应用微卫星标记对雌核发育银鲫的遗传多样性初探

利用Crooijmans et al.(1997)分离的包含CA重复单元的普通鲤鱼（Cyprinus carpino.L)的8个微卫星DNA标记,对银鲫（Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch)的5个不同雌核发育系的24尾个体进行PCR扩增。分析电泳结果发现,除MFW28未能在银鲫中稳定地扩增出相应的同源序列,其余的7对引物扩增的重复性和稳定性都很好,随引物不同,各等位基因数为1-14个,大小在100-506bp。在MFW1、MFW4、MFW19、MFW20、MFW23和MFW246个微卫星的扩增图谱中,不同的雌核发育系扩增出各自独特的图谱,而同一系内的不同个体间具有高度的遗传同质性,但仍然在个别个体中检测到少量的多态片段。不同系间的扩增图谱呈现出高度的遗传异质性,共鉴定出23个可以用于有效区分5个不同雌核发育系的分子标记。这5个微卫星标记反映了银鲫5个雌核发育系间的相互亲缘关系,其中P和A系同属一个雌核发育系,F系起源于E系,A、D和E系可能分别独立地起源于不同的杂交事件,鉴定的微卫星分子标记为进行银鲫群体遗传学和进化遗传学研究,以及银鲫的分子标记育种和进行基因组作图提供了理想的工具。     

野生马氏珠母贝子一代的遗传多样性

分析了海南省三亚与广西省北海两地野生贝群体内交配所得子代两群体 (SS、BB)和群体间交配(SS♀ ×BB♂ →BS)所得子代群体 (BS)各 8个个体的遗传多样性。筛选的 2 0个含 1 0碱基的随机引物中 ,其中 1 4个产生稳定的可重复的多态扩增结果 ,共检测出 1 2 4个位点。用修正的Shannon表型多态性指数量化三个群体的遗传多态度 ,SS、BB、BS三群体的多态度分别为 0 2 47,0 2 3 7,0 2 61。SS与BB ,SS与BS ,BB与BS三群体间的遗传相似度分别为 87 2 4% ,80 3 9% ,83 90 %。讨论了不同地域之间进行马氏珠母贝育种及遗传多样性保护工作的可行性     

Echo delay versus spectral cues for temporal hyperacuity in the big brown bat,Eptesicus fuscus

Big brown bats can discriminate between echoes that alternate in delay (jitter) by as little as 10–15 ns and echoes that are stationary in delay. This delay hyperacuity seems so extreme that it has been rejected in favor of an explanation in terms of artifacts in echoes, most likely spectral in nature, that presumably are correlated with delay. Using different combinations of digital, analog, and cable delays, we dissociated the overall delay of jittering echoes from the size of the analog component of delay, which alone is presumed to determine the strength of the apparatus artifact. The bats' performance remains invariant with respect to the overall delay of the jittering echoes, not with respect to the amount of analog delay. This result is not consistent with the possible use of delay-related artifacts produced by the analog delay devices. Moreover, both electronic and acoustic measurements disclose no spectral cues or impedance-mismatch reflections in delayed signals, just time-delays. The absence of artifacts from the apparatus and the failure of overlap and interference from reverberation to account for the 10-ns result means that closing the gap between the level of temporal accuracy plausibly explained from physiology and the level observed in behavior may require a better understanding of the physiology.Abbreviations FM frequency-modulated - XCR cross-correlation function     

封闭式饲养鸡场H9N2亚型禽流感病毒HA基因在5年内的遗传变异

选择一个于1998年开始发生H9亚型禽流感的封闭式大型养鸡场,连续5年内分离到22株H9N2亚型病毒,对其中9株与1998年分离株进行HA基因序列和病毒抗原性的比较结果表明,这些分离株均与1998年的具有较高的序列同源性,且在本研究期内HA基因的这些变化尚未产生引起交叉保护性改变。初步推断这些分离株均系1998年分离株在场内循环传播变化得来,其HA基因的变异可能与频繁的疫苗免疫选择压力有关。这为进一步研究禽流感病毒变异的规律和制定正确的禽流感防治对策具有重要意义。     

