我国西南部喀斯特森林特有濒危树种掌叶木新的微卫星分子标记的开发

采用基因组DNA富集文库法FIASCO(Fast isolation by AFLP of sequences containing repeats)从掌叶木(Handeliodendron bodinieri)基因组中分离和筛选了10个新的微卫星位点,进而对掌叶木茂兰自然分布居群的遗传多样性进行了分析。结果表明, 每个位点在30株掌叶木个体上的平均等位基因数(A)为3.5(3~5个),平均观察杂合度(H_O)为0.650(0.267~0.900),平均预期杂合度(H_E)为0.494(0.224~0.652)。每个位点的第一排除概率值P_r(Ex₁)为0.029~0.240,位点综合值为0.7496。单个位点的第二排除概率P_r(Ex₂)为0.123~0.419,位点综合值为0.9517。这些信息预示着这些微卫星标记可以为研究喀斯特特有濒危树种掌叶木的基因流及居群遗传结构提供有效的遗传工具。     

中国7个地方绵羊品种遗传多样性的微卫星分析

利用26个微卫星标记分析了中国7个地方绵羊（Ovis aries）品种的遗传多样性。通过计算基因频率、平均杂合度（H）、多态信息含量（PIC）及有效等位基因数（N_e）,并根据Nei氏标准遗传距离,利用UPGMA法进行了聚类分析,评估其种内遗传变异和品种间遗传关系。结果表明：26个微卫星位点共检测到278个等位基因,Ne 在2.1288-13.3924之间;以等位基因频率为基础,得出位点的平均杂合度在0.0629-0.5903之间,品种平均杂合度在0.3633-0.4489之间。26个位点均为高度多态位点,PIC在0.6628-0.8712之间。聚类分析表明哈萨克羊、阿勒泰羊和巴音布鲁克羊遗传关系最近;然后与白藏羊、黑藏羊聚为一类;湖羊和晋中羊聚为一类。各绵羊品种的聚类关系与其来源、育成史及地理分布基本一致。     

菲律宾蛤仔大连群体不同世代的遗传多样性

采用12对有效微卫星引物对大连群体菲律宾蛤仔连续4个选育世代(F₁、F₂、F₃、F₄)的144个个体进行了遗传多样性分析。结果表明:共获121个等位基因,每个位点的等位基因数在2-6个不等,其大小在101-273 bp之间;各个世代平均等位基因数在3.75-4.58,平均观测杂合度在0.3391-0.3860之间。从F-检验结果上看,所有世代内有2个位点遗传分化较弱,8个位点遗传分化中等,2个位点遗传分化较大;配对比较F_st值(0.05-0.15)表明4个世代群体间遗传分化程度中等。F_is值表明有2个世代位点杂合度处于过剩状态;但对连续4个世代而言,每个世代均表现出一定程度的杂合子缺失。随着世代连续选育的进行,Nei氏遗传相似性逐渐减小(0.8203-0.8107-0.8031);遗传距离逐渐增大(0.1918-0.2099-0.2129);不同世代群体间遗传相似性系数为0.7873-0.8685,遗传距离为0.141-0.2391。4个世代平均PIC值为0.5055,表明选育后代遗传多样性较好,还有较大的选育潜力,可以继续进行上选。     

蛇鳄龟微卫星标记的开发及一个养殖群体的遗传多样性分析

利用磁珠富集法, 以生物素标记的(CA)15为探针, 构建了蛇鳄龟(Chelydra serpentina L.)微卫星富集文库。通过PCR法从富集文库中共筛选出70条微卫星序列, 一共设计了48对微卫星引物, 采用PCR扩增的方法从中筛选出36对引物, 对一个蛇鳄龟养殖群体进行遗传多样性分析。通过分析, 36个位点获得的等位基因数从29不等, 平均为4.361, 有效等位基因为1.4617.767, 平均为3.498。等位基因片段大小为56342 bp, 观测杂合度为0.0671.000, 平均为0.725; 期望杂合度为0.3160.850, 平均0.600; 多态信息含量为0.26550.8359, 平均为0.5573; 结果表明此蛇鳄龟养殖群体存在较高的遗传多样性水平。群体内固定系数-0.6880.856, 平均为-0.214, 说明蛇鳄龟群体中杂合子过剩。       

