现代人头骨面部几项非测量性状的观察

用人类学观察法比较了中国云南、华北和欧洲现代人头骨的犬齿窝、颧骨缘突和梨状孔上外侧部膨隆的出现情况,以探讨其在人种、群体区分上是否有意义。结果：（1）在云南头骨,犬齿窝、颧骨缘突的出现率无性别差异,梨状孔上外侧部骨表面膨隆的出现率男性明显高于女性,而在欧洲头骨,这3项非测量必状的出现率男女间无差异。（2）上述3项性状,在中国云南和华北头骨（男性）的出现率无差异。（3）犬齿窝、梨状孔上外侧部骨表面膨隆的出现率,在现代欧洲人头骨明显高于现代中国人头骨。颧骨缘突的出现率在欧洲与中国现代人头骨上无差异。     

中国和欧洲早期智人的比较研究

中国与欧洲的早期智人头骨在颧骨额蝶突前外侧面的朝向、颧颌角、上颌骨颧突、鼻区、上面部高度、额鼻额颌缝形状、眉间区、矢状脊、印加骨和铲形门齿诸特征的形态或出现率等方面有明显差异。那时此两大地区存在相对独立的人类进化线,其间还有一定程度的基因交流。当时此两地区的人类居群分属于不同的人种。这一假说还可从古文化和古环境的资料得到支持。     

中国白马人的体质特征

白马人是我国的未识别族群之一。我们在四川省平武县调查了白马人233例（男为93例,女为140例）的69项体质测量指标与228例（男为93例,女为135例）的观察指标15项。初步分析了白马人的体质特征。结果如下：1）白马人男性上眼睑皱褶出现率为80.65%,女性上眼睑皱褶出现率则为85.93%。白马人蒙古褶率男性为33.33%,女性则为39.26%。白马人男女眼裂高度以窄型为主。眼外角多高于眼内角。白马人的鼻根高度多为中等型。男女均以直型鼻梁为主。白马人男女颧骨扁平,颧骨体突出。鼻基部多为水平方向。鼻翼高度约占鼻高的1/4,以中等为主。白马人男女多为圆形耳垂。上唇皮肤部高度多为中等。红唇厚度以薄唇为主,眼色多为黑褐色。2）按头面部、体部指数分型,白马人男女均以高头型、阔头型、中鼻型、长躯干型、亚短腿型、宽胸型、宽肩型、宽骨盆型率最高。白马人男性还以中头型、中面型率最高,女性还以圆头型、阔面型率最高。根据男女身高均数,白马人男女均为中等型身材。3）白马人体质特征属于北方族群类型,与赫哲族、俄罗斯族比较接近,与安多藏族距离较远。     

条叶百合种子萌发的研究

研究了不同光、温对条叶百合(Lilium callosum)种子萌发的影响。研究结果表明:(1)避光条件下温度对栽培4年生条叶百合种子萌发影响最大,其种子萌发最适宜温度为25℃, 4~5天开始萌动, 1~2周萌发完全。随着温度的升高或降低其种子萌发率下降。但在5℃时萌发率又有大幅升高, 35℃种子萌发完全受到抑制。(2)同一果序不同位置果实的种子萌发以最下部果实为好,中间果实次之,上部最差。(3)同一果实内中部种子萌发最好,下部种子次之,上部种子最差,上、中、下三部分种子萌发率与其千粒重呈正相关。(4)在相同实验条件下,野生条叶百合与栽培4年生条叶百合种子萌发率一致,但萌发完全时间比栽培条叶百合多14天。(5)贮藏一年后条叶百合种子萌发率没有下降。     

