{"title":"Relationship Between Ploidy Variation of Citrus Calli and Competence for Somatic Embryogenesis","authors":"ZHANG Jun-E, GUO Wen-Wu, DENG Xiu-Xin","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60095-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60095-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study focuses on the relationship between the genetic variation of calli and the competence for somatic embryogenesis in citrus. The DNA content of 35 citrus calli of different genotypes was measured three times by flow cytometry during a period of four years. The results showed that 71.4% of the genotypes had a progressive increase of varied cells, while those of Page tangelo, Shamouti sweet orange, Russ navel orange and Cleopatra decreased; significant difference in the variation degree (percentages) existed among genotypes. Studies carried out on the induction of somatic embryogenesis revealed that 9 out of the 35 genotypes had still kept the competence of somatic embryogenesis, and the rest 26 had lost the competence. Correlation analysis indicated that there was no significant relationship between the variation degree and the embryogenesis competence <em>r</em>=−0.10 (<em>P</em><0.01), neither for the relationship between the subculture duration and the regeneration capacity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 7","pages":"Pages 647-654"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60095-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26171613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular Evolution of Prolactin Gene Family in Rodents","authors":"LI Ying , ZHANG Ya-Ping","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60088-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60088-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we identified two novel members of prolactin gene family in rat by blast searches against the published genomic database. A further analysis showed that gene duplications leading to <em>PRL</em> gene family in rodents occurred after rodents diverged from other mammals. Major reorganization of the gene loci in rodents was largely completed before the split of rat and mouse. But <em>PL-I</em> and <em>PL-II</em> genes are the exceptions, which have clustered in a species-specific manner in the phylogenetic tree. By combining results from gene conversion testing, relative chromosomal location comparison and estimated time for gene duplication, we believe that rodent <em>PL-I</em> and <em>PL-II</em> genes are species-specific and are the results of serial duplications which occurred after the divergence of mouse and rat. Our analysis also reveals that continual gene duplication and divergence occurred during the evolution of rodent PRL gene family.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 7","pages":"Pages 590-597"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60088-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26171606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Saccharomyces cerevisiae ste20 Mutant Showing Resistance to Glucose-Induced Cell Death","authors":"DU Han, LIANG Ying","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60097-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60097-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Glucose is one of the most important nutrients for yeast growth, which induces cell death of <em>S. cerevisiae</em> in the absence of other nutrients to support growth. In the present study, we reported that the <em>S. cerevisiae ste20</em> mutant was resistant to glucose-induced cell death. Cells of <em>ste20</em> mutant that were treated with glucose maintained intact membrane and nuclei. Ste20 kinase phosphorylates histone H2B at serine 10 (S10) during hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)-induced cell death. Therefore, glucose-induced cell death (GICD) may be regulated via a similar pathway of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-induced apoptosis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 7","pages":"Pages 664-668"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60097-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26169859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mapping QTL for Biomass Yield and Its Components in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)","authors":"LIU Gui-Fu , YANG Jian , ZHU Jun","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60090-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60090-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Addicive effects, additive by additive epistatic effects, and their environmental interactions of QTLs are important genetic components of quantitative traits. Genetic architecture underlying rice biomass yield and its two component traits (straw yield and grain yield) were analyzed for a population of 125 DH lines from an inter-subspecific cross of IR64/Azucena. The mixed-model based composite interval mapping approach (MCIM) was used to detect QTLs, There were 12 QTLs detected with additive main effects, 27 QTLs involved in digenic interaction with <em>aa</em> and/or <em>aae</em> effects, and 18 QTLs affected by environments with <em>ae</em> and/or <em>aae</em> effects. It was revealed that epistatic effects and <em>QE</em> interaction effects existed on biomass yield and its component traits in rice. In addition, the genetic basis of relationships among these traits were investigated. Four QTLs and one pair of epistatic QTLs were detected to be responsible for the positive correlation between biomass yield and straw yield. Three QTLs might be responsible for the negative correlation between straw yield and grain yield. This result could partially explain the genetic basis of correlation among the three traits, and provide useful information for genetic improvement of these traits by marker-assisted selection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 7","pages":"Pages 607-616"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60090-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26171608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
