赤拟谷盗全基因组和EST中微卫星的丰度

微卫星是近年大力开发的一种分子标记,为了推进赤拟谷盗Tribolium castaneum(Herbst)遗传学相关研究,对赤拟谷盗全基因组和EST中由1~6个碱基重复单元组成的简单序列重复进行分析,进而对其微卫星的丰度和分布进行比较分析。微卫星在赤拟谷盗EST中的分布频率为1/0.87kb,其中单碱基重复序列占71.25%,是最丰富的重复单元,而六、三、四、二,五碱基重复单元序列分别占23.93%,2.94%,1.56%,0.17%,0.15%。全基因组中微卫星的分布频率为1/3.65kb,其中六碱基重复序列占61.96%,是最丰富的重复单元,而三,四,一,五,二碱基重复单元序列分别占14.35%,13.75%,4.68%,3.60%,1.69%。同时发现富含A和T碱基的微卫星占主导地位,富含G和C碱基的微卫星数量较少。进一步的分析显示,微卫星在每条染色体上的丰度存在很大的相似性。     

赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗的生殖隔离研究

赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗是两个同域发生的近缘储粮害虫。为明确它们的生殖隔离程度和机制,本研究比较分析了赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗雄虫对同种和异种雌虫的交配选择;赤拟谷盗与杂拟谷盗交配后,测定了精子在异种雌体内的存活情况;将赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗进行正反杂交,研究其F1代、F2代和回交代杂种是否产生及其雌雄比。结果显示,赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗雄虫对同种雌虫的爬跨率和交配率高于其对异种雌虫的爬跨率和交配率,表明赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗种间性隔离不完全;赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗交配后精子在异种雌体内是存活的,杂交所产的F1代卵为受精卵,说明交配后完成了精子传送和受精过程,表明种间机械隔离和配子隔离不完全;赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗的杂种F1代自交和回交产生了F2代和回交代,表明种间不存在杂种不育;一些杂交组合产生的F2代和回交代数量少且存在雌雄性比偏离,表明种间存在部分杂种不活和杂种衰败。本研究明确了赤拟谷盗和杂拟谷盗的生殖隔离机制,这对于揭示它们的物种进化关系有着重要意义。     

赤拟谷盗功能基因组学研究进展

赤拟谷盗Tribolium castaneum是一种重要的模式生物,在遗传、发育、生化与免疫等研究领域均取得了重要的研究进展。同时它也是一种危害极大的鞘翅目类储粮害虫,在世界各地都有分布,每年给储藏物造成了数十亿美元的经济损失。其全基因组测序的完成、遗传操作体系的构建及系统RNAi方法的应用都极大地促进了其功能基因组学的研究。本文综述了近年来赤拟谷盗基因组计划及功能基因组学的研究进展,拟为赤拟谷盗的生物学研究和防治奠定基础。     

特定电磁波(TDP)对赤拟谷盗繁殖性能的影响

TDP辐射器经通电,产生一条2～50μm电磁波谱。该波自问世10多年来,在人和动物的疾病防治及其他生物学效应方面,均有实用价值。TDP辐射对家畜繁殖功能有促进和调节作用,前已有报道［1,2］。对昆虫赤拟谷盗TriboliumcastaneumHerbst的影响本实验尚属首次,赤拟谷盗,因其世代短,繁殖力强,性染色体雌虫为XX雄虫为XY,踊期可鉴别雌雄,故在遗传学研究中常作“导航试验昆虫”[3]。本试验目的在于观察TDP对赤拟谷盗繁殖功能的影响。1实验方法选野生型SH系中赤拟谷盗10个家系的蛹,鉴别雌雄,分别放入培养箱中（温度32℃,相对湿度60…     

温度对赤拟谷盗爬行和起飞活动的影响

在不同温度下研究了赤拟谷盗Tribolium castaneum(Herbst)在固体物面、设定粮面、温度均匀的粮(小麦)柱和具有温度梯度粮柱内爬行扩散速度、起飞温度等.主要结果为:赤拟谷盗在17℃开始有爬行为,25℃开始有飞行行为,在15～25℃时水平爬行速度和15 ～ 20℃时竖直运动速度与温度呈显著正相关,在无障...     

