Genetic Diversity Analysis of Nelumbo Accessions Based on EST SSR Markers

EST-SSR markers were applied to estimate the genetic diversity for 30 accessions of Nelumbo nucifera, 6 accessions of Nelumbo lutea and 14 hybrids between these two species. The 52 of 123 EST SSR markers (423%) were screened and then applied to amplify the 50 Nelumbo accessions. A total of 177 alleles were identified, and the number of alleles per locus and Polymorphic Information Content (PIC) value varied from 2 to 8 with an average of 34 alleles and from 063 (NNFB 1059) to 091 (NNFB 750) with an average value of 079, respectively. Jaccard similarity coefficients of the amplification results were analyzed by NTSYS pc2.11 software and the genetic similarity coefficient was from 024 to 086. The clustering dendrogram constructed by UPGMA method indicated that 50 accessions of Nelumbo could be divided into four major groups at the similarity coefficient of 037. Group I and group II included Nnucifera; group III included the majority of Asian American lotus hybrids; and group IV included Nlutea. In addition, the Asian American hybrids were closer to Nnucifera based on genetic relationship, which is consistent with the traditional classification result and the previous reports.     

Transferability of Newly Developed Pear SSR Markers to Other Rosaceae Species

A set of 120 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) was developed from the newly assembled pear sequence and evaluated for polymorphisms in seven genotypes of pear from different genetic backgrounds. Of these, 67 (55.8 %) primer pairs produced polymorphic amplifications. Together, the 67 SSRs detected 277 alleles with an average of 4.13 per locus. Sequencing of the amplification products from randomly picked loci NAUPy31a and NAUpy53a verified the presence of the SSR loci. When the 67 primer pairs were tested on 96 individual members of eight species in the Rosaceae family, 61.2 % (41/67) of the tested SSRs successfully amplified a PCR product in at least one of the Rosaceae genera. The transferability from pear to different species varied from 58.2 % (apple) to 11.9 % (cherry). The ratio of transferability also reflected the closer relationships within Maloideae over Prunoideae. Two pear SSR markers, NAUpy43c and NAUpy55k, could distinguish the 20 different apple genotypes thoroughly, and UPGMA cluster analysis grouped them into three groups at the similarity level of 0.56. The high level of polymorphism and good transferability of pear SSRs to Rosaceae species indicate their promise for application to future molecular screening, map construction, and comparative genomic studies among pears and other Rosaceae species.     

Development of Juglans Regia SSR Markers by Data Mining of the EST Database

Walnut (Juglans regia), an economically important woody plant, is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its timber and nutritional fruits. Despite abundant studies in germplasm, systemic molecular evaluations of walnut are sparsely reported mainly due to the limited molecular markers available. Expressed sequence tags (EST) provide a valuable resource for developing simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. In this study, a total of 5,025 walnut ESTs (covering 16.41 Mb) were retrieved from the National Center for Biotechnology Information database. The SSR motifs were then analyzed by the SSRHunter software. In total, 398 SSRs were obtained with an average frequency of 1/4.08 kb. Dinucleotide (di-) repeat motifs accounted for 69.85% of all SSRs, followed by trinucleotide (tri-) with a frequency of 27.64%, while low frequency (2.51%) of tetranucleotide (tetra-) to hexanucleotide (hexa-) was observed. Meanwhile, GCA and TC motifs were prevalent among di- and tri- loci, respectively. Subsequently, a total of 123 primer pairs were designed from the non-redundant SSR-containing unigenes with the selection threshold of SSR length set to 10 bp or more. To examine the efficiency of candidate markers, seven DNA pools were collected from geographically different accessions. Results demonstrated that 41 SSR primer sets could generate high polymorphic amplification products (33.3%), and these polymorphic loci were mainly located in the 3′-untranslated region. Annotation analysis revealed that only two of these 41 loci were located inside open reading frames of characterized proteins (E ≤ 1E−30).     

