华福花的解剖学特征及其同五福花的比较

本文记载了华福花的地理分布,生长和繁衍的物理条件,详细描述了营养器官的解剖学特征和花粉形态。从四个方面比较了两种植物的共同点和不同点,强调了华福花和五福花相比处于更高的阶段,并在发展和分化中。     

城市生态景观建设的指导原则和评价指标

在人口膨胀和快速城市化的全球化背景下,构建人与自然和谐的生态景观是城市景观规划和设计的基本美学观和价值观.缺乏统一的指导原则和评价标准使得城市生态景观建设出现了很多问题,也限制了生态景观的进一步推广和实践.基于文献调研和专家咨询的方式,归纳了城市生态景观的基本内涵和指导原则,并提出了针对性的评价指标.通过问卷调查的方式,获取了170余份有效问卷,据此分析公众对城市生态景观的理解和需求.可以依据该结果为城市生态景观的定量评价提供初步的权重值,为进一步完善生态景观建设的理论和方法提供了参考和依据.     

蕨类植物管状分子的研究进展

介绍了蕨类植物管状分子的研究现状和进展,包括管状分子的形态、分类和生理学意义等;对管状分子的区别和定义做出了阐述;将蕨类植物、裸子植物和被子植物管状分子进行了比较;并对蕨类植物管状分子今后的研究做了展望.     

拟南芥STN7和STN8蛋白激酶的结构预测和功能分析

STN7和STN8蛋白激酶分别参与了LHCⅡ蛋白和PSⅡ核心蛋白的磷酸化.作者用折叠识别的方法建立了拟南芥蛋白激酶STN7和STN8核心结构域的三维结构,同时结合其他生物信息学方法对STN7和STN8蛋白的结构和作用机制进行了探讨,选择特异位点合成多肽,并制备抗体.结果表明STN7和STN8蛋白激酶活性区域的电荷和形状互补性决定了两者作用底物蛋白的差异,蛋白印迹结果显示分别制备得到了STN7特异抗体和STN8特异抗体,证实结构预测的正确.     

呼吸作用对叶片光合作用和异戊二烯释放的影响

将杨树叶片置于持续的光照下增加了其光合速率和异戊二烯的释放水平。持续的光照也诱导了总呼吸、细胞色素途径和交替呼吸途径容量的增加。用细胞色素途径和交替呼吸途径的抑制剂氰化钾和水杨基氧肟酸降低了光照下叶片的光合速率和异戊二烯的释放水平,也导致了光系统Ⅱ的光合效率和光化学淬灭系数的降低。这些结果表明了呼吸作用可能有助于光合作用的正常运行和光照下植物异戊二烯的释放。     

归化和异化指导下的中医基础理论名词术语的英译

本文从劳伦斯·韦努蒂提出的"归化"和"异化"的文化取向出发,分析了在这两种文化取向指导之下的中医基础理论基本名词术语英译的策略和方法,并提出了归化"和"异化"密不可分,二者的关系使得中医基础理论基本名词术语的英译在第三空间达到了互补和统一,即杂合。同时指出杂合翻译展现了原术语语言和文化的异质性,促进了语言文化之间的相互理解和交流,有助于中医文化的丰富和发展。     

混合式教学在面向非生物类学生“生命科学导论”课程中的探索与实践

在“互联网+”时代下,本科教学模式正因信息技术的快速发展发生着变革,线上教学和线下教学相结合的混合式教学模式正在各高校推行和发展。为促进教学模式改革和提升教学效果,本课程组针对面向非生物学专业学生开设的“生命科学导论”通识课程开展了混合式教学改革探索。通过线上线下混合式教学探索和实践,课程集合了高水平大型开放式网络课程(Massive Open Online Course,MOOC)、小班化教学、多元化平台、多维度教学模式等特点,建设了多学科背景的协作式教学团队,形成了重过程重能力的多元评价体系,践行了知识传授与价值引领相结合的育人理念,获得了宝贵的实践经验和良好的教学成效,可为国内高校同类课程的改革建设提供借鉴和参考。混合式教学的开展,拓展了教学的广度和深度,激发了学生的学习兴趣和潜能,开拓了学生的思维和视角,培养了学生的科学素养和综合能力,为创新型复合型人才的培养发挥了积极作用。     

