苜蓿遗传多样性的取样数目——RAPD和SSR群体标记法

紫花苜蓿为异花授粉植物,其DNA多态性研究的取样策略与遗传多样性分析直接相关.选取了4个苜蓿品种陇东(地方品种)、中兰1号(育成品种)、牧歌(Graze)和金皇后(Queen)(引进品种),设置了取样数目分别为10、20、40和60个单株进行DNA混合,利用RAPD(random amplification polymorphic DNA,随机扩增长度多态性DNA)和SSR(simple sequence repeat,简单重复序列)标记分别进行了遗传多样性分析,结果发现40和60个单株DNA混合样的聚类结果一致,表明10和20个单株组成的群体太小,随着苜蓿群体取样数目的增加,遗传多样性分析的准确性也随之增加,但是分析成本也相应提高.鉴于此,利用RAPD和SSR标记分析苜蓿遗传多样性时采用40个单株的DNA混合样是较适宜的群体大小.     

我国西南地区玉米地方品种遗传多样性的SSR分子标记分析

利用微卫星(SSR)标记技术和DNA混合取样方法,选取均匀覆盖玉米染色体组的42对SSR引物,检测了来自我国西南地区54个玉米地方品种的遗传多样性。在54个玉米地方品种中检测到256个等位基因,每个SSR标记的等位基因数为2～9个,平均6.1个,说明我国西南地区玉米地方品种遗传多样性丰富。根据遗传相似系数矩阵做出的树状图,将54个玉米地方品种大致划分成4类,来源于同一地区的多数玉米地方品种划分在同一类中,表明西南地区玉米地方品种的地理分布与其遗传背景存在内在联系。从54个玉米地方品种中选出11个,每个品种选取15个单株,共165个DNA单株样品,分析玉米地方品种的遗传结构及其品种内的遗传多样性。对于检测玉米地方品种的遗传多样性,DNA单株样品分析优于DNA混合样品分析,42对相同的SSR引物在11个玉米地方品种中检测到330个等位基因,平均等位基因数A=7.86,有效等位基因数Ae=3.90,平均期望杂合度He=0.69,实际观察杂合度H0=0.37。据遗传结构分析结果,固定指数(F)为0.25～0.79,表明玉米地方品种是典型的混合繁育系统;由于杂合体不足,玉米地方品种群体间及群体内的遗传结构均偏离了Hardy-Weinberg平衡;杂合性基因多样度比率(Fst)平均为0.07,表明品种间和品种内的遗传变异分别占总遗传变异的7%和93%。玉米地方品种内遗传多样性及品种间遗传距离分析结果表明,在我国西南地区,分布在四川的玉米地方品种具有最丰富的遗传变异。经综合分析推测,我国西南地区玉米地方品种最早引进到四川种植,由此向毗邻地区传播扩散。     

种子老化对玉米种质资源遗传完整性变化的影响

对经老化处理得到的不同发芽率水平的玉米地方品种条花糯进行农艺性状观察和SSR分子标记分析.结果表明,种子发芽率水平下降影响出苗植株中芽鞘和叶鞘颜色的比率.当发芽率降到32%时,浅紫色芽鞘植株的比率降至0.当发芽率下降时,浅紫色叶鞘植株的比率升高,而白色叶鞘植株的比率则下降.经SSR分析发现,低发芽率群体的多态性条带百分率、等位基因数、有效等位基因数、基因多样性指数、Shannon指数等遗传参数,与对照群体的遗传参数相比都有所下降,表明老化处理后群体内的遗传多样性低于对照群体的遗传多样性,群体内遗传变异出现下降.本试验结果表明,植株形态标记和SSR分子标记可以作为老化种子遗传完整性变化的检测方法,同时认为对于异质种质资源材料,低的发芽率更新标准不利于种质资源遗传完整性的保持.     

