Cytological and mapping analysis of a novel male sterile type resulting from spontaneous floral organ homeotic conversion in marigold (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Tagetes erecta</Emphasis> L.)

A male sterile line was isolated in marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) and cytological analysis determined this to be a novel genic male sterility trait (Tems). Through the use of amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) and bulked segregant analysis (BSA), tightly linked markers of Tems were identified with a view towards a map-based cloning strategy. It was found that spontaneous homeotic conversion of floral organs was the underlying cause of the male sterility in this marigold line. Thus, petals of male sterile plants resembled sepal-like structures and the stamens were partially converted to styles, although without the full characteristics or function of the true style organs. We have constructed a fine marker-based map for the Tems gene. This is intended to provide a tool for marker assisted selection (MAS) strategies in hybrid breeding and map-based cloning strategies for the male sterility locus. We discuss the significance of this spontaneously derived genic male sterility trait relating to the homeotic conversion of floral organs in marigold.     

动物体内存在的阿片生物碱

存在于动物体内的内源性阿片类物质,不仅是阿片肽,还包括非肽类的吗啡样化合物,后者主要是吗啡和可待因,它们可在动物体内自身合成。     

温度对亚东璃眼蜱发育的影响

亚东璃眼蜱的卵、饱食的幼虫和若虫分放在四个等级的温度、相对湿度90%和黑暗的条件下,观察温度对各期发育的影响.在20°、25°、30°和35℃条件下,卵期发育的平均日数分别为71.87±0.05、31.55±0.03、21.02±0.03和16.47±0.03天;幼虫蜕化期分别为25.02±0.05、13.01±0.03、8.75±0.02和6.40±0.02天;若虫蜕化期分别为47.32±0.22、24.2±0.13、14.36±0.08和10.78±0.06天.在各种温度条件下若虫蜕化为成虫的时间,雄虫比雌虫长.卵期发育的积温为321.77日度,而幼虫和若虫蜕化期分别为129.97和212.39日度.卵期发育的温度低阈为15.07℃,而幼虫和若虫蜕化期分别为14.88和15.58℃.     

垂体在刺激脑内渗透压感受器引起的肾脏反应中的作用

实验在α氯醛糖和氨基甲酸乙酯混合麻醉的大鼠中进行。脑室内注射高张盐水(icv.HS)后,肾血浆流量、肾小球滤过率、尿量、尿钠排出量、尿钾排出量和渗透物质清除率均增加,游离水清除率下降。去除垂体后,icv.HS不再能引起上述肾脏反应。另外给大鼠静脉注射血管升压素(VP)拮抗剂(V_1和V_2受体拮抗剂),并不能削弱上述icv.HS引起的肾脏反应。脑室内注射高张盐水后,尿中多巴胺(DA)排出量无显著增多;给予多巴脱羧酶抑制剂苄丝肼也不能削弱icv.HS引起的肾脏反应。上述实验结果表明,在本实验条件下刺激脑内渗透压感受器引起的肾脏反应依赖于垂体的完整性,但看来并不依赖于外周的VP和DA,故垂体通过何种机制介导icv.HS引起上述肾脏反应,有待于进一步的研究。     

黄河鼠兔Ochotona huangensis(Matschie,1907)的分类研究

黄河鼠兔(Ochotona huangensis)由Matschie(1907)发表,长期以来国内外学者意见纷纭,有人将它归入藏鼠兔(O.thibetana),有的则作为达乌尔鼠兔(O.daurica)的同物异名。经查对地模及邻近地模产地的标本,并与其相似种进行了仔细的对比,认为黄河鼠兔不同于藏鼠兔、甘肃鼠兔、达乌尔鼠兔,而是一有效物种。     

努布拉鼠兔(Ochotona nubrica Thomas,1922)的分类订正

努布拉鼠兔(Ochotona nubrica)的分类地位迄今未能得到合理解决,曾被列为草原鼠兔(O.pusilla)、灰鼠兔(O.roylei)或藏鼠兔(O.thibetana)的同物异名。作者根据原始文献、地模标本及邻近地模产地的标本与有关的鼠兔种类进行对比研究,证实了努布拉鼠兔既不同于藏鼠兔,也不同于灰鼠兔,而是一个有效物种。     

紫外激光消融主动脉斑块和感生荧光光谱观测

利用XeCI准分子激光辐照主动脉血管正常组织和斑块组织,观察到组织被激光消融。消融所产生的凹坑与辐射时间呈对数直线关系。308nm激光感生的血管壁荧光光谱在可见波段出现二个荧光极大值,用二极值的相对强度之比可以判断正常或斑块组织。     

体内微环境对B7-2EC克隆细胞株分化的影响

在发育生物学领域中,微环境对早期胚胎纽胞的分化,对造血系统干细胞的分化都能产生影响,这已是人所共知的事实。小鼠胚胎性癌细胞(EC细胞)是一种研究细胞恶变和细胞分化很好的材料,它可以在某些品系小鼠中自发地产生,也可由小鼠早期胚胎细胞或原始生殖嵴细胞经异位移植而获得,但移植的位置不同,生瘤率也不同。EC细胞一般分为无能和多能性两种:无能EC细胞如F9在体内接种后不能分化为各种体细胞,保持着癌细胞恶性生长的特点,而多能EC细胞接种到     

Human chromosome hot points

Summary Peripheral lymphocytes from 16 healthy adults, 9 pregnant women, and 3 fragile X syndrome patients were cultured in Eagle's minimum essential medium without folic acid (MEM-FA). The addition of 2mM, 4mM, or 8mM uridine 24h or 72h prior to harvest resulted in increases of chromosome gaps or breaks, especially at hot points 3p14, 16q23-24, and at fragile site Xq27. Pregnant women showed higher frequencies of 3p14 breaks and total chromosome breaks than men and non-pregnant women. The other chromosome regions, such as 6q26, 7q23, 7q35, 6p25, Xp22, 14q23 and 11p13, also frequently showed gaps or breaks. The results indicated that the unbalance of nucleotide pools was one of the causes of chromosome breakages. The higher frequencies of chromosome gaps and breaks under the condition of thymidylate stress may be due to the misincorporation of uracil instead of thymine into DNA.