遗传距离的错误观点和病毒进化踪迹的探索

通过对病毒基因序列的遗传距离(K)的演算,发现公式中的p和q应理解为转换率和颠换率;计算所得的K值是一个百分率,更适合于显示生物进化的时间概念。因此建议将遗传距离改名为进化率。并从进化率计算中的规律性变化,探索了病毒进化的信息。     

基于CO Ⅰ基因的龟鳖目动物鉴定与分类进化分析

为探索COⅠ基因条形码技术在龟鳖目物种分类与鉴定中的适用性,本研究应用通用引物PCR扩增获得龟鳖目动物9科26属45种共205个样品的634 bp COⅠ基因序列片段进行研究分析。结果显示,COⅠ基因在龟鳖目动物中存在少量的碱基插入和缺失,共计12种20个位点,物种占比34.28%;平均碱基含量(A+T)为55.42%,显著高于(G+C)的44.58%。通过Kimura's 2-parameter计算45个物种的种内遗传距离为0～0.023 98,平均为0.003 2;种间遗传距离为0.022 3～0.334 9,平均为0.1 637,种间平均遗传距离约为种内平均遗传距离的51.16倍;有3个物种的种内遗传距离大于Hebert推荐区分物种的最小种间遗传距离0. 02,其中1个物种的种内遗传距离大于45个物种的种间最小遗传距离0.022 3。同科内不同属间及同目内不同科间的遗传距离分别为0.146 7、0.212 7,显示物种间遗传距离随着分类阶元的上升而逐步扩大。系统进化树聚类结果显示,不同个体依据亲缘关系程度不同分别聚为独立的一支,没有出现物种交叉分布,能准确反映个体间的亲缘关系。结果表明利用COⅠ基因鉴定龟鳖目物种具有可行性,但科内属间及以上分类阶元进化节点自展率不高,无法通过COⅠ基因明确其进化关系,须结合其他DNA指标加以确认。     

滇重楼的psbA-trnH条形码分子鉴定研究北大核心CSCD

为探讨滇重楼药材鉴定新方法,本研究通过对重楼样品提取基因组DNA,PCR扩增叶绿体psb A-trn H序列并进行双向测序,所得序列经Codon Code Aligner拼接后,采用MEGA5.0软件进行序列比对,计算种内和种间遗传距离(K2P),构建邻接数(neighbor-joining tree)进行结果分析。研究表明,叶绿体psb A-trn H片段在滇重楼种内变异较小,平均K2P遗传距离为0.007,而滇重楼与其它重楼种间平均K2P遗传距离为0.025,滇重楼种间最大K2P遗传距离明显小于滇重楼与重楼属其它种内的最小K2P遗传距离。中药材DNA条形码鉴定系统比对和NJ树鉴定结果均表明psb A-trn H序列可区分滇重楼及其同属物种,且具有较好的稳定性和准确性,为保障临床安全用药提供了新的技术手段。     

静脉注射吸毒感染者体内HIV-1CRF07_BC的准种变异特征

为了研究静脉注射吸毒者(IDU)体内HIV-1CRF07_BC病毒准种变异和遗传多样性特征,本文采用单基因组扩增(SGA)技术分别从6份CRF07_BC感染者血浆获得HIV-1病毒准种env基因gp120片段序列11～28条,采用构建系统进化树的方法进行聚类分析,描述感染者血浆中CRF07_BC病毒准种的变异特征;运用Simplot软件、分段系统进化树和对平均两两比对基因距离进行遗传多样性作图(Diversity plot)的方法分析病毒准种间的重组。系统进化树分析结果显示仅1个病例具有较高的遗传同质性,而其他5个病例的遗传异质性较高,主要表现为系统进化树上形成2～4个次级进化簇。此外,有3个病例存在病毒准种间的重组。本研究表明SGA技术能有效地分析感染者体内病毒准种复杂的变异特征。     

