EVIDENCE FOR NEGATIVE FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION DURING EXPERIMENTAL COEVOLUTION OF A FRESHWATER SNAIL AND A STERILIZING TREMATODE

Host–parasite coevolution is often suggested as a mechanism for maintaining genetic diversity, but finding direct evidence has proven difficult. In the present study, we examine the process of coevolution using a freshwater New Zealand snail ( Potamopyrgus antipodarum ) and its common parasite (the sterilizing trematode, Microphallus sp.) Specifically, we test for changes in genotypic composition of clonal host populations in experimental populations evolving either with or without parasites for six generations. As predicted under the Red Queen model of coevolution, the initially most common host genotype decreased in frequency in the presence, but not the absence, of parasitism. Furthermore, the initially most common host genotype became more susceptible to infection by the coevolving parasite populations over the course of the experiment. These results are consistent with parasite-meditated selection leading to a rare advantage, and they indicate rapid coevolution at the genotypic level between a host and its parasite.     

THE GEOGRAPHY OF COEVOLUTION: COMPARATIVE POPULATION STRUCTURES FOR A SNAIL AND ITS TREMATODE PARASITE

Gene flow and the genetic structure of host and parasite populations are critical to the coevolutionary process, including the conditions under which antagonistic coevolution favors sexual reproduction. Here we compare the genetic structures of different populations of a freshwater New Zealand snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) with its trematode parasite (Microphallus sp.) using allozyme frequency data. Allozyme variation among snail populations was found to be highly structured among lakes; but for the parasite there was little allozyme structure among lake populations, suggesting much higher levels of parasite gene flow. The overall pattern of variation was confirmed with principal component analysis, which also showed that the organization of genetic differentiation for the snail (but not the parasite) was strongly related to the geographic arrangement of lakes. Some snail populations from different sides of the Alps near mountain passes were more similar to each other than to other snail populations on the same side of the Alps. Furthermore, genetic distances among parasite populations were correlated with the genetic distances among host populations, and genetic distances among both host and parasite populations were correlated with “stepping-stone” distances among lakes. Hence, the host snail and its trematode parasite seem to be dispersing to adjacent lakes in a stepping-stone fashion, although parasite dispersal among lakes is clearly greater. High parasite gene flow should help to continuously reintroduce genetic diversity within local populations where strong selection might otherwise isolate “host races.” Parasite gene flow can thereby facilitate the coevolutionary (Red Queen) dynamics that confer an advantage to sexual reproduction by restoring lost genetic variation.     

EFFECTS OF CLONALITY IN MULTIPLE INFECTIONS ON THE LIFE-HISTORY STRATEGY OF THE TREMATODE COITOCAECUM PARVUM IN ITS AMPHIPOD INTERMEDIATE HOST

Theoretical models predict that genetic relatedness affects the competition within and between parasite clonal groups sharing a common host. Here, we studied natural and experimental multiple infections of the trematode Coitocaecum parvum in its intermediate host. We focused on the effects of clonality on the life-history strategy of parasites competing for resources. Coitocaecum parvum can either delay maturation until its amphipod host is ingested by a definitive host, or adopt a progenetic strategy and reproduce inside the amphipod. Within a common host, clonal parasites were more likely to adopt identical life-history strategies than different genetic clones, both in natural and experimental infections. However, when timing of infection and other factors were controlled experimentally, parasites sharing a host were likely to adopt identical strategies regardless of their clonal identity, although pairs of clones were more likely to adopt progenesis than pairs of nonclones. The asymmetries in relative size and egg production between coinfecting parasites adopting the same life-history strategy were slightly, but not significantly, higher between different clones than identical clones. Our results suggest that the dynamics of competition between coinfecting parasites, although influenced by numerous external factors, is also modulated by genetic relatedness among parasites.     

