一叶萩小孢子发生和雄配子体发育北大核心CSCD

采用石蜡切片法对一叶萩(Flueggea suffruticosa(Pall.)Baill.)的小孢子发生及雄配子体的发育过程进行了解剖学研究。结果表明:一叶萩雄花含5枚雄蕊,每个花药4个花粉囊,但有个别雄花仅含4枚雄蕊,且其中一枚具7～8个花粉囊;不同花药以及同一花药各花粉囊发育不完全同步;花药壁发育为基本型,由外到内依次为表皮、药室内壁、中层(2层)和绒毡层,绒毡层为腺质绒毡层;小孢子母细胞减数分裂为同时型,产生四分体为正四面体型,也有少数对称型;有部分小孢子在四分体时期败育;成熟花粉二细胞型,圆球形,具三条萌发沟;雄花内着生无子房结构只有花柱发育的退化雌蕊;在花萼和花药中发现大量结晶体。本研究为大戟科植物生殖生物学和传粉生物学研究提供了基础资料。     

彩色马蹄莲大小孢子发生和雌雄配子体发育的研究

选用石蜡切片法观察了彩色马蹄莲品种‘Majestic Red’的大小孢子发生及雌雄配子体发育的过程。研究结果表明：彩色马蹄莲的胚珠为倒生,具双珠被、厚珠心和珠被绒毡层。大孢子母细胞的减数分裂后形成的四分体为直线型或T型排列,合点端的大孢子发育成为功能大孢子,其余3个大孢子则退化,表明胚囊发育方式为单孢子发生的蓼型胚囊。观察到每个雄花花药多数,花粉囊呈蝶形,每侧有2个小孢子囊。花药壁由外到内分别为表皮、药室内壁、中层和绒毡层,其中绒毡层为变形绒毡层类型。在小孢子形成时,胞质分裂属于连续型,小孢子排列成十字形的四分体,成熟花粉则为二胞花粉粒。     

革苞菊胚胎学研究：Ⅰ.大,小孢子发生和雌,雄配子体发育

革苞菊为雌划株。在雄花中,花药４室,药壁发育为双子叶型,由表皮、药室内壁,一层中层和绒毡层组成。绒毡层于小孢子四分体时期开始变形,其细胞原生质体向药室中移动,为变形绒毡层,小孢子孢原为多细胞,小孢子母细胞减数分裂产生四面体型的小孢子四分体,四分体胞质分裂为同时型。成熟花粉３－细胞型。单核期的小孢子出现壁发育不良和巨大及空花粉现象。在雌花中,胚珠是一的,单珠被,薄珠心,珠被于孢原期已发育完整。大孢子     

黄连木大小孢子发生和雌雄配子体发育研究

采用石蜡切片法和整体染色透明法对黄连木大、小孢子发生及雌、雄配子体发育过程进行了研究.结果表明:黄连木雄花有4～5枚雄蕊,每花药具4个花粉囊,花药壁由表皮、药室内壁、中层(2～3层)和绒毡层组成,绒毡层为腺质型.小孢子母细胞减数分裂后胞质分裂为同时型,四分体为正四面体型和左右对称型,四分体时期可观察到少量的二分体.成熟的花粉粒为2-细胞型,球形或近球形,具2～4个萌发孔.雌花单子房,1室,1胚珠,单或双珠被,厚珠心,胚珠倒生,胚囊发育为蓼型.     

革苞菊胚胎学研究 Ⅰ.大、小孢子发生和雌、雄配子体发育

革苞菊为雌雄异株。在雄花中 ,花药 4室 ,药壁发育为双子叶型 ,由表皮、药室内壁 ,一层中层和绒毡层组成。绒毡层于小孢子四分体时期开始变形 ,其细胞原生质体向药室中移动 ,为变形绒毡层。小孢子孢原为多细胞 ,小孢子母细胞减数分裂产生四面体型的小孢子四分体。四分体胞质分裂为同时型。成熟花粉 3-细胞型。单核期的小孢子出现壁发育不良和巨大及空花粉现象。在雌花中 ,胚珠是倒生的 ,单珠被 ,薄珠心 ,珠被于孢原期已发育完整。大孢子孢原单细胞。由孢原细胞直接发育形成大孢子母细胞。 4个大孢子直线型 ,蓼型胚囊。于成熟胚囊期观察到发育异常的胚囊。通过对胚囊发育过程中营养物质消长规律的研究 ,讨论了环境与发育的相关性问题。     

