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Decades of research have established that the Earth’s magnetic field (geomagnetic field, GMF) is broadly used as a sensory cue for magnetic orientation in various animal taxa, including insects. In contrast to the investigation of the total intensity or inclination of the GMF, the effect of declination on horizontal magnetic movement has been explored in a few species, including flies, cockroaches, and dogs. However, the potential role of declination in the vertical movement in magnetosensitive organisms is yet to be reported. In this study, we provide the first evidence that declination within a natural range of change can affect static geotaxis in fruit flies, as assessed using the tube-positioning assay. In open-field measurements conducted at 22 domestic and foreign locations, the variation in declination was notably dependent upon the specific location, regardless of altitude, with similar variation in total intensity. Flies subjected to a geographic range of declination under the same total intensity and inclination exhibited remarkably different geotactic positioning scores, irrespective of GMF polarity. Notably, we observed a significant negative correlation between the geotactic score and the absolute value of declination, indicating that declination can induce negative geotaxis effects in flies. These results reveal that flies have evolved to incorporate a declination compass into their multimodal sensorimotor system and suggest that declination may be complementary to gravity in terms of environmental factor-driven negative geotaxis in flies. 相似文献
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蘑菇菌丝体代谢产物对果蝇的致死效应 总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6
以果蝇为靶标 ,对 15种蘑菇液体培养产物的毒性进行了检测 ,发现硫磺菌红色变种Laetiporussulphureusvar miniatus和硫磺菌原变种Laetiporussulphureusvar sulphureus液体培养中产生的代谢产物对果蝇具有致死活性。气升式生物反应器 (Airlift/ff)培养条件下 ,硫磺菌红色变种和原变种培养体系的 pH值均连续下降 ,最终都降至 2 2左右。研究发现致死活性产物被分泌到细胞外 ,离子交换树脂柱层析的线性洗脱分离结果表明活性代谢产物呈酸性 ,进一步分析表明草酸是活性代谢物之一 ,而树脂静止交换表明另外一种未知色素也具有致死活性 相似文献
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Soon‐Hwan Kwon Ji‐Eun Bae Sang‐Hyup Lee Sang‐Dae Lee Kwon‐Seok Chae 《Entomological Research》2016,46(4):272-277
Geotaxis and phototaxis are movements in response to gravity and light, respectively, and are commonly observed in nature. The interactions between these two types of movement have been shown to confer ecological advantages to many taxa. Although several studies have been conducted on phototaxis and geotaxis in various organisms, reports on the interactions between positive phototaxis and negative geotaxis are lacking. In the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, any direct interactions that exist between positive phototaxis and negative geotaxis are yet to be determined and the ecological significance of such interactions remains unclear. In the present study, the effects of gravity on positive phototaxis in a Y‐maze were investigated using the Canton‐S wild type and gravity‐sensing‐deficient pyx3 mutant fruit flies. Gravity sensing was not necessary for horizontal positive phototaxis, but was required for vertical positive phototaxis. These results suggest that gravitoreception may selectively modulate positive phototaxis depending on the vertical and horizontal movements of the fruit flies. 相似文献
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《Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry》2013,77(8):1620-1623
The major sex pheromone components of Drosophila ananassae and D. pallidosa, (Z,Z)-5,25-hentriacontadiene and (Z,Z)-5,27-tritriacontadiene, respectively, were synthesized by using the Wittig olefination and sulfone coupling reactions as the C–C bond-forming steps. 相似文献
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《Electromagnetic biology and medicine》2013,32(1):31-41
The fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster) visual system was investigated electrophysiologically in vivo after exposure to a zero magnetic field (ZMF). Electroretinographic (ERG) recording of fly eye electrical activity was performed on adult insects raised from pupae maintained for 20 hr in zero magnetic field. A flickering excitation regime was applied to excite the visual system, since in this way, a quasistable hyperpolarization component of the electroretinogram can be obtained, containing information from the neural cells, which are the most sensitive to the action of external factors during early ontogenetic stages. Results of the investigation of two D. melanogaster populations, sample and control, were statistically compared.We found a significant statistical increase of sensitivity in neural cells from the first optic ganglion in the fly population developed from pupae exposed to ZMF. 相似文献
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The S-element family of transposable elements has been characterized in D. melanogaster. Attempts to find it in other Drosophila-related species have failed, suggesting that this element family may have recently invaded the D. melanogaster genome by horizontal transfer. In order to investigate its evolutionary history, we analyzed the patterns of DNA polymorphism among the S-element copies present in a sample genome (Drosophila Genome Project). The observed levels of nucleotide diversity are significantly lower than theoretical expectations based on the neutral model. This is consistent with evidence for ongoing gene conversion among copies and for purifying selection on the elements' sequences, particularly on the terminal inverted repeats. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that the members of the S-element family can be grouped into at least two genetically differentiated clusters. The level of divergence between these clusters suggests that the S elements invaded the genome of the ancestor of D. melanogaster before the speciation of the D. melanogaster complex. However, other relevant scenarios are also discussed. 相似文献
