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Giuseppe C. Zuccarello Alan T. Critchley Jennifer Smith Volker Sieber Genevieve Bleicher Lhonneur John A. West 《Journal of applied phycology》2006,18(3-5):643-651
The systematics and taxonomy of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma (Solieriaceae) is confused and difficult due to morphological plasticity, lack of adequate characters to identify species and commercial names of convenience. These taxa are geographically widely dispersed through cultivation. Commercial, wild and herbarium sources were analysed; molecular markers provided insights into taxonomy and genetic variation, and where sources of genetic variation may be located. The mitochondrial cox2-3 and plastidal RuBisCo spacers were sequenced. There is a clear genetic distinction between K. alvarezii (“cottonii”) and K. striatum (“sacol”) samples. Kappaphycus alvarezii from Hawaii and some samples from Africa are also genetically distinct. Our data also show that all currently cultivated K. alvarezii from all over the world have a similar mitochondrial haplotype. Within Eucheuma denticulatum (“spinosum”) most African samples are again genetically distinct. Our data also suggest that currently cultivated E. denticulatum may have been “domesticated” several times, whereas this is not evident for the cultivated K. alvarezii. The present markers used do not distinguish all the morpho-types known in cultivation (e.g. var. tambalang, “giant” type) but do suggest that these markers may be useful to assess introductions and species identification in samples. 相似文献
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Zornia subsessilis, a new species from Serra do Cabral, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, is described and illustrated on the basis of field and herbarium
studies. It belongs to Zornia section Zornia of subgenus Zornia and it appears to be restricted to “campo rupestre” (rocky fields) within the “cerrado” biome. This new species is characterized
by its sessile to subsessile leaves, fruits with articles 4 to 5 mm long and with bristles up to 3.5 mm long. 相似文献
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Rust fungi on Aizoaceae in southern Africa have been examined and reported based on 27 specimens collected during a biodiversity
study and previously collected herbarium specimens. Eight species including five new species have been recognized, and they
are described in detail and illustrated. Together with two additional species in literature, ten species of rust fungi are
now recognized on Aizoaceae in southern Africa.
Part 223 in the series “Studies in Heterobasidiomycetes” from the Botanical Institute, University of Tübingen. 相似文献
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Showe-Mei Lin 《Journal of applied phycology》2006,18(3-5):671-678
Four flattened Gracilaria species have been reported from Taiwan: G. spinulosa, G. vieillardii, G. textorii and G. punctata, identified based on branching pattern, the presence or absence of spines, and characters that often vary seasonally. Gracilaria spinulosa was originally described from the type locality, Tainan. Species with toothed margins are usually referred to G. “vieillardii”; those with smooth margins to G. “textorii”, and those with smooth margins and dark spots scattered over the blade to G. “punctata”. Molecular analyses show that specimens with marginal teeth cluster in three different groups: a G. “vieillardii” clade, a G. spinulosa clade, and a clade sister to G. spinulosa. An undescribed species comprises the third clade, which is distinguished by its relatively large gonimoblast cells and weakly developed tubular nutritive cells. The three clades can be separated by the character of the tubular nutritive cells, the size of gonimoblast cells and certain vegetative features. Plants with entire margins form a single clade characterized by cystocarps with basal tubular nutritive cells and their absence in the cystocarp cavity. They are nested in the Hydropuntia complex and are referred to as Gracilaria “punctata” here. The records of G. textorii and G. punctata from Taiwan require reinvestigation in comparison with the Japanese species. 相似文献
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Lichenometry is used to date late-Holocene terminal moraines that record glacier fluctuations. Traditionally, it relies upon
dating curves that relate diameters of the largest lichens in a population to surface ages. Although widely used, the technique
remains controversial, in part because lichen biology is poorly understood. We use size-frequency distributions of lichens
growing on well-dated surfaces to fit demographic models for Rhizocarpon geographicum and Pseudophebe pubescens, two species commonly used for lichenometry. We show that both species suffer from substantial mortality of 2–3% per year,
and grow slowest when young-trends that explain a long-standing contradiction between the literatures of lichenometry and
lichen biology. Lichenometrists interpret the shape of typical dating curves to indicate a period of rapid juvenile “great
growth,” contrary to the growth patterns expected by biologists. With a simulation, we show how the “great growth” pattern
can be explained by mortality alone, which ensures that early colonists are rarely found on the oldest surfaces. The consistency
of our model predictions with biological theory and observations, and with dozens of lichenometric calibration curves from
