Deficient melanin production contributes to the absence of melanophores in early development of red carp

Red carp and red crucian carp are ornamental fish with a red body color. Unlike in red crucian carp, no melanophores are observed in red carp embryos or larvae. To explore the roles of the mitfa gene in body color formation in red carp, we investigated the structural characteristics and physicochemical properties of the mitfa gene in 16 kinds of fish. The mitfa amino acid sequence similarity between red carp and red crucian carp was 95.6%, and this was 91.5% similar between carp and zebrafish. Compared with red crucian carp, red carp showed lower tyrp1 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression but similar mitfa mRNA expression in the body pigment stage of the embryo. Moreover, mitfa⁺ cells as well as melanocytes could be observed in cultured embryo cells derived from red carp and red crucian carp. Our data show that the absence of melanophores in red carp is not the result of mitfa gene deletion or mutation, increasing our understanding of the molecular and genetic mechanisms of coloration in cyprinid fish.     

同水体银鲫与普通鲫遗传多样性比较研究

通过2003年、2004年连续两年采样,用20对具有稳定扩增的银鲫微卫星引物对样品进行扩增,结果如下：2003年样品三倍体银鲫与二倍体鲫的平均杂合度分别为0．5885、0．6066;2004年样品两者的平均杂合度为0．5946、0．6091。2003年样品三倍体银鲫与二倍体鲫的遗传相似性系数为0．6331,两者的遗传距离为0．3669;2004年样品两者的遗传相似性系数为0．6173,遗传距离为0．3827。两年测定的结果显示三倍体银鲫的杂合度略低于二倍体鲫,两者的遗传距离较近,在所扩增的大部分微卫星位点上基因型相同或相似,其差异为种内差异,三倍体银鲫是鲫的一个特殊种群,在进化上,三倍体银鲫可能是从鲫分化而来的,是其在特殊的环境下的一种适应。     

淇河鲫雌核发育克隆系鉴定与性状分析

淇河鲫（Carassius auratus）为河南省的传统优质特色水产品种之一,是我国著名的鲫地方品种。本研究利用15个微卫星标记从85尾淇河鲫样品中共鉴定出21个克隆系,在其中6个克隆系中检测到18尾雄性个体。结果表明：淇河鲫是两性型雌核发育三倍体,遗传多样性水平较高。多元统计分析显示：体高、体宽、背鳍基长等3个性状对体质量的影响达到了极显著的水平（P〈0.01）,这一结果与体高背厚的淇河鲫种质较优异的生产经验一致。本研究结果提示：可以借鉴两性型雌核发育方正银鲫育种成功经验来开展淇河鲫品种的选育,在选育过程中应关注淇河鲫体高背厚的形态特点。     

银鲫与普通鲫群体遗传结构的比较分析

利用15个微卫星多态性分子标记,对黑龙江省方正县双龙水库和双凤水库两个水体的雌核发育银鲫(Car-assius auratus gibelio)和二倍体普通鲫(Carassius auratus(L))的群体遗传多样性进行比较分析。结果显示:平均每个多态性位点获得银鲫10.39个有效等位基因,普通鲫11.82个有效等位基因;双龙水库三倍体银鲫和二倍体普通鲫的平均观测杂合度分别为0.6035和0.6300,双凤水库中的三倍体银鲫和二倍体普通鲫的平均观测杂合度为0.5311和0.5885;相似性与遗传距离分析结果显示:相似性最大的是双凤水体内的银鲫和普通鲫(0.8127),远大于两个水体间的银鲫群体间的相似性。结果表明,银鲫与普通鲫存在着明显的遗传物质交流,较高的遗传相似性不仅与传统的银鲫起源于普通鲫的观点一致,也暗示银鲫与普通鲫存在经常性地遗传物质交流。     

彭泽鲫的分子遗传分析及其与方正银鲫A系的比较

Genetic homogeneity between Pengze crucian carp and strain A of silver crucian carp was studied by using transferrin,isozyme and RAPD markers.The studied individuals of Pengze crucian carp showed transferring patterns were the same of silver crucian carp A strain while distinct from those of other crucian carp populations.As far as isozyme is concerned,the MDH,LDH and EST are all of the same with only slight differences in SOD between them.The RPAD patterns clearly indicated high homogeneity among 16 individuals (6 sampled from individuals of two years old and the others aged one) from crucian carp of Pengze and 5 individuals from strain A of silver crucain carp.Nearly indentical banding patterns were observed among all individuals.Average genetic distance within all the individuals is only 0.011,suggesting crucian carp of Pengze might possess indentical genetic background with strain A of silver crucian carp.     

