草鱼线粒体型超氧化物歧化酶的生化遗传特性

超氧化物歧化酶 (SOD)是一种对生物细胞保护至关重要、在进化上比较保守的酶。因此 ,超氧化物歧化酶作为分子钟或分子标记已被广泛应用于生物进化研究、群体遗传结构分析以及品系鉴定。但鱼类SOD的生物化学和遗传学特性都尚未进行过系统和深入的研究。为使这一重要的分子标记能更好地应用于鱼类遗传育种、种质资源保护以及进化研究 ,本实验采用聚丙烯酰胺梯度凝胶垂直电泳法 ,研究了草鱼线粒体型超氧化物歧化酶 (fm SOD)的同功酶形式 ,生化遗传表型、亚基组成以及金属类型。实验结果表明 ,草鱼fm SOD有三种不同的同功酶形式 ;按从正极到负极的排列分别命名为fm SOD 1 ,fm SOD 2 ,fm SOD 3。这三种不同的fm SOD在草鱼群体中可构成 3种不同的生化遗传学表型 :表型 1个体只含有迁移率最快的fm SOD 1同功酶 ;表型3个体只含有迁移率最慢的fm SOD 3同功酶 ;而表型 2个体中含有所有三种不同形式的同功酶。在野生草鱼群体中 ,存在所有三种表现型 ;而在基因纯合型的雌核发育草鱼群体中只检测到表型 1和表型 3。野生草鱼群体中三种表现型的个体数之比符合一对等位基因分离的 1∶2∶1孟德尔遗传分离比例。由这些实验结果得出以下结论 :(1 )草鱼fm SOD是由细胞核DNA上的基因所编码而不是由线粒体DNA上的基因所编码的     

新疆准噶尔山楂不同居群的遗传多样性

为了揭示新疆准噶尔山楂(Crataegus songorica)不同居群的遗传多样性,为其合理保护与利用提供科学依据,采用表型性状变异分析和SSR分子标记相结合的方法,对新疆霍城大西沟准噶尔山楂的5个不同居群的92个个体进行遗传多样性分析。结果表明:(1)33个表型性状的变异系数在2.96–71.32%之间,表型性状之间存在着丰富的变异。居群间的平均表型分化系数为13.90%,而居群内的平均表型分化系数为86.10%,表明新疆准噶尔山楂居群内的变异是其表型变异的主要来源。(2)43对SSR引物共检测到739个位点,物种水平上多态性位点比率为90.53%,Nei’s多样性指数和Shannon多样性指数(I)分别为0.2377和0.3712,居群内基因多样度(H_s)为0.1635,总居群基因多样度(H_t)为0.2023,居群间遗传分化系数(G_(st))为0.1916,基因流(N_m)为2.1116。新疆准噶尔山楂总的遗传多样性水平较高,居群间遗传分化较小。UPGMA聚类结果显示5个居群形成2个亚类,不同居群所处的生境的不同是引起居群间差异的主要原因。研究表明,新疆准噶尔山楂不同居群在表型和分子水平均具有较高的遗传多样性,居群内的遗传分化较大,并且分化趋势具有地域性,因此可以选择就地保护。     

