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Previously it has been shown that insulin-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of myosin heavy chain is concomitant with enhanced association of C-terminal SRC kinase during skeletal muscle differentiation. We sought to identify putative site(s) for this phosphorylation event. 相似文献42.
Plant genetics predicts intra-annual variation in phytochemistry and arthropod community structure 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Wimp GM Wooley S Bangert RK Young WP Martinsen GD Keim P Rehill B Lindroth RL Whitham TG 《Molecular ecology》2007,16(23):5057-5069
With the emerging field of community genetics, it is important to quantify the key mechanisms that link genetics and community structure. We studied cottonwoods in common gardens and in natural stands and examined the potential for plant chemistry to be a primary mechanism linking plant genetics and arthropod communities. If plant chemistry drives the relationship between plant genetics and arthropod community structure, then several predictions followed. We would find (i) the strongest correlation between plant genetic composition and chemical composition; (ii) an intermediate correlation between plant chemical composition and arthropod community composition; and (iii) the weakest relationship between plant genetic composition and arthropod community composition. Our results supported our first prediction: plant genetics and chemistry had the strongest correlation in the common garden and the wild. Our results largely supported our second prediction, but varied across space, seasonally, and according to arthropod feeding group. Plant chemistry played a larger role in structuring common garden arthropod communities relative to wild communities, free-living arthropods relative to leaf and stem modifiers, and early-season relative to late-season arthropods. Our results did not support our last prediction, as host plant genetics was at least as tightly linked to arthropod community structure as plant chemistry, if not more so. Our results demonstrate the consistency of the relationship between plant genetics and biodiversity. Additionally, plant chemistry can be an important mechanism by which plant genetics affects arthropod community composition, but other genetic-based factors are likely involved that remain to be measured. 相似文献
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ARNE MOKSNES EIVIN RØSKAFT LISE GREGER HAGEN MARCEL HONZA CECILIE MØRK PER H. OLSEN 《Ibis》2000,142(2):247-258
This study is based on continuous video recordings made at 53 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus nests each day during the laying period. Egg-laying by the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus was recorded in 14 (26.4%) of these nests. By analysing the activity of the host birds around and at the nest, we found that this is probably not the only cue used by the Common Cuckoo when locating suitable nests to parasitize. Furthermore, in most cases there was no significant difference between the length of time the host birds spent at the nest in the morning and afternoon, thus providing little support for the hypothesis that the Common Cuckoo lays in the afternoon because it is less likely to be seen by the nest owners then. Parasitized Reed Warblers rejected the Common Cuckoo egg more frequently when they observed the parasite at their nests. However, contrary to what should be expected, most Common Cuckoos laid their eggs in the presence of the host(s), and in general their egg-laying behaviour (for example duration of stay at the nest) was less secretive than described earlier. When partially depredating host clutches, Cuckoos showed the same behavioural pattern at parasitized and unparasitized nests, indicating that the latter may act as a potential reserve for egg-laying. 相似文献
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Patterns of differentiation and hybridization in North American wolflike canids, revealed by analysis of microsatellite loci 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Roy MS; Geffen E; Smith D; Ostrander EA; Wayne RK 《Molecular biology and evolution》1994,11(4):553-570
Genetic divergence and gene flow among closely related populations are
difficult to measure because mutation rates of most nuclear loci are so low
that new mutations have not had sufficient time to appear and become fixed.
Microsatellite loci are repeat arrays of simple sequences that have high
mutation rates and are abundant in the eukaryotic genome. Large population
samples can be screened for variation by using the polymerase chain
reaction and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to separate alleles. We
analyzed 10 microsatellite loci to quantify genetic differentiation and
hybridization in three species of North American wolflike canids. We
expected to find a pattern of genetic differentiation by distance to exist
among wolflike canid populations, because of the finite dispersal distances
of individuals. Moreover, we predicted that, because wolflike canids are
highly mobile, hybrid zones may be more extensive and show substantial
changes in allele frequency, relative to nonhybridizing populations. We
demonstrate that wolves and coyotes do not show a pattern of genetic
differentiation by distance. Genetic subdivision in coyotes, as measured by
theta and Gst, is not significantly different from zero, reflecting
persistent gene flow among newly established populations. However, gray
wolves show significant subdivision that may be either due to drift in past
Ice Age refugia populations or a result of other causes. Finally, in areas
where gray wolves and coyotes hybridize, allele frequencies of gray wolves
are affected, but those of coyotes are not. Past hybridization between the
two species in the south-central United States may account for the origin
of the red wolf.
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Habitat fragmentation and invasion by exotic species are regarded as major threats to the biodiversity of many ecosystems.
