上海农田泽蛙年龄组划分方法的初步研究

对2005年4～10月在上海农田随机捕获的369只泽蛙的体长、体重指标进行测量,通过聚类分析将其划分为4个年龄组.在此基础上结合不同月份的年龄结构特征,以及以往的研究作对照,推断出泽蛙4个年龄组对应的个体年龄以及相应的生长指标特征.结果为体长15～31 mm可鉴定为1龄个体和小于8月龄的2龄个体,32～39 mm个体可鉴定为2龄个体,40～45 mm为3龄个体,48～51 mm为4龄个体,认为该方法可用于泽蛙的年龄鉴别.     

上海郊区农田泽蛙种群动态和肥满度状况初探

2005年4～10月,采用样线法,对上海郊区农田泽蛙（Rana limnocharis）非蛰眠期的种群数量和肥满度进行了研究。逐月共捕获泽蛙371只,对不同月份和不同年龄组泽蛙的体长、体重和肥满度进行数据分析。结果表明上海郊区泽蛙的肥满度随不同月份和不同年龄呈现显著性差异。种群在繁殖前的5月份肥满度最高,8月份肥满度最小。肥满度Kwl值随泽蛙年龄的增加而增大,K值随泽蛙年龄的增大而减小。2龄泽蛙的肥满度增幅最大。上海郊区泽蛙的年度种群数量波动呈双峰型,峰值在7月和9月。Kwl值比K值更加敏感。     

泽陆蛙(Fejervarya limnocharis)两性异形的个体发育和雌体繁殖

2010年3月下旬-7月上旬于浙江富阳市农田采集680只泽陆蛙(Fejervarya limnocharis),研究了泽陆蛙成体和幼体的个体大小和局部形态特征的两性异形;通过解剖雌体获得窝卵数、测量抱对个体获得形态数据,研究了雌体大小与生育力关系以及抱对两性个体体形大小的相关性.结果表明:捕获个体中,雌性和雄性成体的最小体长分别为33mm和30 mm;雄性成体个体数显著超过雌性成体,两性幼体个体数无显著差异;两性成体头部大小、四肢长随体长呈同速增长,眼径和体重随体长呈异速增长,两性幼体所有被检形态特征均随体长呈同速增长;雌性成体平均体长显著大干雄性成体,去除体长差异的影响后发现,除眼径无显著的两性差异外,其余被检形态特征均为雌性大于雄性;幼体除雌性体重大于雄性外,其余被检形态特征均无两性差异;窝卵数与雌体大小(体长和体重)呈显著的正相关;两性抱对个体的体长无显著相关性;泽陆蛙雄性成体体形小于雌性成体的个体大小两性异形模式可能决定于驱使雄性向较大体形发展的进化驱动力相对较弱,雌性增大体形可增加繁殖输出,故向较大体形发展的进化驱动力相对较强;除体重外,其余被检形态特征的两性异形均形成于性成熟之后.     

基于渔业调查的南极半岛北部水域南极磷虾种群年龄结构分析

本文依据2009—2010年南极海洋生物资源开发与利用项目调查期间在南极半岛北部（南设得兰群岛和南奥克尼群岛）水域收集的南极磷虾样本,应用Bhattacharya法分析了该水域南极磷虾的种群年龄结构。结果表明,1月份南极磷虾体长范围分布在38.2—64.0mm,2月份体长范围分布在33.2—59.0mm,且1月份和2月份体长分布并不存在显著性差异（K-S检验,Z=1.061,p=0.211＞0.05）;种群内最多可能包含5个年龄组,即2 ,3 ,4 ,5 和6 龄虾。年龄组成的区域变化较大,2 龄虾仅在个别区域存在;1月份5 龄在种群中所占比例显著高于其它年龄组（57.23%）,其次为4 龄（23.42%）,而2月份6 龄（53.29%）所占比例也显著高于其它年龄组,其次为3 龄（25.85%）。     

长江宜昌段鲢的繁殖生物学特征

2014年3月至2016年9月在长江中下游宜昌江段共收集鲢(Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)样本433尾,进行繁殖生物学研究。该江段鲢的繁殖时间为每年的5月下旬至8月上旬,以6~7月为盛产期。繁殖群体体长310~927 mm,体重600~17 090 g,由3~7龄共5个年龄组组成,3龄群体数量上占绝对优势,占繁殖群体的45.2%。雌雄性比为1.43︰1,雌雄群体间体长-体重关系存在显著性差异(0.01P0.05)。采用Logistic方程推算出初次性成熟雌性个体体长为482.3 mm,体重为2 206.7 g;初次性成熟雄性个体体长为484.0 mm,体重1 677.5 g。卵径(1.01±0.12)mm,大小分布呈单峰型,为单批产卵型鱼类。绝对繁殖力(477 662±9 631)粒,相对繁殖力为(93.38±5.92)粒/g,绝对繁殖力随着鱼体长、体重增长而增大。与其他地理种群相比较,宜昌江段鲢总体表现为卵径相对较小而繁殖力较大。     

