利用RAPD标记评价小豆种质遗传多样性

本研究利用10个RAPD引物对180份小豆种质的基因组DNA进行扩增,共扩增出44条带,其中35条具有多态性,比例为79．5％,平均每个引物扩增出3．5条多态性带;平均遗传距离为0．274,变异幅度为0．05－0．60,平均遗传多样性指数为0．692;基于RAPD标记,把180份小豆种质聚类划分为4个组群,该组群的划分与小豆的生态地域性似乎不存在明显的相关性。     

苎麻疫霉群体的RAPD分析

利用从126个RAPD(Random Amplifled Polymorphic DNAs)随机引物中筛选到的可扩增出清晰条带、主带明显、稳定的8条引物,对采集自江苏、安徽和江西不同寄主的45个Phytophthora boehmeriae菌株进行全基因组DNA RAPD标记遗传多样性分析。选用引物共标出DNA指纹图带68条,其中多态性条带20条,多态性检测率为29．4％,表明该种内不同地区和寄主来源的菌株间变异较小。利用Popgene软件计算供试菌株间的遗传距离并绘制聚类树状图,供试菌株被划分为2个遗传聚类组。菌株间的遗传相似性与菌株的寄主来源有一定的相关性,来自江苏、江西和安徽棉花上的27个菌株被划分在同一遗传聚类组内,而分离自构树、枫杨和苎麻的18个菌株被划分在另一个遗传聚类组。结果还表明菌株间遗传相似性与其地区来源无直接相关性。     

名贵茶花种质资源的RAPD分析

采用RAPD方法构建了国内外23个茶花品种的指纹图谱。从100个随机引物中筛选出的20个有效引物共产生136条DNA片段,遗传多态性带120条占总数88．2％。遗传相似性分析表明,各基因型间的Nei＇s相似系数分布在0．4386～0．8936之间,平均相似性系数为0．7668。通过非加权算术平均数聚类（UPGMA）法,绘制了它们的遗传关系树状图,23个品种可划分为3个类群。研究结果表明,RAPD技术可用于茶花品种的鉴别以及种质资源遗传多态性的研究。     

黑龙江省葫芦科白粉病菌RAPD分析

2010年采集黑龙江省不同生态区不同设施内的甜瓜、黄瓜、南瓜、西瓜等瓜类白粉病菌菌株17份,采用国际通用的瓜类白粉病菌生理小种鉴别寄主对17份白粉病菌进行了生理小种鉴定。根据13个鉴别寄主的抗感反应,初步确定黑龙江省葫芦科作物白粉病菌存在3个生理小种,即单囊壳白粉菌Podosphaera xanthii的生理小种1和生理小种N1号及一个新生理小种,其中生理小种1为优势小种。通过对13份白粉病菌的RAPD分析,从119个随机引物中筛选出10个条带清晰而且重复性好的引物,扩增得到157个位点,其中多态性位点为138个,多态性位点频率为97.89%,表明黑龙江省葫芦科作物白粉菌具有丰富的遗传多样性。利用NTSYS-PC软件进行数据分析,结果表明13个菌株之间遗传相似系数的变化幅度为0.52－0.75。根据遗传相似系数用类平均法（UPGMA）对其聚类,以遗传相似系数0.60为阈值,供试菌株可区分为4个类群。同是生理小种1的菌株部分聚到了同一类,新生理小种与部分生理小种1菌株聚到同一类,同是生理小种N1的两个菌株未聚到同一类;相同地理来源或相同寄主来源的白粉菌也未聚到一类。初步确定葫芦科白粉病菌致病性与DNA多态性不形成对应关系,菌株的遗传多样性与菌株地理来源、寄主来源及设施类型亦无明显的直接关系。     

