Genetic seascape of the threatened Caribbean elkhorn coral,Acropora palmata,on the Puerto Rico Shelf

It has been proposed that the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata is genetically separated into two distinct provinces in the Caribbean, an eastern and a western population admixing in Western Puerto Rico and around the Mona Passage. In this study, the genetic structure of A. palmata sampled at 11 Puerto Rican localities and localities from Curaçao, the Bahamas and Guadeloupe were examined. Analyses using five microsatellite markers showed that 75% of sampled colonies had unique genotypes, the rest being clone mates. Genetic diversity among genets was high (H_E = 0.761) and consistent across localities (0.685–0.844). F_ST ranged from ?0.011 to 0.047, supporting low but significant genetic differentiation between localities within the previously reported eastern and western genetic provinces. Plots of genetic per geographic distances and significant Mantel tests supported isolation‐by‐distance (IBD) within Puerto Rico. Analysis with the software STRUCTURE favored a scenario with weak differentiation between two populations, assigning Eastern Puerto Rican locations (Fajardo and Culebra), Guadeloupe and Curaçao to the Caribbean eastern population and Western Puerto Rican locations (west of Vega Baja and Ponce), Mona and the Bahamas to the Caribbean western population. Vieques and San Juan area harbored admixed profiles. Standardized F_ST per 1000 km unit further supported higher differentiation between localities belonging to different STRUCTURE populations, with IBD being stronger within Puerto Rico than on larger regional scales. This stronger genetic transition seems to separate localities between putative eastern and western provinces in the Eastern Puerto Rican region, but not around the Mona Passage.     

利用微卫星标记估计凡纳滨对虾生长性状的遗传力

Pacific whiteleg shrimp(Litopenaeus vannamei) is an economically relevant shrimp species in many Asian countries. The specific objective of the current research was to assess microsatellite markers in screening the fastgrowth of domesticated L. vannamei stocks to establish a founder population for breeding-selection plans. The postlarvae produced by the reproduction of second generation broodstock were cultured in the same conditions throughout a five months growing period. Ninety juvenile shrimp were selected from the slow-, medium- and the fast-growth groups, and ten microsatellite markers were used to investigate their genetic diversity, and to understand the improvement of a breeding-selection scheme. Ten polymorphic loci(markers)(M1–M10) were produced at ten loci in this sample, among them Primer M8 was the highest polymorphic locus and M7 was the lowest one. A specific locus was found in the fast-growth group using Primer M5. The longest genetic distance(0.481) was determined between the fast- and medium-growth groups and the shortest(0.098) was between the slow- and medium-growth groups; therefore, the largest genetic identity(0.946) was observed between the slowand medium-growth groups and the smallest(0.667) was observed between the medium- and fast-growth groups.The Unweighted Paired Group with Arithmetic Average(UPGMA) dendrogram based on Nei's genetic distances provided two different groups; the first consist of the slow- and medium-growth groups and the second the fastgrowth group. Selection response and realized heritability for growth were 11.55% and 31.26%, respectively.Therefore, this set of microsatellite markers would provide a useful tool in shrimp breeding schemes.     

黄口荔枝螺转录组数据的微卫星标记开发与分析

以黄口荔枝螺转录组测序所得到的拼接序列为基础,利用MISA软件进行微卫星分析,利用Primer5.0设计引物160对。结果显示,83对引物能够成功扩增,引物在黄口荔枝螺渔山列岛群体多态性检测中发现,37个SSR位点能够表现出多态性,一共获得了129个等位基因,各位点等位基因数为2~5个,平均每个位点等位基因数为3.49个,观测杂合度H_o,期望杂合度H_e,多态信息含量PIC范围分别介于0.000~0.800、0.146~0.645、0.139~0.573之间,有9个表现为高度多态,20个表现为中度多态,8个表现为低度多态。实验结果进行Hardy-Weinberg平衡检测后,利用Bonferroni correction法进行校正,有29个位点显著偏离,结果表明渔山列岛黄口荔枝螺群体总体遗传多样性水平较低。     

Sequences characterization of microsatellite DNA sequences in Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai)

The microsatellite-enriched library was constructed using magnetic bead hybridization selection method, and the microsatellite DNA sequences were analyzed in Pacific abalone Haliotis discus hannai. Three hundred and fifty white colonies were screened using PCR-based technique, and 84 clones were identified to potentially contain microsatellite repeat motif. The 84 clones were sequenced, and 42 microsatellites and 4 minisatellites with a minimum of five repeats were found (13.1% of white colonies screened). Besides the motif of CA contained in the oligoprobe, we also found other 16 types of microsatellite repeats including a dinucleotide repeat, two tetranucleotide repeats, twelve pentanucleotide repeats and a hexanucleotide repeat. According to Weber(1990), the microsatellite sequences obtained could be categorized structurally into perfect repeats (73.3%), imperfect repeats(13.3%), and compound repeats (13.4%). Among the microsatellite repeats, relatively short arrays (＜ 20 repeats) were most abundant,accounting for 75.0%. The largest length of microsatellites was 48 repeats, and the average number of repeats was 13.4. The data on the composition and length distribution of microsatellites obtained in the present study can be useful for choosing the repeat motifs for microsatetlite isolation in other abalone species.     

