云南中新世杉科化石木研究

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜首次对云南省楚雄州晚中新世石灰坝组石鼓村层的钙化木材进行了解剖学研究.鉴定出两种类型的木材:柳杉型落羽杉型木(Taxodioxylon cryptomeripsoides Schonfeld)和杉木型落羽杉型木(Taxodioxylon cunninghamioides Watari).二者分别与现代柳杉属和杉木属具有最接近的亲缘关系.根据这两种杉科化石木现存最近亲缘种的生态环境,并综合其他资料,推测该地区在晚中新世为温暖湿润的亚热带气候环境.     

杉科的细胞分类学和系统演化研究

根据杉科的核型资料,本文(1)提出“1B”可能是一个新的高等植物核型类型;(2)讨论了各属的有关分类学问题及相互亲缘关系,它们的进化顺序可能是柳杉属、水松属、落羽杉属、水杉属、巨杉属、红杉属、杉木属(密叶杉属与之近缘)、台湾杉属;(3)支持金松属分立成金松科,它可能比杉科各属原始;(4)红杉(AAAABB)的亲本可能是二个古代种水杉”和“巨杉”,它们的直接后裔或留下的近缘是水杉和巨杉;(5)杉科存在A和L两条进化路线,前者包括柳杉属、水松属、落羽杉属、台湾杉属,后者包括水杉属、巨杉属、红杉属、杉木属(密叶杉属);(6)提出一个杉科新系统(包括一个新亚科)：I．柳杉亚科(柳杉属),II．落羽杉亚科(水松属、落羽杉属),III．红杉亚科(冰杉属、巨杉属、红杉属),Ⅳ.杉木亚科(杉木属、密叶杉属),V．台湾杉亚科,新亚科(台湾杉属)。本文还对前人的杉科系统作了讨论。     

黑龙江晚白垩世化石木及其古环境研究

描述了3种出自黑龙江省嘉荫县晚自垩世的化石木:嘉荫柏型木(Cupressinoxylon jiayinense WangR.F.,Wang Y.F.et Chen Y.Z.)、柳杉型木(Taxodioxylon cryptomeria Schonfeld)和黑龙江原始云杉型木(Protopiceoxylon amurense DU N.Z.)。它们分别与现存的柏木属(Cupressus)、柳杉属(Cryptomeria)和油杉属(Keteleeria)有较近的亲缘关系。综合化石本研究与其现存近缘3属的地理分布区的环境分析和已有的植物叶大化石及孢粉的研究成果,黑龙江嘉荫地区晚自垩世的植被类型为针阔叶混交林,植物群由松柏类和阔叶树种组成,大多数是亚热带-暖温带分子,少量是温带分子。同时,嘉荫柏型木中真菌菌丝的侵入生长指示湿热生境的存在。上述证据表明黑龙江省嘉荫县晚自垩世为温暖、湿润的亚热带-暖温带气候。     

杉科的细胞分类学和系统演化研究

根据杉科的核型资料,本文(1)提出“1B”可能是一个新的高等植物核型类型;(2)讨论了各属的有关分类学问题及相互亲缘关系,它们的进化顺序可能是柳杉属、水松属、落羽杉属、水杉属、巨杉属、红杉属、杉木属(密叶杉属与之近缘)、台湾杉属;(3)支持金松属分立成金松科,它可能比杉科各属原始; (4)红杉(AAAABB)的亲本可能是二个古代种“水杉”和“巨杉”,它们的直接后裔或留下的近缘是水杉和巨杉;(5)杉科存在A和L两条进化路线,前者包括柳杉属、水松属、落羽杉属、台湾杉属;后者包括水杉属、巨杉属、红杉属、杉木属(密叶杉属);(6)提出一个杉科新系统(包括一个新亚科):Ⅰ.柳杉亚科(柳杉属),Ⅱ.落羽杉亚科(水松属、落羽杉属),Ⅲ.红杉亚科(水杉属、巨杉属、红杉属),Ⅳ.杉木亚科(杉木属、密叶杉属),Ⅴ.台湾杉亚科,新亚科(台湾杉属)。本文还对前人的杉科系统作了讨论。     

我国主要杉科花粉扫描电镜特征及化石水松的花粉形态鉴别

本文运用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和光学显微镜(LM)观察了水松属、柳杉属、杉木属和落羽杉属等代表性物种的花粉形态和细微结构,利用SEM对花粉外壁上附着的微颗粒进行了测量、统计和分析。研究发现,杉木花粉和落羽杉花粉外壁微颗粒及其小刺形态很容易与水松花粉区分开来。然而,水松属与柳杉属花粉形态较为相近,两者主要特点均为近球形,远极面乳头状突起较高,外壁附着的微颗粒具有刺状突起等。本文根据电子显微镜2-4万倍放大观察,分析研究了花粉表面附着的微颗粒大小以及微颗粒之上小刺的数目关系,发现水松与柳杉花粉仍可以通过花粉表面附着的微颗粒特征进行区分。此外,本文还对比了福建天湖山THD-1钻孔晚全新世化石杉科花粉,并认为绝大部分化石杉科花粉与水松花粉形态基本一致。本研究为第四纪化石花粉的属种鉴别提供了新的依据。     

