Phylogenetic relationships of 18 passerines based on Adenylate Kinase Intron 5 sequences

The 18 species of bird studied originally are known to belong to muscicapids, robins and sylviids of passerines, but some dis- putations are always present in their classification systems. In this experiment, phylogenetic relationships of 18 species of passerines were studied using Adenylate Kinase lntron 5 （AKS） sequences and DNA techniques. Through sequences analysis in comparison with each other, phylogenetic tree figures of 18 species of passerines were constructed using Neighbor-Joining （N J） and Maximum-Parsimony （MP） meth- ods . The results showed that sylviids should be listed as an independent family, while robins and flycatchers should be listed into Musci- capidae. Since the phylogenetic relationships between long-tailed tits and old world warblers are closer than that between long-tailed tits and parids, the long-tailed tits should be independent of paridae and be categorized into aegithalidae. Muscicapidae and Paridae are known to be two monophylitic families, but Sylviidae is not a monophyletic group. AK5 sequences had better efficacy in resolving close relationships of interspecies among intrageneric groups.

藏绵羊生长激素释放激素基因内含子Ⅱ部分序列的分析

对藏绵羊生长激素释放激素(GHRH)基因内含子Ⅱ部分序列进行了PCR扩增和测序,用Genbank中的Blastn方法与普通牛相应基因序列进行了比对分析。结果表明,藏绵羊与普通牛GHRH基因内含子Ⅱ部分序列间同源性为92%;2个物种该基因内含子Ⅱ部分序列间的碱基变异类型主要表现为碱基转换和颠换,亦存在碱基插入和缺失。