Sexual compatibility of transgenic soybean and different wild soybean populations

The introduction of genetically modified (GM) soybean into farming systems raises great concern that transgenes from GM soybean may flow to endemic wild soybean via pollen. This may increase the weediness of transgenic soybean by increasing the fitness of hybrids under certain conditions and threaten the genetic diversity of wild soybean populations. Although pollen-mediated gene flow between GM crops and wild relatives is dependent on many factors, the sexual compatibility (SC) determined by their genetic backgrounds is the conclusive factor. The considerable genetic variation among wild soybean populations may cause compatibility differences between different wild and cultivated soybeans. Thus, an evaluation of the SC between transgenic soybean and different wild soybeans is essential for assessing the environmental consequences of cultivated soybean–wild soybean transgene flow. The podding and seed sets were assessed after artificial hybridization using transgenic glyphosate-resistant soybean as the paternal parent and 18 wild soybean populations as the maternal parents. Then, the average number of filled seeds produced in 200 flowers (AFS) was calculated for each wild soybean under natural self-pollination as well as under artificial crossing with transgenic soybean. Finally, the index of cross-SC was calculated (ICSC) as the ratio of the AFS of wild soybean artificially crossed with transgenic soybean and the AFS of naturally self-pollinated wild soybean. The results demonstrated that after self-pollination and crossing with transgenic soybean, the average podding rates of 18 wild soybean populations ranged within 96.50–99.50% and 4.92–18.03%, and the average filled seed numbers per pod varied from 1.70 to 2.69 and 0.20 to 0.48, respectively. The results showed that approximately 89% of wild soybeans displayed either medium or higher than medium SC with transgenic soybean (ICSC>1.0%). This implied the high possibility of gene flow via pollen from transgenic soybean to wild soybean.     

白菜基因组导入芥菜的远缘杂交及后代分离偏向性

【目的】研究远缘杂交将结球白菜的A基因组导入包心芥菜,利用高分辨率熔解曲线(high-resolution melting, HRM)结合InDel标记辅助选择技术,筛选出保留白菜基因较多的回交后代,改良包心芥的结球性,丰富包心芥菜的种质资源。【方法】利用幼胚培养技术辅助6份包心芥菜与2份结球白菜进行远缘杂交和回交,选取20个InDel标记追踪白菜A基因组全部染色体,从192的BC₁单株中筛选出白菜A基因组标记占比较高的单株。田间调查筛选结球性近似结球白菜的单株。【结果】远缘杂交结合幼胚培养获得了9个种间杂种组合和14个BC₁群体。筛选并获得203个在全基因组分布均匀的可区分白菜与芥菜的HRM-InDel标记;利用20个InDel标记追踪192株BC₁单株的白菜基因,分离群体偏向传递白菜基因组,有54棵单株标记含量超过90%。【结论】幼胚培养技术可提高白菜与芥菜远缘杂交后回交的结实率,并可加快育种进程;筛选出了白菜基因组占比较高的组合和单株;分离群体明显偏向于传递白菜基因。     

关于贝类遗传改良几个问题的讨论

贝类大多为雌雄异体，少数种类是雌雄同体，在雌雄异体的种类也有部分个体表现为雌雄同体，而且雌雄异体型贝类还常有性转变现象。养殖贝类大多行体外受精并具有配子量大、子裔数量多等特点。野生型贝类表型方差大，遗传变异水平高。可见，贝类是一群比较独特的动物，其生殖方面的某些特性与作物的共同点甚至超过与高等动物的共同点。因此仅依靠脊椎动物或植物的育种方法，难以解决好贝类的种质改良问题。     

