蜘蛛的B染色体研究——Ⅰ.武汉地区粽管巢蛛的B染色体(蜘蛛目:管巢蛛科)

首次发现武汉地区粽管巢蛛胚胎细胞中存在B染色体,观察数目为1～28条,B染色体数目从有丝分裂晚前期到中期逐渐减少,在非整倍体细胞中,随着A染色体的减少逐渐增多。B染色体形态稳定;大多数为等臂染色体,少数具亚端着丝点和端着丝点;外观上明显小于A染色体。     

ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUBMICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY OF THE MEIOTIC NUCLEUS AND CHROMOSOMES

Thin sections of the testicular follicles of the grasshopper Laplatacris dispar were studied under the electron microscope. In the primary spermatocytes, during meiotic prophase, three main regions can be recognized within the nucleus: (1) the nucleolus and associated nucleolar material; (2) the interchromosomal regions with the dense particles; and (3) the chromosomes. The nucleolus is generally compact and is surrounded by nucleolar bodies that comprise aggregations of dense round particles 100 to 250 A in diameter. A continuous transition can be observed between these particles and those found isolated or in short chains in the interchromosomal spaces. Particles of similar size (mean diameter of 160 A) can be found associated with the nuclear membrane and in the cytoplasm. The chromosomes show different degrees of condensation in different stages of meiotic prophase. The bulk of the chromosome appears to be made of very fine and irregularly coiled filaments of macromolecular dimensions. Their length cannot be determined because of the thinness of the section but some of them can be followed without interruption for about 1000 to 2000 A. The thickness of the chromosome filaments seems to vary with different stages of prophase and in metaphase. In early prophase, filaments vary between 28 ± 7 A and 84 ± 7 A with a mean of 47 A, in late prophase the mean is about 70 A. In metaphase the filaments vary between 60 and 170 A with a mean of about 100 A. Neither the prophase nor the metaphase chromosomes have a membrane or other inhomogeneities. The finding of a macromolecular filamentous component of chromosomes is discussed in relation to the physicochemical literature on nucleoproteins and nucleic acids and as a result it is suggested that the thinnest chromosome filaments (28 ± 7 A) probably represent single deoxyribonucleoprotein molecules.     

THE STRANDEDNESS OF MEIOTIC CHROMOSOMES FROM ONCOPELTUS

Meiotic chromosomes were isolated from male Oncopeltus fasciatus by dissecting the testes under insect Ringer's solution and spreading the living cells on the Langmuir trough. After being dried by the critical point method, preparations were examined under the electron microscope. Chromosomes at all stages of prophase prove to be multistranded. A significant increase in the number of parallel 250 A fibers in the chromosomes occurs between zygotene and diakinesis. Parallel folding, rather than true multistrandedness, is interpreted as the mechanism responsible for this observed increase in multistrandedness. It has not been possible to determine whether the multistrandedness observed at leptotene represents true multistrandedness or is the result of parallel folding. Apparent multistrandedness is lost at metaphase when the 250 A fibers of the chromosomes become coiled more tightly. In preparations isolated by these methods, no structures other than the 250 A chromosome fibers are visible in the chromomeres, which appear as regionally coiled or folded areas of the fibers along the arm of the chromosome.     

THE CHROMOSOMES OF PACHYPHYTUM (CRASSULACEAE)

Eleven of the 12 species of Pachyphytum, all that are available, have n = 31–33 standard chromosomes, or a multiple. Accessory chromosomes were found in some or all collections of four species; some cells of one plant have more than 50 of them. Accessory chromosomes often occur in groups at metaphase I, corresponding to their origin from one to several chromocenters of prophase I. Intraspecific polyploidy occurs within five species, with diploids to 12-ploids (n = ca. 186) in P. compactum and diploids to decaploids (n = ca. 160) in P. hookeri. Although the basic chromosome number is high, evidence from meiosis in certain hybrids shows that the basic 31–33 chromosomes are probably all different: they do not pair with each other and they do not duplicate each other. Polyploids, with 62 or more chromosomes, are probably autopolyploids: they form multivalents, and the chromosomes they contribute to hybrids pair with each other. Three different probable hybrids have been found in the wild, and more than 300 hybrids have been produced in cultivation.     

