体细胞评分与牛奶品质及产奶量的相关性分析

为了探索体细胞评分与牛奶品质及产量相关性,本研究收集了宁夏地区某4个奶牛场的DHI数据,利用SAS软件对SCS与牛奶中乳蛋白率、乳脂率、奶产量、尿素氮等指标的相关性进行统计分析.结果表明,SCS与日产奶量呈显著负相关(P<0.05),与乳脂率、乳蛋白率和尿素氮没有显著的相关性.     

A Cathepsin B Inhibitor,E-64, Improves the Preimplantation Development of Bovine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos

Bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is an important and powerful tool for basic research and biomedical and agricultural applications, however, the efficiency of SCNT has remained extremely low. In this study, we investigated the effects of cathepsin B inhibitor (E-64) supplementation of culture medium on in vitro development of bovine SCNT embryos. We initially used three concentrations of E-64 (0.1, 0.5, 1.0 μm), among which 0.5 μm resulted in the highest rate of blastocysts production after in vitro fertilization (IVF), and was therefore used for further experiments. Blastocyst development of SCNT embryos in the E-64 treatment group also increased relative to the control. Moreover, the cryosurvival rates of IVF and SCNT blastocysts were increased in E-64 treatment groups when compared with the control. On the other hand, we found that IVF and SCNT blastocysts derived from E-64-treated groups had increased total cell numbers and decreased apoptotic nuclei. Furthermore, assessment of the expression of apoptosis-related genes (Bax and Bcl-xL) in bovine IVF and SCNT blastocysts treated with E-64 by real-time RT-PCR analysis revealed suppressed expression of the pro-apoptotic gene Bax and stimulated expression of the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-xL. Taken together, these finding indicate that addition of E-64 to embryo culture medium may have important implications for improving developmental competence and preimplantation quality in bovine IVF and SCNT embryos.     

体细胞胚胎发生杂种马褂木造林密度试验

在福建省将乐国有林场,通过连续3a对引自南京林业大学培育的体细胞胚胎发生杂种马褂木密度试验幼林进行观测研究.结果表明体细胞胚胎发生杂种马褂木适生性强,3a生林分保存率达到99%以上.林分生长良好,3a生时平均树高、胸径分别为2.26 m和2.3 cm,具有良好的推广应用前景.不同造林密度对体细胞胚胎发生杂种马褂木幼林生长总体而言有着显著影响,这种影响在林分2a生后开始得以体现,3a生时影响达到极显著水平.     

苜蓿雄性不育系组织培养技术的研究

以苜蓿雄性不育系Ms-4幼嫩茎段、叶片、叶柄为外植体,诱导苜蓿雄性不育系再生植株.结果表明:叶柄是诱导愈伤组织的良好外植体,体细胞胚诱导率为90%,再生率49%.苜蓿雄性不育系插条生根的最佳处理为接种前用水进行预处理0.5h,外植体为完整插条,培养基为A1、A2,其生根率为97%,生根系数为5.3.     

Endothelin-1 concentrations in clone calves, their surrogate dams, and fetal fluids at birth: association with oxygen treatment

Increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) plasma concentration in human infants is associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, a problem also identified in calves derived from somatic cell clone technology. Increased ET-1 also is present in the amnionic fluid and plasma of the infant and mother in preeclampsia, a condition associated with abnormal placentation. Abnormalities in placentation are identified in clone calves. We measured ET-1 in fetal fluid, calf plasma, and surrogate dam plasma in 40 clone calves at the time of term delivery. Calves were subsequently identified as being either oxygen treated (O2) or non-oxygen treated based on their postpartum clinical course. Fetal fluid ET-1 concentration greater than 1.4 ng/mL carried a 3-fold increase in odds of the calf being treated with oxygen. Maternal plasma ET-1 concentration was greater in the O2 group (13 pg/ mL: [8-23 pg/mL] versus 25 pg/mL [12-40 pg/mL]; median, 25-75 percentile). Plasma ET-1 concentration in calves was not significantly different between groups. Fetal fluid ET-1 may serve as a marker for neonatal disorders of oxygenation in clone calves and the source of ET-1 may be the placenta.     

Incongruity of interspecific and intergeneric crosses involving Nicotiana and Petunia species that exhibit potential for somatic hybridization

Summary Extensive pollinations were made in attempts to produce selected intergeneric or interspecific hybrids using Nicotiana and Petunia species that exhibit potential for somatic hybridization. Pollination between pairs of species was done by standard and bud-pollination methods. Nicotiana alata or N. tabacum when pollinated reciprocally with selected Petunia species failed to produce hybrids. Likewise, no interspecific hybrids were obtained between Petunia parviflora and 4 Petunia species or P. hybrida. The type of incongruity existing between these species is discussed in relation to the production of hybrids by standard In vitro techniques as compared to somatic hybridization.On leave from the Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan, USA. supported by a European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) fellowship and The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation, N. Y., USA.Supported by the Agricultural Research Council.     

奶牛乳体细胞数变化及影响因素调查

调查分析了大庆地区四个规模化牧场近3年奶牛DHI数据。结果表明,乳体细胞评分均值为5.05(其乳体细胞数均值为49万·mL-1)。75.75%的奶牛个体,其生鲜乳体细胞数小于50万·mL-1。胎次、泌乳阶段、自然月份等因素影响奶牛生鲜乳体细胞数。调查结果为牛场奶牛综合管理及制定科学可行的乳房炎防治措施提供依据。     

高等植物小孢子胚胎发生的细胞和分子生化机制研究进展

小孢子胚胎发生的细胞学研究已取得了显著进展,并分离鉴定出一些小孢子胚胎发生表达的胚胎专一基因,但小孢子胚胎发生的机理尚未完全明确。综述了高等植物小孢子胚胎发生的细胞学以及分子和生物化学方面的最新研究进展,旨为进一步揭示小孢子的胚胎发生机理提供十分有用的信息。     

落叶松体细胞胚胎发生研究进展

综述了欧洲落叶松、日本落叶松、欧日和日欧杂种落叶松、西部落叶松和华北落叶松体细胞胚胎发生的研究进展，对胚性培养物的超低温保存、原生质体培养和基因转化等技术进行了介绍，并对落叶松体细胞胚胎发生的研究趋势作了展望。     

花楸树体细胞胚与合子胚的发生发育

利用花楸树人工控制授粉后的未成熟合子胚进行体细胞胚的诱导培养,通过石蜡切片、扫描电镜和透射电镜对合子胚和体细胞胚的发生发育过程进行组织、细胞观察。结果表明:1)体细胞胚发生进程与合子胚相似,均经历了球形期、心形期、鱼雷形期,最终发育成成熟胚;2)直接发生和间接发生在愈伤组织表面的体细胞胚均为单细胞起源,间接发生在愈伤组织内部的体细胞胚存在单细胞起源,同时还存在可能的多细胞起源;3)子叶和愈伤组织表面发生的体细胞胚在发育早期均具明显的胚柄,鱼雷形胚期胚柄退化;4)愈伤组织内部发生的体细胞胚没有胚柄;5)与合子不同,胚性细胞的第1次分裂为均等分裂;6)多细胞原胚周围降解的细胞具有细胞程序性死亡的形态特征。