简介:Inthisstudy,theentiremitochondrialDNA(mtDNA)controlregion(CR)ofPholisfangiwasamplifiedviapolymerasechainreactionfollowedbydirectsequencing.ThelengthofthemtDNACRconsensussequenceofP.fangiwas853bpinlength.Inaccordancewiththerecognitionsitesaswerepreviouslyreportedinfishspecies,themtDNACRsequenceofP.fangicanbedividedinto3domains,i.e.,theextendedterminalassociatedsequence(ETAS),thecentralconservedsequenceblock(CSB),andtheCSBdomain.Inaddition,thefollowingstructureswereidentifiedinthemtDNACRsequenceofP.fangi:2ETASsintheETASdomain(TASandcTAS),6CSBsinthecentralCSBdomain(CSB-FtoCSB-A),and3CSBsintheCSBdomain(CSB-1toCSB-3).ThesedemonstratedthatthestructureofthemtDNACRofP.fangiwassubstantiallydifferentfromthoseofmostotherfishspecies.ThemtDNACRsequenceofP.fangicontainedoneconservedregionfrom656bpto815bp.Similartomostotherfishspecies,P.fangihasnotandemrepeatsequencesinitsmtDNACRsequence.PhylogeneticanalysisbasedonthecompletemtDNACRsequencesshowedthattherewerenogeneticdifferenceswithinP.fangipopulationsofthesamegeographicaloriginandbetweenP.fangipopulationsofdifferentgeographicalorigins.
简介:Mercury(Hg)isoneofthecommonlyencounteredheavymetals,whichiswidespreadininshoresedimentsofChina.InordertoinvestigatethetoxicityofHgonmarineinvertebrates,westudiedtheeffectsofthedivalentmercuricion(Hg2+)(attwofinalconcentrationsof0.0025and0.0050mgL-1,preparedwithHgCl2)onmetallothionein(MT)content,DNAintegrity(DNAstrandbreaks)andcatalase(CAT)inthegillsandhepatopancreas,antioxidantenzymeactivitiesofsuperoxidedismutase(SOD),catalase(CAT)andglutathioneperoxidase(GPx),inthehemolymph,gillsandhepatopancreasoftheportunidcrabCharybdisjaponicaforanexperimentperiodupto15d.TheresultsindicatedthatMTwassignificantlyinducedafter3d,withapositivecorrelationwithHg2+doseandtimeinthehepatopancreasandanegativecorrelationwithHg2+doseandtimeinthegills.WhileCATinthehemolymphwasnotdetected,itincreasedinthehepatopancreasduringtheentireexperiment;SODandGPxinthethreetissueswerestimulatedafter12h,bothattainedpeakvalueandthenreducedduringtheexperimentalperiod.Meanwhile,DNAstrandbreakswereallinducedsignificantlyafter12h.TheseresultssuggestedthedetoxificationstrategiesagainstHg2+inthreetissuesofC.japonica.
简介:Aciladivaricata(Hinds,1843)andA.mirabilis(AdamsandReeve,1850)arecommonbenthicbivalvesinChina.Anumberofresearchershaveproposedthatthelatterspeciesisajuniorsynonymoftheformerspecies.Becauseofmorphologicalsimilarities,itisdifficulttodistinguishthesetwospeciesbasedonvisualexaminationonly.Forbetterunderstandingoftheirtaxonomy,themitochondrialCOIgenefragmentsoffiveindividualsofA.divaricatafromtheEastChinaSeaandsixindividualsofA.mirabilisfromtheYellowSeaweresequencedinthisstudy.ThephylogeneticrelationshipsoftheobtainedCOIsequences,togetherwithnineteensequencesofthreespeciesofthegenusNucula,wereanalyzed.Thepairwiseintra-andinter-specificdistancesfortheCOIsequencesrangedfrom0.002to0.017andfrom0.128to0.134,respectively,andnooverlapwasfound.Phylogenetically,A.divaricataandA.mirabilisformdistinctcladesandclusterintoasistertoallotherNuculaspecies.TheresultsindicatedthatA.divaricataandA.mirabilisaretwodistinctspecies.Thedifferencesinthemorphologyanddistributionbetweenthetwospecieswerebrieflydiscussed.