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MITOSIS IN THE ONAGRACEAE

Kurabayashi , Masataka , Harlan Lewis , and Peter H. Raven . (U. California, Los Angeles.) A comparative study of mitosis in the Onagraceae. Amer. Jour. Bot. 49(9): 1003–1026. Illus. 1962. —Mitotic cycles of 46 species of Onagraceae, representing 15 genera and all of the tribes, have been examined and were found to fall into 3 modally distinct groups: (1) the tribes Fuchsieae, Lopezieae, and Circaeae; (2) the Epilobieae and Jussiaeae; (3) the Onagreae and Hauyeae. All species characterized by translocation systems, whether complex heterozygotes or variable frequencies of individual translocations, belong to group 3. Group 1 has no definite chromocenters during interphase and the chromosomes contract more or less evenly along a gradient during prophase. Groups 2 and 3 have definite chromocenters during interphase and the chromosomes become differentiated at early prophase into dense proximal and diffuse distal regions; contraction of the chromosomes does not seem to follow a gradient. In group 2, the chromosomes within a genome are much more heterogeneous in size and in the relative proportions of the differentiated segments than in group 3. Only in species belonging to group 3 are all or most of the chromosomes metacentric, subequal in size, and uniformly differentiated. The differences between the groups and within group 3 are discussed in relation to the development of translocation systems. Chromosome numbers of 9 taxa are reported for the first time.     

星叶草属的核形态及其系统位置

本文研究了星叶草属的核形态。其间期核和前期染色体分别为简单染色中心型和中间型;中期染色体较小,长度介于3.00μm到1.20μm之间;核型公式为2n=30=22m+8sm。其明显很高的染色体基数以及其它退化和特化的形态学性状,表明该属是一个孑遗的古多倍体类群。该属与独叶草属在间期核形态、前期染色体形态以及中期染色体的大小和形态方面极为相似。结合其它方面的资料,本文认为星叶草属和独叶草属有较近的亲缘关系,支持将它们一起置于星叶草科的观点。     

鸡爪草属的染色体及其系统位置

本文研究了毛茛科鸡爪草Calathodes oxycarpa的核形态。其静止核和有丝分裂前期染色体分别属于复杂中央染色微粒型和中间型,中期染色体属于R型,核型公式为2n=16=8sm 8st(2sat)。据此并结合有关资料,讨论了鸡爪草属与毛茛科其它类群的亲缘关系,认为鸡爪草属与金莲花属和特产于南朝鲜的Megaleranthis属是极为近缘的类群,不宜将它们分开置于不同的族或亚科中。     

MITOSIS IN THE YEAST LIPOMYCES LIPOFER

A study of mitosis in Lipomyces has been carried out because preliminary observations by Ganesan and Roberts, 1959 (9), had indicated that the nucleus of this yeast might be unusually favourable for morphological observations. This impression has proved correct. The chromosomes of Lipomyces are visible as separate, countable bodies for the greater part of mitosis. The pattern of mitosis differs from the common one in that in Lipomyces the proper distribution of sister chromosomes is accomplished without the help of a spindle apparatus. At the end of prophase sister chromosomes are found in pairs which align themselves parallel to one another to form a palisade or stack whose long axis coincides with the axis of the impending division. At anaphase-telophase the stack of paired chromosomes fuses into a seemingly homogeneous cord which divides by constriction.     

