将大赖草种质转移给普通小麦的研究——Ⅶ.一个普通小麦-大赖草等臂染色体异附加系的选育与鉴定

通过花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ染色体配对构型分析、Giemsa C-分带,从普通小麦-大赖草第7条染色体二体异附加系自交后代中选育并鉴定出了93G51-9和93G52-8 2个等臂染色体异附加系。该异附加系在花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ,其等臂染色体自身两臂配对频率高,染色体易发生断裂,且又携带有较抗赤霉病的基因,是向小麦转移大赖草赤霉病抗性基因的有用中间材料。     

普通小麦与长穗偃麦草杂种及其衍生材料的细胞遗传学特性

对十倍体长穗偃麦草(Thinopyrum ponticum)与普通小麦杂交F1及其与普通小麦回交BC1F1的形态学和细胞学特性进行了分析。结果表明,长穗偃麦草与普通小麦‘兰考矮早八’衍生F1(‘兰考小偃麦’)的根尖细胞染色体数为56条;花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ染色体构型平均值为19.81Ⅰ+15.78Ⅱ+0.75Ⅲ+0.59Ⅳ;基因组荧光原位杂交(GISH)显示,兰考小偃麦中含有35条完整的长穗偃麦草和21条小麦染色体。‘兰考小偃麦’/‘科育818’和‘兰考小偃麦’/‘Cp02-3-5-5’杂交F1的根尖细胞染色体数及其所遗传的长穗偃麦草染色体数分别为50~52和16~22条,且存在染色体易位;花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ平均染色体构型为14.54Ⅰ+17.40Ⅱ+0.55Ⅲ+0.14Ⅳ,平均49.4%的细胞出现多价体(三价体或四价体)。这些材料为创造小麦-长穗偃麦草新种质奠定了基础。     

提莫菲维小麦与光稃野燕麦远缘杂交后代花粉母细胞减数分裂行为分析

通过普通细胞学和基因组原位杂交(GISH)研究提莫菲维小麦(Triticum timopheevi)与光稃野燕麦(Avena fatua L.var.glabrata Pat)远缘杂交后代花粉母细胞染色体减数分裂行为.结果表明,该R株系花粉母细胞的减数分裂指数为87.46,表现出一定的遗传不稳定性.GISH分析发现该F3株系中期I细胞中有4对红色杂交信号,且游离的单价体上各有1个杂交信号;后期Ⅰ、后期Ⅱ和末期Ⅱ出现落后染色体、染色体桥、微核等现象,分别占观察数的10.58％、1.92％和12.36％,这些异常现象可能是由于光稃野燕麦遗传物质干扰了小麦同源染色体或部分同源染色体的正常配对造成的.     

甘蔗-滇蔗茅杂交F_1花粉母细胞减数分裂过程GISH分析

研究甘蔗属与滇蔗茅属间远缘杂交F1染色体遗传行为具有重要科学意义,可为发掘利用滇蔗茅野生优异基因资源提供细胞学依据。本研究采用常规压片技术对可育父本及不育杂交F1花粉母细胞减数分裂过程进行比较观察,结果显示可育父本云南95-19减数分裂正常,而不育杂交F1分裂异常;进一步对F1花粉母细胞减数分裂过程进行基因组荧光原位杂交(GISH,genome in situ hybridization)分析,结果表明:滇蔗茅与甘蔗属热带种的亲缘关系较远,双亲染色体在F1细胞中不能进行同源配对,终变期,15条滇蔗茅染色体以单价体形式存在,花粉母细胞减数分裂细胞中存在滞后染色体、染色体丢失和不均衡分离现象。甘蔗-滇蔗茅属间远缘杂交F1花粉母细胞减数分裂异常因而杂交F1花粉完全败育。     

三倍体葡萄‘夏黑’的花粉母细胞减数分裂行为观察及其育性研究

为探究三倍体葡萄‘夏黑’的育性及其细胞学机制,对其花粉母细胞减数分裂进程中的染色体行为及育性水平进行研究。结果表明:(1)三倍体葡萄‘夏黑’花粉母细胞减数分裂进程中存在部分染色体提前分向两极、落后染色体、染色体桥、平行纺锤体、不均等分离、微核等染色体异常行为,其中不均等分离现象出现的频率最高(65.68%)。(2)‘夏黑’葡萄的花粉离体萌发率为1.65%,花粉直径大小范围在18.0~50.0μm之间,且花粉直径分布呈双峰型。(3)‘夏黑’葡萄具有一定的育性,作为亲本与四倍体品种杂交均获得了杂交子代。研究认为,减数分裂的异常是三倍体葡萄‘夏黑’育性低的细胞学原因,但同时也形成了少量可育的未减数配子,可以作为中介材料应用于葡萄育种。     

