A pool of nuclear proteins from adult worms of Schistosoma mansoni was analyzed for amino acid composition and found to be compatible with high mobility group (HMG) proteins. One of the schistosome HMG proteins was identified as HMG 2 by one-dimensional and two-dimensional PAGE. Stage-specific differences in the HMG-like protein composition were encountered when adult worms were compared to schistosomula, the larval form. Immobilization of the adult male and female nuclear proteins onto nitrocellulose, followed by hybridization against 32P-F-10, a schistosome sex specific gene encoding a major egg shell protein, revealed distinct banding patterns. On the other hand, a synthetic oligonucleotide, derived from the 3' untranslated end of the F-10 gene and possibly containing one regulatory element of the gene, bound mainly to male low MW proteins. 相似文献
L1 retroposons are represented in mice by subfamilies of interspersed
sequences of varied abundance. Previous analyses have indicated that
subfamilies are generated by duplicative transposition of a small number of
members of the L1 family, the progeny of which then become a major
component of the murine L1 population, and are not due to any active
processes generating homology within preexisting groups of elements in a
particular species. In mice, more than a third of the L1 elements belong to
a clade that became active approximately 5 Mya and whose elements are >
or = 95% identical. We have collected sequence information from 13 L1
elements isolated from two species of voles (Rodentia: Microtinae: Microtus
and Arvicola) and have found that divergence within the vole L1 population
is quite different from that in mice, in that there is no abundant
subfamily of homologous elements. Individual L1 elements from voles are
very divergent from one another and belong to a clade that began a period
of elevated duplicative transposition approximately 13 Mya. Sequence
analyses of portions of these divergent L1 elements (approximately 250 bp
each) gave no evidence for concerted evolution having acted on the vole L1
elements since the split of the two vole lineages approximately 3.5 Mya;
that is, the observed interspecific divergence (6.7%-24.7%) is not larger
than the intraspecific divergence (7.9%-27.2%), and phylogenetic analyses
showed no clustering into Arvicola and Microtus clades.
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The phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of 39 drosophilid
species were studied by using the coding region of the Adh gene. Four
genera--Scaptodrosophila, Zaprionus, Drosophila, and Scaptomyza (from
Hawaii)--and three Drosophila subgenera--Drosophila, Engiscaptomyza, and
Sophophora--were included. After conducting statistical analyses of the
nucleotide sequences of the Adh, Adhr (Adh-related gene), and nuclear rRNA
genes and a 905-bp segment of mitochondrial DNA, we used Scaptodrosophila
as the outgroup. The phylogenetic tree obtained showed that the first major
division of drosophilid species occurs between subgenus Sophophora (genus
Drosophila) and the group including subgenera Drosophila and Engiscaptomyza
plus the genera Zaprionus and Scaptomyza. Subgenus Sophophora is then
divided into D. willistoni and the clade of D. obscura and D. melanogaster
species groups. In the other major drosophilid group, Zaprionus first
separates from the other species, and then D. immigrans leaves the
remaining group of species. This remaining group then splits into the D.
repleta group and the Hawaiian drosophilid cluster (Hawaiian Drosophila,
Engiscaptomyza, and Scaptomyza). Engiscaptomyza and Scaptomyza are tightly
clustered. Each of the D. repleta, D. obscura, and D. melanogaster groups
is monophyletic. The splitting of subgenera Drosophila and Sophophora
apparently occurred about 40 Mya, whereas the D. repleta group and the
Hawaiian drosophilid cluster separated about 32 Mya. By contrast, the
splitting of Engiscaptomyza and Scaptomyza occurred only about 11 Mya,
suggesting that Scaptomyza experienced a rapid morphological evolution. The
D. obscura and D. melanogaster groups apparently diverged about 25 Mya.
Many of the D. repleta group species studied here have two functional Adh
genes (Adh-1 and Adh-2), and these duplicated genes can be explained by two
duplication events.