利用SSR标记研究茄子种质资源遗传多样性

本研究利用105个SSR分子标记分析了50份茄子种质资源遗传多样性。105对SSR引物中筛选出的20对多态性含量较高的引物,在50份茄子品种组成的群体中共检测出91个等位基因,平均每个基因位点检测到4.55个等位基因。PIC的变幅为0.202 1~0.735 6,平均为0.401 2。根据遗传距离并结合UPGMA聚类分析可将50份种质分为10个类群。SSR分子标记与品种资源性状聚类分析基本一致。     

广西普通油茶种质资源遗传多样性的SSR分析

普通油茶( Camellia oleifera)是我国分布最广、产量最多的山茶属中一个重要油料树种。广西是普通油茶的重要分布区,种质资源十分丰富。为深入了解广西普通油茶种质资源的遗传变异,服务于种质保存和品种选育,该研究首先对已开发的SSR分子标记进行多态性筛选和评价,在此基础上利用多态性较高的引物,对97份广西有代表性的普通油茶种质资源进行遗传多样性分析。结果表明：(1)在已开发的10对油茶SSR分子标记中,7对能稳定扩增且表现为共显性,2对扩增不稳定,另外1对无法扩增出产物。(2)7对共显性SSR标记总共检测到33个等位基因,每对标记检测到等位基因数目的变化范围为3~6个,平均每个位点等位基因数为4.7143个,有效等位基因数目的变化范围为2.0842~4.3148,平均有效等位基因数为2.8288;基因多样性变化范围为0.5202~0.7682,平均每个位点基因多样性为0.6281。(3)参试群体中绝大多数位点未处于Hardy-Weinberg平衡,存在遗传结构;观测杂合度和期望杂合度的变化范围分别为0.4130~0.6701和0.5233~0.7724,其平均值分别为0.5698和0.6316。(4)种质资源间遗传距离变化范围为0.05~0.7917,平均遗传距离为0.3545;UPGMA聚类显示相同来源的种质资源无法聚成一类,在同一聚类分支上混有不同来源的种质资源。这表明已开发的油茶SSR分子标记适用于广西普通油茶,广西普通油茶种质资源拥有较丰富的遗传多样性。该研究结果为广西普通油茶资源的深度开发和高效利用提供了科学依据。     

我国陆地棉基础种质遗传多样性的SSR分子标记分析

利用398对BNL、JESPR、TMB等SSR引物,对不同亲本来源、不同选育时期、不同种植生态区的43份陆地棉基础种质进行了遗传多样性的SSR分子标记分析。扩增产物用8％的非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶检测,银染观察并照相。遗传多样性带型分析按位点多态信息量（PIC）,Shannon-weaver多样性指数（H^＋）等方法,利用NTSYSpc2．1软件计算品种间的遗传相似系数（Jaccard系数）,并用类平均法（UPGMA）进行聚类。结果表明所选择多态性引物分布在棉花基因组的第3、4、5、8、9、10、16、18、20、23号等染色体上,36对多态性引物在基础种质中扩增等位基因130个,其中多态性等位基因占80％,每个引物扩增等位基因2～8个,平均3．6个,PIC为0．278～0．865,平均0．62,基因型多样性（H^＋）为0．451～2．039,平均1．102,基础种质问SSR遗传相似系数平均为0．610,变幅为0．409～0．865,这说明所选基础种质基因组水平的多样性较丰富,变化范围大、代表性强。按品种不同选育时期来讲,第一、二、三期基础种质的SSR分子标记平均遗传相似系数分别是0．587、0．630、0．630,说明现代基础种质比早期基础种质在基因组水平的差异呈下降的趋势,可能是由于育种者偏重于使用优质高产性状的亲本品种,致使我国棉花的育种基础逐渐变窄。不同棉区基础种质SSR标记性状差异大,北部特早熟棉区基础种质间的SSR标记的多样性大于黄河、长江棉区,主要原因是长江、黄河棉区的育种过分强调高产、优质品种选育,品种间的差异变小;基础种质中的国内品种SSR相似系数（0．624）比引进品种（0.85）高,说明国内品种在遗传多样性上目前还没有超越国外品种。总之,我国棉花现代基础种质比早期基础种质的遗传多样性呈下降的趋势,黄河、长江主产棉区基础种质的遗传多样性还没有超过国外基础种质,品种间的遗传背景较为狭窄,还必须采用多种途径丰富我国棉花种质资源的遗传多样性。     

