红色原鸡和中国家鸡遗传多样性及亲缘关系

对红色原鸡（Gallus gallus）和中国家鸡（Gallus domesticus）之间的遗传多样性和亲缘关系进行系统分析,可以为中国家鸡的起源进化、种质资源保护以及科学开发利用等研究提供理论依据,但迄今尚未见用微卫星标记进行分析比较的公开报道．本研究利用29对微卫星引物对红色原鸡Gallus gallus spadiceus亚种和Gallus gallus gallus亚种以及14个中国家鸡品种的568只个体进行扫描,共检测到286个等位基因,平均值为9．86±6．36;所有群体的期望杂合度为0．6708±0．0251,皖南三黄鸡的期望杂合度最高（0．6442）,固始鸡的最低（0．4532）．单个位点偏离Hardy-Weinberg平衡的群体数从0-7不等．整个群体平均遗传分化为17．9％（P〈0．001）,约有16．7％的遗传变异源自群体间的差异,所有的位点都极显著地贡献于这一结果（P〈0．001）;杂合子缺失的水平很高,为0．015（P〈0．01）,有8个位点显示显著的杂合子缺失．群体间的Reynolds’遗传距离从0．036（萧山鸡-鹿苑鸡）～0．371（泰国红色原鸡-河南斗鸡）不等,而Nm值变异范围为从0．583（泰国红色原鸡-河南斗鸡）～5．833（萧山鸡鹿苑鸡）．NJ系统发生树中,鹿苑鸡、萧山鸡、北京油鸡、河南斗鸡、淮南麻黄鸡、狼山鸡等重体型的鸡种首先形成一大类;鹿苑鸡与萧山鸡以及茶花鸡与藏鸡有着较近的遗传关系;茶花鸡和藏鸡与两个红色原鸡亚种亲缘关系较近,中国红色原鸡Gallus gallus spadiceus亚种与所有中国家鸡品种的亲缘关系比泰国红色原鸡Gallus gallus gallus亚种要近．结果表明：29个微卫星位点均具有较高的多态性,红色原鸡和中国家鸡群体间存在着极显著的遗传分化;中国家鸡和红色原鸡两个亚种的亲缘关系从近到远的排序是：进化型品种-原始型品种（茶花鸡与藏鸡）-中国红色原鸡亚种（Gallus gallus spadiceus）-     

中国家鸡的起源探讨

测定了6个家鸡品种30个个体的线粒体D0环区539bp的碱基序列,并与GenBank中的红原鸡、灰原鸡、绿原鸡、黑尾原鸡及鹌鹑的相应序列作比较分析,构建了分析系统树。结果表明,原鸡属4个种间差异较大,其中家鸡与泰国及邻近地区红原鸡关系最近,与印尼红原鸡、黑尾原鸡、灰原鸡、绿原鸡及鹌鹑的关系依次变远。提示中国家鸡可能起源于泰国及邻近地区的红原鸡。结果还显示,该原鸡的两个亚种（G.g.gallus和G.g.spadiceus)间的遗传分化程度显著低于家鸡亚种内的分化程度,这两个亚种似乎可以归为同一亚种。     

藏鸡线粒体全基因组序列的测定和分析

通过PCR扩增,测序,拼接,获得藏鸡（Tibetan Chicken）线粒体全基因组序列并进行数据分析处理。藏鸡线粒体全基因组序列全长16783bp,共有13个蛋白质编码基因、2个rRNA基因、22个tRNA基因和1个D-loop区。模拟电子酶切结果显示,藏鸡DraI酶的酶切结果和先前报道的原鸡,茶花鸡,尼西鸡和大理漾濞黄鸡的酶切结果都不相同,为藏鸡特有。基于D-loop区全序列和13个蛋白质编码基因序列,采用N-J算法与原鸡属4个种,3个亚种和3个家鸡品系构建系统进化树：初步确定藏鸡起源于红原鸡,与家鸡中的来航鸡、白洛克鸡亲缘关系最近,但是藏鸡的进化与来航鸡、白洛克鸡这两个家鸡品系又显得相对独立。推测可能原因是藏鸡的祖先在进入高原以后处于相对封闭的环境,从而形成了独特群体遗传特性。     