蚕豆染色体周边RNP形成过程的电镜研究

本文运用Bernhard染色方法研究了蚕豆根端分生组织细胞中染色体周边RNP的超微结构以及这种周边RNP在有丝分裂前期到中期的形成过程。我们观察到,在前期核仁解体过程中,来自核仁的RNP物质结合于染色体表面,形成染色体周边RNP。前期末时,大量核仁RNP颗粒向周围扩散并进一步结合于染色体表面,使染色体周边RNP有所增加。中期染色体的周边RNP明显多于前期,由直径15-20 nm的RNP颗粒构成。RNP物质在染色体周边的分布是不均匀的。姊妹染色单体之间往往有较多的RNP物质存在。本文观察结果表明染色体周边RNP来源于核仁RNP。     

A STUDY OF CHROMOSOMES WITH THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

Amphibian lampbrush chromosomes and meiotic prophase chromosomes of various insects and plants consist of a bundle of microfibrils about 500 A thick. These fibrils are double, being made of two closely associated fibrils 200 A thick. Fragments of interphase nuclei contain a mass of fibrils 200 A thick. Ultrathin sections through nuclei in prophase or interphase show sections of these double or single fibrils cut at various angles. A comparison of sections with the methacrylate left in and sections that were shadowed after removing the methacrylate suggests that the OsO₄ reacts only with the outer part of the fibrils either because it does not penetrate, or as a result of a chemical difference of the inner core and the outside of the fibril. It is suggested that in analogy to the structure of the tobacco mosaic virus the chromosomal microfibril may have an inner core of DNA surrounded by a shell of protein.     

THE QUESTION OF POST-REDUCTION IN SPHAGNUM

The 19 spatially distinct chromosomal units at first meiotic metaphase in sporophytically diploid species of Sphagnum have usually been considered to be bivalents, but one investigator (Sorsa, 1956) has interpreted them as chromosomes from dissociated bivalents and meiosis as post-reductional. The present studies on diploid S. squarrosum (Pers.) Crome establish the chromosome number on the basis of the following evidence: there are in addition to m-chromosomes, 19 pairs of chromosomes in early prophase, 19 bivalents at diakinesis, 19 chromosomes in each of the two sets at second metaphase, 19 daughter chromosomes in each of the four sets at late second anaphase, and 19 chromosomes in gametophytic mitoses. The 19 bodies at first meiotic metaphase in diploid species are true bivalents in loose secondary association, which has led to their erroneous interpretation as chromosomes of dissociated bivalents. The gametic chromosome number in sporophytically diploid Sphagnum is therefore, without doubt, n = 19, and this evidence negates the claim for post-reduction in Sphagnum.     

THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE NUCLEOLUS IN MITOTIC DIVISIONS OF CHINESE HAMSTER CELLS IN VITRO

The nucleolus of Chinese hamster tissue culture cells (strain Dede) was studied in each stage of mitosis with the electron microscope. Mitotic cells were selectively removed from the cultures with 0.2 per cent trypsin and fixed in either osmium tetroxide or glutaraldehyde followed by osmium tetroxide. The cells were embedded in both prepolymerized methacrylate and Epon 812. Thin sections of interphase nucleoli revealed two consistent components; dense 150-A granules and fine fibrils which measured 50 A or less in diameter. During prophase, distinct zones which were observed in some interphase nucleoli (i.e. nucleolonema and pars amorpha) were lost and the nucleoli were observed to disperse into smaller masses. By late prophase or prometaphase, the nucleoli appeared as loosely wound, predominantly fibrous structures with widely dispersed granules. Such structures persisted throughout mitosis either free in the cytoplasm or associated with the chromosomes. At telophase, those nucleolar bodies associated with the chromosomes became included in the daughter nuclei, resumed their compact granular appearance, and reorganized into an interphase-type structure.     

植物染色体高分辨G-带技术研究

本文对植物染色体高分辨 G-带技术进行了比较系统的研究,并首次运用改良的尿素法在野生一粒小麦、玉米、蚕豆、吊兰、川百合等多种植物上诱导出 G-带,带纹清晰,数目多,分布在染色体全长上。前期染色体带呈颗粒状,中期染色体呈明显带状,与哺乳动物染色体 G-带很相似。G-带的数目取决于染色体浓缩程度,中期染色体一条深带到晚前期可显示出2.67条亚带。作者同时比较了胰酶法与尿素法的显带效果。认为两种方法显示的带纹基本相同,尿素法比胰酶法作用温和,显带时间长达数分钟,易于掌握,重复性高,具有更高的应用价值。     

