黄颡鱼和杂交黄颡鱼“黄优1号”形态及性腺发育的比较

选取相同养殖条件的10月、22月和34月龄的黄颡鱼和新品种杂交黄颡鱼(黄颡鱼P. fulvidraco♀×瓦氏黄颡鱼P. vachelli♂)“黄优1号”进行形态及性腺发育的比较研究。通过形体指标测量发现“黄优1号”生长性能显著优于黄颡鱼; 在22月和34月龄黄颡鱼中, 雄性的体重是雌性的2倍左右, 雄性生长速度显著高于雌性; 而在“黄优1号”中, 两性生长异形现象被显著减弱。基于性腺解剖形态分析发现雌性“黄优1号”卵巢完全退化, 呈细线状结构且没有卵子产生, 故“黄优1号”雌鱼完全不育; 雄性“黄优1号”精巢组织呈现透明状和退化状态。精巢组织切片HE染色分析发现10月龄“黄优1号”的精小囊为空腔状几乎没有精子产生, 22月和34月龄“黄优1号”的精小囊内出现极少量精子。计算机辅助精子分析系统(CASA)分析发现, 相比于黄颡鱼, “黄优1号”精巢中精子量非常少, 有效活力低下; 经过繁殖能力测试, 22月龄“黄优1号”雄鱼不具备繁殖能力。新品种杂交黄颡鱼“黄优1号”在生长性能提高上显现了杂交优势, 具有推动黄颡鱼产业发展的潜力。     

抗菌肽HBβ-C在全雄和杂交黄颡鱼对多子小瓜虫抗性差异中的作用

为研究全雄黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)、瓦式黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus vachelli)和杂交黄颡鱼(黄颡鱼P. fulvidraco♀×瓦氏黄颡鱼P. vachelli♂)对多子小瓜虫(Ichthyophthirius multifiliis)的抗性差异, 通过生物信息学分析黄颡鱼皮肤黏液蛋白质组, 发现其血红蛋白源抗菌肽(HBβ-C)位于血红蛋白β链HBβ的碳端, 共33个氨基酸。利用化学合成的不同浓度的HBβ-C肽段进行体外抗虫实验, 研究发现其能有效杀死滋养体、包囊体和掠食体阶段的多子小瓜虫, 其中15 μg/mL的HBβ-C能在3min内杀死所有滋养体。基因表达量分析显示, 在杂交黄颡鱼的鳃和皮肤组织中, HBβ的mRNA表达量高于全雄黄颡鱼; 但在应对小瓜虫感染的过程中, 全雄黄颡鱼的HBβ mRNA转录水平快速提升, 其表达水平和上升倍率显著高于杂交黄颡鱼。蛋白表达量分析显示, HBβ在全雄黄颡鱼鳃组织中的蛋白表达量明显高于杂交黄颡鱼。免疫荧光定位结果显示, 抗菌肽HBβ-C特异地在红细胞中表达, 可以分泌并附着在滋养体上。综上所述, 相对于杂交黄颡鱼, 全雄黄颡鱼中HBβ具有更高的翻译效率, 可以更高效地应对多子小瓜虫的感染。     

Decreased dopachrome oxidoreductase activity in yellow mice

Dopachrome oxidoreductase (DCOR) is a newly characterized enzyme in the melanin synthetic pathway, active in the conversion of dopachrome to 5,6-dihydroxyindole. DCOR and tyrosinase activity were measured in skin anagen hairbulbs from lethal yellow (Ay/a), sienna yellow (Asy/a) and recessive yellow (e/e) mice with and without treatment with melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH). DCOR activity was low (Asy/a) or absent (Ay/a, e/e) in yellow mice without MSH treatment, and increased dramatically in the lethal and sienna yellow mice with MSH. There was no increase in DCOR activity in recessive yellow mice with MSH. Corresponding tyrosinase activity was reduced in lethal yellow and sienna yellow mice without MSH, and increased with MSH. Tyrosinase activity was normal in recessive yellow mice without MSH and did not change with MSH. We conclude that DCOR is an MSH-sensitive enzyme and that DCOR activity is absent in recessive yellow melanocytes. The latter finding suggests that the extension locus may be the DCOR locus.     