杂色鲍与盘鲍种间杂交受精率的影响因素

研究卵子排放后的时间、精子排放后的时间、授精精子浓度、胰蛋白酶、钙离子、pH和水温等因子对杂色鲍(Haiotisdiversicolor,以下简称S)与盘鲍(H.discus discu,以下简称J)种间杂交受精率的影响。结果表明,卵子排放后的时间和授精精子浓度是影响杂交受精率两个最重要的因素。与自繁组合相比,正反杂交受精率均较低且下降速度快得多。水温21.5℃时,两亲本自繁对照组中,卵子排放1 h对受精率均无显著影响。而SJ杂交,卵子排放时间2 min时,受精率为55.9%±8.1%,4.7 min时受精率已下降了50%;JS杂交,卵子排放时间为4 min时,受精率为31.5%±9.7%,10 min时受精率下降至4 min时的29.1%。相比之下,精子排放时间对杂交受精率的影响小得多,3 h内对正反交杂交受精率没有显著影响。杂交适宜精子浓度约为母本自繁的100倍,其中SJ杂交适宜授精精子浓度为6.0×106~2.4×107mL-1,JS杂交适宜授精精子浓度为3.8×107~7.5×107mL-1。水温对于杂交受精率也有影响,短时间内将水温控制在26~29℃可以得到较高受精率。其他实验因素,如添加胰蛋白酶、Ca2+或改变授精体系pH对杂交受精率均无正向作用。     

抑制消减杂交（SSH）及其在鱼类基因克隆中的应用

和其它脊椎动物一样,在鱼类的生命进程中,某种特定类型的细胞中只有比例约为10%～15%的基因表达.由于这些基因的特异性决定了从受精卵到机体死亡的整个生命过程,所以这些基因的时空表达是受到严格调控的.在不同发育阶段,不同生理状态和不同类型的细胞中,表达的基因各不相同.因此,比较两种不同类型细胞中基因表达的差异,可以探究表型的遗传原因,了解生命过程的基本信息,从而找到与发育、疾病等相关的基因.     

Identification of Mycobacterium spp. isolated from snakehead, Channa striata (Fowler), and Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens (Regan), using polymerase chain reaction–reverse cross blot hybridization (PCR–RCBH)

A variety of methods have been used to identify Mycobacterium spp. isolated from snakehead and Siamese fighting fish, including biochemistry, mycolic acid profiles and antibody-based methods. However, these methods are unable to differentiate between different species of Mycobacterium . Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by reverse cross blot hybridization (RCBH) was adapted in this study to speciate aquatic mycobacteria. The method was highly specific for Mycobacterium spp. and identified the bacteria to species level with a detection limit of 100 fg DNA, equivalent to 20 mycobacteria. Twenty-nine isolates previously collected and cultured from Siamese fighting fish (10 isolates) and snakehead (19 isolates) during outbreaks of mycobacteriosis were analysed using PCR–RCBH. Six of the Siamese fighting fish isolates and nine of the snakehead isolates were identified as Mycobacterium fortuitum , while the remainder were classified as M. marinum . Notably, two isolates recovered from snakehead and Siamese fighting fish, previously identified as M. poriferae and M. piscicida , respectively, were confirmed to be M. fortuitum .     

中国贝类染色体研究现状与进展

对我国已报道的81种贝类染色体研究进行了综述,并结合贝类分子系统进化研究成果,探讨了我国贝类染色体数目与染色体组成的进化趋势。     

利用InDel标记鉴定水稻籼粳交衍生株系的籼粳属性

通过籼粳杂交培育了9个水稻品系,进行形态指数法和分子标记法籼粳属性鉴定.结果表明,GY908、GY1128、GY1124和GY2888属籼稻类型,GY926和GY2750属偏籼类型,GY726、GY770、GY1134属偏粳类型,与分子标记的遗传距离聚类分析结果一致.说明通过籼粳渐渗手段,培育中间型水稻品系,对丰富水稻新材料的遗传背景具有重要意义.     

氯酸钾促龙眼成花机理的研究进展

“KClO3-longan model system”除了具有生产应用上的意义,更具有重要的科研潜力和科研价值.对氯酸钾促龙眼成花的植物生理学及分子生物学机理研究进行简介.