Quantitative analysis of the importance of wind-induced circulation for the spatial structuring of planktonic populations

1. Several studies have shown that wind‐induced water movements have an important effect on the spatial distribution of crustacean zooplankton. However, few attempts have been made to quantify the effect of physical processes on these broad‐scale patterns. Much of our understanding of this spatial structure has been based on the results of isolated surveys, which do not capture the dynamic nature of the pelagic environment. 2. In this study, we have used a combination of high‐speed sampling (at a spatial resolution of 240 m) and spatial data analysis to quantify the factors influencing the horizontal spatial structure of the Daphnia galeata population in Windermere. 3. The results show that lake‐wide circulation patterns, as indicated by water temperature, account for 29–47% of the basin‐scale spatial variance in D. galeata abundance. However, these patterns are highly dynamic and change in response to the prevailing weather. This lack of temporal persistence means that the results of single‐survey sampling campaigns must be interpreted with caution.     

侵染天南星科植物病毒的分子鉴定及其生态学研究

通过病毒粒子部分提纯和形态学观察,发现侵染我国南方天南星科植物的病毒主要有线状和球状两种形态．经病毒基因组序列分析确定线状病毒为芋花叶病毒(DsMV);经血清学反应和序列分析确定球状病毒为黄瓜花叶病毒(CMV)．CMV CP基因序列同源性分析的结果表明,侵染天南星科的CMV是相对独立的种内变异类型,归属于亚组L同时,CMV存在对天南星科植物的适应性变异．对采自我国海南、湖南、浙江、上海等地的126个天南星科植物样品进行RNA核酸斑点杂交检测,获得病毒检测结果。海南省样品DsMV的检出率为73．3％,CMV的检出率为46．7％;湖南省样品DsMV的检出率为100％,CMV的检出率为38.5％;浙江省样品DsMV的检出率为93．0％,CMV的检出率为7．0％;上海市样品DsMV的检出率为100％,尚没有检测到CMV,首次证实了自然条件下CMV作为天南星科植物主要病毒的存在,在我国南方地区,该病毒对天南星科植物的自然侵染受到气候、季节和寄主等生态因子的影响。DsMV则在天南星科植物上普遍存在。     

Consequences of inbreeding for offspring fitness and gender in Silene vulgaris,a gynodioecious plant

Abstract In gynodioecious plants, hermaphrodite and female plants co‐occur in the same population. In these systems gender typically depends on whether a maternally inherited cytoplasmic male sterility factor (CMS) is counteracted by nuclear restorer alleles. These restorer alleles are often genetically dominant. Although plants of the female morph are obligatorily outcrossing, hermaphrodites may self. This selfing increases homozygosity and may thus have two effects: (1) it may decrease fitness (i.e. result in inbreeding depression) and (ii) it may increase homozygosity of the nuclear restorer alleles and therefore increase the production of females. This, in turn, enhances outcrossing in the following generation. In order to test the latter hypothesis, experimental crosses were conducted using individuals derived from four natural populations of Silene vulgaris, a gynodioecious plant. Treatments included self‐fertilization of hermaphrodites, outcrossing of hermaphrodites and females using pollen derived from the same source population as the pollen recipients, and outcrossing hermaphrodites and females using pollen derived from different source populations. Offspring were scored for seed germination, survivorship to flowering and gender. The products of self‐fertilization had reduced survivorship at both life stages when compared with the offspring of outcrossed hermaphrodites or females. In one population the fitness of offspring produced by within‐population outcrossing of females was significantly less than the fitness of offspring produced by crossing females with hermaphrodites from other populations. Self‐fertilization of hermaphrodites produced a smaller proportion of hermaphroditic offspring than did outcrossing hermaphrodites. Outcrossing females within populations produced a smaller proportion of hermaphrodite offspring than did crossing females with hermaphrodites from other populations. These results are consistent with a cytonuclear system of sex determination with dominant nuclear restorers, and are discussed with regard to how the mating system and the genetics of sex determination interact to influence the evolution of inbreeding depression.     

