Delay of disease development in transgenic plants that express the tobacco mosaic virus coat protein gene

A chimeric gene containing a cloned cDNA of the coat protein (CP) gene of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was introduced into tobacco cells on a Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens from which tumor inducing genes had been removed. Plants regenerated from transformed cells expressed TMV mRNA and CP as a nuclear trait. Seedlings from self-fertilized transgenic plants were inoculated with TMV and observed for development of disease symptoms. The seedlings that expressed the CP gene were delayed in symptom development and 10 to 60 percent of the transgenic plants failed to develop symptoms for the duration of the experiments. Increasing the concentration of TMV in the inoculum shortened the delay in appearance of symptoms. The results of these experiments indicate that plants can be genetically transformed for resistance to virus disease development.     

泡桐蛛蛾幼虫空间格局的研究

应用聚集度指标法、回归分析法、零频率方法对泡桐蛛蛾幼虫的空间格局进行测定。结果表明 ,泡桐蛛蛾幼虫在林间呈聚集分布 ,分布的基本成分为个体群 ,零频率方法分析泡桐蛛蛾幼虫种群类型为“聚集度逆零频率制约型”。根据泡桐蛛蛾的空间格局提出了抽样技术 ,并根据零频率方法研究结果确定了林间调查的理论抽样数和简单序贯抽样分析表     

木质素化学改性抑制杨木碱性过氧化氢机械浆返色的研究

中试系统制备了杨木碱性过氧化氢机械浆。分别在水相 /有机溶剂相 /气相等条件下 ,使用乙酐处理杨木化机浆 (原浆及硼氢化钠还原后纸浆 ) ,分别抄造成 60g/m2 纸片 ,测定了不同时间紫外线照射后试样白度。运用返色值 (PCno .)和白度稳定效果 (BSE)等指标评价处理后浆料的光学稳定性。研究结果表明 ,有机溶剂相和气相乙酰化后的纸浆 ,光学稳定性的提高程度取决于乙酐用量和反应时间即乙酰化程度。通过乙酰化 ,可以获取光学完全稳定的杨木化机浆。紫外漫射反射光谱表明 ,杨木APMP机械浆光诱导返色的主要原因是纸浆木质素中羰基和酚羟基团吸收紫外光后变化形成发色结构所致。还原配合纸浆乙酰化处理 ,可能成为防止高得率纸浆返色的工业应用方法     

白藜芦醇对骨髓损伤的修复作用

目的探讨白藜芦醇对辐射导致小鼠骨髓损伤的修复作用。方法 80只小鼠随机分为正常组、模型组、实验组和对照组,每组20只。除正常组外,其余各组以辐射造成小鼠骨髓型急性损伤模型;实验组和对照组分别腹腔注射白藜芦醇100mg/kg和甲基强的松龙100mg/kg,正常组和模型组则腹腔注射等量生理盐水,连续治疗7d,检测小鼠外周血白细胞、骨髓单个核细胞以及骨髓CD34＋细胞数。结果给药后实验组的白细胞计数、骨髓单个核细胞数和CD34＋细胞百分率与给药前比较差异均有统计学意义（P〈0.05）,且均高于同一时间点的模型组（P〈0.05）。实验组各时间点的白细胞数、骨髓单个核细胞数和CD34＋细胞百分率与对照组比较差异均无统计学意义（P〉0.05）。结论白藜芦醇可增加放射损伤小鼠白细胞、骨髓单个核细胞和CD34＋细胞的数目,加快骨髓造血功能的恢复。     

Artificial neural network models of the rumen fermentation pattern in dairy cattle

The objectives of this study were: (1) to predict the rumen fermentation pattern from milk fatty acids using a machine learning technique, i.e. artificial neural networks (ANN) combined with feature selection and (2) to compare the prediction accuracy of the resulting model to that of a statistical multi-linear regression model, based on odd and branched chain milk fatty acids. Data were collected from 10 experiments with rumen fistulated dairy cows, resulting in a dataset of 138 observations. Feature selection was based on correlation and principal component analysis, and background physiological knowledge. Different ANN architectures and training algorithms were assessed. The evaluation of the model performance, based on the test dataset, showed a root mean square prediction error, expressed relative to the observed mean, of 2.65%, 7.67% and 7.61% of the observed mean for acetate, propionate and butyrate, respectively. Compared to a multi-linear regression model, the ANN revealed not to perform significantly better. However, the results confirm that milk fatty acids have great potential to predict molar proportions of individual volatile fatty acids in the rumen.     

