猪IGF-I基因的一个遗传多态性及其遗传效应分析

采用PCR-SSCP方法对长白猪（87头）、大白猪（79头）和马身猪（102头）的胰岛素样生长因子-I（IGF-I）基因exon3和exon4分别进行单核苷酸多态性分析。发现exon3上有多态性,且存在3种基因型（AA、AB、BB）。统计结果表明,3种基因型在各品种中的分布不一致,多重比较差异极显著（P<0.01）。固定效应模型分析结果表明,背膘厚基因型间差异显著（P<0.05）,而初生重、断奶重和6月龄重基因型间差异不显著（P>0.05）。最小二乘分析结果表明,BB基因型与其它2种基因型比较有较大的初生重,同AA和AB型比较差异极显著（P<0.01）,3种基因型在初生重的大小排列顺序为AA相似文献   

猪IGF-Ⅰ基因的一个遗传多态性及其遗传效应分析

采用PCR-SSCP方法对长白猪(87头)、大白猪(79头)和马身猪(102头)的胰岛素样生长因子-Ⅰ(IGF-Ⅰ)基因外显子3和外显子4分别进行单核苷酸多态性分析.发现外显子3上有多态性,且存在3种基因型(AA、AB、BB).统计结果表明,3种基因型在各品种中的分布不一致,多重比较差异极显著(P＜0.01).固定效应模型分析结果表明,背膘厚基因型间差异显著(P＜0.05),而初生重、断奶重和6月龄重基因型间差异不显著(P＞0.05).最小二乘分析结果表明,BB基因型与其它2种基因型比较有较大的初生重,同AA和AB型比较差异极显著(P＜0.01),3种基因型在初生重的大小排列顺序为AA＜AB＜BB;BB基因型与AA基因型比较有较小的背膘厚,且差异极显著(P＜0.01).因此,推测IGF-Ⅰ基因对个体的初生重和胴体瘦肉率存在一定的影响.选择带有B等位基因的个体,有望提高个体的初生重和胴体的瘦肉率.     

猪IGF2基因的遗传多态性及其遗传效应分析

采用PCR-SSCP方法检测胰岛素样生长因子2 (insulin-like growth factor 2, IGF2)基因外显子7, 8, 9的多态性, 并分析其对初生重、断奶重、6月龄重和6月龄背膘厚的遗传效应。根据猪IGF2基因的DNA序列(AY044828)设计3对引物, 结果在Ex8引物对扩增的片段上发现了多态性, 并对纯合子进行测序, 发现exon8的53位存在C→T转换, 且检测到3种基因型(AA、AB、BB)。统计结果表明, 3种基因型在各品种中的分布不一致, 长白猪与大白猪比较, 莱芜猪与大薄莲猪比较, 沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪比较差异不显著(P > 0.05); 其他猪种间基因型分布的差异均显著(P < 0.01)。固定效应模型分析结果表明, 初生重和6月龄背膘厚基因型间差异显著(P < 0.05), 而断奶重和6月龄重基因型间差异不显著(P > 0.05)。最小二乘分析结果表明, BB基因型个体同AA和AB基因型个体比较初生重的差异显著(P < 0.05), 3种基因型在初生重的大小排列顺序为AB > AA > BB; AA基因型个体同AB和BB基因型个体比较6月龄背膘厚的差异显著(P < 0.05), 3种基因型在6月龄背膘厚的大小排列顺序为BB > AB > AA。因此, 推测IGF2基因对个体的初生重和胴体瘦肉率存在一定的影响, 将IGF2基因应用于猪育种过程中的标记辅助选择可以加快猪的育种进程。     

