中国柴胡属染色体数目和核型研究

采用植物染色体常规压片技术,报道了中国柴胡属(Bupleurum L .)13种5变种24个居群的染色体数目,其中4种5变种为首次报道,同时报道了5种1变种的细胞核型.除天山柴胡两个居群、紫花鸭跖柴胡一个居群和北柴胡一个居群是多倍体外,其它均为二倍体.主要结论如下:(1)秦岭柴胡和细茎有柄柴胡处理为独立的种更为合适;紫花阔叶柴胡作为大叶柴胡变种的处理是合理的;黄花鸭跖柴胡处理为紫花鸭跖柴胡的变种是不合理的.(2)紫花鸭跖柴胡和北柴胡可能都是还没有被完全认识的复合类群,需要进一步研究.(3)x=7可能是柴胡属的原始基数.     

Relationships of Agropyron intermedium chromosomes determined by chromosome pairing and alcohol dehydrogenase isozymes in common wheat background

Summary The relationships of Agropyron intermedium chromosomes in two wheat-Agropyron addition series were determined. Chromosome pairing behaviour revealed that the alien chromosome in lines TAF-2 and L7 of Vilmorin-A. intermedium set are homologous to the alien chromosomes in lines P and C of the Caribo-A. intermedium set respectively. Localization of alcohol dehydrogenase isozyme genes in Vilmorin-Agropyron addition line L4 and in Caribo-Agropyron line O indicated relationships with wheat chromosomes of homoeologous group 4.     

小熊猫染色体异染色质的显示

以培养的小熊猫外周淋巴细胞为实验材料,结合Ｃ－显带技术及ＣＭＡ３／ＤＡ／ＤＡＰＩ三竽荧光杂色的方法,对小熊猫的染色体组型、Ｃ－带带型及ＣＭＡ３／ＤＡ／ＤＡＰＩ荧光带带型进行了研究,发现：（１）经Ｃ－显带技术处理,可在小熊猫染色体上呈现出一种极为独特的Ｃ－带带型。在多数染色体上可见到丰富的插入Ｃ－带及端粒Ｃ－带。而着丝区仅显示弱阳性Ｃ－带;（２）除着丝粒区外,ＣＭＡ３诱导的大多数强荧光带纹与Ｃ－阳性     

中国产3种防己科植物细胞学研究

报道了3种国产防己科植物的染色体数目。金线吊乌龟Stephania cepharantha Hayata为二倍体2n=22,部分居群的一些个体存在B染色体;轮环藤Cyclea racemosa Oliv．为二倍体2n=24;木防己CDcculus orbiculatus(L)DC为四倍体2n=4x=52.3个种的染色体基数分别为x=11,12,13。观察了木防己的小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程,其减数分裂过程正常,且花粉粒具较高活性。     

Mutations that increase the mitotic stability of minichromosomes in yeast: characterization of RAR1

Summary In an attempt to identify proteins involved in the initiation of DNA replication, we have isolated a series of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants in which the function of putative replication origins is affected. The phenotype of these Rar^- (regulation of autonomous replication) mutants is to increase the mitotic stability of plasmids whose replication is dependent on weak ARS elements. These mutations are generally recessive and complementation analysis shows that mutations in several genes may improve the ability of weak ARS elements to function. One mutation (rar1-1) also confers temperature-sensitive growth, and thus an essential gene is affected. We have determined the DNA sequence of the RAR1 gene, which reveals an open reading frame for a 48.5 kDa protein. The RAR1 gene is linked to rna1 on chromosome XIII.     

Genetic instability and darwinian selection in tumours

Genetic instability has long been hypothesized to be a cardinal feature of cancer. Recent work has strengthened the proposal that mutational alterations conferring instability occur early during tumour formation. The ensuing genetic instability drives tumour progression by generating mutations in oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes. These mutant genes provide cancer cells with a selective growth advantage, thereby leading to the clonal outgrowth of a tumour. Here, we discuss the role of genetic instability in tumour formation and outline future work necessary to substantiate the genetic instability hypothesis.     

Progression into and out of mitosis

Progression through mitosis is controlled by cyclin-dependent kinases, which drive cells into metaphase, and by the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome, a ubiquitin ligase that triggers sister chromatid separation and exit from mitosis. Recent work has shown how the mutual regulation between cyclin-dependent kinases and the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome ensures that cell-cycle events occur in the right order. The analysis of complexes required for sister chromatid cohesion and chromosome condensation has revealed how cyclin-dependent kinases and the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome control the behaviour of chromosomes.     

频繁使用染发剂对小鼠染色体畸变率影响的研究

研究了多次接触７ 种染发剂对不同组小鼠骨髓和生殖细胞染色体畸变率的影响。结果发现, ７ 种染发剂均导致出现较高的染色体畸变率,３ 种能引起小鼠骨髓细胞染色体畸变率显著上升, 其中以粉末状染发剂的影响最为严重。４ 种染发剂对进行生殖细胞染色体畸变实验的小鼠均产生显著影响, 尤以氧化型染发剂最为明显。     

Detailed four-way comparative mapping and gene order analysis of the canine ctvm locus reveals evolutionary chromosome rearrangements

Canine tricuspid valve malformation (CTVM) maps to canine chromosome 9 (CFA9), in a region syntenic with gene-dense human chromosome 17q. To define synteny blocks, we analyzed 148 markers on CFA9 using radiation hybrid mapping and established a four-way comparative map for human, mouse, rat, and dog. We identified a large number of rearrangements, allowing us to reconstruct the evolutionary history of individual synteny blocks and large chromosomal segments. A most parsimonious rearrangement scenario for all four species reveals that human chromosome 17q differs from CFA9 and the syntenic rodent chromosomes through two macroreversals of 9.2 and 23 Mb. Compared to a recovered ancestral gene order, CFA9 has undergone 11 reversals of <3 Mb and 2 reversals of >3 Mb. Interspecies reuse of breakpoints for micro- and macrorearrangements was observed. Gene order and content of the ctvm interval are best extrapolated from murine data, showing that multispecies genome rearrangement scenarios contribute to identifying gene content in canine mapping studies.     

Lack of alterations on meiotic chromosomes and morphological characteristics of male germ cells in mice exposed to a 60 Hz and 2.0 mT magnetic field

The effect of in vivo exposure of mice to a 60 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field (MF) at 2.0 mT on male germ cells was studied. The cytological endpoints measured included meiotic chromosome aberrations in spermatocytes and sperm morphology. Three independent experiments were carried out: (a) animals exposed for 72 h, (b) 10 days/8 h daily, and (c) 72 h exposure to MF plus 5 mg/kg of Mitomycin-C. No statistically significant differences indicative of MF effects were observed between MF exposed and control animals. In addition, an opposite effect between MF exposure and Mitomycin-C treatment in terms of chromosomal aberrations and sperm morphology was observed.