Development of SSR Markers in Hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.) and Their Transferability to Other Species of Carya

Hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.), an important nut-producing species in Southeastern China, has high economic value, but so far there has been no cultivar bred under species although it is mostly propagated by seeding and some elite individuals have been found. It has been found recently that this species has a certain rate of apomixis and poor knowledge of its genetic background has influenced development of a feasible breeding strategy. Here in this paper we first release SSR (Simple sequence repeat) markers developed in this species and their transferability to other three species of the same genus, Carya. A total of 311 pairs of SSR primers in hickory were developed based on sequenced cDNAs of a fruit development-associated cDNA library and RNA-seq data of developing female floral buds and could be used to distinguish hickory, C. hunanensis Cheng et R. H. Chang ex R. H. Chang et Lu, C. illinoensis K. Koch (pecan) and C. dabieshanensis M. C. Liu et Z. J. Li, but they were monomorphic in both hickory and C. hunanensis although multi-alleles have been identified in all the four species. There is a transferability rate of 63.02% observed between hickory and pecan and the markers can be applied to study genetic diversity of accessions in pecan. When used in C. dabieshanensis, it was revealed that C. dabieshanensis had the number of alleles per locus ranging from 2 to 4, observed heterozygosity from 0 to 0.6667 and expected heterozygosity from 0.333 to 0.8667, respectively, which supports the existence of C. dabieshanensis as a separate species different from hickory and indicates that there is potential for selection and breeding in this species.     

不同类型油菜EST-SSR标记的通用性及其应用研究

以10个甘蓝型油菜、11个芥菜型油菜和7个白菜型油菜品种为材料,选用已报道的14对白菜EST-SSR引物和8对油菜EST-SSR引物,探索其在3种类型油菜中的通用性,并利用筛选出的在3类油菜中有通用性和多态性的EST-SSR标记对供试油菜品种进行聚类分析.结果表明:(1)选用的14对白菜EST-SSR引物和8对油菜EST-SSR引物,在供试的3种类型油菜中都有扩增,完全可用.(2)在白菜型、甘蓝型和芥菜型油菜品种中扩增显示出多态性的引物数分别为18、16 和14对,其中有10对引物在3种类型油菜品种间扩增产物具有多态性.(3)利用这10对扩增多态性EST-SSR引物对供试油菜品种聚类分析,结果显示,在遗传相似系数为0.67时,3种类型油菜品种分别独自聚为一大类,表明开发和建立不同类型油菜间可通用的EST-SSR标记是可行且有应用价值的.     

反转录转座子标记及在作物遗传育种中的应用

反转录转座子通过RNA中间体进行反转录而转座,广泛分布于各种植物基因组中,拷贝数多,异质性高,在种内和种间表现出较高的序列差异性和丰富的插入多态性。针对这些特点,开发出了几种基于反转录转座子的分子标记,如SSAP、RIVPI、RAP、REMAP和RBIP等。由于反转录转座子标记能揭示出丰富的多态性,因而在遗传多样性和系谱研究、遗传连锁图谱构建及性状基因定位等方面得到了应用。随着分离技术的不断改进,获取序列信息更加容易,反转录转座子作为分子标记用于作物遗传育种将具有广阔前景。     

Molecular Characterization of Three Heritiera Species Using AFLP Markers

In the present study three species of Heritiera Aiton (Sterculiaceae) were characterized using 9 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) primer combinations and the genetic relationship among these three species was assessed, Nine AFLP primer combinations yielded 445 bands out of which 210 were monomorphic and 235 were polymorphic. Out of the 235 polymorphic bands 79 were present only in a single species. Among the total amplified bands 255 were shared between H. fomes and H. littoralis, 225 were shared between H. fomes and H. macrophylla and 306 bands were shared between H. littoralis and H. macrophylla. The cluster analysis showed H. littoralis is closer to H. macrophylla than H. fomes. The similarity between H. fomes and H. littoralis was higher than that of H. fomes and H. macrophylla. The present study indicates that H. littoralis is better classified as mangrove associate or back mangal than a true mangrove. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

燕麦EST-SSR标记的开发和利用

为拓展分子标记在燕麦种质资源分析与鉴定中的应用,利用公共数据库中的25376条EST(expressed sequence tags)序列,开展了燕麦EST-SSR功能性标记的开发和利用研究。25376条EST序列经拼接去冗余后获得了11618条序列,从中筛选出含有不同重复基元的SSR且重复次数较多、长度较长的556条EST序列进行引物设计,开发了50对燕麦EST-SSR引物,通过筛选得到40对有效的EST-SSR引物。选取其中4对引物对5个燕麦种质资源进行了PCR扩增及产物测序,结果表明扩增条带多态性是由SSR差异造成的。利用40对ESTSSR引物对15个六倍体燕麦种质资源进行遗传多样性分析,共扩增出89个等位基因,平均每对引物产生2.23个等位基因;UPGMA聚类分析表明,15个六倍体燕麦种质资源在Dice系数为0.93处聚为3支,基本上是按照不同种进行聚类的,在相同种中又根据地理来源分别聚集成支。利用40对EST-SSR引物对31个遗传背景不清的燕麦种质资源进行基因组倍性鉴定,发现这些种质中可能存在有四倍体和二倍体的燕麦新资源。本研究开发的燕麦EST-SSR功能性标记将在燕麦遗传多样性分析、遗传图谱构建及燕麦属内种间基因组鉴定等方面发挥重要作用。     