辽宁省白头翁叶斑病菌的遗传多样性

白头翁叶斑病是近年来我国新报道发生的一种白头翁叶部病害,在辽宁省保护地白头翁生产中病害尤为严重.对采自辽宁省5个白头翁主产区的25株白头翁叶斑病菌(Ascochyta anemones)菌株及中国农业科学院惠赠的5个壳二孢属(Ascochyta spp.)菌株进行RAPD分析.结果表明:11条随机引物共扩增得到条带清晰并呈多态性的108条谱带,单个引物扩增DNA片段集中分布在200～ 2000 bp.采用NTSYS软件进行病原菌的聚类分析,发现供试的30株壳二孢菌的遗传相似系数为0.56～0.98,当相似系数为0.62时,30个菌株被划分为4个类群,说明辽宁省白头翁叶斑病菌具有丰富的遗传多样性.RAPD遗传聚类组群与白头翁叶斑病菌菌株的地理来源有一定的相关性,不同寄主来源的菌株之间存在明显的遗传差异.     

苎麻疫霉群体的RAPD分析

利用从126个RAPD(RandomAmplifiedPolymorphicDNAs)随机引物中筛选到的可扩增出清晰条带、主带明显、稳定的8条引物,对采集自江苏、安徽和江西不同寄主的45个Phytophthoraboehmeriae菌株进行全基因组DNARAPD标记遗传多样性分析。选用引物共标出DNA指纹图带68条,其中多态性条带20条,多态性检测率为29.4%,表明该种内不同地区和寄主来源的菌株间变异较小。利用Popgene软件计算供试菌株间的遗传距离并绘制聚类树状图,供试菌株被划分为2个遗传聚类组。菌株间的遗传相似性与菌株的寄主来源有一定的相关性,来自江苏、江西和安徽棉花上的27个菌株被划分在同一遗传聚类组内,而分离自构树、枫杨和苎麻的18个菌株被划分在另一个遗传聚类组。结果还表明菌株间遗传相似性与其地区来源无直接相关性。     

苎麻疫霉群体的RAPD分析*

利用从126个RAPD(RandomAmplifiedPolymorphicDNAs)随机引物中筛选到的可扩增出清晰条带、主带明显、稳定的8条引物,对采集自江苏、安徽和江西不同寄主的45个Phytophthoraboehmeriae菌株进行全基因组DNARAPD标记遗传多样性分析。选用引物共标出DNA指纹图带68条,其中多态性条带20条,多态性检测率为29.4%,表明该种内不同地区和寄主来源的菌株间变异较小。利用Popgene软件计算供试菌株间的遗传距离并绘制聚类树状图,供试菌株被划分为2个遗传聚类组。菌株间的遗传相似性与菌株的寄主来源有一定的相关性,来自江苏、江西和安徽棉花上的27个菌株被划分在同一遗传聚类组内,而分离自构树、枫杨和苎麻的18个菌株被划分在另一个遗传聚类组。结果还表明菌株间遗传相似性与其地区来源无直接相关性。     

河北省大豆推广品种遗传多样性分析

利用主要农艺性状以及SSR和AFLP2种分子标记,对河北省41个大豆推广品种进行遗传多样性分析,以便为种质资源利用和创新提供依据。农艺性状聚类结果将41个材料划分为3个类群和2个特殊品种,聚类结果与材料系谱来源相差悬殊,不能反映材料间亲缘关系。SSR和AFLP数据聚类结果将41个材料划分为4个SAG（SSR and AFLP—basedgroups）分子类群。30对SSR引物共检测出135个等位变异,平均每个位点上有4．47个等位变异,SSR的遗传多样性指数（Simpson）分布范围为0．0928～0．7800,平均值为0、6442。10对AFLP引物共扩增出93个多态性标记,平均每对引物9．3个多态性标记。品种间的遗传相似系数（GS）变化范围为0．5877～0．9868,平均值变化范围为0．6732～0．7653,总体平均值为0.7237,遗传相似系数较高,说明材料间遗传变异较小。     