奥利亚罗非鱼微卫星位点的筛选

从GenBank上选取40对尼罗罗非鱼(Oreochromis niloticus)的微卫星引物,分别在奥利亚罗非鱼(Oreo-chromis aureus)(83系)、红色奥利亚罗非鱼、奥利亚罗非鱼(02系)和尼罗罗非鱼的基因组上进行扩增。40对引物中有37对(92.5%)可进行有效扩增,32对引物(80%)可检测到个体间等位基因的多态性。其中引物UNH168与奥利亚罗非鱼的性别相关,在雌性个体中可扩增出二条大小不同的特异带(分别为135和171 bp),在雄性个体中则只有一条(171 bp)。将特异条带回收、克隆并测序,结果显示雌雄个体中171 bp条带的序列完全相同,包括103bp的侧翼序列和34个CA重复,在雌性个体中获得的135 bp条带则只有16个CA重复。引物UNH846、UNH860和UNH995可鉴别奥利亚罗非鱼和尼罗罗非鱼,UNH890可鉴别出红色奥利亚罗非鱼。可见,大部分的尼罗罗非鱼微卫星位点存在于奥利亚罗非鱼中。     

Observations of individual humpback whales utilising multiple migratory destinations in the south-western Indian Ocean

Movements of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae among breeding regions within the southwestern Indian Ocean are poorly understood. Understanding the relationships among breeding regions is critical for effective conservation and management strategies. Through systematic comparisons of molecular genotypes and both systematic and non-systematic comparisons of individual identification photographs collected between 1996 and 2006, we have thus far identified nine whales (six males and three females) utilising two breeding areas within this region: the northern Mozambique Channel and eastern Madagascar. Four of the nine whales were recaptured using only photographic data, two whales were independently recaptured using both photographic and genetic data, and three whales were recaptured exclusively using molecular methods. The discovery of these nine individuals provides much-needed data to guide the formulation and future revision of stock boundaries.     

微卫星标记在刺参(Apostichopus japonicus)人工繁育中亲本识别的应用

选取8个高多态性的微卫星位点, 对240只刺参(Apostichopus japonicus)幼体和14只疑似亲本进行了亲缘关系的鉴定。通过检测, 8个微卫星位点共得到53个等位基因, 平均等位基因数为6.63; 观察杂合度在0.730—0.902; 各位点的多态信息含量为0.696—0.836。通过亲缘关系分析软件CERVUS 3.0分析, 微卫星位点累积排除概率分别为0.9934、0.9997、0.99999。基于排除法个体基因型判定, 有37个子代有1个候选亲本, 194个子代有2个及以上候选亲本; 基于似然法判定, 置信度为80%时, 有198个子代个体找到最似亲本。综合排除法和似然法的亲权鉴定, 成功为229个子代个体找到它们的亲本, 鉴定成功率达95%以上。本研究结果可为刺参育种工作中亲本识别及家系分析提供技术支持和理论依据。     

流沙湾卵鳎微卫星标记的遗传多样性分析

为分析湛江流沙湾海域优势渔种卵鳎的遗传多样性,应用微卫星标记技术,选用15对微卫星引物,以等位基因数、基因杂合度、多态信息含量、固定指数等遗传参数为指标,评估卵鳎群体内的遗传多态性。结果表明:共检测到90个等位基因,等位基因数从1~12不等,平均为6.0;有效等位基因数从1.0~8.4,平均为4.0,多态性位点比例为53%,显示其具有中等杂合子水平,其中8个多态位点的期望杂合度(He)为0.670~0.881,平均为0.800,观测杂合度(Ho)为0.353~1.000,平均为0.773,多态信息含量(PIC)值为0.616~0.870,平均为0.773,群体内固定指数F为-0.199~0.564,平均为0.046;流沙湾卵鳎群体具有高度遗传多样性。     

方斑东风螺3个选育世代遗传多样性和遗传结构的微卫星分析

采用12个多态性微卫星标记对方斑东风螺(Babylonia areolata)泰国选育系TF₄~TF₆连续3代选育群体的遗传多样性与遗传结构进行了分析。3个群体的多态信息含量分别为0.730、0.717和0.708,均高于0.5,表现出较高的多态性。平均等位基因数(A)、有效等位基因数(A_e)、观测杂合度(H_o)、期望杂合度(H_e)和Shannon’s信息指数(I)的变化范围分别为11.667~12.583、6.334~6.915、0.658~0.672、0.737~0.787和1.837~2.003,整体呈降低趋势,但差异并不显著(P>0.05)。分子方差分析结果显示,群体间的遗传变异仅占总变异的0.95%;群体间的遗传分化系数(F_st)介于0.00569~0.01324,处于低等分化水平(F_st<0.05)。主坐标分析和STRUCTURE分析结果显示,3个群体呈现出相似的遗传背景和遗传结构。以上研究结果表明,经过连续多代的人工选育,方斑东风螺选育群体保持着较高的遗传多样性水平,遗传变异和遗传分化水平较低,遗传结构趋于稳定,仍具有较高的遗传选育潜力。