甘蔗泛素结合酶基因的克隆与表达

为克隆鉴定甘蔗泛素结合酶基因(Sugarcane ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme,ScUBc E2)并探索其在激素信号通路和甘蔗与黑穗病互作过程中的作用,选择黑穗病菌胁迫下甘蔗抑制消减杂交文库(Suppression subtractive hybridization,SSH)中注释为泛素结合酶的差异表达EST序列为探针,结合电子克隆技术和RT-PCR技术,以甘蔗cDNA为模板进行泛素结合酶基因克隆.对克隆获得的序列进行生物信息学分析,并利用qRT-PCR技术分析该基因在甘蔗根、蔗髓、叶、芽中的组织特异性表达以及在黑穗病菌、茉莉酸甲酯(Methyl jasmonate,Me JA)、脱落酸(Abscisic acid,ABA)和水杨酸(Salicylic acid,SA)胁迫下的表达情况.最终克隆得到一条长度为699 bp的甘蔗泛素结合酶基因(ScUBc E2;Gen Bank accession number:KJ577594.1),该基因包含长度为447 bp的完整开放读码框,编码148个氨基酸.生物信息学分析结果显示,ScUBc E2编码的蛋白分子量(Mr)为16.507×10~3;无信号肽,为碱性不稳定的亲水蛋白;包含4个α螺旋、4个β折叠和一些无规则卷曲;第15位氨基酸为泛素化位点,74-89位氨基酸为活性位点;在进化过程中与高粱泛素结合酶基因的亲缘关系最近.qRT-PCR分析结果表明,ScUBc E2基因组成型表达,但在芽中的表达量最高;其表达在甘蔗感黑穗病基因型ROC22中受到黑穗病菌胁迫的抑制,在黑穗病抗病基因型YC05-179中则先被抑制,后被诱导;ScUBc E2基因受MeJA及SA诱导表达,对ABA胁迫的响应不明显.本研究表明,甘蔗ScUBc E2基因在抗病基因型和感病基因型甘蔗中存在不同表达模式,可能参与甘蔗与黑穗病菌的互作过程,有望为抗病育种分子标记提供潜在基因资源;同时,该基因受MeJA和SA外源激素胁迫后的表达模式,可为泛素-蛋白酶体途径及激素调控的信号转导在甘蔗与黑穗病菌互作过程中的作用提供一定的理论依据.     

甘蔗泛素结合酶基因的克隆与表达北大核心CSCD

为克隆鉴定甘蔗泛素结合酶基因（Sugarcane ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme,ScUBc E2）并探索其在激素信号通路和甘蔗与黑穗病互作过程中的作用,选择黑穗病菌胁迫下甘蔗抑制消减杂交文库（Suppression subtractive hybridization,SSH）中注释为泛素结合酶的差异表达EST序列为探针,结合电子克隆技术和RT-PCR技术,以甘蔗cDNA为模板进行泛素结合酶基因克隆.对克隆获得的序列进行生物信息学分析,并利用qRT-PCR技术分析该基因在甘蔗根、蔗髓、叶、芽中的组织特异性表达以及在黑穗病菌、茉莉酸甲酯（Methyl jasmonate,Me JA）、脱落酸（Abscisic acid,ABA）和水杨酸（Salicylic acid,SA）胁迫下的表达情况.最终克隆得到一条长度为699 bp的甘蔗泛素结合酶基因（ScUBc E2;Gen Bank accession number：KJ577594.1）,该基因包含长度为447 bp的完整开放读码框,编码148个氨基酸.生物信息学分析结果显示,ScUBc E2编码的蛋白分子量（Mr）为16.507×10^3;无信号肽,为碱性不稳定的亲水蛋白;包含4个α螺旋、4个β折叠和一些无规则卷曲;第15位氨基酸为泛素化位点,74-89位氨基酸为活性位点;在进化过程中与高粱泛素结合酶基因的亲缘关系最近.qRT-PCR分析结果表明,ScUBc E2基因组成型表达,但在芽中的表达量最高;其表达在甘蔗感黑穗病基因型ROC22中受到黑穗病菌胁迫的抑制,在黑穗病抗病基因型YC05-179中则先被抑制,后被诱导;ScUBc E2基因受MeJA及SA诱导表达,对ABA胁迫的响应不明显.本研究表明,甘蔗ScUBc E2基因在抗病基因型和感病基因型甘蔗中存在不同表达模式,可能参与甘蔗与黑穗病菌的互作过程,有望为抗病育种分子标记提供潜在基因资源;同时,该基因受MeJA和SA外源激素胁迫后的表达模式,可为泛素-蛋白酶体途径及激素调控的信号转导在甘蔗与黑穗病菌互作过程中的作用提供一定的理论依据.     