蚜虫的表型可塑性及其遗传基础

表型可塑性(phenotypic plasticity)是有机体在适应生物或非生物环境时呈现不同表型的能力,并且有遗传基础。蚜虫是农林业的重要经济害虫,易受外部环境因素和自身遗传因素的影响而表现出表型的可塑性。本文综述了外部环境因素（如寄主植物、温度、光照、天敌等）的变异对蚜虫表型的影响。总体来说,蚜虫表型会因寄主植物的种类、品系以及发育阶段和营养状况的不同而有所差异; 温度变化对不同蚜虫种类的生殖力、生存力以及有翅蚜产生与否有极大影响。研究人员利用RAPD-PCR、微卫星等分子遗传标记确认寄主植物和温度是造成蚜虫种群遗传分化的重要因素。就内部因素而言,不同的蚜虫种类以及同一种蚜虫的不同克隆系在表型和遗传进化上也有不同程度的差异,在蚜虫受外界条件影响的不同虫态以及不同体色克隆系、不同生活周期的类群之间, 其生物学、生态学和遗传学都有所差异。分析上述各个因素对蚜虫表型可塑性的影响,对于蚜虫的生态进化研究和有效治理蚜害均有重要意义。本文在最后讨论了还有必要深入研究的诸多问题,如表观遗传调控,包括DNA甲基化、基因所在的核小体上的组蛋白的共价修饰和染色质重塑、siRNA介导的基因沉默以及微RNA（microRNA 或 miRNA）调控的基因表达变化等,又如有翅蚜的表型和遗传学研究,以及全球气候变化对蚜虫的生态进化的影响等问题。     

使用SPE软件筛选绿尾虹雉微卫星引物及其在亲缘关系鉴定上的应用

圈养绿尾虹雉Lophophorus lhuysii多为一雄配多雌,但由于雄鸟更换,雌鸟产蛋期交错,且无特定产蛋位,导致亲子关系难以确认。本研究从绿尾虹雉基因组中广泛筛选微卫星位点,得到13对引物。采用微卫星PCR引物特异性鉴定程序（SPE）对引物序列进行评估,排除1例PCR产物长度相近的特殊多位点扩增。利用获得的12个微卫星标记在18份绿尾虹雉蛋壳/羽毛DNA样品中进行遗传多样性分析,同时以其中15份蛋壳样品（2018—2019年搜集）为检材,进行了亲缘（同胞）关系鉴定。结果表明,这12个微卫星标记可用于绿尾虹雉亲缘关系的鉴定,对提高小种群的维持能力,保持种群遗传多样性具有重要意义。     

微型双向电泳对血清蛋白遗传型的研究

血清蛋白中一些蛋白质的特性,往往因人 而异,即其遗传表型不同。如结合珠蛋白（Haptoglobin, Hp）可分为Hpl一1型、Hp2一1型、 Hp2-2型及一些稀有类型;Gc球蛋白有Gcl- 1型、Gc2-1型及Gc2-2型等;转铁蛋白（Transferrin, Tf)中C型以压倒多数的频率出现, 但亦有少见的10种B型变种和11种D 型变 种‘,,;极少数人的白蛋白（Albumin, Alb）表现 为双白蛋白（有快型与慢型之别）[27。这些遗传 变异与种族及地区等因素密切相关。不同遗传 表型蛋白质的生理功能差异及其与疾病的关系 也引起人们的注意和兴趣。以往对血清蛋白遗 传表型的研究,一般采用单向电泳（淀粉胶电 泳、圆盘电泳等）结合特殊染色或免疫化学方法 逐一分别鉴定;本文报告了用分辨率更f的微 型双向电泳,同时对多种血清蛋白遗传表型进 行鉴定的研究结果。     

青鳉与食蚊鱼竞争排斥的生态形态学解释

生态形态学理论指出,形态相似的物种生态位相似,是导致种间竞争排斥的关键性因素。在鱼类入侵生态学研究中引入生态形态学理论,对于加深理解入侵种与土著种的种间相互关系有着重要意义。本文利用形态分析方法,对广东怀集燕都国家湿地公园入侵种食蚊鱼对土著种鳍斑青鳉和弓背青鳉的影响机制进行研究。结果表明: 弓背青鳉和鳍斑青鳉在研究区域常同域分布,但两者的空间分布格局差异显著。两者形态高度相似,符合生态形态学“形态相似者竞争排斥”理论。与群落其他鱼类相比,食蚊鱼与2种青鳉鱼类形态更为相似。聚类分析发现,食蚊鱼和青鳉鱼类聚合在同一分枝,且其空间生态位的重叠度极低。种群相对密度调查显示,食蚊鱼与青鳉鱼类种群数量呈显著的负相关关系。食蚊鱼的入侵是导致2种青鳉鱼类种群数量明显下降的关键原因。形态特征的相似性能够初步解释食蚊鱼与青鳉鱼类的竞争排斥关系,尚需从不同角度就食蚊鱼入侵对青鳉鱼类的作用机制进行深入探索。     