鸡SNP多样性的比较研究与群体有效规模的估算

以红色原鸡(Red Jungle Fowl, RJF)、丝羽乌骨鸡(Taihe silk Chicken, TS)、隐性白洛克鸡(White Recessive Rock, WRR)为资源群, 在鸡一号染色体的Contig.060226.1上选取了一个200 kb的区域, 比较研究了3个群体的SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism)多样性、估算了鸡的初始群体有效规模大小(effective size of population, Ne)。红色原鸡、丝羽乌骨鸡、隐性白洛克鸡3个群体的平均杂合度分别为0.28533±0.03475、0.32926±0.03919、0.30168±0.04038。显著性检验差异不显著(P=0.2368>0.05)。根据Latter 和Nei的方法对鸡的群体有效规模进行了估算, 鸡的初始群体有效规模大小为20 000～150 000。鸡在驯养的早期阶段经历过严厉的瓶颈效应, 但瓶颈效应对鸡各品种SNP的多样性并未产生显著影响。笔者认为, 鸡在驯养的早期阶段群体有效规模足够大, 品种分化过程中群体迅速扩张, 品种间的广泛杂交(特别是和红色原鸡之间)以及鸡基因组的高重组率等因素是导致家鸡和原鸡以及各家鸡品种间SNP多样性没有显著差别的重要原因。     

利用微卫星技术分析中国部分地方鸡种的遗传结构

利用7个微卫星标记对鹿苑鸡、固始鸡、藏鸡、白耳鸡、仙居鸡、茶花鸡、大骨鸡、北京油鸡、狼山鸡、河南斗鸡、泰和乌骨鸡和萧山鸡等12个中国地方鸡种的等位基因频率、基因杂合度、平均基因杂合度、多态信息含量以及群体间的亲缘关系进行分析。研究结果表明,12个地方鸡种在7个微卫星座位上的基因频率存在一定的差异;鹿苑鸡的平均基因杂合度最高,为0．5929;茶花鸡的平均遗传杂合度最低,为0．3514。平均多态信息含量也出现了类似的结果,说明鹿苑鸡的遗传多样性最丰富。模糊聚类分析结果表明,12个地方鸡种间,泰和乌骨鸡与河南斗鸡的亲缘关系相对较近,而固始鸡与其他11个地方鸡种的亲缘关系相对较远。12个地方鸡种可以聚为3类：泰和乌骨鸡、河南斗鸡、狼山鸡、大骨鸡、萧山鸡、北京油鸡、鹿苑鸡聚为第1个类群;茶花鸡、藏鸡、仙居鸡、白耳鸡聚为第2类群;固始鸡为第3类群。     

藏鸡和两种低地鸡线粒体全基因组序列 的测定和比对

藏鸡生活在青藏高原, 它对高原低氧具有一定的遗传适应能力. 丝羽乌骨鸡和寿光鸡都是低地鸡种, 缺乏对低氧环境的遗传适应能力. 鸡的线粒体基因组总长16785 bp, 共编码37个基因, 这些基因的编码产物均与线粒体的呼吸作用和氧化磷酸化相关, 它们的突变均有可能影响线粒体的功能, 因此均可被选为藏鸡低氧遗传适应的候选基因. 测定比较藏鸡和低地鸡的线粒体基因组, 可以为进一步研究藏鸡的低氧遗传适应机理提供线索. 本研究测定和比较了藏鸡、丝羽乌骨鸡和寿光鸡的线粒体全基因组序列, 发现藏鸡线粒体基因组总长为16784~16786 bp, 丝羽乌骨鸡为16785 bp, 寿光鸡为16784 bp; 比对后共发现突变(包括单核苷酸多态性(SNP)、单碱基缺失和插入)120个, 其中tRNA基因突变4个, rRNA基因突变10个, D-LOOP区突变39个, 基因间隔区突变1个, 编码蛋白质亚基的碱基突变66个(包括同义突变48个, 错义突变18个).     

