小型猪微卫星标记多重PCR体系的建立与应用

目的建立实验用小型猪微卫星标记的多重PCR体系和进行实验猪群的遗传监测。方法利用3种不同荧光标记的微卫星引物结合ABI3700遗传分析仪测序的方法,通过筛选和优化反应条件,建立可用于实验用小型猪遗传质量控制的稳定的多重PCR反应体系。在此基础上进一步检测实验用小型猪近交群体的遗传变异以验证建立体系的效率。结果筛选出了2组理想的组合：组合1包括SW742、S0228和S0218座位,复性温度58℃和56℃;组合2包括S0155、SW902和S0227三个座位,复性温度为60℃和58℃。组合内不同座位标记不同的荧光染料。还以此检测了实验用小型猪群体中的遗传变异。结论初步建立了中国三种实验用小型猪微卫星标记检测的多重PCR体系,为快速、大通量、准确的小型猪遗传监测提供了初步的技术基础。     

贵州小型猪主要病原微生物与寄生虫的控制

封闭群实验用贵州小型猪Sus scrofa domestica var. mino guizhounensis Yu是目前国内最主要的实验用小型猪种群之一(甘世祥, 1994).开展实验动物微生物与寄生虫的控制与监测,对保证实验动物和动物实验的质量和维护人类健康具有重要意义(孙靖,2005).本研究探索了环境消毒、体内外驱虫、疫苗接种等措施对贵州小型猪病原生物的携带和免疫状况的影响.     

贵州小型香猪基因组DNA的AFLP检测研究

报道了AFLP标记在研究贵州小型香猪遗传多性方面的应用和该品系猪个体基因组DNA的AFLP扩增结果,分析了贵州小型香猪的群体遗传结构。实验应用10条AFLP引物,用PstⅠ酶切,对17头猪基因组DNA进行AFLP反应,共获得116个AFLP标记,单引物获得的标记数在2－22间,贵州小型香猪群体相似系数AFLP研究结果为0．866（0．760－0．967）,该研究为贵州小型香猪的遗传稳定性提供了相关的参数,准确评价尚待和其它品种猪对研究后确定。     

生理题库微机管理系统

生理题库系统由参数选择、维护和试卷生成３个子系统共１６个模块组成；其中试卷生成子系统是该系统的核心，它有３种试卷生成方法（人工组卷、自动组卷和模拟专家组卷），模拟专家组卷是该系统的特色，它能将成功的专家组卷信息存入专家库，需要组卷时可调用专家库中的组卷信息，能较准确地模仿专家组卷的风格，生成一份较高质量的试卷。     

无内源逆转录病毒中国实验用小型猪的筛选与鉴定

分布于猪基因组内的内源逆转录病毒(porcine endogenous retrovirus, PERV)序列是制约猪作为异种器官移植供体的主要因素, 其拷贝数在不同品种与个体间存在着很大差异. 实验中选取了中国农业大学畜牧实验站的3~6月龄、健康的雌性中国实验用小型猪67头, 通过PCR检测与Southern 杂交方法测定了内源病毒的拷贝数与囊膜蛋白类型. 从囊膜蛋白类型来看, 长白猪和中国实验用小型猪之间没有明显的差异, 但在两个猪种中含有两种囊膜蛋白基因(env-A和env-B, 记为env-AB)的个体所占比例明显高于仅含一种囊膜蛋白基因(env-A或env-B)的个体比例.在中国实验用小型猪中发现了2头内源病毒负载阴性的个体, 其他个体的内源病毒基因拷贝数也相对较低, 在10~20个拷贝之间. 这些都充分说明了中国地方猪种的遗传多样性以及中国实验用小型猪可以作为异种器官移植供体的可行性.     

实验用小型猪环境条件控制指标比较

本文比较了中国、美国、欧洲、加拿大等国家及两个主要生产和实验企业关于小型猪环境条件指标控制情况,提出我国实验用小型猪环境条件控制标准的建议。     

巴马小型猪群体遗传结构的随机扩增多态DNA分析

目的分析巴马小型猪的群体遗传结构。方法应用经过筛选的 ３１条引物对巴马小型猪个体基因组ＤＮＡ进行ＲＡＰＤ扩增,利用从ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ网上下载的软件ＲＡＰＤ ｉｓｔａｎｃｅ Ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｖｅｒ－ｓｉｏｎ１．０４软件对实验结果进行分析,计算不同个体间的相似系数。结果经ＲＡＰＤ反应,共扩增出２７５条带,其中多态性带８５条,多态性带频率在０～６６．７％之间,平均为２７．７％。不同个体猪拥有的ＲＡＰＤ条带具有差异,但拥有相同条带个体猪比率较高。该群体猪的相似系数（Ｆ）为０．９２８（０．７８～０．９７）,平均等位基因频率（ｑ）为０．７３２,最低平均杂合率（Ｈ）为０．２８６。结论巴马小型猪个体具有较好的遗传一致性和遗传稳定性。     

