Lattice population dynamics for plants with dispersing seeds and Vegetative propagation

The population dynamics of plants in a lattice structured habitat are studied theoretically. Plants are assumed to propagate both by producing seeds that scatter over the population and by vegetative reproduction by extending runners, rhizomes, or roots, to neighboring vacant sites. In addtion, the seed production rate may be dependent on the local density in the neighborhood, indicating beneficial or harmful crowding effects. Two sets of population dynamical equation(s) are derived: one based onmean-field approximation and the other based onpair approximation (tracing both global and local densities simultaneously). We examine the accuracy of these approximate dynamics by comparing them with direct computer simulation of the stochastic lattice model. Pair approximation is much more accurate than mean-field approximation. Mean-field approximation overestimates the parameter range for persistence if crowding effects on seed production are harmful or weakly beneficial, but underestimates it if crowding effects are highly beneficial. Dynamics may show bistability (both population persistence and extinction) if the effect of crowding is strongly beneficial. If there is a linear trade-off between seed production and vegetative reproduction, the equilibrium abundance of the population may be maximised by a mixture of seed production and vegetative reproduction, rather than by pure seed production or by pure vegetative reproduction. This result is correctly predicted by pair approximation but not by mean-field approximation.     

Isolation of silencer-containing sequences causing a tissue-specific position effect on alcohol dehydrogenase expression in Drosophila melanogaster

A transient expression assay has been used to investigate the cause of a tissuespecific position effect on Adh expression from a transgene insertion in Drosophila. A 15.4-kb genomic clone containing the 3.2-kb Adh insert along with flanking regions of genomic DNA is expressed in this assay in a tissue-specific pattern resembling the abnormal expression pattern of the position effect. The 3.2-kb Adh insert is expressed normally without the flanking sequences. A silencer element is located upstream of the Adh gene within a 2-kb fragment that acts in both orientations and at a distance of at least 6.5 kb from the larval Adh promoter to suppress ADH expression in a nontissue specific fashion. The DNA sequence of the 2-kb fragment indicates that it is a noncoding region. A 17-bp sequence is repeated within this region and may be associated with the silencer activity, since subclones from the 2-kb fragment, each containing one of the repeated regions, both retain full silencer activity. This silencer fails to suppress expression from an α₁-tubulin promoter-LacZ fusion construct or an hsp70 promoter-Ach fusion construct. In addition to the silencer, another element is located downstream of the Adh gene that produces a higher level of anterior than posterior midgut expression. These results suggest that the 5′ silencer and the 3′ element act together to create the tissue specific pcsition effect characteristic of the GC-1 line. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Inhibition of Acrosomal Enzymes by Gossypol Is Related to Its Antifertility Action

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白化病的遗传流行病学研究

本文应用分离分析和血缘分析方法,对山东省１００余万人群遗传病调查中发现的３７个白化病核心家系进行了分析。结果表明：白化病存在遗传异质性,为多基因常染色体隐性遗传,最小基因数为８,平均基因频率为０．００２３,群体中致病基因携带者频率为０．０３８３;近亲结婚大大提高白化病的患病率。     

杨树苗期合理密度与合理密度线研究

 本文以加杨(Populus Canadensis),I—214(Populus euramericana(Dode)Guinier CV—214),中保14等杨树密度试验(1988—1991)为依据,分析了初植密度、竞争对生长的抑制作用,阐述了合理密度、合理密度范围、缓冲作用、上限合理密度线的形成过程。指出在双对数图上,上限合理密度线遵从Logistic分布(1nw=K/1+e(0.732·lnN-2.429),呈左侧伸展的S型曲线。该曲线可划分为近似于lnw一lnN直线的上中下三部分,其中间部分直线式的斜率为-1.5左右,称作合理密度直线式。对密度与生长的动态作了分析、概述与讨论。     

