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Froehner SC 《Trends in molecular medicine》2002,8(2):51-53
The devastating muscle degeneration characteristic of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in the gene encoding dystrophin. The dystrophin complex has two functions: a structural role in maintaining sarcolemmal integrity during contraction and a scaffolding function that recruits signaling proteins such as neuronal nitric oxide synthase to the membrane. New studies indicate that transgenic restoration of nitric oxide (NO) production in the mdx dystrophic mouse improves muscle pathology. Although NO-mediated killing of inflammatory cells might be involved, other mechanisms are also possible. These results point to the therapeutic potential of manipulating the signaling activity of the dystophin complex as a way to ameliorate the progression of muscle degeneration. 相似文献
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Head-shaking gestures are commonly used by African great apes to solicit activities such as play. Here, we report observations
of head shaking in four bonobos apparently aimed at preventing the recipient from doing something. This may reflect a primitive
precursor of the negatively connoted head-shaking behavior in humans. Further investigations are needed to clarify the preventive
function of head shakes and their evolutionary role in the evolution of negation in humans. 相似文献
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Orr HA 《Genetica》2005,123(1-2):3-13
Theoretical work on adaptation has lagged behind experimental. But two classes of adaptation model have been partly explored. One is phenotypic and the other DNA sequence based. I briefly consider an example of each – Fishers geometric model and Gillespies mutational landscape model, respectively – reviewing recent results. Despite their fundamental differences, these models give rise to several strikingly similar results. I consider possible reasons for this congruence. I also emphasize what predictions do and, as important, do not follow from these models. 相似文献
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Pärli Rea Lieberherr Eva Holderegger Rolf Gugerli Felix Widmer Alex Fischer Martin C. 《Conservation Genetics》2021,22(5):673-684
Conservation Genetics - Genetic diversity is a fundamental component of biological diversity, and its conservation is considered key to ensure the long-term survival of natural populations and... 相似文献
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Daniel Sol 《Ecography》2000,23(6):687-692
Island communities are generally viewed as being more susceptible to invasion than those of mainland areas, yet empirical evidence is almost lacking. A species-by-species examination of introduced birds in two independent island-mainland comparisons is not consistent with this hypothesis. In the New Zealand-mainland Australia comparison. 16 species were successful in both regions. 19 always failed and only eight had mixed outcomes. Mixed results were observed less often than expected by chance, and in only 5 cases was the relationship in the predicted direction. This result is not biased by differences in introduction effort because, within species, the number of individuals released in New Zealand did not differ significantly from those released in mainland Australia. A similar result emerged in the Hawaiian islands-mainland USA comparison: among the 35 species considered, 15 were successful in both regions, seven always failed and 13 had mixed outcomes. In this occasion, the results fit well to those expected by chance, and in only seven cases was the relationship in the direction predicted. I therefore conclude that, if true, the view that islands are less resistant than continents to invasions is far from universal. 相似文献
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Driver C 《BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology》2004,26(11):1160-1163
It has been proposed that somatic mutations make major contributions to aging. The first paper, based on a gene knock-in mouse, supports a contributory role for mutation in mtDNA in aging, but does not support a damaged-mtDNA-producing-more-damaged-mtDNA hypothesis. The second paper indicates some GC-rich sequences in the nuclear DNA are more sensitive to oxidative damage than mtDNA. As a result, key genes involved in brain function and mitochondrial function are progressively inactivated with age. Failure in these nucleus-encoded mitochondrial genes may be a primary reason for mitochondrial failure in old age. 相似文献
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Nikkhah D Rodrigues J Saleh DB Jeffers R 《Plastic and reconstructive surgery》2012,129(3):557e-558e; author reply 558e-559e
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Coalition of Scientific Societies 《Developmental biology》2008,316(1):2-5
We conducted a national survey of likely U.S. voters to examine acceptance of evolution, attitudes toward science and scientists, and opportunities for promoting science education. Most respondents accepted that life evolved, many accepted that it evolved through natural processes, and more favored teaching evolution than creationism or intelligent design in science classes. The majority ranked developing medicines and curing diseases as the most important contributions of science to society, and they found promoting understanding of evolutionary science's contribution to medicine to be a convincing reason to teach evolution. Respondents viewed scientists, teachers, and medical professionals favorably, and most were interested in hearing from these groups about science, including evolution. These data suggest that the scientific community has an important role to play in encouraging public support for science education. 相似文献
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In order to understand the causes underlying the Triassic–Jurassic (T/J) mass extinction, we tested different bivalve features for extinction selectivity, i.e. shell mineralogy, age at the Rhaetian and three main autoecologic traits (feeding mechanism, tiering and motility/attachment). Also, diversity and turnover rates throughout the Triassic and the Early Jurassic were analysed in detail. The dataset employed for this analysis was a precise database at genus level including data from Induan to Sinemurian times. Results point to a true mass extinction for bivalves around the T/J boundary. This extinction was not age-selective at the boundary. Certain analyses suggested that shell mineralogy was a character significantly increasing survival odds, but this relationship seems to reflect selectivity on autoecologic traits. There was no difference in extinction proportions between both feeding types (i.e. deposit feeders and filter feeders); among the other traits, deep burrowers, epifaunal-motile and endobyssate forms seem to have been favoured, while shallow burrowers (and probably reclined forms) were more heavily affected. This pattern suggests an environmental stress at the boundary with some particular issues affecting the different life modes. Models linking magmatism in the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province with the end-Triassic mass extinction are a plausible scenario for this kind of perturbation. 相似文献
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Heterochromatin and cohesion protection at human centromeres: the final say of a long controversy?