动物基因组选配方法与应用

基因组选择(genomic selection, GS)是利用覆盖基因组的分子标记预测动物个体的估计育种值,可以提高选择的准确度和选择强度,缩短世代间隔,做到早选、准选,使动物育种发生了巨大变革。过去的10多年间,基因组选择技术应用于奶牛等动物的育种中,使种用动物的选择更为准确,遗传进展得到大幅提高。但基因组选择通常重视目标性状的遗传进展,而忽略了配种亲本个体间的遗传关系,因此也没有考虑到后代群体中近交程度的增加、遗传多样性的降低以及有害基因的纯合等问题,因此难以维持长期的遗传进展。2016年,一种具有可持续性的遗传选择方法被正式提出,称为基因组选配(genomicmating,GM)。该方法利用待选种用个体的基因组信息实施优化的选种和选配,可以控制群体近交的增长速率,实现长期且可持续的遗传进展。因此基因组选配方法比基因组选择的方法更适合于现代动物育种,尤其适用于地方品种的保护和遗传改良。本文综述了基因组选配的基本概念、方法和应用,并通过模拟的方法比较了6种选配方案的选择效果,旨在为动物育种方法的应用提供参考。     

实时荧光定量检测中国实验用小型猪肝脏CYP3A29 mRNA表达水平

CYP3A29是猪肝脏最重要的药物代谢关键酶。研究中国实验用小型猪肝脏CYP3A29 mRNA的表达特性对于评估其是否适宜于作为人CYP3A4介导的药理学研究动物模型具有一定意义。以b-actin作校正, 利用TaqMan定量技术对巴马香猪、贵州小型香猪肝脏CYP3A29 mRNA表达水平进行检测, 并以荣昌猪作为对照。结果表明, 巴马香猪、贵州小型香猪、荣昌猪肝脏CYP3A29 mRNA表达水平与报道的人肝脏CYP3A4相近; 三品系(种)猪间肝脏CYP3A29 mRNA表达水平较为接近, 但品系(种)内个体间变异较大。提示巴马香猪、贵州小型香猪作为药物评价的实验动物具有一定可行性。     

我国实验小型猪的发展现状及展望

实验动物广泛应用于科学研究领域,实验小型猪在医学研究领域中越来越得到重视。中国小型猪种源丰富,不同种群各具特色,遗传性状稳定。近年来中国实验小型猪的研究处于快速发展阶段,生产和使用均在逐年增加。我国发展实验小型猪具有天然封闭群特性和高度近交等得天独厚的条件,品系化、标准化、规模化和产业化是我国实验用小型猪的主要发展趋势。我国实验用小型猪发展当前面临的问题主要表现在:保护力度小、发展阻力大、育成品系少三个方面。育成中国各具特色的实验用小型猪品系需要增加投入,利用先进的科学技术例如基因编辑和动物克隆技术,加速小型猪的定向化培育进程。     

Monitoring and managing genetic variation in group breeding populations without individual pedigrees

The genetic management of captive populations to conserve genetic variation is currently based on analyses of individual pedigrees to infer inbreeding and kinship coefficients and values of individuals as breeders. Such analyses require that individual pedigrees are known and individual pairing (mating) can be controlled. Many species in captivity, however, breed in groups due to various reasons, such as space constraints and fertility considerations for species living naturally in social groups, and thus have no pedigrees available for the traditional genetic analyses and management. In the absence of individual pedigree, such group breeding populations can still be genetically monitored, evaluated and managed by suitable population genetics models using population level information (such as census data). This article presents a simple genetic model of group breeding populations to demonstrate how to estimate the genetic variation maintained within and among populations and to optimise management based on these estimates. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the use of the proposed model. Some issues relevant to group breeding, such as the development and robustness evaluation of the population genetics model appropriate for a particular species under specific management and recording systems and the genetic monitoring with markers, are also briefly discussed.     