丹参线粒体和叶绿体微卫星标记开发及多样性分析

该研究通过生物信息学方法,对丹参线粒体、叶绿体基因组序列进行SSR位点搜索,利用Primer3.0软件在线设计SSR引物,通过PCR扩增,筛选出扩增效果好、多态性高的10对cpSSR引物和13对mtSSR引物,用于分析61份丹参品种的遗传多样性和鼠尾草属植物种间的通用性。结果显示：（1）从2条基因组序列中搜索到32个cpSSR位点和24个mtSSR位点,其中叶绿体单核苷酸的重复序列最多为31个,占96.9%,重复类型中以A/T形式的微卫星最为丰富。（2）23对SSR引物共检测出46个等位基因,平均每个SSR位点等位基因数是2个,有效等位基因数为1.566;预期杂合度(H_e)为0.346,高于双子叶植物的平均水平（H_e=0.190）;多态信息含量（PIC）为0.278,大于0.250小于0.500;Shannons信息指数为0.519,表明所采集的丹参呈中等水平的遗传多样性。（3）聚类分析表明,61份丹参材料的遗传相似系数在0.54~0.96之间,并在遗传相似系数为0.64处将 61份丹参分为6个亚群：四川、山东和安徽省的丹参聚集在Ⅰ和Ⅱ亚群中,说明四川中江、山东和安徽地区的丹参亲缘关系较近,而来源于四川中江的丹参分布于所有亚群,表明四川中江的丹参具有丰富的多态性。（4）通用性检测结果显示,11对mtSSR引物在9种鼠尾草属中的平均通用性比率为64.63%,通用性较高;9对cpSSR引物在10种鼠尾草属中的平均通用性比率为44.66%,通用性较低;引物cp5p、cp8p和cp10p在野芝麻亚科植物属间的通用性较好。研究表明,开发的23对SSR引物在鼠尾草属内具有很好的适用性,可以为该属种间的亲缘关系和种内遗传分化研究提供分子依据。     

基于COⅢ和HNF-1α序列研究龟鳖类的系统进化特征

用PCR扩增和测序的方法,获得小鳄龟(Chelydra serpentina)的COⅢ和HNF-1α序列,并分别结合NCBI中其他龟鳖的同源性序列进行比对分析。比对后得到757 bp的COⅢ一致序列和769 bp的HNF-1α一致序列。其中,COⅢ一致序列含有可变位点324个,序列总变异率为42.8%,简约信息位点230个;T、C、A、G的平均含量分别为27.5%、26.6%、30.8%、15.1%,A+T含量(58.3%)高于G+C含量(41.7%),转换/颠换比率(R)为2.62。HNF-1α一致序列有变异位点112个,变异率为14.6%,简约信息位点67个;T、C、A、G的平均含量为26.1%、23.1%、28.3%、22.6%,A+T含量为54.4%,G+C含量为45.7%,转换/颠换比率(R)为1.42。基于Kimura双参数模型计算龟鳖类种间、属间、科间遗传距离,并采用邻接法、最大简约法和最大似然法构建分子系统进化树。结果显示:基于COⅢ序列的淡水龟科4个属间的遗传距离为0.090～0.153,平均遗传距离为0.129;曲颈龟亚目5个科之间的遗传距离为0.150～0.207,平均遗传距离为0.177;基于HNF-1α序列的龟科9属间的遗传距离为0.003～0.051,平均为0.016;鳄龟科、龟科、淡水龟科3科间的遗传距离为0.044～0.067,平均为0.053。由遗传距离和构建的系统进化树可知,淡水龟科与陆龟科具有较近的亲缘关系,而与龟科的亲缘关系较远;支持龟科重新划分为两个分支;鳄龟科和海龟科亲缘关系较近,大鳄龟(Macroclemys temminckii)和小鳄龟可能同为一属。     

紫扇贝与海湾扇贝通用SSR的检测及其在杂交子代鉴定中的应用

以紫扇贝DNA为模板,用已开发的147个海湾扇贝微卫星标记引物扩增,结果表明100个微卫星标记能成功扩增,其中有47个表现出多态性,等位基因数目从2到9不等.观测杂合度范围为0.128 0～1.000 0(平均0.660 4),期望杂合度范围为0.503 1～0.862 1(平均0.671 9),有6个位点偏离Hardy-Weinberg平衡(P<0.05).用7对引物分别对紫扇贝、海湾扇贝及其种间正反杂交F1各30个个体进行PCR扩增,发现它们可明确区分紫扇贝与海湾扇贝,且所检测60个杂交子代均同时含海湾扇贝与紫扇贝的相应种特异性条带,证明全部为种间杂交子代.将该7对引物的扩增产物克隆测序,发现这些位点在两种扇贝中的序列同源率为40.22%～91.95%,其中3个位点在紫扇贝中的扩增产物仍然含有微卫星.     

