AFLP分子标记技术在中药研究中的应用进展

AFLP(扩增片段长度多态性)分子标记技术是一种结合了RFLP和PCR技术的新型分子标记技术,在药物研究领域的应用日趋广泛。简述了AFLP分子标记技术的基本原理、技术特点与优势,重点阐明其在中药研究中的应用进展,并对其前景进行了讨论与展望。     

AFLP标记在研究家蚕遗传多态性方面的应用

AFLP是一种多态检出效率很高的分子标记技术,在构建遗传图谱,遗传多态性研究,重建分子系统演化树,品种鉴定,基因克隆等众多研究领域有着其它分子标记技术不可比拟的优势。本文在前人用AFLP技术对植物多态性研究的基础上,将AFLP用于家蚕的遗传多态性研究,结果发现在家蚕中同样具有丰富的AFLP标记的多态性。由此暗示AFLP技术亦适合研究家蚕等昆虫类动物的遗传多态性,构建遗传图谱,或用于其分子生态学,分子进化和分类等方面的研究。此外本文还探讨了适合于家蚕等昆虫的AFLP分析的实验条件。     

AFLP技术及其在茶树种质资源研究中的应用(综述)

AFLP分子标记技术具有快速、方便、分辨率高、重复性好等优点,在茶树种质资源研究中应用潜力很大。本文简要介绍AFLP分析技术的原理、特点与进展,并综述近年来AFLP标记技术在茶树种质资源研究中的应用。     

AFLP标记及在微生物和动物中的应用

AFLP是在PCR和RFLP基础上发展起来的新一代分子标记技术,具有稳定好、分辨率高和效率高等特点。AFLP技术现已广泛应用于微生物和动物方面的研究,在构造遗传图谱、遗传多态性研究、育种辅助选择等多领域中有着其它分子标记技术不可比拟的优势,广泛应用于微生物和动物的研究。     

AFLP分子标记技术在昆虫学研究中的应用

AFLP分子标记技术是一种建立在PCR技术和RFLP标记基础上的新的DNA指纹分析技术 ,具有多态性丰富、结果稳定可靠、重复性好、所需DNA量少、可以在不知道基因组序列的情况下进行研究等特点 ,现已广泛用于构建遗传图谱、遗传多样性研究、系统进化及分类学、遗传育种和品质鉴定以及基因定位等方面。该文介绍了AFLP标记技术的原理以及在昆虫学研究中的应用。     

DNA分子标记技术在玉米种子纯度鉴定中的应用

从常规鉴定、生化鉴定及分子标记技术鉴定等方面,阐述了玉米种子纯度鉴定的重要性。进一步对RAPD、RFLP、SSR和AFLP等分子标记技术在种子纯度鉴定和品种真实性分析中的应用潜力及存在问题进行比较,得出SSR分子标记技术是目前种子纯度和品种真实性鉴定中最适宜的技术。     

AFLP技术及其在水生动物研究中的应用

AFLP技术是近年来发展起来的一种新型分子遗传标记技术,该技术在遗传多样性分析．遗传图谱构建以及遗传育种等方面均具有重要的作用。介绍了AFLP的发展背景、基本原理和特点．并对其在水生动物研究方面的应用情况进行了综述。     

AFLP 分子标记技术的发展

AFLP分子标记技术是一种建立在PCR技术和RFLP标记基础上的新的DNA指纹分析技术,具有多态性丰富、结果稳定可靠、重复性好、所需DNA量少,且可以在不知道基因组序列的情况下进行研究等特点,现已被广泛用于构建遗传图谱、遗传多样性研究、系统进化及分类学、遗传育种和品质鉴定以及基因定位等方面。介绍AFLP技术的原理以及AFLP技术基础上条件的改进。     

分子标记在百合属植物遗传多样性研究中的应用

介绍分子标记技术及其发展概况,并重点论述几种常见分子标记技术如随机扩增多态性DNA(random amplified polymorphism DNA,RAPD)、简单重复序列间区(inter-simple sequence repeat,ISSR)、扩增片段长度多态性(amplified fragment length polymorphism,AFLP)和内转录间隔区(internal transcribed spacer,ITS)等的基本原理、技术上的优缺点及其在百合属植物遗传多样性研究中的应用现状,同时对分子标记技术在百合属植物遗传多样性研究中的应用前景进行展望.     