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。     

颞部Gillies切口在颧骨复合体骨折手术中的应用

目的:颞部Gillies切口在颧骨复合体骨折手术中的应用效果。方法:运用颞部Gillies切口治疗25例病人颧骨复合体骨折,观察手术进路,显露术区,在直视下行颧骨骨折复位内固定术。结果:25例患者应用此术式均可显露骨折区域,满足颧骨复合体骨折的手术显露需要,而且与常规颧骨复合体骨折(头皮冠状切口)手术相比,减小了出血及损伤神经的可能。结论:颞部Gillies切口在颧骨复合体骨折手术中优于其它手术路径,值得临床推广。     

三种家鼠和臭鼩气体代谢的比较研究

在同温及安静条件下,小家鼠的耗氧率为最高,褐家鼠次之,黄胸鼠和臭鼩较低。耗氧率与它们的体重呈负相关;两性间没有差异。血红蛋白(Hb)含量以臭鼩为最高,小家鼠次之,褐家鼠和黄胸鼠较低。Hb含量与性别和体重大小不呈相关性。安静状态下Hb含量与耗氧率相关关系的回归系数r不显著,这些物种间Hb含量差异的生物学意义尚待探明。     

中国和西方化石人头骨面部三项非测量性状的比较

采用传统的人类学观察方法,对一些中国和西方的化石人头骨模型的犬齿窝、颧骨缘结节和梨状孔上外侧部的膨隆情况进行观察比较,希望为研究头骨形态的发展变化及现代人起源问题,特别是中国现代人的起源提供一些值得参考的信息。得到如下提示：（1）在欧洲犬齿窝似乎是随着人类的进化逐渐出现的,（2）在化石人头骨上,颧骨缘结节的出现似看不出明显的地域差异,（3）梨状孔上外侧部的膨隆这一性状似乎在大荔头骨与其他中国化石人“不融洽”,而与欧洲尼人接近,这一现象可能反映了某种程度的基因交流。     

小麦花药培养后代和杂交后代中高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基变异分析

通过对Alondra、Orofen等5个小麦品种进行花药培养,同时以新春9号、京771、CB037等9个高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基组成不同的小麦品种相互间配制24个正、反交组合,分析小麦加倍单倍体无性系和品种间杂交后代中高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基变异,探讨利用花药培养和杂交手段改良HMW-GS组成的可能性。SDS-PAGE电泳分析发现,小麦加倍单倍体无性系中HMW-GS发生了频繁变异,Alondra加倍单倍体中变异率最高(61.8%),Verry加倍单倍体次之(16.7%),均出现了原始材料中所不具备的亚基类型;HMW-GS在部分F1杂种中呈现不完全共显性、亚基表达沉默和正、反交亚基表达不一致现象,宁春4号/CB037、京771/宁春4号2个组合中出现了双亲所不含有的亚基;通过连续自交和对新出现亚基的跟踪选择,获得了表达新亚基的高代株系。研究结果对于改良小麦加工品质,加深了解小麦HMW-GS编码基因的遗传特性、结构特性等具有一定理论意义和实践价值。     

越南北方义安省琼文的早期新石器时代人头骨

1964年初,越南考古学家发掘了义安省琼文的古墓地,发现30个墓葬,其中有两个头骨(Q.V.M.15和 Q.V.M.17)保存得相当好。据越南考古研究所说,这是一个与和平北山文化(新石器时代早期)同时代的墓葬。材料描述Ⅰ)Q.V.M.15号材料包括头骨,右颧骨,下颌骨。第三臼齿已出现,很好地排在齿列中,说明这标本代表一个成年人。第一、二前臼齿,第一、二臼齿的磨蚀程度都较重,但第三臼齿只稍有磨蚀。头盖骨的所有各缝都未愈合。因此她的年龄大约是30岁。     

Upper lip measurements at the time of surgery and follow-up after modified rotation-advancement flap repair in unilateral cleft lip patients

