利用醇溶蛋白和同工酶鉴别小麦亲本三系及杂种种子的研究

用改良的酸性电泳方法对L型杂种小麦及亲本三系的种子醇溶蛋白进行了研究,结果表明,用醇溶蛋白的酸性电泳可鉴别出杂种与父本及常规种之间的差异,而不能鉴别出不育系及相应保持系之间的明显差异。用酯酶,过氧化物酶,ATP酶的同工酶对供试材料幼苗做进一步检测,发现只有ATP酶同工酶能将L型不育系及相应保持系鉴别出来,单用同工酶法或醇溶蛋白电泳法都不能将L型杂种及亲本三系完全区分开。     

金针菇品系间酯酶同工酶标记筛选研究

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶垂直板状电泳,研究了不同生长发育期,不同组织对金针菇酯酶同工酶电泳表型的影响,筛选出不受生长发育期及常规培养条件等影响的酯酶标记区带。标记区带分所有品系的出现的基本带和部分品系出现的识别带。酯酶同工酶标记区带电泳表型显示出多态性。     

四川王朗自然保护区大熊猫主食竹——缺苞箭竹(Fargesia denudat)不同发育时期酯酶和α-淀粉酶同工酶的研究

通过聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,对生长在亚高山地带的大熊猫主食竹的实生苗、成竹和开花竹中不同发生年龄鞭系,以及同一鞭系内一系列生长年龄竹株作了酯酶、α-淀粉酶同工酶的比较研究。结果表明,同一竹种的不同发生年龄鞭系之间叶酯酶电泳类型存在明显差异,而同一鞭系内α-淀粉酶同工酶的变化表现与竹株生长年龄有关。由此认为,上述同工酶系统可以用作竹类无性系发育分析的生理指标。     

四川王朗自然保护区大熊猫主食竹——缺苞箭竹(Fargesia denudat)不同发育时期酯酶和α-淀粉酶同工酶的研究

通过聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,对生长在亚高山地带的大熊猫主食竹的实生苗、成竹和开花竹中不同发生年龄鞭系,以及同一鞭系内一系列生长年龄竹株作了酯酶、α-淀粉酶同工酶的比较研究。结果表明,同一竹种的不同发生年龄鞭系之间叶酯酶电泳类型存在明显差异,而同一鞭系内α-淀粉酶同工酶的变化表现与竹株生长年龄有关。由此认为,上述同工酶系统可以用作竹类无性系发育分析的生理指标。     

SDS-PAGE、同工酶等电聚焦和RAPD标记鉴定两系杂交水稻F1种子纯度对比研究

目的：探讨利用种子贮藏蛋白SDS—PAGE电泳、酯酶同工酶超薄等电聚焦电泳和RAPD分子标记鉴定五个两系杂交水稻组合F_1种子纯度的可行性。方法和结果：利用SDS—PAGE电泳技术未能找到所试五个组合各自的父本特征蛋白质带;利用酯酶同工酶超薄等电聚焦电泳技术和RAPD分子标记可找到所试五个组合的父母本特征酶带和RAPD标记,但酯酶同工酶的多态性同时也受种子萌发时间的影响。酯酶同工酶超薄等电聚焦电泳和RAPD分子标记可用于所试五个两系杂交水稻组合F_1种子纯度的鉴定。     

日本弓背蚁亲系识别的研究：攻击行为测试与RAPD PCR分析

亲系识别在社会性昆虫繁衍、维持社群的生命力和个体间的通讯协作等方面具有重要作用。不少学者已应用气相色谱和行为观察方法分析了几种社会性昆虫的亲系识别现象、识别能力及其化学本质 ,但在揭示其遗传背景方面的研究较少[1～ 3] 。作者对采自西安地区陕西师范大学校园和长安县不同巢穴的日本弓背蚁进行了攻击行为测试和ＲＡＰＤ ＰＣＲ分析 ,旨在探讨它们的亲系识别能力及其遗传背景。1　材料与方法1 1　实验蚂蚁实验所用日本弓背蚁Ｃａｍｐｏｎｏｔｕｓｊａｐａｎｉｃｕｓ大型工蚁 (即兵蚁 )于 1997年 5月分别采自陕西师范大学校园、陕…     