THE EFFECT OF A VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT ON THE GENETIC CORRELATION STRUCTURE IN A FIELD CRICKET

The evolutionary trajectory of a trait depends not only on the presence of genetic variation, but also on the pattern of genetic correlations (r_g) among traits. Genetic correlations are most easily measured under homogeneous, controlled laboratory conditions, whereas natural populations typically experience a higher degree of environmental variability. The effect of environmental variability on genetic correlations in the cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus, was studied by measuring genetic correlations within and between two environments differing in levels of environmental heterogeneity. Within-environment r_g among morphological traits measured in the homogeneous laboratory environment were found to be reliable predictors of r_g measured in the experimental field environment. Laboratory measures of r_g involving life-history traits, though, were not found to reflect the same correlations measured in the heterogeneous environment. A significant negative genetic correlation between fecundity and developmental time was found in the field environment, yet was not detectable when measured in the laboratory. Phenotypic correlations may be obtained much more easily than genetic correlations, but their usefulness in evolutionary inference depends on the pattern of similarity between the two correlations. A comparison of genetic and phenotypic correlations revealed a close match between the two measures for morphological traits, but revealed only broad similarities when considering life-history traits. Male-female genetic correlations between morphological traits were high (all r_g > 0.73) and were consistently higher in the field environment than in the laboratory. The genetic correlations between the sexes in developmental time followed the same trend, but the male-female genetic correlation of gonad weights was low in both environments. Across-environment correlations were found to be strong for morphological traits and for gonad weight, whereas the genetic expression of developmental time was found to be dependent on the environment in which the crickets were raised.     

冬小麦不同基因型幼苗形态性状遗传力和抗旱性的研究

用植物根系喷雾试验箱培养冬小麦茶淀红×ＭＹ９０９４、轮抗７号×山农２１５９５３的四个亲本及其两个杂种Ｆ２,研究两叶到六叶期幼苗形态性状的遗传力及幼苗形态性状与抗生的关系。     

SEASONALLY VARYING DIET QUALITY AND THE QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT TIME AND BODY SIZE IN BIRCH FEEDING INSECTS

Abstract Genetic variance‐covariance structures (G), describing genetic constraints on microevolutionary changes of populations, have a central role in the current theories of life‐history evolution. However, the evolution of Gs in natural environments has been poorly documented. Resource quality and quantity for many animals and plants vary seasonally, which may shape genetic architectures of their life histories. In the mountain birch‐insect herbivore community, leaf quality of birch for insect herbivores declines profoundly during both leaf growth and senescence, but remains stable during midsummer. Using six sawfly species specialized on the mountain birch foliage, we tested the ways in which the seasonal variation in foliage quality of birch is related to the genetic architectures of larval development time and body size. In the species consuming mature birch leaves of stable quality, that is, without diet‐imposed time constraints for development time, long development led to high body mass. This was revealed by the strongly positive phenotypic and genetic correlations between the traits. In the species consuming growing or senescing leaves, on the other hand, the rapidly deteriorating leaf quality prevented the larvae from gaining high body mass after long development. In these species, the phenotypic and genetic correlations between development time and final mass were negative or zero. In the early‐summer species with strong selection for rapid development, genetic variation in development time was low. These results show that the intuitively obvious positive genetic relationship between development time and final body mass is a probable outcome only when the constraints for long development are relaxed. Our study provides the first example of a modification in guild‐wide patterns in the genetic architectures brought about by seasonal variation in resource quality.     

ON THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN HOSTS COEVOLVING WITH MULTIPLE PARASITES

Host–parasite coevolution has been studied extensively in the context of the evolution of sex. Although hosts typically coevolve with several parasites, most studies considered one‐host/one‐parasite interactions. Here, we study population‐genetic models in which hosts interact with two parasites. We find that host/multiple‐parasite models differ nontrivially from host/single‐parasite models. Selection for sex resulting from interactions with a single parasite is often outweighed by detrimental effects due to the interaction between parasites if coinfection affects the host more severely than expected based on single infections, and/or if double infections are more common than expected based on single infections. The resulting selection against sex is caused by strong linkage‐disequilibria of constant sign that arise between host loci interacting with different parasites. In contrast, if coinfection affects hosts less severely than expected and double infections are less common than expected, selection for sex due to interactions with individual parasites can now be reinforced by additional rapid linkage‐disequilibrium oscillations with changing sign. Thus, our findings indicate that the presence of an additional parasite can strongly affect the evolution of sex in ways that cannot be predicted from single‐parasite models, and that thus host/multiparasite models are an important extension of the Red Queen Hypothesis.     

