草间小黑蛛对茶蚜的捕食功能反应

在实验室条件下研究了草间小黑蛛(Erigonidium graminicolum)对茶蚜(Toxoptera aurantii)的捕食作用。草间小黑蛛对茶蚜的捕食功能反应属于HollingⅡ型。草间小黑蛛有较强的种内干扰反应,随着捕食者密度的增大,草间小黑蛛的捕食率相应降低。猎物密度和天敌密度相互干扰会降低草间小黑蛛的寻找效应,但对捕食量没有影响。     

草间钻头蛛等对茶尺蠖的捕食功能反应研究

应用二次正交旋转组合设计方法,研究了茶园生态系统中3种捕食性天敌（草间钻头蛛、大草蛉和中华通草蛉）对茶尺蠖的捕食功能性反应。同时分析了猎物密度、捕食者自身密度、种内以及种间干扰对捕食功能的影响。结果指出：3种天敌及茶尺蠖自身密度的变化对于茶尺蠖的被捕食量存在明显的影响,其中草间钻头蛛密度的变化对总捕食量的影响最大。并且这3种天敌的种间和种内均存在着一定的干扰效应。     

乙酸乙酯对果蝇(Drosophila melanogaster)的麻醉效应研究

麻醉是果蝇实验中最基本的操作,乙醚是最常用的麻醉剂。但因为乙醚是二类易制毒化学品而被国家控制使用。报道一种容易获得的试剂——乙酸乙酯对果蝇的麻醉效果。实验采用的麻醉室大小为125cm3,每处理20~30只果蝇,乙酸乙酯剂量为40、80、120μL,以同等剂量的乙醚为对照,每个实验重复4次,用所有果蝇完全麻醉后20min及120min时的未苏醒率为指标评估麻醉效果及安全性。结果表明:乙酸乙酯对果蝇具有麻醉作用;麻醉时乙酸乙酯开始起效应的时间略晚于同等剂量的乙醚,但使果蝇完全麻醉的时间却比同等剂量的乙醚略短或相接近;麻醉持续的时间则长于同等剂量的乙醚。乙酸乙酯麻醉的果蝇,90%以上的果蝇均在120min内苏醒,表明在这些剂量范围内是安全的。乙酸乙酯完全可以替代乙醚用于果蝇的麻醉。     

转Bt棉花对蜘蛛生长发育及捕食行为的影响

室内评价了取食转Bt棉叶的棉铃虫幼虫对草间钻头蛛和八斑鞘腹蛛生长发育的影响.并通过捕食功能反应评价了取食了Bt棉叶的棉铃虫幼虫对成熟草间钻头蛛捕食行为的影响.室内饲养实验结果表明草间钻头蛛、八斑鞘腹蛛取食用转Bt棉叶处理的棉铃虫幼虫与取食普通棉叶处理的棉铃虫幼虫的发育历期、成蛛体重都没有显著差异.捕食功能反应实验结果表明草间钻头蛛对棉铃虫幼虫的捕食功能反应符合HollingⅡ型圆盘方程,两组不同猎物饲养成熟的草间钻头蛛对同种处理的棉铃虫幼虫的捕食行为没有显著差异.综合考虑：转Bt棉对蜘蛛生长发育、捕食能力没有显著的负作用.     

机敏异漏斗蛛的捕食行为及其控虫效能评估

为掌握园林常见蜘蛛对害虫的控制能力,在实验室条件下研究了不同发育期机敏异漏斗蛛Allagelena difficilis(Fox)对黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster的捕食行为及其功能反应,并对雌、雄蛛捕食能力进行了比较。结果表明,机敏异漏斗蛛幼蛛和成蛛的捕食行为谱相似,均可分为靠近、奔向和试探、捕获、吸食、残体处理、清理附肢和休整,但具体行为稍有差异;对机敏异漏斗蛛雌性成蛛捕食黑腹果蝇的功能反应拟合,其结果符合HollingⅡ型方程:Na=1.003N/(1+0.002N),r2=0.98,其瞬间攻击率为0.95。雌蛛在未孕卵时其捕食量与雄性成蛛相近,但孕卵雌成蛛捕食量明显高于雄蛛。此结果可以为机敏异漏斗蛛的研究和利用提供依据。     

不同地理种群草间钻头蛛（Hylyphantes graminicola）对杀虫剂的敏感性及抗、感种群的相对适合度

采用成蛛浸渍法测定了湖北武汉、湖北来凤、陕西渭南和山东菏泽4个草间钻头蛛地理种群对氰戊菊酯、溴氰菊酯、辛硫磷和甲胺磷4种杀虫剂的敏感性。结果表明：湖北武汉和山东菏泽草间钻头蛛种群对4种杀虫剂的抗药性都较小,处于敏感水平,陕西渭南、湖北来凤种群对甲胺磷和辛硫磷的抗性达到了中抗水平。4个种群对溴氰菊酯和氰戊菊酯均未产生抗药性,说明拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂对草间钻头蛛的毒力要大于有机磷类杀虫剂。在测定了蜘蛛对不同杀虫剂敏感水平的基础上,以陕西渭南种群为抗性种群（R）,湖北武汉种群为敏感种群（S）,比较研究了这2个种群的生物学特性和相对适合度。结果表明两种群在发育历期和成活率上无显著差异。在繁殖力方面,R种群产卵率、产卵量和孵化率均明显下降。R种群的相对适合度为0．74,对有机磷产生抗性的草间钻头蛛种群存在繁殖不利性。     

