利用SPSS与AFLP方法对双丰甜菜品种（系）间亲缘关系与系谱分析比较

作物育种必须调查植物学性状和生物学特征指标数据，来建立种质资源库，利用SPSS多元分析方法克服了传统植物学性状和生物学特征指标难以综合评价的缺陷，探讨利用SPSS统计分析软件对双丰系列甜菜品种（系）间亲缘关系与系谱进行准确性分析，除双丰2号品种块根产量、产糖量和株高三个主成分具有极值影响外，结果基本与亲本分析一致，可以作为亲缘关系与系谱分析的一种辅助工具；通过AFLP获得不同基因型品种的特征带和特征缺失带，表明AFLP技术在甜菜品种鉴定上的应用潜力。但AFLP也具有缺点，主要是标记是共显性的，不能完全区分某一位点是杂合体和纯合体，因而不能更好地估算种群遗传的变异，对种群遗传结构的分析不能提供更多的统计信息，相信随着AFLP分子标记技术的不断完善与发展，将与SPSS统计分析软件一起越来越广泛地利用在种群遗传和系谱分析中。     

利用SPSS软件计算杀虫剂的LC_(50)

利用实例和SPSS 130软件上的Probit过程,介绍如何进行LC50计算,并对主要输出结果进行了解释。并通过与其它软件比较,表明应用SPSS软件进行LC50等计算简便、快速、准确。     

PSCA gene variants (rs2294008 and rs2978974) confer increased susceptibility of gallbladder carcinoma in females

Background and aim

PSCA is a tissue specific tumor suppressor or oncogene which has been found to be associated with several human tumors including gallbladder cancer. It is considered to be involved in the cell-proliferation inhibition and/or cell-death induction activity. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the role of PSCA gene polymorphisms in gallbladder cancer risk in North Indian population.

Methodology

A total of 405 gallbladder cancer patients and 247 healthy controls were included in the case–control study for risk prediction. We examined the association of two functional SNPs, rs2294008 and rs2978974 in PSCA gene by genotyping using Taqman allelic discrimination assays. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS software, version 17. Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype analysis was done with the help of SNPstats software. FDR test was used to correct for multiple comparisons.

Results

No significant associations of rs2294008 and rs2978974 genetic variants of the PSCA gene were found with GBC risk at allele, genotype or haplotype levels. Stratifying the subjects on the basis of gallstone also did not show any significant result. However, on gender stratification, we found a significant association of T_rs2294008-G_rs2978974 haplotype with higher risk of GBC in females (FDR Pcorr = 0.021, OR = 1.6). In contrary, T_rs2294008-A _rs2978974 haplotype conferred significant lower risk in males (FDR Pcorr = 0.013; OR = 0.25).

Conclusions

These findings suggest that PSCA genetic variants may have a significant effect on GBC susceptibility in a gender specific manner.     

Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism and the risk of left ventricular dysfunction among Egyptian β-thalassemia major

In Egypt, β-thalassemia is the most common hereditary hemolytic anemia. Cardiac dysfunction, secondary to iron overload with formation of oxygen free radicals, is the most common cause of death in β-thalassemia patients. This study was designed to determine whether the allelic genotype of apolipoprotein E (Apo E), which exhibits antioxidant properties, could represent a genetic risk factor for the development of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in β-thalassemia major. Fifty Egyptian β-thalassemia major patients were subjected to echocardiography to assess LV function. Apo E genotyping by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was done for all patients in addition to 50 age and sex matched healthy control subjects. Patients were classified into three groups. Group I and II were clinically asymptomatic. Group II subjects had evidence of LV dilatation, while Group III patients had clinical and echocardiographic findings of LV failure. Apo E4 allele was significantly higher among Group II and III than in controls. In conclusion, Apo E4 allele can be considered as a genetic risk factor for LV dysfunctions in β-thalassemic patients. It could be used as predictive indicator for additional risk of LV failure, particularly in asymptomatic patients with LV dilatation, requiring a closer follow-up, to prevent further disease progression.     

GIS支持下考洲洋养殖水域浮游植物数量的时空分布及其与营养盐的相关性研究

在GIS和统计分析软件SPSS的支持下,利用数据插值、相关性分析和回归分析等方法,研究了枯水期和丰水期考洲洋养殖水域浮游植物数量的分布趋势及其与海水营养盐的相关关系。结果表明,枯水期浮游植物数量的分布较为均匀,其密集区分布于吉隆河口及其附近水域;而丰水期的数量变化幅度较大,密集分布区出现在湾口至盐洲岛北部水域,呈现出从湾西北部至湾口水域逐渐增加的分布趋势。两次调查相比,丰水期浮游植物的数量明显高于枯水期。相关性研究结果表明,调查期间浮游植物数量与无机氮和无机磷的相关性均不显著,但与活性硅酸盐呈显著相关,在枯水期两者之间呈显著正相关,而在丰水期则刚好相反,两者之间呈显著负相关。     