分子标记技术在烟草遗传育种中的应用

本文综述了几种分子标记技术（RFLP、RAPD、AFLP、SRAP和SSR）在烟草遗传育种中的应用,包括分子标记在烟草种质资源、抗病育种等方面的研究进展。最后,分析了分子标记技术在烟草遗传育种研究中存在的问题及今后发展的方向。     

AFLP标记的特点及其在昆虫学研究中的应用

扩增片段长度多态性（AFLP）是一种新兴的很有效的分子遗传标记方法, 它通过对基因组DNA限制性内切酶酶切片段进行选择性扩增而揭示多态性,具有快速、经济简便、不需要预先知道模板DNA的信息、模板需要量少、重复性高、结果可靠及具有很高的信息含量等优点。AFLP也具有缺点,主要是标记是显性的,同其他显性标记一样,不能区分杂合体和纯合体,因而不能更好地估算种群遗传的变异,对种群遗传结构的分析不能提供更多的统计信息;AFLP技术较复杂,而且经常使用放射性同位素,对模板DNA质量要求也较高。为了克服AFLP的这些缺点,人们又在其基础上发展了其他相关技术,例如AFRP、SAMPL、DALP和TE-AFLP等。目前AFLP在昆虫方面的应用还不是很多,处于初级阶段,主要应用在生态型鉴定、种群遗传分析、连锁图谱构建等方面,相信随着其技术的发展完善,必将会越来越多地应用于昆虫学的研究中。     

用AFLP技术研究花生根瘤菌的遗传多样性

采用AFLP分子标记技术,对分离自中国、津巴布韦、以色列的133株慢生花生根瘤菌(\%Bradyrhizobium \%sp.\%arachis)\%和13个代表菌株(\%Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Bradyrhizobium elkanii)\%的DNA扩增长度多态性进行了分析,并根据各供试菌株的遗传相似性进行了数值聚类。结果表明慢生花生根瘤菌群体内存在很高的遗传多样性,每个菌株的AFLP带谱均与其它菌株完全不同。AFLP技术简便、快速、重现性极高,能表现高信息量的DNA长度多态性,是目前研究生物群体内遗传多样性的最有效办法。     

我国西北春麦区小麦育成品种遗传多样性的AFLP分析

对我国西北春麦区56份小麦育成品种应用扩增片段长度多态性(Amplified Fragment Length Polmorphics,简称AFLP)分子标记技术进行遗传多样性分析。共用24对引物组合进行扩增,每对引物组合的平均多态性条带为14．7,多态性百分率为24．4,而多态性信息指数PIC范围为0．11～0．44,平均0．22。结合品种的系谱亲缘关系分析,得知依据AFLP数据的类群划分结果与品种的亲缘系谱关系基本一致,表明AFLP技术用于种质鉴定和遗传多样性研究是有效的、可取的;同时。对如何合理应用AFLP数据中的多态性带和共有带进行聚类分析,及如何正确对待小麦核心种质构建中的形态和农艺性状数据与分子数据的问题作了进一步的探讨。仅用多态性谱带产生的相似系数矩阵与用所有扩增谱带产生的相似系数矩阵之间的相关系数r=0．86,表明在利用AFLP进行品种间遗传关系分析时,利用所有扩增产物的信息是必要的;如果仅仅是为了鉴剐品种或压缩样品,完全可以只考虑多态性扩增产物。利用AFLP分子数据和田间数据对56份材料进行主成分分析(PCO),发现用田间数据产生的PCO图,材料之间分散,遗传关系不很明了,进一步压缩样品难度较大;而分子数据产生的PCO图,可将材料分成明显的五类,聚类结果与品种系谱基本相吻合,为进一步压缩样品提供了科学依据。形态数据与分子数据聚类的结果差异较大,相关系数仅为0．310因此,在利用田间数据的基础上,必须兼顾和利用DNA数据,才能保证所建立核心种质的代表性。这也是一条比较科学、经济和可行的途径。     

