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Mitochondrial DNA evolution in the genus Equus 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
Employing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) restriction-endonuclease maps as the
basis of comparison, we have investigated the evolutionary affinities of
the seven species generally recognized as the genus Equus. Individual
species' cleavage maps contained an average of 60 cleavage sites for 16
enzymes, of which 29 were invariant for all species. Based on an average
divergence rate of 2%/Myr, the variation between species supports a
divergence of extant lineages from a common ancestor approximately 3.9 Myr
before the present. Comparisons of cleavage maps between Equus przewalskii
(Mongolian wild horse) and E. caballus (domestic horse) yielded estimates
of nucleotide sequence divergence ranging from 0.27% to 0.41%. This range
was due to intraspecific variation, which was noted only for E. caballus.
For pairwise comparisons within this family, estimates of sequence
divergence ranged from 0% (E. hemionus onager vs. E. h. kulan) to 7.8% (E.
przewalskii vs. E. h. onager). Trees constructed according to the parsimony
principle, on the basis of 31 phylogenetically informative restriction
sites, indicate that the three extant zebra species represent a
monophyletic group with E. grevyi and E. burchelli antiquorum diverging
most recently. The phylogenetic relationships of E. africanus and E.
hemionus remain enigmatic on the basis of the mtDNA analysis, although a
recent divergence is unsupported.
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The consequence of harvesting young leaves of cassava as vegetable on the vulnerability of the crop to cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and on storage root yield was investigated using 30 cassava genotypes planted in IITA fields located in the humid forest (Port Harcourt?:?Onne), forest-savannah transition (Ibadan), southern guinea savannah (Mokwa) and northern guinea savannah (Zaria) agroecologies in Nigeria. Tender apical leaves and shoots of the cassava genotypes were removed from forty plants per cassava genotype with the same number of plants considered as control. Whitefly infestation, disease incidence (DI) and symptom severity (ISS) of the disease were assessed at monthly interval for six months and also at the ninth month after planting (MAP). Yield reduction due to this treatment was calculated as percentage harvest index (HI). Whitefly population fluctuated throughout the period of observation at all locations with higher population obtained generally for treated plants compared to control plants. Sprouting leaves of some treated genotypes were observed with severe mosaic symptoms, while corresponding control showed no mosaic symptoms. Contrarily, no remarkable difference was observed in Zaria between the mean ISS of treated and control cassava genotypes. There was a highly significant difference (P?<?0.01) in DI and ISS among cassava genotypes across all locations. Also, there was a highly significant interaction (P?<?0.01) in symptom severity between location (loc) and genotype, genotype and treatment (trt), loc and trt. Interaction between loc, genotypes and trt with regard to DI was highly significant at 2, 3 and 4 MAP, while with ISS, the interaction was highly significant all through the counting period. There was a positive relationship between DI and ISS on plants of genotypes 96/1039 and ISU. The percentage HI (27.4) of treated plants of genotype 95/0166 in Ibadan was remarkably lower than the value obtained for corresponding control (41.9) plants. Also, sharp distinction in% HI of treated (39.5) and control (43.8) ISU was observed in Onne with their respective ISS values as 3.7 and 3.2. Therefore, harvesting tender apical leaves and shoots of cassava as vegetables should be discouraged as it increases the severity of CMD infection in the regenerating shoots of cassava with attendant storage root yield reduction. 相似文献
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Glennon RA Ismaiel AM Ablordeppey S El-Ashmawy M Fisher JB 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2004,14(9):2217-2220
An investigation of the structure-affinity relationships for the binding of thioxanthene-related structures indicates that an intact thioxanthene ring is not required for binding at sigma(1) receptors, and that with the appropriate structural modifications, affinity can be enhanced to the subnanomolar level. Certain of the analogs displayed sigma(1)-fold selectivity for sigma(1) versus sigma(2) receptors. 相似文献
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Ismaiel OA Zhang T Jenkins R Karnes HT 《Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences》2011,879(22):2081-2088
A selective UHPLC-MS/MS method for determination of the therapeutic peptide octreotide in human plasma was developed and validated. This assay used a UHPLC C(18) column with 1.7 μm particle size for efficient separation and an ion-exchange SPE for selective extraction. Octreotide and its labeled internal standard, [(13)C(6)Phe(3)] octreotide, were extracted from human plasma using a simple Oasis? WCX μElution SPE method and analyzed with a total chromatographic run time of 7.5 min. Matrix effects were studied during method development by direct monitoring of representative phospholipids. On-line removal of phospholipids using column switching and pre-column back-flushing was carried out to trap and remove any residual phospholipid matrix interferences. The UHPLC column provided baseline separation between the analyte and matrix peaks. The chromatographic conditions yielded optimal retention and excellent peak shape for both the analyte and internal standard. The assay was linear in the concentration range of 0.025-25.0 ng/ml, inter- and intra-assay precision and accuracy were within 6.1% and ±1.93%, respectively. Recovery was ~73%. Post-extraction addition experiments showed that matrix effects were less than 4%. This method for octreotide in human plasma has been validated and utilized to support of clinical pharmacokinetic studies. 相似文献