马铃薯杂种无性株系的SSR鉴定及花粉育性和染色体构型分析

为明确马铃薯‘MB09’ב陇薯7号’杂种F1无性株系在DNA和细胞遗传学水平上的差异,该试验以亲本材料为对照,利用SSR分子标记技术对其20个优良无性株系(F1无性系一代)的DNA指纹特征进行分析,并采用常规制片镜检方法对已选出的8个杂种优良株系(F1无性系二代)的花粉育性及花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ(PMCMⅠ)的染色体配对构型进行了研究,为马铃薯杂交新品系选育提供分子细胞遗传学依据。结果显示:(1)试验共筛选出2对SSR特异引物C57和S25,通过PCR扩增建立了能识别出这20个杂种株系及其双亲的SSR指纹图。(2)杂种优异株系F1-1、F1-2、F1-7、F1-11、F1-13、F1-14、F1-15和F1-20的花粉可育率变幅为36.73%~87.08%,并以株系F1-7最高(87.08%),而且显著超过高亲(83.33%),说明各优良株系花粉育性有一定差异。(3)对8个优异株系花粉母细胞的PMCMⅠ观察发现,各优良株系的染色体配对构型明显不同,均包括单价体、二价体、三价体和四价体4类,其中二价体构型的比例最高,其介于49.13%~82.91%之间,其中以株系F1-7的二价体比例最高(82.91%)。该研究明确了20个马铃薯杂种优良株系的SSR指纹特征和8个优异株系的花粉育性及染色体配对构型差异。     

OT杂种系百合品种‘Cocossa’小孢子败育细胞学研究

以OT百合‘Cocossa’为材料,采用醋酸洋红染色烤片法和石蜡切片法,对该品种花粉母细胞减数分裂过程以及绒毡层在花粉母细胞发育过程中的变化进行系统的细胞学观察。研究发现:(1)当百合花蕾长度在2.5~4.5 cm时,花粉母细胞处在减数分裂时期。(2)在花粉母细胞减数分裂的过程中,出现了较多染色体异常现象:中期Ⅰ出现染色体环;后期Ⅰ出现了滞后染色体和染色体桥;在末期Ⅰ和末期Ⅱ细胞出现不均等分裂和微核;处于同一花蕾和同一花药的花粉母细胞减数分裂具有不同步性,能同时观察到2个不同时期的分裂相;形成畸形、无核、多核的异常小孢子。(3)在末期Ⅱ和单核花粉粒时期,绒毡层延迟降解,引起多核花粉粒、畸形花粉粒以及花粉粒自溶现象。结果表明:OT百合‘Cocossa’小孢子败育是花粉母细胞异常减数分裂与绒毡层异常降解共同导致的。     

小麦×天蓝冰草后代五个中间类型的细胞遗传学研究

研究了小麦×天蓝冰草(Agropyron glaucum)后代五个中间类型的根端细胞染色体数和花粉母细胞染色体构型。每个中间类型的体细胞染色体数皆为28对(2n=56),而减数分裂终变期或中期Ⅰ的花粉母细胞具有28个二价体。大多数花粉母细胞减数分裂过程是正常的。只在少数花粉母细胞中看到后期Ⅰ或末期Ⅰ有落后染色体和断片。作者从观察得出结论,小麦×天蓝冰草后代这五个中间类型都是异源八倍体。对这些异源八倍体的利用作了简短讨论。     

将大赖草种质转移给普通小麦的研究：Ⅶ.一个普通小麦—大赖草等臂？…

通过花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ｉ染色体配对构型分析ＧｉｅｍｓａＣ－分带,从普通小麦－大赖草第７条染色体二体异附加系自交后代中选育并鉴定出了９３Ｇ５１－９和９３Ｇ５２－８２个等臂染色体异附加系,该异附加系在花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ｉ,其等臂染色体自身两臂配对频率高,染色体易发生断裂,且又携带有较抗赤霉病的基因,是向小麦转移大赖草赤霉病抗性基因的有用中间材料。     

小麦-簇毛麦种质系'山农030713'的细胞学和SSR鉴定

利用形态学、细胞学以及SSR标记技术对从硬簇麦和Am 3的杂种后代中选育的种质系‘山农030713’进行了鉴定,结果表明:种质系‘山农030713’大田生长整齐一致,农艺性状较好,且对白粉病免疫;其根尖细胞染色体数目为2n=42,花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ(PM C MⅠ)染色体构型为2n=21Ⅱ;它与普通小麦的杂种F1PM C MⅠ多数细胞中形成21个二价体,且常有四价体出现,可能伴有染色体的结构变异;SSR分析证明‘山农030713’基本染色体组成为AABBDD,引物X gwm 99-1A在‘山农030713’中扩增出簇毛麦的特异带,表明‘山农030713’中有来自于簇毛麦的遗传物质,此特异带可作为识别‘山农030713’的SSR标记.综合形态学、细胞学和SSR分析结果推测,‘山农030713’可能是一个小麦-簇毛麦易位系.     