HBIG,无环鸟苷,干扰素联合对慢性乙型肝炎抗病毒效应观察

本文报道血清ＨＢＶ复制标志阳性的慢乙肝５４例,随机分为治疗组及对照组各２７例进行ＨＢＩＧ、无环鸟苷、干扰素联合近、远期抗病毒效应观察。治疗组为无环鸟苷第一周按２５～２０ｍｇ／ｋｇ／ｄ计后改１７～１５ｍｇ／ｋｇ／ｄ×５３天,共６０天;人白细胞干扰素１×１０６Ｕ肌注每周３次×４周,后改１．０×１０６Ｕ肌注每周２次×６周,共１０周;ＨＢＩＧ４００Ｕ肌注隔日１次,共１０周,对照组仅给予一般“保肝”药物。其中治疗组１８例,对照组１９例进行治后半年到２年追踪观察,结果近、远期ＨＢｃＡｇ、ＤＮＡＰ、ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ阴转率治疗组均高于对照组,其中治疗组近、远期ＨＢｃＡｇ,ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ阴转率均达４０％以上,明显高于对照组（Ｐ＜０．０５～０．０１）,治疗组近、远期各有４例及２例ＨＢｓＡｇ阴转,而对照组则无一例阴转,从近、远期综合抗病毒效应观察,治疗组全阴率分别为３３．３％、４４．４％,而对照组分别为３．７９％及０％,Ｐ＜０．０１,治疗组无明显毒副反应。对比单用无环鸟苷,全阴率３１．８％;无环鸟苷加干扰素两药联合全阴率３７．５％,均有所提高,达到４４．４％,值得进一步研究。     

四种动物病毒的细胞培养及血凝检测的比较研究

四种动物病毒的细胞培养及血凝检测的比较研究李天宪,赵林,罗怡珊,冯锋（中国科学院武汉病毒研究所,武汉４３００７１）关键词细小病毒,细胞培养,细胞病变,血凝试验云豹肠炎病毒（ＬＰＶ）、水貂肠炎病毒（ＭＥＶ）、犬肠炎病毒（ＣＰＶ）和猫泛白细胞减少症病毒（...     

Choline derivatives and sodium fluoride protect acetylcholinesterase against irreversible inhibition and aging by DFP and paraoxon

A light addressable potentiometric sensor was used to measure acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in order to evaluate the protective effects of quaternary compounds and NaF against enzyme phosphorylation and aging by two organophosphates. The use of the immobilized AChE made possible the quick removal of reagents (i.e., organophosphate, 2-pralidoxime, and protectant), thereby permitting accurate determination of AChE activity before and after phosphorylation and aging. Paraoxon was 15-fold more potent in inhibiting AChE than DFP, while the percent aging following phosphorylation by diiso-propylfluorophosphate (DFP) was much higher. Sodium fluoride (NaF), the most effective protectant against phosphorylation and aging, and the quaternary ammonium compounds reduced significantly AChE inhibition by DFP and paraoxon, to similar degrees. Even though the percent AChE activity that was lost to aging was reduced by these agents, aging as a percent of phosphorylated AChE was not reduced. Thus, their major effect was in reducing the percent AChE phosphorylation, which consequently resulted in reduction of total aged AChE. The finding that quaternary ammonium compounds protect against phosphorylation is consonant with the proposed presence of the active site of AChE in an aromatic gorge.     

Wind chill factor applied to Patagonian climatology

The wind cooling effect determines wind chill equivalent-temperatures, which may be rather different to actual temperature. In a windy region such as Patagonia, this difference may reach a magnitude and persistence to become an important bioclimatic element. This paper quantifies the wind cooling effect in Patagonia by the presentation of equivalent isotherms as an adaptation of the usual isotherm maps to the regional bioclimatic environment. It is concluded that due to seasonal variations in wind speed, the annual equivalent temperature range is smaller than the actual temperature range, thus increasing oceanic features, from a thermal viewpoint, of the Patagonian climate.«Les vents que chassent, à travers une échancrure de la Cordillère des Andes, les hautes pressions du Pacifique, s'étranglent et s'accelèrent dans un étroit couloir de cent kilomètres de front, en direction de l'Atlantique, et raclent tout sur leur passage».Antoine de Saint-Exupéry «Un sens à la vie» (1956)     

GENETIC VARIABILITY OF GELIDIUM CANARIENSIS (RHODOPHYTA) DETERMINED BY ISOZYME ELECTROPHORESIS1

The populations of Gelidium canariensis (Grunow) Seoane-Camba from the Canary Islands were analyzed for genetic variability by isozyme electrophoresis in 1989 and 1990. Each population was divided into sporophytic and gametophytic subpopulations. Twenty-three to 27 putative alleles corresponding to 22 gene loci were analyzed. Sev-enteen loci were monomorphic in all six subpopulations, and five were polymorphic in at least one subpopulation. Significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were found. The amount of genetic variability (percentage of polymorphic loci, mean number of alleles per locus, and average gene diversity) of haploid subpopulations was lower than that of diploid subpopulations. No correlation between genetic distance and geographical distance was found. Low genetic differentiation between sporophytic and gametophytic subpopulations of the same locality was obsewed in two populations. The low genetic diversity and genetic differentiation suggest that the genetic structure of the populations of G. canariensis from the Canary Islands is due to a combination of founder effects and the predominance of asexual reproduction. Initial differences in gene frequencies may have persisted because of insufficient time to reach a higher level of differentiation.