马尾松天然群体同工酶遗传变异

６个马尾松天然群体同工酶分析结果表明：马尾松群体具有较丰富的遗传变异,其多态位点百分率（Ｐ）＝７６．２％;等位基因平均数（Ｎａ）＝２．３９;有效等位基因平均数（Ｎｅ）＝１．６２,平均杂合率（Ｈｅ）＝０．２７３。但群体间遗传分化极小,基因分化系数（Ｇ＿（ＳＴ））＝０．０１７２,遗传距离（Ｄ）＝０．０１１±０．００５。总遗传变异中,约２％来自群体间,而约９８％的遗传变异存在于群体内的个体,并且其变异又主要来源于１／３的基因位点。马尾松群体近似于随机交配群体,绝大多数位点处于平衡状况,但也有约１／３的位点并非随机交配,存在不同程度的近交。     

Isozyme Polymorphism in Natural Populations of a Liverwort, PLAGIOCHILA ASPLENIOIDES

Assays of five Polish populations of Plagiochila asplenioides (Hepaticae, Plagiochilaceae) for peroxidase isozymes revealed three bands differing in electrophoretic mobility. The phenotypes observed appear to be governed by three loci; each locus has two alleles, one of which produces a band and the other no band, i.e., the second allele is silent, or null. Marked variability in enzyme phenotypes was found both within and between populations. The evolutionary implications of this variability are discussed in terms of the persistent haplophase and ephemeral diplophase of this organism.     

果蝇自然群体同工酶遗传多态的研究

用凝胶电泳技术我们检测了果蝇(D.virilis)4个地方群体6个编码酶的基因位点的遗传变异。发现50％的检测位点是多态的。每个个体杂合位点所占的比例为27.13％。遗传变异量在不同位点上相差是很大的,Est-α,Est-β,Amy位点是高度多态的,Mdh,αGpdh,Acph则几乎是单态的。Mdh在53℃的热稳定性没有差异。对一个给定的位点来说等位基因频率在各地方群体之间是很相似的。测定4个地方群体间的遗传分化,发现地理距离与遗传距离间没有线性相关性。结果表明自然选择和随机过程都可以造成遗传变异,而我们所研究的6个基因位点的变异究竟是自然选择造成的,还是随机过程决定的则有待于进一步的研究。     

Enzyme and Chromosome Polymorphisms in Japanese Natural Populations of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Collections of D. melanogaster from Japanese populations were analyzed for enzyme and chromosomal polymorphisms. Allelic frequencies at the Adh and alphaGpd loci were compared with polymorphic inversion (In(2L)B, In(2R)C) frequencies in the second chromosome. There was a significant positive correlation between the frequencies of AdhS and In(2L)B, caused by linkage. On the other hand, inversion-free cage populations maintained in the laboratory for a long time showed considerably larger variation in the frequencies of these enzyme alleles, which seem very likely to be a consequence of random drift. Two fitness components of these enzyme and chromosomal variants were measured in two different environmental conditions; neither of the two loci showed heterozygote superiority in viability or productivity, while the inversion heterozygotes showed a superior productivity compared to the corresponding homozygotes in the fluctuating environment. These findings are compatible with the hypothesis that polymorphic isozyme genes are maintained by random drift of neutral genes in natural populations, and that association with linked inversions is a historical accident.     

Isozyme Genotype-Environment Associations in Natural Populations of the Harvester Ant, POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS

Harvester ants (P. badius) were collected from 49 localities in the southeastern U.S. Amylase and naphthylamidase activities were assayed by gel electrophoresis, and the frequencies of alleles controlling electrophoretic variation were calculated. Soil samples were analyzed and plotted against allelic frequencies. Climatographic and genetic data were analyzed by the method of principal components. Statistically significant correlations were found to occur between the patterns of genetic variation, and between the genetic and environmental patterns. These correlations are consistent with a selective basis for the maintenance of isozyme polymorphisms.     

H-2 Polymorphisms Are More Uniformly Distributed than Allozyme Polymorphisms in Natural Populations of House Mice

Patterns of H-2 and allozyme polymorphism in natural populations of house mice from Europe, North Africa and South America were analyzed. The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether H-2 and allozyme polymorphisms were similarly distributed both geographically and temporally in wild mice. Two subspecies of house mice, Mus musculus domesticus and M. m. musculus were sampled and the polymorphisms of two H-2 class I genes, H-2K and H-2D, and 34 allozyme-encoding genes were surveyed. The three kinds of analyses that were conducted included a hierarchical gene diversity analysis, an analysis of the effects of barriers to gene flow, and an analysis of similarity networks. Each of the comparisons demonstrated that H-2 polymorphisms were more uniformly distributed than allozyme polymorphisms and provided additional evidence that H-2 and allozyme polymorphisms are subject to different evolutionary pressures. The analysis of similarity networks also demonstrated that H-2 genes provide little information about the phylogeny of wild mice.     

