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Nicholas De Genova 《Dialectical Anthropology》2010,34(2):283-286
Workplace training offers a distinctly explicit and uniquely articulate site for the ethnography of the capital–labor relation
as an ideological phenomenon, where the everyday work of hegemony is shown to be deeply grounded in the everyday hegemony of work. In this
ethnographic account of a factory classroom devoted to introducing production workers to the precepts of Total Quality Management
and training them in Statistical Process Control, the neoliberal reform of the labor process—which sought to accomplish a
class decomposition of the company’s workforce in favor of an individualizing regime of workers’ personal responsibility and
accountability for various quality control operations—repeatedly provoked the company’s Latino workers into angry and vociferous
expressions of antagonism to management. Indeed, insofar as the management’s efforts to reform labor by decomposing the workforce
as a class formation merely intensified the prevailing preconditions of their racial formation, they thereby only exacerbated anew the Latino workers’ antagonism as workers to the terms of their subordination. Thus, the generic (ostensibly race-neutral) reform of the labor process initiated under the aegis of “Total Quality Management” implicated the presumed management of “quality” in a concomitant
reconfiguration of what was, effectively, a contemporary regime of racial management. 相似文献
2.
Construction of an integrated pepper map using RFLP,SSR, CAPS,AFLP, WRKY,rRAMP, and BAC end sequences 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
Heung-Ryul Lee Ik-Hyun Bae Soung-Woo Park Hyoun-Joung Kim Woong-Ki Min Jung-Heon Han Ki-Taek Kim Byung-Dong Kim 《Molecules and cells》2009,27(1):21-37
Map-based cloning to find genes of interest, markerassisted selection (MAS), and marker-assisted breeding (MAB) all require
good genetic maps with high reproducible markers. For map construction as well as chromosome assignment, development of single
copy PCR-based markers and map integration process are necessary. In this study, the 132 markers (57 STS from BAC-end sequences,
13 STS from RFLP, and 62 SSR) were newly developed as single copy type PCR-based markers. They were used together with 1830
markers previously developed in our lab to construct an integrated map with the Joinmap 3.0 program. This integrated map contained
169 SSR, 354 RFLP, 23 STS from BAC-end sequences, 6 STS from RFLP, 152 AFLP, 51 WRKY, and 99 rRAMP markers on 12 chromosomes.
The integrated map contained four genetic maps of two interspecific (Capsicum annuum ‘TF68’ and C. chinense ‘Habanero’) and two intraspecific (C. annuum ‘CM334’ and C. annuum ‘Chilsungcho’) populations of peppers. This constructed integrated map consisted of 805 markers (map distance of 1858 cM)
in interspecific populations and 745 markers (map distance of 1892 cM) in intraspecific populations. The used pepper STS were
first developed from end sequences of BAC clones from Capsicum annuum ‘CM334’. This integrated map will provide useful information for construction of future pepper genetic maps and for assignment
of linkage groups to pepper chromosomes. 相似文献
3.
Rahman A Azad MA Hossain I Qusar MM Bari W Begum F Huq SM Hasnat A 《Biological trace element research》2009,127(2):102-108
The purpose of the study was to determine the concentration of trace elements present in scalp hair sample of schizophrenic
patients and to find out the relationship between trace elements level and nutritional status or socioeconomic factors. The
study was conducted among 30 schizophrenic male patients and 30 healthy male volunteers. Patients were recruited from Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Medical University by random sampling. Hair trace element concentrations were determined by flame atomic absorption
spectroscopy and analyzed by independent t test, Pearson’s correlation analysis, regression analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Mn, Zn, Ca, Cu, and Cd concentrations
of schizophrenic patients were 3.8 ± 2.31 μg/gm, 171.6 ± 59.04 μg/gm, 396.23 ± 157.83 μg/gm, 15.40 ± 5.68 μg/gm, and 1.14 ± 0.89 μg/gm
of hair sample, while those of control subjects were 4.4 ± 2.32 μg/gm, 199.16 ± 27.85 μg/gm, 620.9 ± 181.55 μg/gm, 12.23 ± 4.56 μg/gm,
and 0.47 ± 0.32 μg/gm of hair sample, respectively. The hair concentration of Zn and Ca decreased significantly (p = 0.024; p = 0.000, respectively) and the concentration of Cu and Cd increased significantly (p = 0.021; p = 0.000, respectively) in schizophrenic patients while the concentration of Mn (p = 0.321) remain unchanged. Socioeconomic data reveals that most of the patients were poor, middle-aged and divorced. Mean
body mass indices (BMIs) of the control group (22.26 ± 1.91 kg/m2) and the patient group (20.42 ± 3.16 kg/m2) were within the normal range (18.5−25.0 kg/m2). Pearson’s correlation analysis suggested that only Ca concentration of patients had a significant positive correlation
with the BMI (r = 0.597; p = 0.000) which was further justified from the regression analysis (R
2 = 44%; t = 3.59; p = 0.002) and one-way ANOVA test (F = 3.62; p = 0.015). A significant decrease in the hair concentration of Zn and Ca as well as a significant increase in the hair concentration
of Cu and Cd in schizophrenic patients than that of its control group was observed which may provide prognostic tool for the
diagnosis and treatment of this disease. However, further work with larger population is suggested to examine the exact correlation
between trace element level and the degree of disorder. 相似文献
4.
