Fasciola hepatica: cercarial productivity of redial generations in long-surviving Galba truncatula

Bimiracidial infections of Galba truncatula with Fasciola hepatica were carried out to determine the effect of food quality on the frequency of 1- and 2-sporocyst infections, to analyse its impact on the developmental patterns (normal, or abnormal) of redial generations, and to verify its consequences on cercarial production. These investigations were performed in snails reared at 20 degrees C and provided with cos lettuce and commercial fish food (Tetraphyll) as a food source until their death. Double-sporocyst infections with normal development of redial generations were recorded in 43.9% of infected snails (out of 296). Single-sporocyst infections were noted in the other snails, with normal development of generations in 53.7% and abnormal development (the first mother redia early degenerated) in 2.4%. Four successive redial generations were found in long-surviving snails (more than 90 days). In both 1- and 2-sporocyst infections, showing normal development of generations, the daughter rediae, which exited from the first mother redia (R2a rediae), constituted the greater group of free rediae and produced the highest percentages of cercariae (46.2-48.2%). However, the development of these rediae inside the snail body was slower in 2-sporocyst infections than in 1-sporocyst infections. The numbers of rediae noted in subsequent generations (R2b/R3a and R3b/R4a rediae) were similar, whatever the number of full-grown sporocysts. The number of shed cercariae recorded in the 1- and 2-sporocyst infections did not significantly differ. When long-surviving snails died, 19.8-20.7% of cercariae produced by free rediae (essentially by R2b/R3a and R3b/R4a rediae) were still present in their bodies. The increased frequency of 2-sporocyst infections demonstrated that food quality had a significant effect on the redial burden of F. hepatica developing inside G. truncatula.     

Proliferative activity, DNA synthesis and reproductive death of immediate and late progeny of irradiated cells

In experiments on HeLa cells a study was made of a change in the rate of DNA synthesis, proliferative activity and reproductive death of exposed cells and their descendants throughout a number of generations. The rate of DNA synthesis decreased in 4 postirradiation generations, and a maximum inhibition (by 50%) was registered 48 h following irradiation. The proliferative activity of the irradiated cell descendants markedly decreased throughout 18-20 generations resulting in an increased death rate and a loss of cells from a generation. It is suggested that even the distant descendants (18-20 generations) of expose cells exhibited some lesions which may, in time, become fatal events leading to cell death.     

头孢类抗生素对6种G^-致病菌的效价分析

目的：调查头孢类抗生素对G^-致病菌的效价情况,为头孢类抗生素的合理使用提供临床资料。方法：从我院三代常用头孢类抗生素中随机选取7种共21种抗生素,采用平板培养纸片扩散K-B法检测对我院常见的G^-致病菌（铜绿假单胞菌、大肠埃希氏菌、鲍曼不动杆菌、产酸克雷伯菌、肺炎克雷伯菌和阴沟肠杆菌）的效价情况。结果采用阳性（＋）、阴性（＋）、可变（＋／-）表示。结果：第一代头孢类抗生素的效价最低,第二代头孢类抗生素的效价整体居中,第三代头孢类抗生素的效价整体最好,但也有少数种类的效价低于第二代。结论：三代抗生素的对这六种常见致病菌的效价与代数成正比,但第三代头孢类抗生素的效价仍不够乐观。     

Stability of transgene integration and expression in subsequent generations of doubled haploid oilseed rape transformed with chitinase and β-1,3-glucanase genes in a double-gene construct

A double-gene construct with one chitinase and one β-1,3-glucanase gene from barley, both driven by enhanced 35S promoters, was transformed into oilseed rape. From six primary transformants expressing both transgenes 10 doubled haploid lines were produced and studied for five generations. The number of inserted copies for both the genes was determined by Southern blotting and real-time PCR with full agreement between the two methods. When copy numbers were analysed in different generations, discrepancies were found, indicating that at least part of the inserted sequences were lost in one of the alleles of some doubled haploids. Chitinase and β-1,3-glucanase expression was analysed by Western blotting in all five doubled haploid generations. Despite that both the genes were present on the same T-DNA and directed by the same promoter their expression pattern between generations was different. The β-1,3-glucanase was expressed at high and stable levels in all generations, while the chitinase displayed lower expression that varied between generations. The transgenic plants did not show any major impact on fungal resistance when assayed in greenhouse, although purified β-1,3-glucanase and chitinase caused retardment of fungal growth in vitro.     

