同源四倍体矮牵牛花粉母细胞减数分裂观察

以同源四倍体矮牵牛06P-12为材料,采用常规压片法对花粉母细胞减数分裂过程及染色体行为进行了观察研究,以探明同源四倍体矮牵生育性降低的细胞学原因.结果显示:花粉母细胞减数分裂过程与二倍体基本相同但有其特殊性,主要表现在:终变期染色体的构型复杂,有四价体、三价体和单价体;中期Ⅰ和中期Ⅱ有赤道板外染色体;后期Ⅰ和后期Ⅱ出现落后染色体、丢失染色体、染色体桥及不均等分裂的现象;四分体时期出现一分体、二分休、三分体以及含微核的异常三分体、四分体、多分体.花粉母细胞减数分裂过程中正常细胞平均达78.6%,异常细胞频率平均为21.4%.研究表明,同源四倍体矮牵生育性降低的细胞学原因是减数分裂过程中染色体行为异常.     

几类异质小麦雄性不育系育性恢复性的细胞遗传学研究

系统调查了4类异质(粘果、易变、偏凸、二角山羊草细胞质)1BL/lRS、非1BL/1RS小麦雄性不育系与其恢复系杂种F减数分裂中期Ⅰ出现单价体细胞频率,以及后期Ⅰ出现落后染色体和染色体桥细胞频率,并对中、后期染色体变异率与杂种F自交结实率进行了相关分析.结果表明(1)1BL/1RS型杂种在中期Ⅰ、后期Ⅰ染色体变异率要明显高于非1BL/1RS杂种;(2)4类异源细胞质在非1BL/1RS杂种中有着明显提高单价体细胞频率的作用;(3)在1BL/1RS杂种中,1B@1BL/1RS杂合核型染色体联会松弛,对单价体频率的影响远大于异源细胞质的影响;(4)1BL/1RS型杂种自交结实率与中期出现单价体细胞频率不直接相关,而与后期出现落后染色体和染色体桥细胞的频率呈高度负相关;(5)非1BL/1RS型杂种在减数分裂中、后期染色体行为相对稳定,易恢复且恢复度高,很有实际利用价值.     

矮牡丹小孢子发生和雄配子体发育及其与该种濒危的关系

研究了矮牡丹Paeonia jishanensis Hong et W．Z．Zhao的小孢子发生及雄配子体的形成。矮 牡丹花药具4个小孢子囊,药壁结构属双子叶型,腺质绒毡层,小孢子母细胞减数分裂后胞质分裂为 同时型,四分体多为四面体形,少左右对称形,成熟花粉为2-细胞。对芍药属木本类型的雄性发育进行 了全面研究,还对小孢子母细胞减数分裂和单核小孢子发育时期的异常现象进行了观察,对能育花粉 与不育花粉的百分比进行了测定,结果表明,能育花粉为45.03％～84.18％,它们在不同花中,不同花 药中,甚至同一花药的不同花粉囊中表现都不完全一致。联系矮牡丹的致濒原因进行了讨论,认为雄配子体形成过程中的异常现象,并不是导致矮牡丹濒危的主要因素。     

濒危植物矮牡丹的分布格局及其生存群落的数量分析

对山西稷山马家沟,永注水峪口,陕西延安万花山,华阴二仙桥４个地区矮牡丹生存群落进行了分类和排序研究,ＴＷＩＮＳＰＡＮ分类将矮牡丹生存群落分为１０类,分类结果在ＤＣＡ二维排序图上得以了有效的验证,说明矮牡丹适应能力较强,但除了在地带性顶级群落辽宁栎林下矮牡丹能形成灌木层优势种外,在其它群落中,矮牡丹只属于群落的伴生成分,用Ｍｏｒｉｓｔａ指数法,负二项指数法和方差均值比３种方法对矮牡丹种群进行了分布格     

