Low genetic diversity and population connectivity fuel vulnerability to climate change for the Tertiary relict pine Pinus bungeana

Endemic species are important components of regional biodiversity and hold the key to understanding local adaptation and evolutionary processes that shape species distributions. This study investigated the biogeographic history of a relict conifer Pinus bungeana Zucc. ex Endl. confined to central China. We examined genetic diversity in P. bungeana using genotyping-by-sequencing and chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA markers. We performed spatial and temporal inference of recent genetic and demographic changes, and dissected the impacts of geography and environmental gradients on population differentiation. We then projected P. bungeana's risk of decline under future climates. We found extremely low nucleotide diversity (average π 0.0014), and strong population structure (global F_ST 0.234) even at regional scales, reflecting long-term isolation in small populations. The species experienced severe bottlenecks in the early Pliocene and continued to decline in the Pleistocene in the western distribution, whereas the east expanded recently. Local adaptation played a small (8%) but significant role in population diversity. Low genetic diversity in fragmented populations makes the species highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly in marginal and relict populations. We suggest that conservation efforts should focus on enhancing gene pool and population growth through assisted migration within each genetic cluster to reduce the risk of further genetic drift and extinction.     

Characterization of an Escherichia coli mutant, feeA, displaying resistance to the calmodulin inhibitor 48/80 and reduced expression of the rare tRNA3Leu

We previously described a mutation feeB1 conferring a temperature-sensitive filamentation phenotype and resistance to the calmodulin inhibitor 48/80 in Escherichia coli, which constitutes a single base change in the acceptor stem of the rare tRNA₃^Leu recognizing CUA codons. We now describe a second mutant, feeA1, unlinked to feeB, but displaying a similar phenotype, 48/80 resistance and a reduced growth rate at the permissive temperature, 30°C, and temperature-sensitive, forming short filaments at 42°C. In the feeA mutant, tRNA₃^Leu expression (but not that of tRNA₁^Leu) was reduced approximately fivefold relative to the wild type. We previously showed that the synthesis of β-galactosidase, which unusually requires the translation of 6-CUA codons, was substantially reduced, particularly at 42°C, in feeB mutants. The feeA mutant also shows drastically reduced synthesis of β-galactosidase at the non-permissive temperature and reduced levels even at the permissive temperature. We also show that increased copy numbers of the abundant tRNA₁^Leu, which can also read CUA codons at low efficiency, suppressed the effects of feeA1 under some conditions, providing further evidence that the mutant was deficient in CUA translation. This, and the previous study, demonstrates that mutations which either reduce the activity of tRNA₃^Leu or the cellular amount of tRNA₃^Leu confer resistance to the drug 48/80, with concomitant inhibition of cell division at 42°C.     

非线性映射和聚类分析在中风病证候分类中的应用

本文用非线性映射和聚类分析方法,给出了中风病的四个类型,为中风病的证候分类提供了分析方法和信息．     

水稻飞虱的抗药性监测研究

1989-1993年选用有机磷、氨基甲酸酯和拟除虫菊酯三大粪12种常用杀虫剂,对水稻褐飞虱和白背飞虱进行了5年系统的抗药性监测研究,发现两种飞虱对药剂的敏感性年度间变化较大,分析可能与其迁飞习性有关。将我们所测的LD50与日本Nagata(1967)测定结果比较．褐飞虱对有机磷类的抗性倍数为3.22-16．12倍,对氨基甲酸酯类为5．59-9．12倍;白背飞虱对有机磷类的抗性为48．90-208.16倍．对氨基甲酸酯类为3．29-19．50倍．抗性发展速率明显高于褐飞虱。两种飞虱对菊酯类药剂的敏感性差异较大。抗马拉硫磷的褐飞虱种群对二氯苯醚菊酯表现较高交互抗性。     

龟纹瓢虫对豆蚜的捕食功能反应及寻找效应研究

龟纹瓢虫雌虫和雄虫对豆蚜的功能反应符台Holling Ⅱ型模型,其模型为：Na=0．9233N／(1 0．0171N)(雌虫)和Na=0．8641N／(1 0．0164N)(雄虫),瓢虫捕食豆蚜的数量随豆蚜密度增加而增加．但寻找效应随豆蚜密度增加而降低。日最大捕食量和最佳寻找密度分别为37.42(雌)、34．11头(雄)和17．25（雌)、15．8头(雄)。龟纹瓢虫寻找效应随自身密度的增加而降低,其数学模型为：E=0．3032·P^-15634(雌)和E=0．3048·P^-1.1697(雄)。干扰反应的教学模型为：E=0．8104·P^-2.1721(雌),E=0．7125·P^-2.2660,E=0．5963·P^-2.1751(雌雄混台种群)。     

