通过银染核仁组织区（Ag—NORs）对黄牛品种间遗传关系的探讨

用银染技术对中国４个地方黄牛品种（蒙古牛，泰川牛，岭南牛和西镇牛）４０头牛的Ａｇ－ＮＯＲｓ作了比较研究，并根据不同Ａｇ－ＮＯＲｓ的个体频率用数学方法估计了４个品种间的遗传距离，以此对４个品种作了聚类分析。结果表明，在４个品种中，西镇牛与岭南牛关系最近，西人扣与蒙古牛关系最远。这与从Ｙ染色体多态性，外形，历史，地理分布及生态类型的研究结果一致。     

安哥拉山羊与建昌黑山羊及其杂种后代的DNA指纹分析

以 (CA/GATA/TCC) 5探针 ,HinfI酶切 ,研究安哥拉山羊和建昌黑山羊及安哥拉山羊与建昌黑山羊级进杂交的F2 、F3的DNA指纹图谱。结果 ,在供试山羊中 ,个体平均检出 1 8.2± 0 .4条谱带 ,安哥拉山羊、F2 、F3的鉴别机率分别为 1 .38× 1 0 - 12 ,1 .1 8× 1 0 - 13,0 .50× 1 0 - 10 ;群体内相似系数安哥拉山羊为0 .4 539,F2 为 0 .4 0 77,F3为 0 .61 1 1 ;亲子鉴定的父权概率W =0 .9889;安哥拉山羊与建昌黑山羊比较 ,2 .3kb和 8.6kb谱带为安哥拉山羊的特异谱带     

不同居群野生狗牙根材料的SSR分析

为评价新疆狗牙根(Cynodon dactylon)资源的遗传多样性水平,以采自新疆不同地域的狗牙根与部分华南地区及国外的狗牙根为材料,用SSR标记开展遗传多样性研究.结果表明:20对引物共产生142个等位变异,平均每个位点7个,其中有124个等位变异显示多态性,多态位点百分率为87.86％,位点Nei's基因多样性(H)指数平均为0.4347;根据遗传一致性及遗传分化结果,106份狗牙根材料的遗传相似性系数值在0.43～1.0之间,平均0.715,居群间遗传分化系数为0.4119,表明有41.19％的变异存在于居群间,58.81％的变异存在于居群内,居群内的遗传分化大于居群间的遗传分化;根据UPGMA法聚类表明,106份供试材料相似系数为0.39时可聚为3类,材料间的遗传差异与其采集地的关系不很明显,但来自同一地区的材料较多地聚在一起,遗传背景较近,整体来看聚类结果与地理来源有一定的相关性.     

牛遗传图谱的研究进展

20世纪90年代以来,牛遗传图谱发展非常迅速。到目前为止,已经公布了几个版本的遗传图谱。在图谱上DNA标记不断增加,标记间隔越来越小,但是目前图谱还是存在着标记密度不均匀等问题。随着牛基因组计划的完成,基因组学和QTL定位的发展,尤其是表达序列标签（EST）在图谱构建中的应用,牛的遗传图谱将更加完善,为重要经济性状的基因定位和基因克隆奠定了基础。     

扁蓿豆遗传多样性研究初探

论述了扁蓿豆遗传多样性研究的依据,利用不同生境条件下生长的野生和栽培品种,采用形态标记、细胞标记、生化标记和分子标记的方法多方面地对扁蓿豆进行遗传多样性的研究。     

Practical aspects of genetic management of small populations – The Olkuska sheep example

Abstract

The study aimed to identify important factors threatening genetic diversity within small sheep populations, and to propose sustainable management strategies. Demographic evolution, genetic diversity and current genetic management practices were analyzed in a population of Polish Olkuska sheep. Unbalanced contributions of individual rams to the next generation were observed due to differences in the period of their utilization, the number of progeny and the number of daughters used in reproduction. Matings between closely related animals were common. Pedigree completeness was satisfactory and inbreeding coefficient was high, 11.71% for lambs born in 2012. Relatively high values of potential and realized coancestries within flocks showed the importance of keeping more than one ram. The genetic conservation index and average relatedness coefficient, and their comparison between regions was helpful in considering management options. The information on genetic relationships and genetic conservation parameters of rams should be provided to breeders with simple interpretations.     

