| 其他摘要 | Tyrosinase is the essential enzyme in melanogenesis. The human tyrosinase gene contains five exons and spans more than 50 kb of DNA on chromosome segment 11q14-q21. Studies on human Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) show that the tyrosinase gene mutation results in OCA. Albino rhesus monkey research group of Kunming Institute of Zoology has bred the albino rhesus monkeys for more than ten years. Two albino monkeys and their off spring are now bred. These animals supply research samples for molecular basis study. To identify the molecular basis of the albinism, we designed five pair PCR primers according to the human tyrosinase gene and amplified the five exons of tyrosinase gene. Sequence analysis show that a nonsense mutation, from C to A, at the second position of codon 184 which truncates a 1038 bp nucleotide (346 amino acids). This nonsense mutation results in a pre-stop when the gene is translated. So the melanin could not be synthesized properly due to the inactivity of tyrosinase. We infer that the nonsense mutation might be the cause for albinism of rhesus monkey. The mutation of tyrosinase gene leads to albinism. We sequenced the DNA sequences of five exons of tyrosinase gene from chimpanzee, pygmy chimpanzee, langur, Phayre's langur, Assam macaque, and yunnan golden monkey. A phylogenetic trees was constructed using parsimony method. The tree show that Hominoid and Old World Monkeys are monophyletic. A distinguished divergence occurred between Hominoid and Old World Monkeys. Human is closed related to gorilla more than to chimpanzee. In the Old World Monkey clade, Yunnan golden monkey, Douc langur, and Phayre's langur are divided into a monophyletic group. Baboon, rhesus monkey, crab-eating monkey and Assam macaque are divided into another monophletic group. Our results suggest that the tyrosinase gene is a suitable marker for resolving the phylogeny of primates. We sequenced the 576bp of control region of mtDNA in 97 rhesus monkeys(Macaca mulatta) from Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Zhejiang, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Guizhou and Vietnam populations and a crab-eating monkey. A UPGMA tree was constructed Based on the sequences. Our results show that there are remarkable genetic differentiations between Yunnan, Sichuan and Hunan and the other populations. The genetic diversity in Hainan population is the lowest and in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian and Vietnam populations are high. Three lines can be explained as the radiation of Chinese rhesus monkeys. The genetic diversity in Chinese rhesus monkeys is high. |
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