无斑肥螈皮肤的组织学观察

本文报导了无斑肥螈（Pachytriton labiatus）皮肤的显微结构和特点。其皮肤的基本结构与其他有尾两栖类相似,体背、腹部位的皮肤厚度和结构有一定差异,皮肤中有丰富的微血管,在表皮和真皮相接处分布密集,背部分布密度明显大于腹部。皮肤腺体较少,缺乏色素细胞,角质化程度较低,表皮细胞层数少,界限不清。表皮下的毛细血管常向表皮突起,突起处表皮细胞层数减少,形成皮肤的血气呼吸屏障,以保证皮肤有效的呼吸作用的完成。     

无斑肥螈消化道五羟色胺免疫活性细胞的分布与形态学观察

用S－P免疫组织化学的方法对无斑肥塬消化道五－羟色胺（5－HTIR）免疫活性细胞的分布及形态进行了观察。结果表明,5－HTIR细胞从食道到直肠的消化道各段均有分布。其中,幽门部密度最高,十二指肠次之,直肠最低。5－HTIR细胞形态多样,有圆形、梭形、纺锤形或烧瓶形,梭形、纺锤形或烧瓶细胞有较长的胞突,有时胞突可见明显分叉。同时讨论了5－HRIR细胞的分点特点、形态与功能的关系。     

尾斑瘰螈的夏季食性分析

尾斑瘰螈的分布范围十分狭窄,迄今所知仅分布于贵州的雷山、江口等县。1987年5—6月在雷山地区共捕获尾斑瘰螈127只。通过胃肠剖检分析,其食物组成十分复杂,但以动物性食物为主,占总食物量的96.57％。在动物性食物中,以昆虫纲的种类居多,占总食物量的89.71％,经分析统计发现吞食有害动物的头数为有益动物头数的2.8倍,其有益系数为34.85％,是一种对农林业有益的动物。     

尾斑瘰螈种群的D-loop区遗传多样性分析

以线粒体DNA D-loop序列为分子标记,研究了采自雷公山和武陵山的尾斑瘰螈(Paramesotriton caudopunclatus)5个种群的遗传多样性.获得42个个体mtDNA D-loop区序列,长度为690 bp,其中有30个变异位点,由此定义了13个单倍型.5个种群中未出现共享单倍型的现象.尾斑瘰螈种群...     

尾斑瘰螈主要消化器官组织结构观察

本研究采用组织学方法对尾斑瘰螈(Paramesotriton caudopunctatus)的消化器官进行了显微结构观察。结果表明,尾斑瘰螈食管较短,胃、肠壁组织结构分为黏膜层、黏膜下层、肌层和外膜,小肠前段的黏膜下层缺失。胃黏膜层中有许多胃腺,胃腺细胞胞质含嗜酸性颗粒。小肠前段绒毛细长密集,中段、后段逐渐短小稀疏,在黏膜层的固有膜中没有肠腺分布。肝实质中肝小叶界限不明显,肝小叶内有大量色素颗粒成团分布。     

夏季丽斑麻蜥种群结构的分析

本文分析了丽班麻蜥1989—1990年两年夏季不包括当年幼体的种群结构的资料。共捕获麻蜥197尾。种群密度为672尾/公顷。性比为1:1.05,雄性多于雌性。将体长、体重作指标,参照对性腺的观察,把种群分为亚成体组,体长39.20±5.31mm,体重2.93±0.70g;成体组,体长52.91±3.21mm,体重5.40±0.74g。成体多于亚成体。     

尾斑瘰螈泌尿器官的形态组织学观察

本文采用组织学和形态学方法对尾斑瘰螈的泌尿器官进行研究。结果表明:尾斑瘰螈的泌尿器官主要包括肾脏、输尿管和膀胱。其肾脏为实质性器官,主要由肾小体、肾小管构成;肾实质出现区域分隔,肾小体数量较少,肾小管分为颈段、近曲小管、中间段、远曲小管;其间未发现淋巴组织以及与生殖有关的结构。输尿管由单层立方上皮过渡到假复层立方上皮;膀胱壁由2~3层细胞变移上皮构成。     