利用SSR分析山西省玉米地方品种的遗传多样性

采用混合取样方法和SSR分子标记技术,利用48对引物对山西省38个玉米地方品种的遗传多样性进行了分析.共检测出368个等位基因,每个SSR位点的等位基因数为2～14个,平均为7.48个;多态性信息量(PIC)变化范围在0.24～0.89之间,平均为0.66.总共检测出185个稀有等位基因,21个特有等位基因.SSR标记聚类分析把38个品种大体分成了4个群.研究表明,山西地方品种遗传多样性非常丰富,很多品种具有频率很高的独特基因,它们可能具有一定的特异性.因而,山西玉米地方品种对于拓宽玉米种质的遗传基础可能会起很大的作用.     

基于遗传多样性构建金针菇的核心种质群体及分子身份证

金针菇Flammulina filiformis是我国产量最高的工厂化栽培食用菌。为提高优良工厂化栽培金针菇种质的育种效率,本研究以国内外收集的105份金针菇种质为材料,开展体细胞不亲和评价,并采用SSR分子标记的方法对所有种质进行遗传多样性分析和聚类分析。20对SSR引物在105份种质中共扩增得到209个等位基因位点,所有种质间的遗传相似系数为0.71-1.00,在遗传距离0.76处可分为5个大类群。105份金针菇种质共包含67种不同的遗传背景,野生金针菇种质比栽培种质具有更丰富的遗传多样性。基于SSR的聚类分析结果和体细胞不亲和评价结果既相互印证,又可互为借鉴。本研究构建了包含44份金针菇种质的核心种质群体,占所有供试材料的41.90%,保留了100%等位基因。核心种质群体覆盖区域广泛,最大限度地保留了原始群体的遗传多样性和表型变异,可为育种的亲本选择提供参考。进一步构建了能同时反映每份金针菇种质SSR分子标记指纹图谱、收集地区、子实体颜色和栽培性状的分子身份证编码,并转换成可视二维码,为金针菇种质的高效标识和快速溯源提供了科学依据。     

贵州地方水稻种质资源籼-粳遗传分化的InDel分子标记研究

本研究利用36对InDel分子标记引物对贵州地方水稻种质的籼-粳遗传分化和亲缘关系进行分析,结果表明,82份贵州地方栽培稻中49份为粳稻,33份为籼稻,贵州地方栽培稻“禾”品种主要属于粳稻,而“谷”品种主要为籼稻。基于Nei氏遗传距离的亲缘关系分析表明在粳稻群体和籼稻群体中均存在与野生稻亲缘关系近的品种,其中的粳稻品种与野生稻的遗传关系比之籼稻品种近。而基于MCMC算法的遗传结构分析揭示了贵州地方籼稻品种中存在较为复杂的遗传结构。分子变异分析显示,粳稻和籼稻品种的遗传变异主要来自亚种内,遗传多样性分析表明其亚种内籼稻品种的遗传多样性略高于粳稻品种。研究结果揭示了贵州省黔东南地区栽培稻种质资源的籼-粳分化程度、遗传关系及其遗传多样性。     