猪IGF2基因外显子3的遗传多态性及遗传效应分析

采用PCR-SSCP方法检测猪胰岛素样生长因子2 (insulin-like growth factor 2,IGF2)基因外显子3多态性,分析其对初生重、断奶重、6月龄重和背膘厚的遗传效应.根据猪IGF2基因的DNA序列（AY044828）设计引物,结果在其扩增片段上检测到多态性,对纯合子进行测序,发现IGF2-ex3-A36T和IGF2-ex3-G109A两个多态性位点,并且这2个多态性位点完全连锁,检测到3种基因型（A36A/G109G,A36T/G109A 和 T36T/A109A）.统计结果表明,基因型在各品种中分布不一致,长白猪和大白猪与莱芜猪、大薄莲猪、沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪比较基因型分布差异极显著（Ｐ<0.01）;其它猪种间基因型分布差异均不显著（Ｐ>0.05）.固定效应模型分析结果表明,初生重和背膘厚基因型间差异显著（Ｐ<0.05）,而断奶重和6月龄重基因型间差异不显著（Ｐ>0.05）.最小二乘分析结果表明,A36A/G109G基因型个体同A36T/G109A和 T36T/A109A基因型个体比较初生重和背膘厚的差异显著（Ｐ<0.05）,3种基因型初生重的大小排列顺序为A36A/G109G < A36T/G109A < T36T/A109A,背膘厚的大小排列顺序为A36A/G109G > A36T/G109A >T36T/A109A.因此,推测IGF2基因对个体的初生重和胴体瘦肉率存在一定的影响,将IGF2基因应用于猪育种过程中的标记辅助选择,将可以改善猪肉品质,加快猪的育种进程.     

山东部分地方猪种MyoG基因5'端遗传多态性及遗传效应分析

采用PCR-SSCP方法对莱芜猪、大蒲莲猪、沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪的肌细胞生成素(myogenin,MyoG)基因5'端进行单核苷酸多态性检测,并分析MyoG基因对猪的初生重、60日龄重、210日龄重,60～210日龄平均日增重和背膘厚的影响。根据猪MyoG基因5'端的DNA序列(U14331)设计3对引物,发现5-2引物对扩增的片段有多态性,且存在3种基因型(AA、AB、BB),并对纯合子进行测序,发现2080位G→A突变。χ2独立性检验表明,基因型频率在莱芜猪和大蒲莲猪与沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪间存在显著差异(P<0.05)。固定效应模型分析结果表明,初生重基因型间差异显著(P<0.05),而60日龄重、210日龄重、60～210日龄平均日增重和背膘厚基因型间差异不显著(P>0.05)。最小二乘分析结果表明,BB基因型与其他两种基因型比较有较小的初生重和日增重,同AA和AB基因型比较差异极显著(P<0.01),3种基因型在初生重和60～210日龄日增重的大小排列顺序一致,为AA>AB>BB。因此,推测基因型对个体的初生重和日增重存在一定的影响,选择带有A等位基因的个体有望提高个体的初生重和日增重。     

猪MyoG基因内含子1的一个遗传多态性及其遗传效应分析

以长白猪(73),大白猪(68),沂蒙黑猪(57)和莱芜猪(83)为研究对象,采用PCR-SSCP方法 对猪MyoG基因遗传多态性进行分析,并研究基因型与初生重、日增重、肌肉嫩度和背膘厚的相关性.根据猪MyoG 基因的DNA序列（M14331）设计引物,结果在内含子1扩增的片段上发现了一个多态性,检测到2个等位基因(A、B),3种基因型（AA、AB、BB）,并对纯合子进行测序,发现2　943位G→C突变.基因型在不同猪种分布的多重比较,结果表明,大白猪与长白猪、沂蒙黑猪和莱芜猪比较差异显著（P<0.05）,莱芜猪与长白猪和沂蒙黑猪比较差异显著（P<0.05）,长白猪与沂蒙黑猪比较差异不显著（P>0.05）.固定效应模型分析结果表明,初生重及嫩度基因型间差异显著（P<0.01）,而日增重及背膘厚基因型间差异不显著（P>0.05）.最小二乘分析结果表明,BB基因型个体与AA基因型个体比较肌肉嫩度的差异显著（P<0.05）,AA基因型个体与AB和BB基因型个体比较背膘厚的差异显著（P<0.05）.因此,推测MyoG基因对猪肉品质、生长速度及背膘厚存在一定的影响,将 MyoG基因应用于猪育种过程中的标记辅助选择将可以改善猪肉品质,提高生长速度,加快猪的育种进程.     