我国陆地棉基础种质表型性状的遗传多样性分析

选用43份陆地棉基础种质为研究材料,随机区组排列种植,并进行果枝数、铃数、株高等田间性状调查和衣分、铃重、纤维品质等测定.按照不同时期、不同来源、不同生态区对这些基础种质分别进行表型性状的遗传多样性分析.结果表明:基础种质间在产量、品质、农艺性状等表型性状上差异显著或极显著,遗传多样性指数为0.88;3期基础种质大部分性状差异不显著,但第2、3期基础种质比第1期的纤维长、整齐度高、细度好、衣分增加、早熟性提高、抗病和耐旱性增强,第2期基础种质遗传多样性和遗传丰富度最高;来自不同棉区的基础种质表型性状差异较大,黄河流域棉区基础种质综合性状较好,长江流域棉区产量性状较高,北部特早熟棉区早熟性好,美国引进种质抗黄萎病性较强;国内基础种质比国外品种在纤维长、强、细上的变异系数均有不同程度降低,但国内基础种质表型多样性比引进品种高.以上研究说明引进品种经过长期的环境适应、自然选择和人工选育后,产生了表型变异较为丰富的基础种质类型.     

江西省地方冬瓜种质资源表型性状遗传多样性分析

为深入了解江西省地方冬瓜种质资源的变异特点和多样性,采用主成分分析、聚类分析和表型性状综合评价方法,对"第三次全国农作物种质资源普查与收集行动"中收集到的95份江西省地方冬瓜种质资源的12个表型性状进行了遗传多样性分析及综合评价.结果表明,不同环境条件下,95份冬瓜种质表型性状具有丰富的变异,遗传多样性指数的变幅为0....     

醋栗番茄Solanum pimpinellifolium遗传多样性分析

野生种醋栗番茄包含丰富的变异,具有众多优良性状。本研究对从世界不同地区收集的433份醋栗番茄遗传资源进行了表型鉴定及遗传多样性分析。表型鉴定结果表明,在收集的433份醋栗番茄中约有14%为樱桃番茄,370份典型醋栗番茄中约22%的材料存在不同程度的分离。群体变异分析表明,不同性状间变异系数存在较大差异,其中柱头变异系数最大,为56.716%;花瓣数遗传稳定,变异系数最小,为2.082%;相关分析表明,多个性状间存在显著相关性;利用表型和基因型数据聚类均将醋栗番茄群体划分为两大类群;主成分分析表明,坐果率、单果重、可溶性固形物对变异的贡献率较大。研究结果将为利用醋栗番茄进行栽培种番茄遗传改良奠定一定的基础。     

串珠镰孢霉硝酸盐还原途径酶的遗传研究*

通过对菌株突变体有性杂交后代的检测方法,对串珠镰孢霉Fusariummoniliforme氮代谢过程中硝酸盐还原途径相关酶基因间关系进行研究。串珠镰孢霉含钼协同因子突变体缺陷型(nitB)与亚硝酸盐还原酶缺陷型突变体(nitC)间的杂交结果显示,在不同的交配群以及在相同交配群不同寄主上的分离菌株中,控制这两种酶的基因有两种类型,并据此提出细胞核基因和细胞质基因共同调控硝酸盐还原途径酶的假说。当杂交后代出现四种表型(nitD:nitB:nitC:wt=1:1:1:1)时,表明这两种酶的遗传受核基因调控,分离时两种基因自由组合;当杂交后代仅有两种表型时,表现为父本表型隐藏,双基因缺陷型(表型同主氮调节基因缺陷型nitD)表型不出现,即母本表现型:野生型为1:1,表明这种遗传类型除受核基因的控制外,还存在细胞质基因的影响。     

