Weakened purifying selection leads to elevated mutation load under environmental sex determination

In many gonochoristic taxa, sex is influenced by developmental environment, a system that can lead to temporal fluctuations in offspring sex ratio. Demographic models suggest that only short‐lived species with environmental sex determination (ESD) are negatively impacted by sex‐ratio fluctuations, yet these models fail to account for the potential mutation load associated with reductions in genetically effective population sizes. In this study, we developed a series of individual‐based simulation models that explore the fixation rates of mildly deleterious alleles under different sex‐determining systems and examine the impacts of variation in lifespan and offspring sex ratio. Populations with ESD exhibited increases in fixation rates in both short‐ and long‐lived populations, but substantial increases were limited to populations characterized by a combination of high sex‐ratio variation and short lifespan. Fixation rates were negatively associated with effective population size, indicating that purifying selection operates less efficiently under ESD relative to genotypic sex determination. Reductions in effective population size could be attributed to both intragenerational forces (unequal sex ratio) and intergenerational forces (variable census population sizes). Levels of temporal sex‐ratio variation calculated from wild populations of ESD species were capable of yielding large increases in fixation rates, although this relationship was strongly mediated by lifespan. Our results may help to explain the limited phylogenetic distribution of ESD in short‐lived taxa.     

近10年来蒙古高原植被覆盖变化对气候的响应

基于东亚干旱半干旱地区内蒙古和蒙古国67个气象站的观测资料和SPOTVEGETATION归一化植被指数(NDVI)数据,借助线性趋势、MK趋势性检验、最大化合成法和相关分析等常用数理统计方法,研究了内蒙古和蒙古国地区的植被覆盖变化和气候变化及其响应关系。结果表明:①近49年内蒙古和蒙古国地区年均气温显著上升,降水变化不明显。年均气温在空间上呈现出南高北低的空间分布格局,降水量表现出由西向东递增趋势。②空间分布上,内蒙的植被覆盖状况好于蒙古国。时间变化上,该地区植被覆盖变化分为2个阶段,1998—2001年NDVI呈整体退化趋势,2002—2012年波动上升,其中2009—2012年连续3a上升。空间变化上,内蒙古境内植被退化的区域主要集中在锡林郭勒盟周边地区,蒙古国境内退化的区域分布在中西部地区。③蒙古国境内荒漠和草原植被NDVI与降水呈正相关关系,与气温呈负相关。而对于内蒙古而言荒漠和草原植被的NDVI也与降水呈正相关关系,森林植被与气温呈正相关。就政策层面:内蒙古区域近年来受国家重大生态政策退耕还林、退牧还草的影响,大部分东部和西部植被恢复较快。在今后如果增强两国的文化和政策交流学习,将会对未来的游牧民族文化的保留和发展提供契机。     

广西中南部耕地土壤有机质和全氮变化的遥感监测

以1981年、2011年土壤数据为基础,以AVHRR和MODIS遥感影像为数据源,通过研究广西中南部土壤有机质、全氮及其变化与归一化差异植被指数(NDVI)、植被覆盖度、植被净初级生产力(NPP)等遥感因子之间的耦合关系,建立表层土壤有机质、全氮含量变化的遥感监测模型。研究表明:近30年来,研究区土壤有机质、全氮变化均呈极显著上升趋势,分别增加了5.43g/kg和0.21g/kg;1981—2011年间,NDVI、植被覆盖度和NPP 3个遥感因子变化趋势一致,均呈现缓慢上升趋势,且遥感因子变化与有机质、全氮变化均具有显著正相关关系;利用逐步线性回归方法,建立土壤有机质、全氮变化的遥感监测模型,分别能够解释有机质、全氮变化的16.9%和20.3%;根据所建模型对研究区耕地土壤有机质、全氮变化可进行空间预测制图。结果表明,研究区内耕地土壤表层有机质、全氮分别上升了6.65g/kg和0.31g/kg,验证结果显示遥感模型能够反映出不同区域土壤有机质和全氮长期变化的空间特征。     

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the adult Drosophila melanogaster proteome

Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most widely used model organisms in life sciences. Mapping its proteome is of great significance for understanding the biological characteristics and tissue functions of this species. However, the comprehensive coverage of its proteome remains a challenge. Here, we describe a high‐coverage analysis of whole fly through a 1D gel electrophoresis and LC‐MS/MS approach. By combining the datasets of two types of SDS‐PAGE and two kinds of tagmata, the high‐coverage analysis resulted in the identification of 5262 genes, which correspond to 38.23% of the entire coding genes. Moreover, we found that the fly head and body have different molecular weight distributions of their proteomes when the proteins were resolved with SDS‐PAGE and image analysis of the stained gel. This phenomenon was further confirmed by both label‐free and isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation‐based quantitative approaches. The consistent results of the two different quantitation methods also demonstrated the stability and accuracy of the LC‐MS/MS platform. The MS proteomics data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange with identifiers PXD000454 and PXD000455 ( http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD000454 ; ( http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD000455 ).     

Diurnal courses of net photosynthesis and photosystem II quantum efficiency of submerged Lagarosiphon major under natural light conditions

An optode device for net-photosynthesis measurements, based on oxygen-depending quenching of fluorescence from O₂-specific sensors, and PAM fluorometry have been used to study diurnal courses of net-photosynthesis and the F_v/F_m ratio of the submerged plant Lagarosiphon major. Plants were pre-cultivated and studied in large mesocosm flow-through outdoor tanks under 50% and 80% shade cloth, respectively. Growth under the different shade cloths resulted in similar light compensation points (∼20 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹), but strongly different light saturation levels, with about 150 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ for plants grown under 80% shade cloth and about 350 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ for plants grown under 50% shade cloth. Plants under both growth conditions showed a transient reduction of the maximum F_v/F_m value in the afternoon (down to 70% of the morning control values under 80% shade cloth and down to 85% under 50% shade cloth), which was not accompanied by a reduction of the net photosynthetic rate. This indicated that the fluorescence parameter F_v/F_m must not be a reliable indicator of the rate of photosynthesis under all conditions. The new photo-optical device became evidenced as a valuable tool not only for laboratory experiments, but also for field studies of gas exchange of submerged plants.     

用于白蚁防治的联苯菊酯微胶囊的制备及性能研究

针对白蚁防治药剂联苯菊酯传统加工剂型存在的安全性差、持效期短等缺点,采用溶剂蒸发法制备联苯菊酯微胶囊.通过粒径大小、外观形貌、包封率以及载药量筛选出最佳芯壁比、乳化剂用量和剪切时间,并对微胶囊理化特性及释放性能进行表征,同时考察微胶囊对白蚁的杀灭效果和持效性.研究结果表明,芯壁比为1:1.5,乳化剂用量为7％,剪切时间为6 min时制备的联苯菊酯微胶囊粒径适中(97.6μm),包封率高达70.5％,缓释性能良好,与市售乳油相比,对白蚁的杀灭效果相当,但持效性能优异.该研究获得的联苯菊酯微胶囊为安全、高效防治白蚁提供了技术手段.     

西洋参有效成分与气候生态因子的关系

通过回归分析、灰色关联分析等方法系统地分析了气候生态因子对西洋参有效成分含量的影响,结果表明：温度和日照是影响西洋参总皂甙含量的主要气候因子;其总皂甙的含量与总氨基酸的含量呈显著负相关,故气候因子对二者的作用方向相反;影响西洋参醚浸出物、醇浸出物以及水溶性浸出物含量的主要气候因子均为气温日较差和日照时。     

柏小爪螨发育起点温度和有效积温的研究

在恒温条件下测定了柏小爪螨Oligonychusperditus卵、幼螨、若螨历期 ,成螨产卵前期和世代发育历期 ,用直线回归法和李典谟直接最优法分别计算了柏小爪螨各螨态和 1代的发育起点温度和有效积温 ,并根据有效积温法则预测了该螨在山东泰安地区 1年可能完成代数为 1 1代左右     

60Co-r射线辐照对几种植物提取物有效成份的影响

以贯叶连翘,银杏,枳实,红车轴草,当归,灵芝,茶提取物为研究对象,采用^60Co-r辐照新技术,研究了10kGy辐照剂量对它们有效成份的影响。结果表明：辐照对贯叶连翘,银杏,枳实,红车轴草,当归,灵芝几种提取物的有效成份无明显影响;辐照后绿茶提取物中儿茶素含量较对照下降5．29％,普洱茶提取物中茶多酚含量较对照增加9．45％。