分子标记及其在植物空间诱变育种研究中的应用

简述了分子标记RFLP、RAPD、SSR和AFLP的原理和特点以及空间飞行对植物材料变异的影响因素,并就分子标记技术在植物空间诱变育种研究中的应用进展及前景进行了阐述。     

EST-SSR标记在木本植物中的开发和应用

本文简述EST-SSR的开发策略,重点就其在木本植物遗传研究中的遗传多样性分析、遗传连锁图谱构建、比较作图以及种质资源鉴定的应用现状和存在问题作介绍,并对其应用前景作了展望。     

分子标记的发展及其在植物研究中的应用

概述了分子标记的研究进展 ,并对其在植物研究领域中的应用及前景作了介绍和展望 .     

植物EST-SSR标记开发及其应用

随着生物科技的进步,大量的植物表达序列标签(expressed sequence tags,ESTs)已经成为开发SSR标记的重要资源。EST-SSR作为一种新型分子标记,其多态性可能与基因功能直接相关,而且在相近植物间具有良好通用性,使得EST-SSR标记在实际应用中更具价值。采用计算机方法大规模发掘EST-SSR多态性位点极大地提高了SSR标记开发效率。尤其随着新一代测序技术的成熟以及测序成本的急剧下降,利用新一代测序技术产生大量的转录组数据进行EST-SSR多态性标记的计算机大规模发掘将对SSR标记的开发带来深远影响。本文简要介绍了植物EST-SSR分布特点,并对EST-SSR标记开发现状以及相关应用作了综合评述,此外,还对EST-SSR标记的计算机开发新策略进行了展望。     

Development and Characterization of Polymorphic EST-SSR and Genomic SSR Markers for Tibetan Annual Wild Barley

Tibetan annual wild barley is rich in genetic variation. This study was aimed at the exploitation of new SSRs for the genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of wild barley by data mining. We developed 49 novel EST-SSRs and confirmed 20 genomic SSRs for 80 Tibetan annual wild barley and 16 cultivated barley accessions. A total of 213 alleles were generated from 69 loci with an average of 3.14 alleles per locus. The trimeric repeats were the most abundant motifs (40.82%) among the EST-SSRs, while the majority of the genomic SSRs were di-nuleotide repeats. The polymorphic information content (PIC) ranged from 0.08 to 0.75 with a mean of 0.46. Besides this, the expected heterozygosity (He) ranged from 0.0854 to 0.7842 with an average of 0.5279. Overall, the polymorphism of genomic SSRs was higher than that of EST-SSRs. Furthermore, the number of alleles and the PIC of wild barley were both higher than that of cultivated barley, being 3.12 vs 2.59 and 0.44 vs 0.37. Indicating more polymorphism existed in the Tibetan wild barley than in cultivated barley. The 96 accessions were divided into eight subpopulations based on 69 SSR markers, and the cultivated genotypes can be clearly separated from wild barleys. A total of 47 SSR-containing EST unigenes showed significant similarities to the known genes. These EST-SSR markers have potential for application in germplasm appraisal, genetic diversity and population structure analysis, facilitating marker-assisted breeding and crop improvement in barley.     

梅EST-SSR标记的开发及利用

利用MISA软件对10 123条梅EST序列进行SSR位点查找,得到含SSR位点的序列935条,SSR位点1233个,平均每100条EST序列中含有12.18个SSR位点.2核苷酸、3核苷酸重复是最主要的重复类型,分别占35.52%和41.36%.设计了40对EST-SSR引物并进行扩增,有24对引物能扩增出理想的PCR 产物,其中17对引物具有较好的扩增多态性.测序后发现13对引物中有73.08%的片段具有相应的SSR位点,对杏DNA指纹中部分谱带的测序结果也证明了是梅扩增出的相应的SSR位点.根据本研究含有SSR位点的测序结果推算,从梅EST中开发真实SSR位点的数目为901.随机选择13对引物对杏和梅进行DNA指纹构建与遗传多样性分析,结果发现,来源于梅的EST-SSR引物在杏中有很高的通用性,这些引物把梅和杏分成了两大群体,说明他们是遗传差异明显的两种植物.     

