倭蜂猴静止代谢率和体温调节的研究

通过研究倭蜂猴在不同环境温度下的静止代谢率和体温调节特征发现；倭蜂猴（Ｎｙｃｔｉｃｅｂｕｓ ｐｙｇｍａｅｃｕｓ）的ＲＭＲ为０．４９８±０．０３９６０２ｍｌ／ｈｒ．ｇ，仅为预期值的６３．７％；热中性区不明显，实测 下临界温度为３０℃；平均最低热传导为０． ０８０４±０． ００２１０２ｍｌ／ｈｒ． ｓ．℃；在室温下平均体温为３３． ８ ±０．１８℃；在冷压下体温变化较大，温调指数为０．５３５；在高温时主要以高体温和分泌唾液进行体温调节。显示典型热带原猴类动物热能代谢特征。     

基于线粒体D-loop区和Cyt b基因分析广西禾花鲤三个群体遗传结构

研究基于线粒体D-loop区和Cyt b基因部分序列, 分析了广西全州、融水、环江三地禾花鲤(Cyprinus carpio)的遗传结构。在3个群体中共鉴定到19种D-loop与Cyt b序列的组合单倍型, 总的单倍型多样性(H_d)和核苷酸多样性(π)分别为0.916±0.010和0.008±0.004, 禾花鲤线粒体DNA具有单倍型多样性高和核苷酸多样性低的特点。环江群体单倍型多样性最低, 但是核苷酸多样性却最高, 反映了环江群体存在最明显的谱系混杂。分子方差分析(AMOVA)显示遗传变异主要来源于群体内部(71.54%), 禾花鲤三个群体间有显著的遗传分化(F_st=0.285; P<0.01)。系统发育分析表明, 多数样本的线粒体单倍型属于华南鲤(C. carpio rubrefusus)类型, 同时三地禾花鲤中均检测到一定频率的西鲤(C. carpio carpio)或远东鲤(C. carpio haematopterus)类型的线粒体单倍型, 提示禾花鲤可能受到鲤养殖品种的杂交渐渗。研究初步揭示了广西禾花鲤的种质资源现状, 为禾花鲤这一地方特色“稻鱼共作”品种的选育和苗种管理提供了必要的依据。     

倭蜂猴粪便微生物苯酚羟化酶和邻苯二酚1,2-双加氧酶基因多样性研究

【目的】分析倭蜂猴粪便微生物中苯酚羟化酶(Phenol hydroxylase,PH)和邻苯二酚1,2-双加氧酶(Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase,C12O)的基因多样性。【方法】利用简并引物,以倭蜂猴粪便微生物宏基因组DNA为模板,通过PCR扩增,分别构建PH和C12O基因克隆文库,并对克隆进行测序分析。【结果】倭蜂猴粪便微生物来源的PH和C12O基因序列经BLAST比对分析,与GenBank中相应酶的序列一致性分别介于92%?100%和87%?100%。系统进化树分析表明PH基因序列与Neisseria、Burkholderia、Alcaligenes、Acinetobacter 4个属来源的PH序列相关;C12O基因序列全部与Acinetobacter来源的C12O序列相关。序列比对结果表明PH序列具有LmPH (Largest subunit of multicomponent PH)中高保守的两个DEXRH结构域;C12O序列具有能被Ag+和Hg2+抑制的位点(半胱氨酸)。【结论】倭蜂猴粪便微生物来源的PH为多组分PH,其降解苯酚的中间产物邻苯二酚可以被C12O通过邻位开环途径裂解。     

中国地鼠线粒体Cyt b基因测序及其分子进化

目的测定中国地鼠线粒体DNA细胞色素b基因部分序列,分析其分子系统进化关系。方法提取中国地鼠肝脏的总基因组DNA。设计合成特异引物进行PCR扩增,经检测进行测序。用Blast与GenBank中啮齿类其他常用实验动物的物种细胞色素b基因进行同源序列比较,分析其碱基组成及变异情况,并用邻接法、最大简约法、最小进化法构建了分子系统树,在分子水平上探讨中国地鼠和常用啮齿类实验动物的进化关系。结果获得了中国地鼠线粒体Cytb基因的部分序列,共936bp。结论中国地鼠和金黄地鼠的亲缘关系最近,与小鼠、大鼠存在的差异相对大,与豚鼠的亲缘关系最远,与传统的分类地位基本吻合。     

关于经典遗传学中的基因和分子遗传学中的基因

今天我想借这次全国基因会议的机会,讨论一下有关基因和位点这两个概念。 按照孟德尔-摩尔根的遗传学说,基因是决定遗传性状的一小段染色体,并且可以通过杂交实验决定它在整个染色体上的位置,称为位点(Locus)。     

