Some New Records of Ferns from Vietnam and Laos (3)Pteris (Pteridaceae)

Genus Pteris from Vietnam and Laos is revised in this paper. Seven species newly reported from Vietnam and Laos are P.argyraea, P.sichuanensis, P.maclurei, P.pseudopellucida, P.setuloso costulata, P.morii, and P.wangiana.     

家蚕LTR逆转录转座子的鉴定、分类及系统发育分析

转座子是真核生物基因组的重要组成成分。为了研究家蚕Bombyx mori长末端重复序列 (long terminal repeat, LTR)逆转录转座子的分类及进化, 本研究采用de novo预测和同源性搜索相结合的方法, 在家蚕基因组中共鉴定出了38个LTR逆转录转座子家族, 序列长度占整个基因组的0.64%, 远小于先前预测的11.8%, 其中有6个家族为本研究的新发现。38个家族中, 26个家族有表达序列标签 (expression sequence tag, EST)证据, 表明这些家族具有潜在的活性。对有EST证据的6个家族和没有EST证据的5个家族用RT-PCR进行了组织表达谱实验, 结果表明这11个家族在一些组织中有表达, 这进一步证实了这些家族具有转录活性, 基于此我们推测家蚕中大部分的LTR逆转录转座子家族很可能具有潜在活性。对转座子的插入时间进行估计, 结果表明绝大部分元件都是最近1百万年内插入到家蚕基因组中的。我们还比较了黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster、 冈比亚按蚊Anopheles gambiae和家蚕B. mori中Ty3/Gypsy超家族分支的差异, 结果表明不同枝在不同昆虫中有着不同的扩张。家蚕中LTR逆转录转座子的鉴定和系统分析有助于我们理解逆转录转座子在昆虫进化中的作用。     

昆虫包涵体衍生病毒囊膜蛋白的分子生物学

了解杆状病毒的囊膜蛋白对揭示病毒入侵、 囊膜蛋白核定向转运机制以及研究控制昆虫新策略等方面具有重要意义。 目前研究表明,包涵体衍生病毒(occlusion-derived virus, ODV)的囊膜蛋白包括ODV-E25, ODV-E66, ODV-E56, ODV-E18, ODV-E28, P74, PIF1, PIF2, PIF3, GP41, ODV-EC27, ODV-E35, ODV-EC43,BV/ODV-E26,P91和ORF150。 本文结合国内外的研究成果系统的综述了囊膜蛋白的结构和功能,其在经口感染、调节细胞周期和囊膜蛋白的传送等方面起作用。 囊膜蛋白的核定向转运机制,ODV与昆虫中肠之间和包涵体基质之间相互作用以及ODV结构蛋白之间的相互作用等将是今后的研究重点。     

东黑冠长臂猿鸣叫特征及气象因子对鸣叫的影响

鸣叫是长臂猿非常典型的一个特征,并且受到生物因素和非生物因素(如气象因子) 的影响。为了解东黑冠长臂猿的鸣叫特征以及气象因子对鸣叫的影响,2008 年8 月至2009 年10 月,采用全事件记录法对栖息在广西邦亮自然保护区3 个东黑冠长臂猿野生群体的鸣叫行为进行观察。结果表明东黑冠长臂猿倾向于在早晨鸣叫,有91.4% 的鸣叫发生在日出前0.5 h 至日出后3 h 之间,其中53.1% 的鸣叫发生在日出后1 h 内。平均每个群体的鸣叫频次为69.7% ,一个群体平均每天鸣叫1.24 次,鸣叫的平均持续时间为18.3 min。一次二重唱中,雌性平均激动鸣叫4.4 次。长臂猿鸣叫的起始时间在光照强度的影响下差异显著,阴天和雾天鸣叫的起始时间延后,且雾天最迟;降雨致使长臂猿体能的损失和光照强度减弱,从而引起鸣叫起始时间的延后和持续时间缩短;温度对长臂猿鸣叫的影响并不显著。     

生态位理论在张家界市主要旅游景区评价中的应用

选择张家界市5个主要旅游景区作为研究对象、50种影响旅游景区发展的资源状态作为评价指标, 通过指标逐级合并处理, 在3个指标级别(Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ级)上分析了生态位宽度和生态位重叠. 结果表明: 张家界市旅游景区生态位宽度受指标级别的影响显著(F=10.278, P=0.006), 而采用相对生态位宽度则不受指标级别的影响, 说明在旅游景区开发潜力评价中, 相对生态位宽度比绝对生态位宽度更具合理性; 从Ⅲ级指标到Ⅰ级指标, 旅游景区生态位重叠度值有增大趋势, 表明指标级别的选择会影响旅游景区间实际生态位重叠的评价. 随着评价指标的逐步细化, 当观测到的Pianka指数和采用Monte Carlo模拟的Pianka指数的差值达到显著水平时, 该指标级别可作为评价指标细化的最低标准, 模拟的生态位重叠值可作为旅游景区竞争评价的重要参考.     