Bogush TA Dudko EA Beme AA Bogush EA Kim AI Polotsky BE Tjuljandin SA Davydov MI 《Biochemistry. Biokhimii?a》2010,75(12):1421-1427
This review considers data on expression of different types of estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) in in vitro cultured cells of non-small cell lung cancer and also in human and animal lung tumors. Estrogens are shown to play an important
role in genesis and development of non-small cell lung cancer because the estrogen-stimulated cell proliferation as well as
antiestrogen-caused inhibition of proliferation occurred only in the cells expressing different types of estrogen receptors.
In general, the situation is similar to that observed in breast cancer, but in the cells of non-small cell lung cancer not
ERα are expressed in more than half of cases but ERβ. Just estrogen receptors β play the crucial role in inducing cell proliferation
in response to estrogens, and ERβ is a prognostic marker of a favorable course of non-small cell lung cancer. Data on the
interactions between ER and EGFR signaling pathways, as well as on the additive antitumor effect of antiestrogens (tamoxifen
and fulvestrant) combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (gefitinib, erlotinib, and vandetanib) are considered. The review
also includes data on the influence of estrogens on genesis and development of lung cancer in humans and animals and the frequency
of ERα and ERβ expression in non-small cell lung cancer in tissues from patients of the two sexes. Problems of quantitative
determination of α and β estrogen receptors in the tumor cells are also discussed. 相似文献
5.
Sarah S. Richardson 《Biology & philosophy》2010,25(5):823-841
This paper describes, analyzes, and critiques the construction of separate “male” and “female” genomes in current human genome
research. Comparative genomic work on human sex differences conceives of the sexes as like different species, with different
genomes. I argue that this construct is empirically unsound, distortive to research, and ethically questionable. I propose
a conceptual model of biological sex that clarifies the distinction between species and sexes as genetic classes. The dynamic
interdependence of the sexes makes them “dyadic kinds” that are not like species, which are “individual kinds.” The concept
of sex as a “dyadic kind” may be fruitful as a remedy to the tendency to conceive of the sexes as distinct, binary classes
in biological research on sex more generally. 相似文献
6.
Welbaum G.E.; Bian D.; Hill D.R.; Grayson R.L.; Gunatilaka M.K. 《Journal of experimental botany》1997,48(3):643-654
The freezing tolerance of many plants, such as pea (Pisum sativum),is increased by exposure to low temperature or abscisic acidtreatment, although the physiological basis of this phenomenonis poorly understood. The freezing tolerance of pea shoot tips,root tips, and epicotyl tissue was tested after cold acclimationat 2C, dehydration/rehydration, applications of 104M abscisic acid (ABA), and deacclimation at 25C. Tests wereconducted using the cultivar Alaska, an ABA-deficientmutant wil, and its wildtype. Freezinginjury was determined graphically as the temperature that caused50% injury (T50) from electrical conductivity. Endogenous ABAwas measured using an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay,and novel proteins were detected using 2-dimensional polyacrylamidegel electrophoresis. The maximum decrease in T50 for root tissuewas 1C for all genotypes, regardless of treatment. For Alaskashoot tips and epicotyl tissue, exogenous ABA increased thefreezing tolerance by 1.5 to 4.0C, while coldtreatment