滇重楼的psbA-trnH条形码分子鉴定研究

为探讨滇重楼药材鉴定新方法,本研究通过对重楼样品提取基因组DNA,PCR扩增叶绿体psb A-trn H序列并进行双向测序,所得序列经Codon Code Aligner拼接后,采用MEGA5.0软件进行序列比对,计算种内和种间遗传距离(K2P),构建邻接数(neighbor-joining tree)进行结果分析。研究表明,叶绿体psb A-trn H片段在滇重楼种内变异较小,平均K2P遗传距离为0.007,而滇重楼与其它重楼种间平均K2P遗传距离为0.025,滇重楼种间最大K2P遗传距离明显小于滇重楼与重楼属其它种内的最小K2P遗传距离。中药材DNA条形码鉴定系统比对和NJ树鉴定结果均表明psb A-trn H序列可区分滇重楼及其同属物种,且具有较好的稳定性和准确性,为保障临床安全用药提供了新的技术手段。     

诺如病毒流行株GⅡ.4型进化研究进展

诺如病毒是目前全球流行性腹泻的首要病原,具有丰富的遗传多样性,其中GⅡ.4型作为主要流行基因型,二十多年来通过自身变异持续感染着人类。近年来,随着病毒受体的发现以及对免疫特异性的理解,有关诺如病毒进化机制的研究得到了不断的深入,有假说提出,结合受体的转换与抗原位点的漂移是GⅡ.4型病毒进化的主要因素。同时,作为RNA病毒,高变异率及有限的基因组变异空间也决定了诺如病毒的进化方向。     

人埃博拉病毒密码子偏爱性与聚类分析

埃博拉病毒(Ebola virus,EBOV)宿主广泛,其遗传进化关系复杂,影响埃博拉病毒密码子偏爱性的因素众多。为了明确人埃博拉病毒密码子使用的偏爱性,揭示影响其偏爱性的影响因素和不同宿主来源的埃博拉病毒间的遗传进化关系。本研究通过计算有效密码子数(Effective number of codons,ENC),同义密码子相对使用频率(Relative synonymous codon usage,RSCU)和其他指标,对人埃博拉病毒的密码子使用模式进行综合分析。结果显示,人埃博拉病毒各蛋白的ENC均值分布于55.66～55.77,RSCU>1的密码子中77%以上都是以A/U结尾。中性绘图分析和PR2绘图分析等相关分析表明,自然选择是影响密码子使用模式的主要因素,突变压力的影响相对较小。聚类分析结果表明,猪和人来源的埃博拉病毒亲缘关系最近,提示猪来源的埃博拉病毒感染人的风险最大。新发现的bombali型埃博拉病毒与人的亲缘关系距离较远,在大多数蛋白中均单独聚类。本研究结果对深入了解人埃博拉病毒的遗传进化关系,进而研究埃博拉疫苗和制备抗体具有重大意义。     

银鲫两个雌核发育克隆间两性生殖子代的遗传多样性分析

本研究在揭示银鲫两性生殖方式的基础上,对以一尾人工雌核发育克隆F的卵子与一尾天然雌核发育克隆D的精子授精所获得的18尾FD后代及其亲本进行RAPD分析.扩增结果表明,在18尾FD子代中可检测到丰富的DNA多态片段,这些多态片段来自于银鲫两性生殖的重组.FD子代的扩增图谱不仅与母本的扩增图谱不同,而且个体间的扩增图谱也存在着较大的差异.这些差异的DNA片段根据其来源可基本分为四类.与异精刺激雌核发育的子代的情况不同,两性生殖FD子代间平均遗传距离高达0.23±O.123,远远高于异精刺激雌核发育的子代间的平均遗传距离(约＜0.01).在FD的三类表型中,SD个体间的平均遗传距离最大,为0.235±0.097;其次是SF间的平均遗传距离,为0.148±0.073;而NL间的平均遗传距离最小,为0.094±0.083.银鲫的遗传多样性和两性生殖方式为银鲫种群提供了丰富的遗传变异,创造了更多的遗传多样性.在分析了2320条(平均每个个体116条)可分辨的扩增带的基础上,采用NJTREE构建了呈现FD个体间及其与亲本相似性的分支图.NL3与母本的相似度最高,SD3与父本的相似度最高.在FD三种类型中,SD与NL和SF的平均遗传距离较大(＞0.31),而NL和SF的平均遗传距离仅为0.124.母本与父本的遗传距离约为0.35,与以前的研究结果类似,而FD 18尾个体与父母本的平均遗传距离均约为O.32,基本一致.但将18尾个体按体型分别统计平均遗传距离,不同的体型与父母本的相似性存在着较大差别.母本与SF的相似率最高,约为71%;父本与SD的相似率最高,约为70%.这可能由于扩增出一些与表型相关的DNA片段,从而导致了FD三种类型与亲本的相似性与表型相关.银鲫具有两种生殖方式的揭示将为解决长期困惑进化遗传学家的难题寻找到一个新的突破口,也进一步确立了银鲫在单性脊椎动物和多倍体脊椎动物进化遗传学研究中的特殊意义.     