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Abstract Aggressive behaviours of female Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) were studied in the laboratory. These behaviours included 'approach', a seemingly intentional movement of a fly to another fly, 'lunge', a dash at another fly, and 'wings erect', a brief erection of wings toward another fly. These behaviours were influenced by social experience and food resources. First, event frequencies of aggressive behaviours were higher in flies that had been held in isolation than in those that had been held in crowded conditions. This difference was the result of the social experience of attacking flies and not that of attacked flies. Second, flies showed aggressive behaviours more frequently when they were on food containing yeast colonies than when they were on food without yeast colonies. Third, flies conditioned to a food solution containing live yeast prior to observation showed lower frequency of aggressive behaviours than flies conditioned to a boiled food solution. Development of aggressive behaviours became apparent one day after eclosion. 相似文献
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Muheim R 《Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences》2011,366(1565):763-771
Polarized light (PL) sensitivity is relatively well studied in a large number of invertebrates and some fish species, but in most other vertebrate classes, including birds, the behavioural and physiological mechanism of PL sensitivity remains one of the big mysteries in sensory biology. Many organisms use the skylight polarization pattern as part of a sun compass for orientation, navigation and in spatial orientation tasks. In birds, the available evidence for an involvement of the skylight polarization pattern in sun-compass orientation is very weak. Instead, cue-conflict and cue-calibration experiments have shown that the skylight polarization pattern near the horizon at sunrise and sunset provides birds with a seasonally and latitudinally independent compass calibration reference. Despite convincing evidence that birds use PL cues for orientation, direct experimental evidence for PL sensitivity is still lacking. Avian double cones have been proposed as putative PL receptors, but detailed anatomical and physiological evidence will be needed to conclusively describe the avian PL receptor. Intriguing parallels between the functional and physiological properties of PL reception and light-dependent magnetoreception could point to a common receptor system. 相似文献
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视觉和嗅觉信号对果蝇食物搜寻行为的协同作用 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
为了探索视觉和嗅觉信号在昆虫食物搜寻过程中的作用, 本研究利用杨梅和橘子为引诱物, 在实验室条件下测定了嗅觉和视觉信号诱集到的黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster数量, 分析了嗅觉经历对果蝇嗅觉和视觉食物搜寻的影响。发现同源性嗅觉和视觉信号存在的杨梅诱集到的果蝇数量显著大于单一的视觉信号和嗅觉信号, 但异源性嗅觉和视觉信号组合诱集到的果蝇数量和单独的嗅觉信号相似。嗅觉信号预处理不仅能够显著增加嗅觉信号诱集到的果蝇数量, 其中杨梅嗅觉信号对杨梅预处理果蝇的吸引能力与视觉和嗅觉信号存在的杨梅相似, 而且异源性嗅觉和视觉信号组合诱集到的预处理果蝇数量也不低于视觉和嗅觉信号存在的杨梅。另外杨梅嗅觉信号预处理也能够显著增强杨梅视觉信号诱集到的果蝇数量。但嗅觉预处理并不会改变同源性视觉和嗅觉信号组合诱集到的果蝇数量。本研究表明, 果蝇同时利用视觉和嗅觉信号进行食物搜寻, 因此同源性视觉和嗅觉信号在果蝇诱集过程中具有协同作用。另外果蝇具有较强的记忆和学习能力, 能够将记忆中的嗅觉信号应用于食物搜寻。本研究结果不仅有利于我们了解果蝇在自然状态下的食物搜寻机制, 而且有利于开发更有效的果蝇新型诱捕器。 相似文献
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Binhi VN 《Bioelectromagnetics》2006,27(1):58-63
The rotations of nanoscopic magnetic particles, magnetosomes, embedded into the cytoskeleton are considered. Under the influence of thermal disturbances, a great number of magnetosomes are shown to move chaotically between two stable equilibrium positions, in which their magnetic moments are neither parallel nor antiparallel to the static Earth's magnetic field (MF). The random rotations attain the value of order of a radian. The rate of the transitions and the probability of magnetosomes to be in the different states depend on the MF direction with respect to an averaged magnetosome's orientation. This effect explains the ability of migratory animals to orient themselves faultlessly in long term passages in the absence of the direct visibility of optical reference points. The sensitivity to deviation from an \"ideal\" orientation is estimated to be 2-4 degrees. Possible involvement of the stochastic dynamics of magnetosomes in biological magnetic navigation is discussed. 相似文献
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Ramirez et al (1983) reported reduced egg laying by Drosophila melanogaster and reduced survival of those eggs to adulthood when adult flies were exposed to magnetic fields. In a similar study, no effects from exposures of Drosophila to 1-mT, 60-Hz magnetic fields were found. 相似文献
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《Ethology, Ecology and Evolution》2012,24(3):269-273
Experiments to investigate orientation in a confined environment were performed in Kenya with the sandhopper Talorchestia martensii (Weber). Releases were carried out under the sun and with an artificial magnetic field (magnetic North deflected to the West), near the equinox when the zenithal distance of the sun was less than 5°. The results clearly show that equatorial sandhoppers use the magnetic compass when astronomical conditions render the sun compass difficult to use. 相似文献