大蜡螟幼虫的体色遗传规律

对大蜡螟Galleria mellonella幼虫不同颜色品系的普通遗传学分析表明,大蜡螟幼虫的体色遗传是常染色体遗传且符合复等位基因遗传规律。深黄色基因（AA）对灰黑色基因(BB)和灰色基因(CC)为显性,深黄色基因(AA)对白黄色基因(DD)、灰黑色基因(BB)对白黄色基因(DD)和灰色基因(CC)、灰色基因(CC)对白黄色基因(DD)为不完全显性。基因型为AD、BD、CD的个体,其表现型均为黄色;基因型为AA、BC的个体,其表现型均为深黄色。     

黄光灯对小白菜田蛾类害虫的防控效果及对非靶标昆虫和天敌的影响

为评估黄光灯对小白菜田蛾类害虫的控制效果,及对非靶标昆虫和天敌的影响,于2019年9-10月在河南省驻马店和2022年6-7月在河南省原阳的小白菜田开展应用黄光灯的试验,设置4个灯光处理和4个空白对照小区,处理区安装589±5 nm的黄光灯,于黄光灯设置10 d后每3 d调查1次,记录蛾类害虫及非靶标昆虫和天敌的种类和数量。结果表明,黄光灯对小白菜田蛾类害虫具有明显的控制效果,在黄光灯设置的13到22 d,驻马店试验田的平均防效为55.54%,原阳的平均防效为72.11%,而对田间的非靶标昆虫和优势天敌无显著影响。本研究为黄光灯的推广和应用提供了必要的实验依据。     

Pigmentation phenotype instability in Myxococcus xanthus.

Cells of Myxococcus xanthus FB2 produce tan or yellow colonies. Subcultures of tan colonies yielded tan and yellow colonies and subcultures of most yellow colonies yielded only yellow colonies. Strain FB2 variants in which the color type is more stable were obtained. Yellow cells were distinguishable from tan by the presence of pigment(s) with an absorption maximum at 379 nm. Fluctuation Test experiments and the presence of this pigment(s) in liquid cultures of FB2 indicated that tan phenotype cells spontaneously became or segregated yellow cells in liquid culture. The frequency of appearance of yellow cells was increased in low density cultures (less than 10(6)/ml). The increase cannot be explained by differences in growth rates of the two phenotypes. No evidence that cell-cell contact or culture medium constituents affect the appearance of the yellow phenotype was found. Ultraviolet irradiation of FB2 resulted in an increased proportion of cells producing yellow colonies among the survivors. Greater UV resistance of yellow cells and UV-induced conversion of tan to yellow accounts for this increase. Low level photoreactivation of viability and of the tan phenotype occurred. Incubation of FB2 in medium containing mitomycin C, nalidixic acid, phenethyl alcohol, or at 36.5 degrees C also resulted in conversion of tan to yellow cells.     

Comparison of the Wheat Brown and Yellow Rusts for Monocyclic Sporulation and Infection Processes, and their Polycyclic Consequences

Sporulation capacity and infection efficiency of wheat brown and yellow rusts were measured daily in favourable controlled conditions. Monocyclic sporulation capacity for a single lesion of yellow rust was 9 times greater than for an isolated lesion of brown rust, and 40 times greater than for a lesion of brown rust at medium infection density. Infection efficiency fluctuated and reached about 40 % for brown rust but remained under 5% for yellow rust. For both fungi, sporulation capacity and infection efficiency compensated for each other, but their product, the daily multiplication factor, was greater for yellow rust than for brown rust. Progeny/parent ratio was 3 times greater for yellow rust. Effect of daily multiplication factor variations on epidemic progress was simulated using a simple matrix model. Increase in number of lesions was faster in brown rust than in yellow rust because of a latent period shorter by 2 days. Semi-systemic growth of yellow rust fungus reduced, however, the difference between both fungi when sporulating surface was calculated.     

