Inhibin a is one of the candidate genes that control the ovulation in poultry. To study the genetic effects of inhibin a on apoptosis and proliferation of goose granulosa cells cultured in vitro, two RNA interference （RNAi） expression vectors, psiRNA-INHal and psiRNA-INHα2, were constructed to knock down inhibin α gene expression. After 48 h of transfection, the efficiency of these two RNAi expression vectors was examined by fluorescence microscopy. Meanwhile, inhibin protein expression levels, apoptosis indexes （AI） and proliferation indexes （PI） of granulosa cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. In addition, the supernatants were collected to assay the concentrations of estrogen （E2） and progesterone （P） by radioimmunoassay. The results showed that the expression level of inhibin a in the RNAi group were decreased 30%--40% than those in the control groups （P 〈0.05） and the apoptosis indexes and proliferation indexes in the RNAi groups were significantly higher than those in the control groups （P 〈0.05）. However, the E2 concentrations in the RNAi groups were lower than those in the control groups （P 〈0.05）. These results indicate that inhibin a has antagonistic effect on granulosa cell apoptosis.
【目的】利用分子标记重构动物之间的亲缘关系。【方法】利用分子标记的同源相同特性,通过对一个随机交配的大群体中任意两个个体在某个标记位点4个等位基因的比较,建立估测群体中任意两个个体之间的亲缘关系的方法(记为Liu模型)。【结果】用蒙特卡罗模拟法(Monte Carlo Simulation)随机模拟4种特殊亲缘关系的群体对Liu模型进行了研究,在4种特定的亲缘关系下,与其它几种模型相比较,Liu模型对个体之间亲缘关系的估测最接近模拟群体的真实值,且估测结果稳定。【结论】建立了估测两个个体之间亲缘关系的Liu模型,通过比较分析证明了Liu模型是目前估测效果最好的模型。
