一种优化的胡杨高效多重（12重）SSR体系

微卫星多重PCR方法是一种非常经济并且高通量的基因分型技术。本研究在耐干旱、盐碱的胡杨（Populus euphratica）中开发出一套荧光标记的12重微卫星工作体系。该体系包含12条表达序列标签微卫星（EST-SSR）引物,其中3条设计于NCBI,另外9条设计于二代的转录组序列。利用该多重微卫星体系可在单一的PCR反应体系中成功扩增出12条表达序列标签的微卫星短序列片段。并在胡杨的3个自然居群96个个体中对该体系进行了验证,结果显示该体系具有很高的稳定性及多样性。同时,在杨属的5个派7个种中对其通用性进行了检验,显示这些引物具有很高的通用性,成功扩增率为79％。本研究中提供的12重多重PCR结合本实验已经公开发表的2个8重体系对揭示胡杨及其他杨树的进化历史具有重要的作用。最后,本研究认为引物的选择,扩增效率,哑等位基因的检测是多重体系开发过程中最为关键的步骤。     

伊犁鲈微卫星位点的筛选及近缘物种通用性

为开发伊犁鲈(Perca schrenkii)分子标记用于鲈属鱼类种质资源保护,以伊犁鲈为材料,应用磁珠富集法进行了微卫星标记的筛选.从伊犁鲈尾鳍提取总DNA,进行酶切、接头连接、PCR扩增,再采用生物素标记(CA)15探针及生物素标记(TG)15探针对扩增产物进行杂交富集,经再次PCR扩增及T-A克隆,成功构建了伊犁鲈基因组微卫星富集文库.采用重复序列引物筛选获得阳性克隆,随机选取48个阳性克隆进行测序,测得序列46个,其中38个克隆含有微卫星序列,41个位点的微卫星重复数在8次以上.根据测得序列设计17对微卫星引物,均能在伊犁鲈群体中扩增获得目的条带.采用该17对引物对河鲈(P.fluviatilis)及黄金鲈(P.flavescens)群体样本进行扩增,10对引物具有通用性,其中6对在河鲈中具有高度多态性(PIC>0.5),5对在黄金鲈中具有高度多态性.     

磁珠富集法分离刀鲚微卫星标记

利用磁珠富集法分离微卫星序列,以开发长江刀鲚微卫星分子标记。将长江刀鲚基因组DNA经限制内切酶Mse I酶切,回收400-1 000 bp片段,安装接头,构建长江刀鲚全基因组PCR文库。用生物素标记的微卫星探针(CA)12与其杂交,磁珠富集含有微卫星序列的DNA片段。将洗脱所得片段进行PCR扩增,然后进行克隆。经过菌落PCR检验后挑选出118个阳性克隆进行测序,其中97条含有微卫星序列。用设计合成59对微卫星引物对30尾养殖长江刀鲚进行引物的多态性筛选,得到9对多态性引物。     

桥式PCR，一种简易连接DNA标签序列的方法

MAST方法采用人工文库的DNA标签序列鉴定mRNA的可接近位点。大量的标签序列通过扩增和克隆测序达到阐明mRNA结合位点图。设计了单一引物的PCR,其引物在标签序列两端结合搭桥,在扩增中DNA标签序列在搭桥引物的作用下进行连接,连接的标签序列再克隆和测序。十几条这样的连接产物包含了上千条标签序列。该PCR方法简单、高效以用于高通量的方式对标签序列测序。     

基于454测序技术的青藏高原黄绿蜜环菌微卫星引物的开发

【目的】本研究利用454焦磷酸测序技术,对青藏高原黄绿蜜环菌(Armillaria luteo-virens)转录组进行测序,从获得的Expressed sequence tags(EST)序列中开发EST-SSR引物。【方法】利用高通量测序获得的EST序列设计微卫星引物,通过PCR扩增、琼脂糖凝胶电泳和毛细管电泳检测筛选出合格的微卫星引物。【结果】共得到了1997121条reads,总数据量超过80Mb,序列平均长度为449bp。对于所获得的reads进行拼接后得到了22236条非冗余的EST序列,其中含有2024条contigs(平均读长974bp)和20212条singletons(平均读长404bp)。在所有序列中共找到321条符合条件的含有SSR的序列,从中随机选择98对,成功开发出27对具有多态性条带的微卫星引物。利用采集自3个不同居群的66个个体对上述27对引物进行验证,有17对引物符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡且没有连锁不平衡现象。【结论】首次成功利用高通量测序技术开发的EST-SSR引物将会对今后黄绿蜜环菌遗传多样性的研究以及种质资源鉴定、遗传图谱构建等打下了坚实基础。     

