NATURAL SELECTION RESULTING FROM FEMALE BREEDING COMPETITION IN A PACIFIC SALMON (COHO: ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH)

We studied breeding competition among wild female coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and quantified natural selection acting on two important female characters: body size and kype size (a secondary sexual character used for fighting). We found that body size contributed to adult female fitness in three ways, through 1) an increased initial biomass of egg production, 2) the ability to acquire a high-quality territory for egg development, and 3) success in nest defense. These factors together resulted in as much as a 23-fold fitness advantage to the largest females in the population. The initial investment into egg production accounted for 50–60% of the measured intensity of natural selection on female body size. The effective investment into egg production (after female competition for territories) accounted for 40–50% of natural selection on female body size. Therefore, success in breeding competition is about as important as egg production in the current evolution of female body size. This is contrary to the expectation based on most fisheries literature. The size of a female's kype was also important to female reproductive success, although its contribution could not be separated from that of body size in our study. The strong natural selection that we have found for female competitive ability is presumably the basis for the evolution of female parental care in salmonids.     

EVOLUTION OF ADULT FEMALE LIFE HISTORY AND MORPHOLOGY IN A PACIFIC SALMON (COHO: ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH)

Female competition on the spawning grounds can generate strong natural selection on female coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). We examined the morphology and investment into egg production of 13 wild and five hatchery populations. For each population, the degrees of breeding competition and migration arduousness were quantified. The results support the importance of breeding competition in the evolution of female morphology and life history. Female secondary sexual characters, including body coloration and length of kype (an extension of the upper jaw used for fighting), increase significantly with degree of breeding competition among populations. In contrast, egg size and female investment into egg production tend to decrease as competition increases, probably as a result of life-history trade-offs. The difficulty of migration to the spawning grounds also molds female morphology and life history. Salmon become more streamlined with increasing migration arduousness, and the biomass of eggs produced appears to decline. In hatcheries, where breeding competition is relaxed, characters associated with breeding competition and spawning performance are reduced. In contrast, egg size is increased. These results indicate that the morphology and life history of adult female salmon respond evolutionarily to local selection pressures, including both the biotic demands of breeding competition and the abiotic demands of migration.     

BREEDING COMPETITION IN A PACIFIC SALMON (COHO: ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH): MEASURES OF NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION

In the breeding system of Pacific salmon, females compete for oviposition territories, and males compete to fertilize eggs. The natural selection in females and sexual selection in males likely has been responsible for their elaborate breeding morphologies and the dimorphism between the sexes. We quantified direct-selection intensities during breeding on mature coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), measured for seven phenotypic characters, including three secondary sexual characters. Wild and sea-ranched hatchery coho were used to enhance the range of phenotypes over which selection could be examined. The fish were allowed to breed in experimental arenas where we could quantify components of breeding success as well as estimate overall breeding success. We found that without competition, natural selection acts only on female body size for increased egg production; there is no detectable selection on males for the phenotypic distribution we used. Under competition, the opportunity for selection increased sixfold among females. Natural selection favored female body size and caudal-peduncle (tail) depth. Increased body size meant increased egg production and access to nesting territories. The caudal peduncle, used in burst swimming and nest digging, influenced both successful egg deposition and nest survival. Increasing density increased competition among females, though it did not significantly intensify natural selection on their characters. In males, competition increased the opportunity for selection 52-fold, which was nine times greater than for females. Sexual selection favored male body size and hooked snout length, both characters directly influencing male access to spawning opportunities. Selection on male body size was also affected significantly by breeding density. The ability of large males to control access to spawning females decreased at higher densities reflecting an increase in the operational sex ratio. Further, the relative success of small males, which could sneak access to spawning females, appeared to increase as that of intermediate-sized males decreased. Such disruptive selection may be responsible for the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics in salmon.     

TESTING MODELS OF MIGRATION AND ISOLATION AMONG POPULATIONS OF CHINOOK SALMON (ONCORHYNCHUS TSCHAWYTSCHA)

