野生烟草花粉活力与柱头可授性及繁育特性研究

采用TTC法测定2个野生烟草材料(花烟草、哥西氏烟草)和1个栽培品种(K326)的花粉活力及其日变化情况,通过联苯胺-过氧化氢法测定3个烟草材料的柱头可授性、利用直接授粉法测定不同开花天数柱头可授性变化,并通过估算花粉胚珠比(P/O)、杂交指数(OCI)及授粉试验分析3个烟草材料的繁育特性。结果表明:(1)哥西氏烟草的花粉活性(74.9%)显著高于K326(52.2%)和花烟草(45.3%),且K326与花烟草间差异不显著;3个烟草材料花粉活力日变化均呈双峰曲线,峰值分别在13:00与15:00左右,且3个烟草材料的花粉活力日最低值与气温日最高值同时出现在14:00。(2)K326柱头可授性显著高于花烟草和哥西氏烟草,且2个野生烟草间可授性无显著差异;不同烟草的最佳授粉时期不同,哥西氏烟草自开花前1d至花后4d,一直保持较高的柱头可授性;花烟草的最佳授粉时期为花后2~3d;K326的柱头在开花前1d至开花后1d授粉最佳。(3)K326以自交为主,存在异交现象;哥西氏烟草繁育类型为兼性异交,自交亲和;花烟草繁育以异交为主,自交亲和性差。研究认为,野生烟草柱头可授性显著低于栽培品种从而影响其结实性,花烟草结实率低主要是由自交不亲和性造成的,而缺乏有效的传粉机制是造成哥西氏烟草结实性差的主要原因。     

基于历史情景的FLUS模型邻域权重设置——以闽三角城市群2030年土地利用模拟为例

以闽三角城市群2030年土地利用模拟为例,针对FULS模型邻域权重参数提出一种基于历史情景的设置方法。首先以2015年土地利用数据为基础,结合人工神经网络算法综合12个自然、社会、经济驱动因子计算各土地类型的出现概率和空间分布,然后依据对历史情景的分析,分别用马尔可夫链和分析景观格局指数的方法设定相关参数,最后用自适应惯性竞争元胞自动机模拟闽三角城市群2030年的土地利用情景。分析发现,同时间尺度各土地类型TA （Total Area）的变化量可以较好的反映其扩张强度,由强到弱依次为建设用地、水域及滩涂、其他土地、草地、林地及农田;TA变化量的无量纲值在数据意义和数据结构方面均较好地契合FLUS模型邻域权重的参数要求;结合各土地类型TA变化量和扩张强度间的相互关系来看,到2030年农田受建设用地扩张的影响最为严重,大量土地由农田、林地、草地及其他土地转变为建设用地或水域及滩涂;建设用地持续扩张,闽三角城市群空间一体化格局基本形成,其余各土地类型被进一步分离,同类型斑块更趋于独立发展。综合参数设置过程和模拟结果来看,TA变化量的无量纲值可为FLUS模型的邻域权重参数设置提供一种客观可行的方法。     

以能力提升为导向的研究生理论课教学研究——以人类免疫缺陷病毒为例

在研究生病原微生物学专业选修课教学过程中,在教学内容设置、教材选择及教学团队组成中注重能力导向。同时,以新文献、新进展为引导,全方位提高学生对深层次基础理论知识的理解掌握能力、跟踪学习新技术新方法的能力、将基础研究与临床应用相结合的能力、解决实践中瓶颈问题的能力、科学思维和逻辑推理能力及创新创造能力。此外,面对不同专业背景和未来不同研究方向的学生,强调从新文献、新进展中总结具有前瞻性、启发性和规律性的问题进行讲解。     

玉米雌雄开花间隔天数、结穗率与产量的数量性状位点（QTL）分析

采用SSR标记连锁图谱和复合区间作图法在山西灌溉和干旱胁迫条件下,对玉米(Zea mays L.)自交系黄早四×掖107组合的F_3群体雌雄开花间隔天数(ASI)、结穗率和籽粒产量进行了数量性状位点(QTL)定位及基因效应分析。结果表明,在两种水分处理下,ASI、结穗率与籽粒产量的相关性均达到显著水平(P<0.05)。在灌溉和干旱胁迫卜,分别检测到3个和2个控制ASI的QTL,位于第1、2、3和第2、5染色体上。在灌溉条件下,在第3和第6染色体上各检测到1个控制结穗率的QTL,基因作用方式呈加性或部分显性,可解释19.9％的表型变异;在干旱条件下,在第3、7、10染色体上共检测到4个控制结穗率的QTL,基因作用方式为显性或部分显性,可解释60.4％的表型变异。在灌溉和干旱胁迫下,控制产量的QTL分别定位在第3、6、7和第1、2、4、8染色体上,基因作用方式均以加性或部分显性为主,可解释的表型变异为7.3％～22.0％。在干旱条件下,借助连锁分子标记和基因效应分析,可构建包含ASI、结穗率和产量QTL的选择指数,用于分子标记辅助育种。     