异源四倍体鲫鲤及其原始亲本遗传变异的RAPD分析

在优化RAPD检测条件的基础上，从100个随机引物中筛选出60个扩增较好的引物对异源四倍体鲫鲤及其原始亲本红鲫和湘江野鲤相互间扩增DNA片段的异同性进行比较研究。结果显示，60个引物共产生1554条带，单一引物扩增的DNA片段数在6～20条之间，片段大小在200～3500bp之间。遗传相似率分析表明，异源四倍体鲫鲤与其原始母本红鲫的相似率为69．41％，与其原始父本野鲤的相似率为64．47％，说明异源四倍体鲫鲤接受原始母本红鲫的遗传物质要多一些；而红鲫和野鲤之间的相似率为42．18％，说明两者的基因组成有较大的相似性，从分子水平证实了红鲫和野鲤的远缘杂交具有较大的亲和性。在分析中，还发现异源四倍体鲫鲤有4条非亲本带，非亲本带谱率达0．72％，这些非亲本带可以作为异源四倍体鲫鲤特异性的分子标记。     

Microsatellite marker isolation and cultured strain identification in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Carassius auratus gibelio</Emphasis>

Microsatellites have become the preferred molecular markers for strain selection and genetic breeding in fish. In this study a total of 105 microsatellites were isolated and identified in gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) by microsatellite sequence searches in GenBank and other databases and by screening and sequencing of positive clones from the genomic library enriched for AG and GATA repeats. Moreover, nineteen microsatellites were randomly selected to design locus-specific primer pairs, and these were successfully used to identify and discriminate different cultured strains of gibel carp including strains A, D, L, and F. Three different types of microsatellite pattern were distinguished by the number and length of fragments amplified from the 19 primer pairs, and some microsatellite primer pairs were found to produce different microsatellite patterns among strains and strain-specific fragments. In addition, some duplicated alleles were also detected in two microsatellite patterns. Therefore, the current study provides direct molecular markers to discriminate among different cultured strains for selective breeding and aquaculture practice of gibel carp.     

雄核发育异育银鲫及其初步应用

用鲫（２ｎ＝１００）卵与异育银鲫（３ｎ＝１５６）正常精子进行人工授精,产生了部分的雄核发育异育银鲫（３ｎ＝１５６）。池塘中饲养的雄核发育能银鲫性腺不仅能成熟,而且也能生殖。它与父本异育银鲫回交可以产生回交子一代（Ｂ１）。雄核发育异育银鲫、回交子一代异育银鲫与父本异育银鲫非常相似。它们均具有相同的染色体数目（３ｎ＝１５６）,红细胞核的体积是鲫红细胞核体积的１．６倍。另一方面,用随机拉增多态ＤＮＡ（Ｒ     

微卫星分离模式显示雄性三倍体鲫产生非整倍体精子

三倍体鲫(Carassius auratus)行天然雌核发育,其自然种群中却有较高比例的雄性个体,这些雄性个体的性腺发育正常,能产生有活力的精子。而且其精子的DNA含量约为体细胞的一半,显示三倍体鲫精子发生过程中可能经历了均等的减数分裂。流式细胞术虽然能够较准确地测定细胞群的平均DNA含量,但是却很难检测到单个精子中的个别染色体增减,要明确回答雄性三倍体鲫产生的精子是否为整倍体需要定量地检测单个精子的遗传组成。本研究用微卫星标记检测以雌性鲤(Cyprinus carpio)与雄性三倍体鲫为亲本构建的杂种家系的基因型,结果发现母本鲤的多态位点在子代中呈孟德尔分离,父本三倍体鲫具有三套鲫基因组,其等位基因在子代中呈随机分离。上述研究结果提示:三倍体鲫起源于二倍体鲫的同源加倍,而非二倍体鲫和鲤的种间杂交;三倍体鲫通过染色体的随机分离产生非整倍体的精子,其精子发生过程中没有均等的减数分裂。三倍体鲫行雌核发育生殖,却可能并非起源于种间杂交且群体中的雄性个体可育,因而是单性生殖鱼类中的一个特例。     

