光温敏核雄性不育小麦BS366花粉母细胞减数分裂的细胞学研究

要以小麦光温敏核雄性不育系BS366为材料,采用卡宝品红压片法研究花粉母细胞减数分裂的细胞学变化。结果表明:不育环境下的BS366花粉母细胞减数分裂过程中染色体和细胞形态异常现象较多。染色体异常主要表现为:染色体落后,染色体桥、染色体散乱排列,微核、染色体分离不同步。细胞形态异常表现为:二分体时期细胞质不完全分裂,细胞板不平整;四分体时期子细胞大小不一。花粉母细胞减数分裂后,异常四分体的比例为62.88%;成熟花粉粒中败育率为89.5%。推测减数分裂期间异常的染色体行为以及细胞形态可能是影响花粉育性降低的重要原因。     

水稻早世代稳定相关的SSR标记

以具有早世代稳定特性的9个水稻品系和7个栽培稻进行杂交得到130个杂交组合。发现在同一个组合的F2群体中除出现孟德尔式分离株系外还出现性状整齐一致的稳定株系,在F2群体中出现了32个不同农艺性状的稳定株系。SSR标记结果表明：稳定株系F2与其F1单株的标记一致,都是纯合的,且双亲的标记在后代都有出现,双亲的标记位点在后代的染色体上同时出现,说明稳定株系为真杂种;分离株系F2与其F1单株SSR标记均为杂合;大部分稳定株系在RM276、RM258、RM248、RM1这4个标记位点都较高频率地出现非父母带型。推测出现变异的配子激活杂种合子体细胞减数分裂,合子经过减数分裂后,4个单倍体细胞经过胚胎发育选择,其中一个细胞染色体加倍而发育为纯合的二倍体植株。     

濒危植物巴东木莲花粉母细胞减数分裂观察

对巴东木莲Manglietia patungensis及其近缘种乳源木莲M. yuyuanensis的花粉母细胞减数分裂过程的基本特征进行了比较研究。乳源木莲与巴东木莲的染色体数目和核型相同,但不经任何人为因素诱导,它们之间在减数分裂过程中的染色体行为上有明显差异。(1)巴东木莲减数分裂中期I构型为0.30IV+18.33II+0.15I,与乳源木莲构型19II不同,巴东木莲可能存在同臂内倒位杂合子,染色体结构存在一定的杂合性。(2)后期I和后期II染色体行为异常现象发生频率明显不同。以后期II为例,乳源木莲减数分裂相中有迟滞染色体的细胞占8.8%,迟滞染色体不超过2个;巴东木莲有迟滞染色体等异常现象的细胞占29.2%,迟滞染色体最高达11个,还出现染色体碎裂成断片现象。巴东木莲减数分裂过程中染色体组表现出染色体结构杂合变异和迟滞染色体与染色体的断裂频率很高的异常现象在一定程度上可能影响了雄配子体的发育。     

交叉端化假说

交叉代表同源染色体在减数分裂前期Ⅰ中交换了染色体片段而形成的细胞学图象。这是由细胞学家 Ruckert(1892)、Janss-ens(1909)等在减数分裂中最早注意到的。他们推测交叉是由于父源与母源的染色体完成了局部的交换形成的。后来这种观点得到了 Morgan(1912)等通过对果蝇遗传交换研究结果的赞同。然而,交叉理论在当时并没被许多的细胞学家所接受。直到本世纪二十年代和三十年代初,这一理论又得到了许多细胞学家一系列研究的支持,以致于细胞学中看到的交叉和遗传学中的交换的关系才逐渐被广大学者所接受,即细胞学上看     

植物减数分裂同源染色体重组的分子机理

减数分裂是真核生物有性生殖过程中性母细胞成熟时所进行的特殊细胞分裂方式.在减数分裂过程中,同源染色体间需发生一系列有规律的重要事件,包括同源染色体配对、联会、重组、分离等,这些事件被证明是由许多遗传网络精密调控的.尽管许多调控减数分裂过程的基因已经被克隆,但减数分裂同源重组的分子机理仍不太清楚.植物是进行减数分裂研究的理想材料,近年来随着多种模式植物基因组序列测定的完成,大大加速了植物减数分裂相关基因的鉴定与功能研究.本文以拟南芥和水稻为主要对象,综述了植物减数分裂同源重组分子机理研究取得的一些重要进展,着重分析已鉴定同源重组相关蛋白的生物学功能.     