应用RAPD技术对不同基因组组合生物型遗传多态性的研究

利用RAPD技术对不同基因组合的鱼类进行了基因组指纹图谱构建,在DNA水平上对基因组成分进行了分析,探讨陈春遗传多态性。PARD结果发现,在26个随机引物扩增的产物中,平均每个个体观察到约142个RAPD标记,单个的扩增图谱（Fig.1)可将红鲫（RA）与其它组合区分开,还可将鲫鲫杂种二倍体（CA)鲫鲤杂种三倍体（CAA）和人工复合三倍体鲤（CCA）区分开;S－8引物（Fig.2)可区分开红鲤（RC）和镜锂（MC）;S－45引物（Fig.3)可区分开RC和CA;S－22引物则可区分开CAA和CCA。六种生物型均存在基因组特异性的图谱即各种独特的“诊断性”图谱,作者由此建立了详细的分子标记检索表（Table1）。通过对RAPD图谱的量化分析。利用UPGMA构建了不同生物型的遗传关系树图,反映了鲤鲫及各种组合生物型之间的遗传相似关系:RC的MC属同一种系,聚为一族;CAA和CA基因组类型相同,聚为一族;CCA虽自成一体,但可与各种生物型内个体间的遗传相似率均大于群体间的（P＜0．05）。此外,本研究还对基因剂量效应对PAPD扩增图谱的影响进行了探讨。综合以上结果,RAPD技术有简捷,灵魂、花费少等特点、在鱼类品系鉴定和遗传多态性研究方面具有血型血清学和蛋白质多态性等其它技术无可比拟的优势。     

西南地区野生狗牙根种质资源的SSR与AFLP联合分析

为了制定科学的资源保护策略、促进其开发利用以及新品种的选育,对西南地区55份野生狗牙根材料,联合采用 SSR 和 AFLP 方法分析其遗传多样性.通过进行引物筛选,筛选出有效引物组合18对和11对;SSR 和 AFLP 扩增总条带353和626条,多态性条带267和592条,平均每对引物扩增出多态性条带19．61和53．83条,多态性位点百分率为75．10％和94．57％.聚类分析表明 GS＝0．806时,可将所有供试材料分成6个组群,当 GS＝0．82时,可将第 VI 个组群分成4个小组,当 GS＝0．836时,第 VI 组群中第3小组的14个材料分为3个组群基于 Shannon 多样性指数,类群内的遗传变异占总变异的67．41％,类群间的遗传变异占总变异的32．59％.基于 Nei 氏无偏估计的遗传一致度的聚类分析表明,各生态地理类群间的遗传分化与其所处的生态地理环境具有一定的相关性.通过两种标记的相关性分析,表明 SSR 和 AFLP 标记之间具有显著的相关性,而且相关性较高,证明供试材料的聚类和其生态地理环境间有一定的相关性;采用 SSR 和 AFLP 两种联合分析,结果会更加合理和有效.     

On a method of estimating the genetic correlation between characters measured in different experimental units

Summary Yamada's method of estimating genetic co-variances between traits measured in different experimental units is discussed. It is shown that if the data are unbalanced, this method gives biased estimates of genetic covariances unless the traits have identical genetic and residual variances. An alternative unbiased procedure is suggested.     

植物种质群体遗传结构改变的测度

本文旨在探讨植物种质资源保存中由于人为和自然缘故导致遗传结构改变的评价指标和评价方法.在介绍植物种质资源保存研究一些基本概念的基础上,归纳了测度种质库(收集品)遗传潜势的6种遗传多样性统计指标,包括同一变异层次的类型数、类型分布均衡度、遗传相似性与遗传距离、遗传方差与遗传变异系数、多元变异指数以及亲本系数.指出若无遗传丰富度相伴,单有遗传离散度并未提供遗传多样性的完整测度.探讨了人为条件导致植物种质资源遗传结构改变的遗传流失、环境胁迫所致植物种质资源遗传结构改变的遗传脆弱性和种子扩繁所引发的植物种质资源遗传结构改变的遗传漂变和遗传漂移等的统计指标.文末给出了自花授粉植物和异花授粉植物群体适宜样本容量研究的个例.     