increased the freezing tolerance by 7.5 to14.8C. Cold treatment increased the freezing toleranceof shoot tips by 9 and 15C for wiland wild-type, respectively. Cold acclimationincreased endogenous ABA concentrations in Alaskashoot tips and epicotyls 3- to 4-fold. Immunogold labeling increasednoticeably in the nucleus and cytoplasm of the epicotyl after7 d at 2C and was greatest after 30 d at the time of maximumfreezing tolerance and soluble ABA concentration. Cold treatmentinduced the production of seven, three, and two proteins inshoot, epicotyl, and root tissue of Alaska, respectively.In Alaska shoot tissue, five out of seven novelproteins accumulated in response to both ABA and cold treatment.However, only a 24 kDa protein was produced in wiland wild-type shoot and epicotyl tissues aftercold treatment. Abscisic acid and cold treatment additivelyincreased the freezing tolerance of pea epicotyl and shoot tissuesthrough apparently independent mechanisms that both resultedin the production of a 24 kDa protein. Key words: Pisum sativum, cold acclimation, immuno-localization 相似文献
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Ayoub A. Mohamed Abdel Aziem A. Ali Naji I. Ali Elshafaee H. Abusalama Mustafa I. Elbashir Ishag Adam 《Biological trace element research》2011,140(3):284-290
The study was conducted to investigate determinants (clinical, nutritional, and nonnutritional factors) of anemia among pregnant
women in Kassala, eastern Sudan. Sociodemographic characteristics were gathered; serum ferritin, zinc, albumin, and C-reactive
protein were measured using different laboratory methods in a cross-sectional study of 250 pregnant women. Of the 250 women,
58.4% had anemia (hemoglobin (HB) <11 g/dl), 6.8% had severe anemia (HB < 7 g/dl), 19.6% had iron deficiency (S-ferritin <15 μg/l),
14.8% had iron deficiency anemia (<11 g/dl and S-ferritin <15 μg/l), and 38% had zinc deficiency (<80 μg/ml). S-albumin, zinc,
and ferritin were significantly lower in patients with severe anemia. While age, gestational age, ferritin, and C-reactive
protein were not predictors for anemia, primigravidae (OR = 2.7, 95% CI = 1.1–6.7, P = 0.02), low S-albumin (OR = 5.9, 95% CI = 1.4–25.2, P = 0.01), and low S-zinc (OR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.0–6.6, P = 0.03) were the predictors for anemia. While there was no significant correlation between hemoglobin, S-zinc, and S-ferritin,
there was a significant positive correlation between hemoglobin and S-albumin (r = 0.308, P = 0.001) and significant inverse correlation between hemoglobin and C-reactive protein (r = 0.169, P = 0.007). Thus, the role of chronic inflammation and zinc as possible contributing factors to anemia in pregnancy has important
implications for the clinical evaluation and treatment of these women. 相似文献
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Hans-Joachim Peters Heinz Köhler Hans-Joachim Duck Kurt Rudolf Günther Hans Pankau 《Biological trace element research》1982,4(2-3):241-243
In the case of experimental heart muscle infarction, the infarcted tissue of 18 pigs had a cadmium content of 0.38 μg/g dry
weight and a cobalt content of 0.45 μg/g dry weight. In 25 non-infarcted pig hearts, the cadmium concentration amounted to
0.27 μg/g dry weight and the cobalt concentration to 0.37 μg/g dry weight. Thus, as far as the infarcted heart muscle tissue
is concerned, there is a highly significant increase in the cadmium content (p<0.01) and a significant increase in cobalt content (p<0.05) compared to a non-infarcted heart. No differences were established with regard to chromium concentrations. 相似文献
9.
