同域分布垂穗披碱草和达乌力披碱草遗传多样性和遗传结构分析

披碱草属(Elymus L.)是禾本科(Poaceae)小麦族(Triticeae)中的一个多年生属,该属在青藏高原地区有广泛分布,多数物种是草原和草甸的组成成分,许多种类为品质优良的牧草.垂穗披碱草(E.nutans)和达乌力披碱草(E.dahuricus)同为禾本科小麦族披碱草属异源六倍体物种,染色体组组成皆为St...     

青藏高原固沙草属种质资源收集和保存

固沙草属(Orinus)是禾本科具有重要经济价值的高山特有属,具有较强的抗逆特性,是农业良种繁育、畜牧业牧草改良利用的重要资源.该属记载6个物种,均分布在青藏高原.在过去5年内,我们调查了该属所有物种在青藏高原的分布,并收集了种子、DNA材料和标本;采用ITS序列对物种界限进行了探讨,发现6个物种中只出现两个比较明显的遗传分支,表明原有的一些物种在分类上应予以合并.我们进一步讨论了这些丰富的种质资源对将来研究和利用固沙草属的重要性和相关途径.     

青藏高原植物群落样方数据集

为便于了解青藏高原植被特殊物种组成、群落特征及分布格局, 该文利用2018-2021年在青藏高原不同区域内调查的338个样地、共758个样方的数据, 分析了高原植物群落的物种组成、区系特征和植被分类, 整合形成青藏高原植物群落样方数据集。结果表明: 青藏高原高寒和温性植物群落758个样方中, 共有植物65科279属837种; 其中, 物种数最多的5个科依次是菊科(134种)、禾本科(88种)、豆科(75种)、蔷薇科(43种)和莎草科(40种), 物种数最多的5个属依次是蒿属(Artemisia, 29种)、马先蒿属(Pedicularis, 27种)、风毛菊属(Saussurea, 25种)、黄耆属(Astragalus, 23种)和早熟禾属(Poa, 23种)。植物区系主要由温带(145属)和世界广布(36属)的成分所组成。物种的生长型以草本(83.51%)和灌木(10.87%)为主, 草本和木本的生活型分别以多年生草本(88.23%)和落叶灌木(83.67%)为主。338个样地可以划分为4个植被型组, 10个植被型, 20个植被亚型, 78个群系组和117个群系, 其中草原群系34个, 草甸群系33个, 荒漠群系33个, 灌丛群系14个和针叶林群系3个。该数据集覆盖青藏高原绝大部分高寒灌丛、高寒草原、高寒草甸、高寒荒漠、温性草原和温性荒漠植被区域, 可为研究高原植被特征和地带性分异规律, 气候变化和人类活动对高原植被的影响及其生态恢复提供坚实的数据基础, 同时为下一代中国植被图的更新提供参考。     

青藏高原岷县龙胆的遗传分化与种群动态历史分析

青藏高原是全球生物多样性中心之一,是研究物种形成和适应性进化的热点地区。岷县龙胆（Gentiana algida var. purdomii）是青藏高原地区特有植物,具有很高的药用价值。本研究以岷县龙胆种群为对象,基于不同遗传方式的分子标记,通过种群遗传结构、遗传分化、种群动态历史和物种分布模型等分析,探讨其在青藏高原的分化历史。结果表明：岷县龙胆具有高的遗传多样性,叶绿体数据表明种内遗传分化程度很高（F_ST=0.452）,但核基因数据表明种内遗传分化程度很低（F_ST=0.022）,揭示岷县龙胆种内存在强烈的基因流。种群动态历史分析表明岷县龙胆种群大小经历了近期扩张,物种分布模型的结果表明岷县龙胆在末次盛冰期以来分布范围略有扩张。分子钟模型的结果表明岷县龙胆种内的遗传分化主要发生在第四纪冰期以来。以上结果一致表明,第四纪气候波动是岷县龙胆分化的主要外部因素。本研究为龙胆属及青藏高原植物类群的物种分化、适应性研究以及资源开发与保护提供了参考。     

青藏高原一新特有属——异型株属及其传粉模式

胚胎学和分子证据表明广义獐牙菜属的异形花组应该独立为一个新属.在重新检查该属唯一种在各居群的形态变化时,发现该物种具有异形植株和异形花;前一性状在以前的研究中被忽略了,同时还发现该物种主要是采用闭花受精结实,这一繁殖特点可能是对青藏高原极端环境生存适应的结果.这些特征明显不同于獐牙菜属的其余种和相关属.综合其它证据讨论了该种的系统位置,认为其与花锚属有最近的亲缘关系,这一物种独特的形态性状和系统位置支持其独立为属,并正式描述和发表这一新属——异型株属.但是必需指出的是,广义獐牙菜属排除这一物种后,分子证据表明其还是一个复系属.分类上处理这种由于快速物种多样化和性状趋同进化导致的复系属仍面临巨大的挑战,还有待今后更详细的研究.     

中国花楸属单叶类群叶脉序特征研究

中国花楸属单叶类群(24种)包含落萼组与冠萼组,亦有学者将其分为两个属(白花楸属和水榆属)或合并成为一个属(白花楸属).由于其花序和果实的高度相似性,长期以来分类地位具有争议,而叶脉序特征在花楸属单叶类群中的分类作用尚不明确.因此,该研究以国产花楸属落萼组的13个物种和冠萼组的7个物种作为研究对象,以清净法制作标本对叶...     