植物染色体G-带的初步研究

本文首次报道了川百台(Lilium davidii)、华山松(Pinus armardii)和七叶一枝花(Paris polyphylla)等植物染色体G-带研究结果。本试验的G-带与以往的C-带不同,C-带每条染色体上一般只有1-4条带,多分布在着丝点附近,而G-带则多达几十条,分布在整条染色体上,带纹清晰,前期染色体带呈颗粒状,中期染色体呈明显的带状,与哺乳动物染色体G-带很相似。G-带的数目取决于染色体浓缩的程度。前期染色体带纹数目是中期的三倍,接近人类高分辨带水平。对G-带带纹采用了自动光谱分析,波峰数值与带纹相符。作者同时介绍了胰酶法在植物染色体G-带中的应用。认为此方法既适合动物亦适用于植物。但植物G-带显示的关键可能不在胰酶法本身,而在合适的分裂时期及染色体处理技术。     

THE EVOLUTION OF HETEROMORPHIC SEX CHROMOSOMES

The facts and ideas which have been discussed lead to the following synthesis and model. 1. Heteromorphic sex chromosomes evolved from a pair of homomorphic chromosomes which had an allelic difference at the sex-determining locus. 2. The first step in the evolution of sex-chromosome heteromorphism involved either a conformational or a structural difference between the homologues. A structural difference could have arisen through a rearrangement such as an inversion or a translocation. A conformational difference could have occurred if the sex-determining locus was located in a chromosomal domain which behaved as a single control unit and involved a substantial segment of the chromosome. It is assumed that any conformational difference present in somatic cells would have been maintained in meiotic prophase. 3. Lack of conformational or structural homology between the sex chromosomes led to meiotic pairing failure. Since pairing failure reduced fertility, mechanisms preventing it had a selective advantage. Meiotic inactivation (heterochromatinization) of the differential region of the X chromosome in species with heterogametic males and euchromatinization of the W in species with heterogametic females are such mechanisms, and through them the pairing problems are avoided. 4. Structural and conformational differences between the sex chromosomes in the heterogametic sex reduced recombination. In heterogametic males recombination was reduced still further by the heterochromatinization of the X chromosome, which evolved in response to selection against meiotic pairing failure. 5. Suppression of recombination resulted in an increase in the mutation rate and an increased rate of fixation of deleterious mutations in the recombination-free chromosome regions. Functional degeneration of the genetically isolated regions of the Y and W was the result. In XY males this often led to further meiotic inactivation of the differential region of the X chromosome, and in this way an evolutionary positive-feedback loop may have been established. 6. Structural degeneration (loss of material) followed functional degeneration of Y or W chromosomes either because the functionally degenerate genes had deleterious effects which made their loss a selective advantage, or because shorter chromosomes were selectively neutral and became fixed by chance. 7. The evolutionary routes to sex-chromosome heteromorphism in groups with female heterogamety are more limited than in those with male heterogamety. Oocytes are usually large and long-lived, and are likely to need the products of X- or Z-linked genes. Meiotic inactivation of these chromosomes is therefore unlikely. In the oocytes of ZW females, meiotic pairing failure is avoided through euchromatinization of the W rather than heterochromatinization of the Z chromosome.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Studies on Meiotic Division in Coccidial and Malarial Parasites

SYNOPSIS. Oocysts of Eimeria tenella and E. maxima , incubated in colcemid after removal from the host gut, were better preserved after fixation with acetic alcohol than oocysts fixed directly. Colcemid may delay hardening of the oocyst but does not interfere with meiosis. During meiosis the nucleolus disappears and 10 rod-like chromosomes are formed by condensation of filamentous, beaded chromosomes, which appear in prophase. Two granules which appear on the nuclear membrane at the end of prophase are interpreted as centrioles. The 10 chromosomes align themselves in 2 rows of 5 parallel with, rather than transverse to, the elongate meiotic spindle. After stretching across the spindle as beaded filaments during migration to the poles, the chromosomes condense as a cluster of 5 rods at each pole. Reduction is thus effected in a single phase without duplication of chromosomes or centromeres.
During meiosis in P. gallinaceum oocysts paired, Y-shaped and paired dot-like chromosomes appear among the pigment granules. No duplication is evident.     

