牙鲆CA/GT微卫星标记的筛选

采用生物素选择杂交法与放射性同位素杂交法相结合的技术,成功地从牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)基因组中分离出含有CA/GT重复类型的微卫星序列。通过两轮淘选,共获得526个阳性菌落。测序其中的119个菌落,结果获得133个含有微卫星座位的序列。除了两个复合型微卫星外(1.5%),完美型63个(47.37%),非完美型68个(51.13%)。设计并合成22对微卫星引物,对8个人工雌核发育家系的亲本进行遗传背景分析。PCR结果表明,4对引物无扩增带或者扩增带不是目的条带,1对引物表现为单态,其余17对引物均呈多态性,平均每个座位产生5.2个复等位基因,杂合度为0.375～0.846,多态信息含量为0.305～0.823。结果表明,所筛选的大部分微卫星标记能够用于牙鲆群体遗传学研究。     

皱纹盘鲍野生与养殖群体遗传多样性的AFLP分析

利用扩增片段长度多态性(AFLP)技术,对大连旅顺养殖杂交群体(DL)、大连獐子岛养殖群体(DZ)和大连金州养殖杂交群体(DJ)、日本引进的野生皱纹盘鲍群体(JD)和山东青岛养殖杂交群体(SQ)的遗传多样性进行了研究。6对引物组合扩增得到424个位点,其中412个为多态位点,总多态位点比例为97.17%,5个群体的多态位点比例在52.83%～78.07%,平均为66.56%。5个群体的平均杂合度分别为0.2389、0.1803、0.2480、0.2010和0.2637,平均为0.2264。3个养殖杂交群体(DL、DJ和SQ)的遗传多样性水平高于日本野生群体和大连獐子岛养殖群体(p<0.05)。根据群体之间遗传距离及UPGMA聚类分析显示,大连獐子岛群体(DZ)单独成为一支,日本野生群体(JD)与其余3个养殖群体聚在一起。     

三个野生群体日本囊对虾遗传多样性的SSR分析

为了解野生种群日本囊对虾遗传分化和改良遗传育种,用SSR技术对福建厦门(XM)、广东湛江(ZJ)、广西北海(BH)3个地区野生日本囊对虾进行遗传多样性的研究。采用了10对微卫星引物对3个野生种群进行分析,10个微卫星位点在3个种群中均表现为高度的多态性,每个位点平均检测到3.87个等位基因;平均多态信息含量为0.5893;3个群体的观测杂合度分别为0.6243、0.5704、0.4661,全部群体观测杂合度平均为0.5536;期望杂合度分别为0.7193、0.6189、0.6226,全部群体平均期望杂合度为0.6536。这说明3个野生种群在10个微卫星位点上均具有丰富的遗传多样性。基于Nei's遗传距离的聚类分析显示厦门群体和湛江群体的遗传距离较近。     

太平洋牡蛎养殖与野生群体遗传变异的微卫星研究

应用微卫星标记技术研究5个中国太平洋牡蛎养殖群体和2个日本太平洋牡蛎野生群体的遗传变异。研究中所使用的7个微卫星位点在养殖和野生群体中都显示出了高多态性,平均等位基因数为19.1～29.9,平均期待杂合度为0.916～0.958。养殖群体和野生群体的平均等位基因丰度及观察杂合度没有显著性差异。遗传分化系数及等位基因杂合度分析显示所有的群体间都有显著性差异。构建的NJ树中,7个群体聚为3支,养殖群体和野生群体可以清楚地分开,在养殖群体中又分为南北两支。分配检验中,97%～100%的正确率证明了微卫星标记在群体识别分析中的可行性。本研究结果对太平洋牡蛎管理模式的设计和选择育种具有重要意义。     

菲律宾蛤仔EST-SSRs标记开发及不同地理群体遗传多样性

利用13对微卫星引物对大连、莆田、青岛3个地理群体蛤仔遗传多样性进行了检测。结果表明:13个基因座共检测到154个等位基因,每个座位检测到的等位基因数在2-7个之间,平均有效等位基因数为2.7657;3个群体平均观测杂合度分别为0.4387、0.4194、0.2383,平均期望杂合度分别为0.6488、0.6484、0.5526;群体间的遗传多样性差异不显著(P＞0.05)。NJ聚类结果显示大连和莆田群体的蛤仔亲缘关系较近,二者与青岛群体关系较远。3个群体均有不同程度的偏离Hardy-Weinberg平衡现象,表明各群体基因频率和基因型频率的稳定性相对较低。本研究所获得的微卫星标记的多态信息含量(PIC)>0.5,说明这些微卫星位点的多样性较高,可为下一步遗传图谱构建研究提供参考。     

