甘肃鼢鼠种群性比的研究

本文对甘肃鼢鼠种群的性比及性比的季节,年度和年龄组的变化进行了研究,并对种群性比与月平均气温,降水量等环境因子间的关系进行了分析,结果表明,甘肃鼢鼠种群的总性比（♀／♂）为１．５７,雌性明显多于雄性（Ｘ＾２＝４７．６,Ｐ〈０．０１）,并且,种群性比存在明显的季节和年龄变化,但性比的年度变化不明显,在４－８月份鼢鼠繁殖期,月降水量〈５ｍｍ,或月降水量〉４０ｍｍ的月份,月降水量与其后一月鼢鼠种群性比之     

昆虫滞育后的生物学特性

从昆虫滞育后性比、寿命、生殖力和重复滞育等方面对昆虫滞育后的生物学特性进行了概括,并分析了影响昆虫滞育后生物学特性数量表达的因子。这些因子包括:(1)滞育前昆虫的发育速率、取食行为和个体大小;(2)滞育期间的环境条件及昆虫取食行为;(3)滞育持续期;(4)滞育后的取食需求;以及(5)滞育后的温度和光周期。     

植物种群的性比

总结了植物种群性比的最新研究成果,阐明了自然界植物不同性别的个体间的差异、影响植物种群性比的因素和有关种群性比变化的机理,论述了种群性比变化研究的理论和实践意义.     

圈养大熊猫种群性比失衡现象产生机制的探究

大熊猫(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)的迁地保护工作已开展了近70年,基本实现了圈养种群的自我维持。根据2019年大熊猫谱系,现存圈养大熊猫种群(n=612)的总性比为1.22∶1 (♀336/♂276),与1∶1的性比有显著性差异(P=0.015),目前尚未开展性比失衡现象产生机制的探究工作。本研究以全国最大的圈养大熊猫种群为研究对象,梳理了该种群36年的出生性比、11年的分年龄雌雄个体数量和分年龄死亡雌雄个体数量,计算了出生性比和预期寿命等数据,旨在探究性比失衡的内在原因。结果显示,圈养大熊猫种群的出生性比为1.01∶1,与1∶1的性比无显著性差异(P=0.926);雄性大熊猫在幼年阶段死亡的比例高于雌性(♀38.24%/♂48.72%);圈养大熊猫的出生预期寿命中位数为21.4岁,其中雌性为23.5岁,雄性为19.8岁,雌性预期寿命比雄性长3.7岁。研究表明,圈养大熊猫种群性比失衡的内在原因是雄性大熊猫幼年阶段的死亡比例高于雌性,且雌性大熊猫预期寿命更长。本研究聚焦圈养大熊猫种群的性比失衡问题,首次计算了圈养大熊猫的预期寿命,可为圈养大熊猫种群的饲养管理和野外大熊...     

云南玉溪地区人口的性比

对云南玉溪地区1982年人口普查时的性比(男:女100)进行了分析,发现:(1)玉溪地区总人口的性比(99.22)比全国的(106.3)低,0—4岁与5—9岁儿童的性比(103.45与102.9)也比全国的(107.15与106.24)低。(2)傣族的性比特别低,其0—14岁儿童的性比为98.54;回族的性比也较低,其0—14岁儿童的性比为101.22;汉族0—14岁儿童性比则为104.16。(3)“大跃进”与“国民经济暂时困难”时期出生的人(20—24岁)性比特别低,仅为92.30,而且按民族,县,及城、乡分别统计时均有同样趋势。这一情况在全国人口性比统计中也得到证实。作者估计,这可能是当时自然流产增多造成的。(4)玉溪地区解放以来总人口性比不断增高,1953年为88.70,1964年为94.94,1982年则为99.22。(5)城镇人口的性比(156.48)比农村的(95.86)高得多,这与全国各地区相同。     

对亲本受孕时生理状态与子代性比关系的某些理论的检验

在亲本受孕时生理状态与代性比的关系上存在着多种理论。在１９８８－１９９２年期间，作者用实验对其中的营养理论、氧化还原理论、酸碱理论和激素假说的部分观点进行了检验。结果表明：这些理论在某种速度上均具有合理性。作者还发现：这些理论之间是相互联系的。用一系列生理指标来描述双亲受孕时影响子代性比的生理状态，对于通过调节配种时双亲的生理状态来控制子代性比具有重要意义。     