灵芝对小鼠空间分辨学习与记忆的影响

本文用Y-型迷宫法测试小鼠空间分辨行为。实验结果表明,每日ig灵芝2.58/kg共7d,有明显促进学习的作用。每日ig灵芝2.5g/kg共7d或ig灵芝5g/kg共7d都能显著地拮坑东莨菪碱所致学习障碍的作用。此外,学习训练后立即ig灵芝2.5g/kg或ig灵芝5g/kg也有明显地改善东莨菪碱损害记忆巩固的作用。     

松树受害后一些化学物质含量的变化及其对马尾松毛虫种群参数的影响

通过探讨松树受害后松针的一些化学物质变化与马尾松毛虫Dendrolimus punctatus 种群参数的相互作用关系。结果表明：松针被马尾松毛虫为害后,针叶的氨基酸含量减少、单宁和总酚含量增加;马尾松毛虫取食被害松针后,体内的2种解毒酶(过氧化氢酶、羧酸酯酶)活性增加,其种群参数表现出发育历期延长、体重减轻、死亡率增加、生殖力下降的变 化。     

THE EFFECTS OF HOST-PLANT GENOTYPE,HYBRIDIZATION, AND ENVIRONMENT ON GALL-APHID ATTACK AND SURVIVAL IN COTTONWOOD: THE IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC STUDIES AND THE UTILITY OF RFLPS

Using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) we show how host-plant genotype and hybridization in cotton wood, Populus sp., affects the attack and survival of the gall-forming aphid, Pemphigus betae. Fremont cottonwoods, hybrid ???F1's and backcross ???1's were found to be highly resistant, while backcross 2's, 3's, 4's and pure narrowleafs ranged from highly resistant to highly susceptible with only a few trees being highly resistant. Results from our genetic analysis also suggest that resistance is likely polygenic, not the result of single gene resistance. In addition, genetic analysis showed that studies based upon leaf morphology alone give an inaccurate assessment of host-plant genotype ???and the extent of hybridization, altering previous views of the relationship between plant hybridization and pest attack. Previous studies assumed that narrowleafs were more resistant than backcross genotypes based upon comparisons of overall levels of resistance between the hybrid zone and the “pure” narrowleaf zone. Results from RFLP analyses, however, show that there are no significant differences in the levels of resistance between backcross genotypes (BC2's-4's) and pure narrowleafs. Furthermore, results show that the “pure” narrowleaf zone is in fact a mixture of pure and backcross genotypes, extending the zone of introgression previously reported. Experiments in combination with RFLP analyses suggest that resistance traits are differentially expressed along an environmental gradient partially explaining the previously reported differences in resistance between these two regions. In light of our results it is clear that genetic studies will be necessary to discern the true relationship between hybridization and pest resistance. Until such studies are widely conducted generalizations regarding the effects of hybridization on the structure and dynamics of pest populations will be premature at best.     

扑虱灵对稻飞虱及其捕食性天敌种群的影响

扑虱灵对稻飞虱的防治效果,及对捕食性天敌的毒性,进行了田间试验,并与叶蝉散,杀虫双的使用结果作比较．试验结果表明,扑虱灵对稻飞虱的防治效果达93％,与叶蝉散,杀虫双相比较。防治效果提高了2．39～32．85％．对黑肩绿盲蝽和蜘蛛种群具有不同程度的选择性,维护较低的稻飞虱与天敌的比值,有利于天敌作用的发挥,维持对稻飞虱较长的残效期,基本上可以控制稻田后期飞虱的增长．     

MATERNAL EFFECTS AND THE PERVASIVE IMPACT OF NESTLING HISTORY ON EGG SIZE IN A PASSERINE BIRD

Environmental conditions experienced during ontogeny may have important and permanent consequences for life-history traits of individuals. The aim of this work was to determine whether conditions experienced during early life, as expressed by prefledgling condition, have any bearing on the volume of eggs subsequently laid by females in a small passerine bird species, the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). I first show a genetic influence on egg volume by dam-offspring regression. The existence of maternal effects is shown by comparing resemblances between average egg volumes of offspring to those of their paternal and maternal grandmothers. Path analysis shows that when controlling for the influence of maternal egg volume, the average volume of eggs produced in a lifetime is positively related to the body condition of a female measured while she is still at the nest. Thus, body condition at fledgling affects egg volume beyond the ability of maternal egg volume to predict offspring egg volume. Although there may be a persistent maternal effect of egg volume on itself or linked to a property correlated with egg volume, the maternal performance trait involved remains unknown, except for maternal egg volume itself. Given the effects that egg volume may have on reproductive success, which are partly determined prior to leaving the nest, maternal effects may have important consequences for lifetime fitness of offspring.     