Cytotoxicity of yellow sand in lung epithelial cells

The present study was carried out to observe the cytotoxicity of yellow sand in comparison with silica and titanium dioxide in a rat alveolar type II cell line (RLE-6TN). Yellow sand (China Loess) was obtained from the loess layer in the Gunsu Province of China. The mean particle diameter of yellow sand was about 0.003 +/- 0.001 mm. Major elements of yellow sand were Si(27.7 +/- 0.6%), Al(6.01 +/- 0.17%), and Ca(5.83 +/- 0.23%) in that order. Silica and yellow sand significantly decreased cell viability and increased [Ca2+]i. All three particles increased the generation of H2O2. TiO2 did not change Fenton activity, while silica induced a slight increase of Fenton activity. In contrast, yellow sand induced a significant increase of Fenton activity. Silica, yellow sand and TiO2 induced significant nitrite formations in RLE-6TN cells. Silica showed the highest increase in nitrite formation, while yellow sand induced the least formation of nitrite. Silica and yellow sand increased the release of TNF-a. Based on these results, we suggest that yellow sand can induce cytotoxicity in RLE-6TN cells and reactive oxygen species, Fenton activity and reactive nitrogen species might be involved in this toxicity.     

Functional morphology of the light yellow cell and yellow cell (sodium influx-stimulating peptide) neuroendocrine systems of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Neuroendocrine light yellow cells of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis express a neuropeptide gene encoding three different peptides. The morphology of the cell system has been studied by in situ hybridization, using two synthetic oligonucleotides encoding parts of light yellow cell peptides I and III, and by immunocytochemistry with antisera to synthetic light yellow cell peptide II and to two fragments of light yellow cell peptide I. One large cluster of light yellow cells was observed in the ventro-lateral protrusion of the right parietal ganglion, smaller clusters lying in the posterior dorsal part of this ganglion and in the visceral ganglion. The cells had an extended central neurohaemal area. Immunopositive axons projected into all nerves of the ganglia of the visceral complex, into the superior cervical and the nuchal nerves, and into the connective tissue surrounding the central nervous system. Axon tracts ramified between the muscle cells of the walls of the anterior aorta and of smaller blood vessels. Peripheral innervation by the light yellow cell system was only found in muscular tissue of the ureter papilla. The antisera to the two peptide fragments of light yellow cell peptide I not only stained the light yellow cells, but also the identified yellow cells, which have previously been shown to produce the sodium influx-stimulating neuropeptide. The latter cells were negative to the in situ hybridization probes and antisera specific to the light yellow cell system. It is therefore unlikely that the yellow cells express the light yellow cell neuropeptide gene. Nevertheless, the cells contain a neuropeptide sharing antigenic determinants with light yellow cell peptide I. Our observations support the hypothesis that light yellow cells are involved in maintaining the shape of the animal via the regulation of ion- and waterbalance processes and blood pressure.     

Yellow fever in Africa: public health impact and prospects for control in the 21st century

