中生代银杏类植物系统发育、分类和演化趋向

长期以来银杏类植物化石分类都依据营养叶形态为基础。由于叶形态的多型性和异源性,导致分类和系统发育解释的紊乱。根据对保存完好的繁殖器官(胚珠器官)系统发育分析结果所作的银杏目分类表明中生代除了银杏和银杏科以外,至少还存在着3．5个已灭绝的科级单元。此方案把已知其繁殖器官的成员和仅仅根据营养器官建立起来的分类位置不明的属严格地区分开来,并注明各科的限定性特征和已知成员的地质地理分布。银杏目植物自古生代起源,至早中生代以后朝着不同的方向辐射,呈现出丰富的多样性并经历了错综复杂的演化过程,其总的演化趋向是退缩：叶片扁化、蹊化和融合;胚珠器官简化,胚珠增大、数目减少,珠柄趋于消失。     

胚珠的类型

胚珠(ouvle)是种子植物的大孢子囊,种子的前身。裸予植物的胚珠裸露,被子植物的胚殊被包在子房内,子房内胚珠的数目随植物种类而不同。被子植物的胚珠由珠被(一般分内珠被和外珠被两层)和珠心两部分组成,珠心的中央是胚囊,珠被包在珠心的外面。珠被在珠心顶端的小孔叫珠孔,珠心的基部与珠被相连的部位叫合点。胚珠通过珠柄着生在胎坐上。由于胚珠各部分生长速度不同,可把胚珠区分为四大类。如果胚珠各部分的生长速度均匀一致,所生成的胚珠,珠孔、合点和珠柄三者在一条直线上,珠孔在珠柄的相对一端,这类     

荧光素钠在香子兰生活胚珠中的运输

在香子兰（Vanilla planifolia Andr.)未受精的胚珠中,外珠被只包到胚珠的下半部,荧光素钠自珠柄进入胚珠,先在胚珠含点区形成一个荧光中心,然后沿内珠被向珠孔端运输,在内珠被的珠孔端形成第二个荧光中心,不久卵器中显现荧光,受精以后,胚珠的外珠被向上延伸,与内珠被共同形成珠孔,荧光素钠经珠柄进入后向几个方向扩展;1．运至珠孔口处的外珠被中。2．沿珠柄一侧的外珠被向下至合点区;3．由合点区分别向内部和向远离珠柄一侧的外珠被扩展,香子兰胚珠中不具维管束,不过荧光素钠在内珠被中运输时,明显可见紧贴胚囊的内层细胞是其主要运输通道,胚囊成熟时,珠孔端一半在内珠被与胚囊之间有角质层相隔,胚囊合点端的一半与球心细胞间无角质层,营养物质无疑可由合点端进入胚囊,但是卵器是在内珠被珠孔端荧光中心形成后才出现荧光的,不能排除营养物质自珠孔端进入胚囊的可能性。     

荧光素钠在香子兰生活胚珠中的运输

在香子兰（Vanilla planifolia Andr.)未受精的胚珠中,外珠被只包到胚珠的下半部,荧光素钠自珠柄进入胚珠,先在胚珠含点区形成一个荧光中心,然后沿内珠被向珠孔端运输,在内珠被的珠孔端形成第二个荧光中心,不久卵器中显现荧光,受精以后,胚珠的外珠被向上延伸,与内珠被共同形成珠孔,荧光素钠经珠柄进入后向几个方向扩展;1．运至珠孔口处的外珠被中。2．沿珠柄一侧的外珠被向下至合点区;3．由合点区分别向内部和向远离珠柄一侧的外珠被扩展,香子兰胚珠中不具维管束,不过荧光素钠在内珠被中运输时,明显可见紧贴胚囊的内层细胞是其主要运输通道,胚囊成熟时,珠孔端一半在内珠被与胚囊之间有角质层相隔,胚囊合点端的一半与球心细胞间无角质层,营养物质无疑可由合点端进入胚囊,但是卵器是在内珠被珠孔端荧光中心形成后才出现荧光的,不能排除营养物质自珠孔端进入胚囊的可能性。     

侧柏雌球果及其胚珠的发育

观察了侧柏（Ｐｌａｔｙｃｌａｄｕｓ ｏｒｉｅｎｔａｌｉｓ（Ｌ．）Ｆｒａｎｃｅ）胚珠的发育过程及后期球果苞片的结构变化。在北京,雌球果原基７月分化。通常一个球果有４对苞片,中部两对可育,靠球果顶端一对各产生一枚胚珠,其下一对各两枚。胚珠的发育顺序是向顶的,下部可育苞片腑部的两枚胚珠源于同一原基。胚珠原基分化成珠心和珠被,在发育过程中,珠被逐渐包围珠心,最后形成２烧瓶状的胚珠。１１月至次年１月,球果处     