灾难及突发事件住院信息管理系统的开发与实现

本文从系统设计目标、功能设计、结构设计等几个方面论述了灾难及突发事件住院信息管理系统的开发与实现。该系统由六大模块构成,实现了从预约管理、住院信息管理、床位管理、伤情评分、感染监测、查询统计到打印输出的灾害及突发时间住院伤病员信息全过程管理。应用本系统可规范灾害及突发事件医疗救援保障流程,大大提高了住院伤病员信息管理水平和工作效率。     

Ex situ population management in the absence of pedigree information

For captive breeding to play a significant role in conservation, ex situ populations must be scientifically managed to meet objective goals for retaining representative genetic variation. Imperfect genealogical information requires fundamental assumptions to be made that may bias downstream measures of genetic importance, upon which management decisions are based. The impacts of such assumptions are most pronounced within breeding programmes characterized by a high proportion of individuals of unknown ancestry, as exemplified by the large captive population of the St Vincent parrot (Amazona guildingii). The degree to which microsatellite-based estimates of relatedness may improve upon the assumptions of conventional pedigree-based management was investigated using genotypic data collected at eight microsatellite loci and two marker-based relatedness estimators. The measure, rxyLR, was found to explain the highest amount of variation in true relatedness. Integration of pairwise estimates of founder relatedness with studbook data transformed current understanding of the relatedness structure of the A. guildingii population from two subgroups characterized by a high and low degree of relatedness, respectively, to a situation where all 72 individuals are prioritized for breeding according to their estimated mean kinships. Furthermore, the discovery of opposing, directional bias exhibited by rxyLR and rxyQG in assigning dyads to a given relationship category suggests that an approach that utilizes a combination of pairwise relatedness estimators may provide the most genetic information for balancing the dual considerations of maximizing gene diversity and minimizing inbreeding in developing breeding recommendations.     

灾难及突发事件住院信息管理系统的开发与实现

本文从系统设计目标、功能设计、结构设计等几个方面论述了灾难及突发事件住院信息管理系统的开发与实现。该系统由六大模块构成,实现了从预约管理、住院信息管理、床位管理、伤情评分、感染监测、查询统计到打印输出的灾害及突发时间住院伤病员信息全过程管理。应用本系统可规范灾害及突发事件医疗救援保障流程,大大提高了住院伤病员信息管理水平和工作效率。     

Integrated population model reveals that kestrels breeding in nest boxes operate as a source population

The identification of the source–sink status of a population is critical for the establishment of conservation plans and enacting smart management decisions. We developed an integrated population model to formally assess the source status of a kestrel Falco tinnunculus population breeding in nest boxes in Switzerland. We estimated juvenile and adult survival, reproduction and net dispersal (emigration/immigration) by jointly analyzing capture–recapture, dead recovery, breeding monitoring and population survey data. We also investigated the role of nest boxes on kestrel demography and assessed the contributions of vital rates to realized population growth rates. The results indicate that the kestrel population breeding in nest boxes has acted as a source over the 15 years of the study duration. A quantitative approach suggests that a substantial number of individuals have emigrated annually from this population likely affecting the population dynamics outside the management area. Variation in fecundity explained 34% of the temporal variability of the population growth rate. Moreover, a literature review suggests that kestrel pairs produce on average 1.4 chicks more per breeding attempt in nest boxes compared to natural open nests. Together, these findings suggest that fecundity was an important driver for the dynamics of this population and that nest boxes have contributed to its raise. Nest boxes are regularly used as an efficient tool for conservation management. We suggest that such a conservation action can result in the establishment of a source population being beneficial for populations both inside and outside the managed area.     

State-space modelling reveals proximate causes of harbour seal population declines

Declines in large vertebrate populations are widespread but difficult to detect from monitoring data and hard to understand due to a multiplicity of plausible biological explanations. In parts of Scotland, harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) have been in decline for 10 years. To evaluate the contributions of different proximate causes (survival, fecundity, observation artefacts) to this decline, we collated behavioural, demographic and population data from one intensively studied population in part of the Moray Firth (north-east Scotland). To these, we fit a state-space model comprising age-structured dynamics and a detailed account of observation errors. After accounting for culling (estimated by our model as 14 % of total mortality), the main driver of the historical population decline was a decreasing trend in survival of young individuals combined with (previously unrecognised) low levels of pupping success. In more recent years, the model provides evidence for considerable increases in breeding success and consistently high levels of adult survival. However, breeding success remains the most volatile demographic component of the population. Forecasts from the model indicate a slow population recovery, providing cautious support for recent management measures. Such investigations of the proximate causes of population change (survival, fecundity and observation errors) provide valuable short-term support for the management of population declines, helping to focus future data collection on those ultimate causal mechanisms that are not excluded by the demographic evidence. The contribution of specific ultimate drivers (e.g. shooting mortality or competitors) can also be quantified by including them as covariates to survival or fecundity.     