WU Xue-Qiong , LU Yang , ZHANG Jun-Xian , LIANG Jian-Qin , ZHANG Guang-Yu , LI Hong-Min , LÜ Cui-Huan , DING Bei-Chuan
{"title":"Detection of Streptomycin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates Using Four Molecular Methods in China","authors":"WU Xue-Qiong , LU Yang , ZHANG Jun-Xian , LIANG Jian-Qin , ZHANG Guang-Yu , LI Hong-Min , LÜ Cui-Huan , DING Bei-Chuan","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60096-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60096-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To evaluate the relationship between mutations in <em>rpsL</em> or <em>rrs</em> genes and streptomycin (SM) resistance, we compared four molecular methods for their clinical value in the detection of SM resistance. Genotypic analysis of SM resistance in 167 <em>M. tuberculosis</em> clinical strains isolated from Chinese patients was performed by direct DNA sequencing, SSCP, RFLP, and reverse dot-blot hybridization (RDBH) assays. Of the 98 SM-resistant isolates, 78 (79.6%) had missense mutations in codon 43 or 88 of <em>rpsL</em> resulting in a Lys to Arg substitution, 6 (6.1%) had mutations of the <em>rrs</em> gene at positions 513 A to C or T or 516 C to T, and 14 (14.3%) had the wild-type sequence. None of the 69 SM-susceptible isolates examined had alterations in <em>rpsL</em> or <em>rrs</em>. The results of the SSCP, RFLP, and RDBH analyses for these mutations and wild-type sequences were completely consistent with DNA sequencing data. Five distinct single-nucleotide substitutions in codon 43 or 88 of <em>rpsL</em> gene or in position 513 or 516 of <em>rrs</em> gene were correctly identified in 84 of 98 (85.7%) phenotypically SM-resistant isolates by RDBH assay. Molecular analyses of the <em>rpsL</em> and <em>rrs</em> genes are useful for rapid prediction of SM resistance in most clinical strains of <em>M. tuberculosis.</em> Reverse dot-blot hybridization assay is a rapid, simple, and reliable method for the detection of drug resistance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 7","pages":"Pages 655-663"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60096-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26169858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
YAN Jian-Bing, TANG Ji-Hua, MENG Yi-Jiang, MA Xi-Qing, TENG Wen-Tao, Subhash Chander, LI Lin, LI Jian-Sheng
{"title":"Improving QTL Mapping Resolution Based on Genotypic Sampling—a Case Using a RIL Population","authors":"YAN Jian-Bing, TANG Ji-Hua, MENG Yi-Jiang, MA Xi-Qing, TENG Wen-Tao, Subhash Chander, LI Lin, LI Jian-Sheng","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60091-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60091-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The QTL mapping results were compared with the genotypically selected and random samples of the same size on the base of a RIL population. The results demonstrated that there were no obvious differences in the trait distribution and marker segregation distortion between the genotypically selected and random samples with the same population size. However, a significant increase in QTL detection power, sensitivity, specificity, and QTL resolution in the genotypically selected samples were observed. Moreover, the highly significant effect was detected in small size of genotypically selected samples. In QTL mapping, phenotyping is a more sensitive limiting factor than genotyping so that the selection of samples could be an attractive strategy for increasing genome-wide QTL mapping resolution. The efficient selection of samples should be more helpful for QTL maker assistant selection, fine mapping, and QTL cloning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 7","pages":"Pages 617-624"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60091-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26171609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TANG Yan-Ping , LIU Xiu-Sheng , LIU Yuan , YANG Zhen-Rong , CHEN Yan , XIONG Cheng-Liang
{"title":"Somatic Cell and Sperm Cell Cytogenetics in a Patient with t(14; 21)","authors":"TANG Yan-Ping , LIU Xiu-Sheng , LIU Yuan , YANG Zhen-Rong , CHEN Yan , XIONG Cheng-Liang","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60076-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60076-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Approximately 15%–20% of clinically recognizable pregnancies end in spontaneous abortion. About half of the spontaneous abortions in the early stage of the pregnancy are due to chromosomal abnormalities. Using GTG chromosome banding and dual-color fluorescence <em>in situ</em> hybridization (FISH) techniques, we determined the cytogenetic aberration in the husband of a couple with spontaneous recurrent abortions. Karyotype analysis showed 46, XX in the wife and 45, XY, −14, −21, +t(14; 21) in the husband. We studied the mechanism of formation of the abnormal chromosome with Robertsonian translocation between chromosomes 14 and 21 by FISH and flow cytometric sorting in the sperm cells. The result showed that 71% of the gametes were balanced and the remaining 29% were not. As a result, the couple was given genetic counseling.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 6","pages":"Pages 488-494"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60076-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26111089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HU Ting-Zhang , WANG Wei-Ping , CAO Kai-Ming , XIA Mian , WANG Xi-Ping