濒危植物羊角槭小孢子发生与雄配子体发育研究

利用常规石蜡切片法对羊角槭的小孢子发生及配子体发育进行了研究,结果表明：羊角槭花分两性花与雄花,两性花花药不散粉,雄花散粉;花药具四个花粉囊,其发育类型为基本型;药室内壁呈纤维状加厚;绒毡层为腺质型;孢质分裂为同时型;小孢子四分体呈四面体形排列;成熟花粉粒为二细胞型。羊角槭花药发育过程中出现严重败育现象,表现为四分体胼胝质提早溶解、单核小孢子彼此粘连、花粉液泡化等,形成干瘪、内陷的花粉,一定程度上影响花粉质量;另初步测得羊角槭的花粉生活力在36.98%~60.54%之间,平均生活力为45.97%。本文将为羊角槭花药发育、小孢子发生和雄配子体发育过程及出现的异常现象提供解剖学资料。     

西瓜小孢子囊发育及雄配子体发生的观察

西瓜(Citrullus lanatus)小孢子囊的孢原细胞出现在雄花原基出现后4—6天,孢原细胞数目推测只有一列;初生造孢细胞经过2—3次分裂,形成次生造孢细胞。开花前7—8天,小孢子囊发育健全,小孢子母细胞进入减数分裂期。同一花药不同花粉囊相同一药室,花粉母细胞减数分裂和小孢子的发育,并不是高度同步的。绒毡层为异型细胞,腺质绒毡层。雄配子体的发育开始于开花前6—7天,充分成熟的西瓜花粉已分裂为三细胞花粉。     

倒地铃花的形态分化与花药结构研究

利用体视显微镜、半薄切片和超薄切片法对倒地铃(Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn.)雄花和假两性花开花过程及花药发育过程进行了观察和比较研究。结果显示:(1)花蕾发育早期,倒地铃雄花和假两性花的花蕾形态没有区别;花蕾发育后期,雄花雌蕊退化,假两性花雌蕊继续发育,花蕾外部形态出现差异;开花时雄花花药开裂,假两性花花药不开裂。(2)倒地铃雄花和假两性花均具四室花药,呈蝶形;花药壁细胞从外到内依次是表皮、药室内壁、中层(2层)和绒毡层;花药壁发育为基本型,绒毡层为单核分泌型,四分体为四面体型,花粉粒两核;开花时雄花和假两性花中层都有残留;小孢子液泡化时,绒毡层开始降解,两核花粉粒时,假两性花绒毡层降解较快。(3)雄花药室内壁次生加厚完全,裂口区发育,连接同侧花粉囊的连接组织降解,花药开裂;假两性花药室内壁次生加厚不完全,具唇形细胞,药隔细胞壁未降解,同侧花粉囊未连通,花药四室,不开裂;假两性花成熟花粉粒细胞质稀少,内壁不完整。本研究结果表明,倒地铃的雄花是由两性花在发育早期雌蕊停止发育形成的,假两性花则由两性花在发育晚期雄蕊功能退化造成的。     

橡胶树花药和小孢子发生与发育过程的观察

应用石蜡切片法,观察橡胶树的实生树和RRIM600、CT-1品系的花药壁以及小孢子的发生和发育过程,得到如下结果:1.实生树的花药壁通常由四层细胞组成,发育形式为双子叶型。药室内壁细胞在发育后期进行径向条纹加厚,至花药开裂时仍保留着原生质体。中层由一层或不规则的两层细胞组成,在小孢子单核期消失。绒毡层细胞具单核或双核,属分泌型,至花粉发育到三细胞时消失。小孢子母细胞减数分裂为同时型。成熟花粉粒具三个细胞。精细胞椭圆形,在光镜下不能区分出细胞质鞘和核仁。所观察的实生树雄花,多数发育正常,很少有空秕的花粉。2·RRIM600品系的花药和小孢子发生与发育和实生树相似,但至后期只有少数花粉发育正常,多数成为大小不等的败育花粉;此外也有一些败有的雄花。3.GT-1的花药在小孢子母细胞减数分裂时,绒毡层细胞的体积开始异常增大并液泡化,小孢子在四分体内解体或分离后成为空秕花粉。     