Development of EST-SSR Markers by Data Mining in Three Species of Shrimp: Litopenaeus vannamei, Litopenaeus stylirostris, and Trachypenaeus birdy

We report on the data mining of publicly available Litopenaeus vannamei expressed sequence tags (ESTs) to generate simple sequence repeat (SSRs) markers and on their transferability between related Penaeid shrimp species. Repeat motifs were found in 3.8% of the evaluated ESTs at a frequency of one repeat every 7.8 kb of sequence data. A total of 206 primer pairs were designed, and 112 loci were amplified with the highest success in L. vannamei. A high percentage (69%) of EST-SSRs were transferable within the genus Litopenaeus. More than half of the amplified products were polymorphic in a small testing panel of L. vannamei. Evaluation of those primers in a larger testing panel showed that 72% of the markers fit Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, which shows their utility for population genetic analysis. Additionally, a set of 26 of the EST-SSRs were evaluated for Mendelian segregation. A high percentage of monomorphic markers (46%) proved to be polymorphic by singles-stranded conformational polymorphism analysis. Because of the high number of ESTs available in public databases, a data mining approach similar to the one outlined here might yield high numbers of SSR markers in many animal taxa.     

Genome Comparisons with Chromosomal and Molecular Markers for Three Closely Related Flax Species and Their Hybrids

Chromosome C-banding patterns were analyzed in three closely related flax species (Linum usitatissimumL., 2n = 30; L. angustifolium Huds., 2n = 30; and L. bienneMill., 2n = 30) and their hybrids. In each case, the karyotype included metacentrics, submetacentrics, and one or two satellite chromosomes. Chromosomes of the three flax species were similar in morphology, size (1–3 m), and C-banding pattern and slightly differed in size of heterochromatic regions. In all accessions, a large major site of ribosomal genes was revealed by hybridization in the pericentric region of a large metacentric. A minor 45S rDNA site was observed on a small chromosome in L. usitatissimum and L. bienne and on a medium-sized chromosome in L. angustifolium. Upon silver staining, a nucleolus-organizing region (NOR) was detected on a large chromosome in all species. InL. angustifolium, an Ag-NOR band was sometimes seen on a medium-sized chromosome. In the karyotypes of interspecific hybrids, silver-stained rDNA loci were observed on satellite chromosomes of both parental species. RAPD analysis with 22 primers revealed a high similarity of the three species. The greatest difference was observed between L. angustifolium and the other two species. The RAPD patterns of L. bienne and L. usitatissimum differed in fewer fragments. A dendrogram of genetic similarity was constructed for the three flax species on the basis of their RAPD patterns. Genome analysis with chromosome and molecular markers showed thatL. bienne must be considered as a subspecies of L. usitatissimum rather than a separate species. The three species were assumed to originate from a common ancestor, L. angustifoliumbeing closest to it.     

分子标记在作物育种中的应用

近20年来发展了多种分子标记,使作物育种学家有可能直接根据基因型而不只是表现型进行选择,在作物育种的各个方面具有重要的利用价值。本文简要综述了分子标记在作物育种方面的有关应用。主要内容有：（1）分子图谱构建与基因定位;（2）DNA指纹库的建立;（3）标记辅助选择;（4）F1杂种优势分析;（5）基于图谱克隆基因。     

微卫星DNA标记开发技术进展及其在经济植物研究中的应用

微卫星分子标记技术被广泛应用于分子生物学研究中,具有多态性高、重复性好、共显性表达、杂合度高等特点,在种群遗传多样性、遗传图谱构建等领域发挥不可替代的作用。近年来,随着新一代高通量测序技术的进一步成熟,简单重复序列(simple sequence repeat,SSR)标记的开发技术与应用得到了进一步的发展。现主要对基于高通量测序的微卫星分子标记最新开发技术进行介绍,并从遗传多样性分析、遗传图谱构建、品种鉴定及分子辅助育种等方面,总结近年来SSR标记技术在经济植物研究中的最新应用,最后对SSR技术的应用前景进行展望,以期为利用微卫星技术进行经济植物研究提供参考。     

小桐子EST-SSR分子标记的开发与种质遗传多样性分析

小桐子（Jatrophacurcm）适应性强,不择土壤,种子油脂性能适宜生物柴油的生产,是重要的生物柴油植物。基于小桐子种子发育过程中的EST序列,采用生物信息学方法,从4640个EST非冗余序列上鉴别了1009个SSR位点并分析其分布特征;开发了11对多态的EST—SSR分子标记,并利用这些分子标记调查了24个不同地理种源的遗传多样性,从每个位点的等位基因数目（2—3,平均为2．45）、期望杂合度（He为0．0887—0．5128,平均是0．2736）、多态信息含量（PIC为0．0847～0．4031,平均是0．2313）等方面反映了小桐子种质的遗传多样性低。进一步分析显示不同地理种源的遗传关系缺乏明显的地理结构。作者开发的EST—SSR分子标记不仅有助于小桐子种质的遗传多样性研究,也有助于小桐子种质间的遗传关系鉴别。     

人类 Y 染色体多态性标记及其应用

随着人类基因组计划的迅猛发展,已有越来越多的 Y 染色体多态性遗传标记被发现,它们在探索人类起源、进化和迁移规律等方面,提供了非常有价值的遗传标记,同样在法医学中也有着广阔的应用前景．对 Y-DNA 的多态性及其相关应用的研究进展进行了综述．