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Clarita Rodríguez-Soto Alejandro Velazquez Octavio Monroy-Vilchis Pricila Lemes Rafael Loyola 《Biodiversity and Conservation》2017,26(8):1899-1918
The objective of the present paper is to provide a holistic framework to delineate “territories of opportunity” where agrarian communities can manage areas to enhance the conservation of large vertebrates. The study was conducted Mexico, which is sociologically, culturally and ecologically complex, similar to other “megadiverse” countries. We conducted ensemble niche modeling of endangered top predators to define a set of large vertebrate species. Environmental attributes were used to perform three distance-based and two artificial intelligence-based algorithms. Socio-cultural attributes were included to depict agricultural communities with strong social government schemes and clear evidence of well-managed natural resources. Other socio-economic attributes such as land acquisition cost, human agglomeration and anthropogenic land use were included in the analysis. Scenarios were computed and displayed cartographically with the aid of a geographic information system. Results showed that the largest concentration of biodiversity converges on regions with large land cover persistence and high local governance, defined as potential willingness to engage in conservation actions. The cartographic areas identified overlapped with current Mexican protected areas in only 2.7% of the country. Thus, conservation law enforcement in most of the country seems to be ineffective. Here we show that, in a number of territories, agrarian communities that have coexisted for millennia with umbrella species can be regarded as allies in biodiversity conservation. Results are discussed in the light of their relevance for future niche modeling, environmental policy design and implications for climate change. 相似文献
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Juliana M Sousa-Canavez Flavio C Canavez Kátia RM Leite Luiz H Camara-Lopes 《Genetic vaccines and therapy》2008,6(1):1-7
Background
Electroporation is an established technique for enhancing plasmid delivery to many tissues in vivo, including the skin. We have previously demonstrated efficient delivery of plasmid DNA to the skin utilizing a custom-built four-plate electrode. The experiments described here further evaluate cutaneous plasmid delivery using in vivo electroporation. Plasmid expression levels are compared to those after liposome mediated delivery.Methods
Enhanced electrically-mediated delivery, and less extensively, liposome complexed delivery, of a plasmid encoding the reporter luciferase was tested in rodent skin. Expression kinetics and tissue damage were explored as well as testing in a second rodent model.Results
Experiments confirm that electroporation alone is more effective in enhancing reporter gene expression than plasmid injection alone, plasmid conjugation with liposomes followed by injection, or than the combination of liposomes and electroporation. However, with two time courses of multiple electrically-mediated plasmid deliveries, neither the levels nor duration of transgene expression are significantly increased. Tissue damage may increase following a second treatment, no further damage is observed after a third treatment. When electroporation conditions utilized in a mouse model are tested in thicker rat skin, only higher field strengths or longer pulses were as effective in plasmid delivery.Conclusion
Electroporation enhances reporter plasmid delivery to the skin to a greater extent than the liposome conjugation method tested. Multiple deliveries do not necessarily result in higher or longer term expression. In addition, some impact on tissue integrity with respect to surface damage is observed. Pulsing conditions should be optimized for the model and for the expression profile desired. 相似文献23.