刺五加大,小孢子发生和雌,雄配子发育的观察

刺五加Ｅｌｅｕｔｈｅｒｏｃｏｃｃｕｓｓｅｎｔｉｃｏｓｕｓ（ＳｕｐｒｅｔＭａｘｉｎ．）Ｍａｘｉｍ,雄株的小孢子发生和雄配子体发育过程正常,大孢子发生和雌配子体发育过程多不正常,雄花具５个花药,花药４室,药壁发育属双子叶型,腺质绒毡层,绒毡层细胞多具２核。小孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成四面体形四分体,其胞质分裂为同时型。成熟花粉３细胞型,子房下位,５室：每室有上胚珠和下胚珠,上胚珠退化,下胚珠倒生具单珠被     

Anther structure and pollen development in Melicoccus lepidopetalus (Sapindaceae): An evolutionary approach to dioecy in the family

Anther and pollen development in staminate and pistillate flowers of dioecious Melicoccus lepidopetalus (Sapindaceae) were examined by light and electron microscopy. Young anthers are similar in both types of flowers; they consist of epidermis, endothecium, two to four middle layers and a secretory tapetum. The microspore tetrads are tetrahedral. The mature anther in staminate flowers presents compressed epidermal cells and endothecium cells with fibrillar thickenings. A single locule is formed in the theca by dissolution of the septum and pollen grains are shed at two-celled stage. The mature anthers of pistillate flowers differ anatomically from those of staminate flowers. The epidermis is not compressed, the endothecium does not develop fibrillar thickenings, middle layers and tapetum are generally persisting, and the stomium is nonfunctional. Microspore degeneration begins after meiosis of microspore mother cells. At anthesis, uninucleate microspores and pollen grains with vegetative and generative nuclei with no cytokinesis are observed. Some pollen walls display an abnormal exine deposition, whereas others show a well formed exine, although both are devoid of intine. These results suggest that in the evolution towards unisexuality, the developmental differences of anther wall tissues and pollen grains between pistillate and staminate flowers might become more pronounced in a derived condition, such as dioecy.     

线粒体锚定对凋亡诱导因子抗氧化应激功能的影响

目的:构建带线粒体锚定信号肽的凋亡诱导因子(AIF)融合表达载体,研究在A549细胞中AIF线粒体锚定与其抗氧化应激功能的关系。方法:利用PCR将AIF原有线粒体定位信号(1-120 aa)替换成具有锚定功能的细胞色素c氧化酶Ⅳ亚型(COXⅣ)线粒体定位信号,并将COX-AIF克隆至pEGFP-N1和pDsRed1-N1载体,构建COX-AIF-GFP和COX-AIF-RFP融合表达载体;利用免疫印迹和激光共聚焦技术检测COX-AIF-GFP和COX-AIF-RFP的表达及其与线粒体的共定位;利用DCF染色和流式细胞技术检测A549细胞内过氧化物的水平。结果:表达了COX-AIF-GFP和COX-AIF-RFP融合蛋白,COX-AIF-GFP/RFP及AIF-RFP/RFP均定位于线粒体;与野生型AIF-RFP相比,COX-AIF-RFP可显著提高A549细胞的抗氧化应激能力。结论:AIF抗氧化应激能力依赖其在线粒体内膜的锚定。     

杜仲雌雄株细胞学,顶芽及叶含胶量的比较

杜仲（ＥｕｃｏｍｍｉａｕｌｍｏｉｄｅｓＯｌｉｖ．）为严格的雌雄异株植物,其雌雄株的比例近似于１：１,说明其性别可能由性染色体决定。但在形态上看不到特异的性染色体,雄株花粉母细胞整个减数分裂过程中,同源染色体的配对和分离是正常的。偶尔可发现个别细胞有染色体桥和环状或链状四价体。从１９９３年和１９９４年的１２月到翌年４月芽完全展开前对顶芽的测量说明,雄株顶芽的长度和最大直径都明显大于雌株的（Ｐ＜０．０１）,而整个生长季节中雌株叶子的杜仲胶含量却明显高于雄株的（Ｐ＜０．０１）。不管雄株还是雌株,其叶的含胶量都随季节变化和叶子的长大而降低。实践证明可用芽的大小鉴别杜仲幼株的性别。     

