湖南省花臭蛙复合体分类及分布格局

运用形态特征系统聚类和分子系统学分析,研究先前报道的湖南省花臭蛙(Odorrana schmackeri)各地理种群的分类组成及其分布格局。结果显示,原认定的花臭蛙湖南省各地理种群已分化为花臭蛙和黄岗臭蛙(O.huanggangensis)两个物种。分布于湘西南及南部雪峰山和南岭的花臭蛙种群应修订为黄岗臭蛙,为湖南省臭蛙属物种新发现,湘西北及湘东南罗霄山脉的种群为花臭蛙,黄岗臭蛙与花臭蛙在张家界市武陵源景区同域分布。湘西北武陵山与雪峰山之间以及湘中丘陵地带花臭蛙种群的分类归属,黄岗臭蛙和花臭蛙在湖南省分布格局的形成以及同域分布的机制值得探讨。     

陕西镇坪发现光雾臭蛙

2022年6月在陕西省安康市镇坪县化龙山自然保护区(32°00′01″ N,109°17′05″ E,海拔1 641 m)采集到1号无尾两栖类标本,经形态特征比较确认为臭蛙属(Odorrana)物种,基于线粒体16S rRNA分子片段对臭蛙属35个物种的系统发育进行分析,其与模式产地四川南江的光雾臭蛙(O. kuangwuensis)在最大似然系统发育树中聚为一支,支持率高达99%,且遗传分化较小,应属种内关系。综合形态特征比较和系统发育分析,确定采集到的标本为无尾目(Anura)蛙科(Ranidae)臭蛙属的光雾臭蛙,系陕西省两栖动物分布新记录种,此发现为光雾臭蛙在大巴山脉分布的连续性提供了一定依据。     

贵州威宁发现景东臭蛙

2020年8月6日在贵州省威宁县雪山镇（27°04′09″N,104°04′44″E,海拔2 218 m）采集到6号两栖动物标本,经形态特征比较,与景东臭蛙（Odorrana jingdongensis）相似;基于线粒体16S rRNA构建臭蛙属（Odorrana）部分物种系统发育树,此次采集的臭蛙标本与景东臭蛙聚为一支,且具有较高的支持率（0.97/92,贝叶斯法/最大似然法）;基于Kimura双参数模型估算本次采集的臭蛙标本与景东模式产地标本间的遗传距离为0%,远小于臭蛙属物种间的遗传距离（1.3%～9.5%）。综合形态特征和分子系统发育比较,确定此次采集到的臭蛙标本为无尾目（Anura）蛙科（Ranidae）臭蛙属的景东臭蛙,系贵州省两栖动物分布新记录种。     

福建省花臭蛙复合体组成及 天目臭蛙分布新记录记述

由于没有明显的地理阻隔,闽浙丘陵地带花臭蛙复合体（Odorrana schmackeri species complex）的物种组成、分布界限、分布格局存在争议。2016年9月至10月对闽浙交界地带福建省宁德市屏南县和南平市浦城县进行野外考察、样本收集,通过扩增样本线粒体12S rRNA和16S rRNA基因并与黄岗臭蛙（O. huanggangensis）、天目臭蛙（O. tianmuii）和花臭蛙（O. schmackeri）的序列进行比对,构建系统发生关系、计算遗传距离,结合形态学鉴定和形态量度分析,对福建省花臭蛙复合体组成进行了研究。结果显示,福建省花臭蛙复合体包括黄岗臭蛙和天目臭蛙,其中黄岗臭蛙分布于武夷山山区、闽江和九龙江流域,天目臭蛙仅分布于衢江（钱塘江主要支流）的次源地——浦城县管厝乡东北部,为福建省臭蛙类分布新记录种。本研究增添了福建省两栖动物多样性并细化了黄岗臭蛙和天目臭蛙在该省分布范围的认识,但是浦城县西北端长江流域的花臭蛙复合体的物种组成仍需进一步确认。水系和流域是否影响花臭蛙复合体物种分化和分布格局以及这些近缘物种的物种形成机制有待进一步研究。     

重庆彭水发现务川臭蛙

2022年7月,在重庆市彭水苗族土家族自治县新田镇调查到2只臭蛙,经比较形态特征确认为臭蛙属（Odorrana）物种。基于线粒体16S rRNA基因片段构建的臭蛙属部分物种的贝叶斯和最大似然系统发育树显示,这2只臭蛙和模式产地贵州省务川仡佬族苗族自治县的务川臭蛙（O. wuchuanensis）聚为一支,具有较高的支持率,贝叶斯后验概率为0.99、最大似然超快速引导支持（2 000次重复）自展值为95%。综合形态特征和系统发育分析,确认此2只臭蛙为务川臭蛙,系重庆市首次记录。务川臭蛙分布范围较为狭窄,此前仅记录于贵州省务川县、沿河土家族自治县、荔波县以及湖北省建始县和广西壮族自治区环江毛南族自治县。务川臭蛙在重庆彭水的发现,确认了该物种在武陵山和大娄山脉重庆段的分布。彭水发现的务川臭蛙1雄1雌,雄性体长81.3 mm,大于模式标本的最大体长,大于湖北建始县种群雄蛙体长;雌性体长87.1 mm,在模式标本的体长范围内,小于建始县种群雌蛙体长。线粒体16S rRNA基因的遗传分化分析显示,重庆市彭水苗族土家族自治县的务川臭蛙样本和模式产地的样本没有遗传分化,遗传距离为0。务川臭蛙在重庆市的...     