猪IGF2基因外显子4b的遗传多态性及其遗传效应

采用PCR-SSCP方法检测猪胰岛素样生长因子2(insulin-like growth factor 2,IGF2)基因外显子4b的多态性,并分析其对初生重、断奶重、6月龄重和背膘厚的遗传效应。根据猪IGF2基因的DNA序列(AY044828)设计引物,在exon4b上发现了一个多态性位点,并对纯合子进行测序,发现13位C→A转换,且存在3种基因型(AA、AB、BB)。统计结果表明,3种基因型在各品种中的分布不一致,长白猪与大白猪比较,莱芜猪与大薄莲猪比较,沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪比较差异不显著(P>0.05);其他猪种间基因型分布的差异均显著(P<0.05)。固定效应模型分析结果表明,初生重,断奶重和背膘厚基因型间差异显著(P<0.05),而6月龄重基因型间差异不显著(P>0.05)。最小二乘分析结果表明,BB基因型个体同AA和AB、基因型个体比较初生重和断奶重的差异显著(P<0.05),3种基因型在初生重和断奶重的大小排列顺序为AA>AB>BB;AA基因型个体同AB和BB基因型个体比较背膘厚的差异显著(P<0.05),3种基因型在背膘厚的大小排列顺序为BB>AB>AA。因此,推测IGF2基因对个体的生长速度和胴体瘦肉率存在一定的影响,将IGF2基因应用于猪育种过程中的标记辅助选择可以加快猪的育种进程。     

Myf-6基因在不同猪种中的PCR-RFLP遗传多态性及其遗传效应分析

作为生肌调节因子家族的一个成员,Myf-6基因在肌形成的过程中发挥着重要的作用。实验采用PCR-RFLP技术分析了Myf-6基因在12个中外猪种及部分杂交群体中的分布情况,并分析了Myf-6基因对肌纤维、胴体品质、胴体等级性状和肉质性状的遗传效应。结果表明：Myf-6基因内含子1内的Ava I酶切位点多态性不丰富,多数中国地方猪种群体中A等位基因已经完全固定,B等位基因仅以较低的频率存在于外种猪或含外种猪血缘的杂交群体中。尽管没有检测到BB纯合个体,但AB杂合子的平均瘦肉率为50.344 %,极显著地高于AA纯合子的45.875 %(P<0.01)。AB杂合子的眼肌面积为27.097 cm2,极显著地大于AA纯合子的22.572 cm2(P<0.01)。AB杂合子的皮脂率（39.889 %）极显著地低于AA纯合子（44.503 %）(P<0.01)。上述结果说明本次试验群体中的B等位基因具有增加胴体瘦肉率和眼肌面积,降低胴体脂肪含量从而改善胴体品质的遗传效应。此外,Myf-6基因对肌纤维生长性状、FOM肉脂仪测定的胴体等级性状以及肉质性状等都没有显著影响(P>0.05)。     

