变豆菜属植物叶表皮微形态及分类学意义

对变豆菜属(Sanicula L.)6种13个居群植物的叶表皮特征进行光学显微观察,并测定了相应的数量指标。结果表明,变豆菜属植物叶表皮形态较为一致:上表皮几乎全为多边形,垂周壁平直或弓形弯曲;下表皮多为不规则形,垂周壁浅波状、波状至深波状;气孔散生,均为不等型。但表皮细胞垂周壁式样、气孔长短轴之比等细微特征在种间存在差异,可以区分种类。因此,叶表皮特征对于变豆菜属种类的划分和亲缘关系的确定具有一定的分类学意义。     

变豆菜属11种植物的叶表皮微形态特征研究

为探讨叶表皮微形态特征在变豆菜属植物中的系统及分类学意义,我们利用扫描电镜对变豆菜属11个种(13个居群)的叶表皮微形态特征进行了研究。结果表明,11种变豆菜属植物叶表皮微形态特征较稳定,上表皮细胞轮廓大多不清晰,初级蜡质纹饰均存在条状纹饰,表皮上均粘附着颗粒物;下表皮均存在气孔,气孔周围存在均匀分布的纹饰,气孔外拱盖表面大多有颗粒状纹饰,并且其二级纹饰类型、气孔周围纹饰、气孔外拱盖内缘纹饰等叶表皮微形态特征上存在一定差异。上述研究结果可为探讨变豆菜属类群界定及种间关系提供重要依据。     

中国伞形科变豆菜亚科的果实解剖特征及其系统学意义

对中国伞形科变豆菜亚科 (Saniculoideae) 2属 (变豆菜属SaniculaL .和刺芹属EryngiumL .) 13种植物的果实形态结构进行了比较解剖学观察 ,从果实横切面形状及其合生面宽度、外果皮和中果皮外突所呈皮刺和鳞片或瘤状体的形态及皮刺中木化厚壁细胞组织的分布、外果皮细胞形状及其角质层厚度、中果皮细胞层数和结晶体类型及分布、色素块沉积、伴生分泌管和油管的大小及分布等方面对上述各属种进行了观察和分析 ,归纳出各属的果实解剖特征 ,探讨了属间演化水平 ,认为刺芹属果实较变豆菜属果实演化程度高。结合已有的研究结果 ,讨论了该亚科与伞形科天胡荽亚科 (Hydrocotyloideae)间的区别及其演化关系。     

变豆菜属15种植物的果实微形态特征及其分类学意义

采用扫描电镜对来自北美和东亚的变豆菜属植物(美国7个种,中国8个种)的果实表面微形态进行观察,结合前人对伞形科其他类群果实微形态特征的研究及近年来分子系统学证据,对变豆菜属的种间分类进行研究。结果显示,变豆菜属植物果实的形态大小、皮刺弯曲程度和果柄蜡质纹饰丰富多样。研究表明变豆菜属是一个自然类群,果实表面钩刺结构有利于该属植物的传播及扩散,果实微形态特征具有分类学价值,可作为种间分类的依据。根据变豆菜属果实表面微形态特征,编制了该属植物分种检索表。     

小麦的分类、起源与进化

小麦是世界历史上最古老的作物之一,约在一万年以前,在西南亚,人类首先成功地将小麦进行栽培生产粮食,因此小麦栽培历史和人类开化有着密切的相互关系。在现代世界农业中,小麦也是最重要的作物之一。它分布面积很广,从北纬67°的挪威、芬兰和苏联到南纬45°的阿根庭都有栽培。世界生产小麦的地区有苏联南部、美国中部平     

小麦的分类、起源与进化

小麦是世界历史上最古老的作物之一,约在一万年以前,在西南亚,人类首先成功地将小麦进行栽培生产粮食,因此小麦栽培历史和人类开化有着密切的相互关系。在现代世界农业中,小麦也是最重要的作物之一。它分布面积很广,从北纬67°的挪威、芬兰和苏联到南纬45°的阿根庭都有栽培。世界生产小麦的地区有苏联南部、美国中部平原和加拿大相邻地区、地中海地区、中国、印度、阿根廷北部和澳大利亚的西南部。这类作物在比较宽的环境 范围内都能获得高产。据统计,全世界有1/3的人口以小麦为主要粮食.消费的小麦食物卡值占全世界的20%以上。     

中国15种变豆菜属植物的花粉形态及系统学分析

利用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对变豆菜属15种植物的花粉形态进行观察。结果表明,变豆菜属15种植物的花粉大小为（28.51~54.29） μm~（12.23~28.98） μm,极轴与赤道轴比值（Polar axis/Equatorial axis）为1.48~2.46,具三孔沟。花粉粒赤道面观有近矩形、赤道收缩形、长椭圆形等类型,其中近矩形和赤道收缩形占多数;极面观为圆形或三角圆形。在扫描电镜下,其外壁表面纹饰为网状。我们研究结果支持在伞形科变豆菜亚科中,变豆菜属植物的花粉具有中等进化、比较进化的形态特征,花粉形态可为个别物种的分类处理提供孢粉学证据。     