四川牡丹和块根芍药第五号染色体异常的减数分裂证据

四川牡丹Paeonia decomposita和块根芍药Paeonia intermedia具有共同的第五号染色体减数分裂异常：与长臂相比,短臂在遗传距离和物理距离之间存在巨大的背离。短臂的遗传距离约是长臂的1/28（块根芍药）和1/50（四川牡丹）,短臂的物理距离约是长臂的1/3,物理距离是遗传距离的9倍以上。在四川牡丹中,五号染色体的环形二价体（两个臂形成交叉）和棒状二价体（仅一个臂形成交叉）的比率是1.94：98.06,而在块根芍药中是3.42：96.58。在这两个种中,棒状二价体大大多于环形二价体。四川牡丹和块根芍药第五号染色体的后期I倒位桥出现频率非常低,而且断片长度是变化的。     

水稻亚种间杂种F1半不育小孢子发生的细胞学观察

利用石蜡切片和染色体压片法对水稻亚种间半不育杂种F1及其亲本的小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程进行细胞学观察.结果显示:亲本及杂种F1的花药壁发育正常,但部分F1的小孢子母细胞减数分裂异常,形成不均等的二分体和异常的四分体;其染色体在中期Ⅰ分散在赤道板两旁或远离赤道板,形成单价体;在后期Ⅰ和后期Ⅱ产生大量落后染色体或染色体桥.研究表明,部分花粉母细胞减数分裂中期和后期染色体行为异常可能是造成杂种F1花粉半不育的主要原因.     

矮牡丹与紫斑牡丹RAPD分析初报

用10个任意序列的寡核苷酸片段作为引物,将采自陕西、山西、甘肃等地矮牡丹与紫斑牡丹基因组DNA,在毛细管气浴式PCR热循环仪上随机扩增。在对所有引物扩增条件严格标准化的条件下,这些引物可产生清楚的、可重复的与扩增产物相应的琼脂糖凝胶电泳区带。这10个有效扩增的引物在矮牡丹平均每一个体中扩增出71条带,其中多态的带16条(22．5％),在紫斑牡丹平均每一个体中扩增出76条带,其中多态的带2l条(27．6％)。对每两个个体,每条多态带进行成对比较,累加后求分子标记差异的平均值。在矮牡丹3个居群间的平均差异是7．9,在紫斑牡丹4个居群间的平均差异是8．7,在矮牡丹与紫斑牡丹2个种间的平均差异是10.3。显然,若用来扩增的植物个体数目和引物数目增加,将会得到更满意的结果。初步结果表明濒危植物矮牡丹与紫斑牡丹种内低水平的DNA多态性。RAPD技术用于检测野生牡丹居群内与居群间的遗传变异是有用的与可行的;用于研究种间的进化和亲缘关系也有潜力。     

部分菊属植物及其种间杂种减数分裂异常现象观察

对不同倍数性菊属植物及其部分种间杂种的减数分裂异常现象进行观察统计,并分析其形成机制以及在菊属系统演化中的作用。结果表明,菊属减数分裂异常现象包括分裂不同步、二价体提前解离、二价体互锁、染色体桥、落后染色体等。减数分裂不同步现象普遍存在于菊属植物减数分裂过程。二倍体的菊花脑、甘菊、异色菊的部分二价体在终变期提前解离为单价体。菊花脑及其部分杂种中观察到了互锁二价体。四倍体菊花脑、南京野菊、‘黄英’、‘滁菊’在AI和AII都出现了染色体桥,毛华菊有1.5%的PMC在AI出现染色体桥。四倍体菊花脑AI、AII期出现落后染色体的频率分别为10.6%和7.3%;毛华菊AI期出现落后染色体的频率为4.4%;栽培菊‘黄英’和‘滁菊’在AI、AII期出现落后染色体的频率高于毛华菊。杂种出现染色体桥及落后染色体的频率普遍高于亲本。倒位以及由其引起的各种染色体结构变异可能在菊属系统演化过程中起着重要作用。     

黄牡丹的核型分析

本文对黄牡丹进行了核型分析。其染色体数目和核型公式为:K(2n)=10=6m(2SAT) 2sm 2st(SAT),其中在第3和第5对染色体的短臂上具有微型随体。并与已报道的野牡丹、紫斑牡丹和矮牡丹的核型分析资料进行了比较,对它们的关系进行了初步探讨。     

小胡杨花粉母细胞减数分裂染色体行为研究

采用常规压片法对小胡杨花粉母细胞减数分裂过程染色体行为及花粉特性进行了研究.结果表明:小胡杨花粉母细胞减数分裂过程中表现出极强的异质性,减数分裂各时期异常细胞出现率均超过70%.其中,终变期存在大量单价体、后期观察到落后染色体,证明小胡杨的两个亲本亲缘关系较远.小胡杨花粉母细胞减数分裂过程高频率异常现象(后期I落后染色体71.87%,染色体桥8.13%;末期Ⅰ有77.18%的微核细胞;后期Ⅱ有85.60%的异常细胞等)的发生直接导致其大部分花粉发育异常(99.48%),表现出远缘杂种的败育特性.     

