Strategy of Production and Utilization of Immortal Cells

The current methods of production of conditionally immortal cells in vivo and in vitro have been considered, including the method based on transgenesis of animals. Examples are given for utilization of conditionally immortal cells obtained in vivo from tissues of transgenic mice and rats carrying the gene of mutant T-antigen tsA58 SV40. The recent studies were analyzed, which concern the investigation and utilization of embryonic and regional stem cells, as well as immortal cells obtained through transfection of the recombinant construct of telomerase gene into human cells. The main problems of cell biotechnology are discussed.     

mtDNA标记在几种海关进出口动物产品鉴定中的应用

从海关查获的动物及其制品中提取基因组DNA,通过PCR技术扩增mtDNA细胞色素b(cytochrome b,cyt b)和12S rRNA基因并测定其序列。利用互联网上丰富的基因数据库进行BIAST。搜索,准确地鉴定了动物的种类,从而为海关查获的走私珍稀野生动物的鉴定提供了一条灵敏和可靠的途径。     

沙地柏对除叶干扰的生理和生长响应

为了研究沙地柏对模拟自然干扰的生理和生长响应,在毛乌素沙地对它进行了人为除叶为处理的模拟山羊啃食,虫害实验,结果表明,除叶干扰通过改变生理指标峰值出现的时间影响日动态,并显著影响生理指标的日平均值,除叶干扰对当年生枝生物量分配的影响不明显,但显著影响其生长特征。除叶干扰的最终效应受干扰方式和强度的双重制约,不同生理,生长指标对除叶干扰的敏感性存在差异,如净光合速率和腾速率,除干扰具有补偿效应,尤其是除老叶,因此适度剪除2年生以下枝条上的叶可促进当年生枝的生长和生物量积累。     

毛乌素沙地景观的植被与土壤特征空间格局及其相关分析

以毛乌素沙地景观不同尺度和生境中的植被盖度、植物物种数、土壤有机碳和全氮含量的空间格局和相互关系进行了研究。结果表明：不同尺度和生境中的植被盖度与植物物种数之间,以及土壤有机碳含量与全氮含量之间都具有显著的相关。在50－5000m的尺度上,植被盖度与植物物种数之间,以及土壤有机碳含量与全氮含量之间具有相似的空间格局,但植被特征（植被盖度与植物物种数）与土壤特征（土壤有机碳含量与全氮含量）具有不同的空间变化格局,两者之间没有显著的相关关系;在小于50m的尺度上,固定沙丘中的植物物种数与土壤有机碳和全氮含量之间具有显著的正相关,半固定水丘中的植物物种数与土壤有机碳含量具有显著的负相关。这说明,在小于50m的尺度上土壤有机碳和全氮含量格局制约了植被格局,但在50－5000m的尺度上却没有。这一研究表明植被与土壤之间的相互关系依赖于不同的空间尺度。     

长江下游水生动物群落生物多样性变动趋势初探

对1990－1999年间长江下游江段生物多样性的变动趋势进行了研究,并就群落稳定性与多样性的关系进行了探讨,结果表明,物种多样性指数量大值为1．1112,最小值为0．0327,反映物种均匀度,丰盛度的指数都有不同程度的下降,而反映优势度的指数却有一定程度的上升,优势度指数最大值为1,最小值为0．34046,优势种前6位分别为杂虾,青虾,餐条,吻Qu,蛇Qu,黄颡,表明长江下游江段的生物多样性正在逐步丧失,经济鱼类数量趋减,小型野杂鱼类数量趋增。     

科尔沁沙地4种植物抗旱性的比较研究

对科尔沁沙地小叶锦鸡儿,紫穗槐,差巴嘎蒿和胡枝子4种植物的若干水分生理生态指标进行了测定。结果表明,小叶锦鸡儿具有低水势,高水力和束缚水／自由水比及水分利用效率,抗旱性强;紫穗槐的各项指标与小叶锦鸡儿相反,抗旱性最差;差巴嘎蒿虽然水势较高,但它的持水力高,束缚水／自由水比和水分利用效率都较高,抗旱性也较强,但次于小叶锦鸡儿;胡枝子的水势和持水力较低,束缚水／自由水比及水分利用效率一般,它的抗旱性强于紫穗槐,但比差巴嘎蒿差。     

Nutrient transfer from soil nematodes to plants: a direct pathway provided by the mycorrhizal mycelial network

A pathway for the transfer of nutrients from dead nematodes to mycorrhizal plants is described for the first time. Plants of Betula pendula were grown in transparent microcosms in the mycorrhizal (M) or non‐mycorrhizal (NM) condition, either with or without nematode necromass of known nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contents as the major potential source of these elements. Plants colonized by the mycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus produced greater yields and had larger N and P contents in the presence of nematodes than did their NM counterparts. The symbiotic systems were shown to exploit the N and P originally contained in necromass more effectively, and to transfer the nutrients to the plants in quantities approximately double those seen in NM systems. Even so, NM plants obtained sufficient N and P from dead nematodes to enable some enhancement of growth. Our observations confirm that mycorrhizal fungi provide the potential for the recycling of nutrients contained in this quantitatively important component of the soil mesofauna and demonstrate that the symbiotic pathway is considerably more effective than that provided by saprotrophs alone. The consequences of this nutrient transfer pathway for nutrient recycling in temperate forest ecosystems are considered.     

Diet of wild boar Sus scrofa in Western Europe, with particular reference to consumption of agricultural crops

1. The diet of wild boar Sus scrofa in Western Europe is reviewed, paying particular attention to the consumption of agricultural crops and the implications of this from the point of view of crop damage. Data were taken mainly from 11 studies that provide quantitative information about the consumption of different food types, but we also list all the foods reported as being eaten by wild boar in a total of 21 studies. 2. Vegetable foods occurred more frequently in the diet than animal foods, and also constituted the bulk of the food ingested. Overall, there were four major vegetable food categories: mast, roots, green plant matter and agricultural crops. Depending on the study area, wild boar always consumed at least one energy‐rich plant food such as acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, pine seeds, olives, cereal grains or other crops. The number and types of agricultural crops consumed varied between study areas but crops represent an important component of wild boar diet throughout its Western European range. Among animal foods, insects, earthworms, birds and mammals were eaten most consistently but the diet also included amphibians, reptiles, gastropods and myriapods. 3. Seasonal, interannual and regional differences in the diet, together with its striking overall breadth, indicate that wild boar are opportunistic omnivores whose diet, in any particular instance, is largely determined by the relative availability of different food types. Dependence on energy‐rich plant material as a major component of the diet, coupled with large body size and a propensity to trample crops as well as consume them, means that wild boar cause significant agricultural damage.     

单细胞动物和多细胞动物的激素印迹

激素印迹是单细胞动物和多细胞动物的一种生理现象,也是选择参与信号识别过程分子的工具。激素印迹后,受体记忆将遗传给子孙后代,因此其对进化的作用可能是很大的。同时,激素印迹还有利于物种的维持。另外,激素印迹过程还是具有终身效应的临时开放系统的一部分。没有印迹,就没有完全的受体成熟,而不成熟的受体是不能和适量的激素结合的。在围 期诸如治疗药物和环境污染剂等人工合成的物质分子易致错误或病理印迹。许多研究表明错误印迹对生物体具有重要的影响。当然,单细胞动物的激素印迹过程与多细胞动物并不完全一样。