斑管巢蛛对柑桔害虫的捕食作用研究

在系统观察桔园蜘蛛优势种斑管巢蛛与主要柑桔害虫自然种群数量季节消长相关关系的基础上,采用血清学方法检测了蜘蛛对柑桔害虫的自然控制作用。在不同实验条件下测定了斑管巢蛛对柑桔害虫的捕食量、功能反应,以及相互干扰、温度对蜘蛛捕食作用的影响,建立了模拟模型。     

白额巨蟹蛛对蟑螂捕食作用的研究

在一次课外活动中,我们观察到了1种蜘蛛捕食蟑螂的情景。经湖南师大颜亨梅教授鉴定,此蜘蛛为白额巨蟹蛛(Heteropoda venatoria);但在因特网上寻查不到有关详细资料。它的食量有多大?它有捕食嗜好吗?……我们带着这一系列问题进入研究阶段。经过1年多的试验和观察、整理试验数据,我们撰写出了这篇论文．并参加了湖南省第24届青少年创新发明大赛,荣获1等奖;2003年8月,被选送参加在甘肃兰州举行的全国第18届青少年创新发明大赛,荣获2等奖。     

棉蚜和草间小黑蛛种群空间格局的地统计学研究

应用地统计学的原理和方法研究了石榴园不同时期棉蚜及草间小黑蛛种群的空间结构和空间相关性．结果表明,不同时期棉蚜种群的半变异函数曲线皆为球型,其空间格局为聚集型,变程在7．33～12．40cm之间;草间小黑蛛种群的拟合半变异函数曲线也表现为球型,呈聚集空间格局,空间变程在6．47～20．88cm之间,并与棉蚜种群在数量和空间上有较强的追随关系,说明草间小黑蛛种群是棉蚜种群的优势种天敌．     

三突花蛛对小菜蛾幼虫的捕食效应

本文研究三突花蛛对小菜蛾幼虫的捕食功能反应及干扰因素对捕食作用的影响。结果表明,三突花蛛对小菜蛾幼虫的捕食效应属HollingⅡ型反应,捕食作用率随捕食者-猎物比率上升而下降,雌蛛的捕食效应强于雄蛛。     

草间钻头蛛、大草蛉和中华通草蛉对茶尺蠖、小绿叶蝉的选择效应

室内研究了草间钻头蛛Hylyphantes graminicola雌蛛对茶尺蠖Ectropis oblique1龄幼虫和小绿叶蝉Em-poesca flavescens成虫、大草蛉Chrysopa pallens和中华通草蛉Chrysoperla sinica的2龄幼虫对茶尺蠖卵、1龄幼虫的选择捕食作用。对试验数据应用Ivelev指数、Jacobs指数和Manly指数及Murdoch作图法进行了比较分析。结果显示,草间钻头蛛对茶尺蠖1龄幼虫和小绿叶蝉成虫的选择性不明显,选择性不因猎物数量的增加而转移。而大草蛉和中华通草蛉对茶尺蠖卵均有明显的正选择效应。     

紫外线对黑尾果蝇的生物学效应

野生型黑尾果蝇经紫外线连续处理3代,随着照射时间延长,每代均表现显著的生物学效应。这些生物学效应主要是子代数量减少,羽化延续时间缩短,体重减轻,而且有致略效应和间接的诱变效应。但处理后的子代性别比例变化不大。     

Drosophila melanogaster males respond differently at the behavioural and genome‐wide levels to Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans females

Drosophila melanogaster are found in sympatry with Drosophila simulans, and matings between the species produce nonfertile hybrid offspring at low frequency. Evolutionary theory predicts that females choose mates, so males should alter their behaviour in response to female cues. We show that D. melanogaster males quickly decrease courtship towards D. simulans females. Courtship levels are reduced within 5 min of exposure to a heterospecific female, and overall courtship is significantly lower than courtship towards conspecific females. To understand changes at the molecular level during mate choice, we performed microarray analysis on D. melanogaster males that courted heterospecific D. simulans females and found nine genes have altered expression compared with controls. In contrast, males that court conspecific females alter expression of at least 35 loci. The changes elicited by conspecific courtship likely modulate nervous system function to reinforce positive conspecific signals and dampen the response to heterospecific signals.     