云南省人口的性比

对云南省1990年人口普查时的性比(男:女100)进行了分析研究,发现:(1)云南省总人口的性比(105.67)比1982年人口普查时提高了2.89,比全国的(106.60)仅低0.93,开始高出“性比较为严衡状态”(1003.5:1000),为1005.3:1000,且后8年年均递升速度为1982年的18年的2.19倍。(2)景颇族的性比特别低(95.77),而汉族0—14岁儿童性比则为107.27。(3)云南“大跃进”与“国民经济暂时旧难”时期出生的人,1982年”三普”时(20—24岁)性比特别低(101.11),可1990年“四普”时(28—32岁)却达107.84。(4)城镇人口的性比(113.01),比农村入门的性比(105.67)高得多,但差异在减小,(5)全省各地人口性比不同。     

云南大理白族自治州人口的性比

作者于1986年在《人类学学报》第5卷2期上发表了《云南玉溪地区人口的性比》一文,对云南玉溪地区1982年人口普查时的性比进行了分析,现将云南大理白族自治州同年人口普查时的性比材料报道如下。     

不同林龄阔叶红松林林下簇毛槭的性比格局及雌雄个体的空间分布

为探讨不同发育阶段林分下的雌雄异株植物与性别相关的性比格局和空间分布, 以5.2 ha的中龄林和1.0 ha的老龄林固定监测样地内簇毛槭(Acer barbinerve)雌、雄植株的定位观测数据为基础, 对比分析了长白山不同林龄的阔叶红松林中的已花簇毛槭的性比格局、空间分布及其与环境因子间的关系。研究结果表明: 中龄林和老龄林中雌树的胸径均显著大于雄树, 总体上性比极显著偏离1:1。随着树木的生长, 性比由偏雄性转变为不再偏离1:1, 这可能是因为雄树始花胸径较小所致。O-ring单变量点格局分析显示中龄林样地中的雌树和雄树符合异质性泊松分布, 老龄林样地中的雌树和雄树均完全随机分布。O-ring双变量点格局分析显示, 在随机标签假设下, 中龄林中的雌树和雄树在1-4 m尺度上空间负相关, 在4-100 m尺度上空间独立, 老龄林中的雌树和雄树在所有尺度上空间独立。簇毛槭在中龄林和老龄林中不同的空间分布格局说明中龄林中簇毛槭分布的斑块性相对明显, 随着林分的发育, 郁闭度较高的老龄林样地中环境异质性降低, 环境因子对簇毛槭分布的影响减弱。典范冗余分析(redundancy analysis, RDA)表明在中龄林中, 林分密度只能解释3.73%的雌树分布的变异, 与雄树分布的相关性不显著, 叶面积指数和非生物因子对雌树和雄树的影响均较弱; 老龄林中簇毛槭的分布与生物因子和非生物因子的相关性均不显著。     

蜜蜂性别决定与性比调控机理研究

叙述了 4个主要蜜蜂性别决定机理的假说 :即性位点假说、基因平衡假说、蜜蜂性别决定综合假说和性基因数量决定假说。然后就蜜蜂性比由蜂王操纵 ,或是由工蜂操纵进行了论述 ,并对蜜蜂性比调控机理研究提出了一些建议     

Patterns and mechanisms of sex ratio distortion in the Collaborative Cross mouse mapping population

In species with single-locus, chromosome-based mechanisms of sex determination, the laws of segregation predict an equal ratio of females to males at birth. Here, we show that departures from this Mendelian expectation are commonplace in the 8-way recombinant inbred Collaborative Cross (CC) mouse population. More than one-third of CC strains exhibit significant sex ratio distortion (SRD) at wean, with twice as many male-biased than female-biased strains. We show that these pervasive sex biases persist across multiple breeding environments, are stable over time, and are not mediated by random maternal effects. SRD exhibits a heritable component, but QTL mapping analyses fail to nominate any large effect loci. These findings, combined with the reported absence of sex ratio biases in the CC founder strains, suggest that SRD manifests from multilocus combinations of alleles only uncovered in recombined CC genomes. We explore several potential complex genetic mechanisms for SRD, including allelic interactions leading to sex-biased lethality, genetic sex reversal, chromosome drive mediated by sex-linked selfish elements, and incompatibilities between specific maternal and paternal genotypes. We show that no one mechanism offers a singular explanation for this population-wide SRD. Instead, our data present preliminary evidence for the action of distinct mechanisms of SRD at play in different strains. Taken together, our work exposes the pervasiveness of SRD in the CC population and nominates the CC as a powerful resource for investigating diverse genetic causes of biased sex chromosome transmission.     