芸薹属植物起源，演化及分类的分子标记研究进展

本文概述了近几年来围绕芸薹屋植物的起源,演化和分类所进行的分子标记方面的研究进展,大量研究结果表明：芸薹属6个种基因组之间存在部分同源性,而且有大量的位点发生了重复,表明其是次生的多倍体种,是从一个染色体数目较少的祖选演化而来,在芸薹属基因组演化过程中发生了大量的染色体变异,如重复,易位,倒位,插入和缺失等。     

(木奈)李的孢粉学初步研究

为了解李的起源,应用扫描电镜对7份李(Prunus salicina L.var.cordata Y.He)、2份中国李(P.salicina Lindl.var.salicina)、1份樱桃李(P.cerasifera Ehrhart.)及3份杂种李的花粉形态进行观察和聚类分析,开展李的孢粉学研究。结果表明,这13份李属植物的花粉具条纹-穴状或脑纹-穴状纹饰,花粉形状均为长球形或超长球形,极面观为三裂圆形,具3条萌发沟,萌发沟以等间距环状分布,属N3P4C5类型。李的P/E(1.82~2.02)、花粉大小(823.70~970.42μm2)介于供试的其他6份李属植物之间,但其穿孔密度(0.520~1.141μm–2)除早圆油和早熟油外均远大于其他6份李材料;李花粉外壁具条脊,表面均形成大小、疏密不等的穿孔,且在条脊隆起、脊沟深窄等方面表现出了丰富的多样性,其中油早熟品系和晚熟品系的花粉纹饰、穿孔密度等还表现出了2种特征,因此,李的孢粉学特征可作为分类鉴定的一个重要依据。在遗传距离6.19水平上,13份李属植物可以分为3个类群,每个类群中均有李分布,李与李属间具有较近的亲缘关系。综合李花粉形态特征和聚类分析结果,推测李具起源于李属杂交后代的可能。     

东亚似鮈类鱼类的起源和演化

本文采用分支扩散法和分支离散法两种生物地理学方法分析了似　类的起源和演化。结果说明似类于第三纪末起源于中国北方的原始类,逐步向南扩散。在其物种分化过程中可能存在南北两个分化中心。     

山东植物区系的演变和来源

1　现代植物区系山东省位于我国东部、黄河下游 ,北濒渤海 ,东临黄海 ,地理范围介于北纬 34°2 3′～38°2 4′,东经 1 1 4°4 8′～ 1 2 2°4 3′之间。全省总面积为 1 5.72万 km2 ,占全国总面积的 1 .6%。属暖温带季风气候 ,沿海比较湿润 ,地带性植被主要是暖温带落叶阔叶林和松、栎类针阔叶混交林。山东省在中国植物区系的分区地位隶属于泛北极植物区、中国 -日本森林植物亚区、华北植物地区 [1 ]。据最近研究统计 ,现有野生维管植物 1 47科、61 4属 ,约 1 547种 (包括变种 ,下同 )。其中蕨类植物 2 4科 39属 1 0 5种 ,裸子植物 3科 3属 …     

Hox基因及其进化机制的研究进展

Hox基因是生物体内一类重要的发育调控基因家族.Hox基因高度保守,通常成簇存在,编码一类转录因子,在个体胚胎发育中起着重要的调控作用.近期研究表明,基因复制、基因序列变异及选择压力对Hox基因簇的产生和进化有重要作用,同时调节元件和协同进化对Hox基因的进化也有重要影响.     

George Gaylord Simpson as mentor and apologist for paleoanthropology

The influence of George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) on paleoanthropology provides a well-documented, historical example of how one scientific discipline can impact upon another, bringing the latter quickly “up to speed” without having to retrace ground covered by the former. Paleoanthropologists were bystanders during the formulation of the evolutionary synthesis (1936–1947). After World War II, the younger paleoanthropologists looked to George Gaylord Simpson as one of several mentors regarding the implications of the synthesis for their own discipline. But why Simpson? Having earlier defined the superfamily Hominoidea (1931) as holding the Pongidae and Hominidae and monographed lower primate fossils (e.g., “Studies on the earliest primates,” 1940), Simpson's “Principles of classification and a classification of mammals” (1945) further solidified his reputation as a mammalian systematist. Simpson's Meaning of Evolution (1949) was widely read as an introduction to the synthesis, and his Tempo and Mode in Evolution (1944) made accessible the more complex aspects. Consequently, in the 1950s and 1960s paleoanthropologists invited Simpson to participate in their symposia (e.g., “Some principles of historical biology bearing on human origins,” 1951; “The meaning of taxonomic statements,” 1964), used his books as classroom texts, and cited his publications to support claims for their own work. Later in the 1960s, Simpson moved from mentor to apologist, as the paleoanthropologists were by then familiar with the synthesis and incorporated its theoretical concepts in their interpretations of the many newly discovered hominoid fossils. Simpson now took special care to celebrate these results in his more general, less technical writings, acting as a forceful apologist for the materialistic view of human origins (e.g., “The biological nature of man,” 1966; “The evolutionary concept of man,” 1972). During the 1970s, Simpson's influence waned, and he became just another practitioner at the margin of the discipline. However, anthropologists acknowledged Simpson's earlier impact, for example, when he was invited, yet again, to address them at the 50th anniversary celebration of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in 1981.     