around the world, suggests opportunities to assess quantitatively the accuracy and utility of this common dating technique. 相似文献
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Billy Sinclair Leica Briskey William Aspden Graham Pegg 《Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries》2007,17(2-3):223-235
Nautilus species are the only remaining cephalopods with an external shell. Targeted heavily by the shell trade across their distribution
area, these species have a poorly known population structure and genetics. Molecular techniques have been used to assess levels
of inter- and intra-population genetic diversity in isolated populations of Nautilus in the northern sections of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia and in the Coral Sea. Distinct populations, physically
separated by depths in excess of 1,000 m were examined. RAPD analysis of genetic differences showed limited differentiation
of the “Northern GBR” populations and the “Coral Sea” populations. Discrimination between the two geographic groups was observed
from these data. In addition, partial sequencing of the CoxI gene region, yielded 575 bp of sequence, which was aligned for 43 samples and phylogenetic trees constructed to examine genetic
relationships. Two distinct clades were resolved in the resulting trees, representing the “Northern GBR” and “Coral Sea” population
groups. Inter- and intra-population relationships are presented and discussed. The differentiation of the Nautilus populations from the Northern section of the Great Barrier Reef and those from the Coral Sea were supported by two distinctly
different methodologies and the significance of this separation and the potential evolutionary divergence of these two population
groups is discussed. 相似文献
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Ellis L. Yochelson 《Pal?ontologische Zeitschrift》2002,76(2):297-304
Dentalium antiquum is one of two moderately well-known Devonian “scaphopods” in the German literature. Examination of the type material and
a few specimens in other institutions indicates more individual variability than is to be expected in species of the molluscan
class Scaphopoda. The species is transferred with question toColeolus
Hall, a fossil presumed to be a calcareous “worm” tube.
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A canonical variate analysis was used to summarize the distribution pattern of 30 species of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) from 162 sites in the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) in relation to 4 site variables. The best separation of beetle
species, obtained using a xerothermic climatic index, was into 3 groups called “mediterranean”, “unrestricted” and “temperate”.
Little further separation was achieved using altitude, dung type or soil type. These data are used to select dung beetles
for introduction to south-western Australia for bush fly control.
Résumé On a fait appel à l'analyse de variables canoniques pour résumer le plan de distribution, relatif à 4 variables de localité, de 30 espèces de bousiers (Scarabaeinae) de 162 localités de la Péninsule ibérique (l'Espagne et le Portugal). La meilleure division des espèces, obtenue à l'aide d'un indice xérothermique climatique, se faisait en 3 groupes désignés respectivement comme “méditerranéen”, “ubiquiste” et “tempéré”. Peu de séparation supplémentaire a été obtenue en ayant recours à des facteurs d'altitude, de nature de la bouse ou de type de sol. Ces données ont été employées pour aider à la sélection de bousiers destinés à être introduits en Australie Occidentale pour y combattreMusca vetustissima Walker[Diptera].相似文献
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The future status of sharks is an issue of widespread conservation concern due to declines in many species in the face of
high levels of exploitation to satisfy market demands for products, especially fins. Substantial declines in the large-bodied
hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, S. mokarran and S. zygaena, even in regions where some management occurs, indicate that informed conservation measures are warranted for these circumglobally
distributed species. Despite the importance of assessing shark catch and trade on a species-specific basis to detect potential
overexploitation of individual species, achieving this goal for hammerheads has proven elusive due to difficulties in identification
of their products. Here, we present the development and application of a diagnostic, streamlined, five-primer multiplex polymerase
chain reaction assay utilizing species-specific primers based on nuclear ribosomal ITS2 for the three hammerhead species throughout
their global distribution. Application of this assay to investigations of the fin market confirmed the presence of hammerhead
fins in the international trade. A study of the world’s largest fin market in Hong Kong revealed a high concordance between
specific Chinese-name trade categories and fins from these three species (“Bai Chun” with S. lewini, “Gui Chun” with S. zygaena and “Gu Pian” with S.␣mokarran), and clear species preferences. This concordance information allows the use of market records for monitoring species-specific
trends in trade and exploitation rates. The assay is also proving useful for identification of shark body parts in U.S. fisheries
