Y基因组分化及其进化意义

在同倍体（homoploid）植物杂交－分化的物种形成（speciation）过程中,杂交后代与亲本之间的有效生殖隔离是新物种形成的关键。杂种与亲本在时间、空间、生态环境和基因水平上的隔离,保证了杂种后代的分化和稳定,并逐渐形成新物种。为了研究披碱草属（Elymus）含S_tY基因组四倍体物种的系统演化关系,本文对来自亚洲不同地理分布区的26种披碱草属植物进行了大规模的种间杂交和杂种F₁减数分裂染色体配对行为的分析。结果表明各物种之间有不同程度的杂交亲合力,杂交结实率在各杂交组合之间有较大的变异（在4.8%-100%之间）;但各物种之间的杂种F₁完全不育。证明各物种之间形成了明显的生殖隔离。种间杂种F₁减数分裂中期-I染色体配对分析的结果进一步表明,S_tY基因组随各披碱草属物种地理分布的不同而有不同程度的分化。来自同一分布区（如东亚或西亚分布区之内）物种的S_tY基因组分化程度较低,但来自不同分布区（如东亚和西亚）物种之间相同的S_tY基因组具有显著的分化。表明地理隔离对含S_tY基因组物种的分化起到了十分重要的作用。通过对种间和种内杂种F₁的减数分裂异常现象和染色体配对频率变化规律的分析,作者认为细胞学水平的变化,如基因组同源性的分化和染色体结构的变异等都在杂种后代与亲本之间产生生殖隔离并逐渐形成新物种的进化过程中起到了积极的作用。     

披碱草属与大麦属系统关系的研究

禾本科中,披碱草属Elymus L.为多倍体属,约含150余种;大麦属Hordeum L.具二倍体和多倍体,约有40余种,该两属均广泛地分布于全球温带地区。该两属,尤其是披碱草属的系统分类较为困难。基于形态学的传统研究认为这两个属的系统关系较远,而细胞学研究的资料却表明,披碱草属的H染色体组起源于大麦属。笔者对来源不同的披碱草属和大麦属的物种进行了远缘杂交,并对其属间杂种F1的减数分裂中期I染色体配对行为进行了分析。结果表明,若以披碱草属作母本,该两属有相对较高的杂交亲合力,通过对杂种幼胚进行分割和离体培养,也能获得杂种F1植株。属间杂种植株的形态介于双亲之间,但更接近于披碱草属,杂种的生殖器官发育不健全,而且所有的杂种F1均完全不育。细胞学的观察结果表明,这两个属间的杂种F1通常具有较低的减数分裂中期I染色体配对数,但有较大的变异。通过笔者的工作及掌握的形态学和细胞学的资料分析认为：披碱草属和大麦属的亲缘关系较为复杂,不能一概而论。含H染色体组的披碱草属和大麦属物种有着较近的亲缘关系,但这两个属中所含的H染色体组已产生了程度不同的分化;不含H染色体组的披碱草属及大麦属的物种具有较远的亲缘关系。     

Iris japonica×Iris confusa种间杂种的细胞遗传学研究

对Irisjaponica、I confusa和它们的人工种间杂种花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ染色体配对行为、形态学和繁育特征进行了分析 ,结果表明 :(1)I japonica和I confusa的形态差异较小 ,杂种F1形态介于亲本之间 ;(2 )人工杂交比较容易 ,杂种种子能正常发育 ;杂种F1体细胞染色体数为 2n =30 ,减数分裂中期I染色体配对频率很高 ,为 13 9个二价体 ,构型为0 95Ⅰ + 5 95Ⅱ (棒形 ) + 7 95Ⅱ (环形 ) + 0 0 5Ⅲ + 0 2 7Ⅳ ,表明它们有相似的染色体组 ,亲缘关系很近 ;(3)杂种中有少量的三价体和四价体存在 ,可能是亲本染色体间发生了结构重排或是部分同源染色体配对 ;(4)杂种中大多数细胞存在 2个单价体 ,有的高达 8个单价体 ;花粉育性为 5 0 5 1% ,不能正常结实 ,表明I japonica和I confusa间存在生殖隔离 ,是独立的生物学物种 ;(5 )杂种F1减数分裂前期可观察到细胞融合 ,这可能是造成I japonica和I confusa不同居群出现多倍体和非整倍体的重要原因。     