Modeling the periodically-changing predictable response to mutagen exposure in CBA/LacY mice in a successive inbred generations]

A hypothesis on the genetic determination of periodic fluctuations of the sensitivity to the mutagen thioTEPA in successive inbred generations of mice has been earlier put forward. This study was the initial stage of testing this hypothesis. The mouse strain CBA/LacY was divided into two substrains, which differed in the rate of generation change. As a result, two colonies of isogenic mice differing by 10-12 generations with respect to the inbred age were obtained. Both the rate and range of variations in the mutagen sensitivity (four generations per period of the cycle and 20-40% of cells with chromosome aberrations after the standard dose of 2.5 mg/kg of thioTEPA, respectively) in 19 generations of the "fast" substrain agreed with earlier data. The response of the "slow" substrain corresponded to the expected response of the "fast" substrain after the given number of generations. In the mice of generations F142 and F146 that lived simultaneously and differed in thioTEPA sensitivity, the effects of the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) were significantly different. The levels of these effects corresponded to the levels of the responses to thioTEPA. The data obtained agree with the hypothesis tested.     

Branching pattern of airways and air spaces of a single human terminal bronchiole.

A polyurethane-foam enlarged reconstruction was made from serial sections of a portion of young adult human lung parenchyman. Study of the progeny of a terminal bronchiole disclosed three generations of respiratory bronchioles and an irregular branching pattern of eight generations of alveolar ducts. Sacs and alveoli arose from the lateral and distal aspects of all generations of ducts. There were an average of 3.5 alveoli per sac. Considering the terminal bronchiole as the first generation branch of the acinus, over 60 per cent of the alveoli counted and predicted were members of the 10-12th generations. The acinus contained one terminal bronchiole and approximately 14 respiratory bronchioles, 1,200-1,500 ducts, 2,500-4,500 sacs, and 14,000-20,000 alveoli.     

条纹小斑蛾的生物学特性

条纹小斑蛾Thyrassia penangae(Moor)是乌蔹莓(Japanese cayratia)的重要害虫,在南昌1年发生4～5代,以老熟幼虫结茧越冬。由于该虫各世代总有极少部分个体进入滞育,少数进入越夏的个体1年只发生2代或3代。羽化时间多出现在上午7～10时,羽化后当日或次日下午交配,交配时间集中在下午3～6时,交配一般可持续12个h左右。成虫羽化后需取食花蜜做补充营养才能充分产卵。产配后次日即可产卵。第1代成虫常将卵数十粒聚产于幼嫩叶片的背面,以后各代主要聚产于花蕾上,平均每雌产卵量为43粒。幼虫为4龄。第1代主要取食叶芽、幼枝及嫩叶,以后各代主要取食花蕾。在自然条件下各虫态发育历期:卵为4～7d;幼虫为10～14d;非滞育的茧期(指幼虫结茧后的预蛹至成虫羽化的日期)为8～11d,越夏茧期为32～40d,越冬茧期为205～224d。成虫寿命为3～13d。     

Evaluation of the productivity of walleye pollock generations in the northern Sea of Okhotsk

