毛乌素沙地中间锦鸡儿群体繁育系统的变化

中间锦鸡儿在毛乌素沙地这个介于典型草原和典型荒漠之间的生态过渡带广泛分布 ,是当地灌丛生态系统的一个优势种或建群种[1,2 ] 。我们曾研究表明 ,中间锦鸡儿群体内高度的遗传多样性以及不同景观生态类型群体之间有强大的基因流存在[3 ,4 ] ;特别是同一植株不同种子显示的不同的种子蛋白组成进一步证明该植物的异交性[4 ,5] 。上述群体遗传研究还表明 ,中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿共享 1个基因库 ,与徐朗然等 ① 报道的种间杂交结果一致。ＲＡＰＤ研究发现 ,少数多态ＤＮＡ在群体里的频率与所在地区的水分状况有关 :滩地为零或很低 ,生境越干…

Variation of Breeding Systems in Populations of Caragana intermedia (Leguminosae) in Maowusu Sandy Grassland

Maowusu sandy grassland locating at an ecotone between typical desert and typical grassland contained several landscape ecotypes or elements where Caragana intermedia Kuang et H.C.Fu naturally distributed as a dominant species in shrub ecosystems. Based on a phenomenon of gene segregation of open-pollinated seeds within each plants similar to Mendel's segregation in F 2, a study on testing the breeding systems of populations under 4 landscape ecotypes was conducted. Statistical data showed its availability in estimation of breeding system parameters when isozymes were used as genetic markers. Nei's genetic differentiation G ST among 4 ecotypes in Maowusu was estimated at 0.07 from lap loci close to a G ST=0.076 reported in the authors' laboratory. The results indicated that breeding systems of populations gradually changed from total outbreeding to partial inbreeding when water conditions worsened. Therefore, the former RAPD data, especially the cline of frequencies for a few polymorphic DNAs in different landscapes can be partially explained by gene fixation caused by selfing or inbreeding probably induced by drought. It was difficult to assess breeding system parameters by using one dimensional SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of seed proteins of C. intermedia simply due to a difficulty of genetic analysis of seed protein subunits.