梅EST-SSR标记的开发及利用

利用MISA软件对10 123条梅EST序列进行SSR位点查找,得到含SSR位点的序列935条,SSR位点1233个,平均每100条EST序列中含有12.18个SSR位点.2核苷酸、3核苷酸重复是最主要的重复类型,分别占35.52%和41.36%.设计了40对EST-SSR引物并进行扩增,有24对引物能扩增出理想的PCR 产物,其中17对引物具有较好的扩增多态性.测序后发现13对引物中有73.08%的片段具有相应的SSR位点,对杏DNA指纹中部分谱带的测序结果也证明了是梅扩增出的相应的SSR位点.根据本研究含有SSR位点的测序结果推算,从梅EST中开发真实SSR位点的数目为901.随机选择13对引物对杏和梅进行DNA指纹构建与遗传多样性分析,结果发现,来源于梅的EST-SSR引物在杏中有很高的通用性,这些引物把梅和杏分成了两大群体,说明他们是遗传差异明显的两种植物.     

天麻基因组微卫星特征分析与分子标记开发

该研究基于第二代测序技术建立了天麻的基因文库,筛选微卫星序列,并对微卫星位点的类型、丰度、长度、偏好性等进行了分析与比较;并为60条重复次数高的微卫星序列设计了引物,运用4个种群80个样本进行了PCR扩增和聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测。结果表明:(1)天麻基因组测序得到61 048条基因序列,检测出微卫星位点12 107个,其中二核苷酸重复最多、长度变异大。(2)设计的60对微卫星引物中的20对能扩增出清晰条带且有多态性,每个位点的复等位基因数(N_a)在4~14之间,平均为8.40;多态性信息含量(PIC)平均为0.77。该研究开发的天麻微卫星分子标记为开展天麻遗传学研究及种质资源鉴定等工作奠定了基础。     

长江江豚微卫星DNA分离的初步研究

为了开发物种特异性微卫星标记,本文采用一种改良的快速微卫星分离法(FIASCO)从长江江豚(Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis)的基因组中筛选得到72条微卫星DNA序列。根据重复单元的排列特点,完美型、非完美型及复合型序列所占的比例分别为58.3%、22.2%和19.5%。选择其中30条序列设计PCR扩增引物,并用12个随机选择的长江江豚样品进行多态性筛选。初步结果表明其中14对引物的扩增产物稳定并且具有多态性;在每个座位上获得2-13个等位基因,平均等位基因数为5.87个;14个微卫星座位的平均观察杂合度(Ho)和期望杂合度(He)分别为0.560和0.709。本研究获得了长江江豚的第一批物种特异性微卫星座位及其扩增引物,这些微卫星标记将在后续的保护遗传学研究中发挥重要作用。       

丝羽乌骨鸡微卫星标记多重PCR体系的建立与初步应用

采用多重PCR的方法, 对其反应条件进行优化, 以获得用于丝羽乌骨鸡遗传分析的稳定PCR体系。18个微卫星标记共获得5个扩增效果理想的组合, 其中3个为四重PCR, 2个为三重PCR。将扩增产物进一步合并为3组, 用ABI 3100-Avant遗传分析仪检测。实验结果表明, 所选用的微卫星标记表现出丰富的多态性, 可成功地应用于丝羽乌骨鸡的遗传分析。     

磁珠富集法分离小黄李基因组微卫星DNA片段

将微卫星探针5′端生物素化后与链亲和素磁珠特异结合,用磁珠和探针的结合物与两端连接已知序列人工接头的中国李品种小黄李(Prunus salicinacv.Xiaohuangli)基因组DNA酶切片段杂交,以此杂交片段为模板用人工接头序列为引物进行PCR扩增,根据PCR产物测序结果设计引物作为微卫星DNA的标记引物.结果在随机挑选的36个克隆进行菌落PCR检测时,从31个阳性克隆中挑选18个克隆进行测序后获得了12条特异序列,设计的8对SSR引物均在5个中国李受试品种上获得了预期的扩增产物,其中4对引物在受试品种上表现出多态性.     

High Throughput SSR Multiplex Kits (12 plex) for Euphrates’ Poplar,Populus euphratica (Salicaceae)

Multiplex PCR of microsatellite is a cost effective and high throughput technique of genotyping. We developed a new 12 plex PCR kit for Populus euphratica, the only tree species in desert area ranging from Western China to Mediterranean coast. Three primers were designed for the expressed sequence tags (ESTs) sequences from the NCBI database and the other nine primers were designed based on the EST sequences of Peuphratica obtained by Solexa. The multiplex kit was tested by 96 samples from three natural populations. The results showed sufficient amplification stability and high polymorphism. All the 12 loci used in this kit showed a high transferability (79%) in other seven species from five sections of the genus. The new 12 plex kit combined with the two eight multiplex kits we had developed in previous studies, should be useful to reveal the genetic mechanism and evolution history of the Peuphratica and related species. During the research, we found that primers selection, amplification efficiency, null allele detection are the essential parts of the multiplex kit development.     