Based on data on the abundances of various age groups in the northern Sea of Okhotsk in 1984–2008, the productivity of 33 generations of walleye pollock born between 1975 and 2007 was evaluated in two ways. The first approach allowed a retrospective estimation by abundance of the first nine one-year age groups, and the second one was a perspective estimation using the abundance index of the nearest recruitment—3- and 4-year-olds—that enabled us to evaluate the productivity of a generation before it enters into spawning and commercial stocks. These productivity estimates were compared to the data of annual catches and the dynamics of spawning stock for many years. A high value of walleye pollock stock was shown to be supported by several productive and highly productive generations, a medium value—by one productive and one moderately productive or by two moderately productive generations, and a low value—by one productive, or moderately productive, and low productive generations. In addition, overall mortality rates were calculated for generations with various productivity levels. The greatest variability of mortality rates was observed in immature walleye pollock; the maximum mortality rate was typical for the recruitment of highly abundant generations, and the minimum, for the least abundant ones. The lowest mortality was recorded at the age of mass maturation. Mature individuals of generations with various productivity levels showed insignificant differences in overall mortality rates.     

拉美斑潜蝇生活史观察

拉美斑潜蝇是云南省新发现的一种危害花卉、蔬菜作物的害虫。经１９９６～１９９７年度在昆明地区塑料大棚内观察,该虫１年在满天星上可完成１１代,世代重叠。完成１代的历期,最短需要１９天,最长需７２～７８天。     

Genome damage and reactive oxygen species production in the progenies of irradiated CHO-K1 cells

A series of experiments to study the delayed effects of gamma-radiation exposure in different generations of the progenies of the Chinese hamster ovary CHO-K1 irradiated cells has been conducted. It has been shown that in the progenies of the cells irradiated with a dose of 1 Gy, the following effects are observed: in the 9-27 cell generations - increase in the genome damage, intracellular production of reactive oxygen species, apoptotic cells percentage and cell sensitivity to additional exposure (irradiation at a dose of 10 Gy); in the 30-42 cell generations - decrease of the studied parameters up to control values and increased resistance to additional exposure. It is assumed that the decrease of the studied parameters up to the control values in the 30-42 postirradiation generations of cells is caused by elimination of damaged cells or transition of genomic instability into a hidden (latent) condition.     

Spontaneous and Ethyl Methanesulfonate-Induced Mutations Controlling Viability in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. II. Homozygous Effect of Polygenic Mutations

Polygenic mutations affecting viability were accumulated on the second chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster by treating flies with EMS in successive generations. The treated chromosomes were later made homozygous and tested for their effects on viability by comparison of the frequency of such homozygotes with that of other genotypes in the same culture. The treated wild-type chromosomes were kept heterozygous in Pm/+ males by mating individual males in successive generations to Cy/Pm females. The number of generations of accumulation was 1 to 30 generations, depending on the concentration of EMS. A similar experiment for spontaneous polygenic mutations was also conducted by accumulating mutations for 40 generations. The lower limit of the spontaneous mutation rate of viability polygenes is estimated to be 0.06 per second chromosome per generation, which is about 12 times as high as the spontaneous recessive lethal mutation rate, 0.005. EMS-induced polygenic mutations increase linearly with the number of treated generations and with the concentration of EMS. The minimum mutation rate of viability polygenes is about 0.017 per 10(-4)m, which is only slightly larger than the lethal rate of 0.013 per 10(-4) m. The maximum estimate of the viability reduction of a single mutant is about 6 to 10 percent of the normal viability. The data are consistent with a constant average effect per mutant at all concentrations, but this is about three times as high as that for spontaneous mutants. It is obvious that one can obtain only a lower limit for the mutation rate, since some mutants may have effects so near to zero that they cannot be detected. The possibility of measuring something other than the lower limit is discussed. The ratio of the load due to detrimental mutants to that caused by lethals, the D/L ratio, is about 0.2 to 0.3 for EMS-induced mutants, as compared to about 0.5 for spontaneous mutants. This is to be expected if EMS treatment produces a large fraction of small deletions and other chromosome rearrangements which are more likely to be lethal.     

