中国古代人群头骨的若干赤道人种特征检测

为探讨中国大陆古代人群与赤道人种人群之间的基因交流情况,本项研究对赤道人种的若干特征在中国古代人群头骨中的出现情况作检测。检测的材料包括3800~1200年前生活在新疆、青海、宁夏和河南安阳的12组人群的头骨以及现代华北和云南的人类头骨。结果表明:1)赤道人种若干特征能够在我国古代多个地区的人群中和现代华北和云南人群中检测到,表明中国大陆至少在3000~2000年前已存在赤道人种基因流入蒙古人种的人群之中的现象;2)赤道人种特征平均出现率在中国古代人群中很可能在地理上大致是由东向西递降,与当时这些人群中的欧亚人种特征平均出现率的地理上分布趋势呈相反方向,提示了在中国大陆至少在距今3000-2000年期间已经存在两个相反流向的外来\"基因流\"。     

现代中国人群形成与分化的形态证据——中国与非洲和欧洲人群头骨非测量特征分析

现代人群形成与分化导致生活在世界不同地区的人类形成了具有明显体质特征差别的人群(或种族)。对更新世末期及全新世以来不同地理区域近代和现代人群体质特征差别、相互亲缘关系的分析是现代人群形成与分化研究的重要组成部分。本文通过对21项头骨非测量特征在近代和现代中国人群, 以及现代非洲和欧洲人群共330例标本的出现率和表现特点的观察和数据分析, 发现绝大多数特征的出现率或表现特点在三个人群间都具有不同程度的差异, 有些特征在人群间的差异甚至非常明显。与非洲及欧洲人群相比, 现代中国人头骨总体显得纤细, 眉弓、角圆枕、颧三角、颧结节等反映头骨粗壮程度的特征在现代中国人群的发育明显弱于非洲和欧洲人群。此外, 现代中国人群还具有一些明显不同于非洲和欧洲人群的头骨非测量特征, 包括锐利的眶外下缘、相对平坦的眉间鼻根点、较圆隆的颅侧壁、平坦的顶孔人字区、深弧形的上颌颧突下缘, 梯形和左右不一的鼻额-额颌缝走向等。采用判别分析可以将67.0%—79.5%的标本正确地判别归入其原来所属的组群。其中对中国人群的正确判别率分别达到70.4%和82.9%。个体标本分布显示非洲人群表现较大的分散性, 而中国和欧洲人群样本的分布明显密集集中, 提示中国和欧洲人群似乎具有更多的衍生性特征。本研究还发现多数在人群间差别显著的头骨非测量特征与头骨粗壮程度有关, 作者对相关的问题进行了分析探讨。     

中国布里亚特人的体质特征

布里亚特人是跨境分布的族群。中国布里亚特人聚居于内蒙古境内。2007年8月对中国布里亚特人310例(男152例, 女158例)的体质指标进行了调查。研究显示,在蒙古人种北亚类型族群中, 布里亚特人有上眼睑皱褶率(男49.34%, 女58.23%)与有蒙古褶率(男52.63%, 女48.10%)均较低。眼色、肤色均较浅。布里亚特男性与女性均为过短头型、高头型、中头型、中面型、中鼻型、宽胸型、中肩型、窄骨盆型、中腿型、中躯干型、矮胖型。布里亚特男、女均以阔面型率最高。男性为超中等身材, 女性为中等身材。研究显示, 中国布里亚特人体质属于蒙古人种北亚类型中的中亚类型分支, 其体质中包涵有欧亚人种成分。中国布里亚特人体质与我国蒙古族诸族群有相似之处, 亦有明显的区别。     

头骨三项非测量特征在中国古代人群中的分布差异

本文对11组中国古代人群头骨面部的犬齿窝、颧骨缘突和梨状孔上外侧部膨隆三项非测量特征进行了群体间出现率的差异性检验, 以探讨其在区分群体变异时是否有意义。应用两样本率差异的χ2检验,比较了这三项非测量特征在性别、人群和种族方面的差异。研究结果表明,男性犬齿窝的出现率所反映的种族差异比较明显。颧骨缘突的出现率在进行人群间比较时更具有意义。汉代以来, 梨状孔上外侧部膨隆在中国北方新疆地区的欧罗巴人种男性与华北北部地区及东北地区的蒙古人种男性间存在着显著性差异。笔者发现, 犬齿窝和梨状孔上外侧部膨隆这两项特征可能存在着比较紧密的相关性,即犬齿窝越发育, 梨状孔上外侧部也会较为膨隆。对于犬齿窝和梨状孔上外侧部膨隆的相关性及其产生机制, 笔者提出了两种假说: 其一是鼻部形态的改变引起了梨状孔上外侧部膨隆, 并进而导致了犬齿窝的发育; 其二是因为颌部特别是犬齿的功能减退,造成犬齿后上方的区域凹陷, 进而引起了梨状孔上外侧部膨隆状态。     

