不同环境下籼稻糙米重的发育遗传研究

采用包括遗传主效应和基因型与环境互作效应的数量性状发育遗传模型和统计分析方法 ,分析了籼稻(OryzasativaL .)稻米 4个发育时期糙米重的两年资料。结果表明 ,除了三倍体胚乳和二倍体母体植株基因的加性和显性主效应以及细胞质主效应可以控制不同稻米发育时期的糙米重量外 ,基因型与环境互作效应也可明显影响不同发育时期糙米重量。基因加性主效应和加性×环境互作效应在整个稻米灌浆过程中起着主要作用 ,对糙米重的选择可以取得良好的改良效果。条件方差分量分析结果表明 ,胚乳和母体植株中控制糙米重表现的基因在多数稻米发育时期均有新的表达 ,且以稻米发育早期为主 ,开花后第 1～ 7天是控制糙米重的基因表达最为活跃的时期 ,其次为开花后第 8～ 14天。一些基因只在个别发育时期间断表达 ,这在净细胞质主效应和净细胞质×环境互作效应以及净显性主效应上表现得尤为明显。稻米不同发育时期的遗传效应预测值表明 ,V2 0和作 5等亲本可以明显提高后代的糙米重量。     

玉米籽粒性状的遗传模型研究

用１０个遗传上和籽粒形态性状上具有差异的玉米自交系,依多种可能的交配方法获得亲本Ｐ１、Ｐ２、Ｆ１（Ｐ１× Ｐ２）、Ｆ２、Ｂ１（Ｆ１×Ｐ１）、Ｂ２（Ｆ１× Ｐ２）及其相应反交ＲＦ１、ＲＦ２、ＲＢ１、ＲＢ２共１０个种子世代。种植２年。依广义遗传模型建立包括种子胚乳加性、胚乳显性、母体加性、母体显性和细胞质效应的遗传模型,运用种子数量性状的精细鉴别法［１］和混合模型分析法［２,３］,对粒长、粒宽、粒长宽比、粒厚及百粒重作了性状表达遗传机制的鉴别与探讨。单个组合的遗传模型精细测验表明,５个籽粒性状的遗传主要受母体显性和胚乳基因型（包括加性和灵性）的控制,一个组合的粒宽、粒厚和百粒重上还检测到细胞质效应。对２５对 Ｆ１正反交组合世代均值依ＭＩＮＱＵＥ法分析的结果表明,５个籽粒性状的遗传方差中,母体遗传方差占６０％以上,胚乳基因型方差低于４０％,粒长和百粒重还有细胞质效应,约占１０％～３０％。可见,籽粒性状的遗传特点是受多套遗传系统控制,其中以母体基因型的作用最大。     

籼粳交稻米蒸煮品质性状的遗传效应分析

以2个粳型光温敏核不育系和4个籼稻品种为材料,配制籼粳交组合,用包括基因型×环境互作效应的胚乳性状遗传模型对3个蒸煮品质性状(直链淀粉含量、胶稠度、碱消值)进行了遗传研究,结果表明:直接加性和母体加性效应对三个性状的遗传变异起主要作用.基因型×环境互作主要表现为显性×环境以及细胞质×环境互作.直链淀粉含量的普通遗传率都不显著,只有较高的互作母体遗传率;胶稠度具有显著的普通直接遗传率和互作细胞质遗传率;碱消值的普通直接遗传率和普通母体遗传率都极显著.根据遗传效应预测值对供试亲本的利用价值作了评价。     

籼粳杂交稻穗部性状的遗传效应及其与环境互作

采用包括基因型与环境互作效应的加性显性加性×加性上位性遗传模型,分析了不同环境下籼粳杂交稻穗部性状的遗传特点.结果表明,除了主穗粒数的加性与环境互作和二次枝梗数的显性与环境互作不显著外,其他性状均存在显著和极显著的加性、显性、加性×加性上位性遗传效应及其与环境的互作效应,其中均以显性效应为主,显性与环境互作效应对枝梗性状的影响较为明显.遗传率分析表明,各性状的普通广义遗传率最大,互作遗传率也有一定作用.杂种优势预测表明,除了一次、二次枝梗数外,其他性状均表现正向的杂种优势,基因型与环境互作只影响杂种优势表达的程度,而不改变其方向.遗传效应预测值结果表明,IR6615837、IR6560085、明恢63和R6694个亲本可以明显改良杂交后代多数穗部性状,且环境影响程度较小,可作为优良亲本列于育种计划中.     