木立芦荟小孢子母细胞减数分裂与花粉育性关系的初步研究

文章从减数分裂过程、小孢子发育两方面,探讨了木立芦荟（Aloe arboresens Mill.）花粉败育的原因。木立芦荟花粉母细胞染色体数目为2n=14,由四对长染色体和三对短染色体组成,属二型性核型。其减数分裂异常,发现存在单价体和多价体、染色体桥、落后染色体、不均等分离、微核等。同时观察到木立芦荟染色体具有极度的粘质性,使减数分裂各阶段的染色体不易散开。统计各种异常现象出现的频率并分析了这些异常现象形成的可能机制及对正常小孢子形成的影响,推测染色体间的丝状粘连可能是木立芦荟小孢子母细胞减数分裂异常并导致败育花粉产生的主要因素。成熟花粉粒中90%以上为败育花粉,属碘败型。     

Meiosis in Mesostoma ehrenbergii ehrenbergii (Turbellaria,Rhabdocoela)

At metaphase I of meiosis in spermatocytes of Mesostoma ehrenbergii ehrenbergii [2n=10] three bivalents and four univalents form. The same two chromosome pairs always form the univalents. Analysis of metaphase I, anaphase I and metaphase II configurations in fixed testis material suggested that the distribution of the four univalents is not a random process but the correct segregation of one member of each pair to each pole is actively achieved before the end of metaphase I. In live preparations of testis material univalents were observed to move between the poles of metaphase I cells, eventually reaching the correct segregation. All cells observed to enter anaphase I had the correct segregation of univalents. It is proposed that the univalent movement during metaphase I is directed towards obtaining the correct segregation of univalents before the cells enter anaphase.     

Segregation of the amphitelically attached univalent X chromosome in the spittlebug <Emphasis Type="Italic">Philaenus spumarius</Emphasis>

In meiosis I, homologous chromosomes combine to form bivalents, which align on the metaphase plate. Homologous chromosomes then separate in anaphase I. Univalent sex chromosomes, on the other hand, are unable to segregate in the same way as homologous chromosomes of bivalents due to their lack of a homologous pairing partner in meiosis I. Here, we studied univalent segregation in a Hemipteran insect: the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius. We determined the chromosome number and sex determination mechanism in our population of P. spumarius and showed that, in male meiosis I, there is a univalent X chromosome. We discovered that the univalent X chromosome in primary spermatocytes forms an amphitelic attachment to the spindle and aligns on the metaphase plate with the autosomes. Interestingly, the X chromosome remains at spindle midzone long after the autosomes have separated. In late anaphase I, the X chromosome initiates movement towards one spindle pole. This movement appears to be correlated with a loss of microtubule connections between the kinetochore of one chromatid and its associated spindle pole.     

Involvement of chromatid cohesiveness at the centromere and chromosome arms in meiotic chromosome segregation: A cytological approach

Kinetochores and chromatid cores of meiotic chromosomes of the grasshopper species Arcyptera fusca and Eyprepocnemis plorans were differentially silver stained to analyse the possible involvement of both structures in chromatid cohesiveness and meiotic chromosome segregation. Special attention was paid to the behaviour of these structures in the univalent sex chromosome, and in B univalents with different orientations during the first meiotic division. It was observed that while sister chromatid of univalents are associated at metaphase I, chromatid cores are individualised independently of their orientation. We think that cohesive proteins on the inner surface of sister chromatids, and not the chromatid cores, are involved in the chromatid cohesiveness that maintains associated sister chromatids of bivalents and univalents until anaphase I. At anaphase I sister chromatids of amphitelically oriented B univalents or spontaneous autosomal univalents separate but do not reach the poles because they remain connected at the centromere by a long strand which can be visualized by silver staining, that joins stretched sister kinetochores. This strand is normally observed between sister kinetochores of half-bivalents at metaphase II and early anaphase II. We suggest that certain centromere proteins that form the silver-stainable strand assure chromosome integrity until metaphase II. These cohesive centromere proteins would be released or modified during anaphase II to allow normal chromatid segregation. Failure of this process during the first meiotic division could lead to the lagging of amphitelically oriented univalents. Based on our results we propose a model of meiotic chromosome segregation. During mitosis the cohesive proteins located at the centromere and chromosome arms are released during the same cellular division. During meiosis those proteins must be sequentially inactivated, i.e. those situated on the inner surface of the chromatids must be eliminated during the first meiotic division while those located at the centromere must be released during the second meiotic division.by D.P. Bazett-Jones     