甘蓝和白菜上桃蚜种群的空间格局及其时序动态

1999-1992年在杭州郊区菜区连续调查了10茬结球甘蓝、19茬白菜上桃蚜Myzus Persicae种群的分布图式。利用这些数据计算出多项空间聚集指标,分析了各项指标与密度的相关性,然后选择受密度影响较小的负二项分布的K值,描述了种群的空间格局及其时序动态。两类蔬菜上桃蚜种群全年呈聚集分布;但聚集强度变化有明显的季节规律。一年中5月和11月前后有两个明显的扩散高峰;在蚜虫迁离本田的6～7月和重新迁入本田的9-10月前后则有两个聚集高峰。在一季作物上的聚集强度随时间的变化过程因季节而异,春夏季为高一低一高,秋冬季从高往低呈持续下降,而冬春季则呈上下随机波动趋势,文中最后对桃蚜种群空间图式及其时序动态特征的成因,尤其是气温和植株营养条件变化的影响进行了讨论。     

棉铃虫迁飞规律及其与寄主植物的互作关系研究进展概况

用飞行磨、透射电镜、风洞等测定了棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera(Htibner)成虫的飞行能力和飞行肌结构的变化,结合不同虫源滞育条件及抗寒能力比较、蛹与成虫的形态学比较及分子生物学标记、幼虫抗药性地理分布、海轮上捕捉、成虫携带花粉的分析和小规模成虫颜色标记-释放-回收试验,证明棉铃虫是一种典型的兼性迁飞性害虫;初步推断辽河流域特早熟棉区的棉铃虫虫源来自黄河流域棉区,各相邻的棉区之间有频繁的棉铃虫种群交流。观察棉铃虫触角上不同类型嗅觉感器的形态和分布,用EAG、GC-EAG、GC-MS等测试分析了棉铃虫对不同植物各器官抽提物的电生理反应及抽提物中的活性组分。发现吸引棉铃虫取食的挥发性它感化合物主要为极性较小的单萜烯类,而吸引其产卵的主要为倍半萜烯类及其它一些极性较大的化合物。改进了测定棉株内抗生性次生代谢产物的定性、定量方法,研究了棉酚、单宁对棉铃虫发育、繁殖的影响及2类次生物间的交互作用,通过杂交初步探讨了棉花常规抗虫性的遗传特性,并尝试了切断胚轴和转Bt基因内生菌处理棉花增强抗虫性的作用。认为在利用棉花自然抗虫性的同时,应结合各种人为手段增强其抗性,使其在棉铃虫猖獗条件下发挥更大的控制作用。从气候、营养、天敌、抗药性等方面研究了棉铃虫猖獗原因,初步认为：气候干旱是棉铃虫暴发的最主要环境条件,施肥水平特别是施氮量的日益增高是棉铃虫严重性上升的主要物质基础,而不合理使用化学农药是造成棉铃虫种群失控的主要人为因子。     

THE IMPACT OF SPATIAL SCALE AND HABITAT CONFIGURATION ON PATTERNS OF TRAIT VARIATION AND LOCAL ADAPTATION IN A WILD PLANT PARASITE