长江中下游黄鳝遗传多样性的微卫星分析

为了解我国长江中下游地区野生黄鳝(Monopterus albus)的种质资源现状,利用黄鳝微卫星分子标记分析我国长江中下游4个黄鳝野生群体(湖北群体、安徽群体、江苏群体和浙江群体)的遗传多样性水平.通过磁珠富集法获得50个黄鳝徽卫星序列,设计并合成了30对微卫星引物,经筛选得到8对多态性稳定的引物,均为高度多态位点.每对引物扩增得到等位基因数12 -26,平均等位基因数17.4个群体的平均多态信息含量分别为0.804、0.864、0.824和0.736,平均等位基因数分别为9.13、11.00、9.00和7.25,平均期望杂合度分别为0.865、0.918、0.882和0.813,表明4个黄鳝群体遗传多样性丰富,其中安徽群体遗传多样性水平最高,浙江群体相对较低.4个群体间遗传分化指数(FsT)为0.031 2-0.096 5,6.28％的遗传变异存在于群体间,表明4个群体间存在一定的遗传分化.聚类分析显示,浙江群体与安徽群体先聚在一起,再与江苏群体聚为一支,湖北群体单独聚为一支.     

丁坝对鱼类栖地的影响范围评估

利用磁珠富集法和5’锚定PCR法开发背瘤丽蚌的微卫星标记,将获得的多态性引物用于群体的遗传多态性分析,以期在比较两种开发微卫星标记方法的基础上同时获得一批有用的微卫星引物。从磁珠富集法获得的微卫星序列阳性克隆率为69.2%,重复次数超过10的占总数的70.2%,从设计的28对引物中筛选得到多态性引物11对,开发效率为39.3%。这11对引物用于养殖群体的遗传多样性分析,结果显示,等位基因数范围为4～13,观测杂合度、期望杂合度范围分别为0.205～0.738、0.566～0.839。而5’锚定PCR法获得的微卫星序列阳性克隆率为97.8%,重复次数超过10的占总数的24.7%,从设计的56对引物中筛选得到多态性引物19对,开发效率为30.4%。这19对引物用于养殖群体的遗传多样性分析,结果显示,等位基因数范围为3～10,观测杂合度、期望杂合度范围分别为0.208～0.894、0.431～0.896。实验结果表明,磁珠富集法所获微卫星序列质量高,开发微卫星标记效率较高;而5’锚定PCR法实验操作更简便,所获得的引物遗传多样性指数更高。两种方法开发的引物均可用于背瘤丽蚌和近缘种的野生种质资源遗传多样性研究。     

鲮微卫星DNA分子标记的筛选与遗传多样性分析

采用磁珠富集法对已建立的生长较快的西江段野生浅色鲮群体的极大、极小群体各31尾基因组DNA进行了微卫星序列的筛选,128个阳性克隆成功测序93个,其中80个为的微卫星序列,微卫星序列完美型占85%,非完美型占6.25%,混合型占8.75%。利用微卫星序列合成了23对微卫星引物,扩增结果表明,等位基因数为1～10个,扩增片段大小为92～283bp,其中14对引物扩增条带清晰,为中度或高度多态位点,极大、极小群体的平均有效等位基因数和平均多态信息含量分别为3.0784、3.2079和0.5675、0.5974,反映出2个群体遗传多样性均较丰富;高度多态性引物4的位点b,片段大小为119bp,在极大群体中出现频率为61.3%,在极小群体占22.6%,出现频率极大群体高于极小群体近3倍,初步可作为候选差异性分子标记。     

微卫星标记分析白斑狗鱼遗传多样性

为了解我国境内白斑狗鱼(Esox lucius)野生群体的遗传多样性现状,利用8对微卫星引物对额尔齐斯河流域185河段、635河段、乌伦古湖及吉力湖4个地理群体的遗传多样性进行了研究。结果显示,8个微卫星位点的平均等位基因数为6.625 0,多态信息含量为0.603 6～0.656 5,可有效用于白斑狗鱼遗传多样性和遗传结构分析。4个群体的平均期望杂合度为0.712 6～0.660 0,表明我国境内野生白斑狗鱼群体有较高的遗传多样性水平。整个群体的总近交系数为0.266 6,少数个体存在近交现象,白斑狗鱼群体有近交倾向。平均分化系数为0.062 2,群体间的遗传变异占总群体变异的6.22%,白斑狗鱼各群体间的分化程度不大。群体间的基因流值变化范围为10.077 5～3.360 6,说明白斑狗鱼不同群体间存在较为广泛的基因交流。     

