水稻亚种间杂种是否存在雌性不育?

水稻亚种间杂种不育性是一种普遍现象,但其遗传基础复杂.目前在亚种间杂种不育性遗传上,不同研究者的结论不尽一致,即使对亚种间杂种不育性主要表现为雄性不育还是雌性不育也存在争论.本文对证明水稻亚种间杂种存在和不存在雌性不育的研究进行了综述与分析,从中可以看出无论是认为水稻亚种间杂种不育性表现为雄性不育还是雌性不育的结论都有一定的片面性;尤其是Sano证明基因座S-5不存在的研究存在较大的缺陷.因此,水稻亚种间杂种雌雄配子败育对小穗育性影响的大小有待进一步研究。 Abstract:Hybrid sterility in the Fl populations of wide crosses in rice is a common phenomenon but the genetic basis of the sterility is complex.Whether male or female sterility is the main cause of the hybrid sterility remains controversial.This paper summarized the experiments which support or negate the existence of female sterility,analyzed the experimental ideas and inference methods of these experiments,especially Sano' s;and concluded that the conclusion that the hybrid sterility is only caused by male or female sterility is a one - sided view,therefore attention should be paid to the genetics of both female and male sterility.     

水稻广亲和性遗传的再研究

水稻广亲和基因的利用是克服亚种间杂种不育性的重要途径。但在广亲和性的遗传上不同研究者的结论不尽一致。以3种有广亲和品种参加的三交组合为研究材料,研究了品种Ketan Nangka的广亲和性遗传。结果表明水稻亚种杂交F1同时存在着雄性不育和雌性不育,但雄性不育对小穗育性的作用大小因组合而异;无论是在雄性不育位点还是雄性不育位点上,Ketan Nangka均具有相对应的中性基因（广亲和基因）;广亲和性的遗传特点与所用的籼粳测验品种间的杂种不育性密切相关;S－5位点的广亲和基因遗传符合单位点孢子体－配子体互作模型。     

浅议水稻亚种间杂种不育性的遗传基础

水稻亚种间杂种不育性是一个普遍现象,但其遗传基础复杂。本文对这种亚种间杂种不育性的类型和表现,特别是前人推导两种解释杂种F     

一种紫色水稻的遗传及其在光敏不育系育种中应用的研究

研究表明,本院获得的一种紫色水稻的植株色遗传受控于C、 A、Pl3个独立基因座位上显性基因的互补作用,另有一独立的显性基因对Pl基因的表达起抑制作用。由于该抑制基因在籼稻中的高频率存在,因而,紫稻与一般绿稻品种杂交F1多表现为绿株。紫稻光敏不育(株)系的不育性表达和配合力表现,均可达到与普通光敏不育系相似的水平。本文还讨论了选育籼型紫稻光敏不育系设想的可行性。 Abstract:The inheritance of a purple rice in crosses to green rices was investigated.A group of dominant and interactive genes,C,A and Pl,was found to control the expression of the trait and the other independent inhibitor I-Pl-1 to inhibit the effect of the gene Pl.Because of the wide existence of the gene I-Pl-1 in indica rice,most of F1 plants of the crosses between purple rice and green cultivars were green.The primary study indicated that,for the purple photoperiod-sensitive genic male-sterile lines,the degrees of the sterility and its stability in the sterile stage,and of the fertility in the fertile stage,and the combining ability levels of the purple rice were as high as the degrees and levels for the green rice.A tentative idea on breeding purple photoperiod-sensitive male-sterile lines of indica rice was suggested and its feasibility and advantage was discussed.     