The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) is a behaviorally, morphologically, and ecologically variable species distributed over a large geographic range. Although previous genetic surveys have revealed considerable genetic differences among populations with different life history types and from different major river drainages, it is not clear to what degree these genetically distinct populations are connected by low levels of gene flow. The work described in this paper addresses this question by surveying DNA restriction site variation at six nuclear genes from nine populations encompassing most of the species's North American range, and then attempting to fit the patterns of variation observed at these genes to five different evolutionary models using computer simulations of the coalescent process. Two commonly used constant population size models, one hypothesizing no migration among populations and one hypothesizing equal rates of migration among populations, were found to be statistically inconsistent with the observed patterns of variation. The other three models, which involved either recent divergence among populations coupled with large changes in populations size, unequal migration rates among populations, or selection, were all found to be consistent with the observed patterns of variation. Assuming selective neutrality, these results suggest that either the populations have all descended from a common ancestral population within the last ~50,000 years and have all suffered large declines in effective population size since that time, or that they have a more ancient divergence time but are connected by low levels of gene flow. These conclusions rest on the assumption of selective neutrality. With the methods employed, it was not possible to simultaneously test hypotheses of both selective neutrality and population structure.     

大鳞大马哈鱼垂体促甲状腺素和促性腺激素分离纯化的研究

本文报道应用ConA-Sepharose 4B.亲和层析、凝胶过滤层析、离子交换层析及免疫亲和层析等技术,首次从大鳞大马哈鱼垂体中分离纯化了促甲状腺素(sTSH)和促性腺激素(sGTH)。在TSH生物测定中,纯化的。sTSH制品具有明显促进虹鳟幼鱼甲状腺体内分泌甲状腺素(T4)的生物活性,而sGTH无此活性。在GTH生物测定中,制备的sGTH具有显著诱导虹鳟卵母细胞体外培养成熟(GVBD)及分泌17α、20β-二氢孕酮的能力,而sTSH无此活性。HPLC表明sTSH和sGTH的分子量分别为27500和38000道尔顿。作者用SDS聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)和等电聚焦检测了激素的纯度及等电点,用RIA或ELISA方法测定了几种垂体激素在sTSH终产物中的污染程度。     

克氏原螯虾源致病性豚鼠气单胞菌的分离及其生物学特性

从患病的克氏原螯虾体内分离到一株致病菌L2M-A, 经生理生化鉴定和16S rDNA序列分析, 证实菌株L2M-A为豚鼠气单胞菌(Aeromonas caviae) (GenBank登录号: KF446251), 其16S rDNA序列与基因库中气单胞菌属菌株的16S rDNA序列有99%100%的同源性, 而且与豚鼠气单胞菌JXZ-3株(GenBank登录号: JF496552)的亲缘关系最近。此外, 菌株L2M-A在pH59内均能够生长良好, 最适生长温度为30℃, 最适生长转速为200 r/min, 但浓度6.25 g/mL的双氟沙星对其生长具有显著的抑制作用, 可作为防治用药的依据。       

EVIDENCE FOR SYMPATRIC GENETIC DIVERGENCE OF ANADROMOUS AND NONANADROMOUS MORPHS OF SOCKEYE SALMON (ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA)

Anadromous and nonanadromous morphs of the Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus nerka spawn in close physical proximity in tributaries to Takla Lake, British Columbia, yet differ in morphology, gill raker number, allozyme allele frequencies, and reproductive traits. Both morphs are semelparous typically maturing at age four, the anadromous morph (sockeye) at fork lengths of 38–65 cm and the nonanadromous morph (kokanee) at 17–22 cm. When reared together, pure and hybrid morphs also exhibited different growth rates and maturity schedules. Collectively, these large differences between the morphs confirm that sockeye and kokanee exist as reproductively isolated populations. Average gene flow (m) was estimated to be 0.1–0.8% between morphs, 1.7–3.7% among tributaries for kokanee, and 0.3–5.6% among tributaries for sockeye. We conclude that divergence has occurred in sympatry and examine potential isolating mechanisms.     

MOLECULAR GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR PARALLEL LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION WITHIN A PACIFIC SALMON (SOCKEYE SALMON AND KOKANEE,ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA)

The Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus nerka typically occurs as a sea-run form (sockeye salmon) or may reside permanently in lakes (kokanee) thoughout its native North Pacific. We tested whether such geographically extensive ecotypic variation resulted from parallel evolutionary divergence thoughout the North Pacific or whether the two forms are monophyletic groups by examining allelic variation between sockeye salmon and kokanee at two minisatellite DNA repeat loci and in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Bgl II restriction sites. Our examination of over 750 fish from 24 populations, ranging from Kamchatka to the Columbia River, identified two major genetic groups of North Pacific O. nerka: a “northwestern” group consisting of fish from Kamchatka, western Alaska, and northwestern British Columbia, and a “southern” group consisting of sockeye salmon and kokanee populations from the Fraser and Columbia River systems. Maximum-likelihood analysis accompanied by bootstrapping provided strong support for these two genetic groups of O. nerka; the populations did not cluster by migratory form, but genetic affinities were organized more strongly by geographic proximity. The two major genetic groups resolved in our study probably stem from historical isolation and dispersal of O. nerka from two major Wisconsinan glacial refugia in the North Pacific. There were significant minisatellite DNA allele frequency differences between sockeye salmon and kokanee populations from different parts of the same watershed, between populations spawning in different tributaries of the same lake, and also between sympatric populations spawning in the same stream at the same time. MtDNA Bgl II restriction site variation was significant between sockeye salmon and kokanee spawning in different parts of the same major watershed but not between forms spawning in closer degrees of reproductive sympatry. Patterns of genetic affinity and allele sharing suggested that kokanee have arisen from sea-run sockeye salmon several times independently in the North Pacific. We conclude that sockeye salmon and kokanee are para- and polyphyletic, respectively, and that the present geographic distribution of the ecotypes results from parallel evolutionary origins of kokanee from sockeye (divergences between them) thoughout the North Pacific.     

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FROM A STRAIN OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS.

Blobel, Hans (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Isolation and characterization of deoxyribonucleic acid from a strain of Staphylococcus aureus. J. Bacteriol. 82:425-429. 1961.-Highly polymerized deoxyribonucleic acid was extracted from washed cells of Staphylococcus aureus with a mixture of equal parts of phenol and 2 m NaCl at pH 7.4. The aqueous phase was treated twice with phenol and the deoxyribonucleic acid precipitated with an equal volume of 2-ethoxyethanol. Residual ribonucleic acid was removed by treatment with ribonuclease and subsequent dialysis. Deoxyribonucleic acid was reprecipitated with 2-ethoxyethanol. The final product contained less than 1% protein. The deoxyribonucleic acid obtained from S. aureus strain S(44) had a (adenosine + thymine)/(guanine + cytosine) base ratio of 1.98. Intrinsic viscosity in 0.15 m NaCl + 0.015 m sodium citrate was approximately 76 dl/g. The sedimentation coefficient, S(20)w, was close to 25 S.     

黑曲霉糖化酶高产菌株的糖化酶结构基因的分离及其序列分析

从糖化酶高产菌株(Aspergills niger)T21中分离出染色体DNA.Southern印跡分析表明糖化酶结构基因位于约2.5kb的EcoRⅠ-EcoRV片段中.该染色体DNA经EcorⅠ、EcoRⅤ完全酶切后,用琼脂糖凝胶电泳分离,回收2.0—3.0kb的片段,与载体pBR322连接后转化宿主菌大肠杆菌DH5,获得转化子.通过原位杂交,从转化子中筛选出4个阳性克隆.阳性克隆的进一步酶切鉴定及序列分析表明,黑曲霉T21糖化酶结构基因大小为2.3kb,含有4个内含子.     

黑龙江秋大麻哈鱼耳石形态发育研究

对进入中国黑龙江的秋大麻哈鱼生殖群体进行人工繁育, 观察不同发育阶段和回归成体的耳石形态及其结构变化。结果表明:秋大麻哈鱼胚胎、胚后仔稚鱼、幼鱼和二龄鱼的矢耳石随个体生长发育,其大小在不断增长, 轮廓和表面形态结构也在发生演变, 逐渐趋似于回归成体的耳石形态。秋大麻哈鱼回归生殖群体的不同年龄和雌雄个体间矢耳石、微耳石形态基本一致。矢耳石形似梨形, 大小约为3 mm×5 mm×1 mm, 重量约为9 mg, 光镜下可见耳石日轮和年轮结构。日轮形成在胚胎发眼后约5日, 采用人工标记方法证实了生长轮的日周期特性。二龄鱼耳石已出现边缘生长区, 形成年轮。矢耳石增长与鱼体叉长生长显著相关(SL=21.574 OL-7.005,R2=0.9926)。       

克氏原螯虾嗜水气单胞菌噬菌体的分离鉴定和应用

为分离获得致病性嗜水气单胞菌烈性噬菌体,鉴定和研究其生物学特性,为克氏原螯虾细菌性疾病的防治和治疗提供依据,研究以患病克氏原螯虾分离到的致病性嗜水气单胞菌为宿主菌,从湖泊水体中分离到多株噬菌体,对其中一株烈性噬菌体Ph-0进行了生物学特性的分析,包括噬菌斑形态的观察,最佳感染复数的测定,一步生长曲线的绘制,热稳定性的测...     

