Population Genetic Structure in Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Cultivars Revealed by Fluorescent-AFLP Markers in Southern Xinjiang,China

Population-wide genetic structure was studied using fluorescent-AFLP markers on 85 apricot （Prunus armeniaca L.） cultivars collected from Kuche, Kashi, Hetian in the Tarim Basin, southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic structure and genotypic diversity among the different eco-geographical populations. Based on the results from this study, 8 pairs of fluorescent-AFLP primers showed clear electrophoregram and high polymorphism amongst the 64 pairs of EcoR Ⅰ/Mse Ⅰ （Mse Ⅰ - a FAM fluorescent marked primer） primers screened. There was a significant polymorphic difference for the same primer pair in different populations and for the same population with different primer pairs. The percentage of polymorphic loci （P） at species level was higher than Kuche, Hetian, Kashi population levels, respectively. The Nei＇s gene diversity index （H） and Shannon＇s information index （I） at species level were higher than those of Kuche, Hetian, and Kashi at population level, respectively. H and I of Kuche population were the highest amongst the three populations. Apricot population genetic diversity was found mainly within the population, Genetic differentiation coefficient between populations （GST） was 0.0882. Gene flow Nm between the populations was 5.1689. Population genetic identity was between 0.9772-0.9811 and genetic distance was between 0.0191-0.0232. These results further indicated that the similarity between populations was higher and the genetic distance between populations was smaller. The UPGMA cluster analysis indicates that the geographical populations at Kuche, Kashi, Hetian were relatively independent Mendelian populations. Concurrently, there was also partial gene exchange between the populations. All the evidences indicated that the genetic diversity in Kuche population was the highest, suggesting that it could be a transition population from wild apricot to cultivated apricot. There were abundant genetic diversities in apricot cultivar populations in southern Xinjiang, China, which provide promising germplasm for further breeding and theoretical basis for biodiversity conservation and utilization for apricot population in this area.

RFLP Detection of Genetic Variation of Maize Inbred Lines

Genetic similarities of 13 inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.) were analyzed by restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). The objectives of the study were to detect genetic similarities among 13 inbreds and to assign them to heterotic groups. By means of 24 probe_enzyme combinations (PECs) selected for locus specificity, clear patterns and reproducibility, 85 alleles were found with an average of 3.3 alleles per locus. The allelic frequency data were used to estimate genetic similarities among lines, and as a result the diversity index of 0.499 was obtained. Genetic similarities between the pairs of 13 lines ranged from 0.523 up to 0.802 with an average of 0.649. The UPGMA clustering algorithm analysis classified the 13 lines into five groups, which generally corresponded to known maize heterotic groups based on pedigree information. The authors concluded that RFLP_based markers could be used for investigating genetic relationships between maize inbred lines and assigning them to heterotic groups, but it seemed that a large number of PECs were needed to obtain reliable estimates of genetic similarity.

Genetic Structure of Malus sieversii Population from Xinjiang,China,Revealed by SSR Markers

One hundred and nine Malus sieversii accessions from four geographical populations located at Kuerdening in Mohe town, Gongliu County, Jiaowutuohai, in Xinyuan County, Daxigou in Houcheng County of Ily State, and Baerluke Mountain in Yumin County of Tacheng State, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China were studied by SSR markers. The purpose of the study was to determine the genetic structure and diversity in these eco-geographical populations with eight pair SSR primers of apple. The results indicated that： an average of 16 bands was detected in the four populations. The percentage of polymorphic bands in Gongliu population （89.06%） was the highest in the four populations. The average Nei＇s gene diversity index was 0.257 for all the loci. Totally, 128 polymorphic loci were detected and the percentage of polymorphic loci （P） was 100%, 88.28%, 84.83%, 87.50%, and 87.12%, respectively, at the species level and Gongliu, Xinyuan, Huocheng, and Yumin population levels. The Nei＇s gene diversity index （H = 0.2619） and Shannon＇s information index （1 = 0.4082） in the species level were higher than in the population level. The Nei＇s gene diversity index and Shannon＇s information index in the four populations were Gongliu 〉 Huocheng 〉 Xinyuan 〉 Yumin. Gongliu population and Xinyuan population were the highest in genetic identity and the closest in genetic distance. Gene flow between the populations was 7.265 based on genetic differentiation coefficient （GST = 0.064）. The UPGMA cluster analysis indicated that the genetic relationships between the Gongliu and Xinyuan population were the closest, and the Yumin population were the farthest with the other three populations. The UPGMA cluster analysis indicated that the four geographical populations located in Gongliu, Xinyuan, Huocheng, and Yumin were relatively independent populations. Concurrently, there was also mild gene exchange between the populations. On the basis of the study of population genetic structure and the highest genetic diversity, Gongliu population should be given a high priority consideration in Malus sieversii population＇s in situ germplasm conservation.