通辽杨花粉母细胞减数分裂及其染色体行为研究

在温室水培条件下对通辽杨(Populus simoniiCarr.×P.nigraL.‘Tongliao’)花粉母细胞减数分裂进程及其染色体行为进行了研究。结果表明:(1)通辽杨花粉母细胞减数分裂与其雄花芽/花序外部特征和花药颜色有着密切关系,前期Ⅰ作为减数分裂过程中最关键而复杂的一个阶段,大约占整个减数分裂进程90%的时间;中期Ⅰ存在单价体,后期Ⅰ有落后染色体出现,表现出较强的遗传杂合性,而且中期Ⅱ平行纺锤体的出现与天然花粉中大花粉的存在之间可能有着一定的联系;(2)在通辽杨减数分裂过程中核仁数目存在1~8个的动态变化,这种现象可能与杨属植物古多倍性起源有关,并推测通辽杨染色体组内至少存在8对带有次缢痕的染色体;(3)在同一个花芽,同一个小花,乃至同一个花药中,往往能同时观察到5~9个不同的分裂相,这种减数分裂不同步性是通辽杨适应环境的一种进化表现,对其种群繁殖具有重要意义。     

2种短翅型蝗虫减数分裂比较研究

减数分裂是生物有性繁殖过程中产生配子的一种特殊分裂方式,其过程中染色体行为在一定程度上反映物种的产生、分化和演变。对2种云南分布的短翅型蝗虫减数分裂中染色体行为特征进行研究,结果显示:两者减数分裂各个时期的特征基本一致,但双线期、终变期存在显著差异,二齿龙川蝗同源染色体联会配对较曲尾龙川蝗更为复杂。     

抑制植物减数分裂重组的分子机理

减数分裂重组不仅保证了真核生物有性生殖过程中染色体数量的稳定,还通过父母亲本间遗传物质的互换在后代中产生遗传变异。因此,减数分裂重组是遗传多样性形成的重要途径,也是生物多样性和物种进化的主要动力。在绝大多数真核生物中,不管染色体数目的多少或基因组的大小,减数分裂重组的形成都受到严格的调控,但抑制减数分裂重组的分子机理目前仍不清楚。近年来,通过正向遗传学筛选鉴定出多个减数分裂重组抑制基因,揭示了抑制基因的功能和调控途径。本文基于拟南芥中减数分裂重组抑制基因的研究现状,综述了植物减数分裂重组抑制基因研究取得的突破性进展,并结合基因功能与其调控网络阐述了抑制植物减数分裂重组的分子机理。     

植物减数分裂中的染色体配对、联会和重组研究进展

减数分裂是有性生殖的关键步骤,而染色体配对、联会和重组又是减数分裂的重要环节,也是减数分裂研究的热点之一。近些年来,借助于先进的分子生物学和细胞学技术,通过大量突变体的筛选,在植物减数分裂中染色体的配对、联会和重组研究取得了长足的进展。文章就目前克隆的植物减数分裂中染色体配对、联会和重组相关的基因及功能研究进行了总结,并进一步对其分子机制进行了探讨。     

雌雄蓖麻蚕减数分裂染色体的比较研究

以蓖麻蚕Philosamia cynthia riciniBoisduval为材料,全面比较了雌雄蓖麻蚕减数分裂前期I染色体的行为变化,从细胞学角度证明了雌蚕减数分裂染色体完全连锁,而雄蚕发生连锁交换;详细观察了雌蚕减数分裂I双线期过程中性染色体的动态变化,发现其存在着自身配对的过程,进而对其起源进化假说进行了探讨,认为其可能来源于一对同源常染色体片段的易位融合。     

Reverse breeding: a novel breeding approach based on engineered meiosis

Reverse breeding (RB) is a novel plant breeding technique designed to directly produce parental lines for any heterozygous plant, one of the most sought after goals in plant breeding. RB generates perfectly complementing homozygous parental lines through engineered meiosis. The method is based on reducing genetic recombination in the selected heterozygote by eliminating meiotic crossing over. Male or female spores obtained from such plants contain combinations of non-recombinant parental chromosomes which can be cultured in vitro to generate homozygous doubled haploid plants (DHs). From these DHs, complementary parents can be selected and used to reconstitute the heterozygote in perpetuity . Since the fixation of unknown heterozygous genotypes is impossible in traditional plant breeding, RB could fundamentally change future plant breeding. In this review, we discuss various other applications of RB, including breeding per chromosome.     

