长白落叶松半同胞家系生长和木材性状遗传变异与联合选择

长白落叶松（Larix olgensis）是我国东北重要的用材树种,根据生长和木材性状对其进行综合选择至关重要。本研究以吉林省延边自治区汪清林业局32年生的49个长白落叶松半同胞家系为材料,对其9个生长性状（树高、地径、胸径、3 m径、材积、尖削度、冠幅、分枝角和通直度）和4个木材性状（木材基本密度、管胞长度、管胞宽度和管胞长宽比）进行测定与分析。结果表明：不同变异来源间所有性状差异均达极显著水平（P<0.01）;各性状家系遗传力均较高（0.51~0.96）;表型变异系数为3.04%（分枝角）~23.15%（冠幅）;各性状相关系数为-0.367（管胞宽度与管胞长宽比）~0.994（胸径与材积）;主成分分析结果表明,4个主成分的累计贡献率达到78.46%,包含了家系生长性状和木材性状的大部分信息;分别以生长和木材性状对家系进行综合评价,初步筛选出5个生长性状优良家系（S78、S81、S80、S84和S83）和5个木材性状优良家系（S37、S51、S6、S30和S19）,结合生长和木材性状初步筛选出5个优良家系（S89、S74、S76、S82和S83）。本研究初选的材料可以为良种选育提供基础,亲本可以为改良种子园营建提供材料。     

Elevated glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase expression in the cervical cancer cases is associated with the cancerigenic event of high-risk human papillomaviruses

The most important etiologic agent in the pathogenesis of cervical cancers (CCs) is human papillomavirus (HPV), while the mechanisms underlying are still not well known. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is reported to elevate in various tumor cells. However, no available references elucidated the correlation between the levels of G6PD and HPV-infected CC until now. In the present study, we explored the possible role of G6PD in the pathology of CC induced by HPV infection. Totally 48 patients with HPV + CC and another 63 healthy women enrolled in the clinical were employed in the present study. Overall, prevalence of cervical infection with high-risk-HPV (HR-HPV) type examined was HPV-16, followed by HPV-18. The expressions of G6PD in CC samples were also detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), qRT-PCR, and Western blot. Regression analysis showed elevated G6PD level was positively correlated with the CC development in 30–40 aged patients with HR-HPV-16/18 infection. The HPV16 + Siha, HPV18 + Hela, and HPV-C33A cell lines were employed and transfected with G6PD deficient vectors developed in vitro. MTT and flow cytometry were also employed to determine the survival and apoptosis of CC cells after G6PD expressional inhibition. Our data revealed that G6PD down-regulation induced poor proliferation and more apoptosis of HPV18 + Hela cells, when compared with that of HPV16 + Siha and HPV-C33A cells. These findings suggest that G6PD expressions in the HR-HPV + human CC tissues and cell lines play an important role in tumor growth and proliferation.     

7份不同产地野生甜茶FTIR指纹图谱及其甜茶苷含量比较分析

本研究运用傅里叶变换红外光谱法,采集7份不同产地甜茶叶片的FTIR图谱,结合相关性系数和二阶导数方法对其红外光谱特征进行指认,并比较各供试甜茶的红外指纹图谱及甜茶苷含量间差异。研究结果表明,依据不同产地甜茶红外指纹图谱特征,可以将其归结为3大类Ⅰ类包括:金秀、荔浦、平南、象州及永福等地的甜茶,相关系数在0.992～0.999间;Ⅱ类包括第Ⅰ类型以外的广西其它采集地区的甜茶,相关性系数主要集中在0.984～0.990之间;Ⅲ类包括广东分布区,该区甜茶与广西分布区甜茶的相关系数均在0.986以下。供试甜茶与甜茶苷标准品的光谱特征比较结果表明,不同产地甜茶甜茶苷含量有较大差异。其中,广西金秀和广西平南产的甜茶叶片中甜茶苷含量最高,广西岑溪产的甜茶叶片中甜茶苷含量最低。所以,运用FTIR技术可以对不同产地甜茶进行分析并快速鉴别出不同产地甜茶中甜茶苷含量差异。本研究结果对广西地区甜茶的引种驯化和合理开发利用有一定指导意义。     