Danielle Burger 《Arthritis research & therapy》2000,2(6):472-5
The intricate interactions that regulate relationships between endogenous tissue cells and infiltrating immune cells in the rheumatic joint, particularly in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), were the subject of the meeting. A better understanding of these interactions might help to define intervention points that could be used to develop specific therapies. The presentations and discussions highlighted the fact that, once chronic inflammation is established, several pro-inflammatory loops involving tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-1β can be defined. Direct cellular contact with stimulated T lymphocytes induces TNF-α and IL-1β in monocytes which in turn induce functions in fibroblast-like synoviocytes. The latter include the production of stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) which enhances the expression of CD40L in T cells, which stimulates SDF-1α production in synoviocytes, which in turn protects T and B cells from apoptosis and enhances cell recruitment thus favoring inflammatory processes. IL-1β and TNF-α also induce IL-15 in fibroblast-like synoviocytes, which induces the production of IL-17 which in turn potentiates IL-1β and TNF-α production in monocyte-macrophages. This underlines the importance of TNF-α and IL-1β in RA pathogenesis, and helps explain the efficiency of agents blocking the activity of these cytokines in RA. Factors able to block the induction of cytokine production (such as apolipoprotein A-I [apo A-I] and interferon [IFN]-β) might interfere more distally in the inflammatory process. Furthermore, stimulated T lymphocytes produce osteoclast differentiation factor (ODF), which triggers erosive functions of osteoclasts. Therefore, factors capable of affecting the level of T lymphocyte activation, such as IFN-β, IL-15 antagonist, or SDF-1α antagonist, might be of interest in RA therapy. 相似文献
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Fructose and H2 were compared as electron donors for hydrogenation of carbon-carbon double bonds using Acetobacterium woodii. Caffeate was used as a model substrate. An electron donor was required and both fructose and H2 were suitable. With fructose as the donor, the K
s for caffeate was 0.5 mM and the V
max was 678 mmol kgdry weight
−1 h−1.␣Fructose oxidation was coupled very efficiently to caffeate reduction by an alteration in the fructose fermentation so that
acetate was no longer produced.
Received: 24 June 1996 / Accepted: 1 July 1996 相似文献
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Güçlü BK Kara K Beyaz L Uyanik F Eren M Atasever A 《Biological trace element research》2008,125(2):160-169
This study was performed to determine the effects of copper proteinate on performance, blood chemistry, lipid peroxidation
status, and organs as well as copper deposition in the liver and eggs of laying hens. Seventy-two 30-week-old Bovans laying
hens were distributed into four groups with three replicates. Animals were fed basal diet containing at least 17% crude protein
and 2,800 kcal/kg metabolizable energy supplemented with either 0, 150, 300, or 450 mg/kg copper as copper proteinate. Supplementation
of 150 and 300 mg/kg copper increased egg production, whereas 450 mg/kg copper decreased (p < 0.001). Liver copper levels were elevated in 300 and 450 mg/kg copper-supplemented groups (p < 0.001). Egg copper contents increased in all treatment groups (p < 0.01). An increase in glucose (p < 0.001) and decreases in albumin (p < 0.01) and total cholesterol (p < 0.05) levels were determined with 300 and 450 mg/kg copper. Supplementation of 450 mg/kg copper increased alkaline phosphatase
and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase activities (p < 0.05), malondialdehyde, and high-density lipoprotein levels (p < 0.01) but decreased alanine aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase activities (p < 0.01). No gross and microscopic changes were observed in the liver and kidneys. These results indicated that 150 and 300 mg/kg
copper increased egg production without having marked adverse effects, but 450 mg/kg copper altered some blood chemistry variables
and reduced egg production in laying hens. 相似文献
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Postpartum scalp hair samples from 82 term-pregnancy mother/neonate pairs were analyzed for their concentration of zinc (Zn),
copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb), using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Maternal and neonatal Zn concentrations
had geometric means (and 99% confidence intervals) of 122.5 μg/g (117.9–131.5 μg/g) and 146.9 μg (141.5–156.7 μg/g) respectively.