鲮鱼的微卫星位点筛选和群体遗传多样性初步分析

利用鲤科鱼类微卫星引物在鲮鱼中进行扩增,结果在24对引物中,13对引物能成功扩增,且在鲮鱼中的扩增产物表现稳定,其中11对有较高多态性,等位基因数在2—7个之间,扩增的条带符合孟德尔遗传规律。随后利用筛选的微卫星座位对鲮鱼野生和养殖群体遗传多样性进行了初步分析。分析结果显示鲮鱼野生群体的平均等位基因数5.2个;观测杂合度在0.25与0.8之间,平均观测杂合度(Ho)是0.61±0.2 ,平均期望杂合度(He)是0.8±0.09 ;群体座位平均多态信息含量(PIC)为0.72±0.1。相比之下,养殖群体的平均观测杂合度(Ho)和平均期望杂合度(He)都低于野生群体,分别是0.59±0.2、0.75±0.1。两群体间的遗传相似度为0.7774、遗传距离为0.2518。研究表明用其他鱼类分离出的微卫星引物可以快速筛选到适用于鲮鱼遗传分析的微卫星座位。     

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) by screening SSR-enriched library

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), important economical flatfish species, is famous for its rapid growth and good taste. Ten microsatellite loci were isolated and examined the population structure of two turbot strains, respectively from Dalian and Beidaihe. The number of alleles ranged from 3 to 11 with the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.5700 to 0.8973. These sets of microsatellite markers are likely to be used as studies of genome mapping, parentage determination and population genetics in this species.     

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the endangered highlands scrub hypericum (Hypericum cumulicola)

We report the isolation of 19 primer pairs for amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci for Hypericum cumulicola. These markers were evaluated in 24 individuals from one population; two to four alleles were detected per locus, and observed heterozygosity ranged from 0 to 0.5. Two loci demonstrated significant heterozygote deficiencies, possibly due to null alleles, and significant linkage disequilibrium was found between six pairs of loci. The remaining microsatellite loci will help determine if genetic differentiation is responsible for life‐history differences between natural and anthropogenically disturbed populations of H. cumulicola.     

Genetic Structure and Differentiation of Three Chinese Indigenous Cattle Populations

Levels of genetic differentiation, gene flow, and genetic structure of three indigenous cattle populations (Luxi, Bohai, and Minnan) and two reference cattle populations (Chinese Holstein and Qinhai yak) in China were estimated using the information from 12 microsatellites, and 141 microsatellite alleles were identified. The mean number of alleles per locus ranged from 2.9005 in yak to 4.9722 in Holstein. The observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.5325 (yak) to 0.7719 (Holstein); 29 private alleles were detected. The global heterozygote deficit across all populations amounted to 58.5% (p < 0.001). The overall significant (p < 0.001) deficit of heterozygotes because of inbreeding within breeds amounted to 43.2%. The five cattle populations were highly differentiated (F _st = 26.9%, p < 0.001) at all loci. The heterozygote deficit within the population was highest in Luxi cattle and lowest in yak. The average number of effective migrants exchanged per generation was highest (1.149) between Luxi and Holstein, and lowest (0.509) between Luxi and yak. With the application of prior population information, cluster analysis achieved posterior probabilities from 91% to 98% of correctly assigning individuals to populations. Combining the information of cluster analysis, gene flow, and Structure analysis, the five cattle populations belong to three genetic clusters, a taurine (Luxi and Chinese Holstein), a zebu (Bohai and Minnan), and a yak cluster. This indicates that Bohai black is closer to Bos indicus than Luxi cattle. The evolution and development of three indigenous cattle populations are discussed.     

Polymorphic microsatellite loci for population studies of the Japanese scallop,Patinopecten yessoensis

Fifteen microsatellite loci were developed to examine the population structure of Japanese scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis. These markers were tested in samples from two geographically distant populations: the Sakhalin Island (Russia) and Dalian City (China). The mean numbers of alleles, observed and expected heterozygosities between the two populations were summarized by locus, but none of them show significant divergence between the two populations. Most loci conformed to Hardy–Weinberg expectation with the exception of loci HLJX‐06, HLJX‐12, HLJX‐13 and HLJX‐28, which had heterozygote deficits.     

