云南南部3产地泽蛙核型比较研究

对采自云南个旧、绿春、江城3地的泽蛙进行染色体核型分析。结果表明,3地的泽蛙核型均为2n=26（5L＋0M＋8S）,NF=52,染色体次缢痕均出现在6p上。个旧大屯泽蛙的No．3为SM染色体,其余染色体均为M染色体;绿春大黑山的泽蛙No．2、6、7为SM染色体,其余均为M染色体;江城康平的泽蛙No．2、9均为SM染色体,其余为M染色体,显示出不同地区泽蛙核型的差异性。比较了滇南3地和国内外不同地区泽蛙染色体核型变化,结果显示,染色体核型模式及其大型染色体组比较稳定,但次缢痕位置不稳定,小型染色体组变异较大。根据泽蛙次缢痕的地理演化趋势,推测次缢痕位于7p上是一种原始类型,位于6p上是一种较为进化的类型,位于9p上是一种特化的类型。泽蛙的分布及核型分化与第三纪欧亚大陆边缘断裂形成日本海有关,也与第四纪冰期气候变化和随之产生的泽蛙南迁北移有关。     

昆嵛林蛙蝌蚪口器结构的研究

本文对昆嵛林蛙(Rana kunyuensis)的蝌蚪口部外形和口咽腔形态结构进行了观察,并与长肢林蛙进行了比较。结果表明它们有着基本相似的形态特征,但也存在明显的差别:昆嵛林蛙蝌蚪的上唇齿比长肢林蛙少一行;昆嵛林蛙蝌蚪口腔内突起数量明显少于长肢林蛙;昆嵛林蛙腺区不明显,而长肢林蛙腺区明显。     

黑斑蛙精巢MDA和抗氧化酶对铅、镉暴露的生态毒性响应

以健康性成熟黑斑蛙为供试动物,以精巢组织丙二醛(MDA)含量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性为指标,进行了水体铅、镉暴露的生态毒性响应研究.结果表明:(1)精巢MDA含量随铅、镉暴露浓度的升高而明显增加,且呈明显的浓度-效应关系.说明低水平铅、镉的长期暴露对黑斑蛙精巢具有一定的损伤作用;(2)SOD活性在各处理组响应变化不明显,CAT、GSH-Px活性则被显著诱导,说明GSH-Px、CAT在铅、镉引起的精巢抗氧化损伤中起着重要作用;(3)3种抗氧化酶相比,GSH-Px活性对铅、镉暴露响应最敏感,SOD活性的响应最不明显,精巢GSH-Px活性是指示铅、镉暴露的优选生物标志物。     

辽宁沈阳发现韩国林蛙

2021年11月在沈阳市辽中区蒲河湿地公园（41°30′55″ N,122°78′30″ E,海拔30 m）采集到2号无尾两栖类标本,经形态特征比较确认为无尾目（Anura）蛙科（Ranidae）蛙属（Rana）物种,基于线粒体16S rRNA基因对蛙属19个物种的亲缘关系及系统发育进行分析,其与韩国及中国山东文登昆嵛山分布的韩国林蛙（R. coreana）遗传距离最近,并在最大似然树中聚为一支,应属种内关系。综合形态分析和系统发育比较,确定采集到的标本为韩国林蛙,系辽宁省两栖动物分布新记录种。本次发现将辽宁省分布的蛙属物种增至5种。     

Afferent and efferent components of the facial nerve in a frog,Rana pipiens

Summary The seventh cranial nerve in Rana pipiens is a slender nerve with limited peripheral distribution. We investigated the afferent and efferent components of this nerve by labeling its major branch, the hyomandibular, with horseradish peroxidase. The efferent portion of the seventh nerve originates from a small cell group in the upper medulla which contains two subdivisions. Afferent fibers carried in nerve VII travel in the solitary tract and the dorsolateral funiculus. The solitary component consists of a small number of ascending fibers that reach the level of the trigeminal nucleus and a large descending component that terminates slightly caudal to the obex in the commissural nuclei of the solitary complex. Afferent fibers also descend in the dorsolateral funiculus; many of these fibers cross dorsal to the central canal in the lower medulla. Most of the fibers in the dorsolateral funiculus terminate in the ipsilateral and contralateral dorsal horns and in nuclei of the dorsal column. A few ipsilateral fibers reach lower thoracic levels of the spinal cord.     

Extinction and isolation gradients in metapopulations: the case of the pool frog (Rana lessonae)

Loral extinction along the intrinsic isolation gradient within metapopulations is reviewed with particular reference to a study of the pool frog ( Rana lessonaé ) on the northern periphery of its geographical range. As in the pool frog, many other different tax a show significantly increased extinction probabilities with increased interpopulation distance. Present data imply that the relative impact of demographic and genetic factors in such stochastic extinctions depends on the genetic history of the metapopulation; data also imply that populations fluctuate more greatly in size than predicted from demographic models which have been commonly referred to. By mitigating such fluctuations and inbreeding, and compensating for emigration, immigration undoubtedly 'rescues' local populations from extinction. In this way, and not just in terms of recolonization, connectivity is concluded to be a key to metapopulation persistence. Implications for conservation are also presented.     

Annual cycle of activity in the nucleus tuberis hypothalami and the pars tuberalis of the hypophysis in the frog Rana esculenta

Abstract

A very distinct annual cycle of activity, as judged from nuclear volume changes, has been found in glandular cells of the pars tuberalis of the hypophysis and neurons in the nucleus tuberis hypothalami of adult green frogs (Rana esculenta). The changes are very similar at both sites, a single maximum in April and a single minimum in September being observed. Ependymal tanycy tes of the region which was investigated showed only very moderate activity changes. No sex differences were found with regard to the character of the cycle and the amplitude of changes. Only quantitative differences in absolute nuclear volume were found between the two sexes.     

The filum terminale of the frog spinal cord

Summary The filum terminale, or terminal portion of the spinal cord, was studied in normal adult frogs (Rana pipiens) by means of light and electron microscopy. Astroglial cells are the predominant elements in this region. The rostral portion of the filum terminale consists mainly of (1) a peripheral dense ring of myelinated and some unmyelinated nerve fibers, and processes of astrocytes terminating at the subpial space; (2) an intermediate zone, in which astrocytes are the main cellular elements in addition to a few degenerated neurons; and (3) a central region where the central canal is lined by dark and light ependymal cells. In the caudal portion of the filum terminale, the amount of neuropil is greatly reduced. This region is formed mainly by astrocytic glial cells and very few neuronal elements. The central canal in the caudal portion is located ventrally and contains a lining consisting almost exclusively of dark ependymal cells.