辽西北票四合屯早白垩世土城子组三段孢粉组合及其意义

本文研究了辽西北票四合屯脊椎动物化石产地附近土城子组三段的孢粉组合,共计32属9种及25未定种。孢粉组合以松柏类两气囊花粉占绝对优势,三缝孢子含量低。当前组合中见有Cicatricosisporites,Lygodioisporites,Jiaohepollis,Rugubivesiculites等早白垩世特征分子,同时未见被子植物花粉,推测其时代为早白垩世早期,这与同位素测年结果相一致。这一孢粉组合以松柏类两气囊花粉的高含量及Classopollis的低含量为特征,明显不同于以往报道的土城子组的孢粉组合,却与辽西地区义县组下部层段的孢粉组合非常相似,表明辽西地区土城子组沉积的末期区域植物群面貌与义县组已无本质差别,尽管两套地层在岩相和沉积上差异明显。这一发现提示我们,土城子组的横向对比对于正确重建中国北方侏罗纪—白垩纪早期的沉积演化史十分关键,有必要在后续研究中进一步开展其他地区土城子组的孢粉等生物地层及区域间的对比工作。     

新疆玛纳斯河畔红沟剖面西山窑组和头屯河组孢粉组合及地层意义

本文系统地研究了新疆玛纳斯河红沟剖面西山窑组和头屯河组孢粉化石,共计51属108种。根据孢粉属种组成及其含量的变化,自下而上分为2套组合:1.Cyathidites-Neoraistrisckia-Disacciatrileti(CND)组合,2.Cyathidites-Disacciatrileti-Classopollis(CDC)组合。依据组合中一些重要分子的地质时限讨论及其与相关组合的对比,将“CND”组合的地质时代归为中侏罗世早期,“CDC”组合归为中侏罗世晚期。在综合分析和对比新疆一些地区中侏罗世孢粉组合的基础上,自下而上建立了2个孢粉组合带,即:Cyathidites-Neoraistrisckia-Quadraeculina-Cycadopites(CNQC)组合带,Cyathidites-Quadraeculina-Classopollis(CQC)组合带。     

山西柳林孙家沟组孢粉植物群

记述山西晚二民晚期孙家和沟组的丰富孢粉植物群,计有５７属１０９种（包括相似种和未定种,讨论孢粉植物群的性质,：以西欧镁灰岩组分子为主体,并有相当数量的安加拉－亚安加拉（如新疆北部）成分参与,还有少量华夏植物群的残留分子。     

新疆乌鲁木齐郝家沟剖面郝家沟组和八道湾组孢粉组合及地层意义

作者系统研究了新疆乌鲁木齐郝家沟剖面郝家沟组、八道湾组的孢粉化石,共计98属300种(包括2新属4新种)。根据孢粉属种组成及其含量的变化,自下而上分为5套组合:1.Concavisporites-Dictyophyllidites-Chas-matosporites-Cycadopites组合(组合1),2.Cyathidites-Deltoidospora-Chasmatosporites-Cycadopites组合(组合2),3.Cyathidites-Brevilaesuraspora-Chasmatosporites-Cycadopites-Perinopollenites组合(组合3),4.Cyathidi-tes-Osmundacidites-Pinuspollenites-Piceites-Perinopollenites组合(组合4),5.Cyathidites-Contignisporites组合(组合5)。依据组合中一些重要分子的地质时限讨论及其与相关组合的对比,将组合1归为晚三叠世,组合2—组合4归为早侏罗世早期,组合5归为早侏罗世晚期。并讨论了三叠系与侏罗系的界线及八道湾组的地质时代问题。文中描述孢子花粉2新属4新种,图示孢子花粉及疑源类共74属175种。     