披碱草与新麦草属间杂种的细胞遗传学研究

将澳大利亚披碱草(Elymus scabervar.scaber,2n=6x=42,StYW)和华山新麦草(Psathyrostachys huas-hanica,2n=2x=14,Ns)进行属间杂交,成功获得杂种F1。分析亲本及其杂种F1的形态特征、繁育特性及花粉母细胞减数分裂染色体配对行为发现:杂种F1形态特征介于父母本之间,分蘖数等农艺性状超过双亲;花粉完全不育,结实率为0。亲本减数分裂染色体配对正常,但杂种F1花粉母细胞在减数分裂中期I染色体几乎没有配对,其构型为:27.31Ⅰ 0.01Ⅱ(环) 0.32Ⅱ(棒) 0.01Ⅲ,C值仅为0.01。以上结果表明:澳大利亚披碱草的StYW染色体组与华山新麦草的Ns染色体组间无同源性,它们之间的亲缘关系甚远。     

加拿大披碱草×野大麦三倍体杂种染色体的分子原位杂交鉴定

加拿大披碱草与野大麦 2个四倍体多年生禾草杂交产生的属间杂种F1为三倍体 (2n =3x =2 1) ,丢失了与亲本染色体基数相同的 7条染色体。为查明该杂种F1的染色体构成 ,应用基因组分子原位杂交方法 ,将父本(♂ )野大麦基因组 (H1H1H2 H2 )DNA用荧光生物素标记作为探针 ,以母本 (♀ )加拿大披碱草基因组 (SSHCHC)DNA作为封组 ,对杂种F1根尖细胞有丝分裂中期的染色体DNA进行原位杂交。结果表明 :三倍体杂种F12 1条染色体中 ,有 14条出现偏黄色荧光信号 ,来自父本 (♂ )野大麦H1H2 基因组有 7条出现橙红色荧光信号 ,来自母本 (♀ )加拿大披碱草S基因组、加拿大披碱草HC 基因组的 7条染色体丢失。     

小麦族三属杂种F1小孢子发生过程中染色体的行为(简报)

利用八倍体小黑麦劲松49和八倍体小滨麦950059杂交合成了小麦-黑麦-滨麦草三属杂种,对不同基因组染色体在三属杂种F1减数分裂和小孢子发育过程中的行为进行了研究.基因组原位杂交(GISH)结果表明劲松49和小滨950059均包含44条小麦染色体和12条外源染色体,三属杂种F1中含有6条黑麦染色体和6条滨麦草染色体.减数分裂过程中黑麦和滨麦草染色体很少与小麦染色体配对.常以单价体形态存在.小孢子中的微核主要由外源染色体组成.在三属杂种F1的花粉发育过程中还发现了染色体浓缩不同步的现象.     

纤毛鹅观草同阿拉善鹅观草、大丛鹅观草间杂种细胞学研究

为了探索阿拉善鹅观草RoegneriaalashanicaKeng、大丛鹅观草RoegneriamagnicaespesD .F .Cui与纤毛鹅观草Roegneriaciliaris (Trin .)Nevski间的相互关系 ,将其进行了远缘杂交 ,通过幼胚离体培养 ,两个组合均成功合成了杂种。对亲本及杂种F1 花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ染色体配对行为及形态学进行了统计分析。结果表明 ,上述物种的种间杂交较难进行 ,杂种F1 减数分裂染色体平均构型分别为 :R ciliaris×R alashanica 10 6 2Ⅰ 8 17Ⅱ 0 32Ⅲ 0 0 2Ⅳ (c -值 =0 4 4 ) ,R ciliaris×R magnicaespes 18 0 0Ⅰ 4 76Ⅱ 0 16Ⅲ (c -值 =0 2 1) ;杂种穗部特征多数介于双亲之间。阿拉善鹅观草、大丛鹅观草与纤毛鹅观草间至少有一个基因组具有较高的同源性 ,即为S基因组 ,本文对它们在分类中的地位也进行了讨论。     

7个鹅观草居群的形态学和细胞遗传学研究

鹅观草广泛分布于我国各地及日本和朝鲜等地,具有丰富的遗传变异,种内变异类型丰富,一些居群间存在明显的生殖隔离。本研究利用人工杂交、形态学、繁育学及染色体组分析方法对来自四川雅安、四川宜宾新文、四川宜宾翠屏山、青海、新疆、浙江及山东的7个鹅观草居群进行了遗传分化研究。结果显示:(1)不同居群在株高、穗长、外稃长等表型性状存在差异,各居群间杂种F1表型性状普遍优于两亲本居群,但是颖宽个别性状劣于亲本。(2)各居群间杂种F1染色体配对水平总体较高,但也存在差异;二价体数目变异范围为19.77~20.91,单价体数目变异范围为0.18~2.46,还有低频率的三价体、四价体出现。(3)杂种F1的育性为78.9%~89.67%,自然结实率43.05%~77.98%,其中浙江与四川宜宾翠屏山居群的杂种F1的自然结实率最低(43.05%)。以上结果表明,7个鹅观草居群间存在一定程度的分化,且与各居群的地理分布呈正相关;四川宜宾与浙江居群之间存在一定的生殖隔离,遗传变异较大。     