Sodium—A Functional Plant Nutrient

Plant scientists usually classify plant mineral nutrients based on the concept of “essentiality” defined by Arnon and Stout as those elements necessary to complete the life cycle of a plant. Certain other elements such as Na have a ubiquitous presence in soils and waters and are widely taken up and utilized by plants, but are not considered as plant nutrients because they do not meet the strict definition of “essentiality.” Sodium has a very specific function in the concentration of carbon dioxide in a limited number of C₄ plants and thus is essential to these plants, but this in itself is insufficient to generalize that Na is essential for higher plants. The unique set of roles that Na can play in plant metabolism suggests that the basic concept of what comprises a plant nutrient should be reexamined. We contend that the class of plant mineral nutrients should be comprised not only of those elements necessary for completing the life cycle, but also those elements which promote maximal biomass yield and/or which reduce the requirement (critical level) of an essential element. We suggest that nutrients functioning in this latter manner should be termed “functional nutrients.” Thus plant mineral nutrients would be comprised of two major groups, “essential nutrients” and “functional nutrients.” We present an array of evidence and arguments to support the classification of Na as a “functional nutrient,” including its requirement for maximal biomass growth for many plants and its demonstrated ability to replace K in a number of ways, such as being an osmoticium for cell enlargement and as an accompanying cation for long-distance transport. Although in this paper we have only attempted to make the case for Na being a “functional nutrient,” other elements such as Si and Se may also confirm to the proposed category of “functional nutrients.”     

广西原产和外引蚕豆种质资源鉴定评价

在广西南宁对242份引自 ICARDA 和我国云南、河北、江苏、广东、甘肃及广西的蚕豆种质资源进行了连续3年的农艺性状鉴定和连续2年的抗病性鉴定。从中筛选出适宜在广西试种利用的8份优良资源。鉴定结果表明,引自 ICAR-DA 和甘肃、河北、江苏的材料大部分在广西结实很少或者没有结实,来自纬度相近地区的广东、云南的材料结实基本正常,来自广西的材料最为正常,说明蚕豆的生态适应范围狭窄,具有很强的地域生态特点。     

我国麻类资源的多样性及其保护利用对策

在“七五”、“八五”、“九五”研究的基础上,本文论述了我国麻类资源的种类、数量与分布以及保护利用现状等方面的问题,并提出了多样性的可持续发展和利用对策,为今后我国麻类资源的收集、保存、鉴定、创新和利用提供依据。     

试论野生稻资源遗传多样性原生境保存

我国野生稻资源丰富,分布地域广阔,由于经济建设用地需要,近年来野生稻原生地遭到严重破坏,野生稻原生境保存已是十分紧迫的事情。本文论述了原生境保存的意义,原生境保存地的选择原则及设想,旨在提高全民生态保护意识,加强野生稻资源保护。     

Direct plant regeneration from leaf explants of Plumbago species and its genetic fidelity through RAPD markers

In vitro plant regeneration was achieved from leaf explants of Plumbago rosea and Plumbago zeylanica on Murashige & Skoog (1962) medium supplemented with 1.5 mg litre^?1 6‐benzylaminopurine, 0.25 mg litre^?1 indole‐3‐acetic acid, 50 mg litre^?1 adenine sulfate and 3% (w/v) sucrose. The shoot initials developed within 2–3 wk on the leaf margin as well as from the wounds of the leaf. High frequency shoot‐bud regeneration was achieved on similar medium in subsequent subcultures. The semi‐mature leaves produced more shoot‐buds as compared to the younger leaves. Mature leaves did not show any response for shoot bud initiation. More than 85% of the semi‐mature explants produced shoot‐buds per leaf explant within 4 wk of culture. Shoots rooted easily on medium having half‐strength basal Murashige & Skoog (1962) medium supplemented with 0.25 mg litre^?1 indole‐3‐butyric acid and 2% (w/v) sucrose; 84–92% of the in vitro rooted plantlets survived in the greenhouse. The regenerated plantlets appeared morphologically similar to the mother plants. No variation was detected among the regenerated plants by the use of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. This method might be useful for assessing plant improvement programmes.     

逆转座子与生物遗传多样性

生物为了适应环境变化,需要遗传物质发生变化来为进化提供材料,在进化过程中遗传物质的变化方式主要包括突变和基因重排。对一个种群或个体来讲,在不同的环境或一定生活周期内的不同阶段,基因组存在着基因的差次表达,这种调控在核酸分子水平上主要是通过突变的基因重排水平实现,由此使得基因组成为一个动态变化的体系,使种群或个体的遗传多样性发生相应的变化。分子生物学中最惊人的发现之一是在基因组内存在着通过DNA转录为RNA后,再经逆转录成为cDNA并插入到基因组的新位点上的因子,被称为逆转座子。按照其结构特点以及所编码反转录蛋白因子的不同,可分为反转录转位因子,反转录子,反转录病毒,能编码反转录所需蛋白的因子,不能编码反转录所需蛋白的因子。逆转座子在转位过程中须以RNA作为中间体,RNA较易变异,且RNA聚合酶和逆转录酶均无校对功能,这就使得逆转座子具有高度变异性。逆转座子可通过遗传变异,基因重排或对基因表达的影响,导致生物遗传多样性的形成。逆转座子除了能够促进基因的流动性增加遗传多样性外,它们散布在基因组中,还能够成为进化的种子。