The effect of genotyping errors on the robustness of composite linkage disequilibrium measures

We conclude that composite linkage disequilibrium (LD) measures be adopted in population-based LD mapping or association mapping studies since it is unaffected by Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium. Although some properties of composite LD measures have been recently studied, the effects of genotyping errors on composite LD measures have not been examined. In this report, we derived deterministic formulas to evaluate the impact of genotyping errors on the composite LD measures Δ'AB and rAB, and compared the robustness of Δ'AB and rAB in the presence of genotyping errors. The results showed that Δ'AB and rAB depend on the allele frequencies and the assumed error model, and show varying degrees of robustness in the presence of errors. In general, whether there is HWD or not, rAB is more robust than Δ'AB except some special cases and the difference of robustness between Δ'AB and rAB becomes less severe as the difference between the frequencies of two SNP alleles A and B becomes smaller.     

Molecular identification of species in Juglandaceae:A tiered method

DNA barcoding is a method of species identification and recognition using DNA sequence data. A tiered or multilocus method has been recommended for barcoding plant species. In this study, we sampled 196 individuals representing 9 genera and 54 species of Juglandaceae to investigate the utility of the four potential barcoding loci (rbcL, matK, trnH-psbA, and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)). Our results show that all four DNA regions are easy to amplify and sequence. In the four tested DNA regions, ITS has the most variable information, and rbcL has the least. At generic level, seven of nine genera can be efficiently identified by matK. At species level, ITS has higher interspecific p-distance than the trnH-psbA region. Difficult to align in the whole family, ITS showed heterogeneous variability among different genera. Except for the monotypic genera (Cyclocarya, Annamocarya, Platycarya), ITS appeared to have limited power for species identification within the Carya and Engelhardia complex, and have no power for Juglans or Pterocarya. Overall, our results confirmed that a multilocus tiered method for plant barcoding was applicable and practicable. With higher priority, matK is proposed as the first-tier DNA region for genus discrimination, and the second locus at species level should have enough stable variable characters.     

茄子野生近缘种托鲁巴姆试管微扦插繁殖技术研究

嫁接栽培是茄果类蔬菜防治土传病害和提高产量的重要措施之一。茄子野生近缘种托鲁巴姆(Solanums torvum)因综合抗性强,成为茄子和番茄嫁接的常用优良砧木。但是,由于托鲁巴姆种子的发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数较低,苗龄较长,限制了其在工厂化育苗中的大规模应用,因此迫切需要开发其他方法及相应技术体系提高托鲁巴姆的育苗效率,降低育苗成本。为优化托鲁巴姆微扦插技术,该研究探索并优化了试管内微扦插繁殖托鲁巴姆技术,以无菌播种获得初代无菌苗的茎段为外植体,通过在培养基中添加植物生长调节剂,对比不同浓度植物生长调节剂对托鲁巴姆微扦插繁殖过程中的影响。结果表明:(1)托鲁巴姆在不同培养基中,腋芽诱导、继代增殖和生根培养的效果存在显著差异,初代芽诱导的最佳培养基为MS+KT 0.5 mg·L^-1+IBA 0.1 mg·L^-1,出芽率达90%。(2)继代扦插最佳培养基为MS+IBA 0.4 mg·L^-1,培养30 d的增殖系数达6.11,植株长势健壮。(3)最佳生根培养基为1/2MS+IBA 0.2 mg·L^-1,生根培养30 d,单株一级根数4.56条,最长根长125.80 mm、根粗0.50 mm,根系发达。采用试管内微扦插技术繁殖托鲁巴姆种苗,操作简单,增殖系数较高,可满足快速繁育种苗的要求。该研究结果为托鲁巴姆的工厂化规模育苗提供了新途径。