蚂蚁亲系识别及研究方法进展

1前言亲系识别（Kinrecognition）是指社会性昆虫具有识别亲属与非亲属的能力,它被认为是昆虫社会性起源和演化的必要条件。此外,亲系识别在昆虫个体间的通讯、协作和繁衍等社会生活中具有重要作用。蚂蚁是社会性昆虫,许多种类表现出社群封闭性,即社群内相互合作和利它,而社群间表现出相互排斥,甚至强烈的进攻性。这一现象表明蚂蚁具有识别亲系的能力。揭示亲系识别的化学本质和遗传根源,不仅有助于对昆虫超社会性的起源和演化的研究,而且对行为学的其它相关学科（如行为生态学、行为遗传学、行为生理学）,进化生物学的研究以及人…     

冬瓜杂种一代及其亲本的同工酶比较研究

对冬瓜芽期子叶的酶提取液进行聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,分析了过氧化物酶（ＰＥＲ）、酯酶（ＥＳＴ）、苹果酸脱氢酶（ＭＤＨ）同工酶以及蛋白质电泳结果．通过电泳结合光密度扫描研究,发现冬瓜杂种一代“粉杂”与其双亲的过氧化物酶同工酶差异显著．过氧化物酶同工酶可以作为鉴别冬瓜假杂种的生化指标．     

紫孢侧耳、糙皮侧耳及其融合菌株的同工酶分析

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶垂直板电泳方法对紫孢侧耳、糙皮侧耳及其融合菌株的酯酶和过氧化物酶同工酶进行了分析。经多次试验,得到了两亲株和融合株恒定的同工酶谱, 在酶谱中融合菌株与亲株有明显差异,并表现出典型的双亲株互补酶带特征,从而证实融合菌株为两亲株基因重组之产物。 Abstract: After many repetitions,the patterns of esterase isozyme and peroxidase isozyme of Pleurotus sapidus,Pleurotus ostreatus and their fusant strains were obtained.There were differences among the parent strains and theirfusant strains in theirisozyme bands.Parental isozyme bands appeared in patterns of fusant strains.Itdemonstrated that fusant were recombinants of P.sapidus and P.ostreatus.     

籼稻三系及其杂种F_1苗期负极向过氧化物酶同工酶电泳比较

Alam等(1969)以苏丹草花药为材料,进行正极向过氧化物酶同工酶电泳分析,结果表明;雄性不育系的酶带数少于保持系。而代尧仁等(1978)在水稻,及傅鸿仪等(1980)在高梁花药中分别得出与Alam等相反的结果。我们以籼稻野败型雄性不育系、保持系、恢复系以及F_1幼苗进行了负极向和正极向聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分析,发现当进行正极向电泳时,其酶带数不育系少于保持系,恰与Alam的结果相似(待发表);而当进行负极向电泳时,则情况相反,不育系酶带数明显地多于保持系。这种雄性不育系与保持系之间存在的过氧化物酶同工酶谱的差异,可能是由于细胞质雄性不育基因表达的调控所造成的。     

Unicoloniality, recognition and genetic differentiation in a native Formica ant

Some ants have an extraordinary form of social organization, called unicoloniality, whereby individuals mix freely among physically separated nests. This mode of social organization has been primarily studied in introduced and invasive ant species, so that the recognition ability and genetic structure of ants forming unicolonial populations in their native range remain poorly known. We investigated the pattern of aggression and the genetic structure of six unicolonial populations of the ant Formica paralugubris at four hierarchical levels: within nests, among nests within the same population, among nests of populations within the Alps or Jura Mountains and among nests of the two mountain ranges. Ants within populations showed no aggressive behaviour, but recognized nonnestmates as shown by longer antennation bouts. Overall, the level of aggression increased with geographic and genetic distance but was always considerably lower than between species. No distinct behavioural supercolony boundaries were found. Our study provides evidence that unicoloniality can be maintained in noninvasive ants despite significant genetic differentiation and the ability to discriminate between nestmates and nonnestmates.     

