Genetic Dissection of Segregation Distortion. I. Suicide Combinations of SD Genes

Two major loci in the Tft–cn region of an SD chromosome have been separated by recombination and identified. The allele at the left-hand locus on an SD chromosome is called Sd; the allele at the right-hand locus is called Rsp. Both Sd and Rsp are necessary to bring about a distortion of the segregation ratio in heterozygous SD males, although the particular degree of distortion exhibited by an SD chromosome is influenced by the constellation of polygenic modifiers of SD in the genome. The coupling phase of the alleles, Sd Rsp/Sd⁺Rsp⁺, produces about 89-90% of Sd Resp-bearing progeny. The repulsion phase, Sd Rsp⁺/Sd⁺ Rsp, produces 10-20% of Sd Rsp⁺-bearing progeny. No coupling-repulsion effects between Sd and Rsp are apparent.     

Genetic Dissection of Segregation Distortion. III. Unequal Recovery of Reciprocal Recombinants

The genetic structure of a segregation distorter chromosome (a derivative of SD-36) has been analyzed in a system in which recombination in the second chromosome is blocked by inversions except for the critical region around the centromeric heterochromatin. The results confirm the map order and characteristics of four loci known to be involved in segregation distortion, namely Sd, E(SD), Rsp^ins, M(SD). However, SD-36 carries a fifth major locus involved in distortion. This locus is near pr in 2L and has the effect of enhancing the degree of distortion. In addition, reciprocal recombinant products from SD-36 are recovered unequally. All recombinants carrying the pr region from SD-36 seem also to carry Sd, although Sd has previously been mapped 1.6 units to the left of pr. Both the enhancement of distortion and the unequal recovery of reciprocal products can be explained if it is assumed that the new locus near pr in SD-36 is actually a duplication of Sd.     

遗传群体偏分离研究进展

偏分离是指观察到的基因型比例偏离预期的孟德尔分离频率方式,无法用传统的遗传理论和方法加以分析。偏分离被认为是一种重要的进化动力,并对遗传连锁图谱的构建造成影响。本文针对偏分离的现象、偏分离的影响因素和形成原因,以及对QTL定位的影响等方面进行综合分析,系统阐述了植物分离群体偏分离的研究进展,为后续研究提供有益的参考。     

偏分离分子标记的作图方法

对取自MAPMAKER软件小鼠F_2群体(含333个体)的5个RFLP连锁标记数据作了共显性分子标记偏分离的分析。先确定选择类型的方程组(配子或合子),随后采用Newton-Raphson迭代法估算标记间的重组值。在构建分子标记遗传图谱时,如果两个相邻标记均存在偏分离,最好采用纳入偏分离因子的估算方法。在估计F_2群体标记间偏分离重组距离上,用连续x~2检测方法比传统x~2检测更为准确。     

偏分离分子标记的作图方法

对取自MAPMAKER软件小鼠F2群体(含333个体)的5个RFLP连锁标记数据作了共显性分子标记偏分离的分析。先确定选择类型的方程组(配子或合子),随后采用Newton-Raphson迭代法估算标记间的重组值。在构建分子标记遗传图谱时,如果两个相邻标记均存在偏分离,最好采用纳入偏分离因子的估算方法。在估计F2群体标记间偏分离重组距离上,用连续χ2检测方法比传统χ2检测更为准确。Abstract The comparative analysis of segregation distortions of the codominant markers data presented in software MAPMAKER are made, where five RFLPs markers involve in a mouse F2 population with 333 individuals. The successive χ2 test begins with the determinations of gametic or zygotic selection types, followed by the estimation of recombination fractions between two markers with the Newton-Raphson iteration method. It is better to use the molecular marker showing segregation distortion for constructing a genetic map, in the case of seriously skew segregation between both the adjoining markers. The successive χ2 test provides better accuracy than that of classical χ2 test for the estimation of the recombination values in F2 population with segregation distortion.     

