分子标记在濒危物种保护中的应用

分子标记可揭示种群遗传和进化信息, 为制定濒危物种保护措施、指导恢复实践提供重要依据。本文主要介绍了分子标记在濒危物种保护过程不同环节中的应用, 包括: (1)正确识别保护单元, 如排除隐存种和杂交种的影响; (2)确定优先保护单元, 包括优先保护区域、优先保护物种、优先保护种群等; (3)指导迁地保护; (4)对保护工作的动态监测和评估。文章最后探讨了分子标记应用于保护的发展方向, 如开展长期的种群遗传组成监测、切实应用于保护管理实践、将基因组学等遗传信息用于全球变化背景下保护策略的制定等, 期望为分子标记技术在生物多样性保护的研究和实践中提供参考。     

广东连州田心省级自然保护区珍稀濒危植物资源现状及优先保护初步研究

掌握保护区珍稀植物本底与受威胁状态,完善保护区珍稀植物的优先保护评价体系,可为保护区制定保护对策、科学管理提供依据。通过资料收集和实地考察,对连州田心省级自然保护区珍稀植物资源开展研究,结果表明,田心省级自然保护区共有珍稀植物35科63属94种,其中国家重点保护野生植物有25科33属46种,广东省重点保护野生植物有7科10属10种,中国植物红皮书稀有濒危植物20科25属25种,CITES公约附录植物5科23属46种。采用优先保护评价体系对41种代表性珍稀濒危植物进行排序,结果属Ⅰ级保护的有2种,占评价总数的4.88%;属Ⅱ级保护的有22种,占评价总数的53.66%;属Ⅲ级保护的有17种,占评价总数的41.46%。田心省级自然保护区生境良好,珍稀濒危植物种类多,数量丰富,具有较高的生态保护价值。该评价体系对41种植物的评价与分级结果更真实地反映了它们在田心保护区受威胁状态和优先保护顺序,对该区珍稀濒危植物的优先保护工作具有一定指导意义。     

贵州喀斯特石漠化类型及程度评价

由于碳酸盐岩岩性的不同,发育的喀斯特在生态环境因子的组合和质量上有较大的差异,形成了不同的石漠化类型。在大量典型样地调查的基础上,以岩性、小生境种数、小生境组合、裸露石面面积、石砾含量和土壤总量6个因子为指标,通过聚类分析和主成分分析相结合的方法,将喀斯特石漠化分为2大类型,即显性石漠化和隐性石漠化,分析比较了它们的主要特征。同时,分别石漠化类型选择了程度评价指标,用坐标综合评定法和欧氏距离公式建立了石漠化数量评价模型,即石漠化程度指数模型,用石漠化程度指数对样地的石漠化现状进行了评价,将6 4个样地划分为未石漠化,轻度、中度、强度和极强度5个等级。     

人为干扰与喀斯特森林群落退化及评价研究

导致贵州喀斯特森林发生退化的原因是火烧、开垦、放牧和樵采。选用群落高度、显著度、萌生株比例、生物量和耐荫树种比例5个指标对群落退化进行定量评价。结果表明,退化群落可分为A－F6个退化等级。在受自然力作用和人为干扰不明显时,顶极群落发生正常的波动（A）。在干扰力的作用大于波动的振幅时,顶极群落发生明显退化（B－F）,群落退化度逐渐增大。群落退化等级与退化群落自然恢复的演替阶段基本一致,生物量的移出和耐荫树种消退是退化的关键因素,火烧、放牧、开垦干扰群落主要分布于退化等级C－F中,樵采干扰群落多发生于B－C中。4种干扰对退化群落萌生株数影响较大,受火烧、樵采开扰群落多,而受开垦、放牧干扰群落较少。各干扰群落退化度从小至大排序为樵采干扰群落、开垦干扰群落、放牧干扰群落、火烧干扰群落。     

Differential Expression of Proteins in Red Pear Following Fruit Bagging Treatment

Fruit bagging is a very effective method for study of fruit qualities and anthocyanin synthesis. The characterization of differentially expressed proteins that were isolated from both bagged and normal fruit skin tissue is apparently an essential parameter for understanding the effect of shading on fruit qualities and to understand the mechanism of fruit coloring in Pyrus communis. Proteome maps of both bagged and normal P. communis 'Placer' fruit skin were obtained by performing two-dimensional electrophoresis analysis and compared to assess the extent to which protein distribution differed in pear skin. The comparative analysis showed 38 differentially expressed proteins between the two samples: with three protein spots up-regulated and 35 down-regulated in the bagged fruit. Differentially expressed protein spots were subjected to matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) analysis and the data compared to that of known proteins to deduce their possible functions. Of these, 21 protein spots were identified and classified into functional classes. These identified proteins were mainly involved in photosynthesis, signal transduction, energy pathway, protein folding and assembly, and carbohydrate and acidity metabolisms, and were under-expressed in bagged fruit skins. This work provides a first characterization of the proteome changes in response to fruit bagging treatment in red pears.