藏鸡微卫星文库的构建与微卫星标记筛选

通过磁珠富集法构建了藏鸡基因组微卫星富集文库,分离微卫星序列并对其进行分析.将藏鸡基因组DNA经Sau3AI酶切后纯化回收,连接特定接头.用生物素标记的(CA)12探针与藏鸡基因组酶切回收片段杂交,捕获200～900 bp片段,随后将获得的片段连接到pMD 18-T载体上,转化至JM109中,成功构建藏鸡微卫星富集文库.从1200个转化子中获得了353个阳性克隆,随机挑选53个测序,根据测序结果成功设计了18对藏鸡微卫星引物,最终筛选出6个具有多态性的微卫星标记,其PIC值均大于0.5,同时可以用于研究藏鸡遗传多样性.实验结果表明磁珠富集法能够有效提高分离微卫星标记的效率.     

卤虫(AC)_n和(AG)_n微卫星文库构建

卤虫Artemia作为重要的基础实验材料和经济动物资源,其微卫星位点具有重要的研究和应用价值。本研究使用磁珠富集法,成功构建了卤虫的(AC)_n和(AG)_n微卫星富集文库。通过对文库进行PCR方法鉴定和测序确认,所构建的(AC)_n和(AG)_n文库阳性克隆率分别为55.8%和34.5%。依据得到的微卫星序列,设计并合成了63对微卫星引物,随机以2个地理单元(青海、西藏)共18个卤虫基因组DNA为扩增模板,筛选出6对具有多态性的卤虫微卫星引物。本研究筛选出的微卫星多态位点可用于卤虫种群的遗传多样性评估、遗传图谱的构建和数量性状定位等后续工作。     

甜樱桃品种SSR-PCR反应体系的优化

以甜樱桃品种那翁为试材,研究了樱桃SSR技术中PCR反应体系的主要成分对SSR扩增结果的影响,并比较了采用聚丙稀酰胺凝胶及琼脂糖电泳检测扩增产物多态性的差异.结果表明:在PCR反应体系中,DNA最适浓度30～45 ng;Mg2+的最适浓度范围为1.5～3.0 mmol/L;dNTP最适浓度为0.2～0.3 mmol/L;引物的最适浓度为0.3～0.4 μmol/L;Taq聚合酶在20 μl反应体系中宜加入0.5 U.利用此反应体系,对24份樱桃代表资源进行了SSR反应,用6%的非变性聚丙稀酰胺凝胶电泳检测,扩增产物在100～250 bp之间,不同品种间DNA谱带多态性丰富.琼脂糖电泳检测的DNA多态性不如聚丙稀酰胺凝胶丰富.     

云南松基因组微卫星富集文库的构建

采用磁珠富集法构建云南松微卫星富集文库。云南松基因组DNA经RsaⅠ酶切,与特定接头连接,再用接头特异引物进行PCR扩增。连接扩增产物与用生物素标记的(AG)12、(AT)12、(CG)12、(GT)12、(ACG)12、(ACT)12和(CCA)8探针杂交,通过链霉亲和素偶联的磁珠捕捉含接头和微卫星序列的片段并扩增,将获得的片段连接到pMD-19T载体上,转化至大肠杆菌JM109感受态细胞中,成功构建了云南松微卫星富集文库。通过PCR检测从文库中筛选阳性克隆,在383富集阳性菌落中获得阳性克隆257个,经测序分析,在获得的159条序列中,有143条含有SSR,其中完美型占65.73%,非完美型占23.78%,混合型占10.49%。结果表明,磁珠富集法构建云南松基因组微卫星文库高效、可行的,文库的构建为微卫星位点的分离、遗传多样性的分析等奠定基础。     

牦牛基因组微卫星富集文库的构建与分析

根据生物素与链亲和素的强亲和性原理,用链亲和素磁珠亲和捕捉与生物素标记的微卫星寡核苷酸探针(CA)12、(CCG)8、(CAG)8、(TTTC)8退火结合的含有接头和牦牛微卫星序列的单链限制性酶切片段,获得单链目的片段,经PCR扩增形成双链,然后克隆到pMD18-T载体上,转化至DH5α中,首次成功构建牦牛基因组微卫星富集文库。测序结果发现,阳性克隆率为77％(37／48),说明构建的牦牛基因组微卫星富集文库是一个高质量的文库。牦牛富集微卫星文库的建立和牦牛微卫星的筛选将为下一步进行牦牛基因组结构的分析、牦牛遗传连锁图谱的构建、分子进化和系统发育研究、标记辅助选择以及经济性状的QTL定位提供大量的微卫星标记。     