玉米F2群体分子标记偏分离的遗传分析

以优良玉米杂交组合 (综 3× 87 1)的F2 群体为材料 ,构建了包含 15 0个SSR标记和 2 4个RFLP标记的玉米分子标记连锁图。通过对 174个分子标记的分析 ,发现有 4 9个分子标记表现偏分离 (P <0 0 5 ) ,占总标记数的2 8 2 %。这些偏分离标记有 11个偏向父本综 3,占 2 2 5 % ;12个偏向母本 87 1,占 2 4 5 % ;2 5个偏向杂合体 ,占5 1 0 %。还有 1个标记同时偏向双亲。同时在 9条不同的染色体上发现 14个偏分离的热点区域 ,其中 4个与已经定位的配子体基因的位置相近 ,由此表明配子体基因是导致偏分离的部分原因。所发现的SDR6 1和SDR7 2似乎是两个新的偏分离热点区域。进一步讨论了引起偏分离的原因 ,以及偏分离标记对QTL定位的影响。对于单位点的QTL分析而言 ,偏分离标记一般不会影响QTL定位的位置和效应 ;对于两位点的上位性分析而言 ,则要求较少的偏分离标记和较大的群体     

Frameshift Suppression in SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE. II. Genetic Properties of Group II Suppressors

Suppressors of ICR-induced mutations that exhibit behavior similar to bacterial frameshift suppressors have been identified in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast suppressors have been divided into two groups. One of these groups (Group II: SUF1, SUF3, SUF4, SUF5 and SUF6) appears to include a set of informational suppressors in which the vehicle of suppression is glycyl-tRNA. Some of the genetic properties of Group II suppressors are described in this communication.——Corevertants of the Group II frameshift mutations his4–519 and leu2–3 have been characterized to determine the spectrum of reversion events induced by the frameshift mutagen ICR-170. Seventythree ICR-induced corevertants were analyzed. With the exception of one corevertant, which carried an allele of SUF1, all carried alleles of SUF3 or SUF5. SUF1, SUF3, SUF4 and SUF6 were represented among spontaneous and UV-induced corevertants. In the course of these experiments one of the suppressors was mapped. SUF5, the probable structural gene for tRNA^GLY1, is located between ade2 and ade9 on chromosome XV.——SUF1, SUF4 and SUF6 have novel properties and comprise a distinct subset of suppressors. Although these suppressors show no genetic linkage to each other, they share several common features including lethality in haploid pairwise combinations, reduced tRNA^GLY3 isoacceptor activity and increased efficiency of suppression in strains carrying the cytoplasmically inherited [PSI] element. In addition, strains carrying SUF1, SUF4 or SUF6 are phenotypically unstable and give rise to mitotic Suf⁺ segregants at high frequency. These segregants invariably contain a linked, second-site mutation that maps in or adjacent to the suppressor gene itself. Strains carrying any of these suppressors also give rise to mitotic segregants that exhibit enhanced efficiency of suppression; mutations responsible for this phenotype map at two loci, upf1 and upf2. These genes show no genetic linkage to any of the Group II suppressors.——Methods that permit positive selection for mutants with decreased or enhanced efficiency of suppression have been devised in order to examine large numbers of variants. The importance of these interacting mutants is underscored by their potential utility in studying suppressor function at the molecular level.     

The Mechanism of a Brooding Effect Associated with Segregation Distortion in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

The fecundities of 55 genotypes of the form SD(i)/SD(j) generated by 11 different SD chromosomes have been examined. Five of the genotypes are lethal The fecundities of the rest fall into a pattern of fertility and sterility that is highly suggestive of intracistronic complementation. The complementation leading to male fertility is only partial complementation: the fecundity of most fertile genotypes is less than half that of controls. The three components of the SD system, the Sd locus, the Ac locus, and the modifiers in 2R, were examined separately, and it appears that the complementation is a phenomenon associated with the Sd locus. A hypothesis of the molecular events involved in segregation distortion is formulated in the light of these observations. The model is based on the assumption that the Sd locus produces a multimeric molecule that regulates the activity of the Ac(=Rsp) locus during spermatogenesis.     