猪CAST基因的单核苷酸多态性及其对肉质性状的效应

CAST基因作为肉质性状的主要候选基因.以80头外来猪和190头地方猪为材料,在CAST基因内含子24上检测到两个多态性位点(A916G 和C1633G ).在916位点上,长白猪和大白猪以A基因为优势基因,其频率分别为0.88和1.00;莱芜猪,大薄莲猪,沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪以B基因为优势基因,其频率分别为0.93, 0.97, 0.78和0.68.在1633位点上,长白猪和大白猪以C基因为优势基因,其频率分别为0.82和0.79:莱芜猪,大薄莲猪,沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪以D基因为优势基因,其频率分别为1.00, 1.00, 0.88, 0.78.在试验猪种中,共检测到6种单倍型(AACC,AACD,AADD,ABCC,BBCC,BBDD).单倍型分布的多重比较结果表明,外来猪种(长白猪和大白猪)与地方猪种(莱芜猪,大薄莲猪,沂蒙黑猪和里岔黑猪)比较差异极显著(P < 0.01).固定效应模型分析结果表明,嫩度,屠宰45 min后pH值和滴水损失单倍型间差异显著(P < 0.05).最小二乘分析结果表明,外来猪种与地方猪种在嫩度,屠宰45 min后pH值和滴水损失间差异显著(P < 0.05).BBDD单倍型个体与其它单倍型个体比较,嫩度及滴水损失差异显著(P < 0.05);AADD,BBCC,BBDD单倍型个体与其它单倍型个体比较,屠宰45 min后pH值差异显著(P < 0.05).因此,在育种过程中将CAST基因应用于标记辅助选择,将有利于改善猪肉品质,加快育种进程.     

猪激素敏感脂肪酶基因外显子1的遗传多态性分析

采用PCR-SSCP方法检测猪激素敏感脂肪酶（hormone sensitive lipase,HSL）基因外显子1的多态性,并分析其与初生重、断奶重、6月龄重和背膘厚的关联性。根据猪HSL基因的DNA序列（AJ000483）设计5对引物,结果在P5引物对扩增的片段上发现了多态性,并对纯合子进行测序,发现外显子1的874bp处存在G-A转换,且存在3种基因型（AA、AB、BB）。统计结果表明,3种基因型在各品种中的分布不一致,长白猪和大白猪与莱芜猪和沂蒙黑猪比较差异极显著（P〈0．01）,长白猪与大白猪比较,莱芜猪与沂蒙黑猪比较差异均不显著（P〉0．05）。固定效应模型分析结果表明,背膘厚基因型间差异显著（P〈0．05）,而初生重、断奶重和6月龄重基因型间差异均不显著（P〉0．05）。最小二乘分析结果表明,BB基因型个体同AB和AA基因型个体比较背膘厚的差异显著（P〈0．05）,3种基因型在背膘厚的大小排列顺序为BB〈AB〈AA。因此,推测HSL基因对个体胴体瘦肉率存在一定的影响将HSL某因应用于猪育种过程中的标记辅助选择可以加快猪的育种进程。     

THE ASSOCIATION OF GENE POLYMORPHISMS WITH ATHLETE STATUS IN UKRAINIANS

Athletic performance is a polygenic trait influenced by both environmental and genetic factors.

Objective

To investigate individually and in combination the association of common gene polymorphisms with athlete status in Ukrainians.

Methods

A total of 210 elite Ukrainian athletes (100 endurance-oriented and 110 power-orientated athletes) and 326 controls were genotyped for ACE I/D, HIF1A Pro582Ser, NOS3 –786 T/C, PPARA intron 7 G/C, PPARG Pro12Ala and PPARGC1B Ala203Pro gene polymorphisms, most of which were previously reported to be associated with athlete status or related intermediate phenotypes in different populations.

Results

Power-oriented athletes exhibited an increased frequency of the HIF1A Ser (16.1 vs. 9.4%, P = 0.034) and NOS3 T alleles (78.3 vs. 66.2%, P = 0.0019) in comparison with controls. Additionally, we found that the frequency of the PPARG Ala allele was significantly higher in power-oriented athletes compared with the endurance-oriented athletes (24.7 vs. 13.5%; P = 0.0076). Next, we determined the total genotype score (TGS, from the accumulated combination of the three polymorphisms, with a maximum value of 100 for the theoretically optimal polygenic score) in athletes and controls. The mean TGS was significantly higher in power-oriented athletes (39.1 ± 2.3 vs. 32.6 ± 1.5; P = 0.0142) than in controls.

Conclusions

We found that the HIF1A Ser, NOS3 T and PPARG Ala alleles were associated with power athlete status in Ukrainians.     

