一种改良的快速高质大豆基因组DNA提取方法

为了探索一种适用于大豆叶片基因组DNA的快速、高效的提取方法,在传统的SDS提取方法的基础上,通过将缓冲液成分和浓度进行改良并加入表面活性剂Tween-20,优化实验流程。用限制性内切酶对该方法提取的DNA进行酶切及电泳检测,可得均一弥散条带。以提取的DNA模版扩增大豆Actin基因,测序后证实片段正确。同样以其为模版以SSR引物Sctt011进行SSR-PCR反应,并通过聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测,也可观察到特异性明显且无杂质的目的条带。实验结果表明,该方法提取的DNA完全符合各种分子实验的要求。本研究方法可用于快速提取大豆叶片基因组DNA,同时提高了提取DNA的质量。     

三种赤潮微藻基因组DNA快速制备方法的研究

采用超声波法、煮沸法和微波法3种方法分别对塔玛亚历山大藻、环状异帽藻和角毛藻进行细胞破碎及快速制备基因组DNA的研究。通过细胞计数和DNA浓度测定的手段对三种方法进行了比较,以选择适合不同藻种的细胞破碎方法。结果表明,塔玛亚历山大藻和环状异帽藻用超声波法破碎效果较好;角毛藻用微波法较好。对用该三种方法制备的基因组DNA做了PCR扩增,电泳检测表明,与CTAB法扩增效果一样。本文建立的微藻DNA快速制备方法有望应用在赤潮藻类的快速分子鉴定方面。     

Comparative genome analysis reveals a distinct influence of nucleotide composition on virus–host species‐specific interaction of prawn‐infecting nodavirus

Discovery of species‐specific interaction between the host and virus has drawn the interest of many researchers to study the evolution of the newly emerged virus. Comparative genome analysis provides insights of the virus functional genome evolution and the underlying mechanisms of virus–host interactions. The analysis of nucleotide composition signified the evolution of nodavirus towards host specialization in a host‐specific mutation manner. GC‐rich genome of betanodavirus was significantly deficient in UpA and UpU dinucleotides composition, whilst the AU‐rich genome of gammanodavirus was deficient in CpG dinucleotide. The capsid of MrNV and PvNV of gammanodavirus retains the highest abundance of adenine and uracil at the second codon position, respectively, which were found to be very distinctive from the other genera. ENC‐GC3 plot inferred the influence of natural selection and mutational pressure in shaping the evolution of MrNV RdRp and capsid, respectively. Furthermore, CAI/eCAI analysis predicts a comparable adaptability of MrNV in squid, Sepia officinalis than its natural host, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Thus, further study is warranted to investigate the capacity of MrNV replication in S. officinalis owing to its high codon adaptation index.     

Designing optimal training sets for genomic prediction using adversarial validation with probit regression

Genomic selection (GS) is a disruptive methodology that is revolutionizing animal and plant breeding. However, its practical implementation is challenging since many times there is a mismatch in the distribution of the training and testing sets. Adversarial validation is an approach popular in machine learning to detect and address the difference between the training and testing distributions. For this reason, the adversarial validation method in this research was implemented using probit regression to detect the mismatch in distributions and also to select an optimal training set. We evaluated the proposed method with 14 datasets, and the results were benchmarked regarding of using the whole reference population and simple random samples. We found that the proposed method is effective for detecting the mismatch in distributions and outperformed in prediction accuracy by 11.67% (in terms of mean square error) and by 5.35% (in terms of normalized mean square error) when the whole reference population was used as training sets. Also, in general, this outperformed some existing methods for optimal training designs in the context of GS.     

条斑紫菜基因组Fosmid文库构建

高分子量基因组文库是开展条斑紫菜基因组学研究的必备工具。构建了由23 040个Fosmid克隆组成的条斑紫菜孢子体无偏倚基因组文库。检测分析表明：文库克隆重组率为100%;插入DNA片段长度为28~40 kb,平均长度为35 kb,文库覆盖率约为条斑紫菜基因组的2.78倍;从超级池中筛查条斑紫菜18S rRNA、atpA、h2A、rbcL基因,至少能得到一个阳性克隆,印证了计算所推测的文库覆盖率;随机选取6个Fosmid克隆经100代传代后插入DNA片段未发生丢失或长度变化,表明克隆传代的稳定性。该文库的构建为开展条斑紫菜基因组特性分析和基因克隆奠定了基础。     

5种中国兰花RAPD反应条件的优化

以5种中国兰花为材料,提取了其叶片基因组DNA;以春兰叶片的基因组DNA为模板,优化了RAPD的反应条件.试验结果表明：春兰基因组DNA的最适扩增条件为,25μL体系,Taq酶0.08 U/μL,dNTP 240μmol/L,Mg^2＋1.2mmol/L,随机引物0.5μmol/L,模板DNA6.2 ng/μL;反应因子低于最适值,会导致扩增带数减少甚至无带;但若高于最适值,则会出现带的弥散或缺失.     

Breeding for provitamin A biofortification of maize (Zea mays L.)

Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevailing in children and women of developing countries. Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness, growth retardation, xerophthalmia and increases the susceptibility against epidemic diseases. Among different interventions of overcoming malnutrition, biofortification is the most acceptable and preferred intervention among researchers, growers and consumers. Maize is grown and consumed in those regions where vitamin A deficiency is most prevalent; thus, targeting this crop for provitamin A biofortification is the most appropriate solution. Different breeding strategies including diversity analysis, introduction and stability analysis of exotic germplasm, hybridization, heterosis breeding, mutagenesis and marker‐assisted selection are practised for exploring maize germplasm and development of provitamin A‐enriched cultivars. Genome‐wide association selection and development of transgenic maize genotypes are also being practised, whereas RNA interference and genome editing tools could also be used as potential strategies for provitamin A biofortification of maize genotypes. The use of these breeding strategies for provitamin A biofortification of maize is comprehensively reviewed to provide a working outline for maize breeders.     

Genes encoding heat shock proteins in the endoparasitoid wasp,Cotesia chilonis,and their expression in response to temperatures

Five genes encoding heat shock proteins (HSPs), Cchsp40, Cchsp60, Cchsp70, Cchsc70 and Cchsp90, were cloned and sequenced from Cotesia chilonis using RT-PCR and RACE. The cDNA sequences of Cchsp40, Cchsp60, Cchsp70, Cchsc70 and Cchsp90 were 1 265, 2 551, 2 094, 2 297 and 2 635 bp in length, respectively, with a molecular weight (MW) of 39.1, 60.6, 71.45, 70.19 and 82.92 kDa, respectively. The predicted amino acid sequences of these proteins showed high similarities with published HSPs of other insects in Hymenoptera. Analysis of genomic DNAs indicated that Cchsp40, Cchsp60, Cchsp70 and Cchsp90 lacked introns, but Cchsc70 contained an intron. The results also suggested that CcHSP40 in C. chilonis was the Type II HSP40, CcHSP60 was a member of the mitochondrial HSP60 family, and CcHSP90 was a part of cytoplasmic HSP90A family. Expression patterns varied in the five Cchsps in response to temperature. Expression of Cchsp40 and Cchsp60 was induced significantly by cold but not heat stress. Cchsp70 and Cchsc70 showed similar response to the thermal stress and could be induced by both cold and heat, but their expression levels were consistently lower than that of Cchsp40 and Cchsp60. Cchsp90 could be induced by heat stress and mild cold, but not cold stress. In addition, the results demonstrated Cchsc70 might be constitutive and inducible protein that was expressed during normal cell functioning and also up-regulated in response to stressful stimuli while Cchsp70 was solely inducible protein induced by temperature changes. Overall, results generated from this study could significantly advance the understanding of Cchsps in response to temperature and provide important biological information for C. chilonis insects that reared under different temperatures.     

海蜇Frizzled1基因的克隆及在无性繁殖中的表达

采用RACE技术解析了海蜇(Rhopilema esculentum)Frizzled1基因的cDNA和基因组结构:Re-Fzd1基因的全长cDNA为2387 bp,其中编码区为1761bp,编码586个氨基酸的多肽。SMART分析表明,Re-Fzd1基因具备Fzd家族共同的结构特征,包括:一个由23个氨基酸组成的信号肽,一个位于N-末端富含10个保守半胱氨酸残基的半胱氨酸富集域(CRD),一个含有7个跨膜片段的跨膜结构域,以及一个含有5个重要的磷酸化位点的C端尾巴。多序列比对表明,Re-Fzd1基因与刺胞动物贝螅(Hydra echinata)、水螅(Hydra vulgaris)、半球美螅水母(Clytia hemisphaerica)和海葵(Nematostella vectensis)Fzd1具有高度相似性,与来自脊椎动物人(Homo sapiens)、鼠(Mus musculus)、爪蟾(Xenopus laevis)和斑马鱼(Danio rerio)的Fzd1、Fzd2和Fzd7家族基因也具有较高的同源性。基于N-J法,将人、鼠、爪蟾、斑马鱼和果蝇(Drosophila melanogaster)所有Fzd家族基因系统进化分析显示,除果蝇外,所有Fzd家族成员聚类成4个类群,11个亚家族,海蜇Re-Fzd1基因首先与刺胞动物门的Fzd1聚类在一起,然后与脊椎动物Fzd1、Fzd2和Fzd7三个家族聚成一个类群,表明脊椎动物Fzd1、Fzd2和Fzd7家族可能与刺胞动物门的Fzd1起源于同一个共同祖先。Re-Fzd1基因组序列中不含有内含子。实时荧光定量PCR结果显示,Re-Fzd1基因在海蜇无性繁殖的4个发育阶段均有表达,其中,表达量最高的横裂体阶段是表达量最低的稚水母阶段的3.67倍。整体原位杂交显示,在海蜇横裂体时期,Re-Fzd1原位表达在触手、基座及发生横裂的部位。这些结果都表明,Re-Fzd1不但参与了海蜇的早期发育过程,还调控了海蜇无性繁殖的发生。