蚜小蜂生殖、发育及其与寄主的关系

蚜小蜂是重要的农林作物害虫寄生蜂,被广泛应用于生物防治。文章将国内外对蚜小蜂的生殖与性别决定方式,蚜小蜂的生长和发育以及蚜小蜂对寄主的选择过程,寄生蜂对寄主激素平衡的调节与控制,蚜小蜂与其他寄生蜂之间的竞争作用等蚜小蜂与寄主之间的相互关系的研究概况进行综述。     

Tryptophan Decarboxylase,Tryptamine, and Reproduction of the Whitefly

Tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC) from Catharanthus roseus (periwinkle) converts tryptophan to the indole-alkaloid tryptamine. When the TDC gene was expressed in transgenic tobacco, the 55-kD TDC enzyme and tryptamine accumulated. Bemisia tabaci (sweetpotato whitefly) reproduction on transgenic plants decreased up to 97% relative to controls. Production of tryptamine, its derivatives, or other products resulting from TDC activity may discourage whitefly reproduction and provide a single-gene-based plant protection strategy.     

Ecology of two cytotypes ofButomus umbellatus II. Reproduction,growth and biomass production

Generative and vegetative reproduction of diploid and triploidButomus umbellatus L., and growth and biomass production of both cytotypes under two different nutrient levels were compared. Seedling survival was studied under controlled conditions in a growth chamber; the response of plants to different nutrient conditions was studied in experimental garden. Both cytotypes do not differ in seed germination and seedling survival. Triploids produce more aboveground and underground biomass, more numerous lateral rhizome buds, and have significantly higher flowering stalks. Low generative reproduction (limited seed production) in triploids is compensated for by more intensive vegetative reproduction. High nutrient level appeared to be stressful for plants of both cytotypes: it limits plant growth and causes plant mortality. Triploids are more viable than diploids in this case, which may be important for their survival under conditions of high trophic level.     

Reproduction of the canyon bat, Pipistrellus hesperus, in southwestern United States.

The reproductive biology of the bat Pipistrellus hesperus was investigated histologically using animals obtained from nature at monthly intervals throughout the year. The female shows proestrous morphological changes in late summer and autumn, which continue until early spring. Insemination is probably effected several times during proestrous, since both sexes are intermittently active throughout this period (August--April). Permanent arousal from torpor and return to normal metabolism in the spring results in ovulation. Both ovaries are functional and both uterine horns may be utilized. P. hesperus is monestrous; two young per bat is usual. The male spermatogenic cycle is initiated in late June and the first sperm are available for ejaculation in September. Some sperm remain in the seminiferous tubules until early March. The epididymides also serve in sperm storage with the caput emptied by late February and the cauda in April. Leydig cells are largely nonsecretory from March through July, a few are secretory in August and most are secretory in September and October. Active cells gradually decline in number until few are secretory in late March. Accessory sex glands are functionally cyclic: they are small from April through August, hypertrophy in September, and gradually involute to the resting stage through March, to achieve total involution in April. The penis, similar in structure to that of other vespertilionids, is thought specialized to insure effective insemination.     

Body Talk: Rhetoric, Technology, Reproduction

Body Talk: Rhetoric, Technology, Reproduction. Mary M. Lay. Laura J. Gurak. Clare Gravon. and Cynthia Myntii. eds. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000. xiii. 307 pp.     

骨桥蛋白与生殖

骨桥蛋白是细胞外基质的重要成分,它含有RGD序列,其主要受体为整合素αVβ3,二者相互作用共同参与介导细胞的聚集、黏附、增殖和迁移及免疫调节一系列重要过程.研究发现子宫内膜腺上皮细胞表达骨桥蛋白和其受体整合素αVβ3,且其在子宫内膜种植窗口期分泌至宫腔,推测与内膜容受性的建立及受精卵的种植有关.     

有性生殖与食者—被食者体系中的极限环

1　引　言种群生物学的原始假设认为,在一定条件下,任一种群,不管是有性生殖种群还是无性生殖种群,其自然增长都遵守ＶｅｒｈｕｌｓｔＰｅａｒｌＬｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ方程。按照这一方程,种群有一个平衡点Ｓ,Ｓ=Ｋ,Ｋ是环境负荷容量;并且随着种群大小(或密度)Ｎ的增加,种群的个体(或相对)自然增长率ｄＮ/Ｎｄｔ单调下降。这是由于存在拥挤效应。Ｌｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ方程不含Ａｌｌｅｅ效应或过疏效应[1,2]。实际情况与Ｌｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ方程有所不同,由于存在“拥挤效应”和“过疏效应”,第一,有一个最适种群大小Ｎｍ:随着Ｎ增加,ｄＮ/Ｎｄｔ在Ｎ<Ｎ…