Exclusion of interspecific competition reduces scatter‐hoarding of Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibiricus: A field study

Although food availability and the abundance of seed predators have been postulated to affect seed dispersal, it is not clear how seed‐eating animals modify their scatter‐hoarding strategies in response to different levels of interspecific competition. We placed paired germinated and ungerminated acorns of Quercus mongolica on 30‐cm high platforms to exclude potential interspecific competition of the predominant larder hoarders Apodemus peninsulae and Myodes rufocanus, to investigate seed dispersal by a predominant scatter‐hoarder, Tamias sibiricus, in the field in north‐eastern China. Our results showed that T. sibiricus ate more acorns in situ in the absence of interspecific competition. In the presence of interspecific competition of A. peninsulae and C. rufocanus, however, more acorns were scatter‐hoarded by T. sibiricus. Regardless of interspecific competition, germination of acorns showed no significant effects on seed dispersal patterns, inconsistent with the “seed perishability hypothesis” that animals avoid hoarding seeds with high perishability. Exclusion of interspecific competition, though relatively increasing the per capita seed abundance, appears to reduce seed dispersal, scatter‐hoarding and seedling establishment. Therefore, we propose that moderate interspecific competition rather than competition exclusion may benefit seed scatter‐hoarding and seedling establishment.     

一株乳源松鼠葡萄球菌ExhC基因的克隆及序列分析

松鼠葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus sciuri,S.sciuri)是引起奶牛乳房炎(Cow Mastitis)的病原菌之一,其主要致病因子是该菌产生的脱皮毒素C(Exfoliative Toxin C,ExhC)。为了深入了解该基因的分子特征,本试验对从乳房炎患牛牛乳中分离的一株松鼠葡萄球菌ExhC基因(Genbank登录号:MT845354)进行了克隆及序列分析。按GenBank收录的ExhC基因设计并合成引物,利用PCR对ExhC基因进行扩增,并对扩增后的ExhC基因进行测序及分析。结果表明,松鼠葡萄球菌ExhC基因的开放阅读框序列长度为837bp,共编码278个氨基酸。通过Blast模块对ExhC基因进行同源性分析,得到5株相似序列,与ExhC基因序列相比同源性均为99.04%。系统进化树图指示该基因与其余五株相似序列属于不同的分支,遗传距离较远。利用TMHMM对松鼠葡萄球菌ExhC基因837bp序列跨膜区进行预测,结果显示ExhC蛋白的第1~277位氨基酸在细胞膜外,5~25位氨基酸所在位置为跨膜区。通过ExhC氨基酸序列分析和ExhC蛋白二级结构、三级结构预测,推断第97位氨基酸插入Asn以及其他位点氨基酸的突变可能会导致松鼠葡萄球菌功能区变化和毒株毒力的相对变化,这将给松鼠葡萄球菌致病机理的研究奠定基础。     

早熟禾族3种基因型草坪草的染色体核型分析

通过对禾本科早熟禾族(Poeae)匍匐翦股颖(帕特putter)和多年生黑麦草(首相premier、焦点focus)3种草坪草染色体核型进行分析,结果显示,3种基因型材料的染色体均以中部着丝点和近中部着丝点染色体为主,都具有随体。匍匐翦股颖帕特体细胞染色体数目为30条,核型公式是2n=30=22m(2SAT)+2sm,核型不对称系数(AS.K%)55.2%,分类标准属于“2C”型;多年生黑麦草2个品种草坪草体细胞染色体数目均为14条,其中首相核型公式是2n=14=12m(2SAT)+2st,核型不对称系数58.0%,核型分类标准属于“2C”型;焦点核型公式是2n=14=6m(2SAT)+8sm,核型不对称系数63.05%,属于“2B”型。     

桦木酸对小鼠血液指标及免疫器官指数的影响

目的:研究桦木酸对小鼠血液指标的影响。方法:将健康昆明系小鼠28只,随机分为空白对照组及桦木酸0.25、0.5、1.0mg/mL组,灌胃给药,1次/d,连续14d。后检测桦木酸对小鼠免疫器官指数、血液指标以及血清溶菌酶活性的影响。结果:桦木酸能提高机体的免疫器官指数;使白细胞、淋巴细胞、红细胞数目等血液指标显著升高,并呈现量效关系;桦木酸还能够提高血清溶菌酶活性(P0.01)。结论:桦木酸对小鼠血液指标及免疫器官指数升高有积极作用。     

2011年~2012年四川地区J亚型禽白血病分子流行病学调查

为了解2011年~2012年四川地区J亚型禽白血病病毒(ALV-J)流行情况及流行病毒株的分子特征,本研究采集四川地区疑似禽白血病的病料样品784份(血液样品700份,组织样品84份)进行PCR检测,并对部分样品的gp85基因进行序列测定和分析。血液样品和组织样品ALV-J检出率分别为3.1%(22/700)和14.3%(12/84)。核苷酸序列比对结果表明,18个阳性样品的gp85基因核苷酸同源性为87.7%~99.8%,与ALV-J株HPRS-103的核苷酸同源性为87.3%~98.2%,与以前分离的J亚群四川株SCGS-1的核苷酸序列同源性为87.9%~94.4%。遗传进化分析表明,18个样品分别属于不同的分支,其中来自石棉的样品SM与其他样品的遗传距离最远。该调查结果显示四川地区鸡场的ALV-J感染比较普遍,其gp85基因存在明显的遗传多样性,引种是导致这种遗传多样性的重要原因。     