燕辽地区土城子组古生物组合与陆相侏罗系-白垩系界线年代地层

土城子组是一套广泛发育于燕辽地区的陆相红色碎屑沉积岩系,为中国陆相侏罗系-白垩系(J/K)界线研究的典型。由于陆相化石记录的不完备,以及生物地层划分与同位素年代学的矛盾,使该地层时代归属不定。该组所含生物门类比较丰富,但化石层位较少,可以识别出叶肢介、介形类、孢粉等化石组合,但是前人对其时代意见不一。国内外学者在土城子组及其上下地层获得大量同位素测年资料,指示该组年龄处于156—139 Ma之间,属于晚侏罗世—早白垩世,因此J/K界线就划定在土城子组内部。尽管传统的生物地层学研究积淀正被日渐积累的年代地层学数据引发各种挑战,但毋庸置疑的是,年代地层单元和地质历史的划分必然需要有可供区域对比的标志,生物演化始终是地球发展阶段划分的依据。在土城子组生物地层研究精度尚待提高之时,本文尝试提出一粗略的J/K界线划分方案,以晚侏罗世叶肢介Pseudograpta-Monilestheria-Sinograpta(P-M-S)组合、介形类Cetacella substriata-Mantelliana alta-Darwinula bapanxiaensis (C-M-D)组合与早白垩世叶肢介Yanshanoleptestheria-Pingquania-Lingyuanella(Y-P-L)组合、介形类Djungarica yangshulingensis-Mantelliana reniformis-Stenestroemia yangshulingensis (D-M-S)组合为界线划分依据。近期孢粉的研究结果显示, J/K界线可以Cicatricosisporites-Lygodioisporites-Jiaohepollis组合的出现为标志。根据化石组合发育特征分析, J/K界线位置大致在土城子组2段与3段之间,年龄为～145 Ma。建议将北票巴图营乡剖面作为对比标准。由此提出下白垩统底部"巴图营阶"的工作模型,为中国陆相白垩纪年代地层的建阶工作提供参照。     

新疆克拉玛依吐孜阿克内沟三工河组孢粉组合

通过对新疆克拉玛依地区吐孜阿克内沟剖面三工河组孢粉组合的研究,共鉴定孢粉２３属３２种,藻类化石２属４种,命名为Ｄｉｓａｃｃｉａｔｒｉｌｅｔｉ－Ｍｏｎｏｃｏｌｐａｔｅｓ－Ｃｙａｔｈｉｄｉｔｅｓ组合（简称ＤＭＣ组合）。描述了５种花粉Ａｂｉｅｔｉｎｅａｅｐｏｌｌｅｎｉｔｅｓ ｄｕｎｒｏｂｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ Ｃｏｕｐｅｒ,Ｐｓｅｕｄｏｐｉｃｅａ ｍｏｎｓｔｒｕｏｓａ Ｂｏｌｃｈ．,Ｐｏｄｏｃａｒｐｉｄｉｔｅｓ     

江苏北部始新统戴南组、三垛组孢粉植物群及古生态环境

该文通过对苏北—南黄海盆地高邮凹陷和海安凹陷16口石油探井中戴南组及上覆三垛组690块岩心样品的孢粉分析研究,建立了始新世三个孢粉植物组合,它们分别是早始新世Ulmipol-lenites-Inaperturopollenites-Pterisisporites组合(称第一孢粉组合,分布于戴南组一段至二段的Ⅰ亚段)、早始新世Taxodiaceaepollenites-Caryapollenites组合(称第二孢粉组合,分布于三垛组一段Ⅰ亚段)和中始新世晚期Nitrariadites-Retitricolpites-Euphorbiactes组合(称第三孢粉组合,分布于三垛组二段Ⅱ亚段)。讨论了这三个组合的特征和所属时代,提出了与以往戴南组、三垛组众多研究者将其归于渐新世的不同意见。文章还简要地阐述了各孢粉植物群的生态环境。对新发现的13个种作了描述,其中8新种,2未定种,对2种作了重新组合。     

辽宁义县金家沟义县组砖城子层孢粉组合

辽宁义县金家沟义县组砖城子层的孢粉组合是以无肋双囊类花粉为主(占组合的70%左右),伴以少量Cicatricosisporites,Jugella,Ephedripites,Jiaohepollis等为特征,其基本面貌与北票黄半吉沟义县组尖山沟层的孢粉组合类似,时代同属早白垩世贝利亚斯期,反映温暖湿润的气候环境。     

新疆准噶尔盆地东北缘孔雀坪剖面二叠纪金沟组孢粉组合及其地层意义

准噶尔盆地东北缘孔雀坪剖面金沟组孢粉组合中Protohaploxypinus,Striatoabieites等具肋双气囊花粉非常发育,类型丰富,达7属32种之多;Cordaitina,Zonalasporites等单气囊花粉分异度较高,但含量较低;少量出现单沟花粉、具肋纹花粉、无肋双气囊花粉和蕨类植物孢子等。所见孢粉类型中约1/2的已知种在新疆北部只见于二叠纪地层中,1/3已知种在晚石炭世至二叠纪地层中均可见到。孢粉组合特征与盆地南缘下二叠统塔什库拉组上部组合相似,地质时代为早二叠世空谷期。     