Genetic differentiation among local populations of Asian elephant

Electrohoretically detectable enetic variation for 29 kinds of blood protein encoded by 33 loci was analyzed for 78 Asian eletants (Elephas maximus) which were collected from its four local populations: Sri Lanka, Souti India, Thailand and Nepal. Elehants in Sri Lanka are classified into the subspecies E.m. maximus, and those from the other tlree localities into the subspecies E. m. indicus. Six variable loci were detected, and one of them, the tetrazolium oxidase locus, was observed to show a complete allele substitution between the subspecies. Average heterozgosity within local populations were in a range of 0.0152 ? 0.0303. Whereas the Nei's genetic distance among three local populations of the subspecies indicus were 0.0013 ? 0.0031, the distance between the subspecies indicus and maximus were 0.0328 ? 0.0370, indicating that the two subspecies were well differentiated genetically.     

Remarkable genetic divergence of Gymnodiptychus dybowskii between south and north of Tianshan Mountain in northwest China

Gymnodiptychus dybowskii is endemic to Xinjiang, China and has been locally listed as protected animals. To investigate its genetic diversity and structure, specimens were collected from six localities in Yili River system and Kaidu River. Fragments of 1092bp Cyt b gene were sequenced for 116 individuals. A total of 21 haplotypes were found in all samples, and no haplotype was shared between Yili River system and Kaidu River population. Sequence comparisons revealed 123 variable sites, with eight singleton sites and 115 parsimony informative sites. For all the populations examined, the haplotype diversity (h) was 0.8298 ± 0.0226, nucleotide diversity (π) was 0.2521 ± 0.1202, and average number of pairwise nucleotide differences (k) was 275.3369 ± 118.5660. AMOVA analysis showed that the differences were significant for total populations except for Yili River system populations. The pairwise F_st values revealed same conclusion with AMOVA analysis: Kaidu River population was divergent from Yili River system populations. The genetic distance between two groups was 0.108 and the divergence time was estimated at 5.4–6.6 Ma, the uplift of Tianshan Mountain might have separated them and resulted in the genetic differentiation. The neutrality test and mismatch analysis indicated that both two groups of G. dybowskii had went through population expansion, the expansion time of Yili River system and Kaidu River population was estimated at 0.5859–0.7146 Ma and 0.5151–0.6282 Ma, respectively. The climate changes of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau might have influenced the demographic history of G. dybowskii.     

Genetic polymorphism in varietal identification and genetic improvement

Summary New sources of genetic polymorphisms promise significant additions to the number of useful genetic markers in agricultural plants and animals, and prompt this review of potential applications of polymorphic genetic markers in plant and animal breeding. Two major areas of application can be distinguished. The first is based on the utilization of genetic markers to determine genetic relationships. These applications include varietal identification, protection of breeder's rights, and parentage determination. The second area of application is based on the use of genetic markers to identify and map loci affecting quantitative traits, and to monitor these loci during introgression or selection programs. A variety of breeding applications based on these possibilities can be envisaged for Selfers, particularly for those species having a relatively small genome size. These applications include: (i) screening genetic resources for useful quantitative trait alleles, and introgression of chromosome segments containing these alleles from resource strain to commercial variety; (ii) development of improved pure lines out of a cross between two existing commercial varieties; and (iii) development of crosses showing increased hybrid vigor. Breeding applications in segregating populations are more limited, particularly in species with a relatively large genome size. Potential applications, however, include: (i) preliminary selection of young males in dairy cattle on the basis of evaluated chromosomes of their proven sire; (ii) genetic analysis of resource strains characterized by high values for a particular quantitative trait, and introgression of chromosome segments carrying alleles contributing to the high values from resource strain to recipient strain.Contribution from The Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, No. 767-E, 1983 Series     

Loss of genetic diversity from heterogeneous self-pollinating genebank accessions

Genebank seed accessions of predominantly self-pollinating species may be stored either as bulked (mixed) seed lines or as pure line cultivars. If seed lines are bulked in storage then when considered over several regeneration cycles, loss of genetic diversity within heterogeneous self pollinating genebank accessions is shown to be severe. This within-accession loss of diversity represents opportunities foregone through the random loss of individual genotypes. Amongst working collections, the utility and repeatability of genebank accessions is paramount in the justification of the germ plasm resource. Therefore, the only practical solution to the management of predominantly self-pollinating species is to preserve individual accessions as pure lines.     