Correction method for null alleles in species with variable microsatellite flanking regions, a case study of the black-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera

In bivalves, heterozygote deficiencies and departures from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in microsatellite analysis are common and mainly attributed to inbreeding, genetic patchiness (Walhund effect), or null alleles. We checked for the occurrence of null alleles at 3 microsatellite loci in 3 populations of black-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, using a step-by-step method to re-amplify homozygotes and null individuals with redesigned primer pair combinations. After amplification with original primer pairs, the 3 populations exhibited null alleles, absence of structure, and significant departure from HWE for all 3 loci due to heterozygote deficiencies. After 3 re-amplification steps, with modified primer sets, all loci were corrected for null alleles. Once corrected, all populations appeared at HWE, demonstrating that null alleles were responsible for the initial disequilibrium of the populations. Furthermore, analysis from corrected genotypes demonstrates significant genetic differentiation for one population from the other 2.     

Microsatellite variability and heterozygote deficiency in the arctic-alpine Alaskan wheatgrass (Elymus alaskanus) complex.

Genetic variation in the allotetraploid grass Elymus alaskanus complex was assessed using microsatellites in seven populations from Canada, Greenland, and the U.S.A. Microsatellite variation was compared with allozyme and RAPD variation. Our results indicated that E. alaskanus was highly homozygous but also highly variable. The polymorphic loci ranged from 50 to 100% with a mean of 78.6%, and the mean number of allele per locus was 3.14. Average expected heterozygosity value (HE, gene diversity) varied across populations and ranged from 0.244 to 0.651 with mean of 0.414. The mean value of HE across Canadian populations (0.517) was significantly higher than that across populations in Greenland (0.367). The correlation between allozyme and microsatellite gene diversity value (HE) showed a high positive correlation (r = 0.68), but between RAPD and microsatellite showed a low positive correlation (r = 0.08). Populations were highly differentiated, with 38% of variation among populations. Interpopulation genetic distance showed no association with geographic distance between the population sites of origin. A Hardy-Weinberg exact test for all loci and all populations reveals a significant heterozygote deficiency. Possible explanations for heterozygote deficiency are discussed.     

Development of tetranucleotide microsatellite markers for the cushion star, Asterina gibbosa, and cross-species amplification

We describe nine polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from the starfish, Asterina gibbosa. Loci were isolated from a partial genomic library that had been enriched for AAAC repeat sequences. Number of alleles per locus ranged from two to 14 in a sample of 85 individuals from three populations (two from Spain and one from the UK). Observed and expected heterozygosities per population ranged from 0.000 to 0.400 and from 0.040 to 0.784, respectively. All loci presented significant heterozygote deficits in one or more populations. Eight of these loci were amplified and variable in A. pancerii and A. phylactica. These loci will be used to study population structure in A. gibbosa.     

Genetic structure and diversity of Portunus trituberculatus in Chinese population revealed by microsatellite markers

By using six polymorphic microsatellite loci, the population genetic diversity and structure of 120 individuals of Portunus trituberculatus were examined in five wild populations representing different geographical and ecological ranges along the coast of China. Middle level of genetic diversity of P. trituberculatus was revealed by observed heterozygosity, allele number and Shannon information index. Pairwise population differentiations were found between all pairs of populations except Beihai (BH) and Qingdao (QD) (P < 0.05). The greatest differentiation was detected between Yingkou (YK) and QD populations. It was inconsistent with the result in previous study using mitochondrial control region, which showed no differentiation between QD and YK population. Recent bottleneck was identified in Ningbo (NB) population under TPM and IAM models, as well as Dandong (DD) and QD populations under IAM model. Additionally, compared with YK, QD, DD and BH populations, lower historical effective population size with lower genetic diversity were detected in NB population, which called for urgent assessment of the ecological and economic potential of NB fisheries.     

大叶藻居群微卫星遗传多样性研究

采用4对微卫星引物对大叶藻的7个地理居群进行了遗传多样性与遗传结构分析。扩增148株大叶藻得到57个等位基因, 每个位点平均等位基因数为6, 大叶藻居群的平均期望杂合度(He)为0.687, 平均观测杂合度(Ho)为0.417。青岛湾居群的遗传多样性最高(A=7.750, AR=7.043), 俚岛居群最低(A=4.750, AR=4.543)。从F_st值来看, 7个大叶藻居群间属于中度分化。UPGMA系统发育树显示, 中国4个大叶藻居群聚类到一起, 其遗传分化可能是由于历史大海草场的遗留小片段居群产生, 而中国、韩国、日本和爱尔兰居群间的遗传分化则主要是由于地理隔离造成的。自由交配估计结果支持海草的东亚起源说。青岛湾居群遗传多样性较高, 可优先作为大叶藻移植修复的材料和基因库, 并进行重点保护。