分子标记在啤酒花种质资源研究中的应用

该论文利用分子生物学中常用的DNA分子标记对世界各地现存的野生和栽培的啤酒花种质资源遗传多样性研究的应用进展做一综述。通过查阅和研读20世纪90年代以来发表的各类文献进行归纳总结。发现DNA分子标记相比形态学标记和细胞学标记具有结果准确、稳定的特点,常用的分子标记技术有RAPD、RFLP、ISSR、SSR、AFLP、EST等;研究发现北美洲的啤酒花遗传多样性要高于欧洲的啤酒花,基因变异程度也相对较高;野生啤酒花的基因序列具有丰富的基因多样性,可在分子杂交遗传育种中作为一个种质去改善栽培品种的某些不良性状。因此,利用分子标记研究啤酒花的遗传多样性将对啤酒花的优良育种提供理论指导和技术支持,目前较为理想的技术是SSR和AFLP。     

Diversity Assessment of Turkish Maize Landraces Based on Fluorescent Labelled SSR Markers

Landraces of maize represent a valuable genetic resource for breeding and genetic studies. Since 1970, landraces have been collected from all over Turkey, but the genetic diversity represented in this collection is still largely unknown. In this study, a sample of 98 landraces sampled from 45 provinces of Turkey was assessed genotypically at 28 simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci and phenotypically for 19 morphological traits. The landraces varied significantly for all the latter traits. A total of 172 SSR alleles were detected, giving a mean of 6.21 alleles per locus. The genetic distance between pairs of landraces ranged from 0.18 to 0.63, with a mean of 0.35. Positive and negative correlation exists among different morphological and agronomic traits. Positive association among different traits showed that improvement of one character may simultaneously improve the other desired trait. Based on UPGMA dendrogram and Neighbor-Net (NNET) analyses from both morphological traits and SSR data, respectively, it is obvious that maize landraces from the same geographical region were often placed in different clusters, indicating that grouping based on genetic parameters was not closely related to the geographic origin. The wide diversity present in Turkish maize landraces could be used as genetic resource in designing maize breeding program for developing new cultivars adapted to different geographic and climatic conditions, and may also contribute to worldwide breeding programs.     

Optimization of bulked AFLP analysis and its application for exploring diversity of natural and cultivated populations of red clover.

Landraces and wild populations of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) may represent a significant yet poorly characterized genetic resource of temperate grasslands. A bulking strategy with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers was optimized to characterize 120 red clover populations in 6 different groups: Swiss wild clover populations, Mattenklee landraces, Mattenklee cultivars, field clover cultivars, Dutch wild clover populations, and Dutch landraces. Analysis of 2 bulked samples/population consisting of 20 plants each with12 AFLP primer combinations was found optimal for determining genetic diversity and relationships within and among red clover populations and groups. Swiss wild clover populations were clearly separated from all other red clover groups and variability within and among populations was shown to be particularly high in wild clover populations and Mattenklee landraces, emphasising their value as genetic resources for improvement of red clover cultivars, as well as for conservation and restoration of biodiversity. This study shows that the ancestry of red clover landraces is primarily found in introduced cultivars rather than in natural wild clover populations. In addition, the methodological considerations presented here may help improve diversity analyses using bulked samples.     

Molecular characterisation of wild populations and landraces of common bean from northwestern Argentina

Abstract

Information on the variability of wild bean populations and landraces is essential to set conservation strategies and design breeding programmes aimed at enlarging the genetic base of commercial beans. Nineteen Argentinean common bean landraces and wild populations were characterised and their diversity was analysed by means of inter‐simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers and seed proteins. Populations were successfully identified as belonging to the Andean gene pool of origin by phaseolin electrophoresis, whereas ISSR markers revealed high levels of inter‐ and intra‐population variability. Four of 10 primers produced polymorphic and reproducible DNA profiles, which were used to generate UPGMA (unweighted pair group method with arithmetical averages) and NJ (neighbour‐joining) trees. ISSR markers revealed a high level of variability both within wild bean populations and landraces. Genetic variability of wild samples was associated with their geographic distribution. By contrast, landraces were clustered, at least to some degree, based on their seed colour and shape, showing no clear discrimination among sites. The results presented here suggest that, to a certain extent, hybridisation between wild beans and landraces occurs in the wild, a hypothesis that needs to be tested through further analyses.     