law-enforcement activities. Screening of morphologically identified “ S. lewini” from globally distributed areas using this assay with subsequent whole ITS2 sequencing suggests a cryptic species closely
related to S. lewini occurs off the SE USA coast. 相似文献
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D. E. Tyler 《Human Evolution》2001,16(2):81-101
There are now twelve significant hominid cranial fossils from the Lower and Middle Pleistocene of Java, all but two being
from the Sangiran site. Most of this material is well-known in the literature, but three skulls, possibly representing “Meganthropus” are here described in detail for the first time. Most scholars have assigned them all toHomo erectus, while others have suggested that they represent as many as four different hominoid taxa. The author argues that they represent
two possible species of hominids. “Meganthropus” I, II, and III are more massive than any of the knownH. erectus specimens. They are also relatively higher vaulted, apparently smaller brained, and have unusually thick lower occipital
planes. “Meganthropus” may represent a species that separated fromH. erectus upon its arrival to Java. 相似文献
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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of New Zealand representatives of the red algal order Gelidiales have been examined using rbcL sequence data. Extensive field collections have been made from throughout the New Zealand region. Six genera have been reported previously from New Zealand (Capreolia, Gelidium, Pterocladia, Pterocladiella, Pterocladiastrum, Ptilophora). This research has revealed species with very restricted local distributions, as well as the discovery of several undescribed, cryptic taxa. The common and widespread Gelidium caulacantheum is confirmed to be more closely related to Capreolia than to other species of Gelidium. The generic concept of Capreolia, based on life history characters, will need to be modified to accommodate additional species possessing “Gelidium” life histories. A species endemic to New Zealand, Gelidium ceramoides, has been found to differ significantly from all other members of the Gelidiales and requires reclassification in another genus and order. Examination of field collections and herbarium specimens in addition to molecular sequence data have led us to conclude that specimens previously placed in the genera Ptilophora and Pterocladiastrum belong within Pterocladia lucida. 相似文献
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Karine Louise dos Santos Nivaldo Peroni Raymond Paul Guries Rubens Onofre Nodari 《Economic botany》2009,63(2):204-214
Traditional Knowledge and Management of
Feijoa (Acca sellowiana)
in Southern Brazil. This paper investigates traditional knowledge of the use and management of Acca sellowiana in southern Brazil. Fifty-six informants from three rural communities were assigned to one of four subgroups (“maintainers,”
“managers,” “cultivators,” or “users”) based on their responses regarding management and use of A. sellowiana. Traditional knowledge related to use of this species is widespread among rural residents, but traditional knowledge related
to management is fragmented depending on whether one uses, manages, or cultivates the species. Knowledge held in rural communities
suggests that A. sellowiana could play an expanded role in local economies as well as biodiversity conservation. We suggest that participatory research
could stimulate greater local use as well as on-farm conservation of A. sellowiana. 相似文献
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The examination of 1976 herbarium specimens ofEupatorium chinense subsp.sachalinense var.oppositifolium and 908 of var.sachalinense revealed their distinct geographical and ecologial distribution patterns. Var.oppositifolium includes two distinct groups: the diploid type and the polyploid one. The distribution of the diploid type is restricted
to the “Sohayaki-Region”, and its habitat appears to be restricted to fragile gravitational slopes and rocky areas which lack
tall competitors. In contrast, the polypoid type is widely distributed throughout the Japan Archipelago. The polyploids grow
successfully in recently cleared dry habitats and in repeatedly disturbed tall grass and forb communities. Climatic warming
after the last-glaciation combined with explosive agricultural developments and the polyploids rapid and tall growth habits
with agamospermous reproduction seem to have facilitated their northward migration and distributional expansion.
Karyotype analyses were made on 29 populations of var.oppositifolium which comprised eight cytotypes: 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x based on x=10, 3 chromosomally deficient polyploids and an aneuploid with
2n=39. Most populations exhibited various combinations of polyploid cytotypes. Different polyploid cytotypes show no apparent
habitat preferences. None of the polyploid cytotypes appear to compete with each other in colonizing and exploiting newly
disturbed habitats. This, together with their agamospermous propagation, rare sexuality and random association when colonizing,
can result in an intricate mixture of various cytotypes within local populations. 相似文献
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The effects (and interaction) of two solution concentrations of Mg (50, 500, μM) and two of K (250, 4250 μM) on the growth of micropropagated plants of “F. 12/1” and “Colt” were investigated using a flowing solution culture system.