城市系统碳循环:特征、机理与理论框架

城市是地表受人类活动影响最深刻的区域,城市系统碳循环在全球和区域碳过程中具有重要的地位和作用.提出了城市“自然-社会”二元碳循环的概念,探讨了城市系统碳循环的一般特征;分析了城市系统碳循环的内部机理,主要包括:城市系统碳储量和碳输入/输出通量的主要过程和途径、城市系统碳储量、碳通量和碳流通的生命周期分析、城市系统碳输入和碳输出的类型划分等;提出了基于系统层次划分和碳流通过程的城市系统碳循环的研究框架,分析了城市自然系统和城市经济系统的主要碳流通过程和环节,构建了城市系统碳循环研究的思路和理论框架;最后提出了城市系统碳循环领域未来的研究重点.     

药物临床前研究与转化医学——实验动物的应用与动物实验

本文讨论了药物临床前研究与实验动物和动物模型之间的关系,探讨了实验动物和动物模型在新药研发过程中实现转化研究的要求和条件.讨论了实验动物质量对新药研发的影响,分析了实验动物质量的影响因素;讨论了实验动物模型的主要类型和特点,分析了进行实验动物模型研究的要点和要求;分析了动物模型与新药研发过程中实现转化研究的条件,提出加强转化研究需要实验动物和动物模型研究的支撑.     

具有潜伏期和体液免疫应答的病毒感染模型的稳定性分析

研究了一类具有潜伏期和体液免疫应答的病毒感染模型的动力学性质.利用Lyapunov泛函和LaSalle不变集原理,对模型的未感染平衡点全局稳定性进行了分析,对体液免疫未激活和体液免疫已激活的感染平衡点给出了全局渐近稳定的充分条件.推广了Bonhoefler(1997)和Nowak(2000)等的工作,获得了一些新结果.     

Effects of number of flowers per raceme and number of racemes per plant on bumblebee visits and female reproductive success in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salvia nipponica</Emphasis> (Labiatae)

We studied the adaptive arrangement of raceme flowers in dense and sparse habitats of Salvia nipponica. We recorded bumblebee visits and collected mature seeds to estimate outcrossing rates from allozyme genotypes. To examine the resource investment in flowering stalks, we measured their length and dry mass. We found that a greater number of open flowers in a raceme enhanced bumblebee visits and successive probings in both density plots. However, greater height of a raceme did not enhance these in plots of either density. In the high-density plot, both a greater mean number of open flowers in a raceme and a greater number of flowering racemes on a plant enhanced bumblebee visits, successive probings, and also enhanced outcrossing rate in spite of an increase in successive probings. Although the number of flowers per raceme had a greater positive effect on seed-to-ovule ratios than did the number of racemes, the number of flowers per raceme may be constrained because a longer flowering stalk needs greater buckling strength. Hence, it may be advantageous for plants in high-density plots to increase both number of flowers per raceme and number of racemes. In the low-density plot, a greater number of flowering racemes on a plant enhanced pollinator visits, but a greater mean number of open flowers in a raceme did not. Hence, it may be advantageous for plants to increase the number of racemes while keeping the numbers of flowers per raceme small. Thus, the adaptive number of flowers per raceme and number of racemes per plant may differ between high- and low-density plots.     

More genes or more taxa? The relative contribution of gene number and taxon number to phylogenetic accuracy