A Polymorphism in the Melanocortin 4 Receptor Gene (MC4R:c.92C>T) Is Associated with Diabetes Mellitus in Overweight Domestic Shorthaired Cats

Background

Feline diabetes mellitus (DM) shares many pathophysiologic features with human type 2 DM. Human genome‐wide association studies have identified genes associated with obesity and DM, including melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R), which plays an important role in energy balance and appetite regulation.

Hypothesis/Objectives

To identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the feline MC4R gene and to determine whether any SNPs are associated with DM or overweight body condition in cats.

Animals

Two‐hundred forty domestic shorthaired (DSH) cats were recruited for the study. Of these, 120 diabetics were selected (60 overweight, 60 lean), along with 120 nondiabetic controls (60 overweight and 60 lean). Males and females were equally represented.

Methods

A prospective case‐control study was performed. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples and used as template for PCR amplification of the feline MC4R gene. The coding region of the gene was sequenced in 10 cats to identify polymorphisms. Subsequently, genotyping by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis assessed MC4R:c.92C > T allele and genotype frequencies in each group of cats.

Results

No significant differences in MC4R:c.92C>T allele or genotype frequencies were identified between nondiabetic overweight and lean cats. In the overweight diabetic group, 55% were homozygous for the MC4R:c.92C allele, compared to 33% of the lean diabetics and 30% of the nondiabetics. The differences between the overweight diabetic and the nondiabetics were significant (P < .01).

Conclusions and Clinical Importance

We identified a polymorphism in the coding sequence of feline MC4R that is associated with DM in overweight DSH cats, similar to the situation in humans.     

Scrapie resistance alleles are not associated with lower prolificity in Rasa Aragonesa sheep

Scrapie is a prion disease characterised by the accumulation of the pathological associated form of cellular prion protein (PrP(SC)) in the central nervous system. Susceptibility to scrapie is associated with polymorphism in the ovine prion protein (PrP) gene. The European Union has implemented scrapie control programs, relying on selective breeding for scrapie resistance; the use of ARR-carrier and the exclusion of VRQ-carrier were recommended. In this study, 4323 individuals from Rasa Aragonesa Sheep breed were genotyped for the PrP gene and the individual estimated breeding values (EBV) for prolificity were calculated. Most represented PrP alleles do not work against prolificity. Only a significant association between VRQ/VRQ genotype and a lower EBV was observed (p = 0.027, eta2 = 0.002). Therefore, avoiding reproduction of VRQ/VRQ individuals would not cause negative effect regarding prolificity.     

Responses in carcass lean pH at 24 hours post-mortem in lines of Large White pigs selected for growth rate on a fixed ration over a set time

A restricted maximum likelihood analysis applied to an animal model showed no significant differences (P > 0.05) in pH value of the longissimus dorsi measured at 24 h post-mortem (pH24) between high and low lines of Large White pigs selected over 4 years for post-weaning growth rate on restricted feeding. Genetic and phenotypic correlations between pH24 and production and carcass traits were estimated using all performance testing records combined with the pH24 measurements (5.05–7.02) on slaughtered animals. The estimate of heritability for pH24 was moderate (0.29 ± 0.18). Genetic correlations between pH24 and production or carcass composition traits, except for ultrasonic backfat (UBF), were not significantly different from zero. UBF had a moderate, positive genetic correlation with pH24 (0.24 ± 0.33). These estimates of genetic correlations affirmed that selection for increased growth rate on restricted feeding is likely to result in limited changes in pH24 and pork quality since the selection does not put a high emphasis on reduced fatness.     

陇东野生紫花苜蓿过氧化物酶同工酶分析

利用聚丙烯酰胺垂直板凝胶电泳技术对陇东野生紫花苜蓿(Medicago sativa L. cv. Longdong)及其他38个紫花苜蓿品种的过氧化物酶(POD)同工酶酶谱特征进行分析,通过对供试材料间欧氏距离的计算和聚类分析,初步探讨了39个紫花苜蓿材料间的亲缘关系.结果表明:供试材料共表现出11条酶带,且都具有4条主酶带,其中陇东野生紫花苜蓿表现出条酶带;用组间均连法进行聚类分析,39个供试材料可聚为6类,其中陇东野生紫花苜蓿单独为一类,且与其他38个供试材料间的欧氏距离介于0.48～1.622,平均值(1.088)远远高于其他供试材料间的平均欧氏距离(0.533～1.029),表明它们之间的遗传距离相对较大.由此可确定陇东野生紫花苜蓿与其他供试材料间的亲缘关系较远,为一相对独立的紫花苜蓿种质资源,可通过育种途径扩大栽培品种的遗传基础.