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Jean‐Paul Javerzat 《EMBO reports》2018,19(4)
Mammalian centromeres are embedded within heterochromatin, a specialized chromatin assembled onto repetitive DNA that forms the primary constriction of chromosomes. In early mitosis, the bulk of cohesin dissociates from chromosomes, but a small fraction is spared at the centromere providing the ultimate linker between sister chromatid pairs, essential for their proper attachment to the mitotic spindle. Whether heterochromatin plays a role in the protection of centromere cohesion has long been controversial. In this issue of EMBO Reports, Yi et al show that heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) isoforms α and γ act redundantly to protect mitotic centromere cohesion through the recruitment of the cohesion protector Haspin 1 . 相似文献
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The etiopathogenesis of COVID-19 and its differential geographic spread suggest some populations are apparently ‘less affected’ through many host-related factors that involve angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein, which is also the entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2. The role of ACE2 has been well studied in COVID-19 but not in the context of malaria and COVID-19. We have previously suggested how malaria might intersect with COVID-19 through ACE2 mutation and here we evaluate the currently available data that could provide a link between the two diseases. Based on the existing global and Indian data on malaria, COVID-19 and the suggested ACE2 mutation, the association could not be examined robustly, neither accepting nor refuting the suggested hypothesis. We strongly recommend targeted evaluation of this hypothesis through carefully designed robust molecular epidemiological studies. 相似文献
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Zusammenfassung Die kristallisierten Solanum-Alkaloidglykoside (Solanin, Chaconin, Leptinin I, Leptinin II, Leptin I, Demissin und Tomatin) und ein amorphes Leptin III — Präparat wurden im Fraßtest an Kartoffelkäfern geprüft. Die Resistenz von Solanum chacoense gene Leptinotarsa kann durch den Gehalt an Leptinen erklärt werden. Die Leptine gehen unter Abspaltung der Acetylgruppe in die Leptinine über und verlieren damit ihre hohe fraßabschreckende Wirksamkeit. DDT-resistente Käfer sind gegen Solanum chacoense, die Leptine und die Leptinine unempfindlicher als normale.
1) Herrn Professor Dr. Richard Kuhn zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet. Seine Frage nach dem Vergällungsstoff von Solanum chacoense führte zu diesen Untersuchungen.
2) Anschrift: Homburg/Saar, Institut für Physiologie. 相似文献
Summary Different Solanum alkaloids (crystallized samples of solanine, chaconine, leptine I, leptinine I, leptinine II, demissine and tomatine, and an amorphous sample of leptine III) were examined by a feeding-test in the Colorado beetle. All were found to discourage uptake of food.The resistance of Solanum chacoense against Leptinotarsa is due to its content of leptines. Leptines are transformed into leptinines by loss of the acetyl group. They lose their high activity in this process. Beetles resistant to DDT are less sensitive towards Solanum chacoense, leptines and leptinines than normal beetles.
1) Herrn Professor Dr. Richard Kuhn zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet. Seine Frage nach dem Vergällungsstoff von Solanum chacoense führte zu diesen Untersuchungen.