Out of America: tracing the genetic footprints of the global diffusion of maize

Maize was first domesticated in a restricted valley in south-central Mexico. It was diffused throughout the Americas over thousands of years, and following the discovery of the New World by Columbus, was introduced into Europe. Trade and colonization introduced it further into all parts of the world to which it could adapt. Repeated introductions, local selection and adaptation, a highly diverse gene pool and outcrossing nature, and global trade in maize led to difficulty understanding exactly where the diversity of many of the local maize landraces originated. This is particularly true in Africa and Asia, where historical accounts are scarce or contradictory. Knowledge of post-domestication movements of maize around the world would assist in germplasm conservation and plant breeding efforts. To this end, we used SSR markers to genotype multiple individuals from hundreds of representative landraces from around the world. Applying a multidisciplinary approach combining genetic, linguistic, and historical data, we reconstructed possible patterns of maize diffusion throughout the world from American “contribution” centers, which we propose reflect the origins of maize worldwide. These results shed new light on introductions of maize into Africa and Asia. By providing a first globally comprehensive genetic characterization of landraces using markers appropriate to this evolutionary time frame, we explore the post-domestication evolutionary history of maize and highlight original diversity sources that may be tapped for plant improvement in different regions of the world.     

Genetic diversity among cultivars, landraces and wild relatives of rice as revealed by microsatellite markers

Genetic diversity among 35 rice accessions, which included 19 landraces, 9 cultivars and 7 wild relatives, was investigated by using microsatellite (SSR) markers distributed across the rice genome. The mean number of alleles per locus was 4.86, showing 95.2% polymorphism and an average polymorphism information content of 0.707. Cluster analysis based on microsatellite allelic diversity clearly demarcated the landraces, cultivars and wild relatives into different groups. The allelic richness computed for the clusters indicated that genetic diversity was the highest among wild relatives (0.436), followed by landraces (0.356), and the lowest for cultivars. Allelic variability among the SSR markers was high enough to categorize cultivars, landraces and wild relatives of the rice germplasm, and to catalogue the genetic variability observed for future use. The results also suggested the necessity to introgress genes from landraces and wild relatives into cultivars, for cultivar improvement.     

RAPD markers on seed bulks efficiently assess the genetic diversity of a Brassica oleracea L. collection

 The concept of a core collection was elaborated to fit the necessity of optimizing the management, for both conservation and use, of genetic resources in sizeable collections. This approach requires an analysis of how the genetic variability is structured among the accessions. The large number of heterogeneous populations in our collection of Brassica oleracea makes genetic diversity studies based on plant-to-plant analysis impracticable. To overcome this limitation, the variability analysis by RAPD on seed bulks was investigated for its efficiency in assessing the structure of the genetic diversity of this collection. The optimal bulk size and the bulking or sampling variation were evaluated with bulks of different size and with replicated samples. A mixture of known genotypes was also used to characterise the band detection in bulks, and to compare the plant-to-plant and the bulk methods. Forty seeds were chosen to represent each population. In such a bulk, the detection of bands depended on the proportion of the genotype they were derived from in the mixture. Intense and frequent bands were detected in the bulk with a 15% detection limit. The observed bulking or sampling variation within populations was smaller than the variation between populations, leading to an efficient separation of populations with a clustering of all samples of the same population. The distances calculated from bulk data were highly correlated with the distances based on the plant-to-plant analysis. We demonstrated that RAPD on seed bulks can be used to describe the genetic diversity between populations. Received: 27 August 1998 / Accepted: 29 September 1998     

Genetic differentiation analysis of African cassava (Manihot esculenta) landraces and elite germplasm using amplified fragment length polymorphism and simple sequence repeat markers