MITOSIS IN THE ALGA VACUOLARIA VIRESCENS

Details of mitosis in the chloromonadophycean alga Vacuolaria virescens Cienk. have been studied with the light microscope. The chromosomes are relatively large (up to μ in length at metaphase) and so mitotic stages are readily distinguishable. Chromosomes can be recognized in interphase nuclei as fine strands of chromatin. Contraction of these chromosomes marks the beginning of mitosis and continues progressively until the transition from metaphase to anaphase. Disintegration of nucleoli is complete by late prophase and nucleolar reformation begins in telophase. Some chromosomes exhibit less densely stained regions; centromeres are also present as indicated by their differential staining and by the behavior of chromosomes at metaphase and anaphase. At anaphase progeny chromosomes move apart parallel to the division axis of the nucleus. As anaphase progresses the chromosomes fuse at the polar surface of the progeny chromosome groups. This process continues in telophase and the chromosome groups become more spherical. By the end of telophase nucleolar reformation has begun and the chromosomes have relaxed to their interphase condition.     

Helical Structure Revealed upon the Condensation and Decondensation of Chromosomes of Vicia faba

By using conventional and stereo electron microscopy, helical structures were revealed in prophase and telophase chromosomes of root tip cells of Vicia faba. Longitudinal and transverse sections of the chromosomes showed that both prophase and telophase chromosomes were composed of chromatin fibres about 0.5μm in diameter and among the 0.5μm chromatin fibre thinner chromatin fibres with a diameter of about 0.2μm were found. In transverse sections, prophase chromosomes appeared to be a circular structure which contained a low electron density centre encircled by the 0.5 μm fibre. In longitudinal section of the chromosomes, the 0.5 μm fibres were seen to be orientated parallel to each other while constituted roughly a right angle to the long axis of the chromosome. Helical coils consisting of the 0.5μm fibre were identified easily by stereo electron microscopy. In transverse sections of telophase chromosomes, both the circular structure similar to that of the prophase chromosomes and the hoof-shaped structure composed of the 0.5μm fibre were observed, demonstrating4 the de-spiralization of the helical coils in the decondensation of the chromosomes. Based on these observations, the radial loop. model and the multiple coiling model are discussed.     

NUCLEAR BEHAVIOR IN THE VEGETATIVE HYPHAE OF CERATOCYSTIS FAGACEARUM

Vegetative nuclear division in Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt was found to differ from classical mitosis in that: (1) division always occurs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cell, (2) anaphase movement is unilateral and unsynchronized, (3) a spindle occurs only between separating chromatids. Interphase and prophase nuclei and nucleoli are morphologically similar to those in higher plants. At metaphase the associated chromosomes form a bar of chromatin and lie against the hyphal wall. Spindle fibers appear between separating chromatids, perhaps pushing them apart. When nuclear division is complete the nuclei become attenuated and migrate. Vegetative nuclear division in C. fagacearum may be an evolutionary form of classical mitosis.     

Mapping G-bands on human prophase chromosomes.

OHNUKI's method for demonstrating coils in human metaphase chromosomes also reveals a fine G-band pattern on prophase chromosomes of sufficient clarity to justify an attempt at mapping. Maps are provided for each chromosome to show the maximum number of prophase bands observed, and an intermediate stage in chromosome contraction, tracing the pathways of apparent band fusion as the cell progresses to metaphase, is presented. The prophase bands on many chromosomes tend to occur in distinct groups, the members of which ultimately merge to give the dark G-bands of metaphase chromosomes. Every G-band of the standard metaphase chromosomes. Every G-band of the standard metaphase pattern is compounded from two or more prophase bands. In at least contracted prophase chromosomes examined, some bands are seen which have no obvious metaphase counterpart. There are marked similarities between banded prophases and the chromoomere pattern seen at meiotic prophase. However, since chromosome contraction is a dynamic process, agreement between maps will be expected only for corresponding degrees of chromosome contraction.