水稻亚种间杂种是否存在雌性不育？

水稻亚种间杂种不育性是一种普遍现象,但其遗传基础复杂。目前在亚种间杂种不育遗传上,不同研究的结论不尽一致,即使对亚种间杂种不育性主要表现为雄性不育还是雌性不育也存在争论。本对证明水稻亚种间杂种存在和不存在雌性不育的研究进行了综述与分析。从中可以看出无论是认为水稻亚种间杂种不育性表现为雄性不育还是雌性不育的结论都有一定的片面性,尤其是Sano证明基因座S－5不存在的研究存在较大的缺陷。因此,水稻亚种间杂种雌雄配子败育对小穗育性影响的大小有待进一步研究。     

Development of the “Third-Generation” Hybrid Rice in China

Rice is a major cereal crop for China. The development of the ‘‘three-line" hybrid rice system based on cytoplasmic male sterility in the 1970 s(first-generation) and the ‘‘two-line" hybrid rice system based on photoperiod-and thermo-sensitive genic male-sterile lines(second-generation)in the 1980 s has contributed significantly to rice yield increase and food security in China. Here we describe the development and implementation of the ‘‘third-generation" hybrid rice breeding system that is based on a transgenic approach to propagate and utilize stable recessive nuclear male sterile lines, and as such, the male sterile line and hybrid rice produced using such a system is nontransgenic. Such a system should overcome the intrinsic problems of the ‘‘first-generation" and‘‘second-generation" hybrid rice systems and hold great promise to further boost production of hybrid rice and other crops.     

MS1 is essential for male fertility by regulating the microsporocyte cell plate expansion in soybean

Male sterility is an essential trait in hybrid seed production, especially for monoclinous and autogamous food crops. Soybean male-sterile ms1 mutant has been known for more than 50 years and could be instrumental in making hybrid seeds. However, the gene responsible for the male-sterile phenotype has remained unknown. Here, we report the map-based cloning and characterization of the MS1 gene in soybean. MS1 encodes a kinesin protein and localizes to the nucleus, where it is required for the male meiotic cytokinesis after telophase Ⅱ. We further substantiated that MS1 colocalizes with microtubules and is essential for cell plate formation in soybean male gametogenesis through immunostaining. Both ms1 and CRISPR/Cas9 knockout mutants show complete male sterility but are otherwise phenotypically normal, making them perfect tools for producing hybrid seeds.The identification of MS1 has the practical potential for assembling the sterility system and speeding up hybrid soybean breeding.     

Structural and Expressional Variation Analyses of Mitochondrial Genomes Reveal Candidate Transcripts for the SV Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important crops,and intra-specific wheat hybrids have obvious heterosis in yield and protein quality.Therefore,utilization of hybrid wheat varieties offers an effective way to increase yield and nutrition.Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) systems are a useful genetic tool for hybrid crop breeding,and are ideal models for studying the genetic interaction and cooperative function of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in plants (Schnable and Wise,1998;Hanson and Bentolila,2004).The breeding of hybrid wheat using male sterility caused by the cytoplasm of T.timopheevii has been studied since the early 1960's.But it is unsuccessful because there are some deficiencies in the practical application of this cytoplasm,including limited restoration resources,thin seeds,pre-harvest sprouting and lower germination rate (Wilson and Ross,1962).The Sv type of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS-Sv) in wheat is general accessions for four types of CMS lines that were derived from four Aegilops species:Ae.kotschyi,Ae.variabilis,Ae.ventricosa,and Ae.bicornis.Based on the observation of alloplasmic lines produced in all possible combinations between 12 wheat nuclear genotypes and 47 cytoplasms of two related genera,Triticum (wheat) and Aegilops,Ogihara and Tsunewaki (1988) concluded that the D2-cytoplasm of Ae.crassa and its relatives,N-cytoplasm of Ae.uniaristata,and SV-cytoplasm of Ae.kotschyi and its relatives might be used as the alternative male sterile cytoplasm to replace the T.timopheevii cytoplasm for hybrid wheat breeding.Ikeguchi et al.(1999) proposed that spring-type hybrid wheat may be bred by combination of the 1BL-1RS chromosome and Ae.kotschyi cytoplasm with a new fertility-restorer gene discovered in a wheat variety Kitamiharu 48.Zhang et al.(1996) also proposed the use of CMS-Sv lines as the most effective male sterile cytoplasm.     