Hystrix patula与Pseudoroegneria libanotica属间杂种的细胞学研究

为研究猬草Hystrixpatula的染色体组组成,进行了H.patula与Pseudoroegnerialibanotica的人工杂交,获得杂种F1,观察了亲本和杂种F1花粉母细胞减数分裂染色体配对行为。杂种F1染色体配对较高,84%的细胞形成7个或7个以上二价体,其构型为6.08Ⅰ+7.48Ⅱ,C-值为0.69。结果表明,H.patula含有St染色体组。     

鹅观草和簇毛麦属间杂种的形态学和细胞遗传学研究

通过幼胚离体拯救培养,成功地获得鹅观草Roegneria kamoji Ohwi(2n=6x=42,StStHHYY)和 簇毛麦Dasypyrum villosum(L．)Candargy(2n=2x=14,VV)属间杂种,对这两个种及其杂种F_l的形 态学、繁育学和减数分裂配对行为进行了研究。结果表明：(1)鹅观草和簇毛麦形态差异极大,杂种F1 的形态特征介于父母本之间;(2)杂交结实率低,为11．63％;经幼胚组织培养,获2株杂种苗;杂种F_l高 度不育,表明亲本间存在极强的生殖隔离,是独立的生物学种;(3)杂种F_l体细胞染色体数目为稳定的 28条,减数分裂中期I染色体配对很低,其构型为：26．72Ⅰ+0．62Ⅱ+0．02Ⅲ。表明鹅观草的St、H、Y染色体组与簇毛麦的V染色体组部分同源性很低,它们的亲缘关系较远。     

Phylogenetic relationships in Elymus (Poaceae: Triticeae) based on the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer and chloroplast trnL-F sequences

To estimate the phylogenetic relationship of polyploid Elymus in Triticeae, nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and chloroplast trnL-F sequences of 45 Elymus accessions containing various genomes were analysed with those of five Pseudoroegneria (St), two Hordeum (H), three Agropyron (P) and two Australopyrum (W) accessions. The ITS sequences revealed a close phylogenetic relationship between the polyploid Elymus and species from the other genera. The ITS and trnL-F trees indicated considerable differentiation of the StY genome species. The trnL-F sequences revealed an especially close relationship of Pseudoroegneria to all Elymus species included. Both the ITS and trnL-F trees suggested multiple origins and recurrent hybridization of Elymus species. The results suggested that: the St, H, P, and W genomes in polyploid Elymus were donated by Pseudoroegneria, Hordeum, Agropyron and Australopyrum, respectively, and the St and Y genomes may have originated from the same ancestor; Pseudoroegneria was the maternal donor of the polyploid Elymus; and some Elymus species showed multiple origin and experienced recurrent hybridization.     

Molecular phylogeny of RPB2 gene reveals multiple origin, geographic differentiation of H genome, and the relationship of the Y genome to other genomes in Elymus species

It has been hypothesized from isozymic and cytological studies of Elymus species that the Old and New World taxa may be of separate origin of the H genome in the StH genome species. To test this hypothesis, and estimate the phylogenetic relationships of polyploid Elymus species within the Triticeae, the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2) sequence of 36 Elymus accessions containing StH or StY genomes was analyzed with those of Pseudoroegneria (St), Hordeum (H), Agropyron (P), Australopyrum (W), Lophopyrum(Ee), Thinopyrum(Eb) and Dasypyrum (V). Our data indicated that the H genome in Elymus species is differentiated in accordance with geographical origin, and that the Eurasian and American StH genome species have independent alloploid origins with different H-genome donors. Phylogenetic analysis of Y genome sequences with other genome donors (St, H, P, W) of Elymus revealed that W and P genomes are sister to Y genome with a 87% bootstrap support, and that StY and StH species group might have acquired their RPB2 St sequences from distinct Pseudoroegneria gene pools. Our data did not support the suggestion that the St and Y genomes have the same origin as put forward in a previous study using ITS data. Our result provides some insight on the origin of Y genome and its relationship to other genomes in Elymus.     

