夏蜡梅属的细胞地理学研究

本文首次报道西美蜡梅(Calycanthus occidentalis)的核型为K(2n)=22=20m(2SAT)+2sm,与美国蜡梅的变种光叶红(C.floridus var.oblongifolius)同属“2A”类型但较为原始,它们都比“1A”的夏蜡梅(C.chinensis)进化,三者由原始到进步的顺序可能为夏蜡梅—→西美蜡梅—→美国蜡梅(光叶红)。夏蜡梅属可能以较原始的夏蜡梅起源于东亚(中国),再东向迁移到北美洲(美国)形成西美蜡梅和美国蜡梅(光叶红)。     

夏蜡梅属花粉形态的研究

本文首次报道了夏蜡梅(Calycanthus chinensis)花粉的扫描电镜观察结果,并与西美国蜡梅(C.occidentalis)、美国蜡梅(C.floridus)的作了比较,表明前者较为原始,后者比较进化,夏蜡梅属(Calycanthus L.)可能以夏蜡梅起源于东亚(中国),与从细胞学、形态学等得到的结果一致。鉴于夏蜡梅与西美国蜡梅、美国蜡梅在许多性状上的较大差异,作者认为以Sinocalycanthus chinensis (Cheng et S.Y.Chang) Cheng et S.Y.Chang为模式种的单型属Sinocalycanthus Cheng et S.Y.Chang也许应予确认。     

夏蜡梅核型的研究

本文首次报道我国特有重点保护植物夏蜡梅的核型为K(2n)=2x=22=18m+2m(SAT)+2sm,属Stebbins的“1A”类型,在演化上处于相当原始的地位。它的核型似比北美的光叶红对称和原始,因此至少夏蜡梅属可能起源于中国。     

蜡梅

正蜡梅是我国特产的传统名贵观赏花木,原产于中部的秦岭、大巴山、武当山一带,在湖北神农架发现有大面积的野生蜡梅林。蜡梅为蜡梅科蜡梅属植物,因其与梅开放时间相近,色黄似蜜蜡,因而得名。蜡梅科包括蜡梅属和夏蜡梅属两个属。我国常见栽培的夏蜡梅属植物包括原产我国的夏蜡梅和原产北美的美国蜡梅。蜡梅属植物均原产我国,根据Flora of China记载,包括蜡梅、山蜡梅、柳叶蜡梅、突托蜡梅、浙江蜡梅、西南蜡梅,共6种。     

三种蜡梅属植物夏冬季光合特性比较

用便携式全自动光合测定系统测定蜡梅属的蜡梅(Chimonanthus praecox)、浙江蜡梅(C. zhejiangensis)和柳叶蜡梅(C. salicifolius)夏冬季的光合特性。对三个物种夏季和冬季的最大光合速率、光补偿点、光饱和点、净光合速率、羧化效率、气孔传导力、水分利用效率和叶绿素含量的变化进行比较。结果表明,三物种均属典型的耐阴植物,其中蜡梅的耐阴性强于另两种,冬季三物种的耐阴性有所降低。     

夏蜡梅

夏蜡梅[Calycantnus chinensis(W.C.Cheng &S.Y.Chang)W.C.Cheng & S.Y.Chang ex P.T.Li],隶居于蜡梅科夏蜡梅属.为落叶灌木,高1～3m;小枝对生,无毛或幼时被疏微毛;芽藏于叶柄基部之内.叶对生,膜质,卵圆形至倒卵形,长l8～26cm,宽11～16cm...     

夏蜡梅和美国蜡梅及属间杂种‘红运’营养器官解剖结构特征比较

采用石蜡切片法对夏蜡梅〔Sinocalycanthus chinensis(Cheng et S.Y.Chang)Cheng et S.Y.Chang〕和美国蜡梅(Calycanthus floridus L.)及属间杂种‘红运’(S.chinensis×C.floridus‘Hong Yun’)叶、茎和根的横切面解剖结构进行了比较观察。观察结果显示:夏蜡梅、美国蜡梅及杂种‘红运’的叶、茎和根的横切面解剖结构有较高的共性,但仍有明显区别。杂种‘红运’的叶片厚度、主脉维管束横截面面积和海绵组织厚度与夏蜡梅比较接近,而与美国蜡梅差异较大;杂种‘红运’叶的栅栏组织厚度与海绵组织厚度的比值(P/S)和栅栏组织厚度与叶片厚度的比值(P/L)均介于2个亲本之间,P/S和P/L 2个指标均为美国蜡梅最高、夏蜡梅最低。杂种‘红运’茎的直径、皮层细胞层数、皮层厚度、皮层厚度与茎半径的比值、木质部厚度和维管束面积等指标的数值均大于美国蜡梅和夏蜡梅。美国蜡梅根的髓部不发达,夏蜡梅根则有明显的髓部,而杂种‘红运’根的髓部较发达;美国蜡梅根的木质部和木栓层均最厚,髓部分布的大型导管数量最多;杂种‘红运’根的皮层最发达,木质部最不发达,髓部的大型导管最少。根据营养器官的解剖结构特征与生态特性的关系推测:夏蜡梅具有不喜强光、稍耐阴的生态特性,美国蜡梅的耐热性和光合能力最强,而杂种‘红运’比其母本夏蜡梅有更好的生态适应性。     