泡桐属的起源、演化与地理分布

1　属的起源根据地质历史资料和形态、生态综合分析 ,我们认为在第三纪早期 ,泡桐属中还只有一种 ,到第三纪中新世时 ,才分化成华东泡桐 ( Paulownia kawakamii)和毛泡桐 ( P.tomentosa)两个种。在第三纪地层中 ,毛泡桐叶的化石在我国山东、法国、捷克和北美都有发现 ,特别是同一时期在日本歧阜县发现类似华东泡桐直径 1 55cm的矽化树干 ,这样的大树 ,在现存的华东泡桐中是从未见过的 ,这说明在当时的环境下 ,华东泡桐是适应生长的。另外 ,在形态上两种泡桐均为树形较小、叶宽有角、叶缘有锯齿、宽大圆锥花序、深裂的花萼、较小的果实和种…     

中国植物区系中的特有性及其起源和分化

对中国植物区系中的239个特有属,分属67个科,进行了分析研究,列出了这些特有属在种子植物各个科的分布,现代地理分布范围。结果表明含特有属在10个以上的有5个科即Gesneriaceae,Compositae,Labiatae,Cruiciferae,Umbelliferae;其中以Gesneriaceae居榜首(27属),Compositae位居第二(20属),Labiatae有12属,居第三。含2属的科有15个,含1属的科有30个;其中Ginkgaceae,Davidiaceae,Eucommiaceae,Acanthochlamydaceae组成了中国植物区系最具古老性、特有性和代表性的4个单型科。在此基础上,从特有属在被子植物八纲系统各个纲的分布特点,以及在各个科组成和系统关系及已有地质、化石历史和系统学,形态,分子证据论述了这些特有属的起源、系统关系及在植物地理上的关系。在裸子植物中,特有属最为丰富,几乎皆是地质历史上北极-第三纪成分的残遗,起源时间较早,可追溯到白垩纪或更早。被子植物中,中国特有属存在于八纲被子植物的所有纲中,几乎在现代被子植物各个演化阶段均有古老残遗的特有类群存在,同时也不乏新特有类群尤其是在演化的高级阶段的类群。从起源上看,被子植物的古特有属主要发生于晚白垩纪和早第三纪,地质历史上大都占有广阔的分布区;新特有属多发生在新第三纪以后。其源头主要是北极第三纪、古热带第三纪(冈瓦纳第三纪)和古地中海第三纪的奇妙结合,不少类群是就地起源的;特有性是在第三纪中晚期以后北半球气候变迁,迁移途径(如北大西洋陆桥和白令陆桥)中断后形成的,这一时期是我国特有属形成发展的起始标志。     

A quantitative investigation of the chemical space surrounding amino acid alphabet formation

To date, explanations for the origin and emergence of the alphabet of amino acids encoded by the standard genetic code have been largely qualitative and speculative. Here, with the help of computational chemistry, we present the first quantitative exploration of nature's “choices” set against various models for plausible alternatives. Specifically, we consider the chemical space defined by three fundamental biophysical properties (size, charge, and hydrophobicity) to ask whether the amino acids that entered the genetic code exhibit a higher diversity than random samples of similar size drawn from several different definitions of amino acid possibility space.We found that in terms of the properties studied, the full, standard set of 20 biologically encoded amino acids is indeed significantly more diverse than an equivalently sized group drawn at random from the set of plausible, prebiotic alternatives (using the Murchison meteorite as a model for pre-biotic plausibility). However, when the set of possible amino acids is enlarged to include those that are produced by standard biosynthetic pathways (reflecting the widespread idea that many members of the standard alphabet were recruited in this way), then the genetically encoded amino acids can no longer be distinguished as more diverse than a random sample. Finally, if we turn to consider the overlap between biologically encoded amino acids and those that are prebiotically plausible, then we find that the biologically encoded subset are no more diverse as a group than would be expected from a random sample, unless the definition of “random sample” is adjusted to reflect possible prebiotic abundance (again, using the contents of the Murchison meteorite as our estimator). This final result is contingent on the accuracy of our computational estimates for amino acid properties, and prebiotic abundances, and an exploration of the likely effect of errors in our estimation reveals that our results should be treated with caution. We thus present this work as a first step in quantifying and thus testing various origin-of-life hypotheses regarding the origin and evolution of life's amino acid alphabet, and advocate the progress that would add valuable information in the future.     

Downsized Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary Transition to Modern Birds

Living birds are the most diverse land vertebrates and the heirs of a rich chapter in the evolution of life. The origin of modern birds from animals similar to Tyrannosaurus rex is among the most remarkable examples of an evolutionary transition. A wealth of recently discovered fossils has finally settled the century-old controversy about the origin of birds and it has made the evolutionary saga toward modern birds one of the best documented transitions in the history of life. This paper reviews the evidence in support of the origin of birds from meat-eating dinosaurs, and it highlights the array of fossils that connect these fearsome animals with those that fly all around us.