M-PCR： a powerful method for rapid molecular identification of Trichogramma wasps （Hymenoptera： Trichogrammatidae）

Two species-specific primers were designed depending on ITS2 sequence variation of 37 Trichogramma wasps, and these primers were applied to establish an assay,multiplex PCR (M-PCR), for molecular diagnosis of two important Trichogramma wasps,T. confusum and T. dendrolimi, in China. Multiplex-PCR results showed that only target species produced two PCR products, one product of ITS2 region species-specific amplification and one product of its ITS 1 region universal amplification, but other species produced only one ITS1 universal PCR product. Using this method, the target Trichogramma species can be distinguished from other Trichogramma species. Molecular identification based on M-PCR has particular value over morphological technology and other approaches, such as normal molecular and biochemical methods. Furthermore, because M-PCR assay can avoid false negative results, which frequently happen in PCR reaction, this method will be much more accurate and useful for Trichogramma identification, and can be developed as an easy and rapid diagnostic kit applied in the identification and quality monitoring of Trichogramma mass products both in the factory and in the field. Such an easy and rapid diagnostic kit will be valuable in the application of Trichogramma species as a biological control.     

Two highly validated SSR multiplexes (8‐plex) for Euphrates' poplar,Populus euphratica (Salicaceae)

Multiplex PCR amplification of microsatellites has significantly increased the throughput and decreased the costs of genotyping. We have developed two highly polymorphic microsatellite multiplexes for Populus euphratica, the only tree species found in desert regions of Western China and adjacent Central Asian countries. The first of these multiplex kits comprises an eight‐Plex of genomic SSRs (gSSRs) obtained from published databases. The second comprises an eight‐plex of newly designed EST‐SSRs (eSSRs) based on expressed sequence tags for P. euphratica. Both kits were tested on a sample of 170 individuals from four populations. The gSSRs exhibited slightly more polymorphism than the eSSRs. The new multiplex protocols yielded consistent results in the hands of multiple researchers, demonstrating their robustness. The 16 loci used in the kits exhibited a high transferability rate (82.0%) in eight other poplar species belonging to five different sections of the genus. Both kits should therefore be useful for further investigations of population genetics in P. euphratica and related species. Our results indicate that it is essential to follow recently established recommendations when developing microsatellite markers, including verifying the amplification efficiency, detecting null alleles and carefully measuring error rates.     

De novo discovery and multiplexed amplification of microsatellite markers for black alder (Alnus glutinosa) and related species using SSR-enriched shotgun pyrosequencing

Recent developments in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics analyses provide an unprecedented opportunity for cost and time effective high quality microsatellite marker discovery in nonmodel organisms for which no genomic information is available. Here, we use shotgun pyrosequencing of a microsatellite-enriched library to develop, for the first time, microsatellite markers for Alnus glutinosa, a keystone tree species of European riparian woodland communities. From a total of 17?855 short sequences, we identified 590 perfect microsatellites from which 392 had designed primers. A subset of 48 loci were tested for amplification, 12 of which were polymorphic in A. glutinosa. These 12 loci were successfully coamplified in a single multiplex polymerase chain reaction experiment and validated for population genetics applications. In addition, 10 and 8 of these microsatellites were found to be transferable to the related A. incana and A. cordata species. The developed multiplex of 12 microsatellite markers therefore provides new opportunities for experimental evolutionary and forest genetics research in Alnus.     

Improved noninvasive genotyping method: application to brown bear (Ursus arctos) faeces

We redesigned new microsatellite primers and one sex‐specific primer for amplification of faecal DNA from brown bears (Ursus arctos). We also combined a semi‐nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with a newly developed multiplex preamplification method in order to increase the quality of the amplified DNA fragments. In comparison with a conventional PCR approach, the genotyping error rate was substantially reduced and the amplification rate was increased. This new approach could be transposed to other species where conventional PCR methods experience low success due to limited DNA concentration and/or quality.     

