Archaeoperisaccus属的地质历程和地理分布

Archaeoperisaccus是苏联孢粉学者纳乌莫娃(Naumova,1953)在俄罗斯陆台晚泥盆世早期Similuke和Petino层中发现并建立的属,该属的地质时代限于晚泥盆世早期弗拉斯阶(Frasnian),地理分布限于北欧、北美和安加拉古大陆。 近年来的研究表明,Archaeoperisaccus在中国也有广泛分布,该属的地质历程从中泥盆世早期艾菲尔阶(Eifelian)至晚泥盆世晚期斯特连阶(Strunian)。因此,中国的Archaeoperisaccus孢子早于苏联、北美的加拿大和美国的阿拉斯加。中国可能是该属的起源中心。 根据古地磁资料,西藏聂拉木、华南(包括西秦岭)在泥盆纪时都位于古赤道以南,因此该属可以出现在古赤道南、北两半球,南半球可能早于北半球。     

我国首次发现古生代星状迹化石

我国首次发现古生代星状迹化石河北省地质矿产勘查院保定工作部,在地质矿产调查过程中,于保定西部太行山区,曲阳县境内灵山沉积盆地的寒武纪石灰岩地层中,发现罕见星状迹化石。经国内著名地质、古生物专家共同鉴定,一致认为属国内首次发现。该化石为寒武纪崮山阶,浅...     

Levitusia（腕足类）在广西桂林的发现及其地层意义

Ｌｅｖｉｔｕｓｉａ的形态构造特殊,是欧洲和中亚地区下石炭统韦宪阶下部常见属。此属在我国广西桂林大塘阶下部尚属首次发现。本文详细讨论了该属的形态构造、亲缘关系、地理、地层分布以及古生态特征,指出Ｌｅｖｉｔｕｓｉａ不仅因具有基本稳定的产出层位和短促的地质时限而为欧亚地区同期地层的对比提供了新的依据,同时又因Ｌｅｖｉｔｕｓｉａ化石群主要发现于碳酸盐岩台地的边缘或台盆交接的斜坡相带,且从未在凝聚沉积、库尔     

论元古宙有机壁微体化石Tappania的生物与地质意义*

有机壁微体化石Tappania,最初发现和描述自我国山西永济地区约17—14亿年前古老的古元古代晚期—中元古代早期汝阳群北大尖组。随后,该形态属标本相继从印度、澳大利亚、西伯利亚、美洲等地的同期地层被发现和报道。无疑,它成为该地质时期生物地层对比的重要微体化石证据。由于它是自前寒武纪早期微体化石记录以来,被认定为最初具有动态细胞支架和膜系统的复杂有机壁真核微体化石,它成为干群真核生物在该古老地质时期演化趋异的见证。本文旨在认识Tappania的形态特征及其生物亲缘,并探讨它的生活、繁衍生态环境和地质背景。结合已知古地理和地球化学研究资料,可推测Tappania的出现与该地质时期的重大地质事件相关联。在古元古代晚期至新元古代早期的海水盆地中,尽管占主导地位的仍然是蓝菌和单细胞藻类,但是,具有渗析营养功能的多细胞真核生物在适宜生态环境已繁衍。     

记三门峡和河南新蔡发现的哺乳类动物粪化石标本*

一.三门峡的食肉类粪化石1954年刘东生同志等在三门峡一带作第四纪地质调查时,采集有粪化石标本一块。我国发现的粪化石,除了肯定属鱼类的以外,祇有周口店第一地点发现有大批食肉类哺乳动物的粪化石,但尚未经过研究。此外,我国还没有关于发现哺乳动物粪化石的记载。三门峡的标本采自该区域内黄河北岸平陆县的洞窑河口,保存在红黄色土底下     

陕西府谷巨鬣狗的新材料

陕西府谷老高川发现的Dinocrocutagigantea化石是目前我国该属最完整、最丰富的材料,包括头骨、上下颌、牙齿及一些肢骨。Dinocrocutagigantea是一类头骨相当粗策的食肉动物,但肢骨除个体大小与现代鬣狗的不同外,各部比例彼此相当,头部特化无疑是其进化过程中的适应表现。该属的地质时代,多数研究者认为是Vallesian期的典型种类,但府谷老高川含化石层古地磁年代初步测定表明,该层的绝对年龄在7─8百万年之间,这是一个值得注意的问题。     

兜叶藓属Horikawaea Nog.的分类、分布研究及H. nitida Nog.在贵州的发现

兜叶藓属Horikawaea是典型的东南亚特有属,该属共有3个种,目前这3个种在中国均有发现。从分布范围来看,该属分布的北缘是西藏的墨脱县,南缘是菲律宾群岛一带。兜叶藓Horikawaea nitida在贵州麻阳河黑叶猴自然保护区的发现也是该种在贵州分布的首次记录。根据采自贵州该属植物的标本,描述并讨论了该属的地理分布与属内亲缘关系。     

兜叶藓属Horikawaea Nog．的分类、分布研究及H．nitida Nog．在贵州的发现

兜叶藓属Horikawaea是典型的东南亚特有属,该属共有3个种,目前这3个种在中国均有发现。从分布范围来看,该属分布的北缘是西藏的墨脱县,南缘是菲律宾群岛一带。兜叶藓Horikawaea nitida在贵州麻阳河黑叶猴自然保护区的发现也是该种在贵州分布的首次记录。根据采自贵州该属植物的标本,描述并讨论了该属的地理分布与属内亲缘关系。     

江西玉山王家坝早志留世早期（EarlyLlandoverian）新腕足动物群的发现…

系统描述江西省玉山县王家坝地区早志留世早期地层中新发现的腕足动物群６目、９超科、１７科、２１属、２８种,并将它们统称为Ｉｓｏｒｔｈｉｓ－Ｌｅｐｔａｅｎａ动物群。同时指出发现该腕足动物群的意义及其生存的地质时代。     

大同青磁窑旧石器遗址的发掘

在青磁窑旧石器遗址中发现了石制品近1000件,哺乳动物化石8种。遗址的地质时代为中更新世晚期,文化上属旧石器时代早期的后一阶段。这是大同市首次发现的旧石器时代早期文化遗址。     

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.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细