杉科植物的系统发育分析

本文以形态学为依据,参考其他学科的研究成果,用分支分类方法并结合表征分类方法探讨了杉科植物的系统演化关系,提出了新的分类系统。在分支分类中,金松科被选作外类群。主要根据外类群比较原则、化石原则和一般的演化规律,确定了性状的祖征和衍征,采用最大同步法、综合分析法、演化极端结合法及最小平行进化法共四种方法进行分支分析,选择最简约的分支图作为本文讨论基础。在表征分类中,选取59个性状,利用距离系数和类平均法,对金松属和杉科各属进行了聚类运算,得出表征图。综合两种分析结果,主要结论如下:(1)属间关系:柳杉属是现存杉科植物中最原始的类群。水松属和落羽杉属关系密切,二者与柳杉属近缘。巨杉属和北美红杉属关系密切,是中级进化水平的类群。水杉属与巨杉属和北美红杉属的亲缘关系相对较近。杉木属、密叶杉属和台湾杉属关系密切,是杉科植物中的高级进化类群,其中又以台湾杉属演化水平最高。(2)系统排列:支持金松科的成立,将杉科分成5族,即柳杉族(仅含柳杉属)、落羽杉族(含水松属、落羽杉属)、北美红杉族(含巨杉属、北美红杉属)、水杉族(仅含水杉属)和杉木族(含杉木属、密叶杉属及台湾杉属)。     

裸子植物木材交叉场纹孔的电镜观察研究

本文介绍了扫描电镜和透射电镜下交叉场纹孔在管胞一侧和射线薄壁细胞一侧的形态特征及其变化细节,扫描电镜下管胞胞腔一侧交叉场纹孔口周围形成的光晕,在柳杉（Cryptomeris fortunei Hooibrenk ex Otto et Dietr.)木材中首次看到管胞一侧的交叉场纹孔膜具辐射状排列的微纤丝或束;西藏长叶松（Pinus roxburghii Sarg.)的松木型纹孔膜的边缘具辐射状排列的微纤丝束,此外,尚在臭冷杉[Abies nephrolepis(Trautv.)Maxim.]木材中观察到一种特殊的纹孔口外展的杉木型纹孔,并在冷杉属（Abies)其他种,落叶松属（Laricx)一些种及红皮云杉（Picea Koraiensis Nakai)等木材的交叉场纹孔中也看到。     

内蒙古早二叠世早期南洋杉型木属一新种

报道了一种具混合型纹孔（互列式纹孔和对列式纹孔）的化石本。化石木产自内蒙古乌达矿区老石旦矿附近太原组上部,地质时代为早二叠世早期。经比较,确认为南洋杉型木属（Ａｒａｕｃａｒｉｏｘｙｌｏｎ Ｋｒａｕｓ）一种新;老石旦南洋杉型木（Ａｒａｕｃａｒｉｏｘｙｌｏｎ ｌａｏｓｈｉｄａｎｅｎｓｅ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．）．根据混合型纹孔的存在及其他特征,认为新种可能代表了一种原始的松杉类植物的木材化石。主要特征：仅保存     

裸子植物木材交叉场纹孔的电镜观察研究

本文介绍了扫描电镜和透射电镜下交叉场纹孔在管胞一侧和射线薄壁细胞一侧的形态特征及其变化细节,扫描电镜下管胞胞腔一侧交叉场纹孔口周围形成的光晕,在柳杉（Cryptomeris fortunei Hooibrenk ex Otto et Dietr.)木材中首次看到管胞一侧的交叉场纹孔膜具辐射状排列的微纤丝或束;西藏长叶松（Pinus roxburghii Sarg.)的松木型纹孔膜的边缘具辐射状排列的微纤丝束,此外,尚在臭冷杉[Abies nephrolepis(Trautv.)Maxim.]木材中观察到一种特殊的纹孔口外展的杉木型纹孔,并在冷杉属（Abies)其他种,落叶松属（Laricx)一些种及红皮云杉（Picea Koraiensis Nakai)等木材的交叉场纹孔中也看到。     

内蒙古地区中新世木化石及古气候意义

木化石采自内蒙古赤峰平庄煤矿。矿区内展布的地层有两套,下部为晚中生代含煤地层,上部为第三系。木化石打自上部第三系,同层具有丰富的叶部化石。现报道的木材化石共３种,平庄原始黄杉型木Ｐｓｅｕｄｏｔｓｕｇａｘｙｌｏｎ ｐｉｎｇｚｈａｎｇｅｎｓｉｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,东北云杉木Ｐｉｃｅａｘｙｌｏｎ ｍａｎｃｈｕｒｉｃｕｍ Ｓｚｅ和松型木Ｐｉｎｕｘｙｌｏｎ ｓｐ．等。其中的原始黄杉型木的最近亲缘属黄杉属。就生     

Fossil Woods from Late Cretaceous of Heilongjiang Province,Northeast China,and Their Palaeoenviromental Implications

Three species of fossil coniferous woods, Cupressinoxylon jiayinense Wang R. F., Wang Y. F. et Chen Y. Z., Taxodioxylon cryptomeria Schonfeld and Protopiceoxylon amurense Du N. Z. from late Cretaceous of Heilongjiang Province,Northeast China, were described. Their wood structural characters showed their affinities to the extant Cupressus, Cryptomeria and Keteleeria respectively. The data from fossil woods, fossil foliage and pollen assemblage of late Cretaceous in the same region showed that the flora consists of conifers and broad-leaved trees and most elements were subtropic or warm-temperate, only a few of them were temperate vegetation. At the same time, the occurrence of fungi filaments in the wood of Cupressinoxylon fiayinense might suggest a type of humid and warm environment. All of these evidences indicated that a humid warm temperate or subtropic paleoclimate had existed in Heilongjiang Province during Late Cretaceous.     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.