茯苓中多糖的提取及含量测定

采用水煎煮、稀碱浸提茯苓中的多糖,通过正交试验优选工艺条件。结果表明,稀碱浸提茯苓中的多糖的工艺较为合理,其操作简单,提取时间短,收率较高．为测定提取液中的多糖含量,以苯酚—硫酸法,制得有色糖醛衍生物,用分光光度法,在490nm波长处测定吸光度,回归方程线性关系好。方法简单易行、稳定、快速。     

Age composition of masu salmon smolts in northern Japan

Smolts of anadromous masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou aged 3+ years were found in a northern Japanese river. This is the first recording of 3+ year smolts in Japan. These fish appeared to originate in the cold upper river where 2+ year parr were found during autumn.     

块根老鹳草中总鞣质的积累动态分析

通过测定块根老鹳草中总鞣质的含量,分析块根老鹳草中总鞣质的积累动态规律。方法：采用紫外分光光度法测定。结果：块根老鹳草叶中鞣质含量是花期最高,茎的鞣质含量普遍偏低;地上部分药材的鞣质含量是始果期含量最高。结论：建立了稳定、可靠的鞣质含量测定方法,块根老鹳草中鞣质的含量变化规律对于确定药材的药用部位及最佳采收期具有指导意义。     

Hyal2 — less active, but more versatile?

Hyal2 is one of several hyaluronidases present in vertebrates. The human gene encoding this enzyme is present on chromosome 3p.21.3, close to two additional hyaluronidase genes. cDNAs encoding Hyal2 homologues have been characterized from mouse and Xenopus laevis. These enzymes hydrolyze high molecular mass hyaluronan to intermediates of approximately 20 kDa, a finding which implies that structural domains of this size exist in this polysaccharide which was mostly thought to be a random coil. Hyal2 enzymes have an acidic pH-optimum with an activity that is considerably lower than observed for other types of hyaluronidases. Originally considered to be a typical lysosomal enzyme, more recent evidence has shown that Hyal2 proteins can also be exposed on the cell surface bound to the plasma membrane via a GPI anchor. Hyal2 is present in many tissues, one exception being the adult brain. In this tissue, the gene is silenced after birth by methylation. Current evidence about the role of Hyal2 in tumor growth, inflammation and frog embryogenesis is discussed.     

As good as they get: cells in nematode vulva development and evolution

Cells are important modules of biological systems, and many evolutionary alterations involve changes in cell determination and cell proliferation. Genetic and molecular comparisons of nematode vulva development between Caenorhabditis, Pristionchus and Oscheius indicate that although the vulva is a stable organ, cell determination and proliferation change dramatically during nematode evolution.     

甘油转化生产1,3-丙二醇发酵液中甘油含量的测定

对文献介绍滴定法测定甘油的方法进行了改进,使之能够用于1,3－丙二醇发酵液中甘油含量测定。实验表明,化学滴定法测定结果具有较好的准确性和重复性,与酶法和变色酸比色法相比,测定结果接近,化学滴定法测定发酵液中甘油含量是一个较为经济简便的方法。     

松乳菇中氨基酸及其它营养素含量的测定

以秦巴山区野生松乳菇子实体为材料 ,分别对其菌盖和菌柄样品中氨基酸、粗蛋白、粗脂肪、粗纤维、总糖、灰分及微量元素的含量进行了测定。结果表明 :在所测定的 1 7种氨基酸中 ,菌盖含有 1 7种 ,菌柄含 1 6种 ,氨基酸总含量分别为 1 9.89%和 1 3 .79% ;必需氨基酸分别占氨基酸总量的 3 6.75 %和 3 5 .95 %。菌盖和菌柄中粗蛋白、粗脂肪、粗纤维、总糖、灰分含量分别为 2 4 .2 7% ,1 9.0 3 % ;6.84 % ,5 .0 2 % ;1 1 .5 2 % ,1 5 .2 6% ;3 7.4 1 % ,2 3 .89%和 7.4 2 % ,5 .2 8%。钙、铁、锌、铜、锰 5种微量元素中 ,铁含量最高 ,在菌盖和菌柄样品中分别为 0 .1 68% ,0 .1 2 %