双孢蘑菇遗传多样性分析

应用AFLP指纹技术对双孢蘑菇的20个野生菌株和5个栽培品种的遗传多样性进行了研究。AFLP指纹揭示出20个野生异核体菌株所固的基因型。5个商业品种表现出比较一致的AFLP指纹,但也显示出它们之间的一些差别。由单孢分离获得的同核体菌株携带着部分异核体菌株的AFLP指纹;由同一子实体分离得到的大部分单孢菌株是异核体菌株,它们具有与其亲本一致的AFLP指纹。UPGMA分析揭示出2个与地理分布（美洲、欧洲）和相对应的组。研究结果表明：（1）在野生菌株之间存在着明显的遗传差异;（2）大多数单孢分离的菌株具有与母本一致的遗传物质;（3）野生菌株间的遗传变异大于栽培品种间的变异;（4）在双孢蘑菇的遗传多样性分析中,AFLP技术是非常有效的工具。     

Genetic diversity in European pigs utilizing amplified fragment length polymorphism markers

The use of DNA markers to evaluate genetic diversity is an important component of the management of animal genetic resources. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has published a list of recommended microsatellite markers for such studies; however, other markers are potential alternatives. This paper describes results obtained with a set of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers as part of a genetic diversity study of European pig breeds that also utilized microsatellite markers. Data from 148 AFLP markers genotyped across samples from 58 European and one Chinese breed were analysed. The results were compared with previous analyses of data from 50 microsatellite markers genotyped on the same animals. The AFLP markers had an average within-breed heterozygosity of 0.124 but there was wide variation, with individual markers being monomorphic in 3-98% of the populations. The biallelic and dominant nature of AFLP markers creates a challenge for their use in genetic diversity studies as each individual marker contains limited information and AFLPs only provide indirect estimates of the allelic frequencies that are needed to estimate genetic distances. Nonetheless, AFLP marker-based characterization of genetic distances was consistent with expectations based on breed and regional distributions and produced a similar pattern to that obtained with microsatellites. Thus, data from AFLP markers can be combined with microsatellite data for measuring genetic diversity.     

Conservation genetics of endangeredBrasenia schreberi based on RAPD and AFLP markers

Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmelin is a declared endangered species found in the lakes and ponds of South Korea. For planning its conservation strategy, we examined the genetic diversity within and among six populations, using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Polymorphisms were more frequently detected per loci with AFLP (69.3%) than RAPD (36.8%). High genetic diversity was recognized within populations: polymorphic loci (PPL) values ranged from 36.3% in the CJM population to 74.5% in the GGT population, with a mean value of 47.8% based on AFLP markers. Great genetic differentiation (θ^B) was detected among the six populations (0.670 on RAPD and 0.196 on AFLP), and we calculated a low rate of gene flow (N_em), i.e., 0.116 on RAPD and 0.977 on AFLP. Furthermore, a Mantel test revealed that no correlation existed between genetic distances and geographical distances among the six local populations, based on RAPD or AFLP markers. These results are attributed to a number of factors, including an insufficient length of time for genetic diversity to be reduced following a natural decline in population size and isolation, adaptation of the genetic system to small population conditions, and a restricted gene flow rate. Based on both its genetic diversity and population structure, we suggest that a strategy for conserving and restoringB. schreberi must focus on maintaining historical processes, such as high levels of outbreeding, while monitoring increased gene flow among populations. This is because a reduction in genetic diversity as a result of genetic drift is undesirable.     