基于16S rRNA和Cyt b基因序列的鰶亚科系统发育研究

对鰶亚科4属5种鱼类的线粒体基因组16S rRNA和Cyt b基因片段序列进行序列比较和系统发育关系分析。结果显示:5种鰶亚科鱼类的16S rRNA和Cy tb基因片段同源序列长度分别为525 bp和402 bp,序列联合后的序列总长度为927 bp,其中多态位点178个,简约信息位点123个。选取太平洋鲱Clupea pallasii和大西洋鲱C.harengus为外类群,采用邻接法(NJ)、最大简约法(MP)、最大似然法(ML)和贝叶斯法(BI)分别对2个基因片段序列进行了聚类分析,并联合2个基因片段利用邻接法、最大简约法和贝叶斯法进行分析。系统发育分析显示:斑鰶Konosirus punctatus与花鰶Clupanodon thriss亲缘关系最近,分布于美洲大陆的真鰶属Dorosoma鱼类与印度洋、太平洋分布的斑鰶属、花鰶属和海鰶属Nematalosa鱼类亲缘关系较远。     

云南中缅树鼩线粒体细胞色素b和D-loop区遗传多样性研究

对3个地方种群的49只样本的线粒体Cyt b基因全序列（1140 bp）及33只样本的控制区D-loop基因区段（745 bp）进行了序列测定。结果表明：Cyt b基因多态性位点有47个,其中单变异位点位点23个,简约信息位点24个。共定义了24个单倍型,其中种群间的共享单倍型有2个（8.33%）,其余均为某个种群所特有,单倍型多样度范围为0.80952（剑川种群）~0.91532（禄劝种群）,核苷酸多样度指数介于0.00326（禄劝种群）~0.00635（剑川种群）之间;D-loop基因多态性位点有18个,其中单变异位点8个,简约信息位点10个。共定义了16个单倍型,无种群间的共享单倍型,单倍型多样度范围为0.76615（禄劝种群）~0.93333（丽江种群）,核苷酸多样度指数介于0.00269（禄劝种群）~0.00583（丽江种群）之间。从各单倍型的TCS网络进化图显示横断山种群位于分支的末端,表现出中缅树鼩由南向北的扩散模式,支持＂岛屿起源＂假说。     

线粒体Cyt b基因与昆虫分子系统学研究

细胞色素b(cytochrorrle b,Cyt b)是线粒体13个蛋白质编码基因中结构和功能被研究得最为清楚的基因之一,该基因的进化速度适中,适合研究种内到种间甚至科间的系统发育关系,研究内容涉及种及种下阶元的分类鉴定、种上阶元的系统发育分析、种群的遗传变异和进化研究、分子进化研究等方面,本文对Cyt b基因的分子特点及其在昆虫系统学研究中的应用进行综述。     

Molecular phylogenetic relationships of China Seas groupers based on cytochrome b gene fragment sequences

The classification and evolutionary relationships are important issues in the study of the groupers. Cytochrome b gene fragment of twenty-eight grouper species within six genera of subfamily Epinephelinae was amplified using PCR techniques and the sequences were analyzed to derive the phylogenetic relationships of the groupers from the China Seas. Genetic information indexes, including Kimura-2 parameter genetic distance and Ts/Tv ratios, were generated by using a variety of biology softwares. With Niphon spinosus, Pagrus major and Pagrus auriga as the designated outgroups, phylogenetic trees, which invoke additional homologous sequences of other Epinephelus fishes from GenBank, were constructed based on the neighbor-joining (NJ), maximum-parsimony (MP), maximum-likelihood (ML) and minimum-evolution (ME) methods. Several conclusions were drawn from the DNA sequences analysis: (1) genus Plectropomus, which was early diverged, is the most primitive group in the subfamily Epinephelinae; (2) genus Variola is more closely related to genus Cephalopolis than the other four genera; (3) genus Cephalopolis is a monophyletic group and more primitive than genus Epinephelus; (4) Promicrops lanceolatus and Cromileptes altivelis should be included in genus Epinephelus; (5) there exist two sister groups in genus Epinephelus.     

Global population structure of the tope (Galeorhinus galeus) inferred by mitochondrial control region sequence data

In order to properly manage and conserve exploited shark species, detailed analyses of their population structure is needed. Global populations of Galeorhinus galeus are in decline due to the exploitation of the fishery over the past 80 years. Currently, the genetic structure of eastern Pacific populations of G. galeus is not known and recent observations in the northeastern Pacific suggest an increase in numbers. To evaluate gene flow among populations of G. galeus , 116 samples were collected and analysed from six geographically dispersed locations: Australia, North America, South Africa, South America (Argentina and Peru), and the UK. Analysis of 968 to 1006 bp of the 1068-bp mitochondrial control region revealed 38 unique haplotypes that were largely restricted to their collecting locality. Significant genetic structure was detected among populations (Φ_ST = 0.84; P  < 0.000001) and migration estimates were low ( Nm  = 0.05–0.97). Due to an apparent lack of migration, populations of G. galeus appear to be isolated from each other with little to no gene flow occurring among them. As a consequence of this isolation, increasing numbers of G. galeus in the northeastern Pacific can be best explained by local recruitment and not by input from geographically distant populations.     