基于COI基因5′端与3′端序列田间常见粉虱的分子鉴定

【目的】粉虱种类繁多,个体微小,其种类识别与鉴定常需借助分子生物学技术。本研究旨在明确线粒体COI基因(mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene) 5′端和3′端序列对常见种类粉虱识别鉴定的可行性。【方法】以我国田间常见的16种粉虱为对象,以COI基因5′端(641 bp)和3′端(738 bp)序列为靶标进行比对分析,以MEGA 5.10软件的K2-P模型计算种内与种间遗传距离,以邻接法(NJ法)构建进化树并进行系统发育分析。【结果】当以5′端为靶标时,16种粉虱的种内平均遗传距离为0.0015,种间平均遗传距离为0.2897,种间遗传距离为种内遗传距离的193.1倍;而且种内、种间遗传距离没有重叠区域。当以3′端为靶标时种内平均遗传距离为0.0007,种间平均遗传距离为0.2817,种间遗传距离为种内遗传距离的402.4倍;但桑粉虱Pealius mori与烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci Asia II 1的种内和种间遗传距离重叠。系统发育分析结果显示,以5′端为靶标时,16种粉虱可以形成独立的进化分支;以3′端为靶标时,除桑粉虱与传统分类学不一致外,其余种类均可形成独立的分支。【结论】结果表明,5′端序列更适用于基于DNA条形码技术的物种识别鉴定研究。     

脊髓灰质炎病毒的分子进化

本文根据脊髓灰质炎病毒3个型别参考毒株的基因组核苷酸序列和蛋白质氨基酸序列资料,首次试用Kimura的分子进化理论和计算方法,推算出脊髓灰质炎病毒型间的进化距离、分歧进化时间及病毒蛋白质氨基酸的替换率。结果表明:(1)型间毒株相互进化距离大致相等;(2)三个型病毒是由一个共同祖先病毒在距今约1—2千年以前几乎同时分歧进化而来;(3)型间毒株蛋白质氨基酸替换率也大致相等。     

Insights into the history of the legume‐betaproteobacterial symbiosis

The interaction between legumes and rhizobia has been well studied in the context of a mutualistic, nitrogen‐fixing symbiosis. The fitness of legumes, including important agricultural crops, is enhanced by the plants’ ability to develop symbiotic associations with certain soil bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen into a utilizable form, namely, ammonia, via a chemical reaction that only bacteria and archaea can perform. Of the bacteria, members of the alpha subclass of the protebacteria are the best‐known nitrogen‐fixing symbionts of legumes. Recently, members of the beta subclass of the proteobacteria that induce nitrogen‐fixing nodules on legume roots in a species‐specific manner have been identified. In this issue, Bontemps et al. reveal that not only are these newly identified rhizobia novel in shifting the paradigm of our understanding of legume symbiosis, but also, based on symbiotic gene phylogenies, have a history that is both ancient and stable. Expanding our understanding of novel plant growth promoting rhizobia will be a valuable resource for incorporating alternative strategies of nitrogen fixation for enhancing plant growth.     