赤拟谷盗模拟种公畜选择──常规与改进方法的比较

本实验用实验昆虫赤拟谷盗两个世代各３０个家系的８５９和７２６只蛹的２３日龄蛹长和蛹宽作为选择性状模拟种公畜选择,对常规方法和改进方法进行比较。以Ｈｅｎｄｅｒｓｏｎ方法Ⅲ和综合指数作为常规方法,用约束最大似然法（ＲＥＭＬ）和ＢＬＵＰ估计方差组分和育种值为改进方法。结果表明,常规法估计遗传参数在两世代中不稳定,而改进方法弥补此缺点。对两世代个体和家系育种值排队,结果表明两种方法在前几名无差别,说明在选择强度大（留种率低）时,两种方法效果基本一致。     

冰核真菌削弱赤拟谷盗抗寒力的初步研究

赤拟谷盗Tribolium castaneum是不耐结冰的害虫,在冬季它通过降低过冷却点以避免结冰造成的致命伤害。冰核活性细菌能显著提高昆虫的过冷却点,使之在较高的零下温度发生结冰。试验证明冰核活性真菌也能显著提高赤拟谷盗的过冷却点。对照组平均过冷却点为-14.9℃。用10 g/L的冰核真菌制剂喷洒虫体,风干后测定,平均过冷却点提高到-4.8℃。用0.1 g/L处理后至少在7天内过冷却点保持较高。这些结果表明冰核真菌可能成为一种在冬季使用的、防治不耐结冰害虫的促冻杀虫剂。     

温湿度对赤拟谷盗成虫飞行能力的影响

本文利用昆虫飞行磨研究了温度和湿度变化对赤拟谷盗Tribolium castaneum(Herbst)雌、雄成虫飞行能力的影响;分别测定了23℃、26℃、29℃、32℃和35℃等5个温度,45%、65%和85%等3个湿度条件下,赤拟谷盗雌、雄成虫的飞行距离、时间和速度等反应昆虫飞行能力的参数。单次飞行距离、单次飞行时间、单次飞行速度、24 h累计飞行距离及时间分析结果表明,环境温度和湿度对赤拟谷盗雌、雄成虫的飞行能力有不同程度的影响,环境温湿度过高或过低均不利于赤拟谷盗雌、雄成虫飞行;温度为32℃时,赤拟谷盗雌成虫的单次飞行距离、飞行时间、飞行速度、24 h累计飞行距离和飞行时间分别为0.925 m、9.616 s、0.023 m/s、0.979 km和2.886 h;雄成虫的单次飞行距离、飞行时间、飞行速度、24 h累计飞行距离和飞行时间分别为0.638 m、6.035 s、0.014 m/s、0.674 km和3.175 h。在相对湿度45%、65%和85%时,雌成虫的单次飞行时间分别为6.998 s、9.616 s和6.431 s;雄成虫的单次飞行时间分别为3.163 s、6.035 s和0.208 s。飞行速度与相对湿度的关系与飞行时间相似。从飞行能力参数来看,雌虫的飞行能力优于雄虫。     

磷化氢对赤拟谷盗成虫体内CAT和SOD活性的影响

用赤拟谷盗Tribolium castaneum(Herbst)成虫,研究PH3对其体内超氧化物岐化酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性的影响。结果表明PH3熏蒸后,4种不同地理种群的成虫体内,CAT酶活性都有所降低。种群NGD1降低最多,接近57%,而NGD4则只降低了19%,NGD2和NGD3的降低都在40%左右。不同地理种群的成虫体内,SOD酶活性在熏蒸后都有所增加,种群NGD1增加幅度最大,NGD2增加幅度最小。SOD和CAT活性的变化幅度与成虫对PH3产生的抗性有关,抗性越大,酶活性变化越大。     

不同地理种群赤拟谷盗肠道细菌群落多样性分析

【目的】了解储粮害虫赤拟谷盗Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)成虫肠道细菌群落组成及多样性。【方法】利用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术对3个地理种群的赤拟谷盗雄虫肠道细菌16S rDNA的V3-V4变异区进行测序分析。【结果】从赤拟谷盗肠道样本中共测得465 293条reads,聚类为113个OTU,共注释到8门、15纲、33目、52科和79属的细菌。其中,优势菌门包括变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)和放线菌门(Actinobacteria)等,优势菌属包括假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、肠杆菌科未鉴定属(Unclassified-f-Enterobacteriaceae)、不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)、肠球菌属(Enterococcus)和根瘤菌属(Rhizobium)等。3个地理种群的赤拟谷盗肠道细菌的Shannon指数、Simpson指数、Ace指数和Chao指数分别为1.5-1.7、0.3、79.7-133.2和76.4-85.2。【结论】不同地理种群的赤拟谷盗成虫的肠道细菌群落组成存在显著差异。     