DNA fingerprinting of Leonurus cardiaca L. germplasm in Iran using amplified fragment length polymorphism and inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphism

In the present study, the extent of inter and intra-population genetic variation was evaluated in Leonurus cardiaca accessions naturally growing in Iran by AFLP and IRAP markers. The fingerprints corresponding to AFLP and IRAP markers revealed high levels of heterozygosity, indicating that L. cardiaca is predominantly an out-crossing species. The average percentage polymorphism was detected as 58% and 90.8% on utilizing AFLP and IRAP data, respectively. Gene diversity values within populations varied 0.14 to 0.20 for AFLP and 0.12 to 0.21 for IRAP. The overall levels of genetic variation present in the L. cardiaca germplasm in Iran were finally determined by combining the AFLP and IRAP datasets to ensure wide genome coverage. The phenogram depicted that the accessions of Dargaz population were genetically distinct from other populations. Based on AFLP and IRAP analysis, it is concluded that L. cardiaca maintains high levels of genetic variation at inter and intra-population level.     

Patterns of genetic diversity and biogeographical history of the tropical wetland tree, Pterocarpus officinalis (Jacq.), in the Caribbean basin

Studies examining intraspecific variation in plant species with widespread distributions and disjunct populations have mainly concentrated on temperate species. Here, we determined the genetic structure of a broadly distributed wetland tropical tree, Pterocarpus officinalis (Jacq.), from eight Neotropical populations using amplified length fragment polymorphisms (AFLP). AFLPs proved highly variable with almost half (48%) of the genetic variation at these loci occurring among individuals within populations. Nonetheless, there was a strong geographical pattern in the distribution of AFLP variation within P. officinalis. Caribbean and continental populations fell into two well-defined genetic clusters supported by the presence of a number of unique AFLP bands. Within these two regions, there were also strong genetic differences among populations, caused mainly by frequency differences in AFLP bands, making it difficult to determine the evolutionary relationships among populations. In addition, our analysis of P. officinalis revealed striking differences in the levels of AFLP variation among the eight populations sampled. In general, Caribbean populations had lower genetic diversity than continental populations. Moreover, there was a clear loss in AFLP diversity with distance from the continent among Caribbean populations. The overall genetic pattern within P. officinalis suggests that past colonization history, coupled with genetic drift within local populations, rather than contemporary gene flow are the major forces shaping variation within this species.     

Population genetics of the yellow fever mosquito in Trinidad: comparisons of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers

Recent development of DNA markers provides powerful tools for population genetic analyses. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers result from a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based DNA fingerprinting technique that can detect multiple restriction fragments in a single polyacrylamide gel, and thus are potentially useful for population genetic studies. Because AFLP markers have to be analysed as dominant loci in order to estimate population genetic diversity and genetic structure parameters, one must assume that dominant (amplified) alleles are identical in state, recessive (unamplified) alleles are identical in state, AFLP fragments segregate according to Mendelian expectations and that the genotypes of an AFLP locus are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE). The HWE assumption is untestable for natural populations using dominant markers. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers segregate as codominant alleles, and can therefore be used to test the HWE assumption that is critical for analysing AFLP data. This study examined whether the dominant AFLP markers could provide accurate estimates of genetic variability for the Aedes aegypti mosquito populations of Trinidad, West Indies, by comparing genetic structure parameters using AFLP and RFLP markers. For AFLP markers, we tested a total of five primer combinations and scored 137 putative loci. For RFLP, we examined a total of eight mapped markers that provide a broad coverage of mosquito genome. The estimated average heterozygosity with AFLP markers was similar among the populations (0.39), and the observed average heterozygosity with RFLP markers varied from 0.44 to 0.58. The average FST (standardized among-population genetic variance) estimates were 0.033 for AFLP and 0.063 for RFLP markers. The genotypes at several RFLP loci were not in HWE, suggesting that the assumption critical for analysing AFLP data was invalid for some loci of the mosquito populations in Trinidad. Therefore, the results suggest that, compared with dominant molecular markers, codominant DNA markers provide better estimates of population genetic variability, and offer more statistical power for detecting population genetic structure.