The organization of somatosensory cortex in the short-tailed opossum ( Monodelphis domestica )

The organization of neocortex in the short-tailed opossum ( Monodelphis domestica ) was explored with multiunit microelectrode recordings from middle layers of cortex. Microelectrode maps were subsequently related to the chemoarchitecture of flattened cortical preparations, sectioned parallel to the cortical surface and processed for either cytochrome oxidase (CO) or NADPH-diaphorase (NADPHd) histochemistry. The recordings revealed the presence of at least two systematic representations of the contralateral body surface located in a continuous strip of cortex running from the rhinal sulcus to the medial wall. The primary somatosensory area (S1) was located medially while secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) formed a laterally located mirror image of S1. Auditory cortex was located in lateral cortex at the caudal border of S2, and some electrode penetrations in this area responded to both auditory and somatosensory stimulation. Auditory cortex was outlined by a dark oval visible in flattened brain sections. A large primary visual cortex (V1) was located at the caudal pole of cortex, and also consistently corresponded to a large chemoarchitecturally visible oval. Cortex just rostral and lateral to V1 responded to visual stimulation, while bimodal auditory/visual responses were obtained in an area between V1 and somatosensory cortex. The results are compared with brain organization in other marsupials and with placentals and the evolution of cortical areas in mammals is discussed.     

Gene Duplication and the Evolution of Hemoglobin Isoform Differentiation in Birds

The majority of bird species co-express two functionally distinct hemoglobin (Hb) isoforms in definitive erythrocytes as follows: HbA (the major adult Hb isoform, with α-chain subunits encoded by the α^A-globin gene) and HbD (the minor adult Hb isoform, with α-chain subunits encoded by the α^D-globin gene). The α^D-globin gene originated via tandem duplication of an embryonic α-like globin gene in the stem lineage of tetrapod vertebrates, which suggests the possibility that functional differentiation between the HbA and HbD isoforms may be attributable to a retained ancestral character state in HbD that harkens back to a primordial, embryonic function. To investigate this possibility, we conducted a combined analysis of protein biochemistry and sequence evolution to characterize the structural and functional basis of Hb isoform differentiation in birds. Functional experiments involving purified HbA and HbD isoforms from 11 different bird species revealed that HbD is characterized by a consistently higher O₂ affinity in the presence of allosteric effectors such as organic phosphates and Cl⁻ ions. In the case of both HbA and HbD, analyses of oxygenation properties under the two-state Monod-Wyman-Changeux allosteric model revealed that the pH dependence of Hb-O₂ affinity stems primarily from changes in the O₂ association constant of deoxy (T-state)-Hb. Ancestral sequence reconstructions revealed that the amino acid substitutions that distinguish the adult-expressed Hb isoforms are not attributable to the retention of an ancestral (pre-duplication) character state in the α^D-globin gene that is shared with the embryonic α-like globin gene.     

Genomic view of the evolution of the complement system

The recent accumulation of genomic information of many representative animals has made it possible to trace the evolution of the complement system based on the presence or absence of each complement gene in the analyzed genomes. Genome information from a few mammals, chicken, clawed frog, a few bony fish, sea squirt, fruit fly, nematoda and sea anemone indicate that bony fish and higher vertebrates share practically the same set of complement genes. This suggests that most of the gene duplications that played an essential role in establishing the mammalian complement system had occurred by the time of the teleost/mammalian divergence around 500 million years ago (MYA). Members of most complement gene families are also present in ascidians, although they do not show a one-to-one correspondence to their counterparts in higher vertebrates, indicating that the gene duplications of each gene family occurred independently in vertebrates and ascidians. The C3 and factor B genes, but probably not the other complement genes, are present in the genome of the cnidaria and some protostomes, indicating that the origin of the central part of the complement system was established more than 1,000 MYA.     

细菌基因组进化的分子策略

论述了细菌基因组进化的 4个分子策略 :点突变 ,基因组内重排 ,基因水平转移 ,基因缺失。从经典的达尔文进化论角度探讨了细菌基因组进化与表型进化的关系。     

Use of structural phylogenetic networks for classification of the ferritin-like superfamily

In the postgenomic era, bioinformatic analysis of sequence similarity is an immensely powerful tool to gain insight into evolution and protein function. Over long evolutionary distances, however, sequence-based methods fail as the similarities become too low for phylogenetic analysis. Macromolecular structure generally appears better conserved than sequence, but clear models for how structure evolves over time are lacking. The exponential growth of three-dimensional structural information may allow novel structure-based methods to drastically extend the evolutionary time scales amenable to phylogenetics and functional classification of proteins. To this end, we analyzed 80 structures from the functionally diverse ferritin-like superfamily. Using evolutionary networks, we demonstrate that structural comparisons can delineate and discover groups of proteins beyond the "twilight zone" where sequence similarity does not allow evolutionary analysis, suggesting that considerable and useful evolutionary signal is preserved in three-dimensional structures.     