雌性瑶山肥螈泄殖腔显微结构研究

本文对雌性瑶山肥螈的泄殖腔进行了比较解剖学研究,发现雌性瑶山肥螈泄殖腔具有和其它有尾两栖类相似的皮肤形态。虽然不同部位皮肤组织的厚度存在一定差异,但都具有表皮和真皮等相同的基本结构。雌性瑶山肥螈的泄殖腔还具有和精子储藏相关的特殊腺体结构,即储精管腺和腹腺等腺体,以及与这些腺体结构相关的泄殖腔管。这表明该物种雌性个体的泄殖腔具备了精子储藏功能的形态结构,为其进行多次交配,分批产卵提供了基础。     

镇海棘螈瑞岩寺种群年度繁殖量比较及分析

将镇海棘螈Echinotriton chinhaiensis瑞岩寺种群2008年的繁殖情况与1998、1999、2000年的繁殖量进行比较,发现虽然雌性平均窝卵数比较稳定,但2008年的繁殖总量小于其余3年任何一年总产卵量的50%.对其繁殖量大幅下降的原因进行了分析,发现2007年9、10月两次影响严重的强台风、瑞岩寺景区开发等因素可能是造成种群繁殖量大幅下降的原因,而2008年初50年不遇的低温是否影响镇海棘螈的繁殖值得进一步追踪研究.     

黄腹角雉的种群数量及其结构研究

1983—1986年在浙江省乌岩岭自然保护区,应用标图法和线路统计法,对野生黄腹角雉种群、数量进行了统计分析。结果表明冬季种群约50只。种群数量有明显的季节变动:繁殖后期数量增加,秋末冬初开始明显下降。黄腹角雉繁殖力低,卵的损失率高,使种群数量上升十分缓慢。成体性比接近1:1,在各样区之间略有差异。在性比偏离1:1较大的样区,亚成体比例较高。     

Vigilance,vocalizations, and cryptic behavior at retirement in captive groups of red-bellied tamarins (Saguinus labiatus)

Frequent references are made to presumed antipredator adaptations exhibited by callitrichids, but there are very few systematic investigations of these behaviors. One set of untested presumptions stems from observations that callitrichids become especially vigilant and cryptic prior to retirement each evening. This hypothesis was tested in the current study by quantifying the rates of vocalizations and extragroup behavior at various times of the day. Using two groups of captive red-bellied tamarins, it was demonstrated that these primates do become relatively more quiet and more attentive to the nonsocial environment prior to retirement each evening, culminating in virtual silence once the nest box has been entered. While the adaptive significance of these phenomena has not yet been tested, it is likely that the behaviors reduce vulnerability to predation.     

Rhizobium laguerreae is the main nitrogen-fixing symbiont of cultivated lentil (Lens culinaris) in Morocco

Genetic diversity and population structure of 268 Lens culinaris symbiotic rhizobia collected from 40 cultivated fields in the main lentil production regions in Morocco were estimated. Three chromosomal housekeeping genes (recA, glnII and atpD) and one common symbiotic gene (nodC) were sequenced and analyzed in order to identify the local symbionts of lentil. The molecular phylogeny of the concatenated housekeeping genes clustered more than 95% of the isolates in one main clade together with Rhizobium laguerreae species. R. laguerreae represents the main symbiont of cultivated lentil in Morocco and, for the first time, a large sample of individuals is obtained for this species. There is a significant and high genetic differentiation of bacterial populations among the four regions for their symbiotic gene, and much lower for their housekeeping genes. The reasons why R. laguerreae is so frequently recovered in our study is discussed.     