水稻粒簇生材料Cgr320的鉴定及遗传偏分离分析

籽粒簇生稻Cgr320为一类水稻突变材料,其性状表现为2~3朵颖花(籽粒)簇生在水稻主穗轴或枝梗顶部。为了进一步明确其簇生性状的遗传机制,本研究用Cgr320作父本分别与武运粳24和93-11配制了2个杂交组合,获得杂种F1、F2分离群体,对亲本、F1和F2群体的簇生性状进行了形态学观察和遗传连锁分析。结果表明,Cgr320其他农艺性状与普通栽培稻差异不显著。簇生性状在F1植株表现为野生型,在F2群体中出现严重偏离孟德尔(3∶1)遗传分离,卡方测验值X2(3∶1)为7.71和144.87。随机选取第1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10、11和12染色体上RM493、RM3762、RM1338、RM3217、RM249、RM20155、RM3325、RM22418、RM6797、RM1146、RM7557和RM27706等12对微卫星标记对武运粳24/Cgr320 22个F2隐性(簇生)单株进行遗传连锁分析,发现12个标记所扩增的22个F2隐性单株基因型都极显著偏向武运粳24,卡方检验值X2(1∶2∶1)大于X2(0.05,2)临界值5.991,控制cgr320簇生性状基因存在严重偏分离遗传,这种遗传现象必将误导我们判定控制籽粒簇生基因所在的连锁群。本研究结果将为水稻基因定位研究提供参考信息。     

The Genetic Analysis of Distributive Segregation in Drosophila Melanogaster. II. Further Genetic Analysis of the Nod Locus

In Drosophila melanogster females the segregation of nonexchange chromosomes is ensured by the distributive segregation system. The mutation noda specifically impairs distributive disjunction and induces nonexchange chromosomes to undergo nondisjunction, as well as both meiotic and mitotic chromosome loss. We report here the isolation of seven recessive X-linked mutations that are allelic to noda. As homozygotes, all of these mutations exhibit a phenotype that is similar to that exhibited by noda homozygotes. We have also used these mutations to demonstrate that nod mutations induce nonexchange chromosomes to nondisjoin at meiosis II. Our data demonstrate that the effects of noda on meiotic chromosome behavior are a general property of mutations at the nod locus. Several of these mutations exhibit identical phenotypes as homozygotes and as heterozygotes with a deficiency for the nod locus; these likely correspond to complete loss-of-function or null alleles. None of these mutations causes lethality, decreases the frequency of exchange, or impairs the disjunction of exchange chromosomes in females. Thus, either the nod locus defines a function that is specific to distributive segregation or exchange can fully compensate for the absence of the nod+ function.     

The Sex-Ratio Trait in Drosophila Simulans: Genetic Analysis of Distortion and Suppression

The sex-ratio trait described in several Drosophila species is a type of naturally occurring X-linked meiotic drive that causes males bearing a sex-ratio X chromosome to produce progenies with a large excess of females. We have previously reported the occurrence of sex-ratio X chromosomes in Drosophila simulans. In this species, because of the co-occurrence of drive suppressors, the natural populations and the derived laboratory strains show an equal sex-ratio even when sex-ratio X chromosomes are present at a high frequency. The presence of sex-ratio X chromosomes is established via crosses with a standard strain that is devoid of drive suppressors. In this article, we show first that the sex-ratio trait in D. simulans results from the action of several X-linked loci. Second we describe drive suppressors on each major autosome as well as on the Y chromosome. The Y-linked factors suppress the drive partially whereas the autosomal suppression can be complete.     

Genetic Map Construction and Detection of Genetic Loci Underlying Segregation Distortion in an Intraspecific Cross of Populus deltoides

Based on a two-way pseudo-testcross strategy, high density and complete coverage linkage maps were constructed for the maternal and paternal parents of an intraspecific F2 pedigree of Populus deltoides. A total of 1,107 testcross markers were obtained, and the mapping population consisted of 376 progeny. Among these markers, 597 were from the mother, and were assigned into 19 linkage groups, spanning a total genetic distance of 1,940.3 cM. The remaining 519 markers were from the father, and were also were mapped into 19 linkage groups, covering 2,496.3 cM. The genome coverage of both maps was estimated as greater than 99.9% at 20 cM per marker, and the numbers of linkage groups of both maps were in accordance with the 19 haploid chromosomes in Populus. Marker segregation distortion was observed in large contiguous blocks on some of the linkage groups. Subsequently, we mapped the segregation distortion loci in this mapping pedigree. Altogether, eight segregation distortion loci with significant logarithm of odds supports were detected. Segregation distortion indicated the uneven transmission of the alternate alleles from the mapping parents. The corresponding genome regions might contain deleterious genes or be associated with hybridization incompatibility. In addition to the detection of segregation distortion loci, the established genetic maps will serve as a basic resource for mapping genetic loci controlling traits of interest in future studies.     

