)15探针对扩增产物进行杂交富集,经再次PCR扩增及T-A克隆,成功构建了伊犁鲈基因组微卫星富集文库.采用重复序列引物筛选获得阳性克隆,随机选取48个阳性克隆进行测序,测得序列46个,其中38个克隆含有微卫星序列,41个位点的微卫星重复数在8次以上.根据测得序列设计17对微卫星引物,均能在伊犁鲈群体中扩增获得目的条带.采用该17对引物对河鲈(P.fluviatilis)及黄金鲈(P.flavescens)群体样本进行扩增,10对引物具有通用性,其中6对在河鲈中具有高度多态性(PIC>0.5),5对在黄金鲈中具有高度多态性.     

Isolation and characterization of microsatellites from the canine genome

Microsatellite sequences comprising (dC-dA)_n.(dG-dT)_n repeats have been isolated from canine libraries and sequenced. Oligonucleotide primers have been synthesized to the micro-satellite flanking sequences and used in the polymerase chain reaction to amplify those loci from genomic DNA. The degree of polymorphism of each microsatellite was estimated in a set of unrelated dogs. It is concluded that of the 10 loci studied, nine are sufficiently polymorphic to be useful in genetic studies.     

Molecular Characterization of High Plant Species Using PCR with Primers Designed from Consensus Branch Point Signal Sequences

A novel method is introduced for producing molecular markers in plants using single 15- to 18-mer PCR primers designed from the short conserved consensus branch point signal sequences and standard agarose gel electrophoresis. This method was tested on cultivated peanut and verified to give good fingerprinting results in other plant species (mango, banana, and longan). These single primers, designed from relatively conserved branch point signal sequences within gene introns, should be universal across other plant species. The method is rapid, simple, and efficient, and it requires no sequence information of the plant genome of interest. It could be used in conjunction with, or as a substitute for, conventional RAPD or ISSR techniques for applications including genetic diversity analysis, phylogenetic tree construction, and quantitative trait locus mapping. This technique provides a new way to develop molecular markers for assessing genetic diversity of germplasm in diverse species based on conserved branch point signal sequences.     

Development of microsatellite genetic markers in Siberian stone pine (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus sibirica</Emphasis> Du Tour) based on the <Emphasis Type="Italic">de novo</Emphasis> whole genome sequencing

Siberian stone pine, Pinus sibirica Du Tour is one of the most economically and environmentally important forest-forming species of conifers in Russia. To study these forests a large number of highly polymorphic molecular genetic markers, such as microsatellite loci, are required. Prior to the new high-throughput next generation sequencing (NGS) methods, discovery of microsatellite loci and development of micro-satellite markers were very time consuming and laborious. The recently developed draft assembly of the Siberian stone pine genome, sequenced using the NGS methods, allowed us to identify a large number of microsatellite loci in the Siberian stone pine genome and to develop species-specific PCR primers for amplification and genotyping of 70 microsatellite loci. The primers were designed using contigs containing short simple sequence tandem repeats from the Siberian stone pine whole genome draft assembly. Based on the testing of primers for 70 microsatellite loci with tri-, tetra- or pentanucleotide repeats, 18 most promising, reliable and polymorphic loci were selected that can be used further as molecular genetic markers in population genetic studies of Siberian stone pine.     

Challenges and pitfalls in the characterization of anonymous outlier AFLP markers in non-model species: lessons from an ocellated lizard genome scan

In the last few years, dozens of studies have documented the detection of loci influenced by selection from genome scans in a wide range of non-model species. Many of those studies used amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers, which became popular for being easily applicable to any organism. However, because they are anonymous markers, AFLPs impose many challenges for their isolation and identification. Most recent AFLP genome scans used capillary electrophoresis (CE), which adds even more obstacles to the isolation of bands with a specific size for sequencing. These caveats might explain the extremely low number of studies that moved from the detection of outlier AFLP markers to their actual isolation and characterization. We document our efforts to characterize a set of outlier AFLP markers from a previous genome scan with CE in ocellated lizards (Lacerta lepida). Seven outliers were successfully isolated, cloned and sequenced. Their sequences are noncoding and show internal indels or polymorphic repetitive elements (microsatellites). Three outliers were converted into codominant markers by using specific internal primers to sequence and screen population variability from undigested DNA. Amplification in closely related lizard species was also achieved, revealing remarkable interspecific conservation in outlier loci sequences. We stress the importance of following up AFLP genome scans to validate selection signatures of outlier loci, but also report the main challenges and pitfalls that may be faced during the process.     

PIP: a database of potential intron polymorphism markers

MOTIVATION: With the recent progress made in large-scale plant functional genome sequencing projects, a great amount of EST (express sequence tag) data is becoming available. With the help of complete genomic sequence information of model plants (rice and Arabidopsis), it is possible to predict the joints between adjacent exons after splicing (or termed 'intron positions' for short) in homologous ESTs of other plants. This would allow developing potential intron polymorphism (PIP) markers in these plants by designing primers in exons flanking the target intron. RESULTS: We have extracted a total of 57,658 PIP markers in 59 plant species and created a web-based database platform named PIP to provide detailed information of these PIP markers and homologous relationships among PIP markers from different species. The platform also provides a function of online designing of PIP markers based on cDNA/EST sequences submitted by users. With evaluations performed in silico, we have found that the intron position prediction is highly reliable and the polymorphism level of PIP markers is high enough for practical need. AVAILABILITY: http://ibi.zju.edu.cn/pgl/pip/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.     