Molecular Phylogeny of Nycticebus Inferred from Mitochondrial Genes

Researchers are still discussing the classification of Nycticebus. We established a molecular phylogeny covering all recognized taxa in Nycticebus to provide information for further evaluation. We sequenced partial D-loop (ca. 390 bp) and cytochrome b genes (425 bp) from 22 specimens. We separated most of the major groups except for some mixing of Nycticebus. coucang coucang and N. bengalensis. Nycticebus pygmaeus diverged earlier from the ancestral stock than the other taxa. Nycticebus coucang menagensis was well discriminated from N. c. coucang. It may be possible to explain the mixing of Nycticebus coucang coucang and N. bengalensis by the hybridization between the 2 groups in the field. Although our data did not provide direct evidence for or against the new proposal that Nycticebus coucang javanicus be raised to the rank of a distinct species (N. javanicus), we have good evidence for regarding N. c. menagensis as a species.Jing-Hua Chen and Deng Pan made equal contributions to the work.     

Origin of Hungarian indigenous chicken breeds inferred from mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences

In this study, we assessed the maternal origin of six Hungarian indigenous chicken breeds using mitochondrial DNA information. Sequences of Hungarian chickens were compared with the D-loop chicken sequences annotated in the GenBank and to nine previously described reference haplotypes representing the main haplogroups of chicken. The first 530 bases of the D-loop region were sequenced in 74 chickens of nine populations. Eleven haplotypes (HIC1-HIC11) were observed from 17 variable sites. Three sequences (HIC3, HIC8 and HIC9) of our chickens were found as unique to Hungary when searched against the NCBI GenBank database. Hungarian domestic chicken mtDNA sequences could be assigned into three clades and probably two maternal lineages. Results indicated that 86% of the Hungarian haplotypes are related to the reference sequence that likely originated from the Indian subcontinent, while the minor part of our sequences presumably derive from South East Asia, China and Japan.     

The largemouth bass cytochrome b gene

The cytochrome b gene is one of the protein-coding genes of the mitochondrial genome that has gained importance because of the ease with which molecular techniques can be applied to the analysis of its structure. The nucleotide sequence of the largemouth bass ( Microplerus salmoides ) cytochrome b gene was determined and the inferred amino acid structure is presented in the form of a structural model derived originally from rat cytochrome b . The inferred amino acid sequences from divergent animal species are aligned and compared in the context of this model. The data suggest that regions of the gene may be evolving at different rates due to different selection pressures associated with functional constraints. Conserved and variable regions of cytochrome b have been identified and can be targeted for species identification, the examination of intraspeciflc variation, and phylogenetic reconstructions in future research.     

Molecular phylogeny of the chipmunks inferred from Mitochondrial cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences

There are currently 25 recognized species of the chipmunk genus Tamias. In this study we sequenced the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) gene of 23 Tamias species. We analyzed the cyt b sequence and then analyzed a combined data set of cyt b along with a previous data set of cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COII) sequence. Maximum-likelihood was used to further test the fit of models of evolution to the cyt b data. Other sciurid cyt b sequence was added to examine the evolution of Tamias in the context of other sciurids. Relationships among Tamias species are discussed, particularly the possibility of a current sorting event among taxa of the southwestern United States and the extreme divergences among the three subgenera (Neotamias, Eutamias, and Tamias).     

Evolution of the gibbon subgenera inferred from cytochrome b DNA sequence data

DNA sequences for the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from the four extant gibbon subgenera are described. The data confirm that the gibbon subgenera evolved from a common hylobatid ancestor and suggest that they diverged from each other after the divergence of the extant African great ape species. The cytochrome b gene does not resolve the evolutionary relationships between the gibbon subgenera themselves.     

Genetic differences between the endangered San Clemente Island loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi and two neighbouring subspecies demonstrated by mtDNA control region and cytochrome b sequence variation

We investigated mtDNA sequence variation in five populations of the loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus , representing four subspecies, including the San Clemente loggerhead shrike L. l. mearnsi , a critically endangered California Channel Island endemic. Variability in 200 bp of control region and 200 bp of cytochrome b was extremely low, and defined four haplotypes. Strong structure was apparent among all three southern Californian subspecies, including L. l. mearnsi , with one haplotype predominating in each subspecies. Although potential levels of gene flow between L. l. mearnsi and neighbouring populations are low, mtDNA data support field observations that some shrikes visit the island during winter but do not stay to breed, and suggest that these birds come from the mainland. The similarity in haplotypes between populations from Saskatchewan, Canada and those in southern California suggests post-glacial northern range expansion of the species. Our results confirm the evolutionary distinctiveness of L. l. mearnsi and justify continuing efforts for its conservation.     

从D环和细胞色素b基因序列探讨懒猴属的分子系统发育关系(英文)

本研究测定了懒猴属(Nycticebus)D环的部分序列和细胞色素b基因的全序列(1140bp),分析了该属物种之间的系统发育进化关系。在DNA水平上,序列分析结果一致地提供了新的分类学证据：支持Rataiszczak和Groves的观点,即N．intermedus只是N．pygmaeus的成体(Ratajszczak,1998;Groves,1971)。对两种序列的数据做了联合及个别分析,获得相似的系统树,支持懒猴属由两个单系群组成：第一群由N．pygmaeus聚成,第二群由N．coucang聚成。该结果也提供了新的分子遗传证据,支持懒猴属由N．coucang和N．pygmaeus两物种组成。