On the Components of Segregation Distortion in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. II. Deletion Mapping and Dosage Analysis of the SD Locus

Segregation distorter (SD) chromosomes are preferentially transmitted to offspring from heterozygous SD/SD⁺ males owing to the induced dysfunction of the SD⁺-bearing sperm. This phenomenon involves at least two major loci: the Sd locus whose presence is necessary for distortion to occur and the Rsp locus which acts as the site of Sd action. Several additional loci on SD chromosomes enhance distortion.—In a previous study deletions were used to map the Sd locus and to determine some of its properties. We have extended this analysis with the isolation and characterization of 14 new deletions in the Sd region. From our results we conclude (1) SD chromosomes contain a single Sd locus located in region 37D2-6 of the salivary gland chromosome map. Deletion of this locus in any of three SD chromosomes now studied results in complete loss of ability to distort a sensitive chromosome; (2) the reduced male fecundity observed in many homozygous SD or SD_i/SD_j combinations is due at least in part to the action of the Sd locus. The fecundity of these males can be substantially increased by deletion of one Sd locus. Thus, it is the presence of two doses of Sd rather than the absence of Sd⁺ that produces the lowered male fecundity in SD homozygotes; (3) Sd behaves as a neomorph, whereas Sd⁺, if it exists at all, is amorphic with respect to segregation distortion; (4) these results support a model in which the Sd product is made in limiting amounts and the interaction of this product with the Rsp locus causes sperm dysfunction. The Sd product appears to act preferentially at Rsp^s (sensitive-Responder) but may also act at Rspⁱ (insensitive-Responder).     

Genetic regulation of plasma and red blood cell magnesium concentration in man. II. Segregation analysis.

A previous paper in this series reported that genetic factors play a major role in the familial transmission of plasma (P) and red blood cell (RBC) magnesium (Mg) concentrations. We report here the results of commingling analysis based on a random sample of unrelated individuals, and complex segregation analysis of a random sample of nuclear families. For RBC Mg, there is evidence for a mixture of two distributions, but not for three. For P Mg, there is no evidence for commingling. Complex segregation analysis under a mixed model yielded significant support for a major gene effect on RBC Mg, but not on P Mg. Parameter estimates indicated that the data are compatible with a rather common major gene (q = .23) for elevated RBC Mg, roughly 5% of the population being homozygotes for this gene, that the nonfamilial factors account for a small fraction of the total variance, and that the overlap of distributions of homozygotes is not large.     

Temperature Sensitivity of Negative Segregation Distortion in Drosophila Melanogaster

Previous work has shown that the direction of segregation distortion in the SD (Segregation Distorter) system in Drosophila melanogaster can sometimes be reversed, but this was found only with rather weak distorters and the effect was not large. The present study reports large negative segregation distortion in a strong distorter, SD-72 chromosome. In the presence of a specific X chromosome, supp-X(SD), the proportion, k, of SD-72 chromosomes recovered from the SD-72/cn bw males ranges from 0.99 at 20° to 0.11 at 28.5°, whereas with a standard-X chromosome, k ranges from 0.99 to 0.95 for the same temperature range. The temperature-sensitive period is during spermiogenesis. Using a mating system in which the sperm supply is nearly exhausted, it was shown that the negative distortion at high temperatures is due to an absolute reduction in the number of SD-72 chromosomes and an absolute increase in the number of cn bw chromosomes recovered. After adjusting for non-SD-related temperature effects, the amount of decrease in the number of SD-72 progeny is nearly the same as the amount of increase in the number of cn bw progeny, suggesting that the dysfunction switches from a spermatid carrying one homolog to one carrying the other. Negative distortion requires a radical revision of current hypotheses for the mechanism of segregation distortion and a possible modification of the current model is suggested, based on differential recovery of dysfunction in the two homologs during spermiogenesis.     