Chromosome engineering: power tools for plant genetics

The term "chromosome engineering" describes technologies in which chromosomes are manipulated to change their mode of genetic inheritance. This review examines recent innovations in chromosome engineering that promise to greatly increase the efficiency of plant breeding. Haploid Arabidopsis thaliana have been produced by altering the kinetochore protein CENH3, yielding instant homozygous lines. Haploid production will facilitate reverse breeding, a method that downregulates recombination to ensure progeny contain intact parental chromosomes. Another chromosome engineering success is the conversion of meiosis into mitosis, which produces diploid gametes that are clones of the parent plant. This is a key step in apomixis (asexual reproduction through seeds) and could help to preserve hybrid vigor in the future. New homologous recombination methods in plants will potentiate many chromosome engineering applications.     

Multiple loci contribute to genome-wide recombination levels in male mice

Recent linkage-based studies in humans suggest the presence of loci that affect either genome-wide recombination rates, utilization of recombination hotspots, or both. We have been interested in utilizing cytological methodology to directly assess recombination in mammalian meiocytes and to identify recombination-associated loci. In the present report we summarize studies in which we combined a cytological assay of recombination in mouse pachytene spermatocytes with QTL analyses to identify loci that contribute to genome-wide levels of recombination in male meiosis. Specifically, we analyzed MLH1 foci, a marker of crossovers, in 194 F2 male mice derived from a subspecific cross between CAST/EiJ and C57BL/6J parental strains. We then used these data to uncover loci associated with individual variation in mean MLH1 values. We identified seven recombination-associated loci across the genome (on chromosomes 2, 3, 4, 14, 15, 17, and X), indicating that there are multiple recombination “setting” loci in mammalian male meiosis.     

Dynamics of homologous chromosome pairing during meiotic prophase in fission yeast

Pairing of homologous chromosomes is important for homologous recombination and correct chromosome segregation during meiosis. It has been proposed that telomere clustering, nuclear oscillation, and recombination during meiotic prophase facilitate homologous chromosome pairing in fission yeast. Here we examined the contributions of these chromosomal events to homologous chromosome pairing, by directly observing the dynamics of chromosomal loci in living cells of fission yeast. Homologous loci exhibited a dynamic process of association and dissociation during the time course of meiotic prophase. Lack of nuclear oscillation reduced association frequency for both centromeric and arm regions of the chromosome. Lack of telomere clustering or recombination reduced association frequency at arm regions, but not significantly at centromeric regions. Our results indicate that homologous chromosomes are spatially aligned by oscillation of telomere-bundled chromosomes and physically linked by recombination at chromosome arm regions; this recombination is not required for association of homologous centromeres.     

Positive role of the mammalian TBPIP/HOP2 protein in DMC1-mediated homologous pairing

In meiosis, homologous recombination preferentially occurs between homologous chromosomes rather than between sister chromatids, which is opposite to the bias of mitotic recombinational repair. The TBPIP/HOP2 protein is a factor that ensures the proper pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. In the present study, we found that the purified mouse TBPIP/HOP2 protein stimulated homologous pairing catalyzed by the meiotic DMC1 recombinase in vitro. In contrast, TBPIP/HOP2 did not stimulate homologous pairing by RAD51, which is another homologous pairing protein acting in both meiotic and mitotic recombination. The positive effect of TBPIP/HOP2 in the DMC1-mediated homologous pairing was only observed when TBPIP/HOP2 first binds to double-stranded DNA, not to single-stranded DNA, before the initiation of the homologous pairing reaction. Deletion analyses revealed that the C-terminal basic region of TBPIP/HOP2 is required for efficient DNA binding and is also essential for its homologous pairing stimulation activity. Therefore, these results suggest that TBPIP/HOP2 directly binds to DNA and functions as an activator for DMC1 during the homologous pairing step in meiosis.     