The purpose of this prospective study was to determine whether unilateral cleft lip repaired by the rotation-advancement flap will grow short on the repaired side. This study involved 56 patients with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip (31 with complete and 25 with incomplete cleft lip) who underwent a rotation-advancement flap repair by a single surgeon between 1989 and 1997. Eleven patients were lost to follow-up. Forty-five patients have been followed for a varying period of between 8 and 84 months (mean = 37 months). The upper lip was measured immediately after the lip repair and follow-up using calipers. The growth ratios of vertical, horizontal, and nostril sill dimensions were compared between the cleft side and the noncleft side of the same face. Statistical analysis was performed to compare the growths between the cleft and noncleft sides. There was not a significant difference in the growth ratios of vertical (Wilcoxon signed rank test, p = 0.85) and horizontal dimensions (Student's t test, p = 0.18) between the cleft and noncleft sides. There was, however, a statistically significant difference in the growth ratios of nostril sill width between the cleft and noncleft sides (Student's t test, p = 0.02). Our findings indicated that a repaired unilateral cleft retained the vertical and horizontal dimensions determined at the time of the initial repair.     

Bilateral detection thresholds in dextrals and sinistrals reflect the more sensitive side of the nose, which is not lateralized [published erratum appears in Chem Senses 1998 Dec;23(6):761]

Several fundamental questions remain enigmatic concerning human olfactory sensitivity, including (i) whether detection threshold differences exist between the two sides of the nose (and, if so, whether such differences are influenced by handedness) and (ii) whether bilateral (i.e. binasal) stimulation leads to lower thresholds than unilateral stimulation (and, if so, whether the degree of facilitation is inversely related to general olfactory ability). In this study, and well-validated single staircase procedure was used to establish bilateral and unilateral detection thresholds for the cranial nerve I stimulant phenyl ethyl alcohol in 130 right- and 33 left-handed subjects. No differences in sensitivity between the left and right sides of the nose were observed in either group. Bilateral thresholds were lower, on average, than unilateral thresholds when the latter were categorized in terms of left and right nares. However, the bilateral thresholds did not differ significantly from those of the side of the nose with the lower threshold. Overall smell ability, as measured by the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test, did not interact with any of the test measures. These data imply that (i) the left and right sides of the nose do not systematically differ in detection threshold sensitivity for either dextrals or sinistrals and (ii) if central integration of left:right olfactory threshold sensitivity occurs, its effects do not exceed the function of the better side of the nose.      

Unilateral and bilateral expression of a quantitative trait: asymmetry and symmetry in coronal craniosynostosis

Bilateral symmetry in vertebrates is imperfect and mild asymmetries are found in normal growth and development. However, abnormal development is often characterized by strong asymmetries. Coronal craniosynostosis, defined here as consisting of premature suture closure and a characteristic skull shape, is a complex trait. The premature fusion of the coronal suture can occur unilaterally associated with skull asymmetry (anterior plagiocephaly) or bilaterally associated with a symmetric but brachycephalic skull. We investigated the relationship between coronal craniosynostosis and skull bilateral symmetry. Three-dimensional landmark coordinates were recorded on preoperative computed tomography images of children diagnosed with coronal nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (N = 40) and that of unaffected individuals (N = 20) and analyzed by geometric morphometrics. Our results showed that the fusion pattern of the coronal suture is similar across individuals and types of coronal craniosynostosis. Shape analysis showed that skulls of bilateral coronal craniosynostosis (BCS) and unaffected individuals display low degrees of asymmetry, whereas right and left unilateral coronal craniosynostosis (UCS) skulls are asymmetric and mirror images of one another. When premature fusion of the coronal suture (without taking into account cranial dysmorphology) is scored as a qualitative trait, the expected relationship between trait frequency and trait unilateral expression (i.e. negative correlation) is confirmed. Overall, we interpret our results as evidence that the same biological processes operate on the two sides in BCS skulls and on the affected side in UCS skulls, and that coronal craniosynostosis is a quantitative trait exhibiting a phenotypic continuum with BCS displaying more intense shape changes than UCS.     