Evidence of population structuring following population genetic analyses of Fasciola hepatica from Argentina

Fasciola hepatica, the liver fluke, is a trematode parasite that causes disease of economic importance in livestock. As a zoonosis this parasite also poses a risk to human health in areas where it is endemic. Population genetic studies can reveal the mechanisms responsible for genetic structuring (non-panmixia) within parasite populations and provide valuable insights into population dynamics, which in turn enables theoretical predictions of evolutionary dynamics such as the evolution of drug resistance. Here we genotyped 320 F. hepatica collected from 14 definitive hosts from four provinces in Argentina. STRUCTURE analysis indicated three population clusters, and principal coordinate analysis confirmed this, showing population clustering across provinces. Similarly, pairwise F_ST values amongst all four provinces were significant, with standardised pairwise F_ST (F′_ST) ranging from 0.0754 to 0.6327. Therefore, population genetic structure was evident across these four provinces in Argentina. However, there was no evidence of deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, so it appears that within these sub-populations there is largely random mating. We identified 263 unique genotypes, which gave a clonal diversity of 82%. Parasites with identical genotypes, clones, accounted for 26.6% of the parasites studied and were found in 12 of the 14 hosts studied, suggesting some clonemate transmission.     

武夷山木荷种群结构和动态的研究

 本文采用“空间序列代替时间变化”的方法,对武夷山区常绿阔叶林演替过程中木荷种群动态规律进行了研究,结果表明,在木荷种群侵入黄山松幼林向木荷林以及成熟木荷、甜槠、青冈林的发展过程中,种群结构由增长型→稳定型→成熟型→衰退型,空间分布格局由随机型趋于集群分布,种群密度呈现负增长;在成熟木荷、甜槠、青冈林中,由于种间和种内竞争的影响以及林窗效应,木荷种群结构和密度有一个波动性的变化过程,在这一变化过程中,木荷种群仍趋于集群分布。此外,对成熟木荷、甜槠、青冈林中木荷种群不同大小级的分布格局动态进行了研究,表明其幼苗、幼树和中树等级的个体均呈集群分布,而大树等级的个体呈随机分布。根据上述研究结果,对木荷种群动态机制作了探讨。     

Comparing the genetic diversity and structure of indigenous Korean and Chinese populations of Laodelphax striatellus Fallén using mitochondrial haplotypes

The small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus Fallén, is a major migratory pest from China to Korea and transmits viral diseases of rice plants. In this study, we compared the genetic structures of overwintered indigenous Korean and Chinese populations. The eight Korean populations consisted of 33 haplotypes, and 16 of these were newly identified. The genetic diversity of the Korean population revealed high haplotype diversity (Hd) and low nucleotide diversity (π) of 0.86 ± 0.017 and 0.0024 ± 0.0001 on average, respectively. These values for the Chinese population were Hd = 0.92 ± 0.016 and π = 0.0026 ± 0.0002. Overall, genetic distances by pairwise F_ST were generally low, ranging from ? 0.022 to 0.089. Moreover, the Korean population revealed its ongoing population expansion by showing negative values in the neutrality test (Tajima's D = ? 1.4, Fu's Fs = ? 15.8) and a unimodal pattern in the mismatch distribution analysis. The genetic structures and population relationships were determined using 8 indigenous Korean and 30 Chinese populations by Bayesian approaches and population tree construction, respectively. The genetic structure was inferred as five (K = 5), and all indigenous Korean populations as well as 10 Chinese populations from the Shanghai city, Anhui, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, and Zhejiang provinces were grouped into ‘G3’. These results provide partial support for unidirectional gene flow by migratory Chinese populations into Korea. Further analysis conducted using specimens from China and Korea collected in similar periods is necessary to clarify the migration population's origin and its effect on the genetic structure of the indigenous populations.     

Phenotypic consequences of nonrandom migration in the Jirels of Nepal

The phenotypic structure of human populations is shaped by a number of factors such as population size and marital migration. This paper examines the impact of migration on the between-village phenotypic differentiation of the Jirels, a tribal group of eastern Nepal. Data on stature and five cranial measurements for 526 individuals (males and females) are utilized to illustrate the patterns of phenotypic variation. A permutation method is used to generate the phenotypic consequences of random migration constrained to observed levels of movement. The results suggest that Jirel migration is nonrandom and that it produces higher levels of phenotypic differentiation than would result from a random migration process.