斑鳜myostatin基因及其启动子的克隆与序列分析

采用Tail-PCR和常规PCR技术首次克隆出斑鳜myostatin基因及其启动子序列。经生物信息学分析发现,斑鳜myostatin基因由3个外显子和2个内含子组成,编码区1131bp,共编码376个氨基酸。斑鳜myostatin启动子区域大小为840bp,存在1个TATAA-box、4个E-box和1个CAAT-box作用元件。利用软件CLUSTALW和MEGA3.1构建14种硬骨鱼的myostatin启动子的系统进化树结果表明:斑鳜同大口黑鲈亲缘关系最近,与鲤鱼和缨野鲮亲缘关系较远,其结果与传统形态学分类中的亲缘关系一致。斑鳜myostatin基因及其启动子克隆与特征分析,将为进一步研究鱼类myostatin基因的表达调控及其功能分析提供参考。     

Metabolic and ventilatory physiology of the Barrow Island golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus barrowensis) and the northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)

Metabolic and ventilatory parameters were measured for the smallest and largest Isoodon bandicoots; the arid-adapted Barrow Island golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus barrowensis) and the tropical northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus). I. a. barrowensis has a number of physiological characteristics that aid its tolerance of high T_a and survival in a hot and dry climate, including a low and labile body temperature, a very low basal metabolic rate, low total evaporative water loss, and an effective panting mechanism. I. macrourus generally has an “average” physiology for a bandicoot despite its size, although a number of its physiological characteristics aid survival in (sub)tropical conditions. These include a low body temperature, low total evaporative water loss and minute ventilation at high ambient temperatures, and an average thermal conductance. These data support the theory that phylogeny is a more important predictor of bandicoot physiology than habitat/distribution.     

金双歧治疗小儿厌食症的临床研究

目的观察金双歧对小儿厌食的治疗效果。方法将54例有厌食症患儿随机分成治疗组和对照组各27例，分别用金双歧和醒脾养儿颗粒治疗，观察两组治疗后食欲提高的显效时间及总有效率。结果治疗组较对照组在平均显效时间及总有效率方面优于对照组，差异有统计学意义（P〈0．001，P〈0．05）。结论金双歧对小儿厌食症治疗有效。     

The suprachiasmatic nucleus of the mink (Mustela vison): apparent absence of vasopressin-immunoreactive neurons

The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus is centrally involved in generation of several circadian rhythms. Neurons of the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus express a number of neuropeptides including vasopressin. The suprachiasmatic nucleus of the mink (Mustela vison) is easily distinguished from neighbouring hypothalamic areas and the underlying optic chiasm as a small nucleus containing densely packed parvocellular neurons. A dorsal and ventral subdivision were clearly recognized within the midportion and caudal part of the nuclcus. Using immunohistochemistry, we have identified vasopressin-, neurophysin-, and vasoactive intestinal peptide-immunoreactive neuronal elements in the hypothalamus of the mink. Vasoactive intestinal peptide-immunoreactive neurons can be observed in the ventral aspect of the suprachiasmatic nucleus, but to our surprise, no vasopressin immunoreactive perikarya are found within the suprachiasmatic nucleus, this absence being independent of the experienced annual cycle. The hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei contain large numbers of vasopressin-, neurophysin-and vasoactive intestinal peptide-immunoreactive magnocellular neurons with extensive projections towards the infundibulum and neurohypophysis. A comparative analysis of the distribution of vasopressin-immunoreactive elements in a number of conventional laboratory animals has demonstrated that, in contrast to the rat, golden hamster and Mongolian gerbil, neither vasopressin-containing perikarya in the suprachiasmatic nucleus nor fine calibered immunoreactive fibres entering the adjacent subparaventricular zone are present in the mink. The mink is a photodependent seasonal breeder, and thus vasopressin-immunoreactive neurons in the suprachiasmatic nuclei may not be essential for the photoperiodic regulation of reproduction and seasonal events experienced by this species.     

秦岭川金丝猴个体间团抱模式及其影响因素

团抱行为作为保持体温与增进社会关系的一种有效途经在非人灵长类中广泛存在,受环境和社会因素影响在各物种间呈现出多样的模式。本研究自2007 年9 月至2008 年4 月间,运用焦点动物取样法和瞬时扫描取样法对秦岭北坡周至国家级自然保护区内的一群秦岭川金丝猴的团抱模式进行了1 637 回次的扫描,结果表明研究群内的个体回避单独休息,倾向于形成团抱,团抱主要发生在2 个或3 个个体之间,较少形成4 个或4 个以上个体的团抱;团抱主要由青少年个体和成年雌性组成,成年雄性和携婴雌性多参与小的团抱,青少年猴更频繁地出现在3 个个体的团抱中,未携婴雌性在4 个和4 个以上个体团抱中比例明显增加;秦岭川金丝猴各年龄性别组的个体对团抱伙伴的选择有各自的偏好,大多数团抱由成年雄性和未成年个体发起,但获得较少的团抱;雌性和携婴雌性较少主动发出但获得较多的团抱,这显示出雌性作为团抱的主体具有很高的社会亲和力;此外团抱模式还存在季节性的变化,冬季寒冷期团抱的频率和大小都会增加,并且个体选择在距离地面较近的区域团抱以保持体温,春季生育期个体倾向于在树冠层团抱以获得新鲜的食物并且避免婴猴被捕食。秦岭川金丝猴的团抱行为是物种在其独特的社会组织形式下对山地极端环境的一种适应,在进化中以行为模式获得更高适合度的具体策略。     

Seasonal changes in the ranging area of Brown-eared pheasant and its affecting factors in Huanglong Mountains, Shaanxi Province