Polyploid speciation did not confer instant reproductive isolation in Capsella (Brassicaceae)

Polyploid formation is a major mode of sympatric speciation in flowering plants. Unlike other speciation processes, polyploidization is often assumed to confer instant reproductive isolation. Shared polymorphism across ploidy levels has therefore often been attributed to multiple polyploid origins, whereas the alternative hypothesis of introgressive hybridization has rarely been rigorously tested. Here, we sequence 12 nuclear loci representing 6 genes duplicated by polyploidy in 92 accessions of the tetraploid Capsella bursa-pastoris together with the corresponding loci in 21 accessions of its close diploid relative Capsella rubella. In C. bursa-pastoris accessions from western Eurasia, where the 2 species occur in partial sympatry, we find higher levels of nucleotide diversity than in accessions from eastern Eurasia, where C. rubella does not grow. Furthermore, haplotypes are shared across ploidy levels at 4 loci in western but not in eastern Eurasia. We test whether haplotype sharing is due to retention of ancestral polymorphism or due to hybridization and introgression using a coalescent-based isolation-with-migration model. In western but not in eastern Eurasia, there is evidence for unidirectional gene flow from C. rubella to C. bursa-pastoris. An independent estimate of the timing of dispersal of C. bursa-pastoris to eastern Eurasia indicates that it probably predated introgression. Our results show that polyploid speciation need not result in immediate and complete reproductive isolation, that postpolyploidization hybridization and introgression can contribute significantly to genetic variation in a newly formed polyploid, and that divergence population genetic analysis constitutes a powerful way of testing hypotheses on polyploid speciation.     

Polyploid plants have faster rates of multivariate niche differentiation than their diploid relatives

Polyploid speciation entails substantial and rapid postzygotic reproductive isolation of nascent species that are initially sympatric with one or both parents. Despite strong postzygotic isolation, ecological niche differentiation has long been thought to be important for polyploid success. Using biogeographic data from across vascular plants, we tested whether the climatic niches of polyploid species are more differentiated than their diploid relatives and if the climatic niches of polyploid species differentiated faster than those of related diploids. We found that polyploids are often more climatically differentiated from their diploid parents than the diploids are from each other. Consistent with this pattern, we estimated that polyploid species generally have higher rates of multivariate niche differentiation than their diploid relatives. In contrast to recent analyses, our results confirm that ecological niche differentiation is an important component of polyploid speciation and that niche differentiation is often significantly faster in polyploids.     

The rate of genome stabilization in homoploid hybrid species

Homoploid hybrid speciation has been recognized for its potential rapid completion, an idea that has received support from experimental and modeling studies. Following initial hybridization, the genomes of parental species recombine and junctions between chromosomal blocks of different parental origin leave a record of recombination and the time period before homogenization of the derived genome. We use detailed genetic maps of three hybrid species of sunflowers and models to estimate the time required for the stabilization of the new hybrid genome. In contrast to previous estimates of 60 or fewer generations, we find that the genomes of three hybrid sunflower species were not stabilized for hundreds of generations. These results are reconciled with previous research by recognizing that the stabilization of a hybrid species' genome is not synonymous with hybrid speciation. Segregating factors that contribute to initial ecological or intrinsic genetic isolation may become stabilized quickly. The remainder of the genome likely becomes stabilized over a longer time interval, with recombination and drift dictating the contributions of the parental genomes. Our modeling of genome stabilization provides an upper bound for the time interval for reproductive isolation to be established and confirms the rapid nature of homoploid hybrid speciation.     

Biogeographic patterns of polyploid species for the angiosperm flora in China

Exploring the frequency and distribution pattern of polyploid species in geographic parameters is of significance in understanding the mechanisms of polyploid speciation and evolutionary drivers of biodiversity. We here explored polyploid and paleopolyploid incidence frequency in a scale of 100 × 100 km grids in China. We found 33% of angiosperm species are polyploidy in China, and 23% of polyploid speciation. Western China and eastern China showed a significantly different polyploid and paleopolyploid frequency, with an evolutionary cradle of polyploid angiosperms in the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau. Herbaceous species exhibited higher polyploid frequency but lower paleopolyploid frequency than woody species, indicating the former experienced more rapid differentiation and speciation than the latter. Our results indicate that western China is an evolutionary cradle for polyploid angiosperms where harsh environment facilitates the establishment and survival of polyploids, while polyploid lineages tend to rediploidize to be diploids with sufficient time in suitable environment.     