鲮鱼的微卫星位点筛选和群体遗传多样性初步分析

利用鲤科鱼类微卫星引物在鲮鱼中进行扩增,结果在24对引物中，13对引物能成功扩增，且在鲮鱼中的扩增产物表现稳定，其中11对有较高多态性,等位基因数在2—7个之间，扩增的条带符合孟德尔遗传规律。随后利用筛选的微卫星座位对鲮鱼野生和养殖群体遗传多样性进行了初步分析。分析结果显示：鲮鱼野生群体的平均等位基因数5.2个；观测杂合度在0.25与0.8之间，平均观测杂合度(Ho)是0.61±0.2，平均期望杂合度(He)是0.8±0.09；群体座位平均多态信息含量(PIC)为0.72±0.1。相比之下，养殖群体的平均观测杂合度(Ho)和平均期望杂合度(He)都低于野生群体，分别是0.59±0.2、0.75±0.1。两群体间的遗传相似度为0.7774、遗传距离为0.2518。研究表明：用其他鱼类分离出的微卫星引物可以快速筛选到适用于鲮鱼遗传分析的微卫星座位。     

荧光标记复合PCR扩增微卫星位点的构建与优化

本研究采用毛细管电泳技术,构建并优化了荧光标记复合PCR同时扩增多个微卫星位点。主要过程为：首先根据设计所扩增微卫星位点的期望长度,将9个微卫星位点分成两组,5个位点用FAM（蓝色）标记,4个位点用HEX（绿色）标记;两种荧光类型分组优化,用琼脂糖胶电泳检测。其次,荧光标记的复合PCR扩增8个中华绒螯蟹样品的9个微卫星位点,采用ABI3730xl毛细管电泳检测,以ROX500（红色）为长度标准物,结果经Genemapper3.5软件 分析,检测结果表明毛细管电泳检测荧光标记复合PCR产物不仅精确读取微卫星位点的长度（分辨率高达1bp）,还能区分微卫星位点复制时滑链所引起的“回声斑”;调整各微卫星位点引物比列使所有位点扩增强弱均匀。最后,逐一检测复合PCR基本参数（dNTP浓度、 PCR程序和模版DNA用量）对复合PCR产物的影响,优化PCR。结果表明通过毛细管电泳检测荧光标记复合PCR产物来读取微卫星位点的基因型具有精确性、高效性和稳定性。     

中国特有种爆杖花的微卫星分子标记开发与评价

爆杖花（Rhododendron spinuliferum）是中国西南地区特有的观赏和药用植物。为了研究爆杖花和碎米花之间的杂交物种形成过程,本研究利用FIASCO方法对爆杖花进行微卫星引物开发,从100对引物中筛选出28个微卫星标记,其中22个为多态。利用爆杖花两个居群共24个个体对22个多态性位点进行分析,结果显示：每个位点具有2~5个等位基因,平均为34个,其观测杂合度和期望杂合度分别为0083~0792和0153~0744。对筛出的28个微卫星标记在碎米花的两个自然居群中也做了检测,结果显示：有22个微卫星标记成功扩增,其中20个有多态性;每个多态位点有2~6个等位基因,平均为32个,其观测杂合度和期望杂合度分别为0000~0833和0117~0736。开发的微卫星标记可用于爆杖花及其近缘物种的居群遗传学分析和杂交物种形成研究。     

Isolation and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the fig-pollinating wasp,Blastophaga nipponica (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae)

We developed microsatellite markers for the fig-pollinating wasp Blastophaga nipponica Grandi using a dual-suppression-PCR technique. Twenty-one candidates of microsatellite loci were obtained, of which 15 yielded scorable patterns. The degree of polymorphism for the 15 loci was further characterized using summary statistics describing the genetic variation in 60 individuals from three natural populations in Japan. All 15 loci were polymorphic and yielded 2–27 alleles per locus. Overall observed heterozygosity (H _O) and expected heterozygosity (H _E) were 0.465 and 0.631, respectively. As expected, based on the inbreeding tendency of this species, the mean inbreeding coefficient (F _IS) was high (= 0.255). These markers will contribute to studies on the population structure of this species.     