Organogenesis of Staminate Flowers in the Genus Schisandra and Its Systematic Significance

The great morphological variation in staminate flowers makes it favorable for its use as the main criteria for infrageneric classification in the genus Schisandra (Schizandra) Michx. Organogenesis of different kinds of the staminate flowers has been observed under SEM. Combined with other currently available studies, the patterns of morphogenesis of the staminate flowers are categorized into three types: the columnar-torus type, the flattened-torus type, and the spherical-torus type. In the columnar-torus type, the torus of the staminate flower is kept columelliform through out the whole ontogenic process of the flower; this type can be further divided into two subtypes—the sphenantheraceous subtype, with the thecae laterally localized on both sides of the connective of the mature stamen, and the grandifloraceous subtype, instead with the thecae located outward or slightly outward. In the flattened-torus type, the torus of the staminate flower gradually becomes swollen and then flattened in the process of floral development, and forms a pentagonal shield together with the enlarged filaments and connectives of the stamen. The torus of the staminate flower in the spherical-torus type becomes carnified and swollen with the stamen growing into the depressions or cavities of the spherical torus. Among the three types, the columnar-torus one might be the primitive type, from which the other two were derived representing two different evolutionary trends respectively. By analyzing the cause of the morphological variation of the staminate flowers, it is suggested that the evolutionary pressure by the insect eating during pollinating enhanced the drastic differentiation of the morphology of the staminate flowers. In some taxa of the genus, in which the Coleoptera acted as the main pollinating agent, the enlargement of the torus of the staminate flower to form a thick flattened shield or a spheroid might be an adaptive fitness to the phylogenetic decreasing in number of the stamen. The primitiveness in stamen morphology of the Schisandra staminate flowers is also discussed, which might agree with the origin antiquity of the genus. The similarity of its heteropolar 3- or 6-aperturate pollen to the 3-aperturate pollen of Eudicots might result from convergent evolution. In addition, main infrageneric classifications of Schisandra and the systematic p     

Resource partitioning to male and female flowers of Spinacia oleracea L. in relation to whole-plant monocarpic senescence

Male plants of spinach (Spinacea oleracea L.) senesce following flowering. It has been suggested that nutrient drain by male flowers is insufficient to trigger senescence. The partitioning of radiolabelled photosynthate between vegetative and reproductive tissue was compared in male (staminate) versus female (pistillate) plants. After the start of flowering staminate plants senesce 3 weeks earlier than pistillate plants. Soon after the start of flowering, staminate plants allocated several times as much photosynthate to flowering structures as did pistillate plants. The buds of staminate flowers with developing pollen had the greatest draw of photosynthate. When the staminate plants begin to show senescence 68% of fixed C was allocated to the staminate reproductive structures. In the pistillate plants, export to the developing fruits and young flowers remained near 10% until mid-reproductive development, when it increased to 40%, declining to 27% as the plants started to senesce. These differences were also present on a sink-mass corrected basis. Flowers on staminate spinach plants develop faster than pistillate flowers and have a greater draw of photosynthate than do pistillate flowers and fruits, although for a shorter period. Pistillate plants also produce more leaf area within the inflorescence to sustain the developing fruits. The (14)C in the staminate flowers declined due to respiration, especially during pollen maturation; no such loss occurred in pistillate reproductive structures. The partitioning to the reproductive structures correlates with the greater production of floral versus vegetative tissue in staminate plants and their more rapid senescence. As at senescence the leaves still had adequate carbohydrate, the resources are clearly phloem-transported compounds other than carbohydrates. The extent of the resource redistribution to reproductive structures and away from the development of new vegetative sinks, starting very early in the reproductive phase, is sufficient to account for the triggering of senescence in the rest of the plant.     

Thrips pollination of androdioecious Castilla elastica (Moraceae) in a seasonal tropical forest

Androdioecy is a rare sexual system in nature, as predicted theoretically. Among the androecious species reported so far, Castilla elastica (Moraceae) is unique in that flowers are unisexual and staminate and pistillate flowers on cosexual plants are produced on different inflorescences. In addition, inflorescence structure of staminate inflorescences on males and staminate and pistillate inflorescences on cosexes is markedly different. Staminate inflorescences on males are bivalvate, while staminate inflorescences on cosexes are "fig-like" and urceolate. Pistillate inflorescences are discoidal. The difference may reflect different roles and requirements of the three inflorescences in pollination and protection from herbivores. This study reports thrips pollination of C. elastica, demonstrated by a pollinator introduction experiment. Thrips pollination of the species may be an example of mutualism originating from plant-herbivore interactions. In the Moraceae, shifts from simple herbivores on flowers to pollinators might have occurred many times, evolving into diverse pollination systems including the fig-fig wasp mutualism. The family, of which little is known about pollination systems, provides interesting and unique opportunities to study evolution of pollination systems and roles of nonpollinating associates of inflorescences.     