Genetic diversity of natural populations of Larix principis-rupprechtii in Shanxi Province,China

Prince Rupprecht's Larch (Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr.) is one of dominant components of middle and high elevation forests in North China. Shanxi Province is well known as “the Hometown of Prince Rupprecht's Larch” in China. In this study, six natural populations of this species across Shanxi were selected to investigate the genetic variation of the species using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Results showed that in comparison with some other species of Larix, higher genetic diversity was revealed at the species level for L. principis-rupprechtii (percentage of polymorphic loci PPL = 71.9%, Nei's gene diversity H_E = 0.225, Shannon information index I = 0.341). Most of genetic variation existed within populations (80.5%), while the genetic differentiation among populations was significant (p < 0.001) and higher (G_st = 0.194) than most other species of Larix. The differentiation can be attributed to the limited gene flow (N_m = 1.035) among populations, which could be due to the spatial isolation and habitat fragmentation. The six populations can be divided into three groups based on the Nei's genetic distances between populations (from 0.033 to 0.076). There was no significant correlation (r = 0.268, p > 0.05) between genetic distance and geographic distance among populations. The measures for in-situ or ex-situ conservation should be taken to preserve the genetic diversity of this species.     

Genetic diversity and structure of natural Pinus tabulaeformis populations in North China using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)

Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis carr.), endemic to China, is a conifer species with extensive and fragmented distribution in North China. In this study, the genetic diversity and structure of 20 natural populations of this species were investigated using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. A total of 445 fragments were revealed with 8 pairs of primers, 379 (85.17%) of which were polymorphic. A moderate level of genetic diversity was detected at the species level (Shannon's information index I = 0.356, Nei's gene diversity H_E = 0.271) and at the population level (I = 0.219, H_E = 0.206). Most of genetic variation was within populations while a considerable level of genetic differentiation was detected (G_ST = 0.352, Ф_ST = 0.304). The high differentiation could be attributed to the complex and fragmented habitats, and a limited gene flow among populations (N_m = 0.572). The Mantel test indicated that there was significant correlation (r = 0.455, P < 0.001) between Nei's genetic distance and geographical distance among all the populations. The results suggested that proper countermeasures should be taken to prevent the habitat further deterioration and maintain the genetic diversity of this species.     

Genetic traits

Recognizing that all traits are the result of an interaction between genes and environment, I offer a set of criteria for nevertheless making sense of our practice of singling out certain traits as genetic ones, in effect making a distinction between causes and mere conditions. The central criterion is that a trait is genetic if it is genetic differences that make the differences in that trait variable in a given population. A second criterion requires that genetic traits be individuated in a way that matches what some genetic factors cause specifically. Clarifying our causal and classificatory language here can help us to avoid confusions of both theoretical and practical significance.     

Genetic diversity and relationships among Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. Accessions as revealed by sequence-related amplified polymorphism markers

Canavalia ensiformis is an under-exploited legume that has been used as forage, green manure, and a cover crop. Thus far, studies of the C. ensiformis germplasm have focused on morphological traits, which cannot be used to distinguish all known accessions or to evaluate their genetic diversity precisely. In this study, sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers were used to assess the genetic diversity and relationships among 29 C. ensiformis accessions originating from 16 countries. In total, 274 clear bands were amplified and 144 of them (52.6%) were polymorphic. The polymorphism information content values (PIC) ranged from 0.10 to 0.43, with an average of 0.27. An analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that the most significant variation (92.0% of the total) occurred among accessions; the remaining 8.0% was attributed to variation within accessions. A cluster analysis and principal coordinates (PCoA) analysis produced similar results, whereby the 29 C. ensiformis accessions were divided into 5 clusters, each of which was composed of different accessions with different phenotypic traits. This study provides the theoretical basis for future biodiversity studies and breeding programs.