Evolutionary implications of permanent odd polyploidy in the stable sexual, pentaploid of Rosa canina L

In Rosa canina (2n = 5x = 35), the pollen and ovular parents contribute, respectively, seven and 28 chromosomes to the zygote. At meiosis I, 14 chromosomes form seven bivalents and 21 chromosomes remain as univalents. Fluorescent in situ hybridization to mitotic and pollen mother cells (PMC) of R. canina showed that 10 chromosomes (two per genome) carry ribosomal DNA (rDNA) loci. Five chromosomes carry terminal 18S-5.8S-26S rDNA loci; three of these also carry paracentric 5S rDNA loci and were designated as marker chromosomes 1. Five chromosomes carry only 5S rDNA loci and three of these were designated as marker chromosomes 2. The remaining four of the 10 chromosomes with rDNA loci were individually identifiable by the type and relative sizes of their rDNA loci and were numbered separately. At PMC meiosis, two marker chromosomes 1 and two marker chromosomes 2 formed bivalents, whereas the others were unpaired. In a gynogenetic haploid of R. canina (n = 4x = 28), obtained after pollination with gamma-irradiated pollen, chromosomes at meiosis I in PMC remained predominantly unpaired. The data indicate only one pair of truly homologous genomes in R. canina. The 21 unpaired chromosomes probably remain as univalents through multiple generations and do not recombine. The long-term evolutionary consequence for the univalents is likely to be genetic degradation through accumulated mutational change as in the mammalian Y chromosome and chromosomes of asexual species. But there is no indication that univalents carry degenerate 5S rDNA families. This may point to a recent evolution of the R. canina meiotic system.     

Sex-dependent frequency and type of autosomal univalency at the first meiotic metaphase in mouse germ cells

Univalents at the first meiotic metaphase in mouse spermatocytes occur mainly in the XY pair, making it difficult to compare the amounts of univalency in males and females. In this study, the amounts of autosomal univalency in male and female meiosis were compared using the model strain CBA-T6, in which univalency of the small marker autosome pair T6 has been shown to occur very frequently in spermatocytes. Mice from inbred CBA and DBA strains were also analysed. The total frequencies of univalency (sex chromosomes plus autosomes) in metaphase I spermatocytes were 45.6% in CBA, 36.9% in CBA-T6, and 37.3% in DBA males. The aneuploidy in metaphase II spermatocytes ranged from 1.4 to 3% in these strains, which was in agreement with previous findings that most primary spermatocytes with abnormal chromosome configurations are arrested in their development before metaphase II. In the CBA-T6 strain, autosomal univalency at metaphase I mostly involved chromosome pair T6; however, its frequency differed significantly between the sexes, amounting to 18.9% in spermatocytes and 4.3% in oocytes. In the CBA strain, autosomal univalents at metaphase I were seen in 7.7% of the spermatocytes and 1.4% of the oocytes and, in DBA mice, in 4.9% of the spermatocytes and 3.8% of the oocytes. However, in DBA oocytes, when univalency occurred it usually concerned a greater number of bivalents in one cell (range: 2-19 disjoined bivalents), a phenomenon very rare in males of this strain. This study shows that univalent formation differs between the male and female types of meiosis.     