中国巴尔虎人的体质特征

在内蒙古呼伦贝尔市新巴尔虎左旗测量了巴尔虎人(男196例,女204例)的体质数据,与中国和国外族群体质资料进行了比较,得出了巴尔虎人的体质特征,初步探讨了巴尔虎人在人种学上的分型地位,分析了巴尔虎人体质形成的原因。结果表明:1)巴尔虎人多有上眼睑皱褶,有蒙古褶率为40%,鼻根高度中等、鼻翼高度中等,鼻背较低。直鼻背,颧部突出,红唇薄,发黑,肤黄,眼褐,下颏明显前凸。巴尔虎人具有蒙古人种的基本特征。2)巴尔虎人体部特征最明显的是体重大,其胸围、腹围、臀围、大腿围值在目前已经报道的中国族群中最大,其皮下脂肪层厚,BMI远远超过中国当代汉族乡村人。3)巴尔虎人男性与女性均为短头型、高头型、阔头型、中面型、中鼻型、宽胸型、中肩型、中骨盆型、中腿型、矮胖型。男性为长躯干型,女性为中躯干型。4)主成分分析结果显示,在蒙古族族群中巴尔虎人身材中等,体重大、头较长且较宽,口裂较窄,鼻高值小,鼻较宽,唇较薄。巴尔虎人与布里亚特人、图瓦人体质特征极为接近。5)巴尔虎人人种特征属于蒙古人种北亚类型贝加尔分支类型与中亚分支类型之间的中间类型,在其体质特征中还包含欧罗巴人种的成分。6)巴尔虎人由突厥语族族群逐渐成为蒙古语族族群,遗传因素是其体质特征形成的主要原因,生活环境、饮食成分对其体质特征形成也有重要作用。     

华北人欧洲人和澳洲土著人的头骨厚度

The thickness of the cranial vault at the midline on the mid-frontal squama, pre-bregmatic einence, frontal at bregma, parietal at vertex, occipital at lambda and the external occipita1 protuberance was recorded in 40 male and 7 female Northern Chinese crania, 47 male and 52 female Australian Aboriginal crania and 13 male European crania using specially nodified vernier calipers. Comparison of vault thickness data obtained through direct measurement with those obtained fron lateral radiographs indicated that direct measurenent provided consistently more accurate results.
Male and fermale samples were processed separately so that the extent of sexbased variation could be examined.Student's t test was used to compare the sample means and the percentage of sexual dimorphism for each dimension was calculated according to Garn et al, (1964).The possibility of an allometric association between the thickness of the bones within the cranial vault, size of the cranial vault and stature was examined using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and the Australian Aboriginal sample.
All but one of the mean thickness dimensions in the Australian Aboriginal male sample is significantly greater than the Northern Chinese and European means. The female results support those obtained with the males.In both males and females thickness at the external occipital protuberance, in all of the populations examined,did not correlate highly with that obtained from other parts of the cranial vault.This reflects the high degree of morphological variation in the position of the internal occipital protuberance and its influence on cranial vault thickness dimensions recorded at the external occipital protuberance.The European and Northern Chinese samples have similar cranial vault thickness dimensions. The Spearman's rank correlation coefficient matrix scores provide sone support for a biological association between vault thickness and overall cranial size. However, there appears to be little support for an association between stature and cranial vault thickness. The difference between the male and female mean vault thickness dimensions were significant at bregma, vertex and the external occipital protuberance in Australian Aboriginals and lambda and the external occipital protuberance in Northern Chinese. Some caution is needed in the interpretation of the Northern Chinese female data as the sample is extremely small.
Evidence of trauma, supressed fractures, is extremely common on the vaults of Australian Aboriginal crania from southern and central Australia. Traditionally Australian Aboriginals, males and females, involved in agressive dispute will use a substantial wooden implement and strike to the head of thir opponent(Meggitt 1962).The injuries that result from this are more common in females than in male. This form of social interaction must have rigorously selected against those individuals with thinner bones in their cranial vaults. To a large degree this may explain the greatly thickened vaults in Australian Aboriginals relative to Europeans and Northern Chines.This may also provide a clue to the factors resulting in the development of marked cranial vault thickness in Homo erectus.
     