从野生群体的基因型图案追踪银鲫雌核发育生殖特征

银鲫(Carassius auratus gibelio)是行雌核发育的三倍体物种,但在自然水域与二倍体普通鲫(Carassius auratus L.)生活在一起,外形上无法区分,在群体遗传学的各种参数上两者也没有明显区别。本研究利用17个二碱基微卫星标记和51个三碱基微卫星标记对2次采样共6个样本组进行了基因型分析。通过对电泳图案及电泳结果的简单描述和比较来分析银鲫和普通鲫在群体遗传学上的差别。在2次采样所得群体的等位基因数和基因型数这2个参数上,普通鲫都明显高于银鲫(第1次所采样本普通鲫与银鲫的基因型数之比217∶175;等位基因数之比188∶163;第2次样本基因型数之比537∶349,等位基因数之比353∶282)。结果也表明在纯合子占优势的基因座,纯合子比例银鲫高于普通鲫,杂合子比例则是普通鲫远远高于银鲫;与此完全相反,在杂合子占优势的基因座,纯合子比例银鲫低于普通鲫,杂合子比例则是银鲫远远高于普通鲫。研究还通过比较普通鲫的基因座遗传平衡数据,讨论了银鲫群体基因座不平衡现象的特征和产生的原因。     

鲤、鲫杂交子代的同工酶分析

利用水平式淀粉凝胶电泳法对乌克兰鳞鲤(♀)×乌龙鲫四倍体(♂)、红鲫(♀)×乌龙鲫四倍体(♂)、红鲫(♀)×乌龙鲫二倍体(♂)、白鲫(♀)×墨龙鲤(♂)4组鲤鱼、鲫鱼杂交子代背侧肌肉组织的天冬氨酸转氨酶、α-甘油醛磷酸脱氢酶、葡萄糖磷酸异构酶、异柠檬酸脱氢酶、乳酸脱氢酶、苹果酸脱氢酶、磷酸葡萄糖变位酶及肌浆蛋白进行电泳分析,并测量了红细胞长径。红细胞测量结果表明,乌克兰鳞鲤(♀)×乌龙鲫四倍体(♂)、红鲫(♀)×乌龙鲫四倍体(♂)、红鲫(♀)×乌龙鲫二倍体(♂)杂交子代为三倍体,白鲫(♀)×墨龙鲤(♂)杂交子代为二倍体。4组杂交子代葡萄糖磷酸异构酶同工酶的基因组成结果显示,父本乌龙鲫四倍体和父本乌龙鲫二倍体均产生二倍体配子,且二倍体配子中1套为鲤鱼染色体组,1套为鲫鱼染色体组。     

鲤鲫杂交回交鲫染色体核型及DNA含量的分析

将性成熟的鲤鲫杂交鱼一代（F1）的雌鱼与雄性红鲫鱼杂交,获得了回交鲫子代,分析了平均体质量94.2g的1龄回交鲫子一代的细胞染色体核型,测定了其DNA含量。肾细胞直接制片法表明：回交鲫子代染色体由147条组成,即3n=147,NF=222,其核型公式为：3n=51m＋24sm＋27st＋45t。流式细胞记数法结果表明：在20尾鱼中有14尾回交鲫子代细胞的DNA含量是对照鱼（红鲫鱼）的1.5倍,占总鱼数的70%;6尾在2～3倍体之间,非常接近三倍体,占总鱼数的30%。本结果与其细胞染色体核型分析结果基本一致,说明该鱼是以三倍体为主的回交种。     

三倍体湘云鲫及其亲本线粒体DNA的比较研究

用人工选育的异源四倍体鲫鲤（♂）与白鲫（♀）杂交获得具有明显生长优势的三倍体湘云鲫。采用差速离心和核酸酶处理等方法，从三倍体、白鲫和异源四倍体鲫鲤肝组织中提取线粒体DNA，并用9种限制性内切酶进行单酶酶切分析。经琼脂糖凝胶电泳后计算出各酶切片段的大小，测得三倍体、白鲫和异源四倍体鲫鲤mtDNA的分子大小分别为16．24kb、16．60kb和16．20kb。根据各单倍型间的酶切片段共享度，估算出3个群体间的遗传距离，说明了mtDNA母系遗传的特性。     

