The phylogeny of howler monkeys (Alouatta, Platyrrhini): Reconstruction by multicolor cross-species chromosome painting

We performed multidirectional chromosome painting in a comparative cytogenetic study of the three howler monkey species Alouatta fusca, A. caraya and A. seniculus macconnelli (Atelinae, Platyrrhini) in order to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships within this genus. Comparative genome maps between these species were established by multicolor fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) employing human, Saguinus oedipus and Lagothrix lagothricha chromosome-specific probes. The three species included in this study and previously analyzed howler monkey species were subjected to a phylogenetic analysis on the basis of a data matrix comprised of 98 discrete molecular cytogenetic characters. The results revealed that howler monkeys represent the genus with the most extensive karyotype diversity within Platyrrhini so far analyzed with high levels of intraspecific chromosomal variability. Two different multiple sex chromosome systems were identified. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that Alouatta is a monophyletic clade which can be derived from a proposed ancestral Atelinae karyotype of 2n=62 chromosomes by a chromosome fusion, a fission, a Y-autosomal translocation and a pericentric inversion. Following these suggestions, the genus Alouatta can be divided into two distinct species groups: the first includes A. caraya and A. belzebul, the second A. s. macconnelli, A. sara, A. s. arctoidea and A. fusca.     

新疆哈萨克族常用食品对离体动物细胞染色体的损伤作用

本文报道以叙利亚地鼠胚胎(SHE)细胞和Wistar大鼠胚胎(WRE)细胞为靶细胞,运用体外姊妹染色单体交换试验、染色体畸变分析试验和微核试验检测哈萨克族(哈族)常用食品——烟熏肉和酸奶疙瘩对染色体的损伤作用。结果显示,烟熏肉和霉变酸奶疙瘩提取物均可明显增加SHE细胞姊妹染色单体交换频率和微核率,霉变酸奶疙瘩提取物亦可以使WRE细胞微核率显著升高(P<0.05);烟熏肉提取物还可明显诱导SHE细胞染色体畸变(P<0.05)。提示烟熏肉、霉变酸奶疙瘩中含有诱发动物细胞DNA损伤的致突变物质。     

The spherical aberration of aphakic eyes corrected with intra-ocular lenses

The spherical aberration of eyes corrected with intra-ocular lenses is investigated using a model eye with realistic levels of corneal asphericity. The results indicate that the aberration is intermediate between that of paraxial schematic eyes and real eyes. By using standard optical aberration theory, it is shown that for a plano-convex lens with the curved surface facing the cornea, the aberration is similar to that of normal phakic eyes and therefore probably too low to be of any clinical significance. However, for other lens orientations or designs, the level of aberration is usually higher and may lead to a refractive error varying with pupil size and a loss of acuity with large pupil diameters.     

常规染色体畸变分析法对AT细胞高辐射敏感性的研究

目的 研究毛细血管扩张性共济失调症(ataxia-telangiectasia,AT)患者皮肤的成纤维细胞系AT5BIVA(AT细胞)的高辐射敏感性。方法 以源于正常人皮肤的成纤维细胞系GM0639(GM细胞)为对照,用常规染色体畸变分析法,在AT细胞和GM细咆经60COγ射线0、1、2、3、4 Gy照射后,观察比较AT细胞和GM细胞之间染色体畸变率(CAF)的差异,并分别进行曲线拟合。结果 在0、1、2、3、4 Gy剂量下,AT细胞染色体畸变率明显高于GM细胞(P<0.05);AT和GM细胞染色体畸变率与剂量成正相关,均可拟合成剂量效应直线方程Y=a+bX,且AT细胞剂量效应直线回归方程斜率明显大于GM细胞(P<0.05)。结论 AT患者AT细胞的辐射敏感性显著高于GM细胞,具有高辐射敏感性。     

Chromosome Alterations of Peripheral Lymphocytes in Patients with Cervical Cancer

Sister chromatid exchanged (SCE) and chromosome aberrations in peripheral lymphocytesof 30 patients with cervical cancer and relative lengths of C-band in 20 patients were studied. Verysignificant increase in SCE, hypodiploidies and relative lengths of C-band of chromosome 9 were ob-served, and significant increases in polyploidies, structural aberrations and relative lengths of C-bandof chromosome 1 were also found in cancer patients as compared with the controls, with all in non-randomized distribution. No differende was noted in alterations between stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ cancers.These findings suggest that chromosomal instability in the cervical cancer patients may represent aningerent trait in the patient and be related to the increased susceptibility of the individual to malignan-cy.     

丝烈霉素C诱发小白鼠骨髓细胞姐妹染色单体互换和染色体畸变

丝裂霉素C(MMc)诱导的姐妹染色单体互换(SCE)可反映出细胞DMA损伤修复的基本过程。有关MMC诱发活体的SCE研究不多。本实验目的,就是探讨MMC诱发小白鼠骨髓细胞SCE的剂量—效应关系,并对SCE指标与染色体畸变指标,在检测机体DNA损伤上的差异作一比较研究。结果证明,MMC诱发染色体畸变能办远低于诱发SCE的能力,MMC可诱发小白鼠骨髓细胞SCE产生,SCE值随MMC剂量的增加而增加。SCE即使在低剂量诱变剂的作用下也是敏感的。     

Experiences with risk estimates for carriers of chromosomal reciprocal translocations

The risk estimates for individual carriers of ten different familial reciprocal translocations detected among 500 couples with reproductive failures are presented. These were established by application of the empirical data analysed by Stengel-Rutkowski et al. (1988) and the guidelines given in Stene & Stengel-Rutkowski (1988). Different risks were estimated for unbalanced offspring at birth or at second trimester prenatal diagnosis for abortions, or stillbirths/early deaths. These risk estimates varied considerably from translocation to translocation. Carriers of five translocations had risks for offspring with single-segment imbalances. The birth risk figures ranged from 0.1% to 13.8%. Carriers of five other translocations had risks for double-segment imbalances with birth risks ranging from 0% to 3.2%. The estimated risk figures were independent of the method of ascertainment. Among the parents of the index cases we found nine maternal carriers and only one paternal carrier. This presentation illustrates the need for individual risk counselling of each carrier with reciprocal translocation regarding further family planning.     

A New Derived and Highly Polymorphic Chromosomal Race of Liolaemus Monticola (Iguanidae) from the 'Norte Chico' of Chile

A multiple Robertsonian fission chromosomal race of the Liolaemus monticola complex in Chile is described and is shown to be the most derived and the most complex among the Liolaemus examined thus far. The 29 karyotyped lizards analysed from the locality of Mina Hierro Viejo, Petorca, Provincia de ValparaUso, Chile, exhibited a diploid chromosomal number ranging from 42 to 44, and several polymorphisms. The polymorphisms included: a pair 1 fission; a pair 2 fission plus a pericentric inversion in one of the fission products, which moved the NOR and satellite from the tip of the long arm of the metacentric 2 to the short arm of the fission product; a fission in pair 3; a polymorphism for an enlarged chromosome pair 6; and a polymorphism for a pericentric inversion in pair 7. This population is fixed for a fission of chromosome pair 4. A total of 76% of the lizards analysed were polymorphic for one or more pairs of chromosomes. We have compared these data with other Liolaemus monticola chromosomal races and calculated the Hardy–Weinberg ratios for the polymorphic chromosome pairs in this Multiple-Fission race. Karyotypic differences between the Northern (2n = 38–40) and the Multiple-Fission (2n = 42–44) races were attributed mainly to Robertsonian fissions, an enlarged chromosome and pericentric inversions involving the macrochromosomes and one microchromosome pair.