曼氏无针乌贼GT微卫星位点的筛选

采用链霉亲和素包被的磁珠富集法筛选曼氏无针乌贼(Sepiella maindroni)微卫星位点。试验样品来自舟山六横岛,提取4个样品的DNA混合成DNA pool,用限制性内切酶Sau 3A I酶切。接上接头后构建基因组PCR文库,用生物素标记的(GT)15探针筛选。将筛选获得目的片段进行PCR扩增,连接pMD18-T载体,转入DH5α感受态大肠杆菌里,扩大培养后PCR筛选阳性克隆。总共选取278个克隆,对120个经过检测含有插入片段的克隆进行测序,发现102个克隆含有微卫星序列,阳性克隆比率为85%。除去重复测序和侧翼链不足的序列,可以设计引物的微卫星序列有64条。     

Dynal磁珠富集大熊猫微卫星标记

应用Dynal磁珠-生物素标记的微卫星探针与大熊猫基因组酶切片段杂交,捕获400—600bp含有微卫星序列的DNA片段,连接到pGEM-T载体中,构建富集微卫星序列的小片段插入文库。应用γ^32P标记的探针筛选文库,从2880个转化子中获得了260个阳性克隆。对54个序列进行了测序,并成功地设计了大熊猫微卫星引物37对。该方法能有效提高筛选微卫星标记的效率。     

苹果黑星病菌SSR反应体系的优化

通过对苹果黑星病菌基因组DNA的SSR反应中一些重要参数进行优化,结果表明,最适反应体系为:2 5μL体系中,10×Buffer Mg Cl2 2 0 mm ol/ L 2 .5μL ,d NTP 10 0μmol·L- 1 、引物0 .5μmol·L- 1 、Taq DNA聚合酶1.5 U ,DNA模板2 m g·L- 1 ,dd H2 O 19.5μL .PCR扩增程序为93℃,2 min,5 7℃,30 s,1个循环;72℃,1m in,93℃,30 s,5 7℃,30 s,4 0个循环;72℃,10 min.     

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.     

磁珠富集法筛选实验豚鼠微卫星分子标记

目的直接从实验豚鼠基因组DNA中筛选获得微卫星分子标记。方法应用磁珠和生物素标记的微卫星探针与豚鼠基因组酶切片段杂交,捕获200～1000 bp含有微卫星序列的DNA片段,连接到pMD-18V载体中,转化到感受态细胞E.coli DH5α中构建富集微卫星序列的小片段插入文库。然后用PCR法进行筛选。结果从约2000个转化子中获得240个阳性克隆。对其中98个进行了测序,并成功设计豚鼠微卫星引物17对。结论经过优化的磁珠富集法能够稳定、高效地获得豚鼠微卫星标记。本研究获得的微卫星位点将成为豚鼠遗传学研究的有力工具。     

中国特有濒危树种毛红椿核心和边缘居群的遗传多样性

选用8对多态的微卫星引物, 研究了毛红椿(Toona ciliata var. pubescens)核心居群和边缘居群的遗传多样性。研究结果显示, 边缘居群的观察等位基因数和有效等位基因数并不比核心居群低, 甚至更高。普通广布和稀有地方等位基因在所有居群中均有分布, 而普通地方和稀有广布等位基因分别仅在5个和3个居群中有分布。从4种类型等位基因总数上看, 边缘居群高于核心居群, 特别是边缘居群的稀有地方等位基因数量明显多于核心居群。边缘居群的平均期望杂合度和观察杂合度都高于核心居群。核心居群间的基因分化系数为0.1520, 边缘居群间为0.3045, 边缘居群与核心居群的遗传分化差异达到显著水平。核心居群间基因流大于1, 而边缘居群间基因流小于1, 说明核心居群间基因交流频繁, 边缘居群由于片段化和地形影响, 基因流较小。Mantel检验结果显示, 居群间遗传距离与地理距离的相关性不显著, 说明地理距离对毛红椿居群遗传分化的影响不显著。     