Chromosome evolution in the genus Ophioglossum L.

Cytological observations on eleven species of Ophioglossum revealed low gametic ( n ) chromosome numbers of 30, 34 and 60 in populations of O.eliminatum , contrasting with an earlier report of n = 90 in the same species. The rest of the species is based on n =120.Cytologically studied species of Ophioglossum exhibit a range of chromosome numbers from n = 30 in O.eliminatum to n =720 in O.reticulatum. The weighted highest common factor (HGF) from all the reported chromosome numbers in twelve species was found to be 30. This number is proposed as the palaeobasic chromosome number for the genuS. Reported chromosome numbers which are not multiples of 30 were subjected to sequential analysis, yielding three distinct ultimate base numbers, 4, 5 and 6, which can produce n = 30 in seven different ways. The neobasic number, n= 120, appears to have arisen through various combinations and permutations of these, theoretically 2401 routes; only a relatively few of these routes exist today, suggesting that extreme selection has been exerted against the majority, and further suggesting that Ophioglossum represents an evolutionary dead end through repeated cycles of polyploidy and is possibly at the verge of extinction. The stoichiometric model of evolution, which derives the various chromosome numbers possessed by the twelve species from the basic and ultimate basic chromosome numbers, is used to explain chromosomal evolution in the genus.     

DNA barcoding and phylogeny in neotropical species of the genus Spondias

The genus Spondias belongs to the Anacardiaceae family, with about 18 species, having significant economic and social importance and with some species used in the agricultural industry, however, problems are encountered when trying to identify phylogenetic relationships among the species. The use of DNA barcoding is of importance to this group, allowing species identification at the molecular level and in determining the phylogenetic relationships within the group. The objective of this study is to obtain DNA barcoding and to determine the phylogenetic relationships among the species. For this, DNA from six species of the genus was extracted and amplified by PCR using sequences from the rbcL and matK genes and the trnH-psbA spacer gene, followed by sequencing using the Sanger method. The results show that the matK and rbcL genes cannot be used for DNA barcoding, because their discriminatory level between species is low. On the other hand, trnH-psbA shows a high level of discrimination, allowing most of the species to be identified. However it is not possible to separate Spondias venulosa and Spondias tuberosa. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Spondias mombim and S. tuberosa are distinct “umbucajá” clades, suggesting a non-hybrid origin for “umbucajá”.     

Revision of the Family Lagenophryidae Bütschli, 1889 and Description of the Family Usconophryidae N. Fam. (Ciliophora,Peritricha)1

Ten species of lagenophryid peritrichs in three genera are redescribed or described for the first time. Based on this information, the family Lagenophryidae was found to consist of five genera: Lagenophrys, Paralagenophrys, Clistolagenophrys n. g., Setonophrys, and Operculigera. Lagenophryid genera differ in gross structure of the lorica aperture and the peristomial sphincter associated with it. Shape of the lorica and mode of attachment to the host are not generic characteristics in the Lagenophryidae. Differences in shape evolved within each of the three largest lagenophryid genera merely as adaptations for attachment to different parts of a host. Usconophrys, formerly in the Lagenophryidae, and Cyclodonta are assigned to the family Usconophryidae n. fam., which is characterized by possession of a lorica, lack of a closure apparatus operated by the peristomial sphincter, and possession of an operculariform peristome. Lagenophrys, Setonophrys, and Paralagenophrys appear to have evolved separately and convergently from ancestors within Operculigera. Lagenophryid lorica apertures consisting of opposing lips probably evolved as tight seals to prevent water loss when the host is temporarily out of water. The greater diversity and wider distribution of Lagenophrys compared with other lagenophryid genera may result from an advantage in recolonizing hosts conferred by second-type division.