新疆哈密五堡古代人类颅骨测量的种族研究

本文对新疆哈密五堡古墓地出土的 32 0 0多年前的人骨进行了研究。结果显示 :哈密古代人骨材料中存在东、西方两大人种。根据形态观察 ,哈密五堡M组为蒙古人种 ,而哈密五堡C组为欧洲人种。聚类分析和主成份分析结果也显示C组属欧洲人种。     

中国八甲人与空格人的体质特征

八甲人与空格人属于我国未识别族群。我们去云南省西双版纳调查了八甲人158例(男为61例,女为97例)与空格人71例(男为46例,女为25例)的86项体质指标,初步分析了八甲人与空格人的体质特征。结果如下:1)八甲人的上眼睑皱褶率男为95.08%,女为98.97%;空格人的上眼睑皱褶率男为80.43%,女为100%。八甲人蒙古褶率男为18.03%,女为29.90%;空格人的蒙古褶率男为32.61%,女为64.00%。八甲人与空格人眼裂高度多为中等,眼外角高于眼内角。八甲人男女鼻根高度多为中等。空格人男性鼻根较高,女性鼻根中等。八甲人与空格人男女均为直型鼻梁,鼻基部多为水平方向。八甲人男女颧骨体不突出。八甲人鼻翼高度约为鼻高的1/4。八甲人与空格人男女鼻翼宽与两眼内角间宽几乎等长,多为圆形耳垂,上红唇多为薄唇,唇皮类型多为中等。八甲人眼色多为褐色,空格人眼色多为黑色。2)根据头面部、体部指数分型,八甲人与空格人男女均以高头型率、阔头型率、中鼻型率、中腿型率、宽肩型率、身材矮型率最高。八甲人男女还以圆头型率、长躯干型率、宽胸型率最高。空格人男女还以中胸型率、窄骨盆型率最高。八甲人与空格人男性还以阔面型率最高,而女性则以中面型率最高。3)聚类分析显示八甲人与空格人体质特征属于南方族群类型。     

“龙”——古代中国人对水神崇拜的图腾

长久以来我们中国人就自称是龙的传人。有首歌“龙的传人”在世界上传播,前一段时间在媒体上对龙争论不休。其实,对于什么是“龙”？长期以来众说纷纭,争论不休的原因是缺少依据。     

山东古代人群头骨上蛛网膜颗粒压迹的观察与探讨

蛛网膜颗粒是由蛛网膜绒毛成组聚集在一起而形成的,有时会在颅骨内板上形成局限性压迹,当颗粒较大时会造成颅内局部骨质吸收,形成溶蚀状小坑。在以往的病理观察中,蛛网膜颗粒压迹多不作为观察统计对象,然其溶蚀状的形态却容易被误认为是某些病理性改变。本文通过对济南大辛庄、刘家庄、曲阜奥体中心等六个遗址出土的114例人骨标本的观察发现:1)蛛网膜颗粒压迹从古至今均表现出较高的发生率且两性间不存在明显差异。2)蛛网膜颗粒压迹的最大径平均值大致在1-6mm之间,个体间存在较大差异,但总体上呈现出随年龄增长而增大的现象。3)蛛网膜颗粒压迹的出现位置最常见于顶骨和额骨,枕骨部位相对少见,但不同年龄组间的出现位置可能存在一定差异。此外,蛛网膜颗粒在颅内形成的溶蚀状小坑易与一些以骨质侵蚀为特征的疾病相混淆,如颅内感染、颅骨板障表皮样囊肿、嗜酸性肉芽肿、脑膜瘤等,需注意对其特征加以辨别。     

Some anthropometric studies of the femur of the male West Malaysian Chinese

Measurements and indices were made on 120 male West Malaysian Chinese femora. The findings are compared with appropriate ones from some Eastern and Western series. The Chinese femur is smaller than all the other groups listed except for the Japanese femur. There is a high degree of significance between the maximum and bicondylar lengths of the Chinese femur against those of the Australian aborigine, Maori and White American. The head of the femur is greater in the Maori and White American than the Chinese. The platymeric index is nearly as high as the White American. The difference in the robusticity index of the femur between the Australian aborigine, Maori, White American and the present series is small. The collodiaphyseal angle of the Chinese femur is large being greater than the Australian aborigine, Finn and White American. The angle of torsion of 11.8° is within the range for Westerners with a high incidence of retroversion unlike the Australian aborigine and Maori where no retroversion is seen. Although most of the means of the measurements and indices of the femur show a highly significant difference between the present series and some of the other groups listed there is a wide overlap for measurements of the Chinese femur to be used for racial identification.     