A study on the seasonal changes in the ranging area of Brown-eared pheasant and its affecting factors was conducted in the Huanglongshan Nature Reserve, Huanglong County, Shaanxi Province, China, from March 2006 to January 2007. Forty used sites and forty random plots were selected along 8–9 transects crossing the study area. Fifteen factors related to the changes of altitude were measured in each site. The results showed that the altitude of home range of Brown-eared pheasant varied with seasons: the highest home range was found in summer, and the lowest one was found in winter, while the home range in autumn was higher than that in spring. According to the frequency of occurrences of Brown-eared pheasant in different seasons, we found that its home range occurred mainly at an altitude below 1400 m in spring, above 1500 m in summer, between 1200 m and 1500 m in autumn and below 1300 m in winter. The possible reason that Brown-eared pheasants preferred to live at lower altitude in spring was to have access to water sources and the abundance of food, correlated to the slope locations, number of trees and number of shrubs; in summer, they tended to appear at highest altitude, and the average height of shrubs, average height of grasses, sheltering class and distance to edge of woods, and human disturbance were affecting factors; in autumn, they appeared at higher altitude which was correlated with the covers of trees, shrubs and grasses, and ultimately related to the abundance of food; in winter, they lived at lowest altitude, which was correlated to the distance from the edge of woods, cover of trees and sheltering class, and ultimately related to the abundance of food and shelter.     

金黄地鼠PrP基因组织特异性表达的研究

金黄地鼠是研究动物传染性海绵状脑病的理想模型动物之一,我们利用实时荧光定量RT-PCR技术,构建标准重组质粒制备标准曲线,对中枢神经系统的4个不同部位及外周6个组织提取总RNA,反转录后进行PrP基因表达的定量.结果发现,脑的四个检测部位都呈现高的表达量;在外周器官中,淋巴结的表达量和全脑相当,脾脏、心脏、肝脏和肺脏呈现中等程度的表达,肾脏的表达量最低.本研究的结果对于探讨朊蛋白的基本功能和不同组织在传染性海绵状病理发生中的作用,提供了基础数据.     

羚牛秦岭亚种的产仔地特征及早期母幼关系

生育后代是每个动物在种群内扩散其遗传基因的惟一方式。确保产仔期间自身的安全和新生后代的安全,是动物种群在长期进化过程中都要面对的问题。因此,在长期进化过程中每个物种在栖息地的选择和利用方面,都将隐蔽条件作为重要的因子（Bailey,1984）。无论是在隐蔽的洞穴中产仔、还是在不利于隐蔽的草原上集群产仔,都是动物为了保证在产仔过程中免受天敌攻击和新生幼仔的安全而形成的保证种群长期存活的生存策略（Sinclair,1977;Estes and Estes,1979）。     

红腹锦鸡和红腹角雉活动节律——基于红外相机监测数据

红腹锦鸡(Chrysolophus pictus)和红腹角雉(Tragopan temmminckii)均为国家Ⅱ级重点保护鸟类。作为两种同域分布的物种,其生态位重叠程度及竞争机制尚不明确。为了探究上述问题我们从2012年7月至2014年11月,在陕西省佛坪国家级自然保护区的9条样线上布设52台红外相机对这两种雉类的集群现象、日活动节律、季节性活动规律和最适活动温区进行研究。研究结果表明:(1)红腹锦鸡和红腹角雉每年8月下旬开始集群,到第二年的3、4月份集群结束,冬季集群最为频繁,而夏季则分散在其各自活动区单独活动。(2)二者皆为昼行性鸟类,活动高峰均出现在清晨和傍晚,但时间生态位存在明显分化:红腹锦鸡有两个活动高峰,分别为7:00时和17:00时;红腹角雉活动高峰为6:00时、9:00时和18:00时。(3)对两种雉类活动频次的季节性差异分析发现,春季活动最频繁,其后依次是秋季、夏季和冬季。(4)红腹锦鸡和红腹角雉选择在接近当月平均气温的时间段出来活动,红腹锦鸡活动的温度范围在﹣4℃到19℃,红腹角雉的活动温度范围是﹣1℃到22℃;但不同季节间略有差异,两种雉类在秋冬季大多选择在高于当月平均气温的时间段出来活动,而在夏季的活动温度则要略低于当月平均气温。观测数据证实了两种雉雉类有通过错峰活动减少生态位重叠导致的竞争的现象,但并未见到二者间有明显的适应性温区分化。     

Nest survival rate of Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) based on artificial nest experiments

To explore the nest survival rate of Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) and the nest-site factors that affect it,we conducted artificial nest experiments with reference to natural nests at Dongzhai National Nature Reserve (DNNR),Henan Province and Pingjingguan,Hubei Province from April to June 2014 simulating the situation in its early and later breeding season.We also determined distance characteristics of the nest sites by ArcGIS 10.0.Nest survival models were constructed in Program MARK for data analysis.Results indicated that in the early breeding season,the apparent survival rate (ASR) in DNNR (52.4％) was significantly greater than that in Pingjingguan (13.5％),and the ASR in the later breeding season in DNNR (26.7％) was not indistinctively correlated with Pingjingguan (3.2％).The daily survival rate (DSR) in the later breeding season was 93.8％ in DNNR and 92.0％ in Pingjingguan,respectively.The DSRs were both negatively correlated with nest distance to forest edges and settlements.The DSR in Pingjingguan was positively correlated with nest distance to paths and negatively correlated with nest distance to water sources.However,the DSR in DNNR was negatively correlated with nest distance to paths but positively correlated with nest distance to water sources.