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In an oligotrophic moorland pool in The Netherlands, S cycling near the sediment/water boundary was investigated by measuring (1) SO42– reduction rates in the sediment, (2) depletion of SO42– in the overlying water column and (3) release of35S from the sediment into the water column. Two locations differing in sediment type (highly organic and sandy) were compared, with respect to reduction rates and depletion of SO42– in the overlying water.Sulfate reduction rates in sediments of an oligotrophic moorland pool were estimated by diagenetic modelling and whole core35SO42– injection. Rates of SO42– consumption in the overlying water were estimated by changes in SO42– concentration over time in in situ enclosures. Reduction rates ranged from 0.27–11.2 mmol m–2 d–1. Rates of SO42– uptake from the enclosed water column varied from –0.5, –0.3 mmol m–2 d–1 (November) to 0.43–1.81 mmol m–2 d–1 (July, August and April). Maximum rates of oxidation to SO42– in July 1990 estimated by combination of SO42– reduction rates and rates of in situ SO42– uptake in the enclosed water column were 10.3 and 10.5 mmol m–2 d–1 at an organic rich and at a sandy site respectively.Experiments with35S2– and35SO42– tracer suggested (1) a rapid formation of organically bound S from dissimilatory reduced SO42– and (2) the presence of mainly non SO42–-S derived from reduced S transported from the sediment into the overlying water. A35S2– tracer experiment showed that about 7% of35S2– injected at 1 cm depth in a sediment core was recovered in the overlying water column.Sulfate reduction rates in sediments with higher volumetric mass fraction of organic matter did not significantly differ from those in sediments with a lower mass fraction of organic matter.Corresponding author 相似文献
To survive new microclimatic conditions of a forest gap environment, plant species must physiologically and structurally adjust. A morpho-anatomical, ultrastructural and ecophysiological study was performed at three different times in a forest gap that was created by illegal selective logging. The study followed the early successional Actinostemon verticillatus and the late-successional Metrodorea brevifolia, to elucidate the adaptive strategies of acclimation to gaps. Additionally, Schinus terebinthifolius was included in the study in order to test the plasticity of a pioneer species that grows on forest edges, where this species had higher values of leaf thickness, leaf mass area and succulence. M. brevifolia had succulent leaves, high leaf area and a thin cuticle. A. verticillatus presented the densest leaves and was the only species to show leaf morpho-anatomical plasticity. Ultrastructural and physiological differences were observed only in A. verticillatus and M. brevifolia leaves from the gap: increase in the stroma volume, oil droplets, plastoglobuli, photochemical and non-photochemical quenching. Photosynthetic efficiency showed that the early stages of gap formation are the most critical. Acclimation strategies of A. verticillatus suggest this species invests in the efficiency of photosynthesis by increasing its leaf thickness, leaf mass area and in water content maintenance by increasing the density of its leaves, at the expense of gas exchange, was compensated by a high density of stomata. M. brevifolia compensates for the higher cost of leaves and lower leaf plasticity with ultrastructural changes that are used to adjust the photosynthetic process, which promotes a shorter leaf payback time. 相似文献
1. Predation‐exclusion experiments have highlighted that top‐down control is pervasive in terrestrial communities, but most of these experiments are simplistic in that they only excluded a single group of predators and the effect of removal was evaluated on a few species from the community. The main goal of our study was to experimentally establish the relative effects of ants and birds on the same arthropod assemblage of canopy trees. 2. We conducted 1‐year long manipulative experiments in an organic citrus grove intended to quantify the independent effects of bird and ant predators on the abundance of arthropods. Birds were excluded with plastic nets whereas ants were excluded with sticky barriers on the trunks. The sticky barrier also excluded other ground dwelling insects, like the European earwig Forficula auricularia L. 3. Both the exclusion of ants and birds affected the arthropod community of the citrus canopies, but the exclusion of ants was far more important than the exclusion of birds. Indeed, almost all groups of arthropods had higher abundance in ant‐excluded than in control trees, whereas only dermapterans were more abundant in bird‐excluded than in control trees. A more detailed analysis conducted on spiders also showed that the effect of ant exclusion was limited to a few families rather than being widespread over the entire diverse spectrum of spiders. 4. Our results suggest that the relative importance of vertebrate and invertebrate predators in regulating arthropod populations largely depends on the nature of the predator–prey system. 相似文献
Lippia alba (Miller) N.E. Brown is an aromatic plant species of great economic importance due to the medicinal properties of its essential oils, which provide stress relief, respiratory and gastrointestinal disease control, and anti-inflammatory and natural sedative effects. The plant is also effective in biological control against various pathogens and in food preservation. Water deficit is the most critical abiotic factor limiting plant growth and morpho-physiological development, as well as production of secondary metabolism compounds. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of water deficit on growth, photosynthesis, essential oil profile, and the expression of genes related to the biosynthesis of these compounds in L. alba grown in vitro. Nodal segments were cultured on medium supplemented with 0, 1, 2, and 3% (w/v) polyethylene glycol for 45 days. Water stress had a negative effect on primary metabolism indicators, such as growth, leaf area, and photosynthetic rate; but a positive effect on amino acid and total protein content. Similarly, secondary metabolism exhibited an increase in linalool but a reduction in germacrene levels under water deficit. These findings provide a deeper understanding of how water deficit affects primary and secondary metabolism in L. alba, showing the potential of this medicinal species to adapt to soils with low water availability, while still being able to grow and synthesize essential oils.