新疆准噶尔盆地西北缘早侏罗世三工河组孢粉组合

本文报道了采自新疆准噶尔盆地西北缘红山咀区拐114井三工河组的孢粉化石,33属58种。通过对孢粉组合的系统分析研究,认为三工河组的地质时代应归为早侏罗世。     

Serology and systematics of the Ebenales and the Theales

The systematic position ofthe Ebenaceae, Sapotaceae, Styracaceae, Ochnaceae, Stachyuraceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Clusiaceae and Hypericaceae has been investigated using serological comparisons of sets of antigenic determinants. The results show that the Sytracaceae and Sapotaceae are undoubtedly more closely associated with the Actinidiaeceae and Theaceae, respectively, than with each other. We found no corresponding determinants betnween antigen systems from the Ebenaceae and systems from any other family whose relations to this family have been proposed. As discovered previously, investigations of antigen systems from the Ochnaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Stachyuraceae, Clusiaceae and Hypericaceae are against the idea of a natural order “Theales” in which these families, or at least some of them, are combined with the Theaceae and Actinidiaceae. This paper completes our previous investigations which largely support a superorder Ericanae sensu Ehrendorfer and Takhtajan. We propose to include the Actinidiaceae and Theaceae in this superorder, assigning them a central position laong with the Sapotaceae and Sytracaeae on one side and the Primulales and Ericales on the other. Another most interesting finding is that there are corresponding determinants between antigen systems from the members of the Ericanae and representatives of the Polemoniaceae and Loasaceae.     

Biophysics and Structure of the Patch and the Gigaseal

Interpreting channel behavior in patches requires an understanding of patch structure and dynamics, especially in studies of mechanosensitive channels. High resolution optical studies show that patch formation occurs via blebbing that disrupts normal membrane structure and redistributes in situ components including ion channels. There is a 1-2 μm region of the seal below the patch where proteins are excluded and this may consist of extracted lipids that form the gigaseal. Patch domes often have complex geometries with inhomogeneous stresses due to the membrane-glass adhesion energy (E_a), cytoskeletal forces, and possible lipid subdomains. The resting tension in the patch dome ranges from 1-4 mN/m, a significant fraction of the lytic tension of a bilayer (∼10 mN/m). Thus, all patch experiments are conducted under substantial, and uneven, resting tension that may alter the kinetics of many channels. E_a seems dominated by van der Waals attraction overlaid with a normally repulsive Coulombic force. High ionic strength pipette saline increased E_a and, surprisingly, increased cytoskeletal rigidity in cell-attached patches. Low pH pipette saline also increased E_a and reduced the seal selectivity for cations, presumably by neutralizing the membrane surface charge. The seal is a negatively charged, cation selective, space with a resistance of ∼7 gigohm/μm in 100 mM KCl, and the high resistivity of the space may result from the presence of high viscosity glycoproteins. Patches creep up the pipette over time with voltage independent and voltage dependent components. Voltage-independent creep is expected from the capillary attraction of E_a and the flow of fresh lipids from the cell. Voltage-dependent creep seems to arise from electroosmosis in the seal. Neutralization of negative charges on the seal membrane with low pH decreased the creep rate and reversed the direction of creep at positive pipette potentials.     

On the structure and dynamics of the complex of the nucleosome and the linker histone

Several different models of the linker histone (LH)–nucleosome complex have been proposed, but none of them has unambiguously revealed the position and binding sites of the LH on the nucleosome. Using Brownian dynamics-based docking together with normal mode analysis of the nucleosome to account for the flexibility of two flanking 10 bp long linker DNAs (L-DNA), we identified binding modes of the H5-LH globular domain (GH5) to the nucleosome. For a wide range of nucleosomal conformations with the L-DNA ends less than 65 Å apart, one dominant binding mode was identified for GH5 and found to be consistent with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments. GH5 binds asymmetrically with respect to the nucleosomal dyad axis, fitting between the nucleosomal DNA and one of the L-DNAs. For greater distances between L-DNA ends, docking of GH5 to the L-DNA that is more restrained and less open becomes favored. These results suggest a selection mechanism by which GH5 preferentially binds one of the L-DNAs and thereby affects DNA dynamics and accessibility and contributes to formation of a particular chromatin fiber structure. The two binding modes identified would, respectively, favor a tight zigzag chromatin structure or a loose solenoid chromatin fiber.     