Population genetic structure of wild boars in the West Balkan region

We investigated the population genetic structure of wild boars from Vojvodina (Serbia), Slavonija (Croatia) and Bosnia using four microsatellite markers. All loci presented a high degree of polymorphism and a total of 76 alleles (mean 19 alleles per locus) were detected. Average observed heterozygosity (H _o) value was 0.60. Deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was found due to significant heterozygote deficiency detected for three of the four analyzed loci and for all populations. F _IS value over all loci and all populations was 0.29, and the effective number of migrants based on private alleles was 1.64. Sufficient levels of gene flow were found between all populations and the spatial structure showed slightly closer nuclear gene pool affinity of Vojvodina and Slavonija populations in relation of Bosnia population.     

Microsatellite development for a tetrodotoxin-containing sea slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata)

Using 454 pyrosequencing data, 24 polymorphic microsatellite markers were identified for the grey side-gilled sea slug, Pleurobranchaea maculata. The grey side-gilled sea slug is found throughout the western and south Pacific and is known to contain high concentrations of tetrodotoxin. Polymorphism was assessed in 20 individuals obtained from geographically distinct locations within New Zealand. Between 2 and 15 alleles were identified at each locus. The observed heterozygosity (H_o) and expected heterozygosity (H_e) ranged from 0.10 to 1 and 0.10–0.94, respectively. No significant linkage disequilibrium between pairs of loci or deviations from the Hardy–Weinberg proportions were observed. The markers are central to understanding the population biology and genetic structure of P. maculata.     

元江鲤种群遗传多样性

选择12对微卫星标记检测了于2011年采集自元江(红河上游中国江段)5个样点192尾鲤的群体遗传多样性.共检测到201个等位基因,每个位点等位基因2-27个.各群体各位点平均等位基因(NA)12.25-14.67个,平均有效等位基因(NE)8.28-9.73个,平均观察杂合度(Ho)o.7765-0.8037,平均期望杂合度(HE)0.7761-0.8080,平均多态信息含量(PIC)0.7534-0.7843.元江鲤种群192个个体各位点NA、NE、Ho、HE、PIC分别为16.50、11.26、0.7927、0.8049、0.7966,种群遗传多样性水平高.元江鲤群体之间遗传分化小,可作为一个种群管理单元进行管理.增殖放流要防止遗传多样性丧失.     

Characterization of microsatellite DNA markers for the alligator snapping turtle,Macrochelys temminckii

Two trinucleotide and seven tetranucleotide microsatellite loci were isolated from an alligator snapping turtle Macrochelys temminckii. To assess the degree of variability in these nine microsatellite loci, we genotyped 174 individuals collected from eight river drainage basins in the southeastern USA. These markers revealed a moderate degree of allelic diversity (six to 16 alleles per locus) and observed heterozygosity (0.166–0.686). These polymorphic microsatellite loci provide powerful tools for population genetic studies for a species that is afforded some level of conservation protection in every state in which it occurs.     

Characterization of eight microsatellite loci for the sea urchin Meoma ventricosa (Spatangoida,Brissidae) through Next Generation Sequencing

Eight microsatellite loci were characterized for Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816), a burrowing sea urchin that can be afflicted by a bacterial disease causing localized mass mortality. For the analyzed population (29 individuals from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands), we observed 8.125 mean number of alleles, 0.640 mean observed heterozygosity (H_o) and 0.747 mean expected heterozygosity (H_e). Two loci showed significant deviations from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. Overall, the described loci were characterized by a moderately high level of polymorphism suggesting that these markers are useful for a population genetic study in the Caribbean Sea.     