The role of staminate flowers in the breeding system of Olea europaea (Oleaceae): an andromonoecious, wind-pollinated taxon

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Andromonoecy, as a breeding system, has generated a considerable body of theory in terms of sexual selection, but extended records comparing the performance of pollen grains from staminate versus hermaphrodite flowers are still sparse. The objective in this study was to elucidate the role of staminate flowers in the andromonoecious breeding system of olive (Olea europaea). METHODS: To determine the meaning of staminate flowers, an evaluation was made of resource allocation to, and phenology of, staminate and hermaphrodite flowers in the cultivar 'Mission', and a comparison was made of the male function between both kinds of flowers. KEY RESULTS: Dry weight of hermaphrodite flowers was 19 % greater than dry weight of staminate flowers arising in comparable positions of the panicle. This difference was mainly due to pistil and petal weight; there were no significant differences in stamen weight. There were no significant differences between staminate and hermaphrodite flowers in either amount of pollen per anther, or pollen quality as determined by pollen viability, germinability or ability to fertilize other flowers. There was no significant link between gender and time of anthesis. However, position of the flower within the panicle correlated with time of anthesis and gender. Flowers at the apex and at primary pedicels tended to be hermaphrodite and open earlier, whereas flowers arising in secondary pedicels were mainly staminate and were commonly the last to reach anthesis. CONCLUSIONS: It is proposed that the main advantage provided by production of staminate flowers in olive is to enhance male fitness by increasing pollen output at the whole plant level, although a relict function of attracting pollinators cannot be completely discarded.     

Observations of inflorescence patterns and flower sex in a population of Sagittaria papillosa Buch. (Alismataceae)

Sagittaria papillosa Buch. is monoecious with unisexual flowers, pistillate below, staminate above, typically with an unbranched scape. A large population with unusual numbers of staminate and bisexual flowers on the lowest whorl of the inflorescence and many particles was quantitatively evaluated. First-formed inflorescences had more staminate and bisexual flowers than those produced later. Branched scapes were predominantly found to be the second inflorescence produced by a given plant. Genetic crosses between flowers on recemes and panicles produced no branched inflorescences. When grown under greenhouse conditions all tested plants had racemes with pistillate flowers in the lower whorls and staminate ones above. Data from soil parameters, daylengths and air temperatures are compared to reported information on modification of flower sexuality by these factors.     

Morphological and cytological development and starch accumulation in hermaphrodite and staminate flowers of olive (Olea europaea L.)

In olive (Olea europaea L.), the formation of functionally staminate flowers rather than fully functional hermaphrodites is one of the major factors limiting fruit set, as flowers with aborted pistils are incapable of producing fruit. Studies conducted on various angiosperm species have shown a correlation between flower abortion and starch content. Thus, it is important to know if starch content plays a role in regulating pistil development in olive and if so, what mechanism regulates starch distribution. Cyto-histological observations of staminate and hermaphrodite olive flowers show that pistil development in staminate flowers is interrupted after the differentiation of the megaspore mother cell. At that stage, starch grains were only detected in the ovary, style and stigma of the hermaphrodite flowers. No starch was observed in the pistils of the staminate flowers. This finding suggests a tight correlation between starch content and pistil development. The secondary origin of starch within the flower is indicated by low chlorophyll content in the gynoecium, undetectable Rubisco activity in the pistils of these two kinds of flowers and by the ultrastructure of the plastids observed by transmission electron microscope analysis. The plastids have few thylakoid membranes and grana and in the staminate flowers appeared very similar to proplastids. Considering differences in starch content between staminate and hermaphrodite flowers and the secondary origin of the starch, differences in pistil development in the staminate and hermaphrodite flowers could be related to differences in the sink strength of these two types of flowers.