华山新麦草自然居群的遗传结构和种内遗传多态性研究

华山新麦草为我国特有种,公分布在陕西华山,应用5种酶系统共13个基因位点对采自华山13个亚居群的华山新麦草进行等位酶分析,研究结果发现,多态性位点的比例（P）为69％,个位点等位基因的平均数（A）为1．8,平均每个位点的预期杂合性（He)为0．344,Simpson指数为0．998,证明华山新麦草居群内有较高的遗传多态性和克隆多样性,固定指数（F）显示有意义的负值（－0．252),预期的随机交配相比较,居群内有过多的杂合体,这可能与华山新麦草的交酸系统和繁育方式有关,平均的遗传距离为0．046（变化范围：0－0．139）,大约有91％的遗传变异存在于亚居群内,应用间接法测得华山新麦草自然居群间的基因流（Nm)为2．77,明显你于一般风媒传粉植物（5．24）,暗示华山新麦草自然居群的基因流水平似乎正处于一种临界状太,有进一步分化的潜能,但受多种因素的影响。     

NATURAL SELECTION ON PLEIOTROPIC QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI AFFECTING A LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFF IN AVENA BARBATA

We applied QTL mapping to fitness variation of Avena barbata under well-watered greenhouse conditions. One hundred eighty recombinant inbred lines were assayed for flowering time, total size, mass allocation, and fitness. Composite Interval Mapping identified two to five loci affecting these traits. These were well supported in more powerful Multiple and Bayesian interval mapping analyses that indicated that additional QTL, as well as epistatic interactions also affect the traits. The posterior distribution of the number of QTL peaked at five to eight additive loci and one to two interactions, but the specific locations of the additional loci could not be determined with certainty. In most cases in which loci for separate traits mapped to similar locations, explicit tests supported pleiotropy over close linkage of separate loci. Alleles that hastened first flowering generally reduced vegetative mass, increased reproductive mass, and were associated with high fitness. Because effects on mass allocation generally cancelled one another, few loci affected total plant size. Only one QTL affected vegetative mass independent of reproductive mass and this locus had little effect on fitness. Thus selection acts to shift the mass allocation toward greater reproductive allocation, because the correlated decrease in vegetative mass poses only a minor fitness cost.     

Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of Mtdna Polymorphisms in Natural Populations of Drosophila mercatorum

Restriction endonuclease analysis of mtDNA was used to examine the genetic relatedness of several geographically separated isolines of the Drosophila mercatorum subgroup. In addition, we examined the temporal and spatial distribution of two mtDNA restriction site polymorphisms produced by the enzymes BstEII and BstNI at a single locality--Kamuela, Hawaii. Due to small sample sizes of some collections and the undesirable dependance of the estimation of polymorphism frequency on its variance, an arcsin square root transformation of the frequency data was used. We also use an Fst estimator of our transformed frequencies to demonstrate considerable spatial and temporal differentiation within the Kamuela population. In contrast, isozyme data from the same population reveals no pattern of differentiation. The temporal and geographic heterogeneity and population subdivision detected with mtDNA analysis also is consistent with the known dispersal behavior and ecological constraints of this species. The mtDNA data in conjunction with the isozyme data show that the population structure of the Kamuela D. mercatorum is close to the boundary line separating panmixia from subdivision, a conclusion that could not be made from isozyme data alone.     

The Genetic Structure of Natural Populations of Drosophila Melanogaster. Xxii. Comparative Study of DNA Polymorphisms in Northern and Southern Natural Populations

Restriction map variation in four gene regions (Adh, Amy, Pu and Gpdh) was surveyed for 86 second chromosomes from northern (Aomori) and southern (Ogasawara) Japanese populations of Drosophila melanogaster (43 chromosomes from each population). The regions examined cover a total of 62 kilobases. Estimates of nucleotide diversity (pi) were approximately constant across the gene regions and populations examined. The distribution of restriction site polymorphisms was compatible with the expectation from the neutral mutation-random genetic drift hypothesis, but insertion/deletion polymorphisms were not consistent with it. While the two populations shared a majority of restriction site polymorphisms, frequencies of individual restriction site variants were significantly different between the two populations at 7 out of 35 segregating sites. In addition, an insertion in the Amy region was found in 15 chromosomes from the Ogasawara sample but absent in the Aomori sample. A considerable difference was observed in the number of rare insertions and deletions between the two populations. The numbers of aberrations uniquely represented were 16 in the Ogasawara sample and only 3 in the Aomori sample. These findings suggest that the two populations were differentiated from each other to some degree by means of random genetic drift and/or other factors.     