利用RFLP标记分析一对水稻籼粳交双单倍体的基因型

对一对籼(Oryza sativa ssp.indica)粳(O.sativa ssp.japonica)(“圭630”/“02428”)杂种进行花药培养获得81个双单倍体(DH),构建了有233个RFLP标记的水稻遗传连锁图谱。对各DH系的“圭630”等位基因组频率及图示基因型进行了分析。结果表明,该DH群体的平均基因组频率为49％,各DH系分布在29.3％～78.6％之间,集中分布在44％～49％之间;有130个RFLP标记出现显著的偏分离,偏父本与偏母本分离的标记数基本相等;同向偏分离的标记常集中在一些染色体或染色体的某些区段;各染色体的平均基因组频率分布在29％～65％之间,出现明显的偏父或偏母分离;一些DH中出现其特征完全来于某一亲本的染色体,可能与这些染色体在减数分裂期的同源配对和交换有关。     

Genotypic Mapping Using RFLP Markers on Doubled Haploids Derived from a Cross Between indica and japonica Rice

A rice RFLP map with 233 loci based on a population of 81 doubled haploids (DH) from the indica/japonica hybrid of "Gui 630'/"02428" was used to analyse the genome ratios and graphical genotypes of DH lines. The “Gui 630” genome ratio of the individual DH lines varied from 29.3% to 78.6% with an average of 49% while the ratios of most DH lines ranged between 44% and 49%. Of the mapped RFLP markers 130 showed skewed segregations with a significant deviation from the expected monogenic ratio, but the numbers of the markers deviated towards male and female parent were approximately equal. It was found that the markers with the segregation deviation in the same direction tend to cluster on some chromosomes and some of their regions. The average "Gui 630' genome ratios of different chromosomes in the DH population varied greatly between 29% and 65 %. In addition, several chromosomes were inherited completely from either one of the parents in some DH lines, indicating the rare occurrence of crossover along the pairing homologous chromosomes during meiosis.     

Chromosome size-dependent control of meiotic reciprocal recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: the role of crossover interference.

In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, small chromosomes undergo meiotic reciprocal recombination (crossing over) at rates (centimorgans per kilobases) greater than those of large chromosomes, and recombination rates respond directly to changes in the total size of a chromosomal DNA molecule. This phenomenon, termed chromosome size-dependent control of meiotic reciprocal recombination, has been suggested to be important for ensuring that homologous chromosomes cross over during meiosis. The mechanism of this regulation was investigated by analyzing recombination in identical genetic intervals present on different size chromosomes. The results indicate that chromosome size-dependent control is due to different amounts of crossover interference. Large chromosomes have high levels of interference while small chromosomes have much lower levels of interference. A model for how crossover interference directly responds to chromosome size is presented. In addition, chromosome size-dependent control was shown to lower the frequency of homologous chromosomes that failed to undergo crossovers, suggesting that this control is an integral part of the mechanism for ensuring meiotic crossing over between homologous chromosomes.     

Recombination in the Human Pseudoautosomal Region PAR1

The pseudoautosomal region (PAR) is a short region of homology between the mammalian X and Y chromosomes, which has undergone rapid evolution. A crossover in the PAR is essential for the proper disjunction of X and Y chromosomes in male meiosis, and PAR deletion results in male sterility. This leads the human PAR with the obligatory crossover, PAR1, to having an exceptionally high male crossover rate, which is 17-fold higher than the genome-wide average. However, the mechanism by which this obligatory crossover occurs remains unknown, as does the fine-scale positioning of crossovers across this region. Recent research in mice has suggested that crossovers in PAR may be mediated independently of the protein PRDM9, which localises virtually all crossovers in the autosomes. To investigate recombination in this region, we construct the most fine-scale genetic map containing directly observed crossovers to date using African-American pedigrees. We leverage recombination rates inferred from the breakdown of linkage disequilibrium in human populations and investigate the signatures of DNA evolution due to recombination. Further, we identify direct PRDM9 binding sites using ChIP-seq in human cells. Using these independent lines of evidence, we show that, in contrast with mouse, PRDM9 does localise peaks of recombination in the human PAR1. We find that recombination is a far more rapid and intense driver of sequence evolution in PAR1 than it is on the autosomes. We also show that PAR1 hotspot activities differ significantly among human populations. Finally, we find evidence that PAR1 hotspot positions have changed between human and chimpanzee, with no evidence of sharing among the hottest hotspots. We anticipate that the genetic maps built and validated in this work will aid research on this vital and fascinating region of the genome.