蜡梅科7树种的叶精油成分及其分类意义

本文用气相色谱法分析蜡梅科7种的叶精油成分和含量,结果检测出9种成分。不同的种类所含成分和含量都有差异。从整体来看,夏蜡梅属Calycanthus Linn,种类所含结构比较复杂成分的比例高于比较简单的成分,而蜡梅属Chimonanthus Lindl．种类的情况恰恰相反。这可能说明夏蜡梅属的系统发生比蜡梅属更古老。     

不同透光率和土壤含水量对夏蜡梅枝条生长量及叶片部分生理指标的影响

采用盆栽实验方法,研究了不同透光率(100%、50%、25%和15%)和土壤含水量(10%、25%、45%和65%)对夏蜡梅(Sinocalycanthus chinensis Cheng et S. Y. Chang)枝条生长量和叶片部分生理指标的影响,并对枝条生长量和叶片各生理指标间的相关性进行了分析.结果表明:在土壤含水量10%或全光照(透光率100%)条件下,夏蜡梅枝条生长量和叶片的叶绿素含量最低,MDA和可溶性糖含量以及SOD和POD活性均较高,脯氨酸和可溶性蛋白质含量最高;在透光率50%和25%或土壤含水量 25%和45%的条件下,枝条生长量和叶片的叶绿素含量提高,其他各项生理指标则有所降低;在透光率15%或土壤含水量65%的条件下,枝条的生长量和叶片叶绿素含量略有减小,其他各项生理指标则有所提高.总体上,随透光率的提高和土壤含水量的减小,夏蜡梅枝条生长量和叶片叶绿素含量呈逐渐减小的趋势,其他各项生理指标呈逐渐提高的趋势.透光率和土壤含水量对夏蜡梅枝条生长量及叶片的生理指标有交互作用,遮阳可在一定程度上缓解土壤干旱胁迫对夏蜡梅的伤害,增加土壤含水量也可在一定程度上缓解强光照对夏蜡梅的伤害;但透光率过低(15%)或土壤含水量过高(65%)则不利于夏蜡梅的生长.相关性分析结果表明,枝条生长量与叶片POD活性、脯氨酸和MDA含量呈极显著的负相关(P＜0.01),说明在胁迫条件下叶片这3项指标的变化与夏蜡梅枝条生长紧密相关,可通过这些指标判定夏蜡梅对其生境的适应程度.根据实验结果推测,在夏季高温阶段,夏蜡梅适宜在透光率50%、土壤含水量45%的生境中生长,在上海地区种植夏蜡梅应适当配植乔木和地被植物.     

蜡梅科植物的叶表皮特征及其在分类上的意义

用扫描电镜和光学显微镜观察了蜡梅科3属5种植物成熟叶片远轴面的表皮特征,认为这些表皮细胞特征和气孔器特征在分类上有比较重要的意义。蜡梅属、夏蜡梅属和美国蜡梅属植物的叶表皮毛均为单细胞毛、非腺毛,上、下表皮细胞均为多边形,垂周壁呈深波状,气孔器均为平列型．这三个属的亲缘关系密切,应该归属于同一个大类群－蜡梅科。这为蜡梅属、夏蜡梅属、美国蜡梅属的分类提供了有用的性状特征。这三个属气孔器的演化趋势为：气孔器在保卫细胞的两极无"T"型加厚到有"T"型加厚,气孔器由单层外拱盖到双层外拱盖．     

Absence of ptilodontoidean multituberculates from Asia and its palaeogeographic implications

Gobibaatar parvus Kielan-Jaworowska 1970, formerly the only representative of the Ptilodontoidea in Asia, is recognized to be a junior synonym of Kryptobaatar dashzevegi Kielan-Jaworowska 1970 and allocated to the Taeniolabidoidea. Members of the Ptilodontoidea are thus currently unknown in Asian faunas. Chulsanbaataridae Kielan-Jaworowska 1974 is a junior synonym of the Eucosmodontidae Jepsen 1940. The absence of Ptilodontoidea in Asia gives further support to the theory of one-way Late Cretaceous dispersal of mammals from Asia to North America. The Marsupialia and Ptilodontoidea originated in the New World and never reached Asia, whereas the Taeniolabidoidea and Eutheria originated in Asia and dispersed to North America during the Late Cretaceous.     