The relative contribution of taxon number and gene number to accuracy in phylogenetic inference is a major issue in phylogenetics and of central importance to the choice of experimental strategies for the successful reconstruction of a broad sketch of the tree of life. Maximization of the number of taxa sampled is the strategy favored by most phylogeneticists, although its necessity remains the subject of debate. Vast increases in gene number are now possible due to advances in genomics, but large numbers of genes will be available for only modest numbers of taxa, raising the question of whether such genome-scale phylogenies will be robust to the addition of taxa. To examine the relative benefit of increasing taxon number or gene number to phylogenetic accuracy, we have developed an assay that utilizes the symmetric difference tree distance as a measure of phylogenetic accuracy. We have applied this assay to a genome-scale data matrix containing 106 genes from 14 yeast species. Our results show that increasing taxon number correlates with a slight decrease in phylogenetic accuracy. In contrast, increasing gene number has a significant positive effect on phylogenetic accuracy. Analyses of an additional taxon-rich data matrix from the same yeast clade show that taxon number does not have a significant effect on phylogenetic accuracy. The positive effect of gene number and the lack of effect of taxon number on phylogenetic accuracy are also corroborated by analyses of two data matrices from mammals and angiosperm plants, respectively. We conclude that, for typical data sets, the number of genes utilized may be a more important determinant of phylogenetic accuracy than taxon number.     

The reproductive strategy of the gregarious parasitoid,Pteromalus puparum (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Summary Host size of Pteromalus puparum, a gregarious pupal parasitoid, shows a wide inter- and intraspecific variation. Experiments were made to study the regulation of the number and sex ratio of progeny per host by the parasitoid. The parasitoid could discriminate inter- and intraspecific size differences of the host and regulate the number of eggs according to the host size when a single female attacked the host. The sex ratio of progeny (proportion males) was about 0.1. The number of progeny laid by the female agreed with the energetically most efficient number og eggs in order to maximize total weight of progeny per host but not with the reproductively most efficient number of eggs to maximize the total fecundity of the progeny. The parasitoid laid smaller number of eggs in a half buried host, but the number was much larger than a half of those in a fully exposed host. When more than one female attacked a single host, the number and sex ratio of progeny per host increased with the number of females attacking the host, but the number of progeny per female decreased. The change of the sex ratio agreed with the prediction of the local mate competition model.     

QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR DETERMINING A REPRESENTATIVE ALGAL SAMPLE COUNT1

A method for determining a representative count of a sample dependent on number of species is presented for application to various algal communities. Constant species curves are calculated as efficiency = (number of individuals–number of species)/number of individuals and diagrammed on a plot of efficiency versus number of individuals counted. Efficiency is defined as the probability that a new species encountered is minimal. That is, as the ratio of number of species to number of individuals approaches 1, more individuals will need to be counted in order to achieve a representative count. Data and calculations of efficiency from two algal communities are presented for illustration.     

Circular binary segmentation for the analysis of array-based DNA copy number data

DNA sequence copy number is the number of copies of DNA at a region of a genome. Cancer progression often involves alterations in DNA copy number. Newly developed microarray technologies enable simultaneous measurement of copy number at thousands of sites in a genome. We have developed a modification of binary segmentation, which we call circular binary segmentation, to translate noisy intensity measurements into regions of equal copy number. The method is evaluated by simulation and is demonstrated on cell line data with known copy number alterations and on a breast cancer cell line data set.     

Sources of variability in numbers of live births in wild golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)

We examined the effects of several variables on the number of live births in multiparous females in a wild population of golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia). Independent variables included the number of infants born to a female the previous breeding season, the number of infants weaned the previous breeding season, the female's age and body mass, the number of adult males and helpers in the group, and the inbreeding coefficient of the offspring. We also tested the hypothesis that trapping and chemical immobilization during pregnancy affected the number of live births. Female body mass was the only statistically significant predictor of the number of live-born infants in the current season when both first and second peaks were included. Characteristics that predicted higher numbers of infants in the first peak of a season were the number of infants born the previous season and the body mass of the female. The greater the number of infants born the previous season, the greater the number of infants born in the first peak of the current season. Factors positively correlated with the number of live births in the second peak within a season included the number of infants born the previous season, as well as the number of available helpers. Due to sample size constraints, the analysis of litters in the second peak did not include body mass of the female as a variable. Inbreeding and handling did not affect the number of live births. We found no evidence that current reproduction negatively impacts future reproduction in this species. We also found no evidence for an age-related reduction in fertility.     