Epigenetics and aging: the targets and the marks

'Aging epigenetics' is an emerging field that promises exciting revelations in the near future. Here we focus on the functional and biological significance of the epigenetic alterations that accumulate during aging and are important in tumorigenesis. Paradigmatic examples are provided by the global loss of DNA methylation in aging and cancer and by the promoter hypermethylation of genes with a dual role in tumor suppression and progeria, such as the Werner syndrome (WRN) and lamin A/C genes. Another twist is provided by sirtuins, a family of NAD-dependent deacetylases that act on Lys16 of histone H4, which are emerging as a link between cellular transformation and lifespan.     

Phymosomatoid echinoids from the campanian and the maastrichtian of Belgium and the Netherlands

Phymosomatoid echinoids from the Campanian and the Maastrichtian of Belgium and the Netherlands are systematically revised. Ten species, belonging to four genera are identified and described. One new species is introduced:Gauthieria?mosae sp. nov.     

Metamorphosis in the Cirripedia Rhizocephala and the homology of the kentrogon and trichogon

The Rhizocephala are considered to be monophyletic due to several synapomorphies in the ontogeny of the cndoparasitic phase. The various types of metamorphosis described in the Rhizocephala are discussed and compared to metamorphosis in the Cirripedia Thoracica and Acrothoracica. In males and females of the suborder Kentrogonida. the cyprid settles and metamorphoses into a new instar, in males the trichogen and in females the infective kentrogon. The kentrogon goes through yet another. incomplete moult associated with the development of the stylet. Within the three kentrogonidan families. the Iernaeodiscid-peltogastrid type of kentrogon differs from the sacculinid type in the mode of attachment to the host. in the complexity of internal anatomy. in the position and penetration of the stylet, and in whether or not the cyprid carapace must be shed prior to penetration of the stylet. In the Akentrogonida metamorphosis never results in a new instar. Where observed (Clistosaccidae and Thompsoniidae). both male and female cyprids settle and penetrate into their substrate (female parasite or new host) with one of the antennules. Using the antennule as a syringe. male cyprids inject spermatogonia while female cyprids injects embryonic cells developing into an endoparasite. By comparison with metamorphosis in the Cirripedia Thoracica and Acrothoracica it is concluded that the presence of a metamorphic moult leading to a post-cyprid instar is plesiomorphic and that the trichogon and kentrogon are homologous with the first metamorphosed juvenile in these outgroups. The abbreviated ontogeny in the Akentrogonida without metamorphic moult and post-cyprid larval instars is considered apomorphic. This contradicts the long-held supposition that the Akentrogonida are the most‘primitive’Rhizocephala and dovetails with new information that this suborder contains many advanced traits. Within the Kentrogonida. the lernacodiseid-peltogastrid type of kentrogon is considered more plesiomorphic than the sacculinid type, which resembles the clistosaccidthompsoniid type in having the antennules involved in the penetration process. The homologization of the kentrogon with a juvenile barnacle indicates that presence of a kentrogon is plesiomorphic within the Rhizocephala and that the Kentrogonida is paraphyletic.     

Connections between the globus pallidus and putamen and the hypothalamus and subthalamus

In 16 adult cats with electrolytically destructed external and internal parts of the globus pallidus and in 8 cats with destructed putamen direct strio-pallido-hypothalamic and strio-pallido-subthalamic pathways have been studied. Degeneration of the axonal preterminals and terminals have been examined in preparations treated after Nauta--Gygax, Nauta--Laidlow, Finck--Heimer with simultaneous additional staining of the nuclei with cresyl violet after Kawamura--Niimi. Direct pallido- and putamen-hypothalamic pathways to nuclei of the grey tubercle, posterior and lateral nuclei of the hypothalamus were stated. Direct pathways from the putamen to the subthalamic nucleus have been revealed, however, these pathways are represented in less degree than those of pallido-subthalamic connections. Direct pathways from the external portion of the globus pallidus and putamen to the subthalamic nucleus are more pronounced and represented by greater numbers of projections than those of strio-pallido-hypothalamic origin.