鸡基因组研究取得重大突破

中国科学院北京基因组研究所在国际合作的框架下,参与和主持完成的原鸡基因组和家鸡基因组多态性研究于12月在NATURE杂志上,以主题科学论文的形式发表。由中国科学院北京基因组研究所主持、中国、美国和欧洲科学家组成的研究小组参考红原鸡基因组框架图,分别对肉鸡、蛋鸡和乌鸡三种家鸡品种基因组进行了测序分析,     

利用线粒体COI基因揭示中国乌骨鸡遗传多样性和群体遗传结构

全面了解中国乌骨鸡的遗传背景有利于保护和开发利用其种质资源。本研究测定了中国12个乌骨鸡品种线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶亚基I (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, COI)基因, 比较分析其遗传多样性和群体遗传结构。255份乌骨鸡样品共检测到22个变异位点, 占分析位点的3.17%; 核苷酸多样性为0.00142-0.00339, 单倍型多样性为0.380-0.757, 其中略阳乌鸡核苷酸多样性最高, 德化黑鸡最低。检测到7个氨基酸变异位点, 来自6个品种共11个个体。定义了24种单倍型, 其中单倍型H1和H3为12个乌骨鸡品种共享, 出现频率分别为115次和64次; 盐津乌骨鸡单倍型数最多, 广西乌鸡最少。中性检验与错配分析显示实验种群未经历显著的群体扩张事件。分子变异分析显示81.06%的变异来自群体内; 品种间遗传距离为0.002-0.004, 品种间遗传分化系数F_st值为-0.035至0.594, 雪峰乌骨鸡与其他种群间的遗传分化程度最高。邻接树显示, 乌骨鸡未能独立形成分支, 不能从家鸡和红原鸡中有效区分开来。中国乌骨鸡中介网络图将24个单倍型分为3条进化主支, 呈现出一定的品种特异性, 由无量山乌骨鸡、云南盐津乌骨鸡和雪峰乌骨鸡组成单倍型H8、H9、H11、H12游离于这3条进化主支之外。增加其他家鸡和红原鸡COI基因的中介网络图主体结构与中国乌骨鸡的相同。结果表明中国乌骨鸡品种遗传多样性较低, 但品种间遗传分化显著, 可能是从当地家鸡中选育而来, 需要加强种质资源的保护。     

2005年《动物学研究》封面“原鸡”简介

原鸡 (Gallusgallus ,RedJungleFowl)俗名野鸡、红原鸡、茶花鸡 ,鸡形目 (Galliformes)原鸡属(Gallus) ,属国家Ⅱ级重点保护鸟类。一般体形与家鸡十分相似 ,但稍小些 ,全长约 70 0mm。雄性头顶具红色锯齿缘肉冠 ;上体大都红色和亮橙红色 ;尾羽黑色 ,中央两枚尾羽较长而向下弯曲 ;下体黑色。雌性上体大都黑褐色 ,上背黄而满布黑色纵纹 ;后颈和颈侧羽缘金黄色 ,胸棕色 ;腹浅棕色。栖息于海拔 2 0 0 0m以下的热带、南亚热带森林及灌丛地带 ,凡有植被可供隐蔽和觅食的地方均有分布 ,常结群活动。以植物性食物为主 ,也取食昆虫等小型无脊椎动…     

红原鸡与家鸡的亲缘关系研究

对中国红原鸡滇地亚种和海南亚种与我国茶花鸡,泰和鸡和寿光鸡等地方鸡种以及芦花鸡,洛岛红等外国鸡种进行了血型（３个位点,１３个等位基因）,蛋白质（酶）多态（５个位点,１１个等位基因）和ＤＮＡ指纹分析,结果表明,红原鸡与茶花鸡（原始型品种）的亲缘关系较近;与泰和鸡,寿光鸡,芦花鸡,洛岛红（进化型品种）的亲缘关系较远,呈红原鸡－茶花鸡－泰和鸡,寿光鸡或芦花鸡,洛岛红这样一个进化阶梯,以上结果与国外资料（     