Involvement of SpoVG in hemolysis caused by Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus subtilis is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive non-pathogenic bacterium that includes members displaying hemolytic activity. To identify the genes responsible for hemolysis, a random mariner-based transposon insertion mutant library of B. subtilis 168 was constructed. More than 20,000 colonies were screened for the hypohemolytic phenotype on blood agar plates. One mutant showed significantly less pronounced hemolytic phenotype than the wild type. DNA sequencing and Southern blot analysis showed this mutant has a single transposable element inserted into the open reading frame (ORF) of the spoVG gene; complementation of the spoVG-disrupted mutant with a wild-type copy restored its hemolytic phenotype. It was therefore concluded that the spoVG gene, which plays a role in regulating asymmetric septation during sporulation in B. subtilis, is involved in hemolysis by B. subtilis.     

Leukocyte tyrosine kinase functions in pigment cell development

A fundamental problem in developmental biology concerns how multipotent precursors choose specific fates. Neural crest cells (NCCs) are multipotent, yet the mechanisms driving specific fate choices remain incompletely understood. Sox10 is required for specification of neural cells and melanocytes from NCCs. Like sox10 mutants, zebrafish shady mutants lack iridophores; we have proposed that sox10 and shady are required for iridophore specification from NCCs. We show using diverse approaches that shady encodes zebrafish leukocyte tyrosine kinase (Ltk). Cell transplantation studies show that Ltk acts cell-autonomously within the iridophore lineage. Consistent with this, ltk is expressed in a subset of NCCs, before becoming restricted to the iridophore lineage. Marker analysis reveals a primary defect in iridophore specification in ltk mutants. We saw no evidence for a fate-shift of neural crest cells into other pigment cell fates and some NCCs were subsequently lost by apoptosis. These features are also characteristic of the neural crest cell phenotype in sox10 mutants, leading us to examine iridophores in sox10 mutants. As expected, sox10 mutants largely lacked iridophore markers at late stages. In addition, sox10 mutants unexpectedly showed more ltk-expressing cells than wild-type siblings. These cells remained in a premigratory position and expressed sox10 but not the earliest neural crest markers and may represent multipotent, but partially-restricted, progenitors. In summary, we have discovered a novel signalling pathway in NCC development and demonstrate fate specification of iridophores as the first identified role for Ltk.     

Ospapst1, a useful mutant for identifying seed purity and authenticity in hybrid rice

The stability and completeness of male sterility is still a challenge in some male sterile rice lines, especially those of photoperiod/thermo-sensitive genic male sterility (P/TGMS). Leaf color marker is a widely practiced approach to reduce the impact of self-pollinated seeds of male sterile lines. The papst1 is a leaf color mutant. The newly emerged leaves of papst1 are chlorosis and have an impaired photosynthesis. But the other agronomic traits, such as germination rate, duration of maturation and seed weight, are not changed. The papst1/PAPST1 F₁ showed the wild-type leaf phenotype. The papst1/PAPST1 F₂ progenies displayed an approximately 3:1 segregation ratio of WT phenotype:mutant phenotype (72: 28, χ² = 0.48, p > 0.05), suggesting that papst1 mutant phenotype is caused by a single repressive gene. Map-based cloning and sequencing analysis revealed that a point mutation was occurred in Os01 g16040 (OsPAPST1). Given these results, the Ospapst1 mutant is a useful mutant for identifying seed purity and authenticity in hybrid rice.     