游蛇科（Colubridae）10种的随机扩增多态DNA研究

用随机扩增多态ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）技术对游蛇科１０种蛇基因组ＤＮＡ的多态性进行了分子遗传标记的研究，所得数据经聚类分析结果提示，１．蛇类种内个体间在着遗传多样性妈个体间的差异，随机扩增多态ＤＮＡ片段共享度的分析表明，种间差异显著大于种内个体间的差异，说明在研究种间系统演化关系时，可以用随机取样的个体代表一个种作种间的比较．２．锦蛇属是一高度分化的大属，本研究中的５种锦蛇间，玉斑锦蛇和红点锦蛇关系的较     

粗山羊草间杂交及抗条锈病新基因遗传分析和分子标记

粗山羊草是小麦野生近缘属种,是D基因组的供体,蕴含大量的抗病资源,是进行小麦遗传改良的重要资源.选取条锈病免疫材料Y206和高度感病材料Y121杂交后代进行遗传分析和抗病性鉴定.从粗山羊草[Aegilops tauschii(Coss.)Schmal]Y206中鉴定出1个显性抗小麦条锈病基因,暂定名为YrY206.并利用SSR分子标记对该抗病基因标记定位,应用分离群体分组法(Bulked segregant analysis,BSA)筛选到Wmc11a、Xgwm71c、Xgwm161和xgwm183标记,与该基因之间的遗传距离分别为4.0 cM、3.3 cM、1.5 cM和9.3 cM.根据连锁标记所在小麦微卫星图谱的位置,YrY206被定位在3DS染色体上,可能是一个新的抗小麦条锈病基因.图2表2参22     

游蛇科（Colubridae）10种蛇的随机扩增多态DNA研究

用随机扩增多态ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）技术对游蛇科１０种蛇基因组ＤＮＡ的多态性进行了分子遗传标记的研究．所得数据经聚类分析结果提示：１．蛇类种内个体间存在着遗传多样性即个体间的差异，随机扩增多态ＤＮＡ片段共享度的分析表明，种间差异显著大于种内个体间的差异，说明在研究种间系统演化关系时．可以用随机取样的个体代表一个种作种间比较．２．锦蛇属是一高度分化的大属，本研究中的５种锦蛇间．玉斑锦蛇和红点锦蛇关系较近．可以井为１组．另３种归为１组还是分为３个不同的组尚难定论．３．游蛇科６个属之间．锦蛇属、乌梢蛇属和鼠蛇属３属间亲缘关系较近．Ｒｈａｂｏｐｈｉｓ和Ｓｉｎｏｎａｔｒｉｘ与链蛇属较近．它们可能代表该科中较原始的类群．     