Meiosis in a triploid hybrid of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Gossypium</Emphasis>: high frequency of secondary bipolar spindles at metaphase II

Studies on meiosis in pollen mother cells (PMCs) of a triploid interspecific hybrid (3x = 39 chromosomes, AAD) between tetraploid Gossypium hirsutum (4n = 2x = 52,AADD) and diploid G. arboreum (2n = 2x = 26,AA) are reported. During meiotic metaphase I, 13 AA bivalents and 13 D univalents are expected in the hybrid. However, only 28% of the PMCs had this expected configuration. The rest of the PMCs had between 8 and 12 bivalents and between 12 and 17 univalents. Univalents lagged at anaphase I, and at metaphase II one or a group of univalents remained scattered in the cytoplasm and failed to assemble at a single metaphase plate. Primary bipolar spindles organized around the bivalents and multivalents. In addition to the primary spindle, several secondary and smaller bipolar spindles organized themselves around individual univalents and groups of univalents. Almost all (97%) of the PMCs showed secondary spindles. Each spindle functioned independently and despite their multiple numbers in a cell, meiosis I proceeded normally, with polyad formation. These observations strongly support the view that in plant meiocytes bilateral kinetochore symmetry is not required for establishing a bipolar spindle and that single unpaired chromosomes can initiate and stabilize the formation of a functional bipolar spindle.     

Meiotic studies in Acanonicus hahni (Stål) (Coreidae,Heteroptera) I. Behaviour of univalents in desynaptic individuals

Male meiosis was studied in a population of Acanonicus hahni (Stål), and nine of the sixteen individuals analyzed showed desynapsis. The frequency of univalents varied from one to seven percent in eight of them, while in the ninth the percentage of cells with univalents was higher (12%). The univalents auto-orientate at metaphase I in the center of the ring formed by autosomal bivalents and divide equationally at anaphase I; at metaphase II they show touch-and-go pairing, and lie in the center of the ring of autosomes.A desynaptic origin of the univalents is proposed, and the arrangement of the chromosomes in the first and second metaphase plate in the normal and desynaptic individuals is compared and discussed. The meiotic characteristics of these desynaptic individuals are also compared with those described in other insects with holocentric and monocentric chromosomes. It is suggested that any achiasmatic chromosome, whether a univalent, m or sex chromosome, will induce the formation of a ring and with some or all of them lying in its centre.     

A new and distinctive male-sterile,female-fertile desynaptic mutant in soybean (Glycine max)

A spontaneous desynaptic mutation, affecting only microsporogenesis and causing pollen sterility, has been detected in BR97-12986H, a line of the official Brazilian soybean breeding program. In this male-sterile, female-fertile mutant, up to metaphase II, the meiotic behavior was similar to that described for the st series of synaptic mutants previously reported in soybean. Besides many univalents, few or total absence of bivalents were recorded in diakinesis. Bivalents presented one or two terminal chiasmata, while univalents retained the sister chromatid cohesion. Bivalents and most univalents congregated at the equatorial metaphase plate, although univalents frequently migrated to the poles prematurely. Laggards resulting from delay in chiasmata terminalization were also recorded. Distinctly different in their behavior from st series soybean mutants, telophase I-originated micronuclei of different sizes organized their own spindle in the second division. This behavior contributed towards an increase in genome fractionation. Several microspores and microcytes of different sizes were recorded at the end of meiosis. Pollen sterility was estimated at 91.2%. Segregation ratio for sterility in this line and its progenies reached 3:1. Allelism tests with st series of synaptic mutants are in progress. The importance of male-sterile, female-fertile mutations for soybean breeding programs is discussed.     

Studies on male and female meiosis in Indian Allium

Male meiosis in autotetraploid Allium tuberosum (4×=32) is fairly regular, keeping in view its cytological status, with 81 percent of the chromosomes associated in quadrivalents and trivalents. About 5% of the cells have 32 univalents. Anaphase segregation is slightly irregular. While 48% of the pollen mitoses show 16 chromosomes, 87% of the mature pollen is viable as indicated by carmine or iodine staining. — Megaspore mother cells have 64 chromosomes associated in 32 bivalents at metaphase I. Anaphase segregation is normal. In three out of 56 cells studied multivalents, bivalents and univalents are observed as in male meiosis. — It is concluded that the species reproduces by pseudogamous parthenogenesis made possible by meiotic modification. This modification is almost perfect and almost completely specific for female meiosis. Slight effects are observed in male meiosis.