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《Ethology, Ecology and Evolution》2012,24(1):33-42
The shoreward magnetic compass orientation of male eastern red-spotted newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) was examined in a visually-symmetrical indoor arena. Groups of newts were first trained in a water-filled outdoor tank with an artificial shore at one end and then exposed to a rapid elevation of the training tank water temperature just prior to testing. The directional response of individual newts was observed in the indoor arena in one of four horizontal alignments of the magnetic field (magnetic north at north, east, south or west). Magnetic bearings were pooled from the four magnetic field alignments for analysis. In each test, newts were alternately tested under either 450 nm or 550 nm light (of equal quantal flux) and under full spectrum light. Newts tested under full spectrum light exhibited shoreward magnetic orientation. The distribution of magnetic bearings exhibited by newts under 450 nm light was indistinguishable from that of full spectrum controls. In contrast, the distribution of bearings obtained under 550 nm light differed significantly from controls, exhibiting a shift in orientation of approximately 90° counterclockwise. This wavelength-dependent effect of light on magnetic compass orientation in newts is consistent with the proposed involvement of the visual system in magnetoreception. 相似文献
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D Gehring W Wiltschko O Güntürkün S Denzau R Wiltschko 《Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society》2012,279(1745):4230-4235
The magnetic compass of a migratory bird, the European robin (Erithacus rubecula), was shown to be lateralized in favour of the right eye/left brain hemisphere. However, this seems to be a property of the avian magnetic compass that is not present from the beginning, but develops only as the birds grow older. During first migration in autumn, juvenile robins can orient by their magnetic compass with their right as well as with their left eye. In the following spring, however, the magnetic compass is already lateralized, but this lateralization is still flexible: it could be removed by covering the right eye for 6 h. During the following autumn migration, the lateralization becomes more strongly fixed, with a 6 h occlusion of the right eye no longer having an effect. This change from a bilateral to a lateralized magnetic compass appears to be a maturation process, the first such case known so far in birds. Because both eyes mediate identical information about the geomagnetic field, brain asymmetry for the magnetic compass could increase efficiency by setting the other hemisphere free for other processes. 相似文献
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Shigeyuki Koshikawa 《Development, growth & differentiation》2020,62(5):269-278
Fruit flies (Drosophila and its close relatives, or “drosophilids”) are a group that includes an important model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, and also very diverse species distributed worldwide. Many of these species have black or brown pigmentation patterns on their wings, and have been used as material for evo-devo research. Pigmentation patterns are thought to have evolved rapidly compared with body plans or body shapes; hence they are advantageous model systems for studying evolutionary gains of traits and parallel evolution. Various groups of drosophilids, including genus Idiomyia (Hawaiian Drosophila), have a variety of pigmentations, ranging from simple black pigmentations around crossveins to a single antero-distal spot and a more complex mottled pattern. Pigmentation patterns are sometimes obviously used for sexual displays; however, in some cases they may have other functions. The process of wing formation in Drosophila, the general mechanism of pigmentation formation, and the transport of substances necessary for pigmentation, including melanin precursors, through wing veins are summarized here. Lastly, the evolution of the expression of genes regulating pigmentation patterns, the role of cis-regulatory regions, and the conditions required for the evolutionary emergence of pigmentation patterns are discussed. Future prospects for research on the evolution of wing pigmentation pattern formation in drosophilids are presented, particularly from the point of view of how they compare with other studies of the evolution of new traits. 相似文献
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Simone Zuccotti Camillo Rosano Matteo Ramazzotti Donatella Degl'Innocenti Massimo Stefani Giampaolo Manao Martino Bolognesi 《Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Structural Biology》2004,60(6):1177-1179
Analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster EST database led to the discovery and cloning of a novel acylphosphatase. The CG18505 gene coding for a new enzyme (AcPDro2) is clearly distinct from the previously described CG16870Acyp gene, which also codes for a D. melanogaster acylphosphatase (AcPDro). The putative catalytic residues, together with residues held to stabilize the acylphosphatase fold, are conserved in the two encoded proteins. Crystals of AcPDro2, which belong to the trigonal space group P3121, with unit‐cell parameters a = b = 45.8, c = 98.6 Å, γ = 120°, allowed the solution of the protein structure by molecular replacement and its refinement to 1.5 Å resolution. The AcPDro2 active‐site structure is discussed. 相似文献
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