Magnesium inflow and growth of “Colt” and “F. 12/1” were inhibited to a similar extent by an increased concentration of K
in the nutrient solution. However, the consequences of this inhibition were different. Reduced inflow of Mg in “F. 12/1” caused
Mg deficiency symptoms at high and low concentrations of K, whereas this only occurred with a combination of high K concentration
and low Mg concentration in “Colt”. The distribution of dry matter within the plant was significant in determining susceptibility
to Mg deficiency. Since “F. 12/1” has a smaller root:shoot ratio than Colt it is unable to sustain the same concentration
of Mg in leaves as “Colt” irrespective of external K concentration. The molar ratio of K:Mg in soil solutions should remain
<8.5:1 in order to ensure maximum growth of “F. 12/1” and “Colt”.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Den sharing by conspecific spiny lobsters (aggregation) is modulated by chemical attraction but may confer several, not necessarily
mutually exclusive, antipredator byproduct benefits: a “guide effect”, which only benefits the individual attracted to a sheltered
conspecific; a “dilution effect”, which reduces per-capita risk of predation simply through aggregation; or active “group
defense”. Each potential benefit has a different set of predictors (relationships between aggregation and conspecific or predator
densities), but conflicting results could suggest the simultaneous operation of more than one benefit. These predictions were
tested for coexisting Panulirus guttatus (a reef-obligate) and Panulirus argus (a temporary reef-dweller) using data collected during 11 surveys on fixed sites over a coral reef in Mexico. P. guttatus greatly outnumbered P. argus, but P. argus showed a greater tendency to aggregate. All three benefits of den sharing operated for the more social P. argus, with “group defense” being of the most benefit for larger individuals, and the “guide” and “dilution” effects for smaller
individuals recently immigrating into the reef habitat and sharing dens with larger conspecifics. P. guttatus did not display “group defense” and its aggregations appeared to be modulated by the interplay between attraction and aggressive
behaviors. This species relied more on solitary crypticity, especially at larger sizes, but appeared to benefit from a “guide
effect” at high conspecific densities. In experimental tanks, each species tended to aggregate when tested separately, but
when tested jointly, aggregation among P. guttatus was significantly reduced. The experimental results reflect the differential patterns of aggregation between the fore-reef,
where P. guttatus dominated, and the back-reef, where coexistence of both species was greater. 相似文献
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Several chromosome types have been recognized in Citrus and related genera by chromomycin A3 (CMA) banding patterns and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). They can be used to characterize cultivars and species
or as markers in hybridization and backcrossing experiments. In the present work, characterization of six cultivars of P. trifoliata (“Barnes”, “Fawcett”, “Flying Dragon”, “Pomeroy”, “Rubidoux”, “USDA”) and one P. trifoliata × C. limonia hybrid was performed by sequential analyses of CMA banding and FISH using 5S and 45S rDNA as probes. All six cultivars showed
a similar CMA+ banding pattern with the karyotype formula 4B + 8D + 6F. The capital letters indicate chromosomal types: B, a chromosome
with one telomeric and one proximal band; D, with only one telomeric band; F, without bands. In situ hybridization labeling
was also similar among cultivars. Three chromosome pairs displayed a closely linked set of 5S and 45S rDNA sites, two of them
co-located with the proximal band of the B type chromosomes (B/5S-45S) and the third one co-located with the terminal band
of a D pair (D/5S-45S). The B/5S-45S chromosome has never been found in any citrus accessions investigated so far. Therefore,
this B chromosome can be used as a marker to recognize the intergeneric Poncirus × Citrus hybrids. The intergeneric hybrid analyzed here displayed the karyotype formula 4B + 8D + 6F, with two chromosome types B/5S-45S
and two D/5S-45S. The karyotype formula and the presence of two B/5S-45S chromosomes clearly indicate that the plant investigated
is a symmetric hybrid. It also demonstrates the suitability of karyotype analyses to differentiate zygotic embryos or somatic
cell fusions involving trifoliate orange germplasm.
During the submission of this paper, we analyzed 25 other citrus cultivars with the same methodology and we found that the
chromosome marker reported here can indeed distinguish Poncirus trifoliata from grapefruits, pummelos, and one variegated access of Citrus, besides the previously reported access of limes, limons, citrons, and sweet-oranges. However, among 14 mandarin cultivars,
two of them displayed a single B/5S-45S chromosome, whereas in Citrus hystrix D.C., a far related species belonging to the Papeda subgenus, this chromosome type was found in homozygosis. Since these two mandarin cultivars are probably of hybrid origin,
we assume that for almost all commercial cultivars and species of the subgenus Citrus this B type chromosome is a useful genetic marker. 相似文献
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A new species Dolichopteryx minuscula is described on the basis of three specimens [49.4–59.6 mm in standard length (SL)] collected from the Indo-West Pacific.
The new species is characterized by pouchlike eyes with a small lens (lens diameter 2.2% SL), an adipose fin, the anal fin
base originating posterior to the dorsal fin base, and 16–17 (= 5–6 + 1 + 10–11) gill rakers. Total fecundity was relatively
low, only 658 ova being obtained from one specimen, despite the ovary being mature. Ovarian eggs were clearly subdivided into
“undeveloped” (0.1–0.7 mm diameter classes, n = 561) and “developed” (1.0–1.3 mm classes, n = 97) groups, based on their frequency distribution. Such relatively low fecundity and frequency distributions of ovarian
eggs suggest that Dolichopteryx species spawn iteratively during spawning season. 相似文献