Corresponding Cu values were 18.4 μg/g (17.6–23.8 μg/g) and 6.7 μg/g (6.3–7.6 μg/g). Those of Cd were 0.49 μg/g (0.47–0.69
μg/g) in the mothers and 0.57 μg/g (0.55–0.86 μg/g) in the neonates. For Pb, they were 7.95 μg/g (7.60–9.32 μg/g) and 4.56
μg/g (4.39–5.56 μg/g). Cigaret smoking, despite its relatively low prevalence (19.5%), was associated with lower Zn and higher
Cd and Pb concentrations and in lower Zn/Cd and Zn/Pb molar concentration ratios. Smoking also altered interelemental relationships,
particularly those of Zn with Cd and Pb and those between Cd and Pb. Smoking frequency appeared to show negative dose-response
effects on maternal and neonatal Zn concentrations, Zn/Pb molar concentration ratios, and birth weight. Mothers with a history
of oral contraceptive (OC) usage had significantly higher Cu concentrations and lower Zn/Cu molar concentration ratios than
nonusers, with the highest Cu concentrations and lowest Zn/Cu values being associated with third-generation OCs. No similar
effects were elicited in the respective neonatal Cu concentrations. Neither alcohol consumption nor prenatal supplementation
with iron and/or folic acid had discernible effects on the maternal or neonatal elemental concentrations. The data from this
study suggest that in a given population of term-pregnancy mothers and neonates, significant interindividual variations in
hair trace element concentrations can occur, irrespective of commonality of general environment, and that lifestyle factors,
including cigaret smoking and OC usage history, can be significant contributory factors to such variations. The data are discussed
in relation to the effects of smoking-associated exposure to Cd and Pb exposure on Zn availability for placental transfer,
as well as on the quantitative maternal Zn supply levels to the fetus resulting from the known tendency of smokers to have
lower dietary intakes of Zn. The higher Cu concentrations in OC users are discussed in relation to altered Cu metabolism,
characterized by increased synthesis of the Cu-binding protein, ceruloplasmin, as an acute-phase antioxidant response to altered
lipid profile and increased lipid oxidation. 相似文献
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Bacterial degradation of pyridine, indole, quinoline, and their derivatives under different redox conditions 总被引:24,自引:0,他引:24
S. Fetzner 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》1998,49(3):237-250
Bacteria have evolved a diverse potential to transform and even mineralize numerous organic compounds of both natural and
xenobiotic origin. This article describes the occurrence of N-heteroaromatic compounds and presents a review of the bacterial
degradation of pyridine and its derivatives, indole, isoquinoline, and quinoline and its derivatives. The bacterial metabolism
of these compounds under different redox conditions – by aerobic, nitrate-reducing, sulfate-reducing and methanogenic bacteria
– is discussed. However, in natural habitats, various environmental factors, such as sorption phenomena, also influence bacterial
conversion processes. Thus, both laboratory and field studies are necessary to aid our understanding of biodegradation in
natural ecosystems and assist the development of strategies for bioremediation of polluted sites. Occurring predominantly
near (former) wood-treatment facilities, creosote is a frequent contaminant of soil, subsoil, groundwater, and aquifer sediments.
In situ as well as withdrawal-and-treatment techniques have been designed to remediate such sites, which are polluted with
complex mixtures of aromatic and heterocyclic compounds.
Received: 26 September 1997 / Received revision: 23 December 1997 / Accepted: 27 December 1997 相似文献
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Zabun Nahar Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Md Ashrafur Rahman Mohammad Arifur Rahman Wasimul Bari Sheikh Nazrul Islam Md Saiful Islam Abul Hasnat 《Biological trace element research》2010,133(3):284-290
The purpose of the study was to determine the serum concentration of trace elements of panic disorder patients and to find
out the relationship between trace element levels and nutritional status or socio-economic factors. The study was conducted
among 54 panic disorder patients and 52 healthy volunteers. Patients were recruited from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical
University by random sampling. Serum trace element concentrations were determined by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy
(for Mg, Zn, Ca, and Cu) as well as graphite furnace (for Mn). Data were analyzed by independent t test, Pearson’s correlation analysis, regression analysis, and ANOVA. The serum concentration of Mn, Zn, Ca, Cu, and Mg in
panic disorder patients were 0.37 ± 0.30, 0.67 ± 0.20, 99.91 ± 15.15, 0.83 ± 0.23, and 21.14 ± 3.72 mg/L, while those were
0.4163 ± 0.2527, 0.86 ± 0.3, 106.6073 ± 18.6531, 0.8514 ± 0.3646, and 21.37 ± 2.03 mg/L in control subjects, respectively.
The serum concentration of Zn decreased significantly (p = 0.001) in patient group. But the differences of the concentration of Mn, Ca, Cu, and Mg between patient and control group
were not significant (p = 0.522, p = 0.065, p = 0.800, and p = 0.712, respectively). Socio-economic data reveal that most of the patients were very poor and middle aged. Mean BMIs of
the control group (23.74 ± 2.71 kg/m2) and the patient group (22.62 ± 3.74 kg/m2) were within the normal range (18.5–25.0 kg/m2). There was no significant relationship between serum zinc level and BMI of patients (r = 0.038; p = 0.809). So the decreased level of serum zinc in panic disorder patients was not because of other reasons, but rather it
may provide a prognostic tool for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. 相似文献
15.
Thomas A. Gorr Barbara K. Mable Traute Kleinschmidt 《Journal of molecular evolution》1998,47(4):471-485
Phylogenetic relationships among reptiles were examined using previously published and newly determined hemoglobin sequences.