亚麻EST序列中SSR标记的筛选

利用亚麻NCBI数据库中的7 941条亚麻EST序列进行SSR的筛选,共发现222个SSR,占整个EST数据库的2.73%,其中三核苷酸重复单元的EST-SSR占总SSR的72.1%,二核苷酸和四核苷酸二者出现的频率基本相近,分别占总SSR的14.4%和13.5%.AGAA是四核苷酸中的优势重复类型,占四核苷酸重复类型的67.67%.设计的21对EST-SSR引物中有18对在10个亚麻材料中有扩增产物,占设计引物的85%,有14对产物条带比较清晰并具有多态性.基于SSR标记进行聚类分析,可将10个亚麻材料划分为3个组.本研究建立的亚麻SSR标记,为亚麻遗传多样性鉴定、分子作图等研究提供了一种有效的分子标记系统.     

基于EST数据库进行SNP分子标记开发的研究进展及在猕猴桃属植物中的应用研究

对基于EST数据库开发SNP标记的特点、开发策略等进行了综述,并介绍了在中华猕猴桃复合体(Actinidia chinesis Planch.)中开发EST-SNP的基本思路和初步结果,为后续分子实验验证及其在自然居群中的应用奠定基础,并为其它相关物种的EST-SNP分子标记开发提供借鉴.     

编码区和非编码区SSR标记对水稻类群的比较研究

设计14对水稻编码区SSR引物和选取已公布的非编码区SSR引物12对、编码区SSR引物3对,采用SSR技术,对29个标记在60个水稻材料中的多态性进行分析。结果表明,编码区SSR标记平均检测到3.59个多态性位点,多态信息量PIC(polymorphism information conten)在0.032～P0.853之间,平均值为0.447;非编码区SSR标记平均检测到3.92个多态性位点,PIC在0.063～P0.795之间,平均值为0.521。聚类分析显示,非编码区SSR标记能更加精确地区分来自不同地区的水稻类群,编码区SSR标记也具有良好的多态性,同样可以用于分析水稻的亲缘关系。     

Novel Biochemical Markers of Psychosocial Stress in Women

Background

Prolonged psychosocial stress is a condition assessed through self-reports. Here we aimed to identify biochemical markers for screening and early intervention in women.

Methods

Plasma concentrations of interleukin (IL) 1-α, IL1-β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, interferon-γ (INF-γ), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), epidermal growth factor (EGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), total tri-iodothyronine (TT3), total thyroxine (TT4), prolactin, and testosterone were measured in: 195 women on long-term sick-leave for a stress-related affective disorder, 45 women at risk for professional burnout, and 84 healthy women.

Results

We found significantly increased levels of MCP-1, VEGF and EGF in women exposed to prolonged psychosocial stress. Statistical analysis indicates that they independently associate with a significant risk for being classified as ill.

Conclusions

MCP-1, EGF, and VEGF are potential markers for screening and early intervention in women under prolonged psychosocial stress.     

中国花生地方品种与育成品种的遗传多样性

以中国花生小核心种质中涉及来源于中国本土的145份地方品种和67份育成品种为材料,应用SSR技术从206对SSR引物中筛选出25对扩增效果好的多态性引物进行检测,并对其进行遗传多样性分析比较.结果表明:(1)地方品种与育成品种各具有特殊带型及各自独特的遗传特性.相似系数和多态性信息量均表明,地方品种的多样性比育成品种丰富,其中:地方品种之间的相似系数为0.57～0.99,平均0.795,多态性信息量0.530 0;育成品种之间的相似系数0.63～0.99,平均0.810,多态性信息量0.463 3.地方品种与育成品种之间的平均相似系数为0.794,变异范围0.56～0.99.(2)对不同生态区来源的分析表明,除黄河流域外其他各生态区地方品种的观测等位基因数和遗传多样性指数(分别为2.740 7～3.518 5和0.816 4～0.879 4)均比育成品种的对应值(分别为1.7012～2.145 6和0.4829～0.802 2)大,并以长江流域生态区地方品种的观测等位基因数和遗传多样性指数最大,分别为3.518 5和0.879 4.(3)聚类分析结果表明,花生核心种质中,中国本土资源分为3个品种群,即地方品种密枝亚种群、地方品种疏枝亚种群和育成品种群,与花生的亚种分类一致.(4)通过遗传多样性分析,鉴定出一批遗传差异较大的材料,其中zhh1398与zhh0041的遗传差异最大,相似系数为0.56,为花生品种的遗传改良及作图群体的构建奠定了基础.     

Development of Genetic Novel SSR Markers by Transcriptome Sequencing in Ophicephalus argus Cantor

Russian Journal of Genetics - Northern snakehead Ophiocephalus argus Cantor is an endemic freshwater species in China. This species is widely distributed in the lower Yellow and Yangtze river...     

Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in Sophora japonica Linn. in China With Newly Developed SSR Markers

Sophora japonica is a medium-sized deciduous native tree to China. Its flower buds and fruits have special medicinal value. By using 26 highly variable nuclear microsatellites, newly reported here, we assessed the genetic diversity and population structure of 10 representative populations (180 individuals in total) within the species. The results revealed a relatively high genetic diversity in S. japonica (N_a?=?8.00, H_e?=?0.74, PIC?=?0.80, I?=?1.67), and reduced genetic variation and heterozygote excess were detected in landrace populations (N_a?=?5.59, H_e?=?0.71, A_r?=?4.11, F_IS?=???0.043) when compared with those semi-wild population (N_a?=?9.7, H_e?=?0.74, A_r?=?8.80, F_IS?=?0.082). A significant bottleneck was detected in two Landraces populations. Moderate differentiation and frequent gene flow were detected among all populations (F_ST?=?0.079, P?<?0.05, N_m?=?2.893). Mantel test detected a marginal significant pattern of isolation by distance (r?=?0.009, P?=?0.50), and strong differentiation was observed between most southern and northern populations both by the STRUCTURE clustering and principal coordinate analysis (PCoA), indicating that geographic isolation played a key role in the genetic differentiation of the species. The results from this study will benefit the breeding and conservation of S. japonica, other congener species, and tree species with similar life history traits.

     

芦笋EST资源的SSR信息分析

为了在芦笋中开发EST-SSR功能性标记,对来源于NCBI公共数据库的8590条芦笋(AsparagusofficinalisL.)EST序列进行简单重复序列SSR搜索。剔除冗余序列,得到非冗余序列8377条。在非冗余序列中共挖掘出469个EST-SSR,平均相隔14.80kb出现1个SSR。在所有的重复基序中,二核苷酸重复基序的SSR所占比例最高40.51%(190/469),其次是三核苷酸34.97%(164/469),六核苷酸21.11%(99/469)。在所有基序里,CT/AG出现的频率最高有62次,占全部重复基序的13.22%(62/469)。选取含SSR的EST序列30条,并利用primer5软件设计引物,进行SSR位点的扩增,其中27对引物扩增产物,24对有较清晰可靠的目标扩增条带,占引物数的80%,且所检测出的芦笋等位基因数量较丰富,平均4.93个/对。这些EST-SSR标记的开发将有助于芦笋群体遗传多样性、遗传图谱构建、基因定位、分子标记和系谱分析等方面的研究。     

EST derived SSR markers for comparative mapping in wheat and rice

Structural and functional relationships between the genomes of hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (2n=6x=42) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) (2n=2x=24) were evaluated using linkage maps supplemented with simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci obtained from publicly available expressed sequence tags (ESTs). EST-SSR markers were developed using two main strategies to design primers for each gene: (1) primer design for multiple species based on supercluster analysis, and (2) species-specific primer design. Amplification was more consistent using the species-specific primer design for each gene. Forty-four percent of the primers designed specifically for wheat sequences were successful in amplifying DNA from both species. Existing genetic linkage maps were enhanced for the wheat and rice genomes using orthologous loci amplified with 58 EST-SSR markers obtained from both wheat and rice ESTs. The PCR-based anchor loci identified by these EST-SSR markers support previous patterns of conservation between wheat and rice genomes; however, there was a high frequency of interrupted colinearity. In addition, multiple loci amplified by these primers made the comparative analysis more difficult. Enhanced comparative maps of wheat and rice provide a useful tool for interpreting and transferring molecular, genetic, and breeding information between these two important species. These EST-SSR markers are particularly useful for constructing comparative framework maps for different species, because they amplify closely related genes to provide anchor points across species.Communicated by R. Hagemann     

花生EST数据库的分析、评价和应用前景

花生是我国重要的油料和经济作物。花生产业的发展对我国国民经济具有重要战略意义。随着分子生物学的发展,植物基因工程和功能基因组学的先进技术将有效推动花生种质创新和科技进步。分析了现有的花生EST数据,结合其他作物功能基因组学的最新研究进展,深入探讨了花生EST数据资源在基因克隆、分子标记开发及表达谱研究等方面的利用价值,并在分析花生EST数据库特点的基础上,展望了新一代测序技术在花生中的应用前景。为更好的利用花生EST数据库提供参考。     