紫胶虫的有效性比

利用前人调查数据及近年研究结果,比较分析了几种紫胶虫的有效性比。结果表明,在同一种寄主植物上,相同的世代,不同年份间,田紫胶虫有效性比出现差异;相同年份、相同世代,在不同寄主植物上的田紫胶虫和紫胶蚧有效性比出现差异;在相同的寄主植物上,田紫胶虫和信德紫胶虫在一年中的2个不同世代的有效性比存在差异;对于同一种寄主植物,在相同年份的同一个世代,紫胶蚧和信德紫胶虫有效性比出现一定差异;在相同年份的同一个世代,不同种胶在相同寄主植物上,田紫胶虫的有效性比出现变化。环境温湿度和寄主植物的结构、营养和生长速度等对紫胶虫的有效性比可能产生影响。紫胶虫性比偏斜的机制可能同时遵循局域交配竞争和局域资源竞争。     

No seasonal sex-ratio shift despite sex-specific fitness returns of hatching date in a lizard with genotypic sex determination

Sex allocation theory predicts that mothers should adjust their sex-specific reproductive investment in relation to the predicted fitness returns from sons versus daughters. Sex allocation theory has proved to be successful in some invertebrate taxa but data on vertebrates often fail to show the predicted shift in sex ratio or sex-specific resource investment. This is likely to be partly explained by simplistic assumptions of vertebrate life-history and mechanistic constraints, but also because the fundamental assumption of sex-specific fitness return on investment is rarely supported by empirical data. In short-lived species, the time of hatching or parturition can have a strong impact on the age and size at maturity. Thus, if selection favors adult sexual-size dimorphism, females can maximize their fitness by adjusting offspring sex over the reproductive season. We show that in mallee dragons, Ctenophorus fordi, date of hatching is positively related to female reproductive output but has little, if any, effect on male reproductive success, suggesting selection for a seasonal shift in offspring sex ratio. We used a combination of field and laboratory data collected over two years to test if female dragons adjust their sex allocation over the season to ensure an adaptive match between time of hatching and offspring sex. Contrary to our predictions, we found no effect of laying date on sex ratio, nor did we find any evidence for within-female between-clutch sex-ratio adjustment. Furthermore, there was no differential resource investment into male and female offspring within or between clutches and sex ratios did not correlate with female condition or any partner traits. Consequently, despite evidence for selection for a seasonal sex-ratio shift, female mallee dragons do not seem to exercise any control over sex determination. The results are discussed in relation to potential constraints on sex-ratio adjustment, alternative selection pressures, and the evolution of temperature-dependent sex determination.     

Egg incubation temperature differently affects female and male hatching dynamics and larval fitness in a leafhopper

Temperature effects on ectotherms are widely studied particularly in insects. However, the life-history effects of temperature experienced during a window of embryonic development, that is egg stage, have rarely been considered. We simulated fluctuating temperatures and examined how this affects the operational sex ratio (OSR) of hatching as well as nymph and adult fitness in a leafhopper, Scaphoideus titanus. Specifically, after a warm or cold incubation we compared males and females hatching dynamics with their consequences on the sex ratio in the course of time, body size, weight, and developmental rate of the two populations, all reared on the same posthatching temperature. Males and females eggs respond differently, with females more sensitive to variation in incubation temperature. The different responses of both sexes have consequences on the sex ratio dynamic of hatchings with a weaker protandry after warm incubation. Temperatures experienced by eggs have more complex consequences on posthatching development. Later nymphal instars that hatched from eggs exposed to warm temperature were larger and bigger but developmental rate of the two populations was not affected. Our study demonstrates how incubation temperature could affect operational sex ratio and posthatching development in an insect and how this may be critical for population growth.     