Trees reconstructed from these sequences using maximum-parsimony, neighbor-joining, and maximum-likelihood algorithms were
compared with a phylogenetic tree of Amniota, which was assembled on the basis of published morphological data. All analyses differentiated α chains into αA and αD types, which are present in all reptiles except crocodiles, where only αA chains are expressed. The occurrence of the αD chain in squamates (lizards and snakes only in this study) appears to be a general characteristic of these species. Lizards
and snakes also express two types of β chains (βI and βII), while only one type of β chain is present in birds and crocodiles.
Reconstructed hemoglobin trees for both α and β sequences did not yield the monophyletic Archosauria (i.e., crocodilians + birds) and Lepidosauria (i.e., Sphenodon+ squamates) groups defined by the morphology tree. This discrepancy, as well as some other poorly resolved nodes, might be
due to substantial heterogeneity in evolutionary rates among single hemoglobin lineages. Estimation of branch lengths based
on uncorrected amino acid substitutions and on distances corrected for multiple substitutions (PAM distances) revealed that
relative rates for squamate αA and αD chains and crocodilian β chains are at least twice as high as those of the rest of the chains considered. In contrast to
these rate inequalities between reptilian orders, little variation was found within squamates, which allowed determination
of absolute evolutionary rates for this subset of hemoglobins. Rate estimates for hemoglobins of lizards and snakes yielded
1.7 (αA) and 3.3 (β) million years/PAM when calibrated with published divergence time vs. PAM distance correlates for several speciation
events within snakes and for the squamate ↔ sphenodontid split. This suggests that hemoglobin chains of squamate reptiles
evolved ∼3.5 (αA) or ∼1.7 times (β) faster than their mammalian equivalents. These data also were used to obtain a first estimate of some
intrasquamate divergence times.
Received: 15 September 1997 / Accepted: 4 February 1998 相似文献
16.
V. V. Anistratenko 《Biology Bulletin》2010,37(2):130-137
The phenomenon of “switching” of the early ontogeny type (nonpelagic versus pelagic) is considered in the context of the presence
of alternative modes of early ontogeny in recent and fossil gastropod mollusks. Possible environmental inducing mechanisms
(decrease in salinity and/or water temperature), as well as the role of this phenomenon in the evolution of Gastropoda, are
discussed. The concept of a “mesopoikilohaline” zone is introduced; it is interpreted as a biologically important barrier
of salinity (presumably about 13–15‰) which plays the key role in suppression of the free-living larval stage during the process
of gradual water freshening. The change in strategy of early ontogeny is interpreted as a regulator of the adaptation process
and, to some extent, as a speciation mode in Mollusca. 相似文献
17.
Ellen Dissanayake 《Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.)》1995,6(2):99-117
In every known human society, some kind—usually many kinds—of art is practiced, frequently with much vigor and pleasure, so
that one could at least hypothesize that “artifying” or “artification” is a characteristic behavior of our species. Yet human
ethologists and sociobiologists have been conspicuously unforthcoming about this observably widespread and valued practice,
for a number of stated and unstated reasons. The present essay is a position paper that offers an overview and analysis of
conceptual issues and problems inherent in viewing art and/or aesthetics as adaptive, and it presents a speculative account
of a human behavior of art.
Ellen Dissanayake is an independent scholar who has straddled the abyss between biology and art for more than twenty years.
She is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. 相似文献
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Giambattista Brocchi’s (1814) monograph (see Dominici, Evo Edu Outreach, this issue, 2010) on the Tertiary fossils of the Subappenines in Italy—and their relation to the living molluscan fauna—contains a theoretical,
transmutational perspective (“Brocchian transmutation”). Unlike Lamarck (1809), Brocchi saw species as discrete and fundamentally stable entities. Explicitly analogizing the births and deaths of species
with those of individual organisms (“Brocchi’s analogy”), Brocchi proposed that species have inherent longevities, eventually
dying of old age unless driven to extinction by external forces. As for individuals, births and deaths of species are understood
to have natural causes; sequences of births and deaths of species produce genealogical lineages of descent, and faunas become
increasingly modernized through time. Brocchi calculated that over 50% of his fossil species are still alive in the modern
fauna. Brocchi’s work was reviewed by Horner (1816) in Edinburgh. Brocchi’s influence as a transmutational thinker is clear in Jameson’s (1827) “geological illustrations” in his fifth edition of his translation of Cuvier’s Theory of the Earth (read by his student Charles Darwin) and in the anonymous essays of 1826 and 1827 published in the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal—which also carried a notice of Brocchi’s death in 1827. The notion that new species replace older, extinct ones—in what today
would be called an explicitly phylogenetic context—permeates these essays. Herschel’s (1830) discussion of temporal replacement of species and the modernization of faunas closely mirrors these prior discussions. His
book, dedicated to the search for natural causes of natural phenomena, was read by Charles Darwin while a student at Cambridge.