Understanding the genetic and molecular constitutions of heterosis for developing hybrid rice

The wide adoption of hybrid rice has greatly increased rice yield in the last several decades. The utilization of heterosis facilitated by male sterility has been a common strategy for hybrid rice development. Here, we summarize our efforts in the genetic and molecular understanding of heterosis and male sterility together with the related progress from other research groups. Analyses of F1 diallel crosses show that strong heterosis widely exists in hybrids of diverse germplasms, and inter-subsp...     

Characterization and Use of Male Sterility in Hybrid Rice Breeding

The hybrid rice （Oryza sativa L.） breeding that was Initiated In China in the 1970s led to a great improvement in rice productivity. In general, It increases the grain yield by over 20% to the inbred rice varieties, and now hybrid rice has been widely introduced into Africa, Southern Asia and America. These hybrid varieties are generated through either three-line hybrid and two-line hybrid systems; the former is derived from cytoplasmic male sterility （CMS） and the latter derived from genlc male sterility （GMS）. There are three major types of CMS （HL, BT and WA） and two types of GMS （photoperlod-sensitlve （PGMS） and temperature-sensitive （TGMS））. The BT- and HL-type CMS genes are characterized as orf79 and orfH79, which are chimeric toxic genes derived from mltochondrial rearrangement. Rf3 for CMS-WA Is located on chromosome 1, while Rf1, Rf4, Rf5 and Rf6 correspond to CMS-BT, CMSoWA and CMS- HL, located on chromosome 10. The Rfl gene for BT-CMS has been cloned recently, and encodes a mltochondriatargeted PPR protein. PGMS Is thought to be controlled by two recessive loci on chromosomes 7 and 12, whereas nine recessive alleles have been identified for TGMS and mapped on different chromosomes. Attention Is still urgently needed to resolve the molecular complexity of male sterility to assist rice breeding.     

On the origin of the Hirudinea and the demise of the Oligochaeta

The phylogenetic relationships of the Clitellata were investigated with a data set of published and new complete 18S rRNA gene sequences of 51 species representing 41 families. Sequences were aligned on the basis of a secondary structure model and analysed with maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood. In contrast to the latter method, parsimony did not recover the monophyly of Clitellata. However, a close scrutiny of the data suggested a spurious attraction between some polychaetes and clitellates. As a rule, molecular trees are closely aligned with morphology-based phylogenies. Acanthobdellida and Euhirudinea were reconciled in their traditional Hirudinea clade and were included in the Oligochaeta with the Branchiobdellida via the Lumbriculidae as a possible link between the two assemblages. While the 18S gene yielded a meaningful historical signal for determining relationships within clitellates, the exact position of Hirudinea and Branchiobdellida within oligochaetes remained unresolved. The lack of phylogenetic signal is interpreted as evidence for a rapid radiation of these taxa. The placement of Clitellata within the Polychaeta remained unresolved. The biological reality of polytomies within annelids is suggested and supports the hypothesis of an extremely ancient radiation of polychaetes and emergence of clitellates.     