Asymmetrical spondylolysis

The objective of this study was to examine examples of spondylolysis in which the pattern of separation was clearly asymmetrical, in order to learn more about the process of bone separation that produces this condition. Although the primary focus was on unilateral complete separation, examples of asymmetry represented by incomplete separation and by complete bilateral separation where the separation sites are in different locations on the two sides were included. Two collections were used, one consisting of Canadian Inuit skeletons curated at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and the other of 48 individual examples of asymmetrical spondylolysis from sites in a variety of localities curated by several different institutions. The first collection was studied primarily to observe early manifestations of spondylolysis, particularly incomplete separation, while various patterns of asymmetrical complete separation were the focus of the second. The results indicate that asymmetry is part of the earliest osteological picture of spondylolysis, with right-sidedness predominating, a condition perhaps related in some way to handedness. The right-side predominance appears to decrease with age. The ratio of unilateral to bilateral separation ranges from 3-33% in different studies, and a significant number of the unilateral separations have spina bifida occurring in the same vertebra. Overall, the specimens examined here, considered along with clinical cases, nicely illustrate a progression of spondylolysis. A unilateral separation may heal, it may progress to bilateral separation, or it may remain as a permanent condition, producing a pattern of degenerative changes that can include spondylolisthesis. A unilateral healing of bilateral complete separation is likely a rare phenomenon, at least after the separations have reached a certain level of maturity.     

A case of bilateral tibial hemimelia type VIIa

Congenital absence of tibia is a rare anomaly, and may be total or partial, unilateral or bilateral. Total absence is more frequent than partial, unilateral absence occurs more often than bilateral, with right limb more commonly affected than the left. In partial defect, almost always the distal end of the bone is affected, and of the bilateral cases, there may be total absence on both sides, or total on one side and partial on the other. Males are slightly more commonly affected than the females. Though, the family history is usually negative for congenital abnormalities and other diseases, there is a considerable chance of occurrence of congenital defect of the tibia or of other abnormalities, in near or remote relatives. We report a case of newborn having bilateral tibial hemimelia type VIIa.     

Endocranial suture closure in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Endocasts from skulls of 330 rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) of known age are scored for closure of nine bilateral and three unilateral sutures or segments of sutures. A variety of tests reveals a strong relationship between age and stages of suture closure, although increasingly broad confidence intervals prevent sutures from being very useful for precisely aging older macaques. The order in which endosutures begin to close, as well as that in which closure is finally achieved, is determined for macaques, and these sequences compared to those for endosutures of humans (Todd and Lyon, 1924). The basilar suture is the earliest to close, while the masto-occipital and rostral and caudal squamosal sutures achieve closure quite late in both species. On the other hand, humans and macaques differ in their schedules for the sphenofrontal suture and in the initiation of closure for the rostral portion of the squamosal suture. Two sutures close significantly sooner on the right than on the left side (the rostral squamosal and masto-occipital) and asymmetry favoring closure of the right lateral lambdoid suture also approaches significance at the 0.05 level. No sutures close significantly sooner on the left side. It is suggested that macaque sutures may close from the inside out, that endosutures are more sensitive than ectosutures for detecting sequences in which cranial sutures begin to close, and that directional asymmetries in suture closure of macaques may be related to minor asymmetries in brain/skull shape (petalias).     

Bilateral sensory abnormalities in patients with unilateral neuropathic pain; a quantitative sensory testing (QST) study