基因型与环境互作对食用稻米重金属积累特性遗传的影响

采用包括种子、细胞质、母体植株三套遗传体系的种子数量性状的遗传模型和统计方法,分析了食用稻米汞、砷、铬、镉和铅等5个重金属积累特性遗传的基因型与环境互作．结果表明,5个重金属积累除了受制于种子、细胞质和母体植株三套遗传效应外,还明显受到基因型与环境互作效应的影响．在遗传主效应中,汞、铬和铅积累以母体植株显性效应及其与环境互作效应为主．砷和镉积累则以种子直接加性与环境互作效应和母体植株显性与环境互作效应为主,细胞质效应及其与环境互作效应对这2个重金属积累的影响也较为明显．     

油用向日葵主要农艺性状的遗传效应及相关性研究

根据加性-显性与环境互作的遗传模型,对6个油用向日葵自交系及其配制的9个杂交组合在2个环境下的7个农艺性状表现进行遗传分析,揭示油用向日葵主要农艺性状遗传性质、规律以及主要农艺性状对含油率的贡献率。结果表明:株高、茎粗、盘径、百粒重、籽仁率和单盘粒重等6个遗传性状主要受加性和显性共同控制,结实率的遗传以加性、显性×环境互作效应为主,籽仁率、单盘粒重以加性、显性、显性×环境互作效应为主;性状间的各项遗传相关性多以加性遗传相关为主。百粒重的净效应对籽实含油率的加性遗传方差贡献率最高,结实率的净效应对籽实含油率的显性遗传方差贡献率最高,单盘粒重对籽实含油率的加性×环境互作遗传方差的贡献率最高。     

不同环境条件下粳型杂交稻米碾磨品质性状的遗传效应分析

采用包括基因型×环境互作效应的种子遗传模型,对粳型杂交稻稻米碾磨品质性状进行了遗传研究.结果表明:各碾磨品质性状除了受制于种子直接效应、细胞质效应和母体效应等遗传主效应外,还明显受到各基因型×环境互作效应的影响.其中糙米率性状以遗传主效应为主,而精米率、整精米率性状以基因型×环境互作效应为主.在遗传主效应中,糙米率性状主要受种子直接加性效应、母体加性效应的控制;在基因型×环境互作效应中,精米率和整精米率性状都是以种子直接加性×环境互作效应和母体加性×环境互作效应为主,细胞质×环境互作效应也起着较为重要的作用.大部分稻米碾磨品质性状的狭义遗传率均较高,其中糙米率性状以普通狭义遗传率为主,而精米率和整精米率性状则以互作狭义遗传率为主.另外,根据性状的遗传效应预测值对各亲本的育种利用价值作了评价.     

水稻亚种间杂种基因效应和性状间相关性分析

以6份籼型型不育系和6份粳型或偏粳型广亲和系配制成不完全双列杂交,将杂种F1及其亲本在三个播期（5／20,6／10,6／30）试验,应用加性、显性与环境互作摸型,分析籼粳交杂种八个主要农艺性状的遗传方差组成、杂种优势的表现以及性状间的相关性等．结果表明：1）参试性状不仅加性方差和显性方差极显著,并且加性×环境或显性×环境互作方差也显著存在;但控制不同性状的基因效应稳定性尚有明显的差异．2）基因型×环境互作效应的结果,使杂种在多数性状上其群体平均优势和群体超亲优势均随播种推迟而呈下降的趋势;F1性状的平均基因型预测值显示了早播常出现植株偏高、剑叶较披和生育期相对延长,而迟播导致主穗总粒数减少3）性状间的加性和显性相关是决定遗传相关的主要因素;在株高、抽穗天数、剑叶长、主穗长和主穗总粒数等五个性状间,杂种的表型相关和遗传相关与遗传相关的四种分量间方向相同,均为显著正相关,所以要选育大穗高产的杂交组合及其配组材料,都应保证适宜的株高、生育期和剑叶长.     

甘蓝型油菜主要农艺性状的遗传模型和基因效应分析

本文以甘蓝型优质油菜(81008×Tower)正反交各12个世代的资料,按照4种不同的遗传模型,对包括单株产量在内的8个农艺性状的遗传方式进行了详尽地分析。结果表明:所有性状的遗传皆不符合简单的加性-显性模型,上位性效应普遍存在,且对世代平均数有较大影响;单株产量及几个产量性状的遗传均受重复型互作基因的控制,杂种优势需利用三基因或多基因间的互作效应。     

