猕猴(Macaca mulatta)的齿序、年龄和个体发育的关系

猕猴(Macaca mulatta)齿序与年龄的关系,我们已作过简明报道(曾中兴,1965;曾中兴等,1980)。与人一样,猕猴有2套齿列,即20颗乳齿和32颗恒齿。约在5月龄时出齐全部乳齿,4.5岁时乳齿全被恒齿替换。通常,雄猴到6.5岁左右出齐恒齿,而雌猴要到7岁左右。此后,随同动物年龄的增长,各类牙齿的齿面会受到不同程度的磨损。因此,猴子的牙齿状况可用来估计其年龄。     

甘肃白水江国家级自然保护区土壤肉鞭虫物种多样性

2004年2月～2006年5月,用"非淹没培养皿法"和活体观察法对甘肃白水江国家级自然保护区土壤肉鞭虫的物种多样性进行了研究。共鉴定到肉鞭类原生动物84种,其中包括2个未定名种和23个国内土壤肉鞭虫新纪录种,隶属于2亚门5纲13目32科49属。鞭毛亚门以动基体目的物种占优势,肉足亚门以变形目的物种占优势。研究结果表明,保护区土壤肉鞭虫物种丰富,特有和稀有物种较多,物种组成具有独特性。分析了保护区土壤肉鞭虫物种多样性与自然环境的关系。     

Effect of cell cycle inhibitor p19ARF on senescence of human diploid cell

To investigate the effect of cell cycle inhibitor p19ARF on replicative senescence of human diploid cell,recombinant p19ARF eukaryotic expression vector was constructed and p19ARF gene was transfected into human diploid fibroblasts (WI-38 cells) by liposome-mediated transfection for overexpression.Then, the effects of p19ARF on replicative senescence of WI-38 cells were observed. The results revealed that, compared with control cells, the WI-38 cells in which p19ARFgene was introduced showed significant up-regulation of p53 and p21 expression level, decrease of cell generation by 10-12 generations, decline of cell growth rate with cell cycle being arrested at G1 phase, increase of positive rate of senescent marker SA-β-gal staining, and decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential. The morphology of the transfected fibroblasts presented the characteristics changes similar to senescent cells.These results indicated that high expression of p19ARF may promote the senescent process of human diploid cells.     

大豆对臭氧、二氧化碳及其复合效应的响应

以大豆‘中黄14'为试验材料,首次模拟研究大气中O₃、CO₂浓度增加,及其逐渐和持续增加O₃、CO₂浓度复合效应对大豆的影响.结果表明,CO₂浓度增加可缓解O₃对叶片的伤害程度,受害时间推迟,受害症状无实质性变化.熏气20 d测定各处理叶片生理参数发现,在本底大气环境下,叶片气孔阻力和蒸腾速率与对照差异较小,熏气时O₃、CO₂浓度增加诱导叶片气孔关闭,气孔阻力明显增加,蒸腾速率显著降低.与对照相比,O₃浓度增加,大豆干物质积累、产量和收获指数明显降低,籽粒粗脂肪含量明显减少,粗蛋白含量显著增加;CO₂浓度增加,干物质积累和产量显著提高,收获指数无明显差异,籽粒粗脂肪和粗蛋白含量均明显减少;逐渐和持续增加O₃和CO₂浓度复合效应处理下,大豆干物质积累、产量和收获指数差异不明显,籽粒粗蛋白含量不同程度地减少,粗脂肪含量显著增加.     

A novel Arabidopsis gene causes Bax-like lethality in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Overexpression of the mammalian proapoptotic protein Bax induces cell death in plant and yeast cells. The Bax inihibitor-1 (BI-1) gene rescues yeast and plant from Bax-mediated lethality. Using the Arabidopsis BI-1 (AtBI-1) gene controlled by the GAL1 promoter as a cell death suppressor in yeast, Cdf1 (cell growth defect factor-1) was isolated from Arabidopsis cDNA library. Overexpression of Cdf1 caused cell death in yeast, whereas such an effect was suppressed by co-expression of AtBI-1. The Cdf1 protein fused with a green fluorescent protein was localized in the mitochondria and resulted in the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in yeast. The Bax-resistant mutant BRM1 demonstrated tolerance against Cdf1-mediated lethality, whereas the Deltaatp4 strain was sensitive to Cdf1. Our results suggest that Cdf1 and Bax cause mitochondria-mediated yeast lethality through partially overlapped pathways.     

标记辅助导入的原理与应用

标记辅助导入是分子遗传信息应用于动物育种的一个重要方面, 其目的是在标记信息的辅助下将一个品种(供体)中的一个或多个优良基因导入另一个品种(受体), 同时还要尽可能地保持受体群体原有的遗传背景。在标记辅助导入过程中, 标记信息既可用于辅助前景选择, 即对目标基因携带者的选择, 以保证目标基因的正确导入, 也可用于辅助背景选择, 即对受体基因组的选择, 以加快受体遗传背景的恢复。本文介绍了标记辅助导入的原理和基本方法, 综述了目前已提出的不同前景选择和背景选择方法以及消除遗传累赘(与目标基因连锁的不利基因)的方法, 同时列举了标记辅助导入在动物上的一些成功应用。     

鱼类入侵的过程、机制及研究方法

当前生物入侵问题已成为一个危害自然生态环境、生物多样性及人类社会可持续发展的国际问题,其中鱼类入侵的影响不容忽视.本文在国内外已有研究基础上,从入侵鱼类的自身特性、入侵地的特征、外来种与土著种之间的相互关系、外来种的适应性进化几个角度综合分析了鱼类入侵的机制,并概括了国内外鱼类入侵过程和研究方法的进展.