Parental control of sex ratio in Gammarus duebeni,an organism with environmental sex determination

Parental sex ratio control was investigated in Gammarus duebeni, an amphipod with an environmentally mediated sex determining system. The effect on the F2 generation sex ratio of the photoperiodic conditions experienced by a) the P generation during and after copulation, b) the F1 generation before and after sex determination, and c) the F2 generation themselves during the period of sex determination, was tested. The photoperiodic conditions the F2 generation experienced during the period of sex determination had a significant effect on their sex ratio (more males were produced under long-day than under short-day conditions), but the photoperiodic conditions experienced by the F1 generation males and females or the P generation on the F1 male's side had no effect on the F2 sex ratio. However, the photoperiodic conditions the P generation on the F1 female's side experienced significantly affected the F2 sex ratio. When these animals experienced long-day conditions the F2 generation became female biased and when they experienced short-day conditions, male biased. It is proposed that the mechanism of control operates through the F1 generation mothers whilst in an embryonic stage of development in the P generation mother's brood pouch. The photoperiodically mediated effects of the embryonic F1 generation mother and the F2 generation on sex determination are additive. A mechanism by which both F1 generation maternal and F2 generation sex ratio control could operate in the field is proposed.     

A model for environmental sex reversal in fish

A mathematical model is presented which combines genetic XX-female/XY-male sex determination with environmental pressure for phenotypic sex reversal. This may occur when fishes are exposed to endocrine disrupters, specifically masculinization by exposure to androgens and feminization by exposure to estrogens. A generic model is derived for the sex ratio in successive generations and three special cases, with chronic and constant pressure to sex reverse, are discussed in detail. These show that, with extreme environmental pressure to masculinize, the male genotype is at risk of dying out but with less extreme pressure, masculinization will not be detectable since the proportion of phenotypic males becomes one-half. With feminization at any pressure to sex reverse, the male and female genotypes will be maintained in a stable sex ratio in which the proportion of genotypic males exceeds one-half and is close to one-half if YY offspring (eggs) are not viable. In converse, the model is also applicable to the genetic ZZ-male/ZW-female system of sex determination in fish. At present suitable data are not available with which to validate the model, but proposals are made for relevant experimental studies.     

Genomic conflict in scale insects: the causes and consequences of bizarre genetic systems

It is now clear that mechanisms of sex determination are extraordinarily labile, with considerable variation across all taxonomic levels. This variation is often expressed through differences in the genetic system (XX‐XY, XX‐XO, haplodiploidy, and so on). Why there is so much variation in such a seemingly fundamental process has attracted much attention, with recent ideas concentrating on the possible role of genomic conflicts of interest. Here we consider the role of inter‐ and intra‐genomic conflicts in one large insect taxon: the scale insects. Scale insects exhibit a dizzying array of genetic systems, and their biology promotes conflicts of interest over transmission and sex ratio between male‐ and female‐expressed genes, parental‐ and offspring‐expressed genes (both examples of intra‐genomic conflict) and between scale insects and their endosymbionts (inter‐genomic conflict). We first review the wide range of genetic systems found in scale insects and the possible evolutionary transitions between them. We then outline the theoretical opportunities for genomic conflicts in this group and how these might influence sex determination and sex ratio. We then consider the evidence for these conflicts in the evolution of sex determination in scale insects. Importantly, the evolution of novel genetic systems in scale insects has itself helped create new conflicts of interest, for instance over sex ratio. As a result, a major obstacle to our understanding of the role of conflict in the evolution of sex‐determination and genetic systems will be the difficulty in identifying the direction of causal relationships. We conclude by outlining possible experimental and comparative approaches to test more effectively how important genomic conflicts have been.     

Heritability of sex tendency in a harpacticoid copepod,Tigriopus californicus

Abstract.— Systems with genetic variation for the primary sex ratio are important for testing sex-ratio theory and for understanding how this variation is maintained. Evidence is presented for heritable variation of the primary sex ratio in the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus californicus. Variation in the primary sex ratio among families cannot be accounted for by Mendelian segregation of sex chromosomes. The covariance in sex phenotype between full-sibling clutches and between mothers and offspring suggests that this variation has a polygenic basis. Averaged over four replicates, the full-sibling heritability of sex tendency is 0.13 ± 0.040; and the mother-offspring heritability of sex tendency is 0.31 ± 0.216. Genetic correlations in the sex phenotype across two temperature treatments indicate large genotype-by-temperature interactions. Future experiments need to distinguish between zygotic, parental, or cytoplasmic mechanisms of sex determination in T. californicus.     

Environmental determination of sex in Apistogrammai (Cichlidae) and two other freshwater fishes (Teleostei)

Environmental sex determination by temperature could be revealed significantly in 33 Apistogramma-species and in Poecilia melanogaster . In some, but not all, Apistogramma-species pH also influences the sex ratio, whereas neither temperature nor pH affect the sex ratio of Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae . The sex in offspring of A. trifasciata is determined within a sensitive period of about 30 to at least 40 days after spawning.