Kin recognition and the paradoxical patterns of aggression between colonies of a Mojave desert Pheidole ant

Populations of the desert seed-harvesting ant Pheidole xerophylla are often characterized by high nest density leading to competitive interactions between foragers from different nests. We investigated the inter-nest aggression, spatial distribution and genetic structure of a P. xerophylla population of the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Inter-nest aggression was quantified by standardized staged encounters in a neutral arena. Genetic relatedness within nests and relatedness between nests were calculated using allelic frequencies at four microsatellite-DNA loci. We found a bimodal distribution of inter-colony aggression levels with a first mode at low aggression levels and another mode at much higher aggression levels. Inter-colony aggression levels were largely non-transitive. No effect of geographical distance on inter-nest aggression levels was detected. Despite high amounts of variation in inter-colony relatedness ( − 0.24 to 0.37) this variable did not correlate with the level of aggression between nests. Intra-nest relatedness ranged from 0.40 to 0.75 and close inspection of worker genotypes within colonies revealed a high proportion of polygynous colonies or a mixture of polygyny and polyandry. Aggression levels among nests was found to decrease with increasing intra-nest relatedness. These results do not support the idea that aggression is modulated by a nestmate recognition mechanism based on overall genetic similarity. Instead, the absence of transitivity found in inter-colony aggression and bimodal distribution of aggression levels are compatible with a common label acceptance model of nestmate recognition and suggest that label diversity may be encoded by a limited number of loci. Received 29 March 2005; revised 8 September 2005; accepted 27 September 2005.     

Low intraspecific aggression level in the polydomous and facultative polygynous ant Ectatomma tuberculatum

Nestmate recognition is a key feature of social insects, as it preserves colony integrity. However, discrimination of non‐nestmates and nestmate recognition mechanisms are highly variable according to species and social systems. Here, we investigated the intraspecific level of aggression in the facultative polygynous and polydomous ant, Ectatomma tuberculatum Olivier (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae), in a population with a strong genetic structure. We found that the intraspecific level of aggression was generally low in this population of E. tuberculatum. However, the level of aggression was significantly correlated with the geographical distance, suggesting that both genetic and environmental cues could be involved in nestmate recognition and discrimination mechanisms. Moreover, polydomy was confirmed by the absence of aggression between workers from nests at a distance of 3 m, while the level of aggression was significantly higher between workers from nests separated by a distance of 10 or 1300 m. Field experiments showed that the low level of aggression between neighbouring colonies was associated with shared foraging areas, which could suggest that familiarization processes may occur in this species. We propose that the particular social organization of this species, with secondary polygyny, polydomy, and budding, may have favoured a high acceptance threshold, because of the low probability of interactions with unrelated conspecifics, the high cost of erroneously rejecting nestmates, and the low cost of accepting non‐nestmate workers. The resulting open recognition system can thus allow privileged relationships between neighbouring colonies and promote the ecological dominance of E. tuberculatum in the mosaic of arboreal ants.     

Nest mate recognition in ants with complex colonies: within- and between-population variation

The ability to recognize kin is widespread, and especially importantin highly social organisms. We studied kin recognition by assessingpatterns of aggression within and between nests of the antLeptothorax longispinosus. Colonies of this species can befractionated into subunits, a condition called polydomy. Theproblem of recognizing relatives is therefore more complexwhen those relatives can live in two or more different places.We hypothesized that spatial subdivision may have resulted ina stronger genetic component to kin recognition than in caseswhere colonies live in a single location. To test our hypothesiswe assessed recognition capabilities for two populations ofthis ant that differ in the complexity of their colonies. Ina New York, USA, population, polydomy is very common, and coloniesalso can have multiple queens. By contrast, a population inWest Virginia, USA, has colonies that typically are monogynousand rarely are polydomous. We conducted introductions of antsbetween different nests collected in the same neighborhood,with self-introductions and alien introductions as controls.Nests from the two populations showed corresponding differencesin their aggression towards intruders. For New York nests, the extent of genetic similarity was the single best predictor ofaggression, whereas for West Virginia nests aggression wasjointly influenced by genetic similarity and spatial distance.In both populations, we found nest pairs for which aggressionwas nonreciprocal; these probably reflect recognition errors by one of the nests. After the ants were maintained in the laboratoryfor 3 months, their aggression scores rose and fewer recognitionerrors were made. Thus nest-mate and colony-mate recognitionin this species are mediated primarily by endogenous cues (geneticsimilarity); the importance of exogenous cues for nest materecognition depends on the population's social system.     