Analysis of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among red jungle fowls and Chinese domestic fowls

Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among 568 individuals of two red jungle fowl subspe- cies (Gallus gallus spadiceus in China and Gallus gallus gallus in Thailand) and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds were evaluated with 29 microstaellite loci, the genetic variability within population and genetic differentiation among population were estimated, and then genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships were analyzed among red jungle fowls and Chinese domestic fowls. A total of 286 alleles were detected in 16 population with 29 microsatellite markers and the average number of the alleles observed in 29 microsatellite loci was 9.86±6.36. The overall expected heterozygosity of all population was 0.6708±0.0251, and the number of population deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium per locus ranged from 0 to 7. In the whole population, the average of genetic differentiation among population, measured as FST value, was 16.7% (P<0.001), and all loci contributed significantly (P<0.001) to this differentiation. It can also be seen that the deficit of heterozygotes was very high (0.015) (P<0.01). Reynolds' distance values varied between 0.036 (Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair) and 0.330 (G. gallus gallus-Gushi chicken pair). The Nm value ranged from 0.533 (between G. gallus gallus and Gushi chicken) to 5.833 (between Xiaoshan chicken and Luyuan chicken). An unrooted consensus tree was constructed using the neighbour-joining method and the Reynolds' genetic distance. The heavy-body sized chicken breeds, Luyuan chicken, Xiaoshan chicken, Beijing Fatty chicken, Henan Game chicken, Huainan Partridge and Langshan chicken formed one branch, and it had a close genetic relationship between Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair and Chahua chicken-Tibetan chicken pair. Chahua chicken and Tibetan chicken had closer genetic relationship with these two subspecies of red jungle fowl than other domestic chicken breeds. G. gallus spadiceus showed closer phylogenetic relationship with Chinese domestic chicken breeds than G. gallus gallus. All 29 microstaellite loci in this study showed high levels of polymorphism and significant genetic differentiation was observed among two subspecies of red jungle fowl and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds. The evolutional dendrogram is as follows: evolutional breeds→primitive breeds (Chahua chicken and Tibetan)→red jungle fowl in China (G. gallus spadiceus)→red jungle fowl in Thailand (G. gallus gallus). The results supported the theory that the domestic fowls might originate from different subspecies of red jungle fowl and Chinese domestic fowls had independent origin.     

中国红原鸡和泰国红原鸡遗传多样性分析

利用29个微卫星DNA标记对来自中国的红原鸡Gallus gallus spadiceus亚种和来自泰国的红原鸡Gallus gallus gallus亚种进行遗传多样性分析, 评估亚种内的遗传变异和亚种间的遗传分化, 结果表明: 共检测到168个等位基因, 每个位点的等位基因数从2到13不等, 所有位点平均的期望杂合度和PIC值分别为0.5780和0.53。中国和泰国红原鸡29个微卫星位点平均有效等位基因数分别为3.79和4.79, 平均基因杂合度为0.5379和0.6385, 两个红原鸡亚种均表现出较高的群体杂合度和丰富的遗传多样性。群体分化系数为19.4%(P<0.01), 两个红原鸡亚种间的Reynolds’遗传距离和Nm值分别为0.157和1.040。由此可见, Gallus gallus spadiceus亚种和Gallus gallus gallus亚种群体具有不同的群体遗传结构, 群体之间存在明显的遗传分化, 并不能将其认定为是同一亚种, 这也为中国家鸡具有独立的起源提供了一定的佐证。     

家鸡和原鸡的线粒体DNA多态性比较

本文运用１１种限制性内切酶分析了家鸡（茶花鸡、尼西鸡、大理漾濞黄鸡）和原鸡共１０只个体的线粒体ＤＮＡ限制性片段长度多态性（ＲＦＬＰ）,平均每个个检测到的片段为４０条左右。但仅发现３种变异的限制性片制性格局,即ＳｔｕＩ－Ｂ,Ｅｃａ－Ｉ－ｂ和ＲＩ－Ｂ．其中ＳｔｕＩ－Ｂ和ＳｃａＩ－Ｂ为首次报道,而且均为原鸡所物有,ＥｃｏＲＩ－Ｂ则为大理漾濞黄鸡所特有。茶花鸡和尼西鸡拥有完全相同的限制性格局。经过计算,原     