2) Anschrift: Homburg/Saar, Institut für Physiologie. 相似文献
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E S Savage-Rumbaugh R A Sevcik D M Rumbaugh E Rubert 《Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences》1985,308(1135):177-185
Following the Gardners' discovery that an ape named Washoe could learn to produce and combine a number of hand movements similar to those used by deaf human beings, a variety of 'ape-language projects' sprang up. Some projects used different symbol systems, others used different training techniques, and others used different species of apes. While debate still rages regarding the appropriate way to interpret the symbolic productions of apes, three species of great apes (gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzee) have now been credited with this capacity while no lesser apes or monkeys have been reported, at present, to have acquired such communicative skills. Among all of the claims made for the various animal species, the philosophers have entered the fray attempting to define the essence of what it is about language that makes it 'human'. This paper will compare and contrast the above positions to arrive at behavioural definitions of symbolic usage that can be applied across species. It will then present new data on a fourth ape species Pan paniscus which is proving to be the first non-human species to acquire symbolic skills in a spontaneous manner. 相似文献
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As the recognition of the importance of biological diversity in biological conservation grows, an ongoing challenge is to develop metrics that can be used for effective conservation and management. The ecological integrity assessment has been proposed as such a metric. It is held by some to measure species composition, diversity, and habitat quality, as well as ecosystem structure, composition, and function. The methodology relies on proxy variables that include data on landscape characteristics such as patch size, abiotic factors such as hydrology, and some features of vegetation structure and composition. We suggest that the measure is flawed on four levels. First, its putative representation of general ecological form and function, and its lack of specific detail about how it actually represents those attributes, leaves the metric without the focus needed to be useful for measuring ecological features on the ground and testing associated hypotheses and predictions. Second, the proxy variables used to represent biological diversity, such as habitat (vegetation) metrics and vascular plant species diversity, are not empirically correlated with diversity of a range of taxa or of other components of the biota. Third, like other ecological indices that integrate many distinct features, the ecological integrity index is subject to the loss of information in its condensation of multi-dimensional variability into a one-dimensional index, and it may be subject to systematic bias from the conversion of raw data into categorical scores. Fourth, the sampling protocols are at risk of sampling bias, observer bias, and measurement error, any of which can confound the estimation of conservation value. In terms of biological diversity, the methodology produces an unreliable estimate of the number of vascular plant species and their relative percentages of occurrence, and an absence of any protocols for taxa other than plants. For these reasons we believe that ecological integrity assessment is currently of limited value as a measure of site-specific biological diversity and its change over time. A considerable amount of investigation is needed in order to have confidence in the results of an ecological integrity assessment, especially if it is to be used for regulatory purposes. We suggest further refinements and discuss alternative measures of biological diversity that provide reliable metrics for assessing change. A thoughtful choice among measures can help to identify the most appropriate assessment for conservation decisions. 相似文献
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Tropical maize germplasm: what can we say about its genetic diversity in the light of molecular markers? 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Laborda PR Oliveira KM Garcia AA Paterniani ME de Souza AP 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2005,111(7):1288-1299
Knowledge about genetic variability of a crop allows for more efficient and effective use of resources in plant improvement
programs. The genetic variation within temperate maize has been studied extensively, but the levels and patterns of diversity
in tropical maize are still not well understood. Brazilian maize germplasm represents a very important pool of genetic diversity
due to many past introductions of exotic material. To improve our knowledge of the genetic diversity in tropical maize inbred
lines, we fingerprinted 85 lines with 569 AFLP bands and 50 microsatellite loci. These markers revealed substantial variability
among lines, with high rates of polymorphism. Cluster analysis was used to identify groups of related lines. Well-defined
groups were not observed, indicating that the tropical maize studied is not as well organized as temperate maize. Three types
of genetic distance measurements were applied (Jaccard’s coefficient, Modified Rogers’ distance and molecular coefficient
of coancestry), and the values obtained with all of them indicated that the genetic similarities were small among the lines.
The different coefficients did not substantially affect the results of cluster analysis, but marker types had a large effect
on genetic similarity estimates. Regardless of genetic similarity coefficient used, estimates based on AFLPs were poorly correlated
with those based on SSRs. Analyses using AFLP and SSR data together do not seem to be the most efficient manner of assessing
variability in highly diverse materials because the result was similar to using AFLPs alone. It was seen that molecular markers
can help to organize the genetic variability and expose useful diversity for breeding purposes. 相似文献
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