The type I Lanyu pig has a maternal genetic lineage distinct from Asian and European pigs

The Lanyu pig is an indigenous breed from Lanyu Islet, located south-east of Taiwan, with phenotypic characteristics distinctive from other pig breeds in Asia and Europe. Based on geographic considerations, the Lanyu pig may have originated from mainland China, Austronesia or the Ryukyu Islands. In the present study, polymorphism of the mitochondrial DNA control region sequence was used to clarify phylogenetic relationships among two herds of Lanyu pigs imported before 1980 from Lanyu Islet into Taiwan and reared in isolation on two different farms. Two distinct mitochondrial control region haplotypes were found. The type I Lanyu sequence appeared independently as a unique clade different from Asian and European pig sequences, while the type II Lanyu sequence was clustered within the major Asian clade. The pairwise distances between the major Asian clade vs. the type I Lanyu and European clades were 0.01726 +/- 0.00275 and 0.01975 +/- 0.00212 changes per site respectively. Estimates of divergence time suggest that the type I Lanyu sequence split from the major Asian pig clade in prehistoric times. The type II Lanyu mtDNA shares a close genetic lineage with Japanese Satsuma and New Zealand Kune Kune mtDNA with pairwise distances of 0.00095 +/- 0.00000 and 0.00192 +/- 0.00000 respectively, indicating gene flow between Lanyu Islet, Japan and Oceania in recent times. Together these results indicate that the type I Lanyu pig has a genetic lineage separate from Asian-type pigs, while the type II Lanyu sequence may represent a more recent introgression of modern Asian pigs.     

A novel maternal lineage revealed in sheep (Ovis aries)

It is generally believed that domestic sheep have two maternal lineages (haplotypes A and B), based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. In the present study, we provide evidence that a novel maternal lineage (haplotype C) is exhibited in Chinese native sheep. To verify this finding, 231 samples were collected from six Chinese local breeds, which cover the vast geographical region of sheep inhabitation in China. For comparison, 50 samples were collected from two Western breeds collected in China. Mitochondrial DNA was screened by PCR single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP), leading to the identification of novel band patterns in ND2 and ND4 genes in the Chinese breeds. Interestingly, mutations at the two loci were in strong linkage disequilibrium. Direct sequencing of the DNA fragments revealed a non-synonymous substitution in ND2. Furthermore, two synonymous mutations were identified by comparisons of the novel type (haplotype C) and the established types (haplotypes A and B). The entire mitochondrial control region for 55 samples was then sequenced to construct a phylogenetic tree and median joining network. Both the tree and network demonstrated a topology of three groups, which is in consistent with the SSCP analysis. Unlike Western breeds, Chinese breeds are composed mainly of haplotypes A and B, but with a small fraction of haplotype C. According to Fu's test and mismatch distribution, haplotype C has not been subject to a recent population expansion. Based on these results, we propose a novel origin for Chinese sheep.     

华北地区四种梢斑螟的遗传分化

根据线粒体COⅠ基因序列,对华北地区梢斑螟属Dioryctria Zeller的微红梢斑螟D.rubella Hampson、芽梢斑螟D.yiai Mutuura&Munroe、大梢斑螟D.magnifica Munroe和冷杉梢斑螟D.abietella Denis & Schiffermüller共4种,9个不同地理种群进行遗传多样性研究,并以同族的渣云翅斑螟Oncocera faecella(Zeller)为外群探讨它们之间的系统发育关系。结果表明:(1)微红梢斑螟和大梢斑螟的亲缘关系较近,与芽梢斑螟和冷杉梢斑螟构成的姐妹群分别形成华北地区梢斑螟属的两大支系;(2)种内不同地理种群间的遗传距离(0.000～0.016)明显小于种间遗传距离(0.029～0.089),说明利用线粒体COⅠ基因序列研究梢斑螟属昆虫的系统发育关系是可行的。     

稻瘟病菌群体的分子遗传学研究I.广东省1998~1999年稻瘟病菌的遗传多样性

从80个随机引物中筛选到带型清晰、多态性及重复性均好的10个引物,对采自广东省1998-1999年四个自然生态稻作区的101个稻瘟病菌菌株进行随机扩增多态性DNA (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA, RAPD) 指纹分析。10个引物共扩增出113条多态性带,表明广东省稻瘟病菌具有丰富的遗传多样性;RAPD分析可为该菌的遗传多样性分析提供大量的分子标记。对菌株间相似性系数和应用加权算术平均组对法 (Unweighted Pair Group Method using Arithmetic Average, UPGMA) 构建的聚类树状图进行分析,以相似性系数为0.62阀值时,可将101个菌株划分为14个遗传宗谱;其中宗谱1及宗谱2的菌株数占总数的80.2%,为优势宗谱; 其余的20个菌株分别归属于其他12个宗谱,由此说明广东省的稻瘟病病原菌群体既存在很突出的优势宗谱,又存在较多具遗传多样性的小宗谱。分析不同稻作生态区的菌株发现,每个稻作生态区既有共同的宗谱,又有其特异的宗谱;广东省稻瘟病菌群体遗传多样性的组成在不同生态稻作区是相对地比较稳定的。分析不同年份和早晚稻生长季节采集的菌株发现,广东省稻瘟病菌群体遗传多样性在年份和早晚稻生长季节之间也存在一定的特异性。     

