内蒙古达茂旗腾格淖尔地区大沙鼠种群繁殖习性的调查

鼠类繁殖生态学的研究是其种群生态学研究的一个重要方面 ,它不但为研究鼠类种群数量变动规律对种群数量进行预测预报提供重要的生态学基础资料 ,也为控制鼠害措施的制定提供依据 ,同时也具有重要的流行病学意义。大沙鼠 (Ｒｈｏｍｂｍｙｓｏｐｉｍｕｓ)广泛分布于中亚细亚、哈萨克斯坦、伊朗、阿富汗和蒙古国等地 ,在我国主要分布于内蒙古西部、甘肃北部和新疆 ,是荒漠—半荒漠地区的重要害鼠。我国对其生态学方面多注重于种群分布格局的研究[1～ 5] ,在繁殖方面的研究甚少[6] 。 1 979～1 980年和 1 995～ 1 996年对内蒙古包头市达尔罕茂…     

大沙鼠和子午沙鼠的种群生态位

大沙鼠(Ｒｈｏｍｂｏｍｙｓｏｐｉｍｕｓ)和子午沙鼠(Ｍｅｒｉｏｎｅｓｍｅｒｉｄｉａｎｕｓ)均为荒漠、半荒漠的典型鼠种,为群栖性鼠类,只是子午沙鼠不像大沙鼠那样形成很大的集群。在沙质荒漠生境,大沙鼠和子午沙鼠常混居于沙丘坡地上部,成为这些地区自然群落中的优势种。对于大沙鼠和子午沙鼠种群之间的关系,在空间分布格局方面的研究已有报道[1]。作者于1995年9～10月、1996年4～5月、9～10月和1999年10月在内蒙古包头市达尔罕茂名安联合旗北部的腾格淖尔地区,对大沙鼠和子午沙鼠种群生态位进行了研究,并就它们对资源的利用和分配以及两…     

北京地区黑线仓鼠年龄鉴定及种群年龄组成的研究

鼠类种群年龄组成的研究是种群生态学的基础内容。种群年龄组成的变化,直接关系到鼠类数量的波动。黑线仓鼠(Cricetulus barabensis)是北京地区农田的主要害鼠之一,为探讨该鼠种在农田生态系统中的作用,并控制其危害,研究其种群年龄组成及变化是非常必要的。     

布氏田鼠种群年龄的研究

啮齿动物在草原中的作用,主要决定于它的数量。鼠类数量的预测预报,往往是草原建设中所重视的问题。在各种害鼠的预测方案中,都要研究它们的种群年龄组成,研究不同年龄组的年度和季节变化,进一步研究繁殖,种群密度等,然后分析种群数量变动规律,进行鼠害的预测预报,以指导灭鼠工作。     

社鼠的年龄鉴定与种群年龄组成

年龄组成是种群的重要特征之一。分析年龄组成中不同时期各年龄组数量的比例,有助于了解种群数量变动的规律。寿振黄等(1959)以臼齿齿根的分岐与否和前后根的长度作为红背(鼠平)的年龄标准。罗泽珣(1963)和诸葛阳等(1959、1978)分别用臼齿磨损程度和体重来划分黑线姬鼠的年龄。国外有以晶体干重为依据分析年龄组成,如Lord(1959),Adamczewska-Andrzejewska(1972),Geurley(1975),Yabe(1979)等分别对白尾兔(Cottontail rabbit)、黑线姬鼠(Apodemus agrarius)2种田鼠(Microtus pinetorum和Microtus montanus)、和褐家鼠(Rattus norvegicus)进行了不少工作。国内这方     

呼和浩特市近郊长爪沙鼠寄生革螨的调查

长爪沙鼠(Meriones unguiculatus)是荒漠草原的典型鼠种,但它的分布十分广泛。在内蒙古除呼伦贝尔盟大兴安岭林区、兴安盟和阿拉善盟沙漠地区外,几乎到处都有分布,其中尤以西部荒漠草原和大青山以南的农业区数量最多。它除了危害农牧业外,并是动物源疾病的重要的疫源动物之一。革螨在各种鼠类的鼠体     

Leslie 矩阵在大沙鼠种群动态研究中的应用

2002～2003年通过对精河甘家湖荒漠梭梭林国家级自然保护区大沙鼠的实地调查,采用样方面积夹子法、堵洞盗开法、样地捕净法,捕获大沙鼠173只,其中雄94只,雌79只。用胴体重为指标划分年龄。经Leslie矩阵推演,其数量变动表明,近几年该种群保持在相对稳定的水平,两三年内数量不会有大的变动。     

子午沙鼠种群数量动态及预测

子千沙鼠（Ｍｅｒｉｏｎｅｓ ｍｅｒｉｄｉａｎｕｓ）是荒漠和半荒漠地区常见的鼠种之一,作者于１９９１～、９９５年４～１０月每月中旬,在内蒙古达拉特旗中国农业守草原研究所鄂尔多斯沙地草场改良试验站,利用直线夹日法在站内的流动消逝天,半流动消逝一,固定沙地,丘间滩地,林地和农田中开展了种群数量调查。６ａ共布放１２４２４５闪日,捕获鼠７４９８只,其中子午沙鼠１４０８只,在各种鼠中占１８．７７％,居第二位。     

灰旱獭年龄鉴定的方法

有关灰旱獭Marmota baibacina的年龄鉴定,等(1973)曾以臼齿磨损度作过描述,并划分出6个年龄组,但缺少年龄与个体发育关系的资料。国内以牙齿磨损度鉴定灰旱獭年龄与种群年龄组成尚未见报道。 灰旱獭为天山山地的优势鼠种,分布广,数量多,既是自然疫源性疾病的宿主动物,又是重要的毛皮兽。我们于1983年6—8月对该旱獭的年龄鉴定方法及其年龄组成进行了研究,现将结果报道如下。     

浑善达克沙地三趾跳鼠体重与年龄划分

哺乳动物的年龄划分始终是动物种群生态学研究的基础内容之一,同时鼠类年龄划分方法在害鼠的预测和控制实践中具有十分重要的意义。国内外对于三趾跳鼠的生态、疫病、进化等方面进行过一些研究,但有关该鼠种年龄鉴定的研究和鼠类年龄组划分与鼠种的实际年龄对应的研究尚属空白。2002年到2003年间,我们在内蒙古锡林郭勒盟浑善达克沙地,采用常规夹线方法对三趾跳鼠(Dipus sagitta)的种群年龄进行调查,对每只捕获的三趾跳鼠样本进行了体长、体重、胴体重、繁殖特征进行记录,利用胴体重为标准,参考样本出现的时间（月份）及繁殖特征,将三趾跳鼠划分年龄组。结果表明,捕获到的三趾跳鼠可划分为3个自然年龄组,1龄组（胴体重≤71 g）,2龄组（71<胴体重≤90 g）,3龄组及以上（胴体重>90 g）,三趾跳鼠最大年龄至少3龄。鉴定三趾跳鼠年龄运用胴体重法相对简便准确。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.