石斛SSR标记的开发及可转移性分析

当前已开发的石斛（Dendrobium）SSR标记仅100余对,难以满足研究的需要。为开发更多石斛分子标记,本研究通过生物信息学方法从公共核酸数据库搜索石斛SSR。结果表明,GenBank收录的3599条石斛DNA序列经拼接获得1343条Uni—DNA序列。经搜索,共检测出283个SSR,分布于205条Uni—DNA序列,平均每2815bp含一个SSR。通过序列比对,剔除86条已开发引物的SSR—DNA序列,从剩余的119条序列设计76对引物,并在石斛属32个种间进行可转移性分析,结果显示47对引物得到有效扩增,种间可转移率为51．1％N95．7％,平均为75．9％。有效扩增引物中有46对在石斛种间具多态性,检测出等位基因数2～8个,平均4．0个。选取10对多态性引物扩增60份铁皮石斛资源,每对引物检测出等位基因数2～5个,平均3．4个。根据SSR扩增带型将60份铁皮石斛资源聚为5大类,同一类型内的表型较类群间接近。对DMl21扩增产物测序表明铁皮石斛种内的SSR等位变异由SSR重复次数差异造成,而石斛种间的SSR等位变异还包含SSR位点侧翼序列的插入缺失以及替换。     

Competitive metagenomic DNA hybridization identifies host-specific microbial genetic markers in cow fecal samples

Several PCR methods have recently been developed to identify fecal contamination in surface waters. In all cases, researchers have relied on one gene or one microorganism for selection of host-specific markers. Here we describe the application of a genome fragment enrichment (GFE) method to identify host-specific genetic markers from fecal microbial community DNA. As a proof of concept, bovine fecal DNA was challenged against a porcine fecal DNA background to select for bovine-specific DNA sequences. Bioinformatic analyses of 380 bovine enriched metagenomic sequences indicated a preponderance of Bacteroidales-like regions predicted to encode membrane-associated and secreted proteins. Oligonucleotide primers capable of annealing to select Bacteroidales-like bovine GFE sequences exhibited extremely high specificity (>99%) in PCR assays with total fecal DNAs from 279 different animal sources. These primers also demonstrated a broad distribution of corresponding genetic markers (81% positive) among 148 different bovine sources. These data demonstrate that direct metagenomic DNA analysis by the competitive solution hybridization approach described is an efficient method for identifying potentially useful fecal genetic markers and for characterizing differences between environmental microbial communities.     

Fingerprinting genomes by use of PCR with primers that encode protein motifs or contain sequences that regulate gene expression

PCR primers of arbitrary nucleotide sequence have identified DNA polymorphisms useful for genetic mapping in a large variety of organisms. Although technically very powerful, the use of arbitrary primers for genome mapping has the disadvantage of characterizing DNA sequences of unknown function. Thus, there is no reason to anticipate that DNA fragments amplified by use of arbitrary primers will be enriched for either transcribed or promoter sequences that may be conserved in evolution. For these reasons, we modified the arbitrarily primed PCR method by using oligonucleotide primers derived from conserved promoter elements and protein motifs. Twenty-nine of these primers were tested individually and in pairwise combinations for their ability to amplify genomic DNA from a variety of species including various inbred strains of laboratory mice and Mus spretus. Using recombinant inbred strains of mice, we determined the chromosomal location of 27 polymorphic fragments in the mouse genome. The results demonstrated that motif sequence-tagged PCR products are reliable markers for mapping the mouse genome and that motif primers can also be used for genomic fingerprinting of many divergent species.     

Comprehensive primer design for analysis of population genetics in non-sequenced organisms

Nuclear sequence markers are useful tool for the study of the history of populations and adaptation. However, it is not easy to obtain multiple nuclear primers for organisms with poor or no genomic sequence information. Here we used the genomes of organisms that have been fully sequenced to design comprehensive sets of primers to amplify polymorphic genomic fragments of multiple nuclear genes in non-sequenced organisms. First, we identified a large number of candidate polymorphic regions that were flanked on each side by conserved regions in the reference genomes. We then designed primers based on these conserved sequences and examined whether the primers could be used to amplify sequences in target species, montane brown frog (Rana ornativentris), anole lizard (Anolis sagrei), guppy (Poecilia reticulata), and fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), for population genetic analysis. We successfully obtained polymorphic markers for all target species studied. In addition, we found that sequence identities of the regions between the primer sites in the reference genomes affected the experimental success of DNA amplification and identification of polymorphic loci in the target genomes, and that exonic primers had a higher success rate than intronic primers in amplifying readable sequences. We conclude that this comparative genomic approach is a time- and cost-effective way to obtain polymorphic markers for non-sequenced organisms, and that it will contribute to the further development of evolutionary ecology and population genetics for non-sequenced organisms, aiding in the understanding of the genetic basis of adaptation.     

Group-specific polymerase chain reaction for DNA-based analysis of species diversity and identity in dietary samples

Unique DNA sequences are present in all species and can be used as biomarkers for the detection of cells from that species. These DNA sequences can most easily be detected using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which allows very small quantities of target DNA sequence to be amplified even when the target is mixed with large amounts of nontarget DNA. PCR amplification of DNA markers that are present in a wide range of species has proven very useful for studies of species diversity in environmental samples. The taxonomic range of species to be identified from environmental samples may often need to be restricted to simplify downstream analyses and to ensure that less abundant sequences are amplified. Group-specific PCR primer sets are one means of specifying the range of taxa that produce an amplicon in a PCR. We have developed a range of group-specific PCR primers for studying the prey diversity found in predator stomach contents and scats. These primers, their design and their application to studying prey diversity and identity in predator diet are described.