棉铃虫羽化高峰期有效积温预测法的校正

为减小年际间气温变化对昆虫有效积温预测误差的影响,以新疆石河子垦区121团棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)羽化高峰期为例,利用single sine模型分别计算12年2种有效积温范围(10～30℃和10～35℃)的累计有效积温值,并获得其多年平均值,依此进行棉铃虫羽化高峰期预测;通过当年与12年(有效积温>0日期至羽化高峰日期)平均气温之差,对预测误差进行校正。结果表明:当年平均气温与12年平均值差值越大,预测误差也越大;各代直线回归校正模型均达到显著水平(P<0.05);2种有效积温范围下,校正后各代平均预测误差天数均有所减少,对越冬代误差校正效果最优,校正后各代历史符合率分别为83.33%、100%、100%和100%、100%、93.33%。该校正方法能够显著提高预测准确度,尤其适用于年际间棉铃虫发育期间平均气温变化较大的代别和地区,同时可为多种害虫预测误差校正提供了依据。     

Ni2+胁迫对斜纹夜蛾幼虫血淋巴中能量物质水平的适应性调节

为明确食物中重金属胁迫对昆虫血淋巴能量物质和生长的影响,本研究测定了饲料中不同浓度的Ni²⁺ （1~40 mg/kg）对连续3个世代斜纹夜蛾Spodoptera litura Fabricius 5龄始龄（0 h）至6龄末幼虫（分别记为0,24,48,72,96和120 h幼虫）血淋巴中能量物质总糖、蛋白质和脂肪含量,血淋巴中热量值及5龄和6龄幼虫体重的影响。结果表明：第1和2代48 h和96 h幼虫血淋巴的总糖含量均低于对照;而连续3代其他处理幼虫血淋巴中的总糖含量均在低浓度Ni²⁺（1~5 mg/kg）胁迫下增高,在高浓度Ni²⁺ （20~40 mg/kg）胁迫下降低。连续3个世代的Ni²⁺胁迫均显著降低了0~48 h幼虫血淋巴中的蛋白含量;低浓度Ni²⁺（1~5 mg/kg）胁迫增加了连续3代72~120 h幼虫血淋巴中的蛋白含量,而高浓度Ni²⁺（20~40 mg/kg）胁迫只降低了第1代72~120 h幼虫以及第2代72 h幼虫血淋巴中的蛋白含量。第1代0 h,48~72 h和120 h幼虫血淋巴中的脂肪含量在1~20 mg/kg Ni²⁺胁迫下均高于对照,但24 h和96 h幼虫血淋巴中的脂肪含量均低于对照中的含量。连续3代0~48 h幼虫血淋巴中的热量值均随饲料中Ni²⁺浓度的增加而降低;低浓度Ni²⁺胁迫（1~5 mg/kg）增加,而高浓度Ni²⁺（20~40 mg/kg）的胁迫降低第2和3代72 ~120 h幼虫血淋巴中热量值。同时,低浓度Ni2+胁迫增加而高浓度Ni²⁺胁迫降低了第3代5龄和6龄幼虫的体重。因此推测,Ni²⁺胁迫对S. litura幼虫血淋巴的能源物质含量以及热量值的影响与能量物质的种类、虫体的发育阶段和Ni²⁺的胁迫世代等都有一定的联系。     

Genetic Analysis of a Strain of Mice Plateaued for Litter Size

A strain of mice (S1) was successfully selected for large litter size for 31 generations, increasing the mean by 4.2 young per litter. After generation 31, there was no further progress and it was concluded that a selection plateau had been reached. Realized heritability decreased during the course of the experiment from 0.16+/-0.06 for the first 15 generations to 0.00+/-0.03 for generations 30 through 45.--In order to explore the nature of the selection plateau, the following groups were derived from line S1 at generation 34 or 35: Upward selection with inbreeding (SF), random (relaxed) selection (SO), and downward selection (SR). Selections were carried out for 10 to 11 generations. The means of SO and SF were similar to those of S1, ruling out any major effect of natural selection or overdominance. SR decreased, the mean averaging 2.3 young per litter below that of S1 during the last three generations. The fact that SR responded to selection indicates that genetic variance was still present in the plateaued population. The SF sublines were crossed when the inbreeding was 95% and a new line, SX, was formed. SX was maintained for three generations and the difference of +0.7 young per litter above the contemporary generations of S1 was significant. The results from this experiment suggest that the selection plateau in line S1 was caused by reduction of additive genetic variance to a very low level. Some nonadditive genetic variance remained, however, and was attributed to recessive alleles at low frequency. In agreement with results reported by Falconer (1971), inbreeding with selection followed by crossing of the inbred sublines proved to be effective in overcoming a selection plateau in litter size.     