甘蔗SCoT-PCR反应体系优化与多态性引物筛选及应用

目标起始密码子多态性(Start condon targeted polymorphism,SCoT)分子标记是一种新型的标记,结合了ISSR标记和RAPD标记的优点.本研究针对SCoT-PCR反应体系的影响因素,以甘蔗叶片DNA为材料,在单因子实验的基础上,采用L16(45)正交实验设计,进一步探讨了模板DNA、Mg2+、dNTPs、引物及Taq酶等5个因素对甘蔗SCoT-PCR扩增效果的影响,建立了甘蔗SCoT-PCR的优化反应体系.25μL PCR反应混合液中,含50 ng DNA模板、2.0μL 10×Ex Taq Buffer(Mg2+Plus)、0.625 U Ex Taq酶,dNTP和引物的终浓度分别为0.22 mmol/L和0.9μmol/L.以我国种植面积最大的栽培品种新台糖22号为模板,应用优化体系,对40条SCoT标记引物进行测试,筛选出16条有效扩增的引物,且均为多态性引物,其GC含量在50%～67%之间.该体系的稳定性和SCoT标记引物的扩增能力,通过基于随机选择的4条引物对9份具有地理来源和遗传背景不同的甘蔗种质进行标记分析来验证,结果共扩增出84条带,其中多态性条带占82.14%,平均单条引物可扩增出21条.研究结果为在甘蔗上进一步开发和应用功能性SCoT标记奠定了基础.     

产生全雄子代罗非鱼亲本的分子标记及其遗传多样性分析

通过1对1的配对实验,选取产生全雄性杂交子一代的奥利亚罗非鱼和尼罗罗非鱼亲本,对其进行RAPD分析.在40个引物中筛选出22个重复性好的引物用于两个亲本群体的分子标记和遗传多样性研究,其中5个引物(S236、S328、S471、Opz6、Opz8)扩增出的特异性DNA片段,可以作为区分两个亲本群体的分子标记.在奥利亚罗非鱼群体内,共检出133个位点,多态位点数15,多态位点比例为11.28%,在奥利亚罗非鱼群体内,共检出134个位点,多态位点数26,多态位点比例为19.40%.两个亲本群体内较高的遗传相似指数(S分别为0.9787、0.9462),说明两个群体内的遗传变异较小,纯度高;奥利亚罗非鱼和尼罗罗非鱼的种间遗传距离较大(D=0.2595),表明有产生较强杂种优势的可能     

水稻Wx基因PCR-Acc Ⅰ标记与稻米AC的关系及其辅助育种效果

利用PCR-AccⅠ分子标记分析了105个水稻品种的Wx基因型,结果表明,用该标记检测的Wx基因型与该品种的稻米直链淀粉含量有较好的对应关系,利用PCR-AccⅠ标记可以鉴别籼稻品种直链淀粉含量的高或低;同时,对2个杂交组合F2分离群体的分析表明,PCR-AccI标记与稻米直链淀粉含量是紧密连锁、共分离的.另一方面,以直链淀粉含量中等的优质籼稻保持系D香1B为优质Wx基因供体,运用PCR-AccⅠ分子标记辅助选择,对综合性状优良、配合力高,但直链淀粉含量过高、品质欠佳的籼稻保持系G46B进行品质改良,结果在BC3F2代成功获得了直链淀粉含量中等的纯合TT基因型目标植株,表明PCR-AccⅠ标记用于优质Wx基因的分子标记辅助选择育种是有效的,因而该标记对改良稻米品质有重要作用.图2表3参13     

用SSR标记检测杂交籼稻三系亲本的遗传差异

随机选用分布于水稻(Oryza sativa L.)12条染色体上的110对引物,共筛选出26对具有多态性的SSR引物,对24份杂交籼稻三系亲本材料进行遗传多样性和亲缘关系分析.全部24份亲本中共检测出116对等位基因,每个SSR引物可检测到的等位基因数目为2～7个不等,平均每对引物可以检测到4.4个等位基因.多态信息量(PIC)的变动范围为0.068 9～0.803 6,平均PIC值为0.603 4;期望杂合度(He)的变动范围为0.081 6～0.829 8,平均值为0.616 9;多样性指数(1)变幅为0.173 2～1.791 3,平均为1.160 0.对供试亲本材料根据遗传距离进行UPGMA聚类分析,结果表明,SSR微卫星标记可以将24份亲本材料分为3个大群,各组亲本间的遗传差异较大.通过分子标记辅助育种,可以有效地鉴定供试亲本材料之间的亲缘关系,分析预测新种质材料的遗传差异,可作为选育强优势组合杂交水稻的重要参考指标之一.图2表3参24     