Limited dispersal and an unexpected aggression pattern in a native supercolonial ant

Understanding how social groups function requires studies on how individuals move across the landscape and interact with each other. Ant supercolonies are extreme cooperative units that may consist of thousands of interconnected nests, and their individuals cooperate over large spatial scales. However, the inner structure of suggested supercolonial (or unicolonial) societies has rarely been extensively studied using both genetic and behavioral analyses. We describe a dense supercolony‐like aggregation of more than 1,300 nests of the ant Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris. We performed aggression assays and found that, while aggression levels were generally low, there was some aggression within the assumed supercolony. The occurrence of aggression increased with distance from the focal nest, in accordance with the genetically viscous population structure we observe by using 10 DNA microsatellite markers. However, the aggressive interactions do not follow any clear pattern that would allow specifying colony borders within the area. The genetic data indicate limited gene flow within and away from the supercolony. Our results show that a Formica supercolony is not necessarily a single unit but can be a more fluid mosaic of aggressive and amicable interactions instead, highlighting the need to study internest interactions in detail when describing supercolonies.     

When supercolonies collide: territorial aggression in an invasive and unicolonial social insect

Some species of ants possess an unusual form of social organization in which aggression among nests is absent. This type of social organization, called unicoloniality, has been studied in only a handful of species and its evolutionary origins remain unclear. To date, no study has examined behavioural and genetic patterns at points of contact between the massive supercolonies that characterize unicoloniality. Since interactions at territory boundaries influence the costs of aggression and the likelihood of gene flow, such data may illuminate how supercolonies are formed and maintained. Here we provide field data on intraspecific territoriality for a widespread and invasive unicolonial social insect, the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). We observed abrupt and well-defined behavioural boundaries at 16 contact zones between three different pairs of supercolonies. We visited nine of these zones weekly during a six-month period and observed consistent and intense intercolony aggression that resulted in variable, but often large, levels of worker mortality. Microsatellite variation along six transects across territory borders showed that F(ST) values were lower within supercolonies (0.08 +/- 0.01 (mean +/- SE)) than between supercolonies (0.29 +/- 0.01) and that this disparity was especially strong right at territory borders, despite direct and prolonged contact between the supercolonies. Matrix correspondence tests confirmed that levels of aggression and genetic differentiation were significantly correlated, but no relationship existed between geographic distance and either intraspecific aggression or genetic differentiation. Patterns of F(ST) variation indicated high levels of gene flow within supercolonies, but little to no gene flow between them. Overall, these findings are inconsistent with a model of relaxed ecological constraints leading to colony fusion and suggest that environmentally derived cues are not the prime determined of nestmate recognition in field populations of Argentine ants.     

Intercolony aggression within and among local populations of the invasive ant, Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in coastal Maine

Myrmica rubra L. was introduced into New England in the early 20th century, and at present, has a patchy distribution in parts of northeastern North America, including records from 31 communities in Maine. M. rubra is highly polygynous, and colonies reproduce vegetatively, forming dense local populations where conditions are favorable. Using mobile nests and baited arenas in a series of field aggression bioassays, we tested patterns of internest tolerance within and among local populations on Mt. Desert Island, ME. We found that foragers originating from fragments of the same colony or from neighboring nests retained a high level of intraspecific tolerance over several months, whereas significant intercolony aggression among workers was present between colonies within the same local patch separated by approximately 10 m. Within populations, aggression score values were found to increase linearly with internest distance within a site. Aggression was highest between colonies from spatially different populations on the island and was higher still when nests were assayed against colonies at an off-island site 70 km away in Castine, ME. These data strongly suggest a multicolonial organization within and among local populations of M. rubra in parts of its introduced range. These findings contradict the loss of intraspecific aggression and unicolonial social structure over large geographic areas that have previously been observed in other invasive ant species, particularly Linepithema humile Mayr.     