朱砂叶螨对三种杀螨剂的抗性选育与抗性风险评估

为评价朱砂叶螨Tetranychus cinnabarinus对3种杀螨剂的抗性风险,在实验室抗性品系选育基础上,应用数量遗传学中的域性状分析法,研究了朱砂叶螨北碚种群对甲氰菊酯、阿维菌素和哒螨灵3种杀螨剂的抗性现实遗传力,并对3种药剂在不同杀死率下抗性发展的速率进行了预测。结果表明：分别单一连续汰选16代后,朱砂叶螨对甲氰菊酯、阿维菌素的抗性倍数分别达26.54和4.51倍,对哒螨灵表现为敏感性降低（抗性倍数为1.16倍）;朱砂叶螨对甲氰菊酯、阿维菌素和哒螨灵的抗性现实遗传力分别为0.2472,0.1519和0.0160。在室内选择条件下,杀死率为50%～90%时,要获得10倍抗性,甲氰菊酯仅需要13～6代,阿维菌素需要约21～10代;哒螨灵需要约197～89代;在田间选择,三种药剂都将需要更长的时间。抗性筛选16代结果表明,抗性风险较高的是菊酯类的甲氰菊酯,其次是生物源农药阿维菌素,杂环类的哒螨灵抗性风险较小。试验结果可为朱砂叶螨抗性治理提供参考。     

Geographical and temporal mitochondrial DNA variability in populations of pink salmon

Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha from odd and even year generations in rivers of Sakhalin Island, Kuril Island, Kamchatka Peninsula, and Alaska were investigated with five informative restriction endonucleases for mtDNA variation. The odd and even generations from the same rivers of South Sakhalin differed greatly. The time of divergence between the two broodlines was estimated at 0.9-1.1 Myr. The variability of mtDNA in odd year generations was higher than in even year generations and may have been due to' founder' and/or' bottleneck' effects. The differences among river populations within the Sakhalin region in 1991-1993 were not significant and this confirms the highly migratory nature of pink compared with other Pacific salmon. The mtDNA samples revealed statistically significant differences between regions. The northern populations (Kamchatka, Alaska) were less diverse in number and frequency of haplotypes than the southern populations (Sakhalin). This suggests that pink salmon originated in the Sakhalin-Kuril region and that a founder effect during the spread of this species may have restricted the mtDNA variability in other regions.     

Effective Population Size,Extended Linkage Disequilibrium and Signatures of Selection in the Rare Dog Breed Lundehund

The Lundehund is an old dog breed with remarkable anatomical features including polydactyly in all four limbs and extraordinary flexibility of the spine. We genotyped 28 Lundehund using the canine Illumina high density beadchip to estimate the effective population size (N_e) and inbreeding coefficients as well as to identify potential regions of positive selection. The decay of linkage disequilibrium was slow with r² = 0.95 in 50 kb distance. The last 7-200 generations ago, Ne was at 10-13. An increase of N_e was noted in the very recent generations with a peak value of 19 for N_e at generation 4. The FROH estimated for 50-, 65- and 358-SNP windows were 0.87, 087 and 0.81, respectively. The most likely estimates for F_ROH after removing identical-by-state segments due to linkage disequilibria were at 0.80-0.81. The extreme loss of heterozygosity has been accumulated through continued inbreeding over 200 generations within a probably closed population with a small effective population size. The mean inbreeding coefficient based on pedigree data for the last 11 generations (F_Ped = 0.10) was strongly biased downwards due to the unknown coancestry of the founders in this pedigree data. The long-range haplotype test identified regions with genes involved in processes of immunity, olfaction, woundhealing and neuronal development as potential targets of selection. The genes QSOX2, BMPR1B and PRRX2 as well as MYOM1 are candidates for selection on the Lundehund characteristics small body size, increased number of digits per paw and extraordinary mobility, respectively.     