Theory indicates that spatial scale and habitat configuration are fundamental for coevolutionary dynamics and how diversity is maintained in host–pathogen interactions. Yet, we lack empirical data to translate the theory to natural host–parasite systems. In this study, we conduct a multiscale cross‐inoculation study using the specialist wild plant pathogen Podosphaera plantaginis on its host plant Plantago lanceolata. We apply the same sampling scheme to a region with highly fragmented (Åland) and continuous (Saaremaa) host populations. Although theory predicts higher parasite virulence in continuous regions, we did not detect differences in traits conferring virulence among the regions. Patterns of adaptation were highly scale dependent. We detected parasite maladaptation among regions, and among populations separated by intermediate distances (6.0–40.0 km) within the fragmented region. In contrast, parasite performance did not vary significantly according to host origin in the continuous landscape. For both regions, differentiation among populations was much larger for genetic variation than for phenotypic variation, indicating balancing selection maintaining phenotypic variation within populations. Our findings illustrate the critical role of spatial scale and habitat configuration in driving host–parasite coevolution. The absence of more aggressive strains in the continuous landscape, in contrast to theoretical predictions, has major implications for long‐term decision making in conservation, agriculture, and public health.     

PARTITIONING THE EFFECTS OF SPATIAL ISOLATION,NEST HABITAT,AND INDIVIDUAL DIET IN CAUSING ASSORTATIVE MATING WITHIN A POPULATION OF THREESPINE STICKLEBACK

Assortative mating is measured as a phenotypic or genotypic correlation between mates. Although biologists typically view assortative mating in terms of mate preference for similar partners, correlations between mates can also arise from phenotypic spatial structure arising from spatial isolation or habitat preferences. Here, we test whether diet‐assortative mating within an ecologically variable population of threespine stickleback results from small‐scale geographic isolation or microhabitat preference. We find evidence for assortative mating in the form of a positive correlation between mated pairs’ diets (measured using stable isotopes). Stable isotopes reveal diet differences between different nesting areas and among individuals using different nest habitat within a nesting area. This spatial segregation of diet types should generate some assortative mating, but is insufficient to explain the observed assortment strength. Significant male–female isotope correlations remain after controlling for spatial variables. We therefore conclude that sticklebacks’ diet‐assortative mating arises from additional behavioral preference. More generally, our results illustrate the point that spatial segregation can only drive appreciable levels of phenotypic assortative mating when environment‐phenotype correlations are parallel and strong in both sexes. Consequently, intraspecific assortative mating may typically entail mating preferences rather than just spatial cosegregation of phenotypes.     

甜高粱开花后干物质积累与分布的研究

甜高粱从开花期到成熟期间,穗部干物质积累总量的80％－85％的物质来自植株在此时期绿叶面积的光合作用。在同样的栽培条件下,甜高粱干物质积累量随穗部籽粒成熟状态而逐渐增加。其历程是,开花期低于乳熟期,乳熟期低于成熟期。单株干物质积累与分布呈S形曲线,穗部高于上茎,上茎低于中茎,中茎高于下茎。     

互花米草(Spartina alterniflora)草场土壤微生物生态分布及某些酶活性的研究

种植互花米草的盐沼土中,细菌、放线菌和真菌的数量比对照盐沼土中多。就不同深度来说,15—30厘米土层中,细菌数最多。细菌总数的增减趋势是:夏秋两季最多,冬春两季较少。在各生理类群中,氨化细菌占优势;固氮细菌、硝化细菌次之;反硝化细菌和硫酸盆还原细菌最少。内源呼吸作用强度、添加葡萄糖后的呼吸作用强度、氧化丙酮酸的能力和氧化多酚化合物的能力皆显示出同样的趋势,即三年生草场土壤中生物活性最强,光滩土壤中生物活性最弱。在光滩土壤中,脲酶和过氧化氢酶活性很低,而种植互花米草的土壤中这两种酶活性较强,但与种植年限和季节变化无显著相关性。     

塔里木盆地胡杨分布区的消退和林地更新复壮的初步研究

 本文从塔里木盆地的胡杨(Populus euphratica)与其生境间的关系,分析胡杨的消退原因和更新途径。泛滥因素支配了胡杨在裸地侵移过程;干旱气候使单优林地主要靠地下水生存而不能自然更新;林地生境受胡杨的生活周期支配,靠荒漠河道的摆动维持种群相对稳定。近年来,洪水被控制,改变了胡杨继续生存的条件、滥伐又加速了林地消退,林地难以通过种子恢复,桩萌矮林效益欠佳。用挖桩残留的断根萌株,类似插条繁殖、是更新与复壮林地较理想的方法。