Y-chromosome Data and Tribal Affiliations of Allenopithecus and Miopithecus

The phylogeny of Old World monkeys has remained unresolved in part because of a lack of resolution in the Cercopithecinae. Competing morphological hypotheses have had Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) and the talapoins (Miopithecus spp.) as basal branches of either the tribe Cercopithecini or the tribe Papionini. Previous molecular analyses have not adequately addressed the issue. To better understand the evolutionary history of these primates, we sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis 3.1 kb of 2 loci (TSPY and SRY) from the non-recombining portion of the Y-chromosome. Individuals from the genera Allenopithecus, Miopithecus, Erythrocebus, Chlorocebus, and Cercopithecus were surveyed and their sequences compared with those previously published for the Papionini and Colobinae. The results suggest Allenopithecus and Miopithecus are more closely related to the Cercopithecini than Papionini. Our data also support the hypothesis that within the Cercopithecini, Erythrocebus and Chlorocebus share a close evolutionary relationship, distinct from the other members of the tribe.     

New species and new combinations in Peruvian Orchidaceae

seventeen new species and combinations are proposed in the generaChondrorhyncha, Cischweinfia, Cochlioda, Eloyella, Encyclia, Kefersteinia, Koellensteinia, Macroclinium, Rodriguezia, Solenidiopsis, andStenia. All new species are illustrated. A key is provided for 2-flowered species ofMacroclinium, PeruvianSigmatostalix, and PeruvianStenia. Solenidium (Solenidiopsis) peruvianum Schltr. is lectotypified.     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Nystatin and killer toxin sensitivity of free and immobilizedSaccharomyces cerevisiae

The inhibitory effect of nystatin and killer toxin on the growth of free and covalently-immobilizedSaccharomyces cerevisiae cells was studied. The resistance of immobilized cells to both agents was accompanied by increased amounts of phospholipids and sterols. The possible relationship between these changes in the membrane composition and the transduction of a signal across the cytoplasmic membrane is discussed.     

The hernandez and fernandez genes of Drosophila specify eye and antenna

The formation of different structures in Drosophila depends on the combined activities of selector genes and signaling pathways. For instance, the antenna requires the selector gene homothorax, which distinguishes between the leg and the antenna and can specify distal antenna if expressed ectopically. Similarly, the eye is formed by a group of "eye-specifying" genes, among them eyeless, which can direct eye development ectopically. We report here the characterization of the hernandez and fernandez genes, expressed in the antennal and eye primordia of the eye-antenna imaginal disc. The predicted proteins encoded by these two genes have 27% common amino acids and include a Pipsqueak domain. Reduced expression of either hernandez or fernandez mildly affects antenna and eye development, while the inactivation of both genes partially transforms distal antenna into leg. Ectopic expression of either of the two genes results in two different phenotypes: it can form distal antenna, activating genes like homothorax, spineless, and spalt, and it can promote eye development and activates eyeless. Reciprocally, eyeless can induce hernandez and fernandez expression, and homothorax and spineless can activate both hernandez and fernandez when ectopically expressed. The formation of eye by these genes seems to require Notch signaling, since the induction of ectopic eyes and the activation of eyeless by the hernandez gene are suppressed when the Notch function is compromised. Our results show that the hernandez and fernandez genes are required for antennal and eye development and are also able to specify eye or antenna ectopically.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Lysine Dendrimers and Their Starburst Polymer Derivatives: Possible Application for DNA Compaction and in vitro Delivery of Genetic Constructs

We attempted to find some compounds for the effective delivery of gene constructs into cells and obtained two trispherical dendrimers on the basis of lysine, (Lys)₈-(,-Lys)₄-(,-Lys)₂-(,-Lys)-Ala-NH₂ (D1) and ((Lys)₈-(,-Lys)₄-(,-Lys)₂-,-Lys)-Ala-[Lys(Plm)]₂-Ala-NH₂ (D2), as well as the starburst polymeric derivatives of D1, (pVIm) ₈ -D1 and (pLys) _n -D1, containing poly(N-vinylimidazole) and polylysine chains single-point bound to the dendrimer amino groups. The conditions of dendrimer–plasmid DNA complex formation were studied. The intracellular localization of these complexes and the expression of gene constructs delivered with their help were analyzed in transfection experiments on the HeLa cell cultures of human epithelial carcinoma and on mouse C2C12 myoblasts. It was found that the chemical structure of dendrimer D1 and its derivatives significantly affected the structure and properties of complex.     

Amino acids and sugars in nectar,and their putative evolutionary significance

Individual amino acids and sugars from flower nectar of 32 plant species with different pollination systems were quantified and compared. Data show that there is no correlation between sugar and amino acid concentration. Furthermore there is no correlation between composition and concentration of amino acids and evolutionary advancement, nor any direct relation with pollination systems. However, higher sugar concentrations are often linked with more advanced morphological characters. Nectars from pierced or damaged flowers or nectars contaminated with pollen exhibit modifications and increases in amino acid composition. The presence of proline probably indicates such pollen contamination. Most pollinating animals depend on flower nectar in their energetic requirements, yet innumerable alternative amino acid and protein sources exist. Future research has to consider the relationship between nutritional requirements of pollinating animals and dependence on flower nectars.Dedicated to Prof. Dr.L. van der Pijl, Den Haag, in honour of his 80th birthday.