不同倍性鲫鲤MeCP2基因分子克隆及时空表达分析

为了探寻不同倍性鱼生殖育性的表观遗传调控规律,实验基于不同倍性鲫鲤精巢的转录本信息库设计引物克隆了不同倍性鲫鲤的MeCP2基因。序列比对结果发现,在远缘杂交的过程中基因组发生了遗传重组和变异。基于序列公共部分设计引物,通过半定量PCR和实时定量PCR的方法分析了MeCP2基因在不同倍性鱼发育过程中的时空表达特征。结果还发现,MeCP2基因在所有组织中都有表达,但在脑组织中的表达量最高;纵向对比性腺的发育过程,MeCP2基因的表达量会随着性腺发育成熟而下降;横向对比不同倍性鱼的性腺发育,MeCP2基因在三倍体鱼卵巢中的表达量明显高于二倍体和四倍体鱼,但在精巢中的表达量随鱼的倍性增加而增加。研究表明,MeCP2基因的表达与不同倍性鱼的卵巢发育密切相关,这为研究鱼类生殖不育的分子机理及其在水产育种上的应用奠定了坚实的基础。     

雌核发育草鱼的遗传结构分析和微卫星鉴别方法的建立

采用微卫星标记检测草鱼群体的遗传多样性,并根据纯合度的变化建立了雌核发育草鱼的鉴别技术。结果显示,8个位点共扩增出33个等位基因;在普通草鱼中,平均纯合度和PIC分别为0.203 1和0.552 8;在雌核发育群体中,则为0.716 1和0.357 2;2个群体间遗传相似度为0.873 3。其中,5个位点在雌核发育草鱼中纯合度明显提高,雌核发育草鱼在这5个位点的扩增总条带数为5~7个,普通草鱼则为8~10个,由此可100%区分2个草鱼群体。通过概率计算,理论鉴别概率达到99.92%。研究表明,雌核发育技术对草鱼的群体遗传结构改变较大,是快速建立纯系、固定优良性状的有效手段;根据群体遗传纯合度的改变、扩增条带数目差异,应用多态性微卫星分子标记可以简单、有效地区分雌核发育群体(或与之相似的高度近交群体)与普通群体。     

Studies on fish heterosis with DNA fingerprinting

One Tilapia hybridization, Oreochromis aureus, (Steindachner) ♂ × Oreochromis niloticus, (Linnaeus) ♀, and two common carp, Cyprinus carpio, (Linnaeus) ♂, hybridizations, Russian mirror carp ♂ × Xingguo red carp ♀, and German mirror carp ♂ × Xingguo red carp ♀ were used to study the feasibility of predicting heterosis using genetic distance from DNA fingerprinting. The results indicated that highly polymorphic DNA fingerprints could be obtained with human minisatellite 33.6 as a probe on the studied varieties. The within‐population similarity indices of O. aureus, O. niloticus, Russian mirror carp, German mirror carp and Xingguo red carp were 0.785, 0.577, 0.432, 0.348 and 0.339 respectively. The similarity indices between F1 and their parents of three hybridization combinations were not significantly different (P > 0.05). There were larger genetic distances between two hybridization combinations, O. aureus♂ × O. niloticus♀ and Russian mirror carp ♂ × Xingguo red carp ♀, which showed heterosis in production and were extensively used in Chinese aquaculture. The genetic distance between O. aureus♂ and O. niloticus♀ was 0.338, and that between Russian mirror carp and Xingguo red carp was 0.344. However, the genetic distance between German mirror carp and Xingguo red carp was 0.129; this corresponded with the fact that their F1 generation did not show heterosis in the Chinese fish hybridization experiment. The study suggested that genetic distance could be used to predict fish heterosis.     