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《分子植物育种》是一份为转基因育种、分子标记辅助育种及常规育种服务的科学杂志,也是中国唯一的一份以育种为名的科学杂志。于2003年创刊,创刊伊始即被美国化学文摘(CA),中国科学引文数据库、中国科技期刊全文数据库、中国引文数据库,中国科技期刊数据库、中文科技期刊数据库,中国核心期刊(遴选)数据库,中国生物学文摘和中国生物学数据库等多家中外文献数据库收录。     

Cloning and expression analysis of ScBAK1 gene and its alternative spliceosome in sugarcane北大核心CSCD

Alternative splicing (AS) is an important part of regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. BAK1 (Brassinosteroid insensitive1-associated receptor kinase 1) is a specific type of plant serine/threonine protein kinases, and can regulate growth and development and natural immunization. To reveal the responses of sugarcane BAK1 gene to the adverse environment, a ScBAK1 gene and its alternative spliceosome, termed ScBAK1 (GenBank accession number: KP032226) and ScBAK1 S1 (GenBank accession number: KP032227), were cloned from leaf cDNA of Yacheng 05-179 utilizing the methods of electronic cloning and RT-PCR. The open reading frame (ORF) length of ScBAK1/ScBAK1 S1 gene was 1 860bp/1 770bp, encoding 619/589 amino acids residues. The predicted molecular weight of the protein was 69.28 kDa/ 65.76 kDa. Both proteins were located in plasma membrane, estimated as acid, hydrophikic and secretive proteins. Random coil and alpha helix gave priority to extended strand in their secondary structure without beta turn. The most important protein function was cell envelope, secondly biosynthesis of amino acids and cofactors. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis revealed that the expression of sugarcane ScBAK1 S1 gene exhibited the reduced expression trend under smut fungus stress and various abiotic exogenous stresses, including SA, CuCl2, PEG, ABA, NaCl and JA, while the expression of ScBAK1 gene was induced by SA, CuCl2, PEG, NaCl and smut fungus stresses. The phenomenon showed that the absent sequences or amounts of ScBAK1 S1 gene plays a key role in the response of ScBAK1 to the stress of sugarcane smut fungus, osmotic stress and cell growth. The differential expression of ScBAK1 and ScBAK1 S1 lays a foundation for further research on the function of ScBAK1 gene under biotic and abiotic stress.     

Using Citizen Science Programs to Identify Host Resistance in Pest‐Invaded Forests

Abstract: Threats to native forests from non‐native insects and pathogens (pests) are generally addressed with methods such as quarantine, eradication, biological control, and development of resistant stock through hybridization and breeding. In conjunction with such efforts, it may be useful to have citizen scientists locate rare surviving trees that may be naturally pest resistant or tolerant. The degree of resistance of individual trees identified in this way can be tested under controlled conditions, and the most resistant individuals can be integrated into plant breeding programs aimed at developing pest‐resistant native stock. Involving citizen scientists in programs aimed at identifying rare trees that survive colonization by pests provides a low‐cost means of maximizing search efforts across wide geographic regions and may provide an effective supplement to existing management approaches.     

Plant defense, growth, and habitat: a comparative assessment of constitutive and induced resistance

The growth rate (GR) hypothesis relates the evolution of plant defense to resource availability and predicts that plants that have evolved in abiotically stressful environments grow inherently more slowly and are more constitutively resistant to herbivory than plants from more productive habitats. Stress-adapted plants are also predicted to have reduced inducibility, but this prediction has not been previously tested. To evaluate this hypothesis, I compared the growth of nine species of herbaceous plants from Missouri glade habitats to congeners from more productive non-glade habitats. I also conducted bioassays using larvae of the generalist herbivore Spodoptera exigua to estimate constitutive and inducible resistance in these congeners. Glade congeners tended to grow more slowly and have higher constitutive resistance and lower inducibility than non-glade species. However, none of these comparisons was statistically significant due to the conflicting response of one congeneric pair (Salvia azurea and S. lyrata). Analyses without this genus were consistent with the GR hypothesis, as were analyses that categorized congeners by relative growth rate. These results highlight the complexity in searching for factors that determine plant growth rates and resistance traits across multiple genera and support the hypothesis that both constitutive and induced resistance may be influenced by selection on traits that alter plant growth rates. Future studies should attempt to determine whether variation in inducibility is better explained by habitat or relative plant growth rates.     