Neuropeptide precursors in Tribolium castaneum

Neuropeptides and neurohormones are among the more diverse and functionally important classes of cell-to-cell signaling molecules involved in animal development and behavior. Less is known about the hormones and neuropeptides of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, than many other insects. However, the genomic information becoming available from this organism presents an opportunity to identify multiple neuropeptide and hormone genes, and hence their associated protein precursors. Using similarity-based prediction, we report new neuropeptides and hormone precursors from T. castaneum, bringing the number of annotated precursors to 37. We identified one prohormone (SVDPIDGDLIG-containing) having little similarity to other insect prohormones. The conversion of the protein precursors into bioactive peptides requires a suite of processing enzymes and a number of enzymatic steps; using the web-based NeuroPred application and similarity-based bioinformatics approaches, we predict 132 likely peptides that may result from the enzymatic processing of these gene products.     

The karyosphere capsule in Tribolium castaneum oocytes

The structure and composition of the karyosphere (karyosome) capsule of the laboratory insect, Tribolium castaneum, were studied with the use of electron and immunoelectron microscopy. Eight stages that characterized the period of oocyte growth have been established basing on the study of nuclear structure dynamics. At the diplotene stage, T. castaneum oocyte chromosomes are being united early to form a compact karyosphere; however, prominent chromatin condensation does not occur at the same time. The process of karyosphere formation is accompanied by the development of a spacious extrachromosomal capsule surrounding chromatin. The capsule consists of a fibrous material of different morphological types. The most prominent molecular components of T. castaneum karyosphere capsule are represented by the proteins of nuclear matrix, including F-actin and lamin B. Apart from the structural proteins, immunocytochemical approach allowed revealing Sm proteins of small nuclear (sn) RNPs and “mature” snRNAs with 2,2,7-trimetyl guanosine (TMG) cap at the 5’-end of their molecules. These data may serve as a base for further broadening of the conception about the functions of the karyosphere capsule as a specialized oocyte nuclear domain. We believe that T. castaneum karyosphere capsule plays not only a structural role, but may be involved directly in the processes related to gene expression.     

Genotype-environment interaction effects on reproductive performance in Tribolium castaneum

Summary The genetical expectations of the means, variances and covariances of populations of doubled haploid lines derived from f₁, F₂, F₃ and intermated F₂ (S₃) generations are presented. These expectations are identical, regardless of genetical architecture, providing there is no linkage disequilibrium. In the presence of linkage disequilibrium differences will occur whose magnitude and direction will depend on the degree of disequilibrium, recombination frequency and the presence or absence of epistasis.Data from an experiment to detect linkage disequilibrium in a cross between two spring barley varieties are presented. This involved a comparison of means, variances and covariances of doubled haploid populations derived from the F₁ and F₂ generations using the H. bulbosum system. Linkage disequilibrium was detected for important agronomic characters and the effect of this disequilibrium on the choice of generation for doubled haploid production is discussed.     

Cytogenetics of chromosome rearrangements in Tribolium castaneum.

The karyotype of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, was reexamined and improved by restriction enzyme banding with HpaII. After this treatment, each of the 10 chromosomes were identified in spermatogonial metaphase cells and 3 of the 8 autosomal bivalents and the XY pair were identified in spermatocyte metaphase I nuclei. Based on centromere position, relative length, and banding pattern, probable correlations between some of the mitotic chromosomes and some of the metaphase I bivalents were ascertained. Thus improved, the karyotypes of beetles harboring genetically defined translocations were investigated. Spermatocyte metaphase I nuclei were most informative, as normal chromosome pairing was visibly disrupted by rearrangements. Bivalents associated with each rearrangement were identified. Results demonstrated that each of the five best defined T. castaneum linkage groups corresponds to a different chromosome and established correspondence between bivalents and linkage groups 1-4. The relevance of these findings is discussed with regard to Tribolium genetics and evolution.