不同密度下凤仙花重要形态性状与花朵数的关系

对30cm×30cm和50cm×50cm种植密度下的凤仙花(Impatiens balsamina L.)的地径、株高、冠幅、叶面积、花期、花径、一级分枝数、二级分枝数、一级分枝部位高和二级分枝部位高10个重要形态性状与花朵数的关系差异进行了相关性及通径分析,为凤仙花栽培与性状选择提供科学基础。结果表明:30cm×30cm种植的凤仙花的一级分枝数、二级分枝部位高都与花朵数呈显著正相关,地径、冠幅、二级分枝数与花朵数呈极显著正相关,对花朵数的直接效应大小顺序为:二级分枝数>一级分枝数>花径>花期;50cm×50cm种植的凤仙花,其地径、冠幅和二级分枝数都与花产量呈显著正相关,对花朵数的直接效应大小顺序为:二级分枝数>冠幅。二级分枝数对两种密度栽培的凤仙花花产量都起着重要作用。不同种植间距下凤仙花采用了不同的适应方式以获得最大花朵数目,进而获得最大数量的种子,获得较多的繁殖机会。在30cm×30cm下,是通过获得较多一级分枝数;在50cm×50cm下,是通过增加冠幅来产生较大花产量,而且与前者相比,植株茎秆粗壮,对霜霉病的抗性也强,因此,在栽培中,应以适合的低密度栽培比较好。     

Effect of site-directed point mutations on protein misfolding: A simulation study

A Monte Carlo simulation based sequence design method is proposed to investigate the role of site-directed point mutations in protein misfolding. Site-directed point mutations are incorporated in the designed sequences of selected proteins. While most mutated sequences correctly fold to their native conformation, some of them stabilize in other nonnative conformations and thus misfold/unfold. The results suggest that a critical number of hydrophobic amino acid residues must be present in the core of the correctly folded proteins, whereas proteins misfold/unfold if this number of hydrophobic residues falls below the critical limit. A protein can accommodate only a particular number of hydrophobic residues at the surface, provided a large number of hydrophilic residues are present at the surface and critical hydrophobicity of the core is preserved. Some surface sites are observed to be equally sensitive toward site-directed point mutations as the core sites. Point mutations with highly polar and charged amino acids increases the misfold/unfold propensity of proteins. Substitution of natural amino acids at sites with different number of nonbonded contacts suggests that both amino acid identity and its respective site-specificity determine the stability of a protein. A clash-match method is developed to calculate the number of matching and clashing interactions in the mutated protein sequences. While misfolded/unfolded sequences have a higher number of clashing and a lower number of matching interactions, the correctly folded sequences have a lower number of clashing and a higher number of matching interactions. These results are valid for different SCOP classes of proteins.     

The roles of cell size and cell number in determining ovariole number in Drosophila

All insect ovaries are composed of functional units called ovarioles, which contain sequentially developing egg chambers. The number of ovarioles varies between and within species. Ovariole number is an important determinant of fecundity and thus affects individual fitness. Although Drosophila oogenesis has been intensively studied, the genetic and cellular basis for determination of ovariole number remains unknown. Ovariole formation begins during larval development with the morphogenesis of terminal filament cells (TFCs) into stacks called terminal filaments (TFs). We induced changes in ovariole number in Drosophila melanogaster by genetically altering cell size and cell number in the TFC population, and analyzed TF morphogenesis in these ovaries to understand the cellular basis for the changes in ovariole number. Increasing TFC size contributed to higher ovariole number by increasing TF number. Similarly, increasing total TFC number led to higher ovariole number via an increase in TF number. By analyzing ovarian morphogenesis in another Drosophila species we showed that TFC number regulation is a target of evolutionary change that affects ovariole number. In contrast, temperature-dependent plasticity in ovariole number was due to changes in cell-cell sorting during TF morphogenesis, rather than changes in cell size or cell number. We have thus identified two distinct developmental processes that regulate ovariole number: establishment of total TFC number, and TFC sorting during TF morphogenesis. Our data suggest that the genetic changes underlying species-specific ovariole number may alter the total number of TFCs available to contribute to TF formation. This work provides for the first time specific and quantitative developmental tools to investigate the evolution of a highly conserved reproductive structure.