巴马小型猪与贵州小型香猪遗传多样性的RAPD分析

应用经过筛选的31条引物对巴马小型猪和贵州小型香猪的基因组DNA进行RAPD扩增,分析二品系实验用小型猪的遗传多样性.两品系实验用小型猪品系内及品系间多态性位点的百分数分别为30.9%和25.7%,品系间及品系内的平均遗传距离分别为0.120、0.072和0.067.结果表明,两品系实验用小型猪品系间及品系内遗传多样性贫乏,遗传变异较小.     

NO ASSOCIATION BETWEEN tHbmass AND POLYMORPHISMS IN THE HBB GENE IN ENDURANCE ATHLETES

The aim of this study was to examine the association between tHbmass and HBB gene polymorphisms in athletes of endurance disciplines. Eighty-two well-trained athletes (female n=36, male n=46), aged 19.3 ± 2.7 years, representing cross country skiing (n=37) and middle- and long-distance running (n=45), participated in the study. Genotyping for 2 polymorphisms in the HBB gene (- 551C/T and intron 2, +16 C/G) was performed using restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Total haemoglobin mass (tHbmass) was determined by the optimized carbon monoxide rebreathing method. Blood morphology, indices of iron status (ferritin, transferrin receptor and total iron binding capacity) and C reactive protein were also determined. No differences were found in the HBB genotype and allele frequencies between male and female athletes. Regardless of the polymorphisms, no relationships were found between HBB genotypes as well as alleles and relative values of tHbmass, expressed per body mass (g · kg^-1 BM), both in female and male athletes. Our results demonstrated that -551 C/T and intron 2, +16 C/G polymorphisms of the HBB gene have no association with total haemoglobin mass in endurance athletes. It cannot be ruled out that several polymorphisms, each with a small but significant contribution, may be responsible for the amount of haemoglobin.     

GENETIC MODELS AND ANALYSIS METHODS FOR SEX-LINKED AND MATERNAL GENE EFFECTS

INTRODUCTIONInanimalbrce(lingexperilllents,sex--linkedandmaternaleff(3ctsaretheprimarysourcesofreciprocaleffects.Eiap1etal.(1966)presentedamodelcontainillgparametersforsex--linlcedan(lmaternaleffectsasxvellasautosomalgeneticeffects.Cockerhalllandacid(1977…     

GENETIC,ENVIRONMENTAL, AND CONDITION-DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON FEMALE AND MALE ORNAMENTATION IN THE BARN OWL TYTO ALBA

Secondary sexual characters are thought to indicate individual quality. Expression of sex-limited traits in an extravagant state may require both the underlying genes and the available nutrient resources. The assessment of the relative contribution of genes, environment, and body condition is relevant for understanding to that extent the extravagant trait may signal genotypic or phenotypic quality of the individual. In birds, usually only the males are ornamented. In the barn owl, Tyto alba, both females and males display sex-limited plumage traits. Males are commonly lighter colored and females spottier. In an experiment with combined cross-fostering and brood size manipulation we determined the relative contribution of genes, environment, and body condition to the variation in plumage coloration and plumage spottiness. The partial cross-fostering experiment tested the relative importance of shared genes and a shared environment for the resemblance of related birds. Siblings raised in different nests converged toward similar trait values, offspring resembled the true but not the foster parents, and plumage traits of unrelated nestlings sharing the same nest were not correlated. Results were not inflated by maternal effects detectable in the mother's phenotype, because middaughter to mother resemblance was not higher than midson to father resemblance. This suggests that plumage coloration and spottiness are largely genetically inherited traits, and that the rearing environment does not have a strong impact on the expression of these traits. To further investigate whether the two sex-limited traits are condition dependent, brood sizes were manipulated. Enlargement or reduction of broods by two nestlings resulted in lower and higher body mass of nestlings, respectively. However, nestlings raised in enlarged or reduced broods did not show either a significantly darker or lighter or a more or less spotted plumage. We did not detect any genotype-by-environment interaction. In conclusion, simultaneous cross-fostering and brood size manipulation demonstrate that additive genetic variance for plumage coloration and spottiness is maintained and that both the rearing environment and body condition do not account for a large proportion of the phenotypic variance in female and male ornamentations.     

PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC EFFECTS OF HYBRIDIZATION IN DARWIN'S FINCHES

Morphological consequences of hybridization were studied in a group of three interbreeding species of Darwin's finches on the small Galápagos island of Daphne Major in the inclusive years 1976 to 1992. Geospiza fortis bred with G. scandens and G. fuliginosa. Although interbreeding was always rare (< 5%), sufficient samples of measurements of hybrids and backcrosses were accumulated for analysis. Five beak and body dimensions and mass were measured, and from these two synthetic (principal-component) traits were constructed. All traits were heritable in two of the interbreeding species (G. fuliginosa were too rare to be analyzed) and in the combined samples of F, hybrids and backcrosses to G. fortis. In agreement with expectations from a model of polygenic inheritance, hybrid and backcross classes were generally phenotypically intermediate between the breeding groups that had produced them. Hybridization increased additive genetic and environmental variances, increased heritabilities to a moderate extent, and generally strengthened phenotypic and genetic correlations. New additive genetic variance introduced by hybridization is estimated to be two to three orders of magnitude greater than that introduced by mutation. Enhanced variation facilitates directional evolutionary change, subject to constraints arising from genetic correlations between characters. The Darwin's finch data suggest that these constraints become stronger when species with similar proportions hybridize, but some become weaker when the interbreeding species have different allometries. This latter effect of hybridization, together with an enhancement of genetic variation, facilitates evolutionary change in a new direction.     

ILLEGAL TRANSLOCATION AND GENETIC STRUCTURE OF FERAL PIGS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Abstract: Unlike many regions in the world where wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are threatened, in Australia they are a significant invasive species. As such, the molecular ecology of feral pigs was investigated to understand their social and population genetic structure. Samples from 269 adult animals were collected over their distribution in southwestern Australia. Using 14 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers, we identified 7 inferred feral pig populations that had moderate heterozygosity (mean = 0.580) and displayed a high level of differentiation (mean R_ST = 0.180). In revealing the genetic structure of feral pigs, we detected anomalies in the putative origin of some individuals. Samples from these animals were collected from 2 main areas: recently colonized regions that were previously uninfested, and established feral pig populations, where animals from geographically isolated areas had been introduced. In the latter, these corresponded to areas that were in close proximity to public road access and towns. Given the large distances immigrants were found from their population of origin (from 50 to >400 km), the generally low levels of dispersal of southwest feral pigs, and the grouping and sex of these pigs, we suggest that these individuals have been deliberately and illegally translocated to supplement recreational hunting stocks. Additionally, we could not detect any genetic contribution in these feral pigs from domestic pig herds, suggesting that the deliberate release of domestic pigs to restock feral populations is relatively uncommon. Our molecular data allowed some inferences regarding the success or lack thereof of current management practices, and offered considerable insights into the dynamics of the feral pig populations and identification of “new” approaches that may allow for better control of this highly destructive species.     

GENETIC MODELS OF ADAPTATION AND GENE FLOW IN PERIPHERAL POPULATIONS

We investigate the interplay between gene flow and adaptation in peripheral populations of a widespread species. Models are developed for the evolution of a quantitative trait under clinally varying selection in a species whose density decreases from the center of the range to its periphery. Two major results emerge. First, gene flow from populations at the range center can be a strong force that inhibits peripheral populations from evolving to their local ecological optima. As a result, peripheral populations experience persistent directional selection. Second, response to local selection pressures can cause rapid and substantial evolution when a peripheral population is isolated from gene flow. The amount of evolutionary change depends on gene flow, selection, the ecological gradient, and the trait's heritability. Rapid divergence can also occur between the two halves of a formerly continuous population that is divided by a vicariant event. A general conclusion is that disruption of gene flow can cause evolutionary divergence, perhaps leading to speciation, in the absence of contributions from random genetic drift.