杜鹃属(Rhododendron L.)的地理分布及其起源问题的探讨

杜鹃是人们所熟知的高山花卉，以它丰富的种类、独特的景观、优美的姿态和艳丽的花朵吸引着不少分类学家、生态学家和园艺学家对它们进行了广泛的研究和引种。我们在编写西藏植物志和云南植物志的基础上，试图就该属植物的地理分布及其起源问题进行初步的探讨。     

THE REPRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS OF DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA WITH D. MAURITIANA,D. SIMULANS,AND D. MELANOGASTER FROM THE AFROTROPICAL REGION

Hybridization tests among the four sibling species of the Drosophila melanogaster complex were made to determine the reproductive status of the recently discovered D. sechellia (which is endemic to a few islands and islets of the Seychelles archipelago) with regard to its three close relatives, D. mauritiana (endemic to Mauritius) and Afrotropical strains of the two cosmopolitan species D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Interstrain variation in the ability to hybridize with other species was also analyzed for D. melanogaster and D. simulans. D. mauritiana and D. simulans appear to be more weakly isolated from each other than either species is from D. sechellia. A striking unilateral mating success is observed in the cross of D. sechellia with D. simulans. The most extreme isolation is between D. melanogaster and its three siblings. Variation in the ability of strains to hybridize is observed in heterospecific crosses between D. simulans and either D. melanogaster or D. mauritiana.     

ON THE ORIGIN OF INCIPIENT REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION: THE CASE OF DROSOPHILA ALBOMICANS AND D. NASUTA

The nasuta subgroup of Drosophila consists of 12 known species classified within the immigrans group. D. nasuta and D. albomicans are two sibling species widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific tropics, which, although morphologically indistinguishable, have different meta-phase-chromosome configurations: chromosomes X and 3 are attached in D. albomicans, so that about 60% of its genes are sex-linked. Our experiments show that, at least in the laboratory, there is no sexual, mechanical, or gametic isolation between the two species. There is, however, hybrid “breakdown” expressed in three ways: 1) reduction in the number of F₂ hybrids produced per culture; 2) reduction in the fertility of F₂ (males) and F₃ (males and females) hybrid progenies; and 3) abnormal sex ratios in the progenies of crosses between strains of certain localities. In experimental populations, the karyotypes of both species are still present in substantial frequencies after 20 generations, although the frequencies of the two karyotypes vary depending on the geographic origin of the strains. Our results support the hypothesis that, in allopatry, the evolution of postzygotic isolation precedes that of prezygotic isolation. The mtDNA is polymorphic in both D. nasuta and D. albomicans and fairly similar between them. Assuming typical rates of mtDNA evolution, the two species would have diverged from each other about 500,000 years ago, whereas the African and Indian populations of D. nasuta (considered to be different subspecies by some authors) might have diverged some 350,000 years ago.     

FURTHER STUDIES IN THE GENUS DRYOPTERIS: THE ORIGIN OF D. CLINTONIANA,D. CELSA AND RELATED TAXA

Walker , S. (Liverpool Univ., England.) Further studies in the genus Dryopteris: the origin of D. clintoniana, D. celsa and related taxa. Amer. Jour. Bot. 49(5): 497–503. Illus. 1962.—Cytogenetic studies of 5 Dryopteris species, from North America, together with wild and synthesized hybrids between some of them, show that D. clintoniana and D. celsa are allohexaploid and allotetraploid respectively. Cytological and morphological evidence points to D. cristata and D. goldiana being parental to D. clintoniana, whilst D. goldiana and D. ludoviciana are parental to D. celsa. The taxon D. X australis is triploid and has been synthesized; it is the backcross between D. celsa and D. ludoviciana.     

THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERIPHERAL CILIATED RECEPTORS IN THE BIVALVE MOLLUSCS DONAX SERRA AND D. SORDIDUS

The siphons and mantle edge of Donax serra and D. sordidus possesstwo types of ciliated sensory receptor. Type 1 has > 7 ciliawith an exposed length of 0.7–2.4 µm. Type II hasfewer cilia (2–5) which are 2–6 µm long. Athird type (Type III) described from the tips of the tentaclesof the siphon and mantle edge of D. sordidus, possesses twotufts of cilia which are 12 µm long. All three receptortypes appear to be primary receptors. Estimates of abundanceshow that receptors are most numerous on the tips of the siphontentacles (9.75 x 10³. mm^–2), and it is suggested thatthese receptors function as chemoreceptors. (Received 11 May 1983;     

半枝莲多糖的分离、纯化及其理化性质

唇形科植物半枝莲全草的热水提取液经乙醇沉淀、去蛋白、逆向流水透析、DEAE-纤维素柱层析和Sephadex G-100柱层析得纯品半枝莲多糖(S-BP)。凝胶过滤及聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳证明为单一均匀成分。SBP的比旋度为[α]_D~(20)=+26.2°,不含氮,分子量13000,具有890cm~(-1)红外吸收峰。经纸层析和气相色谱分析,SBP含鼠李糖、阿拉伯糖、木糖、甘露糖、半乳糖和葡萄糖,其克分子比为1.14:1.50:0.20:0.75:1.0:2.18。     

A NEW ACOUSTIC SIGNAL OF THE FRUIT-FLIES DROSOPHILA SIMULANS AND D. MELANOGASTER

ABSTRACT

We found a new acoustic signal in Drosophila simulans (si) and D. melanogaster (me). It is a ‘rejection signal’ (RS) produced by adult males and young males and females in response to the courting behaviour of mature males who emit ‘pulse songs’ (i.e. love song: LS). It occurs most frequently in si, less in adults me except if the interacting males belong to different chemical morphs (i.e. temperate or equatorial population). There are no differences in the LS characteristics directed to various sexes and ages. The RSs produced by adult males or by young animals do not differ significantly either. They are emitted by neither virgin nor fecundated adult me females but a few times by virgin adult si females. The RS (like the LS) is a multipulse signal but intervals between pulses are about twice those of LS, around 90 ms for si and 80 ms for me. They are very irregular, as is the distribution of energy along the bandwidth mainly between 300 and 800 Hz for si and 200 and 600 Hz for me. The sound level of the RS is from 10 to 20 dB less than the LS. The RS seems to be linked to the ‘flicking’ behaviour produced by both wings, while the LS always corresponds to the so-called ‘wing vibration’.     

REPRODUCTIVE FEATURES OF DENTARIA LACINIATA AND D. DIPHYLLA (CRUCIFERAE), AND THE IMPLICATIONS IN THE TAXONOMY OF THE EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN DENTARIA COMPLEX

Reproductive features including ovule development, megasporogenesis, megagametogenesis, microsporogenesis, microgametogenesis, pollen tube growth, embryogeny, and natural seed germination were studied in a single population each of Dentaria laciniata Muhl. ex. Willd. and D. diphylla Michx. to test for possible agamospermy. The population of D. laciniata studied is sexual. The archesporial cell functions directly as the megasporocyte. It undergoes two meiotic divisions, but the micropylar cell of the dyad fails to undergo meiosis II, and a linear triplet of three cells is formed. The chalazal megaspore divides to form an eight-nucleate, seven-celled megagametophyte of the Polygonum type. Simultaneous cytokinesis follows the second meiotic division of the microsporocyte yielding a tetrahedral tetrad of microspores. A three-celled pollen grain is formed prior to anther dehiscence. Following apparent fertilization, the Capsella-variation of the Onagrad type of embryogeny results in a conduplicate embryo. Endosperm is initially nuclear, but eventually becomes cellular. Seeds readily germinate in nature. Similar events are documented in one population of D. diphylla up to the organization of the embryo-sac, which disintegrates before cellularization. These reproductive events and other data indicate that the eastern North American species of Dentaria may form a sexual polyploid complex with some sexual populations and some sterile ones.     