Simulation of gene pyramiding in Drosophila melanogaster

Gene pyramiding has been successfully practiced in plant breeding for developing new breeds or lines in which favorable genes from several different lines were integrated.But it has not been used in animal breeding,and some theoretical investigation and simulation analysis with respect to its strategies,feasibility and efficiency are needed before it can be implemented in animals.In this study,we used four different pure fines of Drosophila melanogaster,each of which is homozygous at a specific mutant gene with a visible effect on phenotype,to simulate the gene pyramiding process and analyze the duration and population size required in different pyramiding strategies.We finally got the ideal individuals,which are homozygous at the four target genes simultaneously.This study demonstrates that gene pyramiding is feasible in animal breeding and the interaction between genes may affect the final results.     

Simulation of gene pyramiding in Drosophila melanogaster

Gene pyramiding has been successfully practiced in plant breeding for developing new breeds or lines in which favorable genes from several different lines were integrated.But it has not been used in animal breeding,and some theoretical investigation and simulation analysis with respect to its strategies,feasibility and efficiency are needed before it can be implemented in animals.In this study,we used four different pure lines of Drosophila melanogaster,each of which is homozygous at a specific mutant gene ...     

实验用果蝇培养技术探索

用添加了臭干子汁液的培养基培养果蝇,能提高果蝇繁殖率37.9%,果蝇幼虫化蛹数增加47.2%,羽化为成虫的数目增加43.5%,成虫平均体重和体长分别增加5.6%和16.6%。由此表明臭干子汁能加速果蝇生长发育,显著提高果蝇繁殖率,是一种简便易行、经济实用的实验室中果蝇培养的新方法。     

黑腹果蝇细胞谱系分析方法进展

对动物体内单个细胞的谱系进行分析有助于追踪其在发育过程中的作用,但是体内各种组织都是由很多形态、结构、功能各不相同的细胞构成的复杂系统,这种复杂性严重阻碍了对单个细胞的研究。嵌合克隆技术(Mosaic technique)和标记技术(Labeling technique)的出现为这一研究提供了强有力的手段。文章介绍了近几年来黑腹果蝇(Drosophila melanogaster)研究中常用的7种嵌合克隆标记方法,包括FRT介导的有丝分裂重组(FRT-mediated mitotic recombination)、MARCM(Mosaic analysis with a repressible cell marker)、TSG(Twin spotgenerator)、Twin-spot MARCM、Q-MARCM(Q system-based MARCM)、Coupled MARCM和G-TRACE(Gal4technique for real-time and clonal expression)技术,详述了这些技术的原理及应用,并对不同技术进行了对比。运用这些技术研究者可以从单细胞水平进行遗传学标记和操作,特别是在神经系统等复杂系统中追踪单个细胞的发育过程。果蝇中的这些技术也将为其他模式生物追踪细胞谱系提供参考。     

Adaptation of Drosophila to temperature: Heat-shock proteins and survival in Drosophila melanogaster

Two stocks of Drosophila melanogaster, one sensitive (6.5% survival) and one resistant (76.24%) to heat shock (40°C/25 min) were derived through indirect selection [1]. Genetic analysis of heat-sensitive and heat-resistant lines we had selected revealed that the survival rate is chiefly determined by cytoplasmic inheritance but also depends to some extent on the nucleus [1]. The ability of the fly to survive thermal stress was found to have an excellent correlation with the kinetics of protein synthesis in ovaries or glands subjected to heat treatment. The incorporation rate of ³⁵S-methionine into proteins was found to be higher for strains exhibiting higher survival (R₁, R₁S₁) than for strains with a lesser ability (S₁, S₁ R₁) to survive heat shock. Moreover, the intensity of labeling of the proteins synthesized and especially of the hsps (heat-shock proteins) after the heat shock is higher in the R₁ and R₁S₁ stocks than in the S₁ and S₁R₁ stocks. This convergence between survival and the cellular level of hsps (both manipulated by selection) bears on the physiological significance of these proteins which seems to participate in the control of the survival as an additive component.     

Cytological location and further characterization of the Third chromosome resistance gene in Drosophila melanogaster

Mutations in the Third chromosome resistance (Tcr; 3-39.6) gene confer dominant resistance to α-methyl dopa and suggest the gene is involved in catecholamine metabolism. Evidence for involvement in catecholamine metabolism comes from the three phenotypes associated with the mutant Tcr chromosomes dominant resistance, dominant rescue of partially complementing l(2)amd alleles, and recessive lethal phenotypes. Only dominant resistance to αs-methyl dopa, however, was mapped to the Tcr locus. Both recessive lethality and dominant rescue of l(2)amd alleles have now been mapped to the Tcr gene and, through the isolation of a new deletion in the region, we demonstrate these phenotypes are due to a loss of Tcr function. This deletion places the Tcr gene in the 69B4-5 to 69C8-11 region. Additionally, we have tested and verified three predictions of the biochemical model proposed by Bishop, Sherald, and Wright (1989) for the function of the Tcr protein. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.