In patients who experience unilateral chronic pain, abnormal sensory perception at the non-painful side has been reported. Contralateral sensory changes in these patients have been given little attention, possibly because they are regarded as clinically irrelevant. Still, bilateral sensory changes in these patients could become clinically relevant if they challenge the correct identification of their sensory dysfunction in terms of hyperalgesia and allodynia. Therefore, we have used the standardized quantitative sensory testing (QST) protocol of the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS) to investigate somatosensory function at the painful side and the corresponding non-painful side in unilateral neuropathic pain patients using gender- and age-matched healthy volunteers as a reference cohort. Sensory abnormalities were observed across all QST parameters at the painful side, but also, to a lesser extent, at the contralateral, non-painful side. Similar relative distributions regarding sensory loss/gain for non-nociceptive and nociceptive stimuli were found for both sides. Once a sensory abnormality for a QST parameter at the affected side was observed, the prevalence of an abnormality for the same parameter at the non-affected side was as high as 57% (for Pressure Pain Threshold). Our results show that bilateral sensory dysfunction in patients with unilateral neuropathic pain is more rule than exception. Therefore, this phenomenon should be taken into account for appropriate diagnostic evaluation in clinical practice. This is particularly true for mechanical stimuli where the 95% Confidence Interval for the prevalence of sensory abnormalities at the non-painful side ranges between 33% and 50%.     

More than 95% reversal of left-right axis induced by right-sided hypodermic microinjection of activin into Xenopus neurula embryos

In recent years, genes that show left-right (L-R) asymmetric expression patterns have been identified one after another in vertebrate gastrula-neurula embryos. However, we still have little information about when the irreversible L-R specification is established in vertebrate embryos. In this report, we show that almost 100% of the embryos develop to be L-R-inverted larvae after microinjection of activin molecules into the right lateral hypodermic space of Xenopus neurula embryos. After right-side injection of 10-250 pg activin protein, both early neurulae just after gastrulation movement (stage 13-14) and late neurulae just before neural tube closure (stage 17-18) showed almost 100% reversal of the heart and gut L-R axes. At higher doses of activin, more than 90% of the L-R-inverted embryos showed L-R reversal of both heart and gut. The survival ratio of the right-injected 4-day embryos was 90% on average. In the left-injected embryos, the occurrence of L-R inversion was less than 2% as observed in normal untreated siblings (1.7%). When the same amount of activin (1-50 pg) was microinjected into both sides of neurula embryos, the incidence of L-R inversion was reduced to 58%. The injection of activin along the dorsal midline in the trunk region also randomized the visceral L-R axis. Injection of activin into the right side changed normal left-handed expression of Xnr-1 to right-handed or bilateral expression. In contrast, left-handed expression of Pitx2 was switched to the right side by right activin injection. This is the first report of a method that achieves complete inversion of the visceral L-R axis by treatment of embryos at the neurula stage. Activin not only acts on the neurulae to cancel the original L-R specification up to the late neurula stage, but also rebuilds a new L-R axis whose left side coincides with the injection side. It is suggested that the left and right halves of neurulae have equal potential for L-R differentiation.     

Perception of Binaural Cues Develops in Children Who Are Deaf through Bilateral Cochlear Implantation

There are significant challenges to restoring binaural hearing to children who have been deaf from an early age. The uncoordinated and poor temporal information available from cochlear implants distorts perception of interaural timing differences normally important for sound localization and listening in noise. Moreover, binaural development can be compromised by bilateral and unilateral auditory deprivation. Here, we studied perception of both interaural level and timing differences in 79 children/adolescents using bilateral cochlear implants and 16 peers with normal hearing. They were asked on which side of their head they heard unilaterally or bilaterally presented click- or electrical pulse- trains. Interaural level cues were identified by most participants including adolescents with long periods of unilateral cochlear implant use and little bilateral implant experience. Interaural timing cues were not detected by new bilateral adolescent users, consistent with previous evidence. Evidence of binaural timing detection was, for the first time, found in children who had much longer implant experience but it was marked by poorer than normal sensitivity and abnormally strong dependence on current level differences between implants. In addition, children with prior unilateral implant use showed a higher proportion of responses to their first implanted sides than children implanted simultaneously. These data indicate that there are functional repercussions of developing binaural hearing through bilateral cochlear implants, particularly when provided sequentially; nonetheless, children have an opportunity to use these devices to hear better in noise and gain spatial hearing.