溯河洄游的长江刀鲚种群的年龄结构及其生长特征

溯江产卵洄游中的刀鲚(Coilia nasus)是目前长江最名贵的水产品之一。本文分析了2009年4～5月采自长江九段沙、靖江和芜湖3个江段的299尾洄游型刀鲚样本。结果显示,3个种群的体长为15.8～32.8 cm,平均(23.3±3.5)cm,18.0～24.0 cm体长组占总数的52.51%。体重为11.83～143.80g,平均(48.19±24.89)g,10.00～50.00 g体重组占总数的59.53%。芜湖种群的体长和体重均显著小于九段沙和靖江种群(ANOVA,P=0.000<0.01)。299尾个体包括1～4龄4个年龄组,其中51.28%的九段沙个体和53.97%的靖江个体均为3龄;而多达85.26%的芜湖个体则为2龄。不论体长、体重还是年龄结构,已较20世纪70年代同江段渔获物有明显下降。结果还显示,九段沙、靖江和芜湖种群的性比分别为1∶1.28、1∶1.46和1∶1.97,显示出沿长江往上性比逐渐增加的现象。3个种群的平均丰满度为0.35±0.05,但即使是在同龄组,靖江种群的丰满度也显著高于芜湖和九段沙种群,这可作为刀鲚在这一江段最名贵高价的一种解释。     

淀山湖翘嘴鲌的年龄结构与生长特性

研究翘嘴鲌的年龄结构与生长特征可为探其繁殖、性成熟年龄、存活率等习性积累有效数据, 并可为优化鱼类种群结构、科学利用其种质资源提供参考依据。以2016年5月至2017年4月逐月于淀山湖采集到的452尾翘嘴鲌(Culter alburnus)为研究材料, 研究其年龄结构与生长特征间的紧密联系。结果表明: 翘嘴鲌体长15.32—77.91 cm; 体重范围43—5567 g。雌雄群体间的体长和体重的差异不显著(P>0.05), 体长和体重拟合关系式为W=0.00002L2.9211 (R2=0.9143, n=452), 符合匀速生长特性; 选用鳞片鉴定年龄、测量鳞径, 并建立von Berta-lanffy生长方程, L_t=99.65[1–e–0.1357(t+0.6287)]; W_t=11874.27[1–e–0.1357(t+0.6287)]2.9211。采集的翘嘴鲌样本由1—6龄组成, 优势年龄组3龄, 占样本总数的55.71%, 表明生长趋于低龄化、小型化; 生长拐点年龄为7.2711龄时对应的体长和体重分别为65.54 cm和3471.79 g。     

珠江口花鰶的生物学特征研究

为了解珠江花鰶(Clupanodon thrissa)的生物学特征变化及资源现状, 2020年10月至2021年9月在珠江口广州江段逐月采集花鰶样本共408尾,根据生物学测量、年龄结构分析和组织学等方法,对花鰶的年龄、生长及繁殖特征进行分析。结果表明,雌性花鰶的平均体长为(173.60±17.10) mm,平均体重为(92.30±24.37) g,雄性平均体长为(155.94±15.10) mm,平均体重为(65.81±19.97) g。花鰶种群由0⁺—5⁺龄个体组成,以1⁺—3⁺龄为主,占总样本量的89.03%。花鰶体长与体重呈幂函数关系:W=1×10^-5L^3.0525 (R²=0.9057),为匀速生长类型。采用Von Bertalanffy生长方程描述珠江口花鰶的生长特性,生长参数分别为:渐进体长L_∞=176.14 mm,渐进体重W_∞=71.70 g,生长系数k=0.62,理论生长起点...     

卢氏县大鲵种群年龄结构和性比的初步研究

对大鲵种群样本(n=252)及观察到的当年孵化的幼鲵进行测量,样本采自河南省卢氏县大鲵自然保护区。以大鲵体长、体重为指标,用重心法聚类划分出8个年龄组(不含当年孵化幼鲵)。在此基础上结合大鲵的生长发育特点,同时与人工养殖条件下的生长情况进行对照,根据样本聚类情况推断出大鲵5个个体年龄组及相应的体长和体重指标,对卢氏县大鲵20世纪90年代初的种群年龄结构和性比进行了分析,探讨了以大鲵体长和体重为生长指标、用聚类分析法划分大鲵年龄组的可能性。     

上海市城市化对金线侧褶蛙和泽陆蛙形态特征的影响

城市化是造成全球两栖类多样性下降的重要原因，两栖类通过表型特征(尤其是形态特征)的改变响应城市化进程。于2020—2021年4—8月沿上海市城市化梯度设置38个研究样点，共采集170只金线侧褶蛙和305只泽陆蛙成体，以获取5项形态特征数据(体长、体重、头宽、前臂长和后肢长),基于各样点的建筑、道路和林地面积占比定义城市化指数以代表城市化水平，分析上海市城市化对金线侧褶蛙和泽陆蛙形态特征的影响。结果表明：雄性与雌性金线侧褶蛙的体长与城市化指数呈显著正相关，雄性泽陆蛙的体长、头宽和后肢长，以及雌性泽陆蛙的体重和后肢长与城市化指数呈显著正相关。本研究表明，泽陆蛙对上海市城市化进程的形态特征响应强于金线侧褶蛙。     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.     

我国葫芦科植物离体培养研究进展

葫芦科植物包括多种瓜类蔬菜,对其进行离体培养研究具有重要的理论和实践意义。综述了国内在葫芦科植物器官培养、体细胞胚胎发生、花药培养、原生质体培养和体细胞杂交及离体遗传转化等方面取得的研究进展,并对葫芦科植物离体培养、遗传转化与育种的前景作了展望。