Genetic Diversity and Natural Population Structure of Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) from the Brazilian Amazon Evaluated by Microsatellite Markers

A sample of 94 accessions of Theobroma cacao L. (cacao), representing four populations from the Brazilian Amazon (Acre, Rondônia, lower Amazon and upper Amazon) were analyzed using microsatellite markers to assess the genetic diversity and the natural population structure. From the 19 microsatellite loci tested, 11 amplified scorable products, revealing a total of 49 alleles, including two monomorphic loci. The Brazilian upper Amazon population contained the largest genetic diversity, with the most polymorphic loci, the highest observed heterozygosity; and the majority of rare alleles, thereby this region might be considered part of the center of diversity of the species. The observed heterozygosity for all the Brazilian populations (H _o = 0.347) was comparable with values reported for other similar upper Amazon Forastero cacao populations, with the Acre and Rondônia displaying the lowest values. The lower Amazon population, traditionally defined as highly homozygous, presented an unexpectedly high observed heterozygosity (H _o = 0.372), disclosing rare and distinct alleles, with large identity with the upper Amazon population. It was hypothesized that part of the lower Amazon population might derive from successive natural or intentional introduction of planting material from other provenances, mainly upper Amazon. Most of the loci exhibited a lower observed heterozygosity than expected, suggesting that self-pollination might be more common than usually assumed in cacao, but excess of homozygotes might also derive from sub-grouping (Wahlund effect) or from sampling related individuals. Most of the gene diversity was found to occur within groups, with small differentiation between the four Brazilian Amazon populations, typical of species with high gene flow.     

Development of microsatellite marker loci for European hazelnut (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Corylus avellana</Emphasis> L.) from ISSR fragments

Polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) from the sequences of inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) fragments and flanking regions. Twenty-five ISSR primers were used to generate fragments for cloning. Of the 520 unique sequences obtained, 41 contained long internal repeats (≥20 bp) with flanking sequences sufficient for primer design. From these, we developed 23 new polymorphic microsatellite loci. The flanking sequences were obtained for fragment ends by chromosome walking, and an additional 47 polymorphic markers were developed. Two additional polymorphic markers were developed from a GA-enriched library. The 72 new marker loci were characterized using 50 diverse hazelnut accessions. For the internal repeat loci, the number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 16, with a mean of 7.52. Mean values for expected heterozygosity (H_e), observed heterozygosity (H_o), and polymorphism information content (PIC) were 0.62, 0.59, and 0.58, respectively. The estimated frequency of null alleles (r) was ≥0.05 at six of the 23 loci. For the 47 marker loci developed from fragment ends, the number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 16, with a mean of 7.30. Mean values for H_e, H_o, and PIC were 0.62, 0.47, and 0.58, respectively. The estimated frequency of null alleles (r) was ≥0.10 at 18 of the 47 loci. Of the 70 loci developed from ISSR and flanking sequences, 50 segregated in our mapping population and were assigned to linkage groups.     

Development of thirty-five novel polymorphic microsatellite markers in Pseudosciaena polyactis (Perciformes:Sciaenidae) and cross-species amplification in closely related species,Pseudosciaena crocea

Small yellow croaker, Pseudosciaena polyactis, is an economically important marine fishery species. In this study, we isolated 35 novel polymorphic microsatellite primers in P. polyactis by using the combined biotin capture method. The polymorphism of each locus was assessed in 30 individuals from Donggang, Northern Yellow Sea, China. A total of 519 alleles were detected and the number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 23. The PIC values of these 35 microsatellite loci ranged from 0.367 to 0.940. The observed (H_o) and expected heterozygosity (H_e) per locus ranged from 0.233 to 1.000 and from 0.438 to 0.943, respectively. Seven loci significantly deviated from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) after Bonferroni correction and no significant linkage disequilibrium (LD) was found between pairs of loci. In addition, cross-species amplification was performed in Pseudosciaena crocea, a closely related species of P. polyactis, to assess the applicability of these markers. These polymorphic microsatellites will provide useful tools for the study of genetic diversity and population structure of P. polyactis and P. crocea.     

Development of microsatellite markers for the endangered freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera L. (Bivalvia: Unionoidea)

Freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera L.) are among the most critically endangered freshwater invertebrates. We describe the isolation and characterization of the first microsatellite markers for this species, which were obtained by screening 4900 recombinant clones from two genomic libraries. Thirteen loci revealed polymorphisms as demonstrated on 42 tested individuals from four river drainages. Allelic richness ranged from two to 12 alleles and averaged 6.8 alleles per locus with heterozygosity levels varying from 0 to 0.850 for observed heterozygosity (H_O) and from 0.174 to 0.850 for expected heterozygosity (H_E). Deficiency of heterozygous genotypes was observed in eight of 13 loci.