We surveyed the plant communities of two types of remnant sagebrush-steppe fragments from nearby areas on the Snake River
Plain of southeastern Idaho, USA. One type resulted from land use (conversion to dryland agriculture; hereafter AG Islands)
and the other from geomorphic processes (Holocene volcanism; hereafter kipukas). We assessed two predictions for the variation
in native plant species richness of these fragments, using structural equation models (SEM). First, we predicted that the
species richness of native plants would follow the MacArthur–Wilson (M–W) hypothesis of island biogeography, as often is expected
for the communities of habitat fragments. Second, we predicted a negative relationship between native and exotic plants, as
would be expected if exotic plants are decreasing the diversity of native plants. Finally, we assessed whether exotic species
were more strongly associated with the fragments embedded in the agricultural landscape, as would be expected if agriculture
had facilitated the introduction and naturalization of non-native species, and whether the communities of the two types of
fragments were distinct. Species richness of native plants was not strongly correlated with M–W characteristics for either
the AG Islands or the **kipukas. The AG Islands had more species and higher cover of exotics than the kipukas, and exotic
plants were good predictors of native plant species richness. Our results support the hypothesis that proximity to agriculture
can increase the diversity and abundance of exotic plants in native habitat. In combination with other information, the results
also suggest that agriculture and exotic species have caused loss of native diversity and reorganization of the sagebrush-steppe
plant community. 相似文献
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Sharon M. Ferrier Randy K. Bangert Erika I. Hersch-Green Joseph K. Bailey Gery J. Allan Thomas G. Whitham 《Arthropod-Plant Interactions》2012,6(2):187-195
Studies on the effect of plant-species diversity on various ecological processes has led to the study of the effects of plant-genetic
diversity in the context of community genetics. Arthropod diversity can increase with plant-species or plant-genetic diversity
(Wimp et al. in Ecol Lett 7:776–780, 2004). Plant diversity effects can be difficult to separate from other ecological processes, for example, complementarity. We
asked three basic questions: (1) Are arthropod communities unique on different host-plant genotypes? (2) Is arthropod diversity
greater when associated with greater plant-genetic diversity? (3) Are arthropod communities more closely associated with host-plant
genetics than the plant neighborhood? We studied canopy arthropods on Populus fremontii trees randomly planted in a common garden. All trees were planted in a homogeneous matrix, which helped to reduce P. fremontii neighborhood effects. One sample was comprised of few P. fremontii genotypes with many clones. A second sample was comprised of many P. fremontii genotypes with few clones. A second data set was used to examine the relationships between the arthropod community with P. fremontii genetic composition and the neighborhood composition of the focal host plant. Unique arthropod communities were associated
with different P. fremontii genotypes, and arthropod community diversity was greater in the sample with greater P. fremontii genotypic diversity. Arthropod community similarity was negatively correlated with P. fremontii genetic distance, but arthropod community similarity was not related to the neighborhood of the P. fremontii host plant. 相似文献
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O. ÜNAL R. SÜLEYMAN GÖKTÜRK 《Botanical journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London》2003,142(4):465-468
A new species Scorzonera gokcheoglui O. Ünal & R. S. Göktürk sp. nov. from south Anatolia is described and illustrated. Its relationships with S. argyria and S. pisidica are discussed. A map showing the distribution of the species and other related species is given. © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 142 , 465–468. 相似文献
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Previously it has been shown that insulin-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of myosin heavy chain is concomitant with enhanced association of C-terminal SRC kinase during skeletal muscle differentiation. We sought to identify putative site(s) for this phosphorylation event. A combined bioinformatics approach of motif prediction and evolutionary and structural analyses identified tyrosines163 and 1856 of the skeletal muscle heavy chain as the leading candidate for the sites of insulin-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation. Our work is suggestive that tyrosine phosphorylation of myosin heavy chain, whether in skeletal muscle or in platelets, is a significant event that may initiate cytoskeletal reorganization of muscle cells and platelets. Our studies provide a good starting point for further functional analysis of MHC phosphor-signalling events within different cells. 相似文献
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Two groups control light-induced schiff base deprotonation and the proton affinity of asp(85) in the Arg(82)His mutant of bacteriorhodopsin 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1 下载免费PDF全文
ES Imasheva SP Balashov TG Ebrey N Chen RK Crouch DR Menick 《Biophysical journal》1999,77(5):2750-2763
Arg(82) is one of the four buried charged residues in the retinal binding pocket of bacteriorhodopsin (bR). Previous studies show that Arg(82) controls the pK(a)s of Asp(85) and the proton release group and is essential for fast light-induced proton release. To further investigate the role of Arg(82) in light-induced proton pumping, we replaced Arg(82) with histidine and studied the resulting pigment and its photochemical properties. The main pK(a) of the purple-to-blue transition (pK(a) of Asp(85)) is unusually low in R82H: 1.0 versus 2.6 in wild type (WT). At pH 3, the pigment is purple and shows light and dark adaptation, but almost no light-induced Schiff base deprotonation (formation of the M intermediate) is observed. As the pH is increased from 3 to 7 the M yield increases with pK(a) 4.5 to a value approximately 40% of that in the WT. A transition with a similar pK(a) is observed in the pH dependence of the rate constant of dark adaptation, k(da). These data can be explained, assuming that some group deprotonates with pK(a) 4.5, causing an increase in the pK(a) of Asp(85) and thus affecting k(da) and the yield of M. As the pH is increased from 7 to 10.5 there is a further 2.5-fold increase in the yield of M and a decrease in its rise time from 200 &mgr;s to 75 &mgr;s with pK(a) 9. 4. The chromophore absorption band undergoes a 4-nm red shift with a similar pK(a). We assume that at high pH, the proton release group deprotonates in the unphotolyzed pigment, causing a transformation of the pigment into a red-shifted "alkaline" form which has a faster rate of light-induced Schiff base deprotonation. The pH dependence of proton release shows that coupling between Asp(85) and the proton release group is weakened in R82H. The pK(a) of the proton release group in M is 7.2 (versus 5.8 in the WT). At pH < 7, most of the proton release occurs during O --> bR transition with tau approximately 45 ms. This transition is slowed in R82H, indicating that Arg(82) is important for the proton transfer from Asp(85) to the proton release group. A model describing the interaction of Asp(85) with two ionizable residues is proposed to describe the pH dependence of light-induced Schiff base deprotonation and proton release. 相似文献