Anisotropy and corotation of galactic cosmic rays

The intensity of Galactic cosmic rays is nearly isotropic because of the influence of magnetic fields in the Milky Way. Here, we present two-dimensional high-precision anisotropy measurement for energies from a few to several hundred teraelectronvolts (TeV), using the large data sample of the Tibet Air Shower Arrays. Besides revealing finer details of the known anisotropies, a new component of Galactic cosmic ray anisotropy in sidereal time is uncovered around the Cygnus region direction. For cosmic-ray energies up to a few hundred TeV, all components of anisotropies fade away, showing a corotation of Galactic cosmic rays with the local Galactic magnetic environment. These results have broad implications for a comprehensive understanding of cosmic rays, supernovae, magnetic fields, and heliospheric and Galactic dynamic environments.     

轮回选择对豫综5号玉米群体产量性状配合力的改良效果

玉米群体遗传基础广泛、遗传变异丰富,是培育优良玉米自交系的源泉。玉米群体的改良研究对玉米种质资源创新、优良自交系选育具有重要的指导意义。本研究采用NC II遗传交配设计,以豫综5号5个轮次改良群体为父本,以黄早四、丹340、中综5号、齐319、掖478、Mo17为测验种配制成30个测交组合,通过一年两点的产量性状及其配合力评价试验,研究轮回选择对豫综5号群体的改良效果。结果表明,轮回选择对群体单株产量的改良是有效的,群体与各测验种间的杂交后代产量平均每轮提高3.57%。半姊妹轮回选择和相互半姊妹轮回选择在改良群体产量一般配合力方面, 均得到显著提高,呈逐轮上升的趋势;采用半姊妹轮回选择对豫综5号群体3轮的选择后,C₃群体与C₀相比,一般配合力效应值从–11.63增长到5.57,差异极显著;经1轮相互半姊妹轮回选择后,群体的一般配合力效应值从C₃的5.57增加到C₄的9.75。豫综5号改良群体与黄早四的特殊配合力得到一定的提高,逐轮朝着Reid×唐四平头杂优模式水平提高的方向稳定发展。     

Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in indoor-captive cynomolgus monkey colony

A serological survey of hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibody was conducted using 202 adult captive cynomolgus monkeys, who did not show any clinical signs of acute hepatitis. Out of these, 44 monkeys were sero-positive for anti-HEV IgG and all monkeys were negative for anti-HEV IgM. All positive monkeys came from either Vietnam or China, but none from the Philippines, Indonesia, or our facility. Selected 12 monkeys out of positive monkeys from Vietnam, including 9 positive and 3 negative, revealed mostly within the reference ranges for alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and asparatate aminotransferase (AST) by serum biochemistries. Their titers of anti-HEV IgG did not correlate with the concentrations of ALT and AST. Moreover, HEV-RNA could not be detected from any fecal specimens of the 12 monkeys. Thus, monkeys with anti-HEV IgG sero-positive did not seem to be source of the HEV-pollution, because 1) sero-positive monkeys did not excrete HEV-RNA from their feces, and 2) monkeys from the Philippines and Indonesia have remained to be sero-negative for anti-HEV IgG, even if the monkeys were kept in same animal room of our facility. From these results, it could be inferred that primary infection of HEV occurred in the exported countries, but not in our colony. The contamination of HEV in indoor-captive monkeys could be prevented by precise quarantine tests, including ELISA for detecting anti-HEV and RT-PCR for HEV RNA.     

玉米根系发育突变体及相关基因研究进展

根系形态以及生理特征与作物养分水分高效利用密切相关。利用根系发育突变体是研究根系结构与功能的主要手段之一。近10多年来,一些玉米根系发育的突变体被鉴定出来,其中包括影响节根发育的rtcs突变体,影响侧根发育的lrt1、slr1、slr2和rum1突变体,还有影响根毛发育的rth1、rth2和rth3突变体,其中部分突变体所对应的基因已经克隆。这些进展有利于人们更深入地认识玉米根系生物学特征在养分水分高效中的作用。     

The Emperor Seamounts: southward motion of the Hawaiian hotspot plume in Earth's mantle

The Hawaiian-Emperor hotspot track has a prominent bend, which has served as the basis for the theory that the Hawaiian hotspot, fixed in the deep mantle, traced a change in plate motion. However, paleomagnetic and radiometric age data from samples recovered by ocean drilling define an age-progressive paleolatitude history, indicating that the Emperor Seamount trend was principally formed by the rapid motion (over 40 millimeters per year) of the Hawaiian hotspot plume during Late Cretaceous to early-Tertiary times (81 to 47 million years ago). Evidence for motion of the Hawaiian plume affects models of mantle convection and plate tectonics, changing our understanding of terrestrial dynamics.     