The effect of gamma-radiation on induction of the hobo element transposition in Drosophila melanogaster

The transposition frequency of the hobo mobile element in four successive generations of Drosophila melanogaster strain y2-717 after an acute gamma-irradiation with a dose of 30 Gr amounted to 7.5 x 10(-4) per site per genome per generation. Under the same conditions, PCR analysis of the genomic DNA of y2-717 flies detected new variants of defective hobo sequence. No changes in the hobo localization and PCR products compared with the control were detected in the case of single irradiation with doses of 3 and 30 Gr. The localizations of hobo element on polytene chromosomes of y2-717 strain did not change during 11 generations after five exposures of flies to 30 Gr. Irradiation of a highly unstable D. melanogaster strain y+743 did not increase the number of families with mutant progeny, yet increased the total number of mutant descendants almost twofold, from 5 to 9%.     

Life cycles of two isopora species in the canary, Serinus canarius Linnaeus

The endogenous stages of Isospora serini Arog?o and Isospora canaria Box are described from experimentally infected canaries, Serinus canarius Linnaeus. Unlike other Coccidia, the first part of the I. serini life cycle takes place in mononuclear phagocytes. Five asexual generations are described from this cell type; 2 additional asexual generations and the sexual stages take place in the intestinal epithelium. Isospora canaria, on the other hand, has a conventional coccidian life cycle in that all of the endogenous stages are in the epithelium of the small intestine, with 3 asexual generations and the sexual generation described in the duodenal epithelium. The 2 species differ in their position relative to the nucleus of the intestinal epithelial cell. Isospora serini is usually on the lumenal side of the nucleus while I. canaria is below the nucleus, toward the basement membrane. The prepatent period is 4-5 days for I. canaria and 9-10 days for I. serini. Patency lasts for 11-13 days in I. canaria infections, but duration of oocyst output is more chronic in I. serini infections, persisting for as long as 231 days. Both species have a diurnal periodicity of oocyst discharge which occurs in late afternoon and evening.     

Mixed model analysis of a selection experiment for food intake in mice

Data from 23 generations of mice selected for increased and reduced appetite were analysed by Restricted Maximum Likelihood fitting an animal model with litters as additional random effects. Traits considered were food intake between 4 and 6 weeks of age adjusted for 4-week body weight (AFI), the selection criterion, and body weight at 6 weeks (6WW). Selection was carried out within families. A high and a low selection line and a control were maintained in each of three replicates. Analyses were performed for each replicate separately taking subsets of the data spanning different numbers of generations. Overall estimates of heritabilities were 0.15 for AFI, which agreed well with realized heritability estimates, and 0.42 for 6WW. The litter variance, expressed as a proportion of the phenotypic variance, was 0.21 for both traits, yielding intraclass correlations of full-sibs of 0.29 and 0.42, respectively. Similar results were obtained for variances of each trait using univariate and multivariate analyses. From the latter, estimates of correlations between the two traits were 0.46 for additive genetic, -0.19 for litter and 0.31 for residual effects, resulting in a phenotypic correlation of 0.23. Analyses of data from generations 2-7, 8-13 and 14-23 separately showed a marked decrease in genetic variance and heritability in later generations for both traits. Heritabilities of AFI, for instance, were 0.24, 0.10 and 0.07, respectively. These changes could not be attributed to the effects of inbreeding or of selection in an infinitesimal model and suggested that some change in variance due to change in gene frequency had occurred during the course of the experiment.