保护生物学概要

保护生物学的形成是对生物危机的反应和生物科学迅速发展的结果。它是应用科学解决由于人类活动干扰或其它因素引起的物种、群落和生态系统出现的问题的新学科。其”目的是提供保护生物多样性的原理和工具“,其基础科学和应用科学的综合性交叉学科。系统学、生态学、生物地理学和种群生态学的原理和方法是保护生物学重要的理论和实践基础。     

Yeast mRNA cap methyltransferase is a 50-kilodalton protein encoded by an essential gene.

RNA (guanine-7-)methyltransferase, the enzyme responsible for methylating the 5' cap structure of eukaryotic mRNA, was isolated from extracts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast enzyme catalyzed methyl group transfer from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the guanosine base of capped, unmethylated poly(A). Cap methylation was stimulated by low concentrations of salt and was inhibited by S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, a presumptive product of the reaction, but not by S-adenosyl-D-homocysteine. The methyltransferase sedimented in a glycerol gradient as a single discrete component of 3.2S. A likely candidate for the gene encoding yeast cap methyltransferase was singled out on phylogenetic grounds. The ABD1 gene, located on yeast chromosome II, encodes a 436-amino-acid (50-kDa) polypeptide that displays regional similarity to the catalytic domain of the vaccinia virus cap methyltransferase. That the ABD1 gene product is indeed RNA (guanine-7-)methyltransferase was established by expressing the ABD1 protein in bacteria, purifying the protein to homogeneity, and characterizing the cap methyltransferase activity intrinsic to recombinant ABD1. The physical and biochemical properties of recombinant ABD1 methyltransferase were indistinguishable from those of the cap methyltransferase isolated and partially purified from whole-cell yeast extracts. Our finding that the ABD1 gene is required for yeast growth provides the first genetic evidence that a cap methyltransferase (and, by inference, the cap methyl group) plays an essential role in cellular function in vivo.     

Aggression and preputial gland of male mice affected by the presence of other males

The level of aggressiveness and the weight of preputial gland and testis in male mice (Mus musculus) were influenced by housing condition, especially by the presence of cohabitant males. In this study, the relation between aggressiveness and the preputial gland and testis weight was studied for various housing conditions. The mouse individually housed in a cage that was linked to another cage containing another male separated by wire net was more aggressive than isolated or paired mice. The preputial gland weight also showed the same tendency, suggesting that the odor from other males promotes pituitary-gonadal activity in males, and that long-term cohabitance inhibits it.     

短盖巨脂鲤卵巢发育组织学研究

通过对短盖巨脂鲤各个生长时期卵巢组织学研究以及成熟卵超微结构观察,获得短盖巨脂鲤生长发育过程中卵巢发育规律;同时对卵母细胞核仁排出物与核质关系及在卵黄形成中的作用等问题作了初步探讨;并根据卵巢的卵母细胞组成确定了其产卵类型。     

阳离子诱导大叶藻叶绿体膜中激发能在PSⅡ和PSⅠ之间分配变化的机理(英文)

用Ｃａ２＋ 和胰酶处理大叶藻（Ｚｏｓｔｅｒａ ｍ ａｒｉｎａ）叶绿体膜研究了其类囊体膜多肽成分与Ｍｇ２＋ 诱导其Ｃｈｌａ荧光和类囊体膜表面电荷变化之间的相互关系,观察到：１．在正常的叶绿体膜中,Ｍｇ２＋ 诱导ＰＳⅡ荧光强度的增高与其诱导类囊体膜表面电荷密度的降低密切相关;２．用Ｃａ２＋ 处理这种叶绿体膜,除去类囊体膜表面的３２～３４ ｋＤ多肽对Ｍｇ２＋ 诱导的上述现象无影响;３．如果用胰酶消化Ｃａ２＋ 处理过的叶绿体膜,进一步除去膜表面的２６ ｋＤ多肽,Ｍｇ２＋诱导的这些现象则全部消失。这些实验结果清楚地表明,在大叶藻的叶绿体膜中,类囊体膜表面的２６ ｋＤ 多肽是阳离子诱导这两种相关现象的特异性作用部位。对阳离子调节激发能在ＰＳⅡ和ＰＳⅠ之间分配的机理进行了讨论