云南香型软米水稻资源农艺性状遗传效应研究

选取5份云南地方香型软米水稻种质资源和6份自育香型软米保持系按5×6不完全双列杂交设计(NCⅡ)配制成30个组合,采用加性-显性-上位性遗传模型,分析云南香型软米11个农艺性状的遗传效应。结果表明,云南香型软米多数农艺性状的遗传主要受加×加上位性效应、加性×环境效应、显性×环境效应的影响,还存在不同程度的加性效应和显性效应,单株产量受基因加性效应、显性效应、加×加上位性效应、加性×环境效应、显性×环境效应的影响;株高、有效穗的遗传率以普通狭义遗传率为主,其他性状的普通狭义遗传率和互作狭义遗传率均达极显著水平;产量构成性状之间存在不同类型和不同程度的遗传相关,多数性状之间以加×加上位性、加性×环境和显性×环境互作效应显著。     

Predicting the strength of UP-elements and full-length E. coli σE promoters

Predicting the location and strength of promoters from genomic sequence requires accurate sequenced-based promoter models. We present the first model of a full-length bacterial promoter, encompassing both upstream sequences (UP-elements) and core promoter modules, based on a set of 60 promoters dependent on σ(E), an alternative ECF-type σ factor. UP-element contribution, best described by the length and frequency of A- and T-tracts, in combination with a PWM-based core promoter model, accurately predicted promoter strength both in vivo and in vitro. This model also distinguished active from weak/inactive promoters. Systematic examination of promoter strength as a function of RNA polymerase (RNAP) concentration revealed that UP-element contribution varied with RNAP availability and that the σ(E) regulon is comprised of two promoter types, one of which is active only at high concentrations of RNAP. Distinct promoter types may be a general mechanism for increasing the regulatory capacity of the ECF group of alternative σ's. Our findings provide important insights into the sequence requirements for the strength and function of full-length promoters and establish guidelines for promoter prediction and for forward engineering promoters of specific strengths.     

Extra cytoplasmic function σ factor activation

The bacterial cell envelope is essential for cell viability and is a target for numerous antibiotics and host immune defenses. Thus bacteria must sense and respond to damage to the cell envelope. Many bacteria utilize alternative σ factors such as extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors to respond to cell envelope stress. Although ECF σ factors are utilized by both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria to respond to cell envelope stress, the mechanisms of sensing differ. In this review, we examine the events and proteins that are required for activation of two model extracytoplasmic function σ factors, σ(E) in E. coli and σ(W) in B. subtilis.     

Environmental Maternal Effects Mediate the Resistance of Maritime Pine to Biotic Stress

The resistance to abiotic stress is increasingly recognised as being impacted by maternal effects, given that environmental conditions experienced by parent (mother) trees affect stress tolerance in offspring. We hypothesised that abiotic environmental maternal effects may also mediate the resistance of trees to biotic stress. The influence of maternal environment and maternal genotype and the interaction of these two factors on early resistance of Pinus pinaster half-sibs to the Fusarium circinatum pathogen was studied using 10 mother genotypes clonally replicated in two contrasting environments. Necrosis length of infected seedlings was 16% shorter in seedlings grown from favourable maternal environment seeds than in seedlings grown from unfavourable maternal environment seeds. Damage caused by F. circinatum was mediated by maternal environment and maternal genotype, but not by seed mass. Mechanisms unrelated to seed provisioning, perhaps of epigenetic nature, were probably involved in the transgenerational plasticity of P. pinaster, mediating its resistance to biotic stress. Our findings suggest that the transgenerational resistance of pines due to an abiotic stress may interact with the defensive response of pines to a biotic stress.     

棉花优异纤维品质性状的双列杂交分析

利用5个具有不同纤维品质性状的品种(系)配制完全双列杂交组合20个,通过亲本和F1的2年随机区组试验,结果为除纤维整齐度受环境等因素影响较大,其余性状主要受遗传因素控制;在与环境的互作中,纤维强度和长度的互作效应小,麦克隆值的加性和母体效应及伸长率的显性效应与环境的互作较大,均达到了显著水平;遗传主效中,所有的研究性状不存在母体效应,以加性为主;强度与长度加性遗传率高,分别占77．6％和73．2％;麦克隆值的加性效应占45．2％,显性效应所占的比例在纤维性状中最高,为11．5％。纤维品质性状的群体平均优势仅麦克隆值的较高(3．2％),达到了显著水平,其余性状的优势仅为-0．4％-0．7％。纤维品质性状的遗传结果与杂种优势一致。在杂种优势利用时,可以通过双亲平均值的高低来预测F1的纤维品质表现。纤维强度、长度和细度的加性遗传率高,这些性状均可以早代选择。     