Vitamin C enhanced myocardial differentiation of dedifferentiated fat cells

AIM: In order to observe the myocardial differentiation capacity of the dedifferentiated fat (DFAT) cells treated with vitamin C in vitro. METHODS: DFAT cells were dedifferentiated from the mature rat adipocytes with ceiling adherent culture. The DFAT cells of passage 3 were used in the study. Vitamin C and/or neonatal rat heart tissue lysate were added into the culture medium to induce myocardial differentiation for 3 weeks. The cell morphology was observed under microscope. The myocardial-specific markers, such as cTnT, GATA-4 and NKx2.5, were examined by the methods of immunofluorescence, PCR and Western blot. RESULTS: Mature rat adipocytes dedifferentiated into fibroblast-like DFAT cells after ceiling adherent culture. The DFAT cells spontaneously differentiated into cardiomyocyte-like cells under normal culture condition with a low incidence. After treated with neonatal rat heart cell lysate, the DFAT cells became cardiomyocyte-like cells that had bigger size, longer shape and myotubule-structure. The expression of cTnT, GATA-4 and NKx2.5 was remarkably increased at both mRNA and protein levels as compared with the normal cultured DFAT cells. The expression of cTnT, GATA-4 and NKx2.5 was further increased in DFAT cells after treating with vitamin C. No spontaneous beating cell was observed. CONCLUSION: Vitamin C enhances the differentiation of DFAT cells into cardiomyocyte-like cells.     

刺青瓜种子高压静电场处理生化指标试验

选用不同的高压静电场处理参数。采用U5(5^4)均匀设计安排试验。对刺青瓜种子进行电场处理，测定其发芽期的发芽势、发芽率、SOD、VC、MDA等生化指标变化，并建立了相应的数学模型，寻找出刺青瓜种子的最佳静电场处理参数。     

不同工艺对牛粪堆沤肥过程气体排放的影响

堆沤肥是中国畜禽粪便处理利用的最主要方式。为探究不同堆沤肥方式对温室气体和氨气排放规律和温室效应,在北京市密云区开展了为期71d的堆沤肥试验,以牛粪和玉米秸秆为原料,分析了静态堆沤 (T1)、堆沤+翻抛 (T2)、堆沤+覆膜 (T3)、翻抛+覆膜 (T4)等4种方式对堆沤肥过程中腐熟度、温室气体和氨气等指标的影响。结果表明,4个处理的种子发芽指数分别达到131.33%、134.49%、108.76%和136.24%,均满足堆肥产品的腐熟度要求（≥70%）。翻抛有利于CO₂、N₂O和NH₃的排放,而覆膜抑制了N₂O的生成,T2处理的增温潜势最高,T3处理的增温潜势最低,较对照组T1处理减排20.14%。因此,T3处理在能够保证堆肥产品的腐熟度要求的前提下,还可有效减少增温潜势。该研究可为中小养殖场户堆沤肥的工艺优化实践提供技术指导。     

原料和热解温度对生物油分子蒸馏分离特性的影响

针对生物油组分复杂,难以直接应用的问题,该研究开展了不同生物油的分子蒸馏馏分分布规律的研究,并考察了不同原料和温度对生物油分子蒸馏分离特性的影响。热解液化试验结果表明,生物油组分以酸、醛、酮、酚、糖为主。随着热解温度的升高,松木生物油中轻质组分产率由21%不断降低至11%,而秸秆生物油中轻质组分产率稳定在20%左右。高温生物油各组分的平均分子自由程两极化程度加强,600℃制备轻质油蒸出比例最高,可以达到92%（松木）和86%（秸秆）。酚类化合物中酚羟基的数量可以显著影响其分离特性,较高的热解温度促进了酚羟基的产生,从而使酚类物质从蒸出部分（distillation fraction, DF）向残留部分（residual fraction, RF）中转移。分子蒸馏技术能够实现对不同生物油的有效分离,得到的DF中主要包含酸、酮和小分子酚类,RF则以糖和大分子酚为主,除了羟乙醛和苯并呋喃等化合物外,生物油中的大部分化合物的富集程度都可以达到90%以上。该研究可为快速热解生物油的分离及其后续提质研究提供一定的参考。     

小区谷物联合收获机气吹式割台设计与试验

为解决现有小区谷物联合收获机割台中有残留、不易清机等问题,设计了一种采用正面气流将禾吹弯再切割的气吹式割台。根据力学原理建立了均匀气流吹禾模型,以小麦顺利进入割台而不掉落为要求,计算得气流支管出口风速为47.35 m/s。以能产生均匀气流为目标,通过理论计算得到气流管道的主要结构参数为:气流总管锥度1∶14.29,气流支管排列间距100 mm。对影响割台残留量和损失率的3个关键工作参数:气流支管出口与割刀的垂直和水平距离、气流支管出口与水平夹角进行了单因素试验和正交试验。单因素试验表明:气流支管出口与割刀的垂直和水平距离在15~27 cm内对割台损失率的影响呈现先降后升的趋势,气流支管与水平夹角对割台损失率和残留量的影响先缓慢减小,后增加较快。正交试验表明:最优组合为气流支管出口与割刀的水平距离21 cm、气流支管出口与割刀的垂直距离21 cm、气流支管出口与水平的夹角10°,此时总损失率为0.88%,割台残留量为1.21 g。气吹式割台残留量少,总损失率低,达到了小区小麦种子收获技术要求。