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Fernanda Hurbath BÁrbara SimÕes Santos Leal Otávio Luis Marques Da Silva Clarisse Palma-Silva INês Cordeiro 《分类学与生物多样性》2013,11(7):658-667
A new species of Euphorbia sect. Brasilienses V.W. Steinm. & Dorsey is described. Euphorbia tetrangularis Hurbath & Cordeiro is endemic to the Serra de Montevidéu, a part of the Espinhaço Range located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It differs from other species within the section based on the following characters: 4-ribbed branches, green cyathia, and green cyathial glands with erect appendages. This new species would qualify as critically endangered (CR) according to IUCN criteria. An inferred phylogeny based on a combined dataset of nuclear (ITS1) and plastid regions (psbA-trnH, trnC-ycf6, matK, atpI-atpH, psbJ-petA, trnQ-rps16?×?1) confirms the monophyly of Euphorbia sect. Brasilienses and supports the recognition of E. tetrangularis. The phylogeny also suggests that this group probably underwent a recent radiation. 相似文献
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A comparative perspective on longevity: the effect of body size dominates over ecology in moths
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S. Holm R. B. Davis J. Javoiš E. Õunap A. Kaasik F. Molleman T. Tammaru 《Journal of evolutionary biology》2016,29(12):2422-2435
Both physiologically and ecologically based explanations have been proposed to account for among‐species differences in lifespan, but they remain poorly tested. Phylogenetically explicit comparative analyses are still scarce and those that exist are biased towards homoeothermic vertebrates. Insect studies can significantly contribute as lifespan can feasibly be measured in a high number of species, and the selective forces that have shaped it may differ largely between species and from those acting on larger animals. We recorded adult lifespan in 98 species of geometrid moths. Phylogenetic comparative analyses were applied to study variation in species‐specific values of lifespan and to reveal its ecological and life‐history correlates. Among‐species and between‐gender differences in lifespan were found to be notably limited; there was also no evidence of phylogenetic signal in this trait. Larger moth species were found to live longer, with this result supporting a physiological rather than ecological explanation of this relationship. Species‐specific lifespan values could not be explained by traits such as reproductive season and larval diet breadth, strengthening the evidence for the dominance of physiological determinants of longevity over ecological ones. 相似文献
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Õrfi László Wáczek Frigyes Kövesdi István Mészáros György Idei Miklós Horváth Anikó Hollósy Ferenc Mák Marianna Szegedi Zsolt Szende Béla Kéri György 《International journal of peptide research and therapeutics》1999,6(5-6):325-333
A parallel combinatorial library of over 1600 compounds has been designed and synthesized for the development of new potential peptidomimetic protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitor leads. These peptidomimetic molecules are aimed at intervening with the substrate binding site of the pp60c-src enzyme. The new structures were based on known PTK inhibitors with at least two variously substituted aromatic moieties attached by spacer groups of different length and flexibility. Eleven bis-aryl-type inhibitory compounds were found in the range of 18–100 μM IC50 concentrations from combinations of 12 different substituents. Molecular modeling of the active compounds showed a characteristic distance of 12–14 Å between the farthest sp2 carbon atoms of the two aromatic rings. Conformational analysis of several peptide substrates recently found for pp60c-src PTK showed that the energy-minimized conformers had the same distance between the two aromatic moieties. Several compounds in the library not only showed remarkable PTK inhibitory activity but also a significant apoptosis-inducing effect on HT-29 human colon tumor cells. 相似文献
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Toomas Tammaru Niko R. Johansson Erki Õunap Robert B. Davis 《Journal of evolutionary biology》2018,31(9):1400-1404
Research on evolutionary forces determining optimal body sizes has primarily relied on experimental evaluation of respective selective pressures. Accounting for among‐species variation through application of phylogenetic comparative methods is a complementary although little used approach. It enables the direct association of body size values with particular environments. Using phylogenetically explicit comparative analyses, we show that small body size is associated with diurnal (rather than nocturnal) activity of adults among temperate species of the moth family Geometridae. The association of an exclusively adult trait with species‐specific body size suggests that optimal body sizes are at least partly determined by the costs being a large adult, as opposed to the more frequently considered costs of attaining large size. It appears likely that size‐selective predation by insectivorous birds is the primary factor responsible for selection against large body size in day‐flying moths. 相似文献