Des serpents (Reptilia,Squamata) de type nord-américain dans le Miocène Français. Évolution parallèle ou dispersion?

The French Miocene (Orleanian and Astaracian) yielded five new species of snakes referable to four genera from the Neogene or Recent of North America: Texasophis meini nov. sp., Paleoheterodon arcuatus nov. sp., Neonatrix europaea nov. sp., Neonatrix crassa nov. sp. (Colibridae) and Micrurus gallicus nov. sp. («Elapidae). It is suggested that Micrurus and the previously described boid snake Albaneryx from the French Miocene probably represent lineages that originated in North America and reached Europe by way of Asia. Paleoheterodon and Neonatrix could have originated in Asia and subsequently reached Europe on one hand and North America on the other. Texasophis may have originated in North America and followed the same route as Micrurus and Albaneryx, but an alternative hypothesis is that it originated in Asia and spread toward Europe and North America in the same manner as Paleoheterodon and Neonatrix.     

Determining biogeographical patterns of dispersal and diversification in oscine passerine birds in Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa

Aim  Several independent studies suggest that oscine passerine birds originated in Eastern Gondwana/Australia and from there spread to Southeast Asia and then to Africa. A recently constructed supertree including 1724 oscine taxa forms the basis for this study, in which we present a more detailed hypothesis of this out-of-Australia scenario.
Location  Australia, Africa, Southeast Asia, western Pacific, Indian Ocean.
Methods  We used the computer program DIVA to identify putative ancestral areas for each node. We also applied a molecular clock calibrated with three recently conducted studies of passerines to estimate the ages of basal nodes. Although these time estimates are rough they give some indication that, together with the putative ancestral areas, they can be compared with known events of plate tectonic movements in the Australian, Southeast Asian and western Pacific regions.
Results  The DIVA analysis shows that Basal Corvida and Crown Corvida originated in Australia. Ancestral nodes for Picathartes / Chaetops and Passerida originated in Africa, and the basal nodes of Sylvioidea also originated in Africa. For Muscicapoidea and Passeroidea we were unable to establish ancestral patterns. The molecular clock showed that Crown Corvida radiated between 20 and 30 Ma whereas Basal Corvida and the Passerida clade radiated from c . 45 to 50 Ma.
Main conclusions  Both approaches agree that: (1) Crown Corvida spread from Australia to Southeast Asia, with several dispersal events around the time when the terranes of Australian and Indomalayan origin came close together some 15 Ma, and (2) a single dispersal event went from Australia across the Indian Ocean to Africa c . 45–50 Ma, leading to the very large radiation of the parvorder Passerida. The latter hypothesis is novel, and contrary to the general view that oscines spread exclusively via Southeast Asia.     

遗传学视角下东亚人群的起源和演化

东亚是研究解剖学意义上现代人迁徙和演化的重要地带之一,该地区现代人群的起源及形成问题一直都是人类学领域广泛关注的焦点。遗传学研究为重建东亚人群历史提供了新的视角和见解。越来越多的遗传学证据表明,现代人约20万年前起源于非洲的晚期智人,并于10万年前走出非洲,大约在5~6万年前沿海岸线快速到达东亚南部,进而扩散到整个东亚地区。早期智人可能对走出非洲的现代人有一定程度的遗传贡献。早期定居、文化同化、人群迁徙以及基因交流等,对东亚人群的起源和演化起着至关重要的作用。前期的研究对东亚人群的源流历史进行了细致的分析,很大程度上解决了考古学、历史学等领域长期以来存在的分歧,然而这还需通过全基因组学和古DNA研究的进一步验证。本文从遗传学视角梳理和总结了东亚人群起源、迁徙和演化的历史,完善了对东亚人群演变的系统认识,并对未来东亚人群源流历史研究的发展方向做了展望。     

Molecular phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of tribe Neillieae (Rosaceae) using DNA sequences of cpDNA, rDNA, and LEAFY

A phylogeny of the tribe Neillieae (Rosaceae), which comprises Neillia, Stephanandra, and Physocarpus, was reconstructed based on nucleotide sequences of several regions of cpDNA, the ITS and ETS regions of rDNA, and the second intron of LEAFY, to elucidate relationships among genera and species in Neillieae and to assess the historical biogeography of the tribe. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that Physocarpus and Neillia-Stephanandra were strongly supported as monophyletic and suggested that Stephanandra may have originated by hybridization between two lineages of Neillia. Dispersal-vicariance analyses suggested that the most recent common ancestor of Neillieae may have occupied eastern Asia and western North America and that Physocarpus and Neillia-Stephanandra may have been split by an intercontinental vicariance event in the early Miocene. The biogeographic analyses also suggested that species of Neillia and Stephanandra diversified in eastern Asia, whereas in Physocarpus one dispersal event from western North America to eastern Asia occurred. Two divergent types of LEAFY sequences were found in the eastern North American species, P. opulifolius, but only one type was present in each plant. The two types of sequences may represent homeologous genes that originated by hybridization between P. capitatus and P. monogynus, both western North American species.     