用SSR技术和混合取样方法估算玉米群体间的遗传距离

The factors affecting the binding characteristics of GBSS with starch granule were studied using a wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivar Chinese Spring with different temperature treatments. After sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis, we got GBSS concentration by coomassie brilliant blue G-250(CBB G-250) method. The results showed that the temperature affected the binding of GBSS and starch granule. In 50–80℃, the concentration of GBSS unbound from starch increased with the temperature rising, which the maximal concentration was 11.361 μg mL^-1 at 80℃, while that was reduced when the temperature was 85–95℃. Furthermore, Mg²⁺ could also affect the quantity of GBSS unbound from starch. When Mg2+ concentration was lower than 1.75 mmol L^-1, the concentration of GBSS unbound increased. The lower Mg²⁺ concentration, the higher the concentration of GBSS unbound. However, when Mg²⁺ concentration was higher than 2.5 mmol L^-1, it could restrain GBSS unbinding. These results showed that GBSS bound starch granule by non-covalent bonds. The best GBSS extracting conditions were 55 mmol L^-1 Tris-HCl (pH 6.8), 0.75 mmol L^-1 MgCl₂, 2.3% SDS, 5% 2-ME and 10% glycerol, 15 min in boiling water, or 55 mmol L^-1 Tris-HCl (pH 6.8), 0.75 mmol L^-1 MgCl₂, 2.3% SDS, 5% 2-ME and 10% glycerol, 80℃ 30 min. The results are helpful to investigate 3-D structure of biological activated GBSS and mechanism of GBSS binding with starch granule.     

玉米光周期反应及一个相关基因的克隆

【目的】研究玉米的光周期反应，克隆出玉米中的EMF同源基因并研究其表达模式。【方法】以热带玉米自交系CML288和温带玉米自交系黄早四为材料，研究了它们在9 h和15 h光周期处理后的反应和热带自交系CML288在不同时期两种日照挪动处理下的光周期反应。通过RT-PCR法克隆到一个玉米上的EMF同源基因，并检测了该基因在经过不同光周期处理的自交系CML288、黄早四及其F1的不同生长时期茎尖中的表达。【结果】 CML288对光周期的反应非常敏感，黄早四相对不敏感。CML288在短日照条件下7片叶时期是光周期反应的敏感时期，在长日照条件下9片叶时期是光周期反应的敏感时期。推测新克隆的cDNA序列含有完整的1 881bp的开放阅读框，编码一条约71kD的多肽，包含626个氨基酸残基，编码的蛋白质有一个C2H2型锌指结构区,两个核定位信号区和一个酸性区，可能是DAN结合蛋白，Northern杂交显示，其在茎尖和叶片中均有表达。经不同光周期处理后，该基因在2个自交系及F1不同生长时期茎尖中的表达情况不同。【结论】克隆到的基因其功能可能与促进营养生长和抑制生殖生长有关。     

转pepc基因水稻的选育

通过基因工程 ,将玉米的磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶 (pepc)基因导入水稻品种“Kitaake” ,获得高表达的转pepc基因水稻 ,系统选育后 ,获得第 7代稳定种质。转pepc基因水稻的PEPC活性比原种高 2 4倍 ,净光合速率比原种高 5 0 %。以第 7代稳定转基因材料作父本 ,与水稻不育系“培矮 64S”、“2 9130S”、“70 0 1S”以及恢复系“5 12 9”、“Y910 7”、“H9195”、“双九A”和“437”进行杂交 ,获得 80 5株后代材料 ,并从中鉴定出 47株高PEPC活性和高光合效率的植株。这些植株的PEPC活性和净光合速率 (Pn)均高于母本 ,且Pn与PEPC活性呈正相关 ,r=0 666 0 。证明通过基因工程与杂交相结合的方法 ,可将转pepc基因水稻的高光效特性传递到杂种稻的不育系和恢复系中     

利用棉绳采集口腔液监测猪伪狂犬病方法的应用分析

为分析使用棉绳采集口腔液监测猪场伪狂犬病(PR)方法的科学性,本研究拟通过实验室水平、动物试验及临床应用3个方面对使用棉绳采集口腔液监测猪场PR这一方法开展应用分析。首先对采样条件进行优化,并通过模拟试验测定棉绳对伪狂犬病病毒(PRV)的释放能力,通过动物试验测定病毒感染后检出时间,最后对临床样品进行检测分析。结果表明:使用直径为1.0 cm的棉绳,在早上喂料前采集口腔液样品,采样时间为20~30 min,可采集到更能满足试验要求的口腔液。病毒释放能力测定显示,棉绳对PRV的释放能力为50%左右,使用棉绳采集口腔液可检测到1个TCID50/0.1 mL的病毒含量。动物试验检测发现,猪群在感染后28 d中除第5天外,口腔液中病原含量均高于鼻拭子中病原含量,口腔液检测效果优于鼻拭子,且口腔液中病毒的检出时间(感染后第1天)早于血液中抗体转阳时间(感染后第7天)。临床样品检测分析结果表明,PRV疫苗免疫后也可通过口腔液检测到疫苗毒,并且存在无法通过口腔液检测感染PRV野毒后稳定猪中带毒的情况,因此口腔液检测方法应结合gE抗体检测,才可综合判断猪群是否为感染群体。综上,本研究优化了口腔液采集方法,并测定了棉绳对口腔液的释放能力和感染后检出时间,表明口腔液可作为较好的监测猪群PR的手段;口腔液监测方法需结合gE抗体检测来综合判断猪群是否为感染群体。