Status of microsatellites as genetic markers in cervids

Microsatellite loci distributing on genome randomly act as effective genetic markers. To date, about 200 microsatellite loci were found in cervids b y transferring microsatellite PCR primers derived in bovine, ovine to cervids, a s well as a few loci derived directly from deer microsatellite library. These lo ci have been used in parentage determination, genetic diversity and population s tructure, population introgression, as genetic marker gestation length and winte ring survival et al. However, microsatellite loci presently found are untouchabl e to the demand of application. Future work should include: 1) isolating a large number of cervine microsatellite loci, 2) constructing genetic and physical map s of microsatellite loci. So that microsatelites have a strong base for advanced applications in deer.

Genetic Study on JS399-19 Resistance in Hyphal Fusion of Fusarium graminearum by Using Nitrate Nonutilizing Mutants as Genetic Markers

Twenty-two nitrate nonutilizing （nit） mutants were recovered from five wild-type isolates of Fusarium graminearum and fifty nit mutants were recovered from three JS399-19-resistant mutants of F. graminearum cultured on MMC medium. Some biological properties were compared between nit mutants and their parental isolates. The results showed that there were no significant differences in growth rate, cultural characters or pathogenicity between JS399-19-resistant nit mutants and their parental isolates. But the conidial production and the sexual reproduction ability changed to some extent. There was no cross resistance toward chlorate and JS399-19 in F. graminearum and the resistance could be stable through 20-time subcultures. Therefore, the nit could be used as a genetic marker for studying the genetics of JS399-19 resistance in E graminearum, which was used to study JS399-19 resistance transferability in hyphal fusion. Resistance in JS399-19 could not be transferred by hyphal fusion or could be transferred with low chance between two compatible isolates, which would delay the development of JS399-19 resistance in the field.

Genetic Diversity of SSR Markers in Cultivated Hordeum vulgare L.in Qinghai Province

[Objective]The aim was to analyze genetic diversity of SSR markers in Hordeum vulgare L.in Qinghai Province and lay a foundation for screening and protecting some excellent H.vulgare cultivars.[Method]SSR markers were used to evaluate the genetic diversity of 42 cultivated H.vulgare from Qinghai Province.[Result]42 H.vulgare showed polymorphism in 7 SSR markers locus.A total of 24 alleles were identified,and the number of alleles per locus ranged from 1 to 6,with an average of 3.0.According to SSR markers polymorphism,42 H.vulgare could be divided into 4 groups,namely I,II,III and IV.[Result]The study indicated that cultivated H.vulgare from Qinghai Province is rich in genetic diversity,which will provide reference for selecting parent of H.vulgare breeding.

张三丰宝鸡行迹考

张三丰是元末明初著名道士,明清史籍中对其多有谈及,然此人行迹却扑朔迷离。以金台观所藏明代碑石"张三丰遗跡记"为中心,结合相关传世文献,对张三丰与宝鸡之关系给予梳理和考订,对张三丰与柘城张氏家族几代人之交往,以及其籍贯、师承等悬而未决诸问题进行考察,以碑石、文献等原始材料为线索,以期澄清误解、还原历史真相。

《数术记遗》之古算十四法的程序意义解读

本文从程序化意义来研究和解读《数术记遗》所记载中国古代算法十四种,突显了中国传统数学以能行性的机械化为其主要特征,并指出:我国古代数学对十进位置计数程度的驾驭,已达到"熟则变,变则通"的纯熟地步。

Genetic Diversity Analysis of Glutinous Sorghum Germplasm Resources Based on SSR Markers

In order to evaluate the genetic relationships between glutinous sorghum germplasms, 25 pair of SSR markers were used to analyze the genetic diversity of29 varieties. The result showed that a total of 59 alleles were identified with an average of 2.28 alleles per locus. The average effective number of alleles（NE） was1.81.The average polymorphism information content（PIC） varied widely from 0.17 to0.62 with an average value of 0.34.The similarity coefficients of the 29 glutinous sorghum germplasms ranged from 0.203 to 0.949 with an average value of 0.593.Clustering analysis with UPGMA showed that the varieties could be divided into two groups at the genetic similarity coefficient of 0.475.The varieties from different geographic originswere clustered into one subclass, and the varieties with similar agronomic traits were clustered into one subclass, which indicated that the genetic relationships among materials was not in accordance with their geographical origins,and the glutinous sorghum germplasm resources showed abundant genetic diversity in the study.