点状气单胞菌引起虹鳟感染症及其病原学机制的初步研究

对山西省朔县省虹鳟试验场1987年8月在亲鱼中爆发的一次流行病进行了病原菌分离、培养、毒力试验和详细的生理生化测定,确定点状气单胞菌为其病原菌。并对该菌胞外产物的致病性进行了研究,通过测定其溶血活性、酪蛋白酶活性、对鱼致死性以及对其引起的组织病理学变化的观察,初步确定了胞外产物与该菌侵袭力的相关性。     

耐氧双歧杆菌的分离和鉴定

从中年人粪便中分离到136株可疑双歧杆菌,通过耐氧力测定获得一株耐氧性菌.经属和种的系统生理生化鉴定,确认为长双歧杆菌(Bifidobacterium longum).小范围饮用实验结果表明,该菌对便秘有疗效.     

中国本溪虹鳟一株弹状病毒的分离及初步研究

１９９０年４月,辽宁省本溪市虹鳟鱼种场的虹鳟稚鱼爆发大规模疾病,死亡率近１００％。取病鱼组织处理后接种于鱼类细胞,出现明显的细胞病变,测定细胞培养物中的病毒滴度,最高达１０￣（６．３）ＴＣＩＤ＿（５０／０．１ｍｌ）。感染病毒的细胞用１％营养琼脂糖覆盖后可形成０．５－１．５ｍｍ的蚀斑。分离到的病毒对氯仿敏感,不耐热、不耐酸,在细胞内复制的最适温度为１５℃。室内人工感染的虹鳟稚鱼能复制出与天然发病相同的症状。对感染病毒的细胞制成超薄切片,透射电镜观察,病毒长为１３１－１７３ｎｍ,平均１４８ｎｍ,直径为５８－９１ｎｍ,平均７１ｎｍ,形状为子弹状,表明是弹状病毒,有囊膜及纤突。采用挑斑法得到了纯化的病毒株,暂称之为传染性造血器官坏死症病毒中国本溪株ＩＨＮＶ－Ｂ。     

虹鳟传染性胰脏坏死病病毒（IPNV）的初步研究

山西省虹鳟试验场用从日本引进的鱼卵孵化的虹鳟稚鱼暴发流行病,死亡率高达90％以上,经组织培养分离到病毒,能在鲑鳟细胞系中产生细胞病变,形成直径0．5－1mm的空斑。感染健康虹鳟稚鱼能复制出与天然发病相同的症状和死亡率,病毒对氯仿不敏感,耐酸,耐热,病毒负染后电镜观察为直径55－65mm的二十面体颗粒,无囊膜,具单层衣壳,经血清学鉴定为传染性胰脏坏死病病毒（Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus简称IPNV）在血清学交叉中和反应中与抗IPN－SP株的抗血清有强烈的交叉反应,提示可能为IPN－SP株。     

中华鳖病原性维隆气单胞菌的分离及药敏试验

中华鳖(Trionyxsinensis)是我国主要淡水养殖名优品种之一。但随着中华鳖养殖规模的扩大和集约化程度的提高,导致鳖病暴发流行,阻碍了养鳖业的进一步发展。迄       

斑点叉尾鲖源杀鲑气单胞菌无色亚种分离鉴定及药敏特性

研究从患溃疡症斑点叉尾鲙中分离到一株致病性菌株ry01, 生理生化鉴定和16S rDNA基因序列分析表明ry01株为鲑气单胞菌无色亚种(Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes)。人工感染该菌后发病鱼表现为与自然发病类似症状, 且从组织中再分离的细菌特性与原感染菌相同。腹腔注射后该菌株对斑点叉尾鲙的半数致死量为4.17×106 CFU/mL。菌株ry01对强力霉素及左氧氟沙星等高度敏感, 为斑点叉尾鲙该病防控提供了理论依据。     

酿酒酵母BD101诱导产生的金属硫蛋白的分离纯化及鉴定

从酵母菌中分离出拮抗重金属、经铜诱导产生金属硫蛋白的酿酒酵母（Saccharo－mycescerevisiae）BD101。无细胞抽提液经SephadexG－50、DEAESepharoseCL－4B、SephadexG-25三次凝胶及阴离子交换柱层析分离纯化得到两个金属硫蛋白亚型。Mr约为7kD,由60个氨基酸组成,其中半胱氨酸含量占10％,每分子金属硫蛋白（Cu-MT）含6个分子Cys,可结合4个铜原子。