Variation between and within colonies in the termite: morphology, genomic DNA, and behaviour

We investigate the structure between and within colonies of Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) at a cluster of foraging galleries in Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya. Three independent methods (morphometrics of minor soldiers, multilocus fingerprinting from genomic DNA of workers, and aggression tests between workers) yielded concordant results concerning number and spatial extent of colonies as well as variation between and within colonies. At least three colonies exist in our study area. Genetic data reveal that the largest colony is genetically and spatially substructured in three subsidiary nests, which may form reproductive units. These subsidiary nests were not completely isolated as we were able to document exchange of workers. Subsidiary nests may facilitate foundation of colonies by budding which may generate isolation by distance (population viscosity).     

Contact between supercolonies elevates aggression in Argentine ants

Complex recognition systems underlie the social organization of many organisms. In social insects the acceptance of other individuals as nestmates can involve a variety of different cues, but the relative importance of these cues can change in relation to the fitness costs of accepting or rejecting other individuals. In this study we investigate the mechanisms that underlie recognition behaviour in Argentine ants (Linepithema humile). Introduced populations of Argentine ants are characterized by a social structure known as unicoloniality where intraspecific aggression is absent over large distances resulting in the formation of expansive supercolonies. Recent research has identified sites where multiple, mutually aggressive supercolonies co-occur allowing an examination of Argentine ant behaviour at territorial boundaries. We found that workers from different supercolonies always interact aggressively with one another, but that neighbours from different colonies (i.e., workers from nests located in the immediate vicinity of territory borders) consistently exhibited higher levels of aggression compared to those displayed by non-neighbours from different colonies (i.e., workers from nests located far enough away from a territory border so that interactions are unlikely). This difference in the level of aggression displayed between neighbours and between non-neighbours from different supercolonies cannot be explained by differences in relatedness or genetic similarity. Instead our findings suggest that direct contact between mutually antagonistic colonies is sufficient to elevate aggression. A laboratory experiment in which we manipulated the extent to which colonies with no prior history of contact could interact with one another, revealed that aggression increased after colonies were permitted to interact, but dropped after connections between colonies were severed. Moreover, the mere presence of an aggressive supercolony was sufficient to elicit elevated aggression. Overall these patterns are opposite to the “dear enemy” phenomenon and could be the result of the intense territorial aggression exhibited by established supercolonies of this species. Received 8 January 2007; revised 27 March 2007; accepted 28 March 2007.     

Intraspecific aggression and the colony structure of the invasive ant Myrmica rubra

1. Patterns of aggression between ants from different nests influence colony and population structure. Several species of invasive ants lack colony boundaries over large expanses, forming ‘supercolonies’ with many nests among which workers can move without encountering aggression. 2. Bioassays of aggression were used to determine the colony structure of the invasive ant Myrmica rubra (L.) at eight sites in Massachusetts, the state where the species was first discovered in North America. To improve the ability to distinguish systematic patterns from background variability in aggressiveness, a repeated‐measures design was used and replicate assays for each pair of nests were conducted. 3. Aggressive responses showed that populations at all sites consisted of multiple distinct colonies. Patterns of aggression were repeatable and transitive, with few exceptions. Colonies were identified as clusters of nests whose workers showed little to no aggression towards one another but were aggressive towards conspecifics from more distant nests. 4. The degree of aggression varied considerably among different colony pairs but did not depend in any consistent way on the distance of separation or on whether colonies were neighbours. 5. Territories of neighbouring colonies abutted, indicating that they were restricted by intraspecific competition. Mapped territories ranged in size from 0.03 to 1.2 ha, but colonies at the study sites have not undergone the enormous expansions seen in introduced populations of some other species of invasive ants, and neighbouring colonies compete locally.