《盘珠算法》、《教学通轨》教育功能评说

珠算是用珠盘(算盘)计数运算的方法,现存世上最早的珠算之书是《盘珠算法》(1573年)和《数学通轨》(1578年)。这二本书,都出自于中国福建。 《盘珠算法》全名为《新刻订正家传秘诀盘珠算法士民利用》,福建人徐心鲁订正,刻书家熊台南刊刻,刊行于明万历元年(1573年)。此书共二卷,卷一为珠算口诀及其它实用的计算方法,卷二为解决实际问题的实用算术,书中附有54幅珠算盘图式。《数学通轨》全名为《曲礼外集补学礼六艺附录数学通轨》。

《遗真记题词》创作考论

清代乾隆年间文人对冯小青其人其事的诗文唱和与《遗真记题词》的成书,是明清两代延续300余年之"冯小青现象"发展成熟的标志之一。在这次的诗文唱和中,文人的笔墨焦点集中在"失意人"形象、"贞烈人"形象、"至情者"形象、"知音人"形象这4个方面。对于冯小青形象的意象迭加,体现了清代文人对于自身命运的审视与自我价值的坚持。

Indication of Genetic Linkage Map for Sunflower(Helianthus annuus L.) by SSR Markers

In order to investigate the possibility and efficiency of exogenous gene spread in nature and potential ecological risk of transgenic rice, as well as analyze the effect of exogenous Bt gene insertion on ecological fitness of transgenic rice plants, a experiment was carried out with three insect-resistant Bt transgenic rice cultivars Bt63, R1 and R2 and one conventional rice line 11-838 as experimental materials, the insect-resistant transgenic and non-transgenic rice plants were inter- cropped pair-wisely under high and low insect-infestation pressures, and the vegeta- tive growth, seed-setting and the resistance to rice stem borers were compared be- tween transgenic and non-transgenic lines. According to the experimental results, both the tiller number and fresh weight of Bt transgenic rice plants under low insect- infestation pressure showed no significant differences compared with the control, but the plant height, spike length and spike weight were all lower than those of non- transgenic rice plant, and Bt63 and R2 were significantly different compared with the control. On the contrary, under high insect-infestation pressure, the tiller number, spike length and spike weight of three Bt transgenic rice cultivars were significantly higher than those of the control, while the plant height showed different fitness ef- fects among various transgenic rice cultivars, which might be related to the charac- teristics of the receptive cultivars. The individual filled grain number and 1 000-grain weight of three transgenic rice cultivars showed no significant difference compared with the control under two different insect-infestation pressures, suggesting that the effect of exogenous Bt gene on seed setting was not significant. Under insect-infes- tation pressure, the resistance of three Bt transgenic rice cultivars against rice stem borer was significantly superior to non-transgenic rice, indicating that the effect of exogenous Bt gene on insect resistance of receptive plants was distinctly. Further- more, experimental results showed that the fitness cost of Bt transgenic rice was rel- atively low, which implied that exogenous Bt gene in insect-resistant transgenic rice might escape under certain environmental conditions, but this risk was very low.

Sampling Strategy Within a Wild Soybean Population Based on Its Genetic Variation Detected by ISSR Markers

In order to determine an appropriate sampling strategy for the effective conservation of wild soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc.) in China, a natural population from Jiangwan Airport in Shanghai was studied for its genetic diversity through the inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) marker analysis of a sample set consisting of 100 randomly collected individuals. A relatively large genetic diversity was detected among the samples based on estimation of DNA products amplified from 15 selected ISSR primers, with the similarity coefficient varying from 0.17 to 0.89. The mean expected heterozygosity (He) was 0.171 4 per locus, and Shannon index (1) was 0.271 4. The Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCA) further indicated that genetic diversity of the Jiangwan wild soybean population was not evenly distributed, instead, was presented by a mosaic or clustered distribution pattern. Correlation study between genetic diversity and number of samples demonstrated that genetic diversity increased dramatically with the increase of number of samples within 40 individuals, but the increase became slow and rapidly reached a plateau when more than 40 individuals were included in the analysis. It is concluded that (i) a sample set of approximately 35-45 individuals should be included to represent possibly high genetic diversity when conservation of a wild soybean population ex situ is undertaken; and (ii) collection of wild soybean samples should be spread out as wide as possible within a population, and a certain distance should be kept as intervals among individuals for sampling.