辣椒重要农艺性状相关基因的发掘进展

该文对国内外近年来有关辣椒辣味、颜色、抗病和雄性不育等重要农艺性状相关基因的研究进展进行了概述,指出了目前研究中存在的不足之处及今后研究方向,并介绍了辣椒重要农艺性状相关基因发掘的常规方法,以及随着辣椒基因组测序的完成和第二代测序技术的应用,基因发掘的新技术及其在辣椒基因发掘中的应用及前景。     

凡纳对虾对虾素基因的克隆与抗菌性质分析

目的:抗菌肽分子在无脊椎动物的先天免疫系统中,发挥着重要的抗菌作用;为了不断完善无脊椎动物先天免疫系统的抗菌机制,作者以凡纳对虾的对虾素基因作为研究对象,进行分子生物学方面研究。方法:以凡纳对虾的对虾素基因———penaeidin 4抗菌肽基因(Lva-pen 4)作为研究对象,主要进行了基因克隆、氨基酸序列比对、系统进化关系分析以及分子结构初步预测等研究内容。结果:Lva-pen 4的cDNA序列全长624bp,开放阅读框包括204bp,演绎67个氨基酸残基;在Lva-pen 4分子一级结构的氨基酸序列中,存在一个对虾素结构域,其中包括8个保守存在的半胱氨酸残基和6个脯氨酸残基。结论:根据分子结构的分析结果,推测Lva-pen 4是一个重要的免疫反应相关基因,在先天免疫系统中发挥着重要作用。     

内蒙古5个民族12对性状的基因频率

报道了内蒙古地区鄂温克、鄂伦春、达斡尔、蒙古族和汉族12对遗传性状的基因频率,并进行民族间基因频率的比较。结果显示：内眦褶性状的民族间差异较大,叠舌性状次之,利手和鼻梁侧面观性状的民族间差异较小。Abstract:The gene frequency of 12 characters was reported in Ewenki,Oroqen,Daur,Mongol and Han nationalities in Inner Mongolia,and compared among these nationalities.The result indicated that the difference of Mongoloid fold among nationalities was significant,followed by the Folding tongue,while the difference of Handedness and Nasal profile was relatively insignificant.     

The contested meanings of 'Asian American': racial dilemmas in the contemporary US

This article explores the contested meanings of the ‘Asian American’ concept in the US today. Since its emergence in the late 1960s, ‘Asian American’ has been defined by pan-Asian groups and organizations in the US as a collectivity bound by shared racial interests. Contemporary conditions have sharpened and highlighted the inherent contradictions and ambiguities of this conception of ‘Asian American’ as a racial interest group. Especially important have been the shifts in the composition of the Asian American population that followed the immigration reforms of 1965. Contestations of ‘Asian American’ also reflect larger uncertainties about the meaning of race in the US today, in particular, the nature of racial boundaries and racial disadvantage.     

水稻高秆隐性恢复系(eR系)的特征特性及其在育种上的应用

高秆隐性恢复系(eR系)同原恢复系(R系)相比,分蘖力下降、生育期缩短,株高、穗颈、叶片长、倒一节间和倒二节间都显增长,使得eR系在制种时不必施用赤霉素。利用eR系组配的e-杂交稻同其不舍eui基因的原杂交稻相比,只有一个eui隐性单基因的差异,使e-杂交稻的株叶形态和构成产量因素同原杂交稻十分相似,且具有千粒重增大以及植株速生、快长、早熟等特点,使利用eR系组配的e-杂交稻具有一定增产潜力。     

Blood polymorphisms and racial admixture in two Brazilian populations

One thousand individuals from the southern population of Porto Alegre and 760 from the northeastern city of Natal were studied in relation to 12 and 8 genetic systems, respectively. The data thus gathered were used in different ways to estimate quantitatively the ethnic composition of individuals from these communities. More than half of the genes present in individuals classified as Black in Porto Alegre may be of White origin, while the Whites from this city have 8% of African alleles. The estimated degree of admixture in persons identified as White or Mixed in Natal is not much different among themselves. The ancestry of the total sample can be characterized as 58% White, 25% Black, and 17% Indian.     

Sixth and seventh cusp on lower molar teeth of Icelanders

The occurrence of lower molar accessory cusps c6 and c7 is studied in three local populations of known Caucasoid origin in the Northeast of Iceland. The sample comprises 1,010 school-children, 506 boys and 504 girls. The scoring is made from dental stone casts with reference to standard plaques. Only the frequency of c6 on the second deciduous molar is relatively low as expected in a Caucasoid population. Otherwise both c6 and c7 are more common than expected, the frequencies are in fact comparable to those predicted by the Mongoloid dental complex for Mongoloid populations.