Lizards as a plant's 'hired help': letting pollinators in and seeds out

It is well-known that plants utilize many different kinds of animals for pollination and dispersal of their seeds, but an alternative kind of evolutionary relationship has attracted less attention: animals can facilitate pollen and seed transport without acting as a vector. We studied interactions between an epacridaceous plant (the honey bush, Richea scoparid) and a lizard (the snow skink, .Niveoscincus microtepidotus) near the summit of Mount Wellington, Tasmania. The lizards gain access to the plant's nectar by tearing the fused petals (the calyptra) from the flower, thus exposing the plant's reproductive organs. Snow skinks forage selectively on flowers with higher-than-average nectar content, suggesting that this behaviour has evolved in response to plant characteristics. Lizard foraging may benefit R. scoparia , because calyptra remain attached unless a lizard tears the flower open. Our experiments demonstrated that the lizard's calyptra removal dramatically increased the plant's seed release. In 60 fruits from flowers with their calyptra intact, no seeds at all were released. However, 57 out of 60 (87%) fruits from flowers with their calyptra removed by the lizards successfully released their seeds. This system appears to involve reciprocal evolutionary changes in the interacting species (behaviour in the lizards and reproductive morphology in the plant). Thus the system seems to provide an unusual case of coevolution.     

秦巴山区五倍子生态园的建立与低产园的改造

五倍子生产不是一个简单的种植业,而是一个以繁衍五倍子蚜虫为核心的系统生态工程。本文在多年考察总结的基础上,着重以五倍子生产的实质为核心,就如何建立生态倍园及对低产园的改造了进行探讨,以促进该地区五倍子生产的健康发展。     

Valuing Stillbirths

Estimates of the burden of disease assess the mortality and morbidity that affect a population by producing summary measures of health such as quality‐adjusted life years (QALYs) and disability‐adjusted life years (DALYs). These measures typically do not include stillbirths (fetal deaths occurring during the later stages of pregnancy or during labor) among the negative health outcomes they count. Priority‐setting decisions that rely on these measures are therefore likely to place little value on preventing the more than three million stillbirths that occur annually worldwide. In contrast, neonatal deaths, which occur in comparable numbers, have a substantial impact on burden of disease estimates and are commonly seen as a pressing health concern. In this article we argue in favor of incorporating unintended fetal deaths that occur late in pregnancy into estimates of the burden of disease. Our argument is based on the similarity between late‐term fetuses and newborn infants and the assumption that protecting newborns is important. We respond to four objections to counting stillbirths: (1) that fetuses are not yet part of the population and so their deaths should not be included in measures of population health; (2) that valuing the prevention of stillbirths will undermine women's reproductive rights; (3) that including stillbirths implies that miscarriages (fetal deaths early in pregnancy) should also be included; and (4) that birth itself is in fact ethically significant. We conclude that our proposal is ethically preferable to current practice and, if adopted, is likely to lead to improved decisions about health spending.     

Issues in Human Particulate Exposure Assessment: Relationship between Outdoor,Indoor, and Personal Exposures

The recent review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for particuslate matter and the resultant new health-based PM_2.5 standard was in part motivated by findings from epidemiological studies. These studies reported significant associations between adverse health effects and concentrations of ambient particulate matter at levels below the previously existing PM₁₀ standard. Interpretation of these results has been hindered by our relatively poor understanding of the relationship between personal exposures and concentrations in the indoor and outdoor environments. Individuals spend the majority of their time in indoor environments. Therefore, it is important to understand where and how they may be exposed to the contaminants which may be causing the health effects, and which activities place them at a higher risk of exposure to these agents. In addition, since particulate matter is a complex mixture of contaminants, further research is required to examine its formation process, sources, composition, and health effects. Without an improved scientific understanding of these issues, it is difficult to assess whether the new PM_2.5 standard will be implemented, and if so, whether it can be adequately protective of public health.     

Comparison of research cost: man--primate animal--other animal models

The costs of research in human subjects are compared to those in primate animals and in other animal models on the basis of data available from a U.S. institution. The cost of experimentation in a chimpanzee is 3.59% of the per diem cost of clinical research in man. The cost for the dog is 37.1% of that of the chimpanzee, and the mouse costs 2.02% of the cost of the dog.     

广东高州普通野生稻生殖特性的研究Ⅰ.结实率、花粉育性及其发育特点

对采自6个采样点141个编号的高州普通野生稻的结实率、花粉育性及其发育特点进行研究。结果发现,高州野生稻的结实率平均为57．23％,普遍偏低;花粉育性平均为89．3％。育性在50％以上的编号134个,占95．04％;7个编号出现不同程度的败育现象,败育类型以典败为主。其中育性最低的是GZW122,育性仅为8％;17个编号（占12,06％）的裂药性存在严重的异常现象。相关分析表明,花粉育性和裂药性与结实率存在极显著相关。不同采样点问存在一定差异,其中位于祥山镇祥山村祥山洞的编号结实率、花粉育性和裂药指数都较低,变异系数却较大,显示出较丰富的多样性。利用激光扫描共聚焦显微镜术研究发现,高州普通野生稻花粉发育过程与栽培稻一致,同样经历了8个时期,即小孢子母细胞形成期、小袍子母细胞减数分裂期、小孢子早期、小孢子中期、小孢子晚期、二孢花粉期和成熟花粉期。