Über die genetischen Ursachen der Samenbildung

Zusammenfassung Innerhalb von Primula malacoides Franchet wurden zwischen verschiedenen Formen Valenzkreuzungen durchgeführt. Es traten 2x-, 3x-, 4x- und 5x-Pflanzen auf. An der Entstehung dieser Valenztypen sind sowohl reduzierte als auch unreduzierte Gameten beteiligt. Auf Grund der erzielten Kreuzungsergebnisse wird versucht, Rückschlüsse auf die genetischen Ursachen der Samenbildung zu ziehen.Es wird angenommen, daß der jeweiligen Konstitution des Endosperms eine vorrangige Bedeutung für die Entstehung von lebensfähigen Samen zukommt.

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On the genetic causes of seed formation

Summary New crossings were made between different diploid and polyploid forms of Primula malacoides Franchet. 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x plants appeared. Both reduced and unreduced gametes participated in the formation of these types. Based on the results conclusions are drawn about the genetic causes of seed development. It is suggested that the endosperm constitution has prime importance for the development of viable seeds.

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Herrn Prof. Dr. Hans Stubbe zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.

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Quedlinburger Beiträge zur Züchtungsforschung Nr. 78.     

Die Doppelbrechung des Schleimes vonTilia ulmifolia Scop

Zusammenfassung Die Schleimzellen aus dem Rindenparenchym der Blattstiele vonTilia ulmifolia werden mit dem Polarisationsmikroskop untersucht. Der zellulosefreie Pektinschleim ist anisotrop und zeigt negatives Vorzeichen in bezug auf die Tangente an die Zellwand. Imbibition und Untersuchung von Schleimf?den lassen auf konzentrische Lagerung der Bausteine mit negativer Eigendoppelbrechung schlie?en. Es ist dies der zweite Fall, da? natürliches Pektin seine Doppelbrechung ohne Vorbehandlung zeigt. Es wird festgestellt, da? die Eigendoppelbrechung desTilia-Schleimes gegenüber den Literaturangaben über doppelbrechende natürliche Pektingele deutlich h?her liegt, was auf bessere Orientierung oder verst?rkte Eigendoppel-brechung zurückgeführt wird. Mit 1 Textabbildung     

Urinary 6-Sulfatoxymelatonin Cycle-To-Cycle Variability

For either clinical or research purposes, the timing of the nocturnal onset in production of the urinary melatonin metabolite 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (UaMT6s-onset), has been proposed as a reliable and robust marker of circa-dian phase. However, given that most circadian rhythms show cycle-to-cycle variability, the statistical reliability of phase estimates obtained from a single study using UaMT6s-onset remains to be determined. Following 2 weeks of sleep diary and wrist actigraphy, 15 young, healthy good sleepers participated in four UaMT6s sampling sessions spaced 1 day apart. During the sampling sessions subjects remained indoors under low light conditions and hourly urine samples were collected from 19:00 to 02:00 h. Samples were subsequently assayed for UaMT6s using standard radioimmunographic techniques. UaMT6s-onset was determined by the time at which melatonin production exceeded the average of three proceeding trials by 100%. Sleep onset times were derived from sleep diary and actigraphic measures taken before the melatonin collection nights. We found that there was no significant variation between nights in group mean UaMT6s-onset times, and intraindividual variability was small. In addition, UaMT6s-onset times were highly and significantly correlated between nights (grand mean r = 0.804). Our results suggest that within 95% confidence interval limits, individual UaMT6s-onset estimates obtained from a single night UaMT6s-onset study can be used to predict subsequent UaMT6s-onset times within ±97 min. A close temporal relationship was also found between the timing of UaMT6s-onset and sleep onset. Overall, our results suggest that under entrained conditions single-session UaMT6s-onset studies can provide reliable individual UaMT6s-onset phase estimates and that the protocol described in this study is a practical and noninvasive methodology. (Chronobiology International, 13(6), 411-421, 1996)     

Secretion of a heat-stable fungalβ-glucanase from transgenic,suspension-cultured barley cells

Transgenic plant cell cultures have a potential for production and secretion of important proteins and peptides. To assess the possibilities of using a stable barley suspension culture for secretion of heterologous proteins in active form, we expressed the cDNA of the thermostable-glucanase (EGI) ofTrichoderma reesei in barley suspension cells. The cDNA coding for EGI and its signal sequence was placed under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter and the construction was transferred to the cells by particle bombardment. Stably transformed lines were obtained by selecting for a cotransformed antibiotic resistance marker. The expression of EGI cDNA led to accumulation of EGI in the culture medium, as shown by analysis with EGI-specific antibodies. Enzymatic assays confirmed that the EGI secreted by the suspension cells retained its activity and thermostable character. Furthermore, it was shown that the enzyme produced by the transgenic suspension culture could be used for degradation of soluble-glucans during mashing.     

H-2T24 and Pema T24: orthologous expressed MHC class Ib genes from mouse and Peromyscus maniculatus

The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper have been submitted to the GenBank nucleotide sequence database and have been assigned the accession numbers U03104 and L22338.     

Molecular cytogenetic analysis of a duplication Xp in a male: further delineation of a possible sex influencing region on the X chromosome

We describe a male infant with severe mental retardation and autism with a duplication of the short arm of the X chromosome. Chromosome painting confirmed the origin of this X duplication. Molecular cytogenetic analysis with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) identified one copy of the zinc finger protein on the X chromosome (ZFX) and two copies of the steroid sulfatase gene (STS), further delineating the breakpoints. Based on cytogenetic and molecular comparisons of cases from the literature of sex-reversal in dup(X),Y patients and our patient, we suggest that a possible secondary sexinfluencing gene involved in the regulation of sex determination or testis morphogenesis is present at the distal Xp21.1 to p21.2 region.