A variant in the restriction endonuclease cleavage pattern of mitochondrial DNA in the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus

Summary. The cleavage patterns of mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) were investigated from 15 lines of domestic fowls, Gallus gallus domesticus . using 11 restriction endonucleases. The cleavage patterns with 10 restriction endonucleases were identical in all the lines. A variant was found in a line of White Leghorn in the pattern with Mspl digestions. Cleavage patterns of the red jungle fowl, Gallus gallus gallus , were identical to the common patterns shown by the 14 lines of domestic fowls.     

Population Research of Genetic Polymorphism at Amino Acid Position 631 in Chicken Mx Protein with Differential Antiviral Activity

A single amino acid substitution between Asn and Ser at position 631 in the chicken Mx protein has been reported to determine resistant and sensitive antiviral activity. In this study, we investigate whether various kinds of chicken breeds and jungle fowls carry the resistant or sensitive Mx allelic gene by using the mismatched PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) technique. In total, 271 samples from 36 strains of 17 chicken breeds and from 3 kinds of jungle fowls were examined. The rates of the resistant Mx gene and sensitive gene were 59.2% and 40.8%, respectively. Only a Red jungle fowl captured in Laos carried the resistant Mx gene, and the other three Red jungle fowls from Indonesia and Gray and Green jungle fowls all had the sensitive Mx gene. These results were confirmed by the determination of amino acid sequences in the GTPase effector domain of jungle fowls.     

Polymorphism of Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup E Loci Showing Selective Footprints in Chicken

Avian leukosis virus subgroup E (ALVE) is a family of endogenous retroviruses in the chicken genome. To investigate the genetic consequences of chicken domestication, we analyzed 18 ALVE loci in red jungle fowls, layers, broilers, and Chinese indigenous chickens. None of the ALVE loci tested were found in red jungle fowls, but 12 were present in domestic chickens. ALVE1 and ALVE16 are found in regions of the genome that harbor quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting egg production traits. ALVE1 was fixed and ALVE16 was detected only in layers. By contrast, ALVE-b1, ALVE-b5, ALVE-b6, and ALVE-b8 integrated into regions of the genome that harbor QTL affecting meat production traits. Carrier frequencies of these four ALVE loci were high in broilers and low in Chinese local chickens; the loci were not found in the layers. This study demonstrated that insertionally polymorphic ALVE loci can illustrate the selective footprints in the chicken genome.     

Biodiversity of 52 chicken populations assessed by microsatellite typing of DNA pools

In a project on the biodiversity of chickens funded by the European Commission (EC), eight laboratories collaborated to assess the genetic variation within and between 52 populations from a wide range of chicken types. Twenty-two di-nucleotide microsatellite markers were used to genotype DNA pools of 50 birds from each population. The polymorphism measures for the average, the least polymorphic population (inbred C line) and the most polymorphic population (Gallus gallus spadiceus) were, respectively, as follows: number of alleles per locus, per population: 3.5, 1.3 and 5.2; average gene diversity across markers: 0.47, 0.05 and 0.64; and proportion of polymorphic markers: 0.91, 0.25 and 1.0. These were in good agreement with the breeding history of the populations. For instance, unselected populations were found to be more polymorphic than selected breeds such as layers. Thus DNA pools are effective in the preliminary assessment of genetic variation of populations and markers. Mean genetic distance indicates the extent to which a given population shares its genetic diversity with that of the whole tested gene pool and is a useful criterion for conservation of diversity. The distribution of population-specific (private) alleles and the amount of genetic variation shared among populations supports the hypothesis that the red jungle fowl is the main progenitor of the domesticated chicken.