龙胆族(龙胆科)分类与进化研究进展

龙胆是著名的高山植物,广布世界温带地区,不仅可作药用,也可用于园艺观赏。龙胆科分为6个族,其中龙胆族占龙胆科物种数的一半以上;龙胆族包括龙胆亚族和獐牙菜亚族,分类与进化方面的相关研究众多。随着分子生物学在龙胆族研究中的应用,近些年对多个类群进行了研究并发表了多个新属和新种。该文从属间和属内两个层次梳理了龙胆族近年来在分类和进化研究中的最新进展,总结了新发表的类群。并分析了现存的问题,重点强调在今后的研究中用特别注意以下几点:(1)形态性状的准确掌握对龙胆族的研究至关重要;(2)发表新类群应当谨慎;(3)单拷贝核基因有助于解析龙胆族复杂的系统发育关系;(4)关注杂交和多倍化等在龙胆族进化中的作用。     

结合叶绿体和核DNA序列变异可提高云杉属物种的分子鉴别率

松科(Pinaceae)云杉属(Picea)植物是北半球广泛分布的重要森林树种,由于频繁的种间杂交渐渗及近期的辐射分化导致种间形态趋同,传统的形态学方法很难准确鉴定该属物种.近期兴起和发展的DNA条形码技术为云杉属物种的划分和鉴定提供了可参考的方法.在云杉属青藏高原种质资源收集过程完成后,选取5个叶绿体DNA片段(matK,rbcL,trnH-psbA,trnL-trnF和trnS-trnG)以及3个核DNA片段(4CL,Sb29和GI),利用PWG-distance和Tree-Building两种方法对青藏高原以及中国其他地区分布的19个云杉属物种83个个体进行了物种鉴别分辨率的评价.研究结果显示单个的叶绿体DNA片段(10.5％ ～26.3％)和核DNA片段(15.8％ ～26.3％)对云杉属物种鉴别的分辨率较低,组合的叶绿体DNA片段的分辨能力(15.8％ ～42.1％)虽然高于单个DNA片段,但分辨率最高的trnH-psbA+trnS-trnG和trnS-trnG+trn L-trnF两个组合也只能达到42.1％;组合的核DNA片段(26.3％ ～36.8％)一样对云杉属物种鉴别存在困难.但是叶绿体DNA片段和核DNA片段的组合可以明显提高对云杉属物种鉴定的分辨率,尤其是trnS-trnG+trn L-trnF+4Cl的组合片段,其分辨率可达到57.9％.因此在将来利用DNA条形码鉴别物种时,在常规DNA条形码片段不起作用的情况下,可采用这种叶绿体DNA片段和核DNA片段组合的方法来鉴定和区分植物物种.     

鲤亚科多倍体物种独立起源及其与第三纪青藏高原隆升的关系

青藏高原特有鲤科多倍体鱼类(裂腹鱼类)的起源和物种分化研究有助于探讨鲤科鱼类物种分化和青藏高原隆升之间的关系.本研究利用线粒体和核基因DNA序列构建系统发育关系,并以此来追溯裂腹鱼类多倍体的起源及其物种分化.倍性水平的祖先状态重建结果显示,鲤亚科是二倍体起源的,而裂腹鱼类是四倍体起源.研究还发现,在适应青藏高原隆升过程中,鲤亚科鱼类物种分化速率发生了两次明显改变,而且这些分化速率变化都发生在青藏高原特有鱼类的分支中.本研究表明,青藏高原特有的多倍体化裂腹鱼类包含了两个独立起源的类群.裂腹鱼类的物种分化与晚第三纪以来的青藏高原隆升密切相关,其中,渐新世晚期至中新世中期的裂腹鱼类适应性分化与青藏高原南部地区以及喜马拉雅山脉的隆升相关;中新世中期到更新世早期的物种分化基本同晚第三纪青藏高原隆升的主要阶段相一致;而更新世以来裂腹鱼属(Schizothorax)的物种分化则和青藏高原快速隆升过程中的昆仑-黄河运动及共和运动密切相关.     

青藏高原蝇科昆虫生物地理初探

对青藏高原蝇科昆虫进行了生物地理学研究.青藏高原已知蝇科9亚科42属574种,以特有类群占优势.其中特有属占11.9%,特有种占66.2%,文中讨论了该地区区系成分的多源性,特有成份的特异性及青藏高原北缘特有属的起源与演化,特有种的狭域分布现象及理论探讨.讨论了该地区与其它地区间隔分布的多样性及高原蝇科昆虫的适应性.分析了青藏高原的隆起与冰期对蝇科昆虫的作用.青藏高原的横空崛起以及第四纪冰期--间冰期的循环往复,导致该地区生境千差万别,使蝇科区系不仅有地域分异,且垂直差异显著.在此期间,北方物种向南入侵,南北成分交互渗透,高山类群适应进化,使许多特有成分在这里被陶冶、孕育,故而造成了该地区蝇科区系的特有性和物种的多样性.     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.

     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.