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On the role of glucocorticoid receptors in brain plasticity 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Kjell Fuxe Rochellys Diaz Antonio Cintra Maheep Bhatnagar Barbro Tinner Jan-Åke Gustafsson Sven-Ove Õgren Luigi F. Agnati 《Cellular and molecular neurobiology》1996,16(2):239-258
Summary 1. The mapping of glucocorticoid receptors (GR) in the rat central nervous system (CNS) has demonstrated their widespread presence in large numbers of nerve and glial cell populations also outside the classical stress regions.2. The present paper summarizes the evidence that glucocorticoids via GR in the CNS can act as lifelong organizing signals from development to aging. The following examples are given. (a) In the prepubertal and adult offspring, prenatal corticosterone treatment can produce long-lasting changes in striatal dopaminergic communication. (b) In adulthood, the evidence suggests complex regulation by adrenocortical hormones of neurotrophic factors and their receptors in the hippocampal formation. (c) In aging, the strongly GR-immunoreactive pyramidal cell layer of the CA1 hippocampal area appears to be preferentially vulnerable to neurotoxic actions of glucocorticoids, especially in some rat strains.3. Strong evidence suggests that each nerve cell in the CNS is supported by a trophic unit, consisting of other nerve cells and glial cells, blood vessels, and extracellular matrix molecules. Due to multiple actions on nerve and glial cell populations of the different trophic units, the glucocorticoids may exert either an overall trophic or a neurotoxic action. It seems likely that with increasing age, the endangering actions of glucocorticoids on nerve cells prevail over the neurotrophic ones, leading to reduced nerve cell survival in some trophic units. 相似文献
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MATEUS R. ANDRADE DANIEL ALBENY‐SIMÕES JENNIFER A. BREAUX STEVEN A. JULIANO ERALDO LIMA 《Ecological Entomology》2017,42(1):77-85
1. Prey organisms can perceive cues to predation hazard and adopt low‐risk behaviours to increase survival. Animals with complex life cycles, such as insects, can exhibit such anti‐predatory behaviours in multiple life stages. 2. Cues to predation risk may induce ovipositing females to choose habitats with low predation risk. Cues to predation risk may also induce larvae to adopt facultative behaviours that reduce risk of predation. 3. One hypothesis postulates that anti‐predation behaviours across adult and larval stages may be negatively associated because selection for effective anti‐predator behaviour in one stage leads to reduced selection for avoidance of predators in other stages. An alternative hypothesis suggests that selection by predation favours multi‐component defences, with both avoidance of oviposition and facultative adoption of low‐risk behaviours by larvae. 4. Laboratory and field experiments were used to determine whether defensive responses of adult and larval mosquitoes are positively or negatively associated. The study tested effects of waterborne cues from predatory Toxorhynchites theobaldi on oviposition choices and larval behaviours of three of its common prey: Culex mollis, Limatus durhamii and Aedes albopictus. 5. Culex mollis shows strong anti‐predator responses in both life stages, consistent with the hypothesis of a multi‐component behavioural defence. The other two species showed no detectable responses to waterborne predator cues in either adult or larval stages. Larvae of these unresponsive species were significantly more vulnerable to this predator than was C. mollis. 6. For these mosquitoes, species appear either to have been selected for multi‐component defences against predation or to act in ways that could be called predator‐naïve. 相似文献
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MARJU KORSTEN SIMON Y. W. HO JOHN DAVISON BERIT PÄHN EGLE VULLA MARIS ROHT IGOR L. TUMANOV ILPO KOJOLA ZANETE ANDERSONE‐LILLEY JANIS OZOLINS MALGORZATA PILOT YORGOS MERTZANIS ALEXIOS GIANNAKOPOULOS ALEX A. VOROBIEV NIKOLAI I. MARKOV ALEXANDER P. SAVELJEV ELENA A. LYAPUNOVA ALEXEI V. ABRAMOV PEEP MÄNNIL HARRI VALDMANN SERGEI V. PAZETNOV VALENTIN S. PAZETNOV ALEXANDER M. RÕKOV URMAS SAARMA 《Molecular ecology》2009,18(9):1963-1979
The brown bear has proved a useful model for studying Late Quaternary mammalian phylogeography. However, information is lacking from northern continental Eurasia, which constitutes a large part of the species' current distribution. We analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences (totalling 1943 bp) from 205 bears from northeast Europe and Russia in order to characterize the maternal phylogeography of bears in this region. We also estimated the formation times of the sampled brown bear lineages and those of its extinct relative, the cave bear.