Liquid nitrogen for the treatment of actinic keratosis: A longitudinal assessment

Cryosurgery with liquid nitrogen is one of the most used treatments for actinic keratosis. We aimed to study the effectiveness of two consecutive sessions of cryosurgery for actinic keratosis and investigate factors associated with its therapeutic success. Hence, we conducted a longitudinal study including 92 patients of both sexes, aged 50–75 years with 5–50 actinic keratosis on the face and forearms, who underwent cryosurgery and treatment with sunscreen SPF 30, at baseline and after 120 days. The lesions were counted in duplicate by the same examiner before the start of treatment and after 120 (N = 92) and 300 days (N = 33), represented by their medians and quartiles and compared using the generalized linear mixed effects model (negative binomial). Treatment behavior was investigated in relation to sex, age, education, skin type, smoking, sun exposure at work and the use of aspirin, anti-inflammatory and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. There was a significant reduction in the actinic keratosis count on the face and forearms (p < 0.05). Our results confirmed the effectiveness of cryosurgery for actinic keratosis, with a 57% reduction in the number, and size of the lesions. Higher education levels (p = 0.02) and less sun exposure at work (p = 0.02) independently promoted a significant reduction in the actinic keratosis count. Different population groups showed characteristic responses to the treatment, which may be explained by the degree of adherence to the use of photoprotection. In two sessions, cryosurgery with liquid nitrogen reduced the actinic keratosis count.     

不同摇瓶条件对侧耳菌生长及漆酶分泌的影响

研究了小试液体摇瓶下不同pH培养条件、摇瓶转速、装液量对侧耳属白腐菌BP漆酶分泌及生长状况、形态变化的影响。结果表明：BP在中、酸性条件下生长较好且表现较高的分泌漆酶能力,用硫酸调pH为5．0时,漆酶活力和生物量分别在第10d和第6d达到最高,分别为742U／mL和8．4g(干重)/L,高于相应缓冲液调节pH体系的结果;天然(pH6．5)培养条件下,最佳转速与装液量分别是150r／min、200mL/500mL三角瓶,此时菌球较小,四周为毛刺状,漆酶酶活和生物量分别在第5d和第6d达到最高,分别为714．2U／ml和9．2gtL。同时,运用SPSS统计软件对各影响因素进行差异显著性检验,获得白腐菌生长及漆酶分泌特性的主要影响因子。     

美国不同棱型大麦种质资源品质分析

对新引进的300份美国大麦种质资源不同棱型间蛋白质、赖氨酸和淀粉含量的鉴定结果分析表明:①二棱大麦蛋白质总体方差与六棱大麦具有极显著的差异,其频率分布分别是以含量12.5%和17.0%为中心的双峰分布,这可能反映了二棱大麦利用上的新特点;淀粉含量二棱大麦显著高于六棱;六棱大麦当蛋白质作为固定变量时,赖氨酸与淀粉的相关性不显著.②提出了促进SPSS统计分析软件在农业科研上的开发应用研究的建议.     

High levels of Paleolithic Y-chromosome lineages characterize Serbia

Whether present-day European genetic variation and its distribution patterns can be attributed primarily to the initial peopling of Europe by anatomically modern humans during the Paleolithic, or to latter Near Eastern Neolithic input is still the subject of debate. Southeastern Europe has been a crossroads for several cultures since Paleolithic times and the Balkans, specifically, would have been part of the route used by Neolithic farmers to enter Europe. Given its geographic location in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula at the intersection of Central and Southeastern Europe, Serbia represents a key geographical location that may provide insight to elucidate the interactions between indigenous Paleolithic people and agricultural colonists from the Fertile Crescent. In this study, we examine, for the first time, the Y-chromosome constitution of the general Serbian population. A total of 103 individuals were sampled and their DNA analyzed for 104 Y-chromosome bi-allelic markers and 17 associated STR loci. Our results indicate that approximately 58% of Serbian Y-chromosomes (I1-M253, I2a-P37.2 and R1a1a-M198) belong to lineages believed to be pre-Neolithic. On the other hand, the signature of putative Near Eastern Neolithic lineages, including E1b1b1a1-M78, G2a-P15, J1-M267, J2-M172 and R1b1a2-M269 accounts for 39% of the Y-chromosome. Haplogroup frequency distributions in Western and Eastern Europe reveal a spotted landscape of paleolithic Y chromosomes, undermining continental-wide generalizations. Furthermore, an examination of the distribution of Y-chromosome filiations in Europe indicates extreme levels of Paleolithic lineages in a region encompassing Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, possibly the result of Neolithic migrations encroaching on Paleolithic populations against the Adriatic Sea.