无核荔枝假种皮发育过程的研究

无核荔枝是荔枝中较为珍贵的品系 ,种子多退化 ,故为无核品系。其胚珠在发育过程中由于胚囊败育而萎缩 ,假种皮发生于珠脊外侧及外珠被外侧 ,由于胚珠中部的表皮及表层下的几层细胞先后脱分化形成分生组织 ,而在以后的发育中经历一个由“中层”假种皮发育到“平台”假种皮的过程 ,当“平台”假种皮形成以后 ,在其外侧边缘形成一个明显的“上翘”假种皮 ;继而 ,把发育缓慢的胚珠和珠柄包埋 ,而形成“无核”。此外 ,在其发育过程中 ,外界温度对其影响较为明显 :扬花期的高温会产生大核、焦核 ,低温则产生无核 ,因此 ,无核荔枝可能是低温敏感型。     

籽银桂雌雄配子体的发育研究

利用石蜡切片和扫描电子显微镜技术。研究了南京地区银桂品种群的‘籽银桂’雌雄配子体的发育过程。雄蕊的孢原细胞在8月中旬出现。花药壁的发育为基本型,分泌型绒毡层。小孢子母细胞减数分裂为同时型。形成的4个小孢子四分体呈典型的四面体型。成熟花粉粒即雄配子体为二核花粉粒。籽银桂为倒生胚珠。单珠被,薄珠心。珠被内层细胞特化为珠被绒毡层。在胚珠合点端。有承珠盘结构。在9月中旬,雌蕊的孢原细胞开始分化出来。孢原细胞直接发育成大孢子母细胞,然后大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成大孢子。‘籽银桂’的胚囊发育类型为蓼型。成熟胚囊即雌配子体由2个助细胞、1个卵细胞、1个中央细胞(2个核)和3个反足细胞组成。     

五唇兰雌配子体发育和胚胎发生的研究

五唇兰的胚珠倒生型,具薄珠心,两层珠被。胚囊发育为双孢子葱型,成熟胚囊８核。从传粉到受精约５０ｄ,正常双受精。胚具５－６细胞的胚柄,种子成熟时胚柄及胚乳核消失,成熟种子只具单层细胞的种皮和一个未分化的珠珠形胚。     

白桦胚珠发育及胚、胚乳发育关系的研究

以30年生白桦(Betula platyphylla)的雌花序为材料,研究了白桦有性生殖期间胚珠和胚乳的发育过程,以及胚和胚乳发育之间的关系。观察结果表明:白桦为合生心皮雌蕊,花柱2,子房室2,每室1~2个胚珠或无,中轴胎座,倒生胚珠,单层珠被,厚珠心发育;胚柄短小,由三个细胞构成;在历时4个月之久的雌配子体形成、胚胎发育直至成熟期间,胚珠经历了形态结构的变化和适应;在胚的发育过程中,胚乳起主要营养作用,胚乳发育类型为核型胚乳。最后对胚、胚乳发育的解剖结构及其相互关系以及影响种子质量的各环节进行了研究和讨论。     

嵩草属植物的胚胎学

对嵩草属（ Ｋｏｂｒｅｓｉａ） 植物进行了初步的胚胎学研究。该属植物具假四合花粉（ｐｓｅｕｄｏｍｏｎａｄ） ; 药室内壁在二核花粉时期开始螺旋状加厚, 花药表皮在花粉成熟时形成乳突; 成熟花粉具三细胞。胚珠为倒生型, 具厚珠心和双层珠被, 珠孔由内珠被构成, 珠柄的近基部向珠孔增生形成珠孔塞。胚囊的发育为蓼型, 四分体线形排列, 合点端大孢子发育成八核胚囊。受精后, 胚乳核先于受精卵进行分裂, 胚乳的发育为核型。胚的发育为柳叶菜型灯芯草变型。通过比较, 嵩草属植物大小孢子的发育、胚珠的结构、胚囊的发育、胚乳的发育和胚的发育与莎草科中其它类群一致。所以, 根据胚胎学资料, 嵩草属及其近缘属应保留在莎草科中,不该另立为嵩草科。     

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.     

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.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).