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TO Sogbanmu AO Osibona OA Oguntunde AA Otitoloju 《African Journal of Aquatic Science》2018,43(3):281-292
Physiological, biochemical and histological indices in Clarias gariepinus broodstock, and teratogenic indices in embryos exposed to sublethal concentrations of naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene were investigated in 2014 using a static-renewal bioassay protocol. Phenanthrene (1.41 mg l?1) was the most toxic, followed by pyrene (1.53 mg l?1) and naphthalene (7.21 mg l?1), based on 96 h LC50 values. Hepatosomatic indices were significantly higher in naphthalene- and pyrene-treated males compared with solvent controls, whereas fecundity in females was significantly lower by factors of 2.4 (naphthalene), 2.8 (phenanthrene) and 2.4 (pyrene), compared with controls. Catalase levels were lower in female phenanthrene-treated fish compared with controls. Histological alterations observed in PAH-treated fish include oedema, inflammatory cells, epithelial lifting and hyperplasia in the gills, vacuolation, haemosiderin pigments and sinusoidal congestion in the liver, and degenerated zona radiata in the ovary. Teratogenic effects were not observed, as evidenced by the lack of histological alterations in embryos spawned from pre-exposed broodstock. Sex-specific responses and the utility of biomarkers at cellular and individual levels of organisation are therefore demonstrated for holistic evaluations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ecotoxicological studies. 相似文献
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The coenzyme A (CoA)-acylating aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) catalyzes a key reaction in the acetone- and butanol (solvent)-producing clostridia. It reduces acetyl-CoA and butyryl-CoA to the corresponding aldehydes, which are then reduced by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) to form ethanol and 1-butanol. The ALDH of Clostridium beijerinckii NRRL B593 was purified. It had no ADH activity, was NAD(H) specific, and was more active with butyraldehyde than with acetaldehyde. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified ALDH was determined. The open reading frame preceding the ctfA gene (encoding a subunit of the solvent-forming CoA transferase) of C. beijerinckii NRRL B593 was identified as the structural gene (ald) for the ALDH. The ald gene encodes a polypeptide of 468 amino acid residues with a calculated M(r) of 51, 353. The position of the ald gene in C. beijerinckii NRRL B593 corresponded to that of the aad/adhE gene (encoding an aldehyde-alcohol dehydrogenase) of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 and DSM 792. In Southern analyses, a probe derived from the C. acetobutylicum aad/adhE gene did not hybridize to restriction fragments of the genomic DNAs of C. beijerinckii and two other species of solvent-producing clostridia. In contrast, a probe derived from the C. beijerinckii ald gene hybridized to restriction fragments of the genomic DNA of three solvent-producing species but not to those of C. acetobutylicum, indicating a key difference among the solvent-producing clostridia. The amino acid sequence of the ALDH of C. beijerinckii NRRL B593 was most similar (41% identity) to those of the eutE gene products (CoA-acylating ALDHs) of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli, whereas it was about 26% identical to the ALDH domain of the aldehyde-alcohol dehydrogenases of C. acetobutylicum, E. coli, Lactococcus lactis, and amitochondriate protozoa. The predicted secondary structure of the C. beijerinckii ALDH suggests the presence of an atypical Rossmann fold for NAD(+) binding. A comparison of the proposed catalytic pockets of the CoA-dependent and CoA-independent ALDHs identified 6 amino acids that may contribute to interaction with CoA. 相似文献
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Muhammad S. Chaudhry Syed U. Rahman Muhammad S. Ismaiel Ghulam Sarwar Bushra Saeed Faiz-ul-Hassan Nasim 《Symbiosis (Philadelphia, Pa.)》2009,49(1):19-28
Effect of disturbance on root colonization and vertical distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate
endophytes (DSE) was investigated at two adjacent sites of Lal Suhanra Biosphere Reserve, Pakistan. Disturbance clearly affected
AMF and DSE colonization, vertical distribution of AMF and plant community structure. Mean colonization of AMF and DSE was
slightly less at the disturbed site. Average spore densities, diversity and richness of AMF and DSE were higher at the undisturbed
site. A study of the vertical distribution of AMF associated with the five plant species most common to each study site indicated
that beside AMF and DSE colonization disturbance may affect AMF species composition. Correlation of AMF with DSE is also discussed. 相似文献