{"title":"Isolation and Characterization of OsGSTL1 Promoter from Rice","authors":"HU Ting-Zhang , WANG Wei-Ping , CAO Kai-Ming , XIA Mian , WANG Xi-Ping","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60081-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60081-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>OsGSTL1</em> gene was isolated from the rice genomic library. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that the expression of the <em>OsGSTL1</em> in rice was not induced by chlorsulfuron, ethylene, abscisic acid, salicylic acid, and methyl jasmonate. In order to investigate the <em>cis</em>-elements of <em>OsGSTL1</em> promoter, the promoter regions with different lengths were fused to the β-glucuronidase (<em>GUS</em>) reporter gene. All constructs were transformed into onion epidermal cells or <em>A. thaliana</em> plants to detect the expression patterns. In onion epidermal cells, the 160 bp fragment and longer ones were functional for directing <em>GUS</em> expression. In transgenic <em>A. thaliana</em>, the 2 155 bp upstream region of <em>OsGSTL1</em> gene directed the <em>GUS</em> expression only in cotyledon after germination, but not in the root of young seedlings. In the later seedling, the 2 155 bp upstream region of <em>OsGSTL1</em> gene directed <em>GUS</em> expression in roots, stems, and leaves. However, the <em>GUS</em> gene directed by a 1 224 bp upstream fragment is expressed in all the checked tissues. These results suggest that the spatiotemporal expression response elements of <em>OsGSTL1</em> existed in the 5′-upstream region between −2 155 and −1 224 bp.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 6","pages":"Pages 525-531"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60081-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26111068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
YOU Jun , LI Qiang , YUE Bing , XUE Wei-Ya , LUO Li-Jun , XIONG Li-Zhong
{"title":"Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for ABA Sensitivity at Seed Germination and Seedling Stages in Rice","authors":"YOU Jun , LI Qiang , YUE Bing , XUE Wei-Ya , LUO Li-Jun , XIONG Li-Zhong","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60082-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60082-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the important plant hormones, which plays a critical role in seed development and adaptation to abiotic stresses. The sensitivity of rice (<em>Oryza sativa</em> L.) to exogenous ABA at seed germination and seedling stages was investigated in the recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from a cross between irrigated rice Zhenshan 97 and upland rice IRAT109, using relative germination vigor (RGV), relative germination rate (RGR) and leaf rolling scores of spraying (LRS) or culturing (LRC) with ABA as sensitivity indexes. The phenotypic correlation analysis revealed that only RGV at germination stage was positively correlated to ABA sensitivity at seedling stage. QTL detection using composite interval mapping (CIM) and mixed linear model was conducted to dissect the genetic basis of ABA sensitivity, and the single-locus QTLS detected by both methods are in good agreement with each other. Five single QTLs and six pairs of epistatic QTLs were detected for ABA sensitivity at germination stage. Eight single QTLs and five pairs of epistatic QTLs were detected for ABA sensitivity at seedling stage. Two QTLs were common between LRS and LRC; and one common QTL was detected for RGV, LRS and LRC simultaneously. These results indicated that both single and epistatic loci were involved in the ABA sensitivity in rice, and the genetic basis of ABA sensitivity at seed germination and seedling stage was largely different.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 6","pages":"Pages 532-541"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60082-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26111069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ZHOU Shao-Xia, TIAN Feng, ZHU Zuo-Feng, FU Yong-Cai, WANG Xiang-Kun, SUN Chuan-Qing
{"title":"Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Drought Tolerance at Seedling Stage in Chinese Dongxiang Common Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.)","authors":"ZHOU Shao-Xia, TIAN Feng, ZHU Zuo-Feng, FU Yong-Cai, WANG Xiang-Kun, SUN Chuan-Qing","doi":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60084-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60084-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Common wild rice (<em>Oryza rufipogon</em> Griff.) is the ancestor of cultivated rice (<em>O. sativa</em> L.), which has a greater genetic diversity and important traits that remain to be employed in cultivated rice. In this study, a set of introgression lines (BC<sub>4</sub>F<sub>5</sub> and/or BC<sub>4</sub>F<sub>6</sub>) carrying various introgressed segments from common wild rice, collected from Dongxiang county, Jiangxi Province, China, in the background of an Indica (<em>O. sativa</em> L. ssp. <em>indica</em>) cultivar, Guichao 2, was used. A total of 12 drought-related quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified by investigating drought tolerance of introgression lines under 30% PEG treatment at the young seedlings stage. Of these QTLs, the alleles of 4 QTLs on chromosome 2, 6 and 12 from Dongxiang common wild rice were responsible for increased drought tolerance of the introgression lines. In particular, a QTL qSDT12-2, near RM17 on chromosome 12, was consistently detected in different replications, and expressed stably under PEG stress throughout the study. It was also found that the QTLs located on different chromosomes might express at different stages.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100017,"journal":{"name":"Acta Genetica Sinica","volume":"33 6","pages":"Pages 551-558"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60084-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26111071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}