On the ontogeny of the haptor and the evolution of the Monogenea

Data on the ontogeny of the posterior haptor of monogeneans were obtained from more than 150 publications and summarised. These data were plotted into diagrams showing evolutionary capacity levels based on the theory of a progressive evolution of marginal hooks, anchors and other attachment components of the posterior haptor in the Monogenea (Malmberg, 1986). 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hooks are assumed to be the most primitive monogenean haptoral condition. Thus the diagrams were founded on a 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hook evolutionary capacity level, and the evolutionary capacity levels of anchors and other haptoral attachement components were arranged according to haptoral ontogenetical sequences. In the final plotting diagram data on hosts, type of spermatozoa, oncomiracidial ciliation, sensilla pattern and protonephridial systems were also included. In this way a number of correlations were revealed. Thus, for example, the number of 5 + 5 marginal hooks correlates with the most primitive monogenean type of spermatozoon and with few sensillae, many ciliated cells and a simple protonephridial system in the oncomiracidium. On the basis of the reviewed data it is concluded that the ancient monogeneans with 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hooks were divided into two main lines, one retaining unhinged marginal hooks and the other evolving hinged marginal hooks. Both main lines have recent representatives at different marginal hook evolutionary capacity levels, i.e. monogeneans retaining a haptor with only marginal hooks. For the main line with hinged marginal hooks the name Articulon-choinea n. subclass is proposed. Members with 8 + 8 hinged marginal hooks only are here called Proanchorea n. superord. Monogeneans with unhinged marginal hooks only are here called Ananchorea n. superord. and three new families are erected for its recent members: Anonchohapteridae n. fam., Acolpentronidae n. fam. and Anacanthoridae n. fam. (with 7 + 7, 8 + 8 and 9 + 9 unhinged marginal hooks, respectively). Except for the families of Articulonchoinea (e.g. Acanthocotylidae, Gyrodactylidae, Tetraonchoididae) Bychowsky's (1957) division of the Monogenea into the Oligonchoinea and Polyonchoinea fits the proposed scheme, i.e. monogeneans with unhinged marginal hooks form one old group, the Oligonchoinea, which have 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hooks, and the other group form the Polyonchoinea, which (with the exception of the Hexabothriidae) has a greater number (7 + 7, 8 + 8 or 9 + 9) of unhinged marginal hooks. It is proposed that both these names, Oligonchoinea (sensu mihi) and Polyonchoinea (sensu mihi), will be retained on one side and Articulonchoinea placed on the other side, which reflects the early monogenean evolution. Except for the members of Ananchorea [Polyonchoinea], all members of the Oligonchoinea and Polyonchoinea have anchors, which imply that they are further evolved, i.e. have passed the 5 + 5 marginal hook evolutionary capacity level (Malmberg, 1986). There are two main types of anchors in the Monogenea: haptoral anchors, with anlages appearing in the haptor, and peduncular anchors, with anlages in the peduncle. There are two types of haptoral anchors: peripheral haptoral anchors, ontogenetically the oldest, and central haptoral anchors. Peduncular anchors, in turn, are ontogenetically younger than peripheral haptoral anchors. There may be two pairs of peduncular anchors: medial peduncular anchors, ontogentically the oldest, and lateral peduncular anchors. Only peduncular (not haptoral) anchors have anchor bars. Monogeneans with haptoral anchors are here called Mediohaptanchorea n. superord. and Laterohaptanchorea n. superord. or haptanchoreans. All oligonchoineans and the oldest polyonchoineans are haptanchoreans. Certain members of Calceostomatidae [Polyonchoinea] are the only monogeneans with both (peripheral) haptoral and peduncular anchors (one pair). These monogeneans are here called Mixanchorea n. superord. Polyonchoineans with peduncular anchors and unhinged marginal hooks are here called the Pedunculanchorea n. superord. The most primitive pedunculanchoreans have only one pair of peduncular anchors with an anchor bar, while the most advanced have both medial and lateral peduncular anchors; each pair having an anchor bar. Certain families of the Articulonchoinea, the Anchorea n. superord., also have peduncular anchors (parallel evolution): only one family, the Sundanonchidae n. fam., has both medial and lateral peduncular anchors, each anchor pair with an anchor bar. Evolutionary lines from different monogenean evolutionary capacity levels are discussed and a new system of classification for the Monogenea is proposed.In agreeing to publish this article, I recognise that its contents are controversial and contrary to generally accepted views on monogenean systematics and evolution. I have anticipated a reaction to the article by inviting senior workers in the field to comment upon it: their views will be reported in a future issue of this journal. EditorIn agreeing to publish this article, I recognise that its contents are controversial and contrary to generally accepted views on monogenean systematics and evolution. I have anticipated a reaction to the article by inviting senior workers in the field to comment upon it: their views will be reported in a future issue of this journal. Editor