In the last two decades, yellow fever re-emerged with vehemence to constitute a major public health problem in Africa. The disease has brought untold hardship and indescribable misery among different populations in Africa. It is one of Africa's stumbling blocks to economic and social development. Despite landmark achievements made in the understanding of the epidemiology of yellow fever disease and the availability of a safe and efficacious vaccine, yellow fever remains a major public health problem in both Africa and America where the disease affects annually an estimated 200,000 persons causing an estimated 30,000 deaths. Africa contributes more than 90% of global yellow fever morbidity and mortality. Apart from the severity in morbidity and mortality, which are grossly under reported, successive outbreaks of yellow fever and control measures have disrupted existing health care delivery services, overstretched scarce internal resources, fatigued donor assistance and resulted in gross wastage of vaccines. Recent epidemics of yellow fever in Africa have affected predominantly children under the age of fifteen years. Yellow fever disease can be easily controlled. Two examples from Africa suffice to illustrate this point. Between 1939 and 1952, yellow fever virtually disappeared in parts of Africa, where a systematic mass vaccination programme was in place. More recently, following the 1978-1979 yellow fever epidemic in the Gambia, a mass yellow fever vaccination programme was carried out, with a 97% coverage of the population over 6 months of age. Subsequently, yellow fever vaccination was added to the EPI Programme. The Gambia has since then maintained a coverage of over 80%, without a reported case of yellow fever, despite being surrounded by Senegal which experienced yellow fever outbreaks in 1995 and 1996. The resurgence of yellow fever in Africa and failure to control the disease has resulted from a combination of several factors, including: 1) collapse of health care delivery systems; 2) lack of appreciation of the full impact of yellow fever disease on the social and economic development of the affected communities; 3) insufficient political commitment to yellow fever control by governments of endemic countries; 4) poor or inadequate disease surveillance; 5) inappropriate disease control measures, and 6) preventable poverty coupled with misplaced priorities in resource allocation. Yellow fever can be controlled in Africa within the next 10 years, if African governments seize the initiative for yellow fever control by declaring an uncompromising resolve to control the disease, the governments back up their resolve with an unrelenting commitment and unwavering political will through adequate budgetary allocations for yellow fever control activities, and international organisations, such as WHO, UNICEF, GAVI, etc., provide support and technical leadership and guidance to yellow fever at risk countries. Over a ten-year period, of stage-by-stage mass yellow fever vaccination campaigns, integrated with successful routine immunisation, Africa can bring yellow fever under control. Subsequently, for yellow fever to cease being a public health problem, Africa must maintain at least an annual 80% yellow fever vaccine coverage of children under the age of 1 year, and sustain a reliable disease surveillance system with a responsive disease control programme. This can be achieved at an affordable annual expenditure of less than US$1.00 per person per year, with a reordering of priorities.     

A carotenoid-binding protein (CBP) plays a crucial role in cocoon pigmentation of silkworm (Bombyx mori) larvae

We examined the role of carotenoid-binding protein (CBP) in yellow cocoon pigmentation. First, using yellow or white cocoon races, we investigated the linkage between the yellow pigmentation and CBP expression. CBP was expressed only in the silk gland of the yellow cocoon races, which utilize carotenoids for cocoon pigmentation. Furthermore, CBP expression in the silk glands of day 1-7 fifth instar larvae matched the period of carotenoid uptake into the silk gland. Finally, we gave double-stranded CBP RNA to Bombyx mori (B. mori) larvae to induce RNA interference. The significantly reduced expression of CBP in the silk gland of fifth instar larva was confirmed on day 4 and a decrease in yellow pigmentation was observed in the cocoon. We showed that CBP plays a key role in the yellow cocoon pigmentation caused by carotenoids.     

Effects of hypophysectomy and the insulin-like and anti-insulin pituitary peptides on carbohydrate metabolism in yellow Avy/A (BALB/c x VY)F1 hybrid mice

The amino-terminal portion of human growth hormone, residues 1-43 (hGH1-43), has insulin-potentiating action, while a hyperglycemic pituitary peptide (HP), which co-purifies with human growth hormone (hGH), is antagonistic to the action of insulin. The effects of hGH, hGH1-43, and HP on glucose metabolism were assessed in young (4-5 weeks) and adult (6-8 months) hypophysectomized yellow Avy/A mice which lacked any interfering endogenous pituitary hormones, and compared with age-matched intact obese yellow Avy/A and lean agouti A/a mice. Treatment with hGH1-43 or HP did not promote body growth in hypophysectomized yellow mice; but after 2 weeks of treatment with hGH, there was a significant increase in body weight (P less than 0.05). Treatment with HP raised blood glucose and lowered insulin concentrations in obese yellow mice, but not in agouti or hypophysectomized yellow mice. The severely impaired glucose tolerance of the hypophysectomized yellow mice was improved by acute (60 min) and chronic (3 days) treatment with hGH1-43 as well as by 2 weeks of treatment with hGH; in contrast, HP had no effect. Glucose oxidation in adipose tissue from obese yellow mice was low and showed essentially no response to stimulation by insulin at doses lower than 1000 microunits/ml. Basal glucose oxidation rates in adipose tissue taken from agouti and hypophysectomized yellow mice were significantly higher (P less than 0.001) than those in tissue from obese yellow mice, and the rates responded significantly (P less than 0.05) to 100 microunits/ml insulin. The insulin binding affinities in liver membranes from agouti mice were higher than those from either obese or hypophysectomized yellow mice. The insulin receptor densities were similar in both agouti and obese yellow mice, but higher in hypophysectomized yellow mice (P less than 0.05). Treatment with hGH1-43 slightly increased, although not significantly, the insulin receptor density in yellow obese mice while hGH showed essentially no change. Therefore, hypophysectomy appeared to increase tissue response and decrease insulin resistance by increasing receptor numbers and lowering the circulating insulin levels. Furthermore, the insulin-like action of hGH was elicited directly in vivo by hGH1-43 in hypophysectomized yellow mice.     