Maurecilne Lemes da Silva Daniela Lopes Paim Pinto Miguel Pedro Guerra Eny Iochevet Segal Floh Cláudio Horst Bruckner Wagner Campos Otoni 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2009,99(1):47-54
The objective of the present work was to induce somatic embryogenesis from zygotic embryos of Passiflora cincinnata Masters. Zygotic embryos formed calli on media with different concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and
4.5 μM benzyladenine (BA) after 30 days of in vitro culture. A concentration of 18.1 μM 2,4-D resulted in the largest number
of somatic embryos. Embryogenic calli were yellowish and friable, forming whitish proembryogenic masses. Morphologically,
embryogenic cells were small and had large nuclei and dense cytoplasm, whereas non-embryogenic cells were elongated, with
small nuclei and less dense cytoplasm. Calli cultured under white light on basal Murashige and Skoog’s medium with activated
charcoal produced embryos in all developmental stages. There were differences among the treatments, with some leading to the
production of calli with embryos and some only to callus formation. Some abnormalities were associated with somatic embryos,
including fused axes, fused cotyledons and polycotyledonary embryos. Production of secondary somatic embryos occurred in the
first cycle of primary embryo development. Secondary embryos differentiated from the surface of the protodermal layer of primary
embryos with intense cell proliferation, successive mitotic divisions in the initial phase of embryoid development, and a
vascular system formed with no connection to the parental tissue. This secondary embryogenic system of P. cincinnata is characterized by intense proliferation and maintenance of embryogenic competence after successive subcultures. This reproducible
protocol opens new prospects for massive propagation and is an alternative to the current organogenesis-based transformation
protocol. 相似文献
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Maristerra R. Lemes Christopher W. Dick Carlos Navarro Andrew J. Lowe Stephen Cavers Rogério Gribel 《Tropical plant biology》2010,3(1):40-49
Big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) is one of the most valuable and overharvested timber trees of tropical America. In order to better characterize geographic patterns of genetic variation, we performed a phylogeographic analysis of S. macrophylla based on six polymorphic chloroplast genome simple sequence repeat loci (cpSSRs) analyzed in 16 populations (N?=?245 individuals) distributed across Central America and the Brazilian Amazon. Of the 31 total cpDNA haplotypes identified, 16 occurred in Central America and 15 in Amazonia with no single haplotype shared between the two regions. Populations from Central America showed moderate differentiation (F ST ?=?0.36) while within population genetic diversity was generally high (mean Nei’s H E ?=?0.639). In contrast, the Amazonian populations were strongly differentiated (F ST ?=?0.91) and contained relatively low genetic diversity (mean H E ?=?0.176), except for one highly diverse population (H E ?=?0.925) from eastern Amazonia. Spatial analysis of molecular variance (SAMOVA) identified a single Central American phylogroup and four Amazonian phylogroups, indicating stronger phylogeographic structure within Amazonia. The results demonstrate distinctive regional patterns of S. macrophylla differentiation, and the first evidence of a strong phylogeographic break between Central American and South American mahogany populations. We suggest that the frequent occurrence of hurricanes in Central America, the differences in the glacial histories and in the duration and intensity of anthropogenic disturbance during the late Holocene may have played important roles in the geographic structuring of cpDNA lineages in the two regions. The high private haplotype diversity in Brazilian populations suggests that cpSSRs can be used as DNA barcodes for regional timber certification. 相似文献
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Jeronymo Dalapicolla Ronnie Alves Rodolfo Jaff Santelmo Vasconcelos Eder Soares Pires Gisele Lopes Nunes Jovani Bernardino de Souza Pereira Jos Tasso F. Guimares Mariana C. Dias Taís Nogueira Fernandes Daniela Scherer Fernando Marino Gomes dos Santos Alexandre Castilho Mirella Pupo Santos Emiliano Nicolas Caldern Rodrigo Lemes Martins Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca Francisco de Assis Esteves Cecílio Frois Caldeira Guilherme Oliveira 《Ecology and evolution》2021,11(15):10119
The quillwort Isoëtes cangae is a critically endangered species occurring in a single lake in Serra dos Carajás, Eastern Amazon. Low genetic diversity and small effective population sizes (N e) are expected for narrow endemic species (NES). Conservation biology studies centered in a single species show some limitations, but they are still useful considering the limited time and resources available for protection of species at risk of extinction. Here, we evaluated the genetic diversity, population structure, N e, and minimum viable population (MVP) of I. cangae to provide information for effective conservation programs. Our analyses were based on 55 individuals collected from the Amendoim Lake and 35,638 neutral SNPs. Our results indicated a single panmictic population, moderate levels of genetic diversity, and N e in the order of thousands, contrasting the expected for NES. Negative FIS values were also found, suggesting that I. cangae is not under risk of inbreeding depression. Our findings imply that I. cangae contains enough genetic diversity to ensure evolutionary potential and that all individuals should be treated as one demographic unit. These results provide essential information to optimize ex situ conservation efforts and genetic diversity monitoring, which are currently applied to guide I. cangae conservation plans. 相似文献
