南阳牛分子标记研究进展

分子标记技术的开发利用在家畜育种中起着越来越重要的作用.南阳黄牛是中国地方良种黄牛之一.近些年来,已在DNA水平上对南阳牛进行了大量的研究,涉及到南阳牛的分子群体遗传特征及起源进化、经济性状分子遗传标记及相关功能基因多态性研究等.本文对南阳牛分子标记研究方面的成就作了综述,以便促进南阳牛的保护、利用和发展.使传统育种和分子标记辅助选择相结合,推动了南阳牛的育种进程.     

绿色荧光蛋白研究进展

来源于海洋多管水母属的绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因是目前惟一在细胞内稳定表达,在蓝光或长紫外光的激发下,不需要任何反应底物及其他辅助因子就能发出绿色荧光的新型报告基因,无种属、组织和位置特异性,且能监测基因表达、信号转导、共转染、蛋白运输与定位,以及细胞系谱分类等。GFP对细胞无毒性,且检测方法简单,结果真实可靠,目前在多种原核和真核生物研究中得到广泛的应用。文章就GFP的生化特性、GFP的改进及其在分子生物学研究中的应用潜力进行简要阐述。     

利用微卫星标记对7个山羊品种的遗传多样性研究

为了研究小香羊与相邻产区山羊品种之间的亲缘关系,利用7个微卫星位点,以波尔山羊为对照,对中国6个山羊群体进行了遗传检测,计算了各品种群体的等位基因频率、平均杂合度(He)、平均多态信息含量(PIC)和平均有效等位基因数(Ne),同时分析了各品种群体内和群体间的遗传变异,并根据遗传距离进行了NJ聚类。结果表明,各群体的He、PIC、Ne分别为0.778~0.823、0.766~0.809、4.707~5.767;川东黑山羊和川东白山羊聚为一类,乌羊和南江黄羊聚为一类,其次是马头山羊、小香羊,最后是波尔山羊。微卫星标记分析结果与它们的地理分布及品种形成相一致。     

植物真菌和卵菌病暴发的起源和传播

传染病暴发在植物、动物和人群中很常见。除了少数已发展为流行病和大流行病外,在很大程度上大多数传染病暴发的原因仍未知,植物真菌和卵菌病暴发尤其如此。所有流行病和大流行病都是从局部暴发开始,然后蔓延到更广泛的地理区域,因此了解其初始暴发的原因对于有效预防和控制植物病害流行病和大流行病至关重要。该文首先描述疾病暴发的定义和检测,随后简要描述导致植物传染病暴发的主要原因,包括寄主植物、病原体及其相关的环境因素,以一种真菌和一种卵菌病原体为例简要概述宿主病原体系统,并强调分子工具在帮助揭示病原体的起源和传播及其暴发及大流行方面的作用。由于人为活动及气候的加速变化,植物病害暴发的可能性越来越大,最后提出应该如何应对其暴发。     

刺槐叶瘿蚊群体微卫星分析中样本量对遗传多样性指标的影响

采用微卫星标记进行刺槐叶瘿蚊群体遗传研究时,群体的样本量对遗传多样性指标准确性有一定影响。鉴于此,本实验设置了12个样本量梯度,统计分析在刺槐叶瘿蚊微卫星分子标记研究中,不同样本量对遗传多样性参数的影响,探讨刺槐叶瘿蚊群体遗传结构研究中所需的最适样本量。结果表明,样本量与平均等位基因数、平均有效基因数呈正相关,与平均观测杂合度、平均期望杂合度及内氏遗传多样性指数呈中度相关;在进行刺槐叶瘿蚊群体遗传结构的研究时,最适参数为期望杂合度和内氏遗传多样性指数,最小样本量为20。     

Genetic mapping,marker assisted selection and allelic relationships for the Pu6 gene conferring rust resistance in sunflower