Genetic Improvement in <i>Juglans mandshurica</i> and Its Uses in China: Current Status and Future Prospects

Juglans mandshurica is an economically and ecologically valuable species that is used for various construction purposes, making luxurious furniture, as food and sources of medicinal substances and landscaping because of its excellent wood, edible fruits and rich in various types of chemical compounds. In the past few decades, several genetic improvements of J. mandshurica were made, with a focus on the selection of improved varieties and on breeding technology. Many elite provenances and families were selected based on growth traits or wood properties. In recent years, with the increasing demand for high-quality seedlings in Chinese forestry production, the breeding goals of genetic improvement for J. mandshurica were redefined to include other traits, such as fruit yield and contents of medicinal component. However, the improvement processes were still slow due to the long breeding cycle and the limited use of advanced breeding technologies, resulting in the selection of fewer improved varieties. In this review, we summarized the research progresses on genetic improvements of J. mandshurica and other related works, and discussed research gaps and suggested future directions for genetic improvement of the species. The review provides valuable insight for the selection of improved varieties and production of excellent germplasms.     

Functional mapping of ontogeny in flowering plants

All organisms face the problem of how to perform a sequence of developmental changes and transitions during ontogeny. We revise functional mapping, a statistical model originally derived to map genes that determine developmental dynamics, to take into account the entire process of ontogenetic growth from embryo to adult and from the vegetative to reproductive phase. The revised model provides a framework that reconciles the genetic architecture of development at different stages and elucidates a comprehensive picture of the genetic control mechanisms of growth that change gradually from a simple to a more complex level. We use an annual flowering plant, as an example, to demonstrate our model by which to map genes and their interactions involved in embryo and postembryonic growth. The model provides a useful tool to study the genetic control of ontogenetic growth in flowering plants and any other organisms through proper modifications based on their biological characteristics.     

天童常绿阔叶林中常绿与落叶物种的物种多度分布格局

物种多度分布是对群落内不同物种多度情况的数量描述, 作为理解群落性质的基石, 其形成机制受到广泛关注。常绿与落叶物种是两类有着不同物候性状与生长策略的物种集合, 它们普遍共存于常绿阔叶林中。在天童20 ha常绿阔叶林动态监测样地内, 虽然常绿物种在物种多度和胸高断面积等指标上占有绝对优势, 但其在物种丰富度上却不及落叶物种。分析两者在常绿阔叶林中的物种多度分布特征, 能够为理解常绿阔叶林内物种多样性的维持机制提供一个全新的视角。为此, 我们基于天童样地的植被调查数据, 一方面利用累积经验分布函数对两类生活型植物的物种多度分布进行描述, 使用Kolmogorov-Smirnov检验(K-S检验)判断其差异性; 另一方面, 采用纯统计模型、生态位模型和中性理论模型对二者的物种多度分布曲线进行拟合, 并基于K-S检验的结果以及AIC值进行最优模型的筛选。结果显示: (1)常绿与落叶物种的物种多度分布曲线间并无显著差异。(2)在选用的3类模型中, 中性理论模型对于两类物种多度分布曲线的拟合效果都最好, 而生态位模型的拟合效果则一般。从上述结果可以看出, 尽管常绿与落叶物种在物种数量和多度等方面均存在差异, 但它们却有着近似的物种多度分布格局以及相近的多样性维持机制。然而, 鉴于模型拟合的结果只能作为理解群落多样性构建机制的必要非充分条件, 故而只能初步判定中性过程对于常绿与落叶物种的物种多样性格局影响更大, 却不能排除或衡量诸如生态位分化等其他过程在两类生活型多样性格局形成中的贡献。