Molecular‐marker‐aided evaluation of germplasm plays an important role in defining the genetic diversity of plant genotypes for genetic and population improvement studies. A collection of African cassava landraces and elite cultivars was analysed for genetic diversity using 20 amplified fragment length polymorphic (AFLP) DNA primer combinations and 50 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Within‐population diversity estimates obtained with both markers were correlated, showing little variation in their fixation index. The amount of within‐population variation was higher for landraces as illustrated by both markers, allowing discrimination among accessions along their geographical origins, with some overlap indicating the pattern of germplasm movement between countries. Elite cultivars were grouped in most cases in agreement with their pedigree and showed a narrow genetic variation. Both SSR and AFLP markers showed some similarity in results for the landraces, although SSR provided better genetic differentiation estimates. Genetic differentiation (Fst) in the landrace population was 0.746 for SSR and 0.656 for AFLP. The molecular variance among cultivars in both populations accounted for up to 83% of the overall variation, while 17% was found within populations. Gene diversity (H_e) estimated within each population varied with an average value of 0.607 for the landraces and 0.594 for the elite lines. Analyses of SSR data using ordination techniques identified additional cluster groups not detected by AFLP and also captured maximum variation within and between both populations. Our results indicate the importance of SSR and AFLP as efficient markers for the analysis of genetic diversity and population structure in cassava. Genetic differentiation analysis of the evaluated populations provides high prospects for identifying diverse parental combinations for the development of segregating populations for genetic studies and the introgression of desirable genes from diverse sources into the existing genetic base.     

Genetic Diversity and Core Collection Evaluations in Common Wheat Germplasm from the Northwestern Spring Wheat Region in China

Fluorescence microsatellite markers were employed to reveal genetic diversity of 340 wheat accessions consisting of 229 landraces and 111 modern varieties from the Northwest Spring Wheat Region in China. The 340 accessions were chosen as candidate core collections for wheat germplasm in this region. A core collection representing the genetic diversity of these accessions was identified based on a cluster dendrogram of 78 SSR loci. A total of 967 alleles were detected with a mean of 13.6 alleles (5–32) per locus. Mean PIC was 0.64, ranged from 0.05 to 0.91. All loci were distributed relatively evenly in the A, B and D wheat genomes. Mean genetic richness of A, B and D genomes for both landraces and modern varieties was B > A > D. However, mean genetic diversity indices of landraces changed to B > D > A. As a whole, genetic diversity of the landraces was considerably higher than that of the modern varieties. The big difference of genetic diversity indices in the three genomes suggested that breeding has exerted greater selection pressure in the D than the A or B genomes in this region. Changes of allelic proportions represented in the proposed core collection at different sampling scales suggested that the sampling percentage of the core collection in the Northwest Spring Wheat Region should be greater than 4% of the base collection to ensure that more than 70% of the variation is represented by the core collection. Electronic supplementary material Electronic supplementary material is available for this article at and accessible for authorised users.     

Genetic diversity of African maize inbred lines revealed by SSR markers

Knowledge of genetic diversity (GD) and relationships among maize inbred lines is indispensable in a breeding program. Our objectives were to (1) investigate the level of genetic diversity among maize inbred lines and (2) assess their genetic structures by applying simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Fifty-six highland and mid-altitude maize inbred lines obtained from CIMMYT programs in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe were genotyped using 27 SSR loci. All of the genotypes studied could unequivocally be distinguished with the combination of the SSRs used. In total, 104 SSR alleles were identified, with a mean of 3.85 alleles per locus. The average polymorphism information content (PIC) was 0.58. GD expressed as Euclidean distance, varied from 0.28 to 0.73 with an average of 0.59. Cluster analysis using unweighted pair group method with arithmetic average (UPGMA) suggested five groups among the inbred lines. Most of the inbred lines adapted to the highlands and the mid-altitudes were positioned in different clusters with a few discrepancies. The pattern of groupings of the inbred lines was mostly consistent with available pedigree information. The variability detected using SSR markers could potentially contribute towards effective utilization of the inbred lines for the exploitation of heterosis and formation of genetically diverse source populations in Ethiopian maize improvement programs.