Rust resistance in the sunflower line P386 is controlled by Pu₆, a gene which was reported to segregate independently from other rust resistant genes, such as R₄. The objectives of this work were to map Pu₆, to provide and validate molecular tools for its identification, and to determine the linkage relationship of Pu₆ and R₄. Genetic mapping of Pu₆ with six markers covered 24.8 cM of genetic distance on the lower end of linkage Group 13 of the sunflower consensus map. The marker most closely linked to Pu₆ was ORS316 at 2.5 cM in the distal position. ORS316 presented five alleles when was assayed with a representative set of resistant and susceptible lines. Allelism test between Pu₆ and R₄ indicated that both genes are linked at a genetic distance of 6.25 cM. This is the first confirmation based on an allelism test that at least two members of the R_adv/R₄/R₁₁/ R_13a/R_13b/Pu₆ cluster of genes are at different loci. A fine elucidation of the architecture of this complex locus will allow designing and constructing completely new genomic regions combining genes from different resistant sources and the elimination of the linkage drag around each resistant gene.     

Development of a SNLP marker from the Pi-ta blast resistance gene by tri-primer PCR

The Pi-ta gene from indica introgressed into japonica rice has been used to control the blast disease caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe grisea (Herbert) Barr. (anamorph Pyricularia oryzae Cav.) worldwide. A single nucleotide length polymorphism (SNLP) was identified at the intron region of the Pi-ta gene to develop a codominant Pi-ta gene marker suitable for genotyping with an automated machine. The DNA primer specific to the resistant Pi-taallele was labeled with blue dye (FAM, 6-carboxyfluorescein) as a forward primer, the DNA primer specific to the susceptible pi-ta allele was labeled with green dye (HEX, 4,7,2′,4′,5′,7′-hexachloro-6-carboxyfluorescein) as another forward primer and the DNA primer identical to both Pi-ta/pi-ta alleles was unlabeled as the reverse primer for polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Using these three primers, a 181-bp blue peak in homozygous resistant and a green peak of 182–183 bp in homozygous susceptible, and both peaks in heterozygous plants were produced by PCR. The utility of marker was verified using a segregating F₂ population, inbred cultivated lines, dominant markers and pathogenicity testing. A codominant Pi-ta marker was thus developed for effective Pi-ta assisted selection for crop improvement. Using highly homologous competitive primers for allele detection by PCR can benefit the study of genome organization of the complex locus. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Developing gene-tagged molecular markers for functional analysis of starch-synthesizing genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The granule-bound starch synthase(GBSS), starch branching enzymes 1 (SBE1)and 3 (SBE3) are major enzymes involved in starch biosynthesis in rice endosperm. Available sequences of Sbe1 and Sbe3 genes encoding corresponding SBE1 and SBE3 have been used to identify homologous regions from genome databases of both the indica rice 93-11 and the japonica rice Nipponbare. Sequence diversities were exploited to develop gene-tagged markers to distinguish an indica allele from a japonica allele for both Sbe1 and Sbe3 loci. With these newly developed gene-tagged markers and available Wx gene markers, the roles of these starch-synthesizing genes (Sbe1, Sbe3, and Wx) in determining amylose content (AC) in the rice endosperm were evaluated using a double-haploid (DH)population derived from a cross between the indica rice cv. Nanjing11 and the japonica rice cv. Balilla. Only the Wx and Sbe3 loci had significant effects on the AC variation. On average, indica Wx ^a genotypes showed ∼9.1% higher AC than japonica Wx ^b genotypes, while indica Sbe3 ^a genotypes showed ∼1.0% lower AC than japonica Sbe3 ^b genotypes. A significant interaction was also observed between Wx and Sbe3 loci whereby the amylose content was 0.3% higher in Sbe3 ^a than Sbe3 ^b genotypes in the presence of the Wx ^a allele, but it was lower by 2.3% in the presence of the Wx ^b allele. Overall, polymorphisms at the Wx and Sbe3 loci together could account for 79.1% of the observed AC variation in the DH population. The use of gene-tagged markers in marker-assisted selection and gene functional analysis was also discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

RAPD分子标记技术及其在草坪植物研究中的应用

介绍了RAPD分子标记的原理和特点，以及该技术在草坪植物种质资源的遗传多样性分析、亲缘关系及系统进化研究、品种及杂种纯度鉴定中的应用，同时阐述了它在草坪植物研究领域中存在的问题及其展望。