Rapid differentiation and in situ detection of 16 sourdough lactobacillus species by multiplex PCR

A two-step multiplex PCR-based method was designed for the rapid detection of 16 species of lactobacilli known to be commonly present in sourdough. The first step of multiplex PCR was developed with a mixture of group-specific primers, while the second step included three multiplex PCR assays with a mixture of species-specific primers. Primers were derived from sequences that specify the 16S rRNA, the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region, and part of the 23S rRNA gene. The primer pairs designed were shown to exclusively amplify the targeted rrn operon fragment of the corresponding species. Due to the reliability of simultaneously identifying Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus pentosus, and Lactobacillus paraplantarum, a previously described multiplex PCR method employing recA gene-derived primers was included in the multiplex PCR system. The combination of a newly developed, quick bacterial DNA extraction method from sourdough and this multiplex PCR assay allows the rapid in situ detection of several sourdough-associated lactobacilli, including the recently described species Lactobacillus rossii, and thus represents a very useful alternative to culture-based methodologies.     

CODEHOP (COnsensus-DEgenerate Hybrid Oligonucleotide Primer) PCR primer design

We have developed a new primer design strategy for PCR amplification of distantly related gene sequences based on consensus-degenerate hybrid oligonucleotide primers (CODEHOPs). An interactive program has been written to design CODEHOP PCR primers from conserved blocks of amino acids within multiply-aligned protein sequences. Each CODEHOP consists of a pool of related primers containing all possible nucleotide sequences encoding 3-4 highly conserved amino acids within a 3' degenerate core. A longer 5' non-degenerate clamp region contains the most probable nucleotide predicted for each flanking codon. CODEHOPs are used in PCR amplification to isolate distantly related sequences encoding the conserved amino acid sequence. The primer design software and the CODEHOP PCR strategy have been utilized for the identification and characterization of new gene orthologs and paralogs in different plant, animal and bacterial species. In addition, this approach has been successful in identifying new pathogen species. The CODEHOP designer (http://blocks.fhcrc.org/codehop.html) is linked to BlockMaker and the Multiple Alignment Processor within the Blocks Database World Wide Web (http://blocks.fhcrc.org).     

Non-TIR-NBS-LRR resistance gene analogs in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)

Genes encoding for proteins with nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich repeat motifs (NBS-LRR) have been suggested to play a general role in plant defence mechanism. In Prunus species, many TIR (Toll / Interleukin-1 Receptor), and only very few non-TIR sequences were identified, which was explained either by the unequal distribution of TIR/non-TIR sequences in the Prunus genome or by the incapability of primers in the amplification of non-TIR RGAs. The objective of this work was to check whether a new semi-nested PCR strategy can be developed for the targeted isolation of non-TIR-NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Analog (RGA) sequences from apricot. Three primers (CUB-P-loop F, CUB-Kin2 F and CUB-HD R) were designed, from which CUB-Kin2 F and CUB-HD R were constructed to anneal selectively to the non-TIR sequences. A colony Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) indicated that out of the 96 clones tested 28 showed amplification using the newly developed primers, while no amplification occurred when using the formerly described primers. Half of the 28 positive clones were sequenced and they turned out to represent 11 different non-TIR RGA sequences. A phylogenetic analysis was carried out based on an alignment containing 293 Rosaceae and 21 non-Rosaceaa sequences. A significantly higher ratio (91%) of non-TIR sequences were arranged in multi-genera clades than that of (57%) the TIR groups confirming that non-TIR sequences might be of more ancient origin than TIR sequences.     

Diagnostic markers for Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and Planococcus citri (Risso) by random amplification of polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction and species-specific mitochondrial DNA primers

Abstract:  Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and Planococcus citri (Risso) (Hom., Pseudococcidae) are important phytophagous components in different agroecosystems. The two species may coexist in the same environment and are most difficult to distinguish by morphological features. The aim of this study was to find genetic markers suitable for distinguishing P. ficus from P. citri , to assist in the rapid identification of field specimens. By using synthetic sex pheromone-baited traps, pure male populations of both species were collected from a vineyard and from a citrus orchard in northern Sardinia, Italy. Individual males of citrus and vine mealybugs were preliminarily examined by the random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique. Among twelve 10-mer random primers, the oligonucleotide OPL-12 generated several markers suitable for distinguishing between the two species. This primer was then used to characterize individual males and females of both mealybug species collected near pheromone-baited traps in vineyards and orange orchards from different geographic areas. Reference samples from other regions of southern Italy were also included. A clear differentiation of the two species was accomplished according to their pattern of amplification, thus confirming a high level of intra-specific genetic homogeneity. Consequently, two fragments of the cytochrome c oxidase I gene from P. citri and P. ficus were compared and two pairs of species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers were developed based on diverging sequences. These primers allowed sensitive and reliable PCR identification of both males and females of P. citri and of P. ficus of different geographic origin.