A Genome-Wide Survey of Transgenerational Genetic Effects in Autism

Effects of parental genotype or parent-offspring genetic interaction are well established in model organisms for a variety of traits. However, these transgenerational genetic models are rarely studied in humans. We have utilized an autism case-control study with 735 mother-child pairs to perform genome-wide screening for maternal genetic effects and maternal-offspring genetic interaction. We used simple models of single locus parent-child interaction and identified suggestive results (P<10⁻⁴) that cannot be explained by main effects, but no genome-wide significant signals. Some of these maternal and maternal-child associations were in or adjacent to autism candidate genes including: PCDH9, FOXP1, GABRB3, NRXN1, RELN, MACROD2, FHIT, RORA, CNTN4, CNTNAP2, FAM135B, LAMA1, NFIA, NLGN4X, RAPGEF4, and SDK1. We attempted validation of potential autism association under maternal-specific models using maternal-paternal comparison in family-based GWAS datasets. Our results suggest that further study of parental genetic effects and parent-child interaction in autism is warranted.     

Analysis of the role of Bacillus subtilis σ(M) in β-lactam resistance reveals an essential role for c-di-AMP in peptidoglycan homeostasis

The Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factor σ(M) is inducible by, and confers resistance to, several cell envelope-acting antibiotics. Here, we demonstrate that σ(M) is responsible for intrinsic β-lactam resistance, with σ(X) playing a secondary role. Activation of σ(M) upregulates several cell wall biosynthetic enzymes including one, PBP1, shown here to be a target for the beta-lactam cefuroxime. However, σ(M) still plays a major role in cefuroxime resistance even in cells lacking PBP1. To better define the role of σ(M) in β-lactam resistance, we characterized suppressor mutations that restore cefuroxime resistance to a sigM null mutant. The most frequent suppressors inactivated gdpP (yybT) which encodes a cyclic-di-AMP phosphodiesterase (PDE). Intriguingly, σ(M) is a known activator of disA encoding one of three paralogous diadenylate cyclases (DAC). Overproduction of the GdpP PDE greatly sensitized cells to β-lactam antibiotics. Conversely, genetic studies indicate that at least one DAC is required for growth with depletion leading to cell lysis. These findings support a model in which c-di-AMP is an essential signal molecule required for cell wall homeostasis. Other suppressors highlight the roles of ECF σ factors in counteracting the deleterious effects of autolysins and reactive oxygen species in β-lactam-treated cells.     

Advanced backcross QTL analysis in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

This paper reports on the first advanced backcross-QTL (quantitative trait locus) project which utilizes spring barley as a model. A BC(2)F(2) population was derived from the initial cross Apex ( Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare, hereafter abbreviated with Hv) x ISR101-23 ( H. v. ssp. spontaneum, hereafter abbreviated with Hsp). Altogether 136 BC(2)F(2) individuals were genotyped with 45 SSR (simple sequence repeat) markers. Subsequently, field data for 136 BC(2)F(2) families were collected for 13 quantitative traits measured in a maximum of six environments. QTLs were detected by means of a two-factorial ANOVA with a significance level of P < 0.01 for a marker main effect and a marker x environment (M x E) interaction, respectively. Among 585 marker x trait combinations tested, 86 putative QTLs were identified. At 64 putative QTLs, the marker main effect and at 27 putative QTLs, the M x E interaction were significant. In five cases, both effects were significant. Among the putative QTLs, 29 (34%) favorable effects were identified from the exotic parent. At these marker loci the homozygous Hsp genotype was associated with an improvement of the trait compared to the homozygous Hv genotype. In one case, the Hsp allele was associated with a yield increase of 7.7% averaged across the six environments tested. A yield QTL in the same chromosomal region was already reported in earlier barley QTL studies.     

Tetrahydroprotoberberine alkaloids with dopamine and σ receptor affinity

Two series of analogues of the tetrahydroprotoberberine (THPB) alkaloid (±)-stepholidine that (a) contain various alkoxy substituents at the C10 position and, (b) were de-rigidified with respect to (±)-stepholidine, were synthesized and evaluated for affinity at dopamine and σ receptors in order to evaluate effects on D3 and σ2 receptor affinity and selectivity. Small n-alkoxy groups are best tolerated by D3 and σ2 receptors. Among all compounds tested, C10 methoxy and ethoxy analogues (10 and 11 respectively) displayed the highest affinity for σ2 receptors as well as σ2 versus σ1 selectivity and also showed the highest D3 receptor affinity. De-rigidification of stepholidine resulted in decreased affinity at all receptors evaluated; thus the tetracyclic THPB framework is advantageous for affinity at dopamine and σ receptors. Docking of the C10 analogues at the D3 receptor, suggest that an ionic interaction between the protonated nitrogen atom and Asp110, a H-bond interaction between the C2 phenol and Ser192, a H-bond interaction between the C10 phenol and Cys181 as well as hydrophobic interactions of the aryl rings to Phe106 and Phe345, are critical for high affinity of the compounds.