简介:Inthispaper,wetooktheleadinstudyingonspecificityofthemicrosatelliteDNAlociandapplicabilityofmicrosatelliteDNAprimersinprotozoa.Inordertostudycharactersofmicrosatellitesinfree-livingprotozoa,eightmicrosatellitelociprimersdevelopedfromTrypanosomacruzi(MCLE01,SCLE10,MCLE08,SCLE11,MCLF10,MCLG10,MCL03,MCL05)wereemployedtoamplifymicrosatelliteinfourfree-livingprotozoa,includingBododesignis,EuglenagracilisFACHB848,ParameciumbruziseandTetrahymenathermophilaBF1.IntheamplificationsystemsofP.bruzise,fourloci(SCLE10,SCLE11,MCLF10,MCL03)wereamplifiedsuccessfully,andfouramplificationfragmentswereinpropersize.IngenomeofE.gracilisFACHB848,fiveofeightprimersbroughtfiveclearamplificationbands.InB.designis,three(No.4,5and7)ofeightlociproducedclearandsharpproductswithoutstutterbands,whereasnobandsappearedinT.thermophilaBF1.Further,eight300-500bpamplificationfragmentswereclonedandsequenced.Nevertheless,allsequencedproductsdidnotcontaincorrespondingmicrosatellitesequence,althoughBodoisinthesameorderandhasthenearestphylogeneticrelationwithTrypanosomaamongthesefourspecies.Thus,themicrosatelliteDNAprimerscannotbeappliedamongorderormorefartaxa,andthespecificityofmicrosatelliteDNAisveryhighinprotozoa.TheresultsofthisstudywillcontributetoourunderstandingofmicrosatelliteDNAinprotozoa.
简介:Inapreliminaryinvestigation,RandomAmplifiedPolymorphicDNA(RAPD)analysisandpartialmitochondrialND2genesequencingwereconductedtostudythegeneticvariationoftheIndianmackerel,Rastrelligerkanagurtaalonga450kmstretchofitsdistributiononthewestcoastofPeninsularMalaysia.Atotalof53individualsfrom6populationswereanalyzedusing4RAPDprimersandasub-sampleof15individualswaschosenforsequencingofpartialND2gene.Comparisonbetweenthe2markersrevealedgeneticstructuringintheRAPDresultsbutgenetichomogeneityforND2gene.Basedontheformertheremaybeatleast2geneticallydifferentiatedgroupsofRastrelligerkanagurtaalongthisstretch.
简介:Saccharina是最重要的无热水设备生活水兵褐之一海藻的类。在这研究,我们分析了S的transcriptome。装饰用的梨树,它属于1000植物(OneKP)工程,由使用定序技术的下一代的高产量的DNA。未加工的数据的大约5.16GB被产生,并且有454bp的平均长度的65536脚手架与肥皂denovo汇编方法被装配。总共,19040unigenes被强风识别;25734脚手架被聚类进37基因本体论功能的组;6760脚手架被分类进25个轮牙范畴,以及被分到306条KEGG小径的2665脚手架。unigenes的多数比另外的cyanobacteria,海洋的硅藻,和植物包括棕色的水藻和硅藻展出了更多的类似到水藻。Saccharina装饰用的梨树有突出的能力积累象Br那样的卤素,我从海水经由halogenation处理。我们在S获得了42不同钒依赖者haloperoxidases(vHPO)。装饰用的梨树transcriptome数据,包括钒依赖者iodoperoxidase(vIPO)的5个片断和钒依赖者bromoperoxidase(vBPO)的37个片断。识别fulllengthS的复杂分析。装饰用的梨树vBPO1和S。装饰用的梨树vBPO2在在海洋的海藻的vBPOs和vIPOs之间的棕色的水藻和强壮的关系的种类之中揭示了vBPO的重要性。这研究将提高我们生物特征的理解和S的经济价值。装饰用的梨树种类。