Size matters in Triticeae polyploids: larger genomes have higher remodeling

Polyploidization is one of the major driving forces in plant evolution and is extremely relevant to speciation and diversity creation. Polyploidization leads to a myriad of genetic and epigenetic alterations that ultimately generate plants and species with increased genome plasticity. Polyploids are the result of the fusion of two or more genomes into the same nucleus and can be classified as allopolyploids (different genomes) or autopolyploids (same genome). Triticeae synthetic allopolyploid species are excellent models to study polyploids evolution, particularly the wheat-rye hybrid triticale, which includes various ploidy levels and genome combinations. In this review, we reanalyze data concerning genomic analysis of octoploid and hexaploid triticale and different synthetic wheat hybrids, in comparison with other polyploid species. This analysis reveals high levels of genomic restructuring events in triticale and wheat hybrids, namely major parental band disappearance and the appearance of novel bands. Furthermore, the data shows that restructuring depends on parental genomes, ploidy level, and sequence type (repetitive, low copy, and (or) coding); is markedly different after wide hybridization or genome doubling; and affects preferentially the larger parental genome. The shared role of genetic and epigenetic modifications in parental genome size homogenization, diploidization establishment, and stabilization of polyploid species is discussed.     

Recombinant hybrids retain heterozygosity at many loci: new insights into the genomics of reproductive isolation in Populus

The maintenance of species barriers in the face of gene flow is often thought to result from strong selection against intermediate genotypes, thereby preserving genetic differentiation. Most speciation genomic studies thus aim to identify exceptionally divergent loci between populations, but divergence will be affected by many processes other than reproductive isolation (RI) and speciation. Through genomic studies of recombinant hybrids sampled in the wild, genetic variation associated with RI can be observed in situ, because selection against incompatible genotypes will leave detectable patterns of variation in the hybrid genomes. To better understand the mechanisms directly involved in RI, we investigated three natural ‘replicate’ hybrid zones between two divergent Populus species via locus‐specific patterns of ancestry across recombinant hybrid genomes. As expected, genomic patterns in hybrids and their parental species were consistent with the presence of underdominant selection at several genomic regions. Surprisingly, many loci displayed greatly increased between‐species heterozygosity in recombinant hybrids despite striking genetic differentiation between the parental genomes, the opposite of what would be expected with selection against intermediate genotypes. Only a limited, reproducible set of genotypic combinations was present in hybrid genomes across localities. In the absence of clearly delimited ‘hybrid habitats’, our results suggest that complex epistatic interactions within genomes play an important role in advanced stages of RI between these ecologically divergent forest trees. This calls for more genomic studies that test for unusual patterns of genomic ancestry in hybridizing species.     

Hybrid speciation through sorting of parental incompatibilities in Italian sparrows

Speciation by hybridization is emerging as a significant contributor to biological diversification. Yet, little is known about the relative contributions of (i) evolutionary novelty and (ii) sorting of pre‐existing parental incompatibilities to the build‐up of reproductive isolation under this mode of speciation. Few studies have addressed empirically whether hybrid animal taxa are intrinsically isolated from their parents, and no study has so far investigated by which of the two aforementioned routes intrinsic barriers evolve. Here, we show that sorting of pre‐existing parental incompatibilities contributes to intrinsic isolation of a hybrid animal taxon. Using a genomic cline framework, we demonstrate that the sex‐linked and mitonuclear incompatibilities isolating the homoploid hybrid Italian sparrow at its two geographically separated hybrid–parent boundaries represent a subset of those contributing to reproductive isolation between its parent species, house and Spanish sparrows. Should such a sorting mechanism prove to be pervasive, the circumstances promoting homoploid hybrid speciation may be broader than currently thought, and indeed, there may be many cryptic hybrid taxa separated from their parent species by sorted, inherited incompatibilities.     

The genomic organization of Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons in Helianthus (Asteraceae) homoploid hybrid species

The origin of new diploid, or homoploid, hybrid species is associated with rapid genomic restructuring in the hybrid neospecies. This mode of speciation has been best characterized in wild sunflower species in the genus Helianthus, where three homoploid hybrid species (H. anomalus, H. deserticola, and H. paradoxus) have independently arisen via ancient hybridization events between the same two parental species (H. annuus and H. petiolaris). Most previous work examining genomic restructuring in these sunflower hybrid species has focused on chromosomal rearrangements. However, the origin of all three homoploid hybrid sunflower species also is associated with massive proliferation events of Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons in the hybrid species' genomes. We compared the genomic organization of these elements in the parent species and two of the homoploid hybrid species using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). We found a significant expansion of Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons confined to the pericentromeric regions of two hybrid sunflower species, H. deserticola and H. paradoxus. In contrast, we detected no significant increase in the frequency or extent of dispersed retrotransposon populations in the hybrid species within the resolution limits of our assay. We discuss the potential role that transposable element proliferation and localization plays in the evolution of homoploid hybrid species.