Identification of the causative gene of a transparent phenotype of juvenile red sea bream Pagrus major

Deformities in cultured fish species may be genetic, and identifying causative genes is essential to expand production and maintain farmed animal welfare. We previously reported a genetic deformity in juvenile red sea bream, designated a transparent phenotype. To identify its causative gene, we conducted genome-wide linkage analysis and identified two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) located on LG23 directly linked to the transparent phenotype. The scaffold on which the two SNPs were located contained two candidate genes, duox and duoxa, which are related to thyroid hormone synthesis. Four missense mutations were found in duox and one in duoxa, with that in duoxa showing perfect association with the transparent phenotype. The mutation of duoxa was suggested to affect the transmembrane structure and thyroid-related traits, including an enlarged thyroid gland and immature erythrocytes, and lower thyroxine (T₄) concentrations were observed in the transparent phenotype. The transparent phenotype was rescued by T₄ immersion. Loss-of-function of duoxa by CRISPR–Cas9 induced the transparent phenotype in zebrafish. Evidence suggests that the transparent phenotype of juvenile red sea bream is caused by the missense mutation of duoxa and that this mutation disrupts thyroid hormone synthesis. The newly identified missense mutation will contribute to effective selective breeding of red sea bream to purge the causative gene of the undesirable phenotype and improve seed production of red sea bream as well as provide basic information of the mechanisms of thyroid hormones and its related diseases in fish and humans.Subject terms: Agricultural genetics, Animal breeding     

Development of a novel pink-eyed dilution mouse model showing progressive darkening of the eyes and coat hair with aging

Oca2^p-cas (oculocutaneous albinism II; pink-eyed dilution castaneus) is a coat color mutant gene on mouse chromosome 7 that arose spontaneously in wild Mus musculus castaneus mice. Mice homozygous for Oca2^p-cas usually exhibit pink eyes and gray coat hair on the non-agouti genetic background, and this ordinary phenotype remains unchanged throughout life. During breeding of a mixed strain carrying this gene on the C57BL/6J background, we discovered a novel spontaneous mutation that causes darkening of the eyes and coat hair with aging. In this study, we developed a novel mouse model showing this unique phenotype. Gross observations revealed that the pink eyes and gray coat hair of the novel mutant young mice became progressively darker in color by approximately 3 months after birth. Light and transmission-electron microscopic observations revealed a marked increase in melanin pigmentation of coat hair shafts and choroid of the eye in the novel mice compared to that in the ordinary mice. Sequence analysis of Oca2^p-cas revealed a 4.1-kb deletion involving exons 15 and 16 of its wild-type gene. However, there was no sequence difference between the two types of mutant mice. Mating experiments suggested that the novel mutant phenotype was not inherited in a simple fashion, due to incomplete penetrance. The novel spontaneous mutant mouse is the first example of progressive hair darkening animals and is an essential animal model for understanding of the regulation mechanisms of melanin biosynthesis with aging.     

The positional sterile (ps) mutation affects cuticular transpiration and wax biosynthesis of tomato fruits

Cuticular waxes are known to play a pivotal role in limiting transpirational water loss across primary plant surfaces. The astomatous tomato fruit is an ideal model system that permits the functional characterization of intact cuticular membranes and therefore allows direct correlation of their permeance for water with their qualitative and quantitative composition. The recessive positional sterile (ps) mutation, which occurred spontaneously in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), is characterized by floral organ fusion and positional sterility. Because of a striking phenotypical similarity with the lecer6 wax mutant of tomato, which is defective in very-long-chain fatty acid elongation, ps mutant fruits were analyzed for their cuticular wax and cutin composition. We also examined their cuticular permeance for water following the developmental course of fruit ripening. Wild type and ps mutant fruits showed considerable differences in their cuticular permeance for water, while exhibiting similar quantitative wax accumulation. The ps mutant fruits showed a five- to eightfold increase in water loss per unit time and surface area when compared to the corresponding wild type fruits. The cuticular waxes of ps mutant fruits were characterized by an almost complete absence of n-alkanes and aldehydes, with a concomitant increase in triterpenoids and sterol derivatives. We also noted the occurrence of alkyl esters not present in the wild type. Quantitative and qualitative cutin monomer composition remained largely unaffected. The significant differences in the cuticular wax composition of ps mutant fruits induced a distinct increase of cuticular water permeance. The fruit wax compositional phenotype indicates the ps mutation is responsible for effectively blocking the decarbonylation pathway of wax biosynthesis in epidermal cells of tomato fruits.