Molecular identification of poisonous pufferfishes and cross-atlantic genetic divergence patterns based on the mitochondrial COI gene

The Tetraodontidae is the most speciose family within the order Tetraodontiformes, being characterized by beak-like jaws and the presence of powerful neurotoxins Tetrodotoxin/Saxitoxin associated with soft tissues, inflation behavior under stress, a condition shared with its accepted sister-family Diodontidae. Although several studies, including both morphological and molecular analyses have been conducted in the last decade the phylogeny and biogeography of Tetraodontidae and its species remain under debate. Several fatal intoxication cases had been observed in the last years related with the ingestion of Tetraodontidae species all around the world. Although recent technological advances have facilitated the sequencing of an entire mitogenome (∼16Kb), increasing the use of mtDNA as a phylogenetic marker, several studies primarily focusing on small mtDNA regions are continuously conducted. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the molecular identification and the cross-atlantic genetic divergence patterns observed from the mitochondrial COI gene of the poisonous genus Sphoeroides based on newly determined and previously published sequences from both North and South Atlantic Oceans.     

应用mtDNA COI基因序列鉴别常见嗜尸性蝇类种属

目的探讨mtDNA基因序列对常见嗜尸性蝇类的种属鉴别应用价值。方法收集不同区域2科4属6个种30个蝇类样本,提取样本线粒体DNA后扩增COI基因序列,以琼脂糖电泳检测扩增产物并测序,以DNAMAN6.0分析软件分别截取498bp序列,用MEGA5.2软件分别进行序列分析,然后构建系统发育树,比较各地区不同种属样本的序列差异。结果 6个种属的嗜尸性蝇类30个样本mtDNA的COI基因具有一定的序列差异,种内进化分歧均数在0.1%~1.6%之间,种间进化分歧均数在2.2%~11.2%之间,6个种属通过系统发育树均可明确区分。结论 COI基因序列分析和系统发育树对嗜尸性蝇类的种属检验具有重要帮助作用,可用于现场样本的准确、快速种属鉴定。     

mtDNA COI和ND5基因用于鉴别常见嗜尸性蝇类

目的对蝇类mtDNA 523bp COI和347bp ND5基因片段进行序列分析,评价其在以嗜尸性蝇类种属鉴定中应用的可行性。方法从广州(广东省)、湛江(广东省)、韶关(广东省)、沈丘(河南省)及蜂蛹寨(四川省)采集7种嗜尸性蝇类标本,进行形态学种属鉴定,取其腹部肌肉提取DNA,利用基因特异性引物对线粒体COI、ND5基因进行PCR扩增,产物经纯化后进行测序,MEGA 3.0软件对DNA序列进行碱基组成、进化分歧率和系统发育分析。结果进化分歧率ND5基因种内小于1.83%,种间大于2.62%;种间与种内进化分歧率范围间没有交叉;COI基因种间在0.48%～14.8%之间,种内在0.24%～8.3%之间,种内进化分歧范围与种间进化分歧范围存在交叉。结论 ND5基因片段可在种水平有效鉴别常见嗜尸性蝇类,也可鉴别近缘种。而单独运用COI基因不能有效进行种属鉴定。     

Molecular identification of forensically important fly species in Spain using COI barcodes

Species identification with DNA barcodes has been proven to be effective on different organisms and, particularly, has become a routinely used and quite accurate tool in forensic entomology to study necrophagous Diptera species. In this study, we analysed 215 specimens belonging to 42 species of 17 genera, from 9 different Diptera families. Flies were collected in 39 Spanish localities of the Iberian Peninsula sampled across three years in the four seasons. Intraspecific variation ranged from 0 to 2.46% whereas interspecific variation fluctuated from 3.07 to 14.59%, measuring 651 pb of the cytochrome oxidase subunit one (COI) gene. Neighbour-Joining analysis was carried out to investigate the molecular identification capabilities of the barcoding region, recovering almost all species as distinct monophyletic groups. The species groupings were generally consistent with morphological and molecular identifications. This work, which is the first with this intensive and extensive sampling in this area, shows that the COI barcode is an appropriate marker for unambiguous identification of forensically important Diptera in Spain.     

防止公职人员利益冲突的路径选择——以人性为视角

公职人员的利益冲突问题是一个新的廉政建设研究领域。国(境)内外实践证明,利益冲突是腐败发生的重要根源,是导致政府行政行为非法性、政府信任危机的必然逻辑结果,其产生根源于人性趋利的本质特性。因此,防止公职人员利益冲突,须以人性趋利的本质特性为基点,以利益阻隔为路径,以制度的针对性、操作性与实效性为目标。基于此须设立防止利益冲突三道防线:建立良好的公职人员职业保障体系,让其不想;加大利益冲突的个人成本,让其不敢;创新权力约束与监督机制,让其不易。     

潍坊地区六种常见嗜尸性蝇类mtDNA COI区序列研究

目的解决蝇类成虫、蛹和蛆快速、准确鉴定的难题。方法随机采集潍坊地区人尸周围环境中的蝇类成虫、蛹和蛆,提取其mtDNA,经PCR扩增、产物检测与纯化、测序等,比较其序列差异。结果六种常见嗜尸性蝇类相互之间序列差异明显,同一种蝇的成虫、幼虫、蛹之间未见差异。结论mtDNACOI区序列分析可作为法医学嗜尸性蝇类种属鉴别的可靠方法。     

A global study of forensically significant calliphorids: implications for identification

A proliferation of molecular studies of the forensically significant Calliphoridae in the last decade has seen molecule-based identification of immature and damaged specimens become a routine complement to traditional morphological identification as a preliminary to the accurate estimation of post-mortem intervals (PMI), which depends on the use of species-specific developmental data. Published molecular studies have tended to focus on generating data for geographically localised communities of species of importance, which has limited the consideration of intraspecific variation in species of global distribution. This study used phylogenetic analysis to assess the species status of 27 forensically important calliphorid species based on 1167 base pairs of the COI gene of 119 specimens from 22 countries, and confirmed the utility of the COI gene in identifying most species. The species Lucilia cuprina, Chrysomya megacephala, Ch. saffranea, Ch. albifrontalis and Calliphora stygia were unable to be monophyletically resolved based on these data. Identification of phylogenetically young species will require a faster-evolving molecular marker, but most species could be unambiguously characterised by sampling relatively few conspecific individuals if they were from distant localities. Intraspecific geographical variation was observed within Ch. rufifacies and L. cuprina, and is discussed with reference to unrecognised species.     

Validation of the barcoding gene COI for use in forensic genetic species identification

The application of forensics to wildlife crime investigation routinely involves genetic species identification based on DNA sequence similarity. This work can be hindered by a lack of authenticated reference DNA sequence data resulting in weak matches between evidence and reference samples. The introduction of DNA barcoding has highlighted the expanding use of the mtDNA gene, cytochrome c oxidase I (COI), as a genetic marker for species identification. Here, we assess the COI gene for use in forensic analysis following published human validation guidelines. Validation experiments investigated reproducibility, heteroplasmy, mixed DNA, DNA template concentration, chemical treatments, substrate variation, environmental conditions and thermocycling parameters. Sequence similarity searches using both GenBank BLASTn and BOLD search engines indicated that the COI gene consistently identifies species where authenticated reference sequence data exists. Where misidentification occurred the cause was attributable to either erroneous reference sequences from published data, or lack of primer specificity. Although amplification failure was observed under certain sample treatments, there was no evidence of environmentally induced sequence mutation in those sequences that were generated. A simulated case study compared the performance of COI and cytochrome b mtDNA genes. Findings are discussed in relation to the utility of the COI gene in forensic species identification.