苜蓿培养细胞抗羟脯氨酸变异体的筛选和特性分析

以返地卫星搭载的苜蓿（ＭｅｄｉｃａｇｏｓａｔｉｖａＬ．）种子为实验材料，取其无菌苗下胚轴切段诱导愈伤组织，该愈伤组织经正筛选法，获得抗脯氨酸类似物Ｌ羟脯氨酸（Ｈｙｐ）的变异细胞系（Ｈｙｐｒ）．Ｈｙｐｒ脱离选择压力３ｍｏ后，对Ｈｙｐ的抗性仍比对照强，ＦＷ细胞内游离脯氨酸ｗ＝０．７２ｍｇ／ｇ，是ＣＫ的３．４３倍，同时还具有对ＮａＣｌ和ＰＥＧ的交叉抗性．和ＣＫ相比，Ｈｙｐｒ愈伤组织可溶性蛋白质ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ图谱出现两条新多肽（Ｍｒ≈５６×１０３、３２×１０３）；其过氧化物酶同工酶谱中酶活性明显高于对照，并出现１条新带，酯酶同工酶酶谱中亦出现３条新带．这些特性分析表明，该变异细胞系对Ｈｙｐ的抗性是稳定的．     

Long-term dynamics of biotic and abiotic resistance to exotic species invasion in restored vernal pool plant communities

Invasion of native ecosystems by exotic species can seriously threaten native biodiversity, alter ecosystem function, and inhibit conservation. Moreover, restoration of native plant communities is often impeded by competition from exotic species. Exotic species invasion may be limited by unfavorable abiotic conditions and by competition with native species, but the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors remains controversial and may vary during the invasion process. We used a long-term experiment involving restored vernal pool plant communities to characterize the temporal dynamics of exotic species invasion, and to evaluate the relative support for biotic and abiotic factors affecting invasion resistance. Experimental pools (n=256) were divided among controls and several seeding treatments. In most treatments, native vernal pool species were initially more abundant than exotic species, and pools that initially received more native seeds exhibited lower frequencies of exotic species over time. However, even densely seeded pools were eventually dominated by exotic species, following extreme climatic events that reduced both native and exotic plant densities across the study site. By the sixth year of the experiment, most pools supported more exotics than native vernal pool species, regardless of seeding treatment or pool depth. Although deeper pools were less invaded by exotic species, two exotics (Hordeum marinum and Lolium multiflorum) were able to colonize deeper pools as soon as the cover of native species was reduced by climatic extremes. Based on an information-theoretic analysis, the best model of invasion resistance included a nonlinear effect of seeding treatment and both linear and nonlinear effects of pool depth. Pool depth received more support as a predictor of invasion resistance, but seeding intensity was also strongly supported in multivariate models of invasion, and was the best predictor of resistance to invasion by H. marinum and L. multilorum. We conclude that extreme climatic events can facilitate exotic species invasions by both reducing abiotic constraints and weakening biotic resistance to invasion.     

Interspecific and intraspecific identification of Dendrobium based on the psbAtrnH intergenic region sequences and the 5S rRNA gene spacer sequences北大核心CSCD