Phylogeny and genetic structure of the goitered gazelle (Artiodactyla,Bovidae) in north-western China indicated by the hypervariable mitochondrial control region

The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa, is a medium-sized ungulate inhabiting arid and semi-arid regions in the Middle East and central Asia. The intraspecific classification of the species remains unclear. We analysed the genetic diversity in mitochondrial DNA control region (CR) sequences (976?bp) from 104 wild samples from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in north-west China, and reconstructed phylogeny with additional sequences from across the species’ range. We detected 58 haplotypes in XUAR populations, all but three of which were specific to single sampling sites. The phylogenetic analysis displayed two obvious clades of mtDNA haplotypes and the other haplotypes differed from the two clades. A median-joining network showed three groups of haplotypes were to a high extent concordant with the phylogenetic tree. The haplotype clustering was consistent with their geographic distribution. Nei’s net sequence divergences amongst the three groups ranged from 0.010 to 0.018 and indicated three subspecies, two of which inhabit XUAR. We detected strong differentiation between northern (NX) and southern (SX) XUAR populations overall (F_ST?=?0.4448, P?相似文献   

Origin of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in China: evidence from mitochondrial DNA control region sequence analysis

A fragment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (approximately 700 bp) was sequenced in 104 individuals from 20 breeds (three Chinese domestic breeds, five recently derived breeds and 12 introduced breeds) of domestic rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus. Nineteen sites were polymorphic, with 18 transitions and one insertion/deletion, and eight haplotypes (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7 and A8) were identified. Haplotype A1 was the most common and occurred in 89 individuals. In the 25 Chinese rabbits, only haplotype A1 was observed, while four haplotypes (A1, A3, A5 and A6) were found in 26 recently derived individuals. Haplotype A2 was shared by seven individuals among three introduced strains. The other six haplotypes accounted for 0.96-1.92% of the animals. Combined with the published sequences of European rabbits, a reduced median-joining network was constructed. The Chinese rabbit mtDNAs were scattered into two clusters of European rabbits. These results suggest that the (so-called) Chinese rabbits were introduced from Europe. Genetic diversity in Chinese rabbits was very low.     

中国与北美大陆的高卢蜜环菌系统发育分析

在中国和北美大陆分别收集53和15株高卢蜜环菌Armillaria gallica菌株,并用ISSR（inter-simple sequence repeat）分子标记对这些菌株进行了亲缘关系及系统发育分析。结果表明：中国和北美大陆的A. gallica因地理隔离产生明显的遗传分异,在系统发育树上分别形成了各自的进化分支;北美大陆的分支内部遗传分化尚不明显,而中国的进化分支遗传分化程度相对较大且更为古老,中国菌株可能是两个大陆A. gallica的祖先株系。     

我国根瘤蚜mtDNA COⅠ遗传多样性与系统发育

通过线粒体DNA COⅠ多态性研究了我国根瘤蚜Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch的遗传分化与系统发育,并将我国根瘤蚜单倍型与GenBank中已发表的85个单倍型进行了聚类分析。结果表明：序列中A,C,T,G 4种核苷酸的比例分别为34.8%,15.8%,39.2%和10.2%, 29 个变异位点中单一多态位点 12 个,简约信息位点17 个。确定了 13 种单倍型,检测5种单倍型,其中上海群体单倍型相对丰富,且上海葡萄根瘤蚜群体与其他3个群体之间没有共享单倍型。同时上海群体与其他3个群体的遗传距离最大（0.039~0.040）,Nm最小（0.02）,在分子系统发育树和单倍型网络图上为独立分支,说明我国根瘤蚜至少有两个独立的起源。     

Phylogenetic Relationships Among Fragmented Asian Black Bear (Ursus Thibetanus) Populations in Western Japan

The number of Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus) in Japan has been reduced and their habitats fragmented and isolated because of human activities. Our previous study examining microsatellite DNA loci revealed significant genetic differentiation among four local populations in the western part of Honshu. Here, an approximate 700-bp nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region was analysed in 119 bears to infer the evolutionary history of these populations. Thirteen variable sites and variation in the number of Ts at a T-repeat site were observed among the analysed sequences, which defined 20 mtDNA haplotypes with the average sequence divergence of 0.0051 (SD = 0.00001). The observed haplotype frequencies differed significantly among the four populations. Phylogeographic analysis of the haplotypes suggested that black bears in this region have gone through two different colonisation histories, since the observed haplotypes belonged to two major monophyletic lineages and the lineages were distributed with an apparent border. The spatial genetic structure revealed by using mtDNA was different from that observed using microsatellite DNA markers, probably due to female philopatry and male-biased dispersal. Since nuclear genetic diversity will be lost in the three western populations because of the small population size and genetic isolation, their habitats need to be preserved, and these four populations should be linked to each other by corridors to promote gene flow from the easternmost population with higher nuclear genetic diversity.