3种烟草基因组SSR位点信息分析和标记开发

利用生物信息学方法对绒毛状烟草、林烟草和本塞姆氏烟草3份烟草野生种基因组数据中的SSR位点信息进行了分析。结果表明,在全长分别为2.14Gb、2.44Gb和2.59Gb的绒毛状烟草、林烟草和本塞姆氏烟草基因组中分别获得153 357个、196 493个和278 784个SSR位点,平均相隔13.94kb、12.42kb和9.31kb出现一个SSR。在SSR位点分布区域上,绝大部分的SSR位点分布在内含子和UTR(尤其是5′-UTR)区域;在SSR基序类型上,主要集中在二、三碱基基序且二者占总SSR位点数目的80%以上,并以二碱基基序类型丰度最高;在SSR基序结构上,基因组中出现频率及数量最高的是含有A(T)n的基序结构;在SSR基序的重复次数上,除单碱基基序类型外,重复次数多在3~10次之间。利用分别属于5个不同烟草组的8份烟草材料验证所合成的300对引物,所有合成的引物均能扩增获得目标片段,其中有80对引物存在扩增多态性。表明来源于绒毛状烟草、林烟草和本塞姆氏烟草基因组的SSR标记在亲缘关系相对较近的烟草种间具有高度保守性和通用性,基于此3份烟草野生种基因组数据开发SSR引物用于后续的相关遗传研究具有可行性。     

SSR和STS标记在花生栽培品种鉴定中的应用研究

采用10份花生品种材料,对通过数据库查询设计合成的SSR引物和其他作者发表的SSR引物及STS引物进行了评估,并基于品种间简单匹配系数做了聚类分析。获得62个能产生多态性片段的SSR和STS引物对,总共获得427条带,其中291条（68．1％）为多态性带。平均每对引物产生6．88条带,4．69条为多态性带;多态性条带比率为16.7％～100％,PIC值为0．254～0．952,平均为0．760。9对SSR／STS引物,即Lec-1、Ah4-26、Ah4-4、SsS14、SHPAL-1、PG71、PG43、PM36、PG22,对所采用的10份花生品种区分率达到10096。说明SSR和STS标记应用于花生品种鉴定有效。     

谷子SSR标记研究进展

谷子是一种重要的杂粮作物.谷子是二倍体自花授粉作物,基因组较小,与水稻基因组存在明显的共线性,是开展基因组研究的理想模式植物.SSR标记具有共显性、多态性高、操作简单等优点,广泛应用于遗传多样性研究、品种鉴定、遗传图谱构建、功能基因研究、分子标记辅助选择育种等领域.本文对谷子SSR标记的开发和应用进行总结,提出了谷子分子遗传研究中存在的问题,并对今后的发展趋势作了初步探讨,旨在为谷子分子遗传研究提供参考.     

SSR分子标记在荔枝上的研究进展

SSR作为第二代基于PCR的一种新型DNA分子遗传标记,数量丰富、多态性高、重复性好、分布于整个基因组、特异位点扩增、发生频率高、共显性遗传等,在果树育种中具有极大的应用价值和开发潜力.本文主要简述了SSR标记的原理和特点,并从分子指纹图谱构建、种质资源的遗传多样性分析、核心种质的发掘、品种鉴定、分子标记辅助育种、遗传图谱构建与基因定位等多方面介绍了近年来SSR技术在荔枝上的应用现状及前景.     

Identification and cross-species amplification of EST derived SSR markers in different bamboo species

The availability of expressed sequence data derived from gene discovery programs became an alternative source of mining simple sequence repeat (SSR) and developing inexpensive genetic markers for the crop improvements. In present study, 10 express sequence tags (EST)-SSR markers were identified from Bambusa oldhamii public sequence data base. Transferability to 25 species of Bambusoideae ranged from 30% to 100%. The number of alleles detected per locus ranged from 2 to 10. All the newly identified SSR markers were found to be moderately to highly polymorphic with an average Polymorphic Information Content (PIC) value of 0.54. As these loci represents transcribed region and recorded high level of cross transferability and reliable amplification across the species, demonstrating the utility of these markers for functional and genetic analyses of bamboo species.