This research aimed to investigate the interspecific and intraspecific identification of Dendrobium by using the multi-locus method so as to provide a molecular basis for Dendrobium identification through the combination of chloroplast psbA-trnH intergenic region sequences and ribosome 5S rRNA gene spacer sequences. PCR direct sequencing was applied to detect the chloroplast psbA-trnH intergenic region sequences as well as the ribosome 5S rRNA gene spacer sequences of 12 Dendrobium species, while the psbA-trnH intergenic region sequences of Dendrobium denneanum dq-2 variety and dq- 5line were cloned and sequenced for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analyzing. The sequences were analyzed by the software Sequencher4.14, Bioedit7.0, MEGA5.2 and Dansp5.0; the interspecific and intraspecific Kimara-2-Parameter(K2P) distances were also calculated. The phylogenetic tree (using Neighbor joining method) was constructed with Bulbophyllum odoratissimum and Bletilla striata as outgroup. The results showed an average length of chloroplast psbA-trnH gene sequences in Dendrobium as 742.3 bp, with 72 variable sites, including 33 information sites; the average length of the ribosome 5S rRNA gene spacer sequences in Dendrobium was 336.4 bp, with 213 variable sites including 139 information sites. Using psbAtrnH intergenic region sequences in combination with ribosome 5S rRNA gene spacer sequences can not only identify D. denneanum, D. hancockil, D. thysiflorum, D. devonianum, D. moniliforme, D. chrysotoxum, D. officinale, D. heterocarpum and D. nobile, but also differentiate D. officinale from different geographical populations, and distinguish the dq-2 variety and dq 5line with SNP in the multi locus of D. denneanum.     

Prey vulnerability in relation to sexual coloration of prey

Sexual selection that results in the evolution of exaggerated secondary sexual characters has been hypothesized to impose production and maintenance costs of such traits on their bearers. Costs arising from sexual selection could increase the intensity of predator-mediated natural selection, leading to the prediction that species with exaggerated secondary sexual characters should be particularly susceptible to predation. We tested this prediction in a comparative analysis based on 31,745 prey individuals belonging to 66 species of birds collected from a total of 937 breeding events by 33 to 66 different pairs of European sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus annually during a period of 21 years. To assess vulnerability of different species we estimated a prey vulnerability index based on the difference in the logarithmically transformed absolute abundance of prey minus the logarithmically transformed expected abundance as determined by population density of breeding birds. The prey vulnerability index was predicted by sexual dichromatism, accounting for 23% of the variance in risk of predation among species, even when considering similarity in phenotype among species due to common descent (in the latter case explaining 12% of the variance). This finding suggests that sexual selection is an important evolutionary force-affecting predator–prey interactions.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at     

Morphological and molecular variation within an ocean basin in wedge-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus)

Micro-evolutionary processes that underpin genetic and morphological variation in highly mobile pelagic vertebrates are virtually unknown. Previous findings preferentially invoke vicariant isolation due to large-scale physical barriers such as continental landmasses, followed by genetic drift. However increasingly, evidence for divergence by non-random processes (e.g. selection, plasticity) is being presented. Wedge-tailed shearwaters are wide-ranging seabirds with breeding colonies located such that they experience a variety of environmental pressures and conditions. Previous work on this species has provided evidence of inter-colony divergence of adult morphology and foraging modes, as well as chick developmental patterns, suggesting that reinforcement among colonies is possible. In order to evaluate the micro-evolutionary processes driving this observed variation, our study compared patterns of gene flow with morphological and environmental variation among four colonies of wedge-tailed shearwater breeding within the Indo-Pacific Ocean basin. Estimates of gene flow differed according to the genetic marker used; most likely, this is a function of different mutation rates. Nuclear introns suggest that gene flow among wedge-tailed shearwater breeding colonies within the Indo-Pacific Ocean basin is substantial, however microsatellite markers imply that gene flow is reduced. In general, levels of genetic divergence were relatively low and did not correlate with geographic distance, morphological distance or environmental differences (sea-surface temperature and chlorophyll a concentration) among colonies. We suggest that genetic drift alone is unlikely to be the major source of morphological variation seen in this species. Instead, we propose that non-random processes (selection, plasticity) underpin morphological diversity seen in this and possibly other seabird species.     

促进植物生长根圈细菌(PGPR)的研究现状

有机农业提倡与自然共存不破坏平衡,而自然界的土壤中存在许多可促进植物生长的植物根圈微生物(plant growth promoting rhizobacteria,PGPR),此类微生物可分泌促进植物生长的物质,并可诱导植物产生抗性基因,增强植物抗病.PGPR可产生有机物质促进植物生长,改善土壤肥力,增加可溶性磷及铁,诱发植物抗病、克服逆境、增强营养吸收,固氮或防治病害等,在有机农业上有助于植物增产,改善农业对化学肥料的依赖,生产出健康的作物.参25.