菊花黄绿叶突变体不同类型叶片的叶绿素含量和结构特征比较

以菊花黄绿叶突变体-NAu04-1-31为试验材料,测定了黄叶、黄绿叶和绿叶3种不同类型叶片的叶绿素含量,并观察比较了叶片的显微与超微解剖结构.叶绿素含量测定表明:黄叶、黄绿叶的叶绿素含量显著低于绿叶,而黄叶叶绿素a与叶绿素b的比值大于绿叶.叶绿体显微与超微结构观察发现:黄叶细胞内叶绿体形状不规1则,缺乏正常的叶绿体膜结构,无类囊体,无淀粉粒,嗜锇颗粒较多;黄绿叶叶片栅栏组织绿色部分与绿叶的栅栏组织相似,黄色部分与黄叶的栅栏组织棚似,黄色部分的海绵组织中有类似于绿色叶片的海绵组织结构,而绿色部分含有类似于黄叶的海绵组织的结构特征.绿叶细胞内叶绿体较多,形状规则,基粒片层清晰,其内淀粉粒多而大,嗜锇颗粒较少.     

"Mode for mutation" in the natural population of Drosophila melanogaster from Umani is caused by distribution of a hobo-induced inversion in the regulatory region of the yellow gene

A mutation outburst of the yellow gene occurred in a Drosophila melanogaster population from the town of Uman' from 1982 to 1991 and was associated with the instability of several alleles. Molecular genetic analysis revealed a deletion variant of the hobo transposable element in the same site of the regulatory region of yellow in the mutant alleles and their derivatives. The outburst of the yellow-2 mutations was attributed to the spreading of the X chromosome, which contained an inversion of the yellow regulatory region, through the population. Reinversion resulted in the wild-type phenotype. Crossing lines carrying the inversion with laboratory line C(1)DX, ywf induced instability of the yellow alleles, which was associated with duplication or multiplication of a fragment of the yellow gene. Most derivative lines eventually became stable. The loss of instability was not associated with phenotypic changes; molecular genetic changes included a loss of the duplicated sequences or a deletion of the inverted regulatory region of the yellow gene.     