On the Components of Segregation Distortion in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

The segregation distorter (SD) complex is a naturally occurring meiotic drive system with the property that males heterozygous for an SD-bearing chromosome 2 and an SD⁺-bearing homolog transmit the SD-bearing chromosome almost exclusively. This distorted segregation is the consequence of an induced dysfunction of those sperm that receive the SD⁺ homolog. From previous studies, two loci have been implicated in this phenomenon: the Sd locus which is required to produce distortion, and the Responder (Rsp) locus that is the site at which Sd acts. There are two allelic alternatives of Rsp—sensitive (Rsp^sens) and insensitive (Rsp^ins); a chromosome carrying Rsp^ins is not distorted by SD. In the present study, the function and location of each of these elements was examined by a genetic and cytological characterization of X-ray-induced mutations at each locus. The results indicate the following: (1) the Rsp locus is located in the proximal heterochromatin of 2R; (2) a deletion for the Rsp locus renders a chromosome insensitive to distortion; (3) the Sd locus is located to the left of pr (2-54.5), in the region from 37D2-D7 to 38A6-B2 of the salivary chromosome map; (4) an SD chromosome deleted for Sd loses its ability to distort; (5) there is another important component of the SD system, E(SD), in or near the proximal heterochromatin of 2L, that behaves as a strong enhancer of distortion. The results of these studies allow a reinterpretation of results from earlier analyses of the SD system and serve to limit the possible mechanisms to account for segregation distortion.     

On the Models of Segregation Distortion in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

The Segregation Distorter system of Drosophila melanogaster consists of two major elements, Sd and Rsp. There are two allelic alternatives of Rsp-sensitive (Rsp(s)) and insensitive (Rsp(i)); a chromosome carrying Rsp(i) is not distorted. According to the model proposed by Hartl (1973), these two elements interact to cause segregation distortion. For a sperm to complete the maturation process, it is assumed that the Rsp locus has to be complexed with the product of the Sd locus. This product is assumed to be a multimetric regulatory protein. Three kinds of regulatory multimers may be distinguished: Sd(+)/Sd(+), which is assumed to complex with both Rsp(s) and Rsp(i); Sd(+)/Sd heteromultimers, which complex preferentially with Rsp(i); and Sd/Sd homomultimers, which complex with neither Rsp(s) nor Rsp(i). Most of the regulatory protein in the Sd(+)/Sd heterozygous male is assumed to be the Sd(+)/Sd heteromultimer.--Some modifications of Hartl's model were made by Ganetzky (1977). Rather than the binding of a product of Sd at the Rsp locus being a necessary condition for normal spermigenesis, this binding causes sperm dysfunction. It is assumed that the product of Sd complexes more readily with Rsp(s) than with Rsp(i) and that the amount of Sd product is limited with respect to the number of binding sites available. No function is ascribed to the Sd(+) locus. In order to explain reduced male fertility of some genotypes, Ganetzky further assumes that the Sd product, when not competed for by an Rsp(s) locus, can bind to an Rsp(i) locus.--Two consequences of these models were critically examined: according to these models (1) an Sd Rsp(s)/Sd(+)Rsp(s) male should not show any segregation distortion, and (2) an Sd Rsp(s)/Sd Rsp(s) male should show much reduced fertility, if not complete sterility.--The results of the present study bear on these two points. (1) Rsp(s) locus seems to consist of multiple alleles, each having a different degree of ability to interact with the product of the Sd locus. An Sd Rsp(s)/Sd(+)Rsp(s) male shows a certain degree of segregation distortion when the two Rsp(s) alleles are different, but it shows a normal Mendelian segregation ratio when the Rsp(s) alleles are homozygous. The first prediction of the models is supported by actual observation when the two Rsp(s) alleles are the same. (2) There is a suggestion of slight reduction in fertility, but generally Sd Rsp(s)/Sd Rsp(s) males are quite fertile. Thus, the second prediction is not supported by actual observation. The mechanism of segregation distortion is still open for future studies.