THE ELIMINATION OF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN OBSERVED AND CALCULATED P.D. OF PROTEIN SOLUTIONS NEAR THE ISOELECTRIC POINT WITH THE AID OF BUFFER SOLUTIONS

1. It had been noticed in the previous experiments on the influence of the hydrogen ion concentration on the P.D. between protein solutions inside a collodion bag and aqueous solutions free from protein that the agreement between the observed values and the values calculated on the basis of Donnan''s theory was not satisfactory near the isoelectric point of the protein solution. It was suspected that this was due to the uncertainty in the measurements of the pH of the outside aqueous solution near the isoelectric point. This turned out to be correct, since it is shown in this paper that the discrepancy disappears when both the inside and outside solutions contain a buffer salt. 2. This removes the last discrepancy between the observed P.D. and the P. D. calculated on the basis of Donnan''s theory of P.D. between membrane equilibria, so that we can state that the P.D. between protein solutions inside collodion bags and outside aqueous solutions free from protein can be calculated from differences in the hydrogen ion concentration on the opposite sides of the membrane, in agreement with Donnan''s formula.     

THE FOOD AND FEEDING ECOLOGY OF GREY-HEADED ALBATROSS DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA AND BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS D. MELANOPHRIS

The food and feeding ecology of Black-browed Albatrosses and Grey-headed Albatrosses was studied from 1975 to 1978 at Bird Island, South Georgia. Two hundred and seventy food samples (averaging 75–85 % by weight of the mean chick feed) were collected from adults of each species in February and March. Chicks of both species received meals of the same size, of which half consisted of liquid. The three major components of the solid diet (krill, squid and fish) were similar for both albatrosses. By weight, fish represented about 35 % of the diet of both species; squid predominated (50 %) in the diet of Grey-headed Albatross, and krill (40 %) in the diet of Black-browed Albatross. Lampreys were confined to the Grey-headed Albatross and, although squid of similar sizes were taken by both species, Black-browed Albatrosses took a much greater diversity of squid. Each major prey type was associated with a characteristic amount of liquid in the complete samples and only in the case of krill and lamprey was this lipid-rich.
As these two albatrosses are of similar size, breed over the same period and feed meals of equivalent weight to their chicks at similar intervals, the difference in the composition of the diet is possibly the most significant mechanism of ecological segregation (in the breeding season).
Evidence of the effect of krill shortage in drastically reducing Black-browed Albatross breeding success is presented to support this. The two species have largely non-overlapping winter oceanic ranges which are probably also correlated with the distribution of preferred prey.     

THE GENETIC BASIS OF SEXUAL ISOLATION BETWEEN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AND D. SIMULANS

The genetic analysis of sexual isolation between the closely-related species Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans involved two experiments with no-choice tests. The efficiency of sexual isolation was measured by the frequency of courtship initiation and interspecific mating. We first surveyed the variation in sexual isolation between D. melanogaster strains and D. simulans strains of different geographic origin. Then, to investigate variation in sexual isolation within strains, we made F₁ diallel sets of reciprocal crosses within strains of D. melanogaster and D. simulans. The F₁ diallel progeny of one sex were paired with the opposite sex of the other species. The first experiment showed significant differences in the frequency of interspecific mating between geographic strains. There were more matings between D. simulans females and D. melanogaster males than between D. melanogaster females and D. simulans males. The second experiment uncovered that the male genotypes in the D. melanogaster diallel significantly differed in interspecific mating frequency, but not in courtship initiation frequency. The female genotypes in the D. simulans diallel were not significantly different in courtship initiation and interspecific mating frequency. Genetic analysis reveals that in D. melanogaster males sexual isolation was not affected by either maternal cytoplasmic effects, sex-linked effects, or epistatic interaction. The main genetic components were directional dominance and overdominance. The F₁ males achieved more matings with D. simulans females than the inbred males. The genetic architecture of sexual isolation in D. melanogaster males argues for a history of weak or no selection for lower interspecific mating propensity. The behavioral causes of variation in sexual isolation between the two species are discussed.     

THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF POTATO VARIETIES TO INFESTATION BY THE EELWORMS DITYLENCHUS DESTRUCTOR AND D. DIPSACI

Twenty-five varieties of potato in common commercial cultivation were found to be susceptible to tuber attack by potato-derived populations of Ditylenchus destructor under field and pot experimental conditions. Stunting and leaf deformation may also be caused by the eelworms but appear less consistently. A race of D. destructor from mushroom spawn had almost no effect on potatoes. Various races of D. dipsaci can reproduce in the shoot tissue of potato, sometimes causing damage. One population of this stem eelworm produced lesions on the tubers.