彩鲫与红鲫杂交种体色遗传的初步研究

通过彩鲫与红鲫杂交、回交以及不同体色彩鲫（杂交种）自交、杂交,对其子代的体色性状进行了统计学分析。彩鲫与红鲫的体色遗传说明彩色受显性基因控制,红色受隐性基因控制;不同体色彩鲫自交、杂交,其后代的体色分离特性为肉色显性,红色隐性,亲本体色在后代中可以积累增加;肉色、红色彩鲫与眼睛颜色、闪光鳞数具遗传相关性。     

Resource use of crucian carp along a lake productivity gradient is related to body size,predation risk,and resource competition

Generalist fish species can feed on a wide resource spectrum and across trophic levels depending on resource availability and trophic interactions. Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) represents a good candidate species to investigate variation in the trophic ecology of generalist fish as it can be found in highly variable fish communities and its resource use is well documented. In this study, we explored the trophic ecology of crucian carp at the individual and population levels using stable isotope and gut content analysis. We tested if trophic resource use varied according to lake productivity, predation risk, intra- and interspecific competition, or individual fish size. We found that crucian carp resource preference was highly variable among and within lakes. In predator-free lakes, small crucian carp occurred in high densities, showed increased interindividual specialisation, and relied mainly on pelagic zooplankton. In presence of predators, large crucian carp occurred in low densities and included greater proportions of benthic macroinvertebrates in their diet. This shift in resource use was further favoured in productive, shallow lakes where littoral prey were probably abundant. Resource partitioning was an important factor determining crucian carp niche use, as fish had higher trophic position in absence of other cyprinids. Crucian carp showed highly dynamic resource use and food preferences in response to variable environmental conditions. Overlooking complex diet preferences of generalist fish may lead to an oversimplification of freshwater community dynamics.     

Microsatellite–centromere mapping in bighead carp ( Aristichthys nobilis) using gynogenetic diploid families

Gene–centromere mapping using half‐tetrad analysis is a powerful tool for understanding chromosomal behaviour and determining the position of centromeres in relation to genes or markers in fish. In this study, eight gynogenetic diploid families induced by inhibiting of the second meiotic division were genotyped at 66 microsatellite loci for microsatellite–centromere (M‐C) mapping in bighead carp ( Aristichthys nobilis). The absence of paternal alleles verified the success of gynogenetic development in all gynogenetic families. All loci were consistent with Mendelian segregation in control families. The estimated recombination frequency (y) ranged from 0.057 to 0.875 with an average of 0.477 ± 0.222. Seventeen loci (25.76%) showed high M‐C recombination frequencies of over 0.667. M‐C distances ranged from 2.85 to 43.75 cM under the assumption of complete interference. Thus, these loci are distributed from the centromeres to the telomeres of their respective chromosomes, while mainly in the intermediate region. Information on centromere mapping could serve as a starting point to consolidate the genetic linkage groups in bighead carp.     

鳜鱼、青鱼、草鱼、鲤、鲫、鲢消化酶活性的研究

鳜鱼、青鱼、草鱼、鲤、鲫、鲢肝脏蛋白酶活性低于肠蛋白酶。肠蛋白酶活性，鳜鱼最高，其余依次为青鱼、鲤、鲢、草鱼、鲫。鳜鱼、鲢的肠蛋白酶活性由前肠向后肠递减；而青鱼、鲤、草鱼的则由前肠向后肠递增；鲫则中肠活性最低。六种鱼不同组织的脂肪酶活性因鱼而异。青鱼、鳜鱼、鲤、鲢肝脏中脂肪酶活性低于肠脂肪酶活性（Ｐ＜０．０１）；而草鱼和鲫肝脏中脂肪酶活性与肠脂肪酶活性差异不明显（Ｐ＞０．０５）。六种鱼肝脏中脂肪酶活性由高到低依次为鳜鱼＞鲢＞鲫＞草鱼＞青鱼＞鲤；肠脂肪酶活性顺序为鳜鱼＞鲢＞青鱼＞鲤＞草鱼＞鲫。脂肪酶活性与鱼类食性无明显相关性。不同组织间淀粉酶活性存在差异。鳜鱼的肝脏和肠均有较高淀粉酶活性，青鱼和鲫肝脏中淀粉酶活性低于肠中的；草鱼、鲤和鲢肝脏中淀粉酶活性高于肠中的，但差异不显著。六种鱼中鳜鱼的肝脏淀粉酶活性明显高于其它五种无胃鱼，它们的淀粉酶活性顺序依次为鳜鱼＞鲢＞鲤＞草鱼＞青鱼＞鲫；肠淀粉酶活性顺序为鳜鱼＞鲫＞鲤＞青鱼＞鲢＞草鱼。