Association of Chromosome and Enzyme Polymorphisms in Natural and Cage Populations of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

The frequencies of a polymorphic inversion, In(2L)t, and of Adh and αGpdh alleles were analyzed in three natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster from Japan. Significant positive correlations between the frequencies of In(2L)t and Adh^S or αGpdh^F were detected due to tight linkage. An analysis of correlation with latitude showed that the negative cline of Adh^S frequency could be explained entirely by its linkage with In(2L)t; the frequency of Adh^S on the standard chromosome did not show a latitudinal cline. To the contrary, the cline of αGpdh^F frequency itself was positive, and its linkage with In(2L)t makes the positive cline unclear. These results suggest that the two allozymes themselves respond to latitudinal natural selection in different ways. When these populations were transferred to laboratory cages and maintained for a long time, they lost the chromosomal polymorphism but retained stable enzyme polymorphisms, although allele frequencies in the cage were not the same as in nature. The frequencies of Adh and αGpdh alleles were close to those in earlier cage populations of the same geographical origin.     

WATER STRESS ALTERS THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF FUNCTIONAL TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH DROUGHT ADAPTATION IN AVENA BARBATA

Environmental stress can alter genetic variation and covariation underlying functional traits, and thus affect adaptive evolution in response to natural selection. However, the genetic basis of functional traits is rarely examined in contrasting resource environments, and consequently, there is no consensus regarding whether environmental stress constrains or facilitates adaptive evolution. We tested whether resource availability affects genetic variation for and covariation among seven physiological traits and seven morphological/performance traits by growing the annual grass Avena barbata in dry and well-watered treatments. We found that differences in the overall genetic variance–covariance ( G ) matrix between environments were driven by physiological traits rather than morphology and performance traits. More physiological traits were heritable in the dry treatment than the well-watered treatment and many of the genetic correlations among physiological traits were environment dependent. In contrast, genetic variation and covariation among the morphological and performance traits did not differ across treatments. Furthermore, genetic correlations between physiology and performance were stronger in the dry treatment, which contributed to differences in the overall G -matrix. Our results therefore suggest that physiological adaptation would be constrained by low heritable variation in resource-rich environments, but facilitated by higher heritable variation and stronger genetic correlations with performance traits in resource-poor environments.     

黑木耳菌株酯酶同工酶酶谱多样性研究

目的：为了探索黑木耳菌株之间的遗传距离,构建出供试菌株酯酶同工酶鉴别图。方法：采用垂直板聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳对21个黑木耳菌株酯酶同工酶的酶谱多样性进行了研究。结果：酯酶同工酶电泳各个菌株分别具有2~7条酶带,其中在Rf值为0.344处,21个菌株都有谱带出现。21个菌株之间的遗传相似系数在0.167-1.000之间,应用NTSYS软件进行聚类分析,当相似水平为0.73时,可将供试的21个黑木耳菌株分为6个不同的类群。结论：酯酶同工酶可以有效快捷的对黑木耳菌株进行菌种鉴定,是黑木耳菌株遗传多样性研究的理想手段。     

Comparison of Populations of Pratylenchus brachyurus Based on Isozyme Phenotypes

Enzymes from females of five Pratylenchus brachyurus populations and one P. scribneri population were analyzed by isoelectric focusing electrophoresis. Of the 18 enzyme systems investigated, only malate dehydrogenase (MDH), phosphoglucomutase (PGM), and phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) were detected from all five P. brachyurus populations and P. scribneri. Faint bands were detected for isocitrate dehydrogenase and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from one P. brachyurus population. Three distinct phenotypic groups were found in the MDH and PGM systems for P. brachyurus populations, but only a single electromorph was detected for PGI. Multiple electromorphs for MDH, PGM, and PGI were detected for P. scribneri; there was no similarity among these patterns with those from P. brachyurus. No phenotypic differences in PGI were observed between females and mixed juveniles of one population of P. brachyurus.     

Genetic Variation in Natural Populations of Five Drosophila Species and the Hypothesis of the Selective Neutrality of Protein Polymorphisms

We have studied genetic variation at 30-32 loci coding for enzymes in natural populations of five species of Drosophila. The average proportion of heterozygous loci per individual is 17.7 +/- 0.4%. The average proportion of polymorphic loci per population is 69.2 +/- 2.6% or 49.8 +/- 2.2%, depending on what criterion of polymorphism is used. The following generalizations are advanced: (1) The amount of genetic polymorphism varies considerably from locus to locus. (2) At a given locus, populations of the same species are very similar in the amount and pattern of genetic variation. (3) However, at some loci large differences sometimes occur between local populations of the same species. (4) The amount of variation at a given locus is approximately the same in all five species. (5) When different species are compared, the pattern of the variation is either essentially identical or totally different at a majority of loci. We have tested the hypothesis that protein polymorphisms are selectively neutral by examining four predictions derived from the hypothesis. Our results are at variance with every one of the predictions. We have measured the amount of genetic differentiation, D, between taxa of various degrees of evolutionary divergence. The average value of D is 0.033 for local populations, 0.228 for subspecies, 0.226 for semispecies, 0.538 for sibling species, and 1.214 for morphologically distinguishable species. Our results indicate that a substantial degree of genetic differentiation (22.8 allelic substitutions for every 100 loci) occurs between allopatric populations that have diverged to the point where they might become different species if they were to become sympatric. However, very little additional genetic change is required for the development of complete reproductive isolation. After the speciation process is completed, species continue to diverge genetically from each other.