木兰科的化石记录

通过整理和分析木兰科植物的化石记录发现：不论是植物大化石还是花粉,迄今为止在白垩纪以前地层中尚无可靠的记录,自白垩纪以来,木兰科的许多种广泛发生于北半球,如亚洲,欧洲及北美等地,但非洲和大洋洲至今尚未发现木兰科的化石记录。该科最早的化石记录为中国东北延吉地区早白垩世大拉子组的喙柱始木兰Archimagnolia rostrato-stylose Tao et Zhang. 根据现有化石记录,并结合木兰科现代植物的地理分布,推测：1）木兰科的起源时间不迟于早白垩世Aptian-Albian期;2）木兰科起源地点可能是东亚,后来经过欧洲进入北美,再从北美迁移到达南美洲;3）在地质历史时期,木兰属的出现比鹅掌楸属早,从而支持根据形态学与分子系统学研究得出的木兰属较鹅掌楸属原始的结论。     

Origin and evolution of Schistosoma japonicum

In his hypothesis on the coevolution of Asian schistosomes and snails, Davis implies that the ancestors of the Schistosoma japonicum and S. indicum species group were African and arrived in Asia via the Indian plate. This paper briefly reviews molecular phylogenetic relationships among species of the genus Schistosoma to test Davis’ theory about the origin and evolution of S. japonicum. All analyses using DNA base sequences, mitochondrial genome gene order and C-banding patterns suggest that Schistosoma originated in Asia and not Africa.     

Construction of the phylogenetic model for the genera of the tribe Arctiini (Lepidoptera,Arctiidae) with the SYNAP method

A new scheme of the phylogeny of the tribe Arctiini is proposed. The Western Mediterranean genus Atlantarctia is considered the most primitive one in the tribe; the rest of genera form two large clades Arctia-Pericallia and Gonerda-Platyprepia. The first clade is supposed to have been subjected to radiation in western Eurasia, and the second clade, in Asia and North America in the Palaeogene when the eastern part of Asia was isolated from western Eurasia. Subsequently, most probably in the Neogene-Pleistocene, representatives of both clades spread over the whole Eurasia and North America. The Arctiini fauna of the tundra zone, which includes the genera Acerbia and Pararctia, was formed in Asia and North America, whereas the subboreal fauna (both steppe and nemoral) originated in western Eurasia. The boreal genus Borearctia has most likely also originated in Asia.     

Global historical biogeography of hadrosaurid dinosaurs

Hadrosaurids were the most derived ornithopods and amongst the most diverse herbivore dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous of Europe, Asia, and the two Americas. Here, their biogeographical history is reconstructed using dispersal‐vicariance analysis (DIVA). The results showed that Hadrosauridae originated in North America and soon after dispersed to Asia no later than the Late Santonian. The most recent common ancestor of Saurolophidae (= Saurolophinae + Lambeosaurinae) is inferred to have been widespread in North America and Asia. The split between saurolophines and lambeosaurines occurred in response to vicariance no later than the Late Santonian: the former clade originated in North America, whereas the latter did so in Asia. Saurolophine biogeographical history included a minimum of five dispersal events followed by vicariance. Four of these dispersals were inferred to have occurred from North America to Asia during the Campanian and Early Maastrichtian, whereas a fifth event represented a southward dispersal from North to South America no later than the Late Campanian. The historical biogeography of lambeosaurines was characterized by an early evolution in Asia, with a Campanian dispersal to the European archipelago followed by vicariance. Reconstruction of the ancestral areas for the deepest nodes uniting the more derived lambeosaurines clades (‘hypacrosaurs’, ‘corythosaurs’, and ‘parasaurolophs’) is ambiguous. The split between North American and Asian clades of ‘hypacrosaurs’ and ‘parasaurolophs’ occurred in response to vicariance during the Campanian. The evolutionary history of North American ‘hypacrosaurs’ and ‘parasaurolophs’ was characterized by duplication events. The latter also characterized the Late Campanian ‘corythosaurs’, which remained restricted to North America. © 2010 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 159 , 503–525.