毛红椿天然种群有性繁殖适合度及其繁殖更新

以九连山国家自然保护区毛红椿4个天然种群为研究对象,于2006—2016年调查毛红椿有性繁殖和自然更新的情况,分析其繁殖适合度系数和个体水平适合度.结果表明:九连山毛红椿各地理种群结实单株的初始数量较少(3~9株),经70余年的繁衍发育,现存结实单株的数量仅2~10株,且来源于原始单株或子1~2代.不同种群间有性繁殖差异显著,但结实能力呈逐年下降的趋势;随群落发育成熟,土壤种子库保存与种子萌发的失利,导致能正常生长发育成熟的林木数量近乎为0.毛红椿最佳性成熟年龄为40年,早期优势明显,适合度系数早期快速增长,为2.0~2.8,但急剧减少至0.3~0.5,之后较平稳减速至近乎于0;种群间个体有性繁殖适合度(0~14株·cm2)存在较显著差异,但均较低,甚至低至0;以现有繁殖率计算,有性繁殖与更新的适合度实测值均远低于预估值.总之,受有性繁殖遗传适合度低的影响,不同种群间有性繁殖与更新能力趋同衰退;个体有性繁殖适合度进一步降低且面临更高的投资风险,现有繁殖体系因此失衡并趋于恶化.建议开展繁殖交配、授粉结实及遗传多样性评价研究,同时人为干预林分环境,于结实期清理林地枯落物,在幼苗至幼树生长过渡期适当疏伐.     

Efficiency of microsatellite enrichment in<Emphasis Type="Italic">Prosopis chilensis</Emphasis> using magnetic capture

Microsatellites (i.e., simple sequence repeats [SSRs]) are highly variable genetic markers that are widely used at an intraspecific level in population genetic studies. Here we employed an enrichment strategy for microsatellite isolation by using microsatellite oligoprobes and magnetic capture of the fragments (Fischer and Bachmann, 1998) inProsopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz (Fabaceae). We analyzed the obtained level of enrichment by sequencing 120 enriched genomic fragments. A total of 521 SSR motives were detected. According to specific search criteria (SSR motifs ≥3 repeat units and ≥6 bp length), 95.8% of the clones contained SSR motifs. Of these, 7.8% showed homology to chloroplast sequences and 92.2% to nuclear sequences. When regarding only nuclear SSRs with 5 or more repeat units and a minimum length of 10 bp, the level of enrichment was 30.8%. A FASTA search against the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) database univocally revealed 4 clones in transcribed regions, 102 clones in genomic regions with unknown function, and 9 clones in chloroplast regions. Among the loci with longer repeat units (≥10 bp, ≥5 repeat units), 3 were in transcribed regions and 65 were in other genomic regions. We discuss the applicability of these markers for population genetic studies.     

PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES: Development of microsatellite markers for the guava rust fungus, Puccinia psidii

We developed and characterized 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers present in the genome of the guava rust fungus, Puccinia psidii. The primers for these microsatellite markers were designed by sequencing clones from a genomic DNA library enriched for a simple sequence repeat (SSR) motif of (AG). All these 15 primer pairs successfully amplified DNA fragments from a sample of 22 P. psidii isolates, revealing a total of 71 alleles. The observed heterozygosity at the 15 loci ranged from 0.05 to 1.00. The SSR markers developed would be useful for population genetics study of the rust fungus.     

Structure and level of genetic diversity in various bean types evidenced with microsatellite markers isolated from a genomic enriched library

We have constructed a common bean genomic library enriched for microsatellite motifs (ATA), (CA), (CAC) and (GA). After screening, 60% of the clones selected from the library enriched for the (ATA) repeat contained microsatellites versus 21% of the clones from the library enriched for (GA) (CA) and (CAC) repeats. Fifteen primer pairs have been developed allowing for the amplification of SSR loci. We have evaluated the genetic diversity of these loci between 45 different bean lines belonging to nine various quality types. A total of 81 alleles were detected at the 15 microsatellite loci with an average of 5.3 alleles per locus. We have investigated the origin of allelic size polymorphism at the locus PvATA20 in which the number of repeats ranges from 24 to 85. We have related these large differences in repeat number to unequal crossing-over between repeated DNA regions. The diversity analysis revealed contrasted levels of variability according to the bean type. The lower level was evidenced for the very fine French bean, showing the effect of breeders intensive selection.     

