Genetic variation of recent Alu insertions in human populations

The Alu family of intersperesed repeats is comprised of ovr 500,000 members which may be divided into discrete subfamilies based upon mutations held in common between members. Distinct subfamilies of Alu sequences have amplified within the human genome in recent evolutionary history. Several individual Alu family members have amplified so recently in human evolution that they are variable as to presence and absence at specific loci within different human populations. Here, we report on the distribution of six polymorphic Alu insetions in a survey of 563 individuals from 14 human population groups across several continents. Our results indicate that these polymorphic Alu insertions probably have an African origin and that there is a much smaller amount of genetic variation between European populations than that found between other populations groups. Present address: Department of Pathology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA 70112 Correspondence to: M.A. Batzer     

大豆子叶内酸性磷酸酶活性的超微结构定位

开花后３５～５０ ｄ 期间和萌发早期（播种后４～８ ｄ）的大豆（Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅｍ ａｘ Ｌ．）种子中,酸性磷酸酶主要分布在子叶细胞中的蛋白体内;在内质网内也检测到酸性磷酸酶活性。此外,在萌发早期的部分子叶细胞的质膜外侧及其细胞壁基质中可见密集的酸性磷酸酶活性;而且在近质膜的胞质中常见到一些富含磷酸铅沉淀的胞质小泡,似与质膜融合     

福建武夷山甜槠群落能量的研究

在生物量、生产力研究基础上,对武夷山甜槠（Ｃａｓｔａｎｏｐｓｉｓ ｅｙｒｅｉ（Ｃｈａｍ ｐ．ｅｘ Ｂｅｎｔｈ．） Ｔｕｔｃｈ．）群落各组分的热值、群落能量现存量、能量年净固定量以及太阳能转化效率进行了研究。结果表明：（１）甜槠群落各组分样品的干重热值具有一定的差异,树皮热值最高,细根热值最低。（２）甜槠群落的能量现存量达７８０５８４．１ ｋＪ·ｍ － ２,其中地上部分为６７８９１３．８ ｋＪ·ｍ － ２,占总量的８６．９８％ ;地下部分为１０１６７０．３ ｋＪ·ｍ － ２,占１３．０２％ 。（３）甜槠群落的能量年净固定量（１９９２年）为２６８５６．２ ｋＪ·ｍ － ２·ａ－ １,林地太阳光合有效辐射能的转化效率为１．２９６％ 。     

独叶草叶二叉分枝脉序中网结脉和盲脉的形态学研究

对独叶草营养叶二叉分枝脉序及其中的网结脉和盲脉的形态学研究表明：(1)网结脉中2条完全汇合的与靠近脉中完全分离的叶脉之间未发现任何形式的维管束汇合的中间类型及网结脉中具有不同程度的连接脉退化痕迹的事实表明,网结脉不可能由靠近脉产生,相反,由于网结脉中联结脉的退化而形成开放脉;(2)盲脉是通过伴随着齿退化的达齿脉的退化、网结脉中联结脉的间断、非网结脉由分枝处间断三种方式产生的;(3)越裂片脉的出现及其可以形成网结脉的现象表明独叶草营养叶可能曾具有较为复杂的脉序,这种叶脉也呈现出退化的趋势;(4)独叶草营养叶的二叉分枝脉序可能是一种退化性状,而网结脉的出现可能是这种退化过程中的残留痕迹。     

陆地表层系统动力学机制研究Ⅰ．──陆地表层系统和动力学方程

对陆地表层动力学的研究对象、研究内容及其基本理论方法作了阐述,以多学科综合的观点定义了陆地表层系统,包括时空尺度范围的约定、状态变量的选择、物质循环以及外界因子等的讨论;依据物质和能量守恒原理建立了陆地表层系统的非线性控制方程组,表述了各圈层之间物质循环和能量循环过程、反馈关系及其动力学联系;讨论了控制方程组的整体运作功能以及人类活动对陆地表层系统的影响．     

FIBONACCI级数与菊花结构规律的研究

本文论证了菲波纳斯（Fibonacci）级数与菊花花冠结构的关系,发现了花冠的通用数学模式：花冠（数目）＝（5×倍数）十F_n（F_(n－1)＋F_(n-2)）     

几种细胞分裂素诱导石竹外植体直接再分化成花芽的机理

用ＭＳ＋２,４－Ｄ０．１ｍｇ／Ｌ为基本培养基,分别附加不同浓度的ＺＴ、ＢＡ和ＫＴ,对石竹的叶片、茎和花等外植体直接再分化成花芽的试验表明：叶片的外植体在有ＢＡ时可再分化出只有红色花瓣的不正常花芽;在含ＺＴ的培养基中再分化出具有１～２片叶或无叶的花芽,其花有两性花,雌花和仅单个雌蕊的不正常花,两性花可发育成结籽的果实;ＫＴ未能诱导花芽分化。茎外植体,３种ＣＴＫ都不能诱导出花芽。花等外植体仅在ＫＴ３ｍｇ／Ｌ的培养中再分化出无叶的不正常花芽,ＺＴ和ＢＡ的处理均不能诱导出花芽。     

Superposition properties of interacting ion channels.

Quantitative analysis of patch clamp data is widely based on stochastic models of single-channel kinetics. Membrane patches often contain more than one active channel of a given type, and it is usually assumed that these behave independently in order to interpret the record and infer individual channel properties. However, recent studies suggest there are significant channel interactions in some systems. We examine a model of dependence in a system of two identical channels, each modeled by a continuous-time Markov chain in which specified transition rates are dependent on the conductance state of the other channel, changing instantaneously when the other channel opens or closes. Each channel then has, e.g., a closed time density that is conditional on the other channel being open or closed, these being identical under independence. We relate the two densities by a convolution function that embodies information about, and serves to quantify, dependence in the closed class. Distributions of observable (superposition) sojourn times are given in terms of these conditional densities. The behavior of two channel systems based on two- and three-state Markov models is examined by simulation. Optimized fitting of simulated data using reasonable parameters values and sample size indicates that both positive and negative cooperativity can be distinguished from independence.