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Daniela Lopes Paim Pinto Ana Maria Rocha de Almeida Mailson Monteiro Rêgo Maurecilne Lemes da Silva Evelyn Jardim de Oliveira Wagner Campos Otoni 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2011,107(3):521-530
Mature zygotic embryos of three genotypes of Passiflora edulis Sims, including ‘FB-100’, ‘FB-200’, and ‘FB-300’ were incubated on a Murashige and Skoog (MS) (1962) medium supplemented with different concentrations (18.1–114.8 μM) of 2,4-diclorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 4.4 μM of
6-benzyladenine (BA). MS basal medium and MS with BA induced germination of P. edulis embryos. The highest frequencies of embryogenic calli were observed when explants were incubated on MS medium supplemented
with 72.4 μM 2,4-D and 4.4 μM BA for ‘FB-200’, which showed the highest potential for embryogenic callus formation. Cytological
and histological analyses of pro-embryogenic callus revealed two distinct cell types: thin-walled, small, isodiametric cells
with large nuclei and dense cytoplasm, typical of intense metabolic activity; and elongated and vacuolated cells, with small
nuclei and less dense cytoplasm. Differentiation of somatic embryos was promoted on MS medium supplemented with activated
charcoal and indole-3-acetyl-l-aspartic acid (IAA-Asp) either with or without 2,4-D. However, no conversion of somatic embryos into plantlets was observed. 相似文献
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Mariana A Antunes Soraia C Abreu Fernanda F Cruz Ana Clara Teixeira Miquéias Lopes-Pacheco Elga Bandeira Priscilla C Olsen Bruno L Diaz Christina M Takyia Isalira PRG Freitas Nazareth N Rocha Vera L Capelozzi Débora G Xisto Daniel J Weiss Marcelo M Morales Patricia RM Rocco 《Respiratory research》2014,15(1)
We sought to assess whether the effects of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) on lung inflammation and remodeling in experimental emphysema would differ according to MSC source and administration route. Emphysema was induced in C57BL/6 mice by intratracheal (IT) administration of porcine pancreatic elastase (0.1 UI) weekly for 1 month. After the last elastase instillation, saline or MSCs (1×105), isolated from either mouse bone marrow (BM), adipose tissue (AD) or lung tissue (L), were administered intravenously (IV) or IT. After 1 week, mice were euthanized. Regardless of administration route, MSCs from each source yielded: 1) decreased mean linear intercept, neutrophil infiltration, and cell apoptosis; 2) increased elastic fiber content; 3) reduced alveolar epithelial and endothelial cell damage; and 4) decreased keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC, a mouse analog of interleukin-8) and transforming growth factor-β levels in lung tissue. In contrast with IV, IT MSC administration further reduced alveolar hyperinflation (BM-MSC) and collagen fiber content (BM-MSC and L-MSC). Intravenous administration of BM- and AD-MSCs reduced the number of M1 macrophages and pulmonary hypertension on echocardiography, while increasing vascular endothelial growth factor. Only BM-MSCs (IV > IT) increased the number of M2 macrophages. In conclusion, different MSC sources and administration routes variably reduced elastase-induced lung damage, but IV administration of BM-MSCs resulted in better cardiovascular function and change of the macrophage phenotype from M1 to M2. 相似文献
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Ana Rita Nunes Lemes Camila Chiaradia Davolos Paula Cristina Brunini Crialesi Legori Odair Aparecido Fernandes Juan Ferré Manoel Victor Franco Lemos Janete Apparecida Desiderio 《PloS one》2014,9(10)
Second generation Bt crops (insect resistant crops carrying Bacillus thuringiensis genes) combine more than one gene that codes for insecticidal proteins in the same plant to provide better control of agricultural pests. Some of the new combinations involve co-expression of cry and vip genes. Because Cry and Vip proteins have different midgut targets and possibly different mechanisms of toxicity, it is important to evaluate possible synergistic or antagonistic interactions between these two classes of toxins. Three members of the Cry1 class of proteins and three from the Vip3A class were tested against Heliothis virescens for possible interactions. At the level of LC50, Cry1Ac was the most active protein, whereas the rest of proteins tested were similarly active. However, at the level of LC90, Cry1Aa and Cry1Ca were the least active proteins, and Cry1Ac and Vip3A proteins were not significantly different. Under the experimental conditions used in this study, we found an antagonistic effect of Cry1Ca with the three Vip3A proteins. The interaction between Cry1Ca and Vip3Aa was also tested on two other species of Lepidoptera. Whereas antagonism was observed in Spodoptera frugiperda, synergism was found in Diatraea saccharalis. In all cases, the interaction between Vip3A and Cry1 proteins was more evident at the LC90 level than at the LC50 level. The fact that the same combination of proteins may result in a synergistic or an antagonistic interaction may be an indication that there are different types of interactions within the host, depending on the insect species tested. 相似文献
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Subtropical streams harbour higher genus richness and lower abundance of insects compared to boreal streams,but scale matters 下载免费PDF全文