Simple sequence repeat map of the sunflower genome

Several independent molecular genetic linkage maps of varying density and completeness have been constructed for cultivated sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.). Because of the dearth of sequence and probe-specific DNA markers in the public domain, the various genetic maps of sunflower have not been integrated and a single reference map has not emerged. Moreover, comparisons between maps have been confounded by multiple linkage group nomenclatures and the lack of common DNA markers. The goal of the present research was to construct a dense molecular genetic linkage map for sunflower using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. First, 879 SSR markers were developed by identifying 1,093 unique SSR sequences in the DNA sequences of 2,033 clones isolated from genomic DNA libraries enriched for (AC)(n) or (AG)(n) and screening 1,000 SSR primer pairs; 579 of the newly developed SSR markers (65.9% of the total) were polymorphic among four elite inbred lines (RHA280, RHA801, PHA and PHB). The genetic map was constructed using 94 RHA280 x RHA801 F(7) recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and 408 polymorphic SSR markers (462 SSR marker loci segregated in the mapping population). Of the latter, 459 coalesced into 17 linkage groups presumably corresponding to the 17 chromosomes in the haploid sunflower genome ( x = 17). The map was 1,368.3-cM long and had a mean density of 3.1 cM per locus. The SSR markers described herein supply a critical mass of DNA markers for constructing genetic maps of sunflower and create the basis for unifying and cross-referencing the multitude of genetic maps developed for wild and cultivated sunflowers.     

Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for the common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris L.)

We developed and characterized 10 highly polymorphic microsatellite loci from an SSR‐enriched genomic DNA library of the common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris L). Characterization of these loci using 32 individuals revealed high levels of genetic diversity, five to 18 alleles per locus and a high observed and expected heterozygosity. These loci will be used for paternity analysis and population genetic studies of the co‐evolution between L. terrestris and its parasites.     

Development and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus (Gobiidae)

A microsatellite‐enriched genomic library was constructed for the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770), and nine polymorphic DNA microsatellite markers of high quality were successfully optimized. Characterization of 96 individuals from the Vaccarès lagoon (France) showed moderate to high levels of polymorphism (two to 54 alleles). All the markers conformed to Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and showed no evidence of null alleles, large allele dropout, stuttering and linkage disequilibrium between pairs of loci. These markers successfully amplify in three closely related species and can be employed to investigate population genetic structure and to clarify paternity in Pomatoschistus species.     

Development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and construction of an SSR-based linkage map in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)

In order to develop simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers in Italian ryegrass, we constructed a genomic library enriched for (CA)n-containing SSR repeats. A total of 1,544 clones were sequenced, of which 1,044 (67.6%) contained SSR motifs, and 395 unique clones were chosen for primer design. Three hundred and fifty-seven of these clones amplified products of the expected size in both parents of a two-way pseudo-testcross F₁ mapping population, and 260 primer pairs detected genetic polymorphism in the F₁ population. Genetic loci detected by a total of 218 primer pairs were assigned to locations on seven linkage groups, representing the seven chromosomes of the haploid Italian ryegrass karyotype. The SSR markers covered 887.8 cM of the female map and 795.8 cM of the male map. The average distance between two flanking SSR markers was 3.2 cM. The SSR markers developed in this study will be useful in cultivar discrimination, linkage analysis, and marker-assisted selection of Italian ryegrass and closely related species.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at and is accessible for authorized users.     

Fifty microsatellite markers for Japanese quail

A Japanese quail genomic library enriched for (CA/GT)n simple sequence repeats was screened and positive clones were sequenced. Fifty original microsatellite sequences were isolated that consisted mainly of perfect repeats of the dinucleotide (CA/GT)n motif and a corresponding number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer pairs complementary to unique DNA sequences flanking the microsatellite repeats were designed to detect the repeats. Forty-six percent (23 of 50) of the markers revealed polymorphism in two unrelated quail individuals (one male and one female) randomly sampled from a population of wild quail origin. All 50 primer pairs were tested in the PCR for their ability to amplify chicken genomic DNA. Amplification products were obtained for 14 (28.0%) of the markers at the annealing temperature optimized for quail. These results provide an opportunity to begin characterizing the quail genome for the development of a genetic map for this economically valuable species and the eventual construction of a comparative genetic map in Phasianidae, which comprises a number of agriculturally important species of poultry.