Four closely related haplogroups belonging to a single mitochondrial subclade were identified in northern continental Eurasia. Several haplotypes were found throughout the whole study area, while one haplogroup was restricted to Kamchatka. The haplotype network, estimated divergence times and various statistical tests indicated that bears in northern continental Eurasia recently underwent a sudden expansion, preceded by a severe bottleneck. This brown bear population was therefore most likely founded by a small number of bears that were restricted to a single refuge area during the last glacial maximum. This pattern has been described previously for other mammal species and as such may represent one general model for the phylogeography of Eurasian mammals. Bayesian divergence time estimates are presented for different brown and cave bear clades. Moreover, our results demonstrate the extent of substitution rate variation occurring throughout the phylogenetic tree, highlighting the need for appropriate calibration when estimating divergence times. 相似文献
Four closely related haplogroups belonging to a single mitochondrial subclade were identified in northern continental Eurasia. Several haplotypes were found throughout the whole study area, while one haplogroup was restricted to Kamchatka. The haplotype network, estimated divergence times and various statistical tests indicated that bears in northern continental Eurasia recently underwent a sudden expansion, preceded by a severe bottleneck. This brown bear population was therefore most likely founded by a small number of bears that were restricted to a single refuge area during the last glacial maximum. This pattern has been described previously for other mammal species and as such may represent one general model for the phylogeography of Eurasian mammals. Bayesian divergence time estimates are presented for different brown and cave bear clades. Moreover, our results demonstrate the extent of substitution rate variation occurring throughout the phylogenetic tree, highlighting the need for appropriate calibration when estimating divergence times. 相似文献
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Responses of leaf and shoot hydraulic conductance to light quality were examined on shoots of silver birch (Betula pendula), cut from lower (‘shade position’) and upper thirds of the crowns (‘sun position’) of trees growing in a natural temperate forest stand. Hydraulic conductances of leaf blades (Klb), petioles (KP) and branches (i.e. leafless stem; KB) were determined using a high pressure flow meter in steady state mode. The shoots were exposed to photosynthetic photon flux density of 200–250 µmol m?2 s?1 using white, blue or red light. Klb depended significantly on both light quality and canopy position (P < 0.001), KB on canopy position (P < 0.001) and exposure time (P = 0.014), and none of the three factors had effect on KP. The highest values of Klb were recorded under the blue light (3.63 and 3.13 × 10?4 kg m?2 MPa?1 s?1 for the sun and shade leaves, respectively), intermediate values under white light (3.37 and 2.46 × 10?4 kg m?2 MPa?1 s?1, respectively) and lowest values under red light (2.83 and 2.02 × 10?4 kg m?2 MPa?1 s?1, respectively). Light quality has an important impact on leaf hydraulic properties, independently of light intensity or of total light energy, and the specific light receptors involved in this response require identification. Given that natural canopy shade depletes blue and red light, Klb may be decreased both by reduced fluence and shifts in light spectra, indicating the need for studies of the natural heterogeneity of Klb within and under canopies, and its impacts on gas exchange. 相似文献
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Hilde Van Esch Rita Colnaghi Kathleen Freson Petro Starokadomskyy Andreas Zankl Liesbeth Backx Iga Abramowicz Emily Outwin Luis Rohena Claire Faulkner Gary M. Leong Ruth A. Newbury-Ecob Rachel C. Challis Katrin Õunap Jacques Jaeken Eve Seuntjens Koen Devriendt Ezra Burstein Mark O’Driscoll 《American journal of human genetics》2019,104(5):957-967
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