Investigation on Genetic Characteristics of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. by Using cpSSR Technology

[Objective] This study aimed to analyze the genetic characteristics of Salvia miltiorrhiza by using cpSSR （chloroplast microsatellites） molecular marker method. [Method] Twelve pairs of SSR primers with ideal cpSSR amplification result, good repeatability and clear amplification bands were selected for cpSSR detection and analysis of S. miltiorrhiza samples from 31 sampling locations in 25 counties of 8 provinces in China. [Result] S. miltiorrhiza shows an overall medium level in the cytoplasmic inheritance （cpSSR） and varying degrees of differences in the regions. Based on Shannon’s Information index （I） and Nei’s genetic diversity index, the cytoplasmic genetic diversity in different provinces shows a decreasing order of Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Anhui. Genetic variations of S. miltiorrhiza in eight provinces were found mainly among populations. Gene flow among populations with in a province is less than that among different provinces. [Conclusion] Comprehensive analysis shows that S. miltiorrhiza cultivated in genuine producing areas and traditional main producing areas are mainly introduced from the local before introduction of some foreign germplasm resources during cultivation. The exchange of S. miltiorrhiza germplasm resources exists very early among genuine producing areas such as Sichuan, Shandong and Henan, while S. miltiorrhiza germplasm resources in new producing areas are mainly introduced from genuine producing areas. However, no geographical correlation was observed in the genetic differentiation, which further reveals that there is a wide range of genetic exchange among S. miltiorrhiza germplasm resources in China, resulting from the artificial introduction from allopatry.

Construction of AFLP Molecular Marking System in Mangifera indica L.

[Objective ] The study aimed to construct the AFLP molecular marking system in Mangifera indica. [ Method ] Four varieties of Mangifera indica were used to explore new ways for high-quality DNA, and AFLP analysis of 31 varieties of Mangifera indica was carried out to detect the varietal genetic diversity. [ Result] 14 pairs of primers with stronger polymorphism, better banding patterns and higher resolution were screened out from 64 pairs of selective amplification primers. Then they were used to analyse the fingerprint of 31 varieties of Mangifera indica, the results showed that the ratio of polymorphic bands amplificated by the 14 pairs of primers reached 97% in 31 varieties of Mangifera.[ Conclusion] It was suggested that AFLP was suitable for detecting the polymorphism of Mangifera indica resources.

Genetic Polymorphism in GDF8 Region of HU Sheep Based on Microsatellite DNA

[ Objective ] This study was to analyze the genetic polymorphism in GDF8 Region of HU sheep. [Method] Four microsatellite loci including BMS1591, TEXAN-2, FCB128 and BM81124 mapped on GDF8 region of chromosome No. 2 of sheep that may be correlated with growth performance were chosen to detect the molecular genetics foundation of growth performance of Hu sheep. [ Result] Four microsatellite loci detected were high in heterozygosity, more in effective alleles number and rich in polymorphic information, all the three indices passed through the high polymorphic level （PIC 〉0.5）. [ Conclusion ] The four microsatellite loci detected could be used to estimate the genetic polymorphism of growth performance of Hu sheep.

苏东坡《遗爱亭记》考辨正误

黄州"遗爱湖公园"的建成,激起人们学习研究《遗爱亭记》热潮。1992年,黄州修建休闲公园。笔者受苏东坡《遗爱亭记》、《满江红》、《醉蓬莱》等诗文启发,以"遗爱湖公园"称谓命名之。由于种种主客观原因,有些读者、研究者在描绘、欣赏、评论"遗爱湖公园"时,也出现了对《遗爱亭记》内容、作年的错误解释。为此,笔者做出考辨正误,力求还原"遗爱亭"与《遗爱亭记》的原貌与本意。

Genetic Polymorphism of Ten Microsatellites in Two Goat Breeds and Its Relationship with Heterosis

[Objective] This study aimed to investigate the genetic diversity of Macheng black goat and its correlation with heterosis.[Method] Ten microsatellite markers were selected for polymorphism investigation and statistical analysis of Boer goat and Macheng black goat populations.[Result] The results showed that totally 175 alleles were found in 10 microsatellite loci; to be specific,the maximum number of detected alleles was 23,and the minimum number was 10; the effective number of alleles （Ne） was 6.4-18.1,with absolute difference value of 1.6-8.1 from the observed number of alleles.The highest gene frequency was 0.239 1 and the lowest was 0.002 7.The polymorphic information contents of all the ten microsatellite markers were above 0.95.The observed heterozygosity （Ho） ranged from 0.616 7 to 0.984 4 and the expected heterozygosity （He） ranged from 0.844 1 to 0.944 6.The average expected heterozygosity of Boer goat and Macheng black goat was respectively 0.894 0 and 0.906 7.Various body weight and body size indices of Boer goatxMacheng black goat hybrids were improved in varying degrees compared with Macheng black goat （with an increase range of 0.32％-30.06％）.The average heterosis rates of body height and chest girth were relatively high,while average heterosis rate of body weight was relatively low.[Conclusion] The genetic distance between Boer goat and Macheng black goat was 0.379 5,which is consistent with the geographical distribution of Boer goat and Macheng black goat populations and is fully relevant to the heterosis of Boer goat × Macheng black goat hybrids,indicating that investigating polymorphism via microsatellite loci is one of the feasible means to predict and analyze heterosis between varieties.