Multi-generational evaluation of genetic diversity and parentage in captive southern pygmy perch (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Nannoperca australis</Emphasis>)

Maintaining genetic diversity within captive breeding populations is a key challenge for conservation managers. We applied a multi-generational genetic approach to the captive breeding program of an endangered Australian freshwater fish, the southern pygmy perch (Nannoperca australis). During previous work, fish from the lower Murray-Darling Basin were rescued before drought exacerbated by irrigation resulted in local extinction. This endemic lineage of the species was captive-bred in genetically designed groups, and equal numbers of F1 individuals were reintroduced to the wild with the return of favourable habitat. Here, we implemented a contingency plan by continuing the genetic-based captive breeding in the event that a self-sustaining wild population was not established. F1 individuals were available as putative breeders from the subset of groups that produced an excess of fish in the original restoration program. We used microsatellite-based parentage analyses of these F1 fish to form breeding groups that minimized inbreeding. We assessed their subsequent parental contribution to F2 individuals and the maintenance of genetic diversity. We found skewed parental contribution to F2 individuals, yet minimal loss of genetic diversity from their parents. However, the diversity was substantially less than that of the original rescued population. We attribute this to the unavoidable use of F1 individuals from a limited number of the original breeding groups. Alternative genetic sources for supplementation or reintroduction should be assessed to determine their suitability. The genetic fate of the captive-bred population highlights the strong need to integrate DNA-based tools for monitoring and adaptive management of captive breeding programs.     

Wolf monitoring in Scandinavia: evaluating counts of packs and reproduction events

Large carnivores are elusive and use large areas, which causes monitoring to be challenging and costly. Moreover, management to reduce conflicts and simultaneously ensure long-term population viability require precise population estimates. In Scandinavia, the monitoring of wolves (Canis lupus) is primarily based on counting packs, identifying reproduction, and genetically identifying territorial wolves from noninvasive DNA samples. We assessed the reliability of wolf monitoring in Scandinavia by estimating the detectability of territorial pairs, packs, and reproduction. Our data, comprising snow-tracking data and DNA-identified individuals from 2005–2016, covered 11 consecutive winter monitoring seasons (Oct–Mar). Among 343 cases where we identified a wolf pack, territorial wolves were also detected in the same area during the previous season in 323 (94.2%) cases. In only 6 of the remaining 20 cases, there was no prior knowledge of territorial wolves in the area. Among the 328 detected reproduction events (litter born to a pack), we detected 97% during the monitoring period and identified the rest ≥1 year later from kinship assessments of all DNA-detected individuals. These results suggest that we failed to detect only few packs with reproduction events during the monitoring season that followed breeding. Yearly monitoring of territorial individuals and continuous updates of the pedigree allowed us to retrospectively identify reproduction events and packs that were not identified earlier.     

Nestboxes and immigration drive the growth of an urban Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus population

Drivers of wildlife population dynamics are generally numerous and interacting. Some of these drivers may impact demographic processes that are difficult to estimate, such as immigration into the focal population. Populations may furthermore be small and subject to demographic stochasticity. All of these factors contribute to blur the causal relationship between past management action and current population trends. The urban Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus population in Cape Town, South Africa, increased from three pairs in 1997 to 18 pairs in 2010. Nestboxes were installed over this period to manage the interface between new urban pairs of Falcons and the human users of colonized buildings, and incidentally to improve breeding success. We used integrated population models (IPMs) formally to combine information from a capture–mark–recapture study, monitoring of reproductive success and counts of population size. As all local demographic processes were directly observed, the IPM approach also allowed us to estimate immigration by difference. The provision of nestboxes, as a possible stimulant of population growth, improved breeding success and accounted for an estimated 3–26% of the population increase. The most important driver of growth, however, was immigration. Despite low sample sizes, the IPM approach allowed us to obtain relatively precise estimates of the population‐level impact of nestbox deployment. The goal of conservation interventions is often to increase population size, so the effectiveness of such interventions should ideally be assessed at the population level. IPMs are powerful tools in this context for combining demographic information that may be limited due to small population size or practical constraints on monitoring. Our study quantitatively documented both the immigration process that led to growth of a small population and the effect of a management action that helped the process.