Darwin’s work on HMS Beagle was in large measure an exploration of replacement patterns of “allied forms” of endemic species
in time and in space. His earliest discussions of transmutation, in his essay February 1835, as well as the Red Notebook and the early pages of Notebook B (the latter two written in 1837 back in England), contain Brocchi’s analogy, including
the idea of inherent species longevities. Darwin’s first theory of the origin of species was explicitly saltational, invoking
geographic isolation as the main cause of the abrupt appearance of new species. We conclude that Darwin was testing the predicted
patterns of both Brocchian and Lamarckian transmutation as early as 1832 at the outset of his work on the Beagle. 相似文献
19.
Travis O. Brenden Eric M. Hallerman Brian R. Murphy John R. Copeland Joseph A. Williams 《Environmental Biology of Fishes》2007,79(1-2):11-25
Although muskellunge, Esox masquinongy, fisheries in northern US states and Canadian provinces are increasingly being managed by introduction of restrictive harvest
regulations (e.g. 1370-mm (54′′) minimum length limits), many southern US muskellunge fisheries continue to be managed with
comparatively liberal regulations (e.g. 762-mm (30′′) minimum length limits) that are implemented statewide. We studied the
population dynamics of the New River, Virginia, muskellunge fishery and used predictive modeling to determine whether restrictive
harvest regulations also might prove beneficial for this southern latitude fishery. A creel survey was also conducted to learn
more about angler attitudes to the New River muskellunge fishery. Muskellunge grew quickly, with fish reaching harvestable
lengths (762 mm, 30′′) in 2–3 years. Muskellunge fishing pressure, harvest rates, and voluntary release rates were low compared
with reports for more northern areas. Most anglers, irrespective of how often they fished for muskellunge, defined “trophy”
muskellunge to be approximately 1050–1100 mm (41–43′′) in length. Although angler support for restrictive harvest regulations
was low, abundance of memorable-length (≥1070 mm, 42′′) muskellunge was predicted to increase under all evaluated length limits.
Muskellunge yield would remain static at 914-mm (36′′) and 1016-mm (40′′) length limits, because of the rapid growth of fish,
but yield would decline dramatically with a 1143-mm (45′′) length limit, because male muskellunge rarely exceeded 1100 mm
(43′′). Because of rapid growth and low release rates, implementation of higher length limits (e.g. 965–1067 mm, 38–42′′)
may indeed prove beneficial for augmenting “trophy” muskellunge production on the New River. Angler support for higher minimum
length limits might be increased by educating anglers about the rapid growth rates of muskellunge and the expected size structure
changes that will result from a length-limit increase. Size structure changes resulting from an increase in the minimum length
limit may be difficult to detect because of potential increases in fishing pressure or reduced fish growth as a result of
competition for food resources. Long-term monitoring of muskellunge growth and angling pressure may therefore be needed to
ensure that new regulations are indeed benefitting the fishery. 相似文献
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Water exchange, temperature tolerance and oxygen consumptionof the snail, Trigonephrus sp., from the southern Namib desertof Namibia were examined and related to activity. At 25°Cand 15% R.H. mean water loss and food and water uptake were5.95 mg. day1 and 630 mg.day1, respectively. Bodytemperature tracked sand temperature. Snails tolerated sandtemperatures as high as 45°C. Mean ± S.D. oxygenconsumption rates were 32.0 ± 2.94 µlO2.g totalbody mass1.h1 at 15°C, when the snails wereactive, and 11.27 µlO2.g total body mass1.h1at 25°C, when the snails were inactive. These values are2-6 times lower than those recorded for the similarly sizedmesic snail, Helix aspersa. Activity experiments indicated thatlow ambient temperatures and high humidities were favoured bythe snails. This, together with the burying behaviour of thesesnails during high temperatures, suggests that they limit stressby restricting activity to physiologically-favourable periods,even though more-extreme conditions may be tolerated. (Received 7 June 1990; accepted 20 November 1990) 相似文献