Development of microsatellite markers for the crown‐of‐thorns starfish Acanthaster planci

We isolated nine polymorphic microsatellites from the crown‐of‐thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. These loci provide one class of highly variable genetic marker as the number of alleles ranged from three to 12 and the observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.130 to 0.783 and from 0.163 to 0.862, respectively. We consider that these loci are potentially useful for detailing the genetic structure and gene flow among A. planci populations.     

龙脑型阴香截顶采收技术研究

以2年生龙脑型阴香Cinnamomum burmannii chvar. Borneol幼林为研究对象,开展截顶采收技术试验,试验设置4个截顶高度,每个截顶高度内又采用3种下部枝条处理模式。通过对2个年度3次调查数据进行分析,结果表明树高、地径、冠幅和可蒸生物量4个性状不同区组间本底差异不大,处理后4个性状不同处理间差异显著加大,且均达极显著水平;多重比较也从本底的2个DUNNCAN分组提升至3～4个分组,且可以看出随着截干高度的提升,4个性状指标逐渐提升;在留枝方面,保留枝条越少,4个性状指标数值越小。因此,采收以120 cm高度截顶后保留下部枝条(H4-T1组合)为最佳处理。     

Secoiridoid analogues from the fruits of Ligustrum lucidum and their inhibitory activities against influenza A virus

A phytochemical study focusing on the secoiridoid components in the fruits of Ligustrum lucidum was carried out, which finally led to the isolation of nine secoiridoid glycosides (1–9) together with two secoiridoids (10, 11). The structures of all compounds were established mainly by NMR and MS experiments as well as the necessary chemical evidence, of which 1, 2, 4 (ligulucisides A–C), 10 and 11 (liguluciridoids A and B) were identified as new secoiridoid analogues. An in vitro antiviral bioassay indicated that 1, 4, 6, and 10 displayed the inhibitory activities against influenza A virus with the IC₅₀ values of 16.5, 12.5, 13.1, and 18.5?μM, respectively, which were better than the positive control Ribavirin (IC₅₀ 22.6?μM)..     

Research of blastocyte-like structure in chicken

The chicken embryo is a classic model used to investigate embryonic development, gene expression, and tissue differentiation, and is also an important research tool in studying the animal functional genomics. The whole blastoderms of fresh unincubated eggs from White Leghorn chickens were collected with a paper ring, mechanically broken into small pieces and cultured in medium. Then the small pieces would develop into blastocyte-like structures (BLS), which could be facilitated by an addition of fetal bovine serum (FBS) to the primary culture and their diameter was nearly doubled from 12 to 24 h. The additional yolk had no positive effect on the development in the first 12 h but encouraged the BLSs attaching and inner cells differentiating instead in 24 h. The inner cells of the BLS showing a high alkaline-phosphatase activity similar to those in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and also expressing a large amount of the specific stage embryonic antigen-1 (SSEA-1) on the surface, which was known to be the characteristic of non-differentiated mouse and avian ES cells, could finally differentiate into nerve-like cells, fibroblast cells and so on in the medium. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) facilitated the cells' proliferation and prevented differentiation in the suspended culture of the BLSs. So we drew the conclusion that the BLS obtained from broken blastoderm can be used to amplify avian ES cells so as to initiate a new method of producing transgenic chickens.     

四川蝗虫二新种(直翅目:蝗总科)

1985年5—10月作者等在四川省卧龙自然保护区和马边县大风顶自然保护区进行竹类害虫调查,采得危害竹林的卵翅蝗属Caryanda St(?)l,1878一新种;并在整理四川省永川森林病虫防治试验站蝗虫标本时,又发现该属一新种,现记述如下。模式标本保存于缺西师范大学生物系蝗虫研究室。     

中国安徽巢湖瓜德鲁普世二叠异蝎蛉科新类群的发现(昆虫纲,长翅目)

二叠异蝎蛉科是二叠纪长翅目的代表性类群, 也是长翅目的基干类群。二叠纪是长翅目昆虫的繁盛期, 但中国该时期长翅目昆虫化石记录非常稀少, 目前仅报道了1种。本文根据发现于中国安徽省巢湖市瓜德鲁普统银屏组的一枚标本, 建立了1新属1新种––––廖氏巢湖异蝎蛉(Chaohuchorista liaoi gen. et sp. nov.)。该新属的鉴定特征为翅细长, Rs₁和Rs₂合并为1条脉, Rs₄具2分支, M具5分支, M₂具2分支。该新发现增加了中国二叠纪长翅目的多样性。     

广东黑石顶自然保护区植被分类系统与数字植被图 Ⅱ.群丛的分布

作为黑石顶自然保护区植被信息系统的一部分,探讨了黑石顶地区低级植被分类单位即群丛的划分,共划分为30个群丛,以此作为前期有关该自然保护区植被型与群系划分及数字植被图研制工作的补充,并借助有关的地理信息系统(GIS)软件绘制了比例尺为1:10000的群丛分布数字植被图.