The restorer gene for soybean M‐type cytoplasmic male sterility,Rf‐m,is located in a PPR gene‐rich region on chromosome 16

Over the past decade, M‐type cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) line W931A and a variety of restorer lines have been exploited for the release of hybrid seeds in soybean (Glycine max). However, the identities of restorer genes in the nuclei of soybean restorer lines are still unclear. In this study, we analysed the inheritance pattern of restorer locus Rf‐m from restorer line WR016 and constructed a high‐resolution map of this locus. Results showed that Rf‐m in WR016 is a monogenic dominant gene located within a 162.4‐kb region on chromosome 16, which is flanked on each side by new developed simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers GmSSR1602 and GmSSR1610 at a distance of 0.11 and 0.25 cM, respectively. Nineteen open reading frames (ORFs) were predicted in this region. Of these, seven genes arranged in tandem on chromosome 16 encode pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins, which is similar to other reported restorer loci in plants. These results lay a solid foundation for map‐based cloning of the Rf‐m gene and will be helpful for marker‐assisted selection of elite CMS restorer lines.     

合方鲫及其亲本肌肉营养成分分析

采用生化分析手段对合方鲫及其亲本的肌肉营养成分进行比较研究。结果显示,合方鲫肌肉中水分含量为71.00%,显著低于其亲本的水分含量(日本白鲫:75.60%,红鲫:75.50%),说明合方鲫具有低水分的特征。合方鲫的蛋白质含量为17.70%,高于红鲫的蛋白质含量(17.00%),且显著高于日本白鲫的蛋白质含量(14.80%)。在15种检测的氨基酸含量中,合方鲫的氨基酸总量(15.87%)、必需氨基酸总含量(6.55%)均高于红鲫的氨基酸总量(15.52%)和必需氨基酸总含量(6.46%),且显著高于日本白鲫的氨基酸总量(13.13%)和必需氨基酸总含量(5.27%)。值得一提的是合方鲫的呈味氨基酸总含量高达6.26%,高于红鲫的呈味氨基酸总含量(6.07%),且显著高于日本白鲫的呈味氨基酸总含量(5.29%)。研究表明,合方鲫是一种营养价值高、肉味鲜美的鱼类,为其生产上的应用提供了理论支撑。