杂交黄颡鱼与普通黄颡鱼幼鱼生长性能及耐低氧能力的比较

实验以杂交黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)和普通黄颡鱼幼鱼为实验对象, 拟通过8周的投喂生长和低氧胁迫实验, 比较研究杂交黄颡鱼与普通黄颡鱼的生长性能及耐低氧抗逆性。投喂生长实验: 经过8周的养殖, 杂交黄颡鱼平均体重为(19.60±0.88) g/尾, 显著高于普通黄颡鱼平均体重为(15.74±0.42) g/尾(P<0.05), 杂交黄颡鱼幼鱼较普通黄颡鱼幼鱼体重生长快24.52%; 杂交黄颡鱼幼鱼存活率为(87.78±1.92)%, 显著高于普通黄颡鱼幼鱼存活率(67.78±1.92)% (P<0.05), 杂交黄颡鱼幼鱼比普通黄颡鱼幼鱼存活率高 29.51%; 杂交黄颡鱼的饲料系数为1.18±0.14, 普通黄颡鱼饲料系数为1.36±0.21。低氧胁迫实验: 同时将杂交黄颡鱼和普通黄颡鱼置于在溶氧量(1.48 ± 0.27) mg/L的水体中, 分别在低氧胁迫0、6h、12h和24h后, 检测血清和肝脏中抗氧化酶活性以及脑和肝脏中缺氧诱导基因(HIF-1α)的相对表达量发现: 杂交黄颡鱼和普通黄颡鱼血清和肝脏中乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)活性、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性在低氧胁迫后 6h以及总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)在低氧胁迫后 12h较低氧胁迫 0均出现显著性变化(P<0.05)且在低氧胁迫6h、12h和24h杂交黄颡鱼抗氧化酶活性均高于普通黄颡鱼; 杂交黄颡鱼和普通黄颡鱼脑和肝脏中缺氧诱导基因(HIF-1α)的相对表达量均在低氧胁迫后出现显著性上升(P<0.05)且在低氧胁迫6h、12h和 24h杂交黄颡鱼缺氧诱导基因(HIF-1α)的相对表达量均高于普通黄颡鱼。从无氧代谢能力、抗氧化能力以及缺氧诱导基因相对表达量3方面分析表明杂交黄颡鱼和黄颡鱼低氧胁迫短时间均具有一定的低氧耐受能力但随着胁迫时间延长均会出现氧化损伤且杂交黄颡鱼的耐低氧能力要显著性高于普通黄颡鱼。     

混合稀土对作物出苗率的影响

用OECD方法,在红壤、黄潮土、黄褐土上进行了混合稀土对水稻、油菜、大豆相对出苗率影响的试验,从LC50（半致死浓度）值看,在供试条件下,稀土对水稻的毒性最小,稀土在黄褐土上对作物的毒性也较小,而稀土对黄潮土上的大豆以及红壤上的油菜的毒性则较大。     

浙江南部近海小黄鱼资源分布及其与环境因子的关系

根据2015—2016年浙江南部近海4个航次的底拖网资源调查数据,利用广义可加模型分析了调查期内小黄鱼资源的分布特征及其与环境因子的关系.结果表明:浙江南部近海的小黄鱼资源主要集中在鱼山渔场,夏季为小黄鱼资源的高产期,站点平均资源密度达到500.74 kg·h^-1·km^-2.不同季节影响小黄鱼资源密度及其分布的环境因子各不相同.其中,环境因子对秋季小黄鱼资源密度的影响效果并不显著.春季,小黄鱼主要分布于水深较浅的高盐水域;夏季,水温和盐度均与小黄鱼资源密度呈负相关关系,小黄鱼主要分布于中温高盐的鱼山海域;冬季,水温与资源密度呈正相关,小黄鱼栖息于水温适宜的外侧站点水域.总体上,小黄鱼资源的分布特征符合其洄游习性,但个别环境因子与资源密度的关系难以解释,仍需进一步研究.研究结果有助于了解浙江南部近海小黄鱼群体的生活习性,以及对小黄鱼资源的养护和管理.     

How drone flies (Eristalis tenax L., Syrphidae,Diptera) use floral guides to locate food sources

In this study we show how inexperienced syrphid flies, Eristalis tenax, orient on artificial flowers by means of floral guides. To test the effect of floral guides such as line and ring markings on the probability and speed of the location of a potential food source, we exploited the spontaneous proboscis reaction triggered by yellow colour stimuli. We tested whether and how fast the flies, when placed on the edge of a circular dummy flower, found a small central yellow spot and touched it with the proboscis extended. The flies found the central yellow spot more often and faster if guide lines from the margin to the yellow spot were present. The effect of guide lines was dependent on the colour of the dummy flower, and independent of the colour of the guide lines, except for yellow guide lines releasing the proboscis reaction. The effect of guide lines was stronger if the yellow spot was hidden in a 2 mm deep depression and thus not as easily visible to the flies. Ring guides had a significant effect on performance only when the intensity of the central yellow spot was low.