基于12S rRNA基因序列探讨凹耳蛙(无尾目,蛙科)的分类地位

为探讨凹耳蛙Rana tormotus的分类地位,测定了凹耳蛙线粒体12S rRNA基因序列,并从GenBank中下载了蛙科33种蛙的同源序列进行分析,用BI法、NJ法和MP法构建分子系统树.结果表明:3种树拓扑结构基本一致,都显示凹耳蛙与长吻胡湍蛙Huia nasica亲缘关系最近,凹耳蛙与长吻胡湍蛙相聚后再与臭蛙Odorrana组成单系群,而与湍蛙Amolops亲缘关系较远.据此,支持将该蛙从湍蛙属划出,并建议归入臭蛙属.     

中国臭蛙属两新种记述(无尾目：蛙科)

对云南臭蛙Odorrana andersonii各地居群的形态特征进行了深入研究,将原定名为云南臭蛙的9个地区标本分为3个形态型。这3个形态型被确定为3个不同的种,即云南臭蛙和2个新种：景东臭蛙O.jingdongensis sp.nov.和海南臭蛙O.hainanensis sp.nov.。海南臭蛙Odorrana hainanensis sp.nov.,正模CIB64Ⅲ3916,雄性成体59.5mm;采自海南白沙县鹦歌岭,海拔520;1964年8月25日。景东臭蛙Odorrana jingdongensis sp.nov.,正模CIB581505,雌性成体体长90.4mm;采自云南景东县新民乡,海拔1480m,1958年5月29日。模式标本保存在中国科学院成者生物研究所。     

福建宁德发现凹耳臭蛙

2021年4月在福建宁德蕉城区石墩村采集到3只相同蛙类,通过形态特征鉴定为隶属于无尾目(Anura)蛙科(Ranidae)臭蛙属(Odorrana)的凹耳臭蛙(O.tormota).凹耳臭蛙为中国特有种,之前仅被报道分布于安徽黄山,浙江建德、天台、安吉,江西婺源和江苏宜兴,其纬度分布范围在29°～31° N之间.该物种...     

从12S rRNA基因序列研究中国蛙科24种的进化关系

测定了中国蛙科动物24种和蟾蜍科的中华大蟾蜍线粒体12S rRNA基因长约400bp片段的序列。采用邻接法,对其数据的系统发生分析表明24种可分成3个支系：第一个支系包括棘腹蛙、合江棘蛙、棘胸蛙、大头蛙、虎纹蛙、倭蛙、泽陆蛙共７种,其中３种棘蛙组成一个单系;第二个支系由３种湍蛙,即戴云湍蛙、华南湍蛙和武夷湍蛙组成,应属于湍蛙亚科;第三支系包含余下的１４种蛙,其中５种林蛙和４种臭蛙分别组成一个单系;２种侧褶蛙先聚合后,再与弹琴水蛙聚合,２种粗上先聚合在一起,再与由林蛙组成的单系群聚合。第三支系首先与第二支系相聚,然后它们与第一支系形成姐妹群,即由蛙亚科的７个物种组成的第一支系,不与蛙亚科另１４个物种组成的第三支系直接聚合,表明第一支系的物种可能不属于蛙亚科。此外,分子证据提示把陆蛙属、大头蛙属、虎纹蛙属、棘棘属、臭蛙属、粗皮蛙属和侧褶蛙属从原来的蛙属分出有其合理性。、     

重庆市发现宜章臭蛙

2014年7~8月在重庆市南川区三泉镇采集到5号臭蛙类标本,经形态特征比较和DNA数据比对及遗传距离分析,鉴定为宜章臭蛙(Odorrana yizhangensis),属重庆市新纪录。重庆南川的宜章臭蛙与模式产地标本相比,指关节下瘤雌蛙较雄蛙明显;有外掌突;趾关节下瘤明显,趾间全蹼;后肢前伸贴体时胫跗关节超过吻端。重庆南川区与湖南宜章经度和纬度相距均约5°,为宜章臭蛙已知分布的最西点。宜章臭蛙的形态和遗传分化及分布格局,是否由于我国滇西高山峡谷地区、粤桂湘赣南岭山地和湘渝鄂边境地区特殊地理效应及第四纪冰期气候的反复变化造成的,值得进一步探讨。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.