AHP法在番茄果实商品性状评价上的应用分析

本试验以AHP法对7个番茄品系的果实商品性状进行了综合评价与分析,构建了涵盖3个层次（目标层、标准层和指标层）,6个指标（外观品质的单果重、果色和营养品质的维生素C、可溶性固形物和水分含量以及糖酸比）的番茄果实商品性状的综合评价指标体系。结果表明：品系YH02—6果实的综合商品性状较优,其果实的营养品质的分值在综合得分中所占的比重大;品系YH02-9、YH02—1和YH02-7果实的综合商品性状较好,其中品系YH02—1、YH02-7的得分点主要是外观品质,而品系YH02-9的主要得分点是营养品质;品系YH02-8、YH02-5和YH02—11果实的综合商品性状一般。验证了AHP法对于番茄果实商品性状进行综合评价与分析是一种实用、快捷、有效的多层次的综合评价与分析方法。     

A high-resolution radiation hybrid map of the human genome draft sequence

We have constructed a physical map of the human genome by using a panel of 90 whole-genome radiation hybrids (the TNG panel) in conjunction with 40,322 sequence-tagged sites (STSs) derived from random genomic sequences as well as expressed sequences. Of 36,678 STSs on the TNG radiation hybrid map, only 3604 (9.8%) were absent from the unassembled draft sequence of the human genome. Of 20,030 STSs ordered on the TNG map as well as the assembled human genome draft sequence and the Celera assembled human genome sequence, 36% of the STSs had a discrepant order between the working draft sequence and the Celera sequence. The TNG map order was identical to one of the two sequence orders in 60% of these discrepant cases.     

Equine metacarpophalangeal joint surface contact changes during walk, trot and gallop

Changes in the staining pattern for the metacarpophalangealjoint in the walking, trotting and galloping positions were studied. For this purpose, horse limbs from the third metacarpal bone distally were harvested and placed in the mid-stance position on a hydraulic press that applied the load required to obtain the palmar fetlock angles corresponding to the walking (218 degrees), trotting (226 degrees) and galloping positions (240 degrees), and a 1:1000 diluted aqueous dilution of methylene blue was injected into the fetlock joint.Based on the results, increasing the palmar fetlockangle in the anatomical specimen caused the contact zones of the proximal phalanx and the proximal sesamoidean bones with the third metacarpal bone joint surface to shift dorsally, thereby increasing the contact surface area between the involved bones.In the galloping position, the proximal phalanx wasfound to extend beyond the dorsal boundary of the third metacarpal bone joint surface and its basal portion to depart from the metacarpus in such a way that the distal sesamoidean ligaments forced the basilar zone of the proximal sesamoidean bones to separate.These phenomena may obviously assist in explaining the intricate biomechanics of the joint as well as its associated pathologies.     

水稻除草剂敏感基因导入恢复系的研究

以农林８号ｍ为主体亲本与优良恢复系杂交,成功地将除草剂（苯达松）敏感基因转育到恢复系中,携带该基因的恢复系不但对苯达松敏感（抽穗期用１８００￣２７００ｍｌ／ｈｍ＾２苯达松喷施可使整穗或整株死亡）,而且所配组合具有较强的杂种优势。     

我国南方大豆地方品种农艺和品质性状的遗传参数分析

由南方13省区的3769份夏大豆地方品种按省分层随机抽样而得的143份材料组成地方群体;由20份南方夏大豆推广品种及品系组成改良群体,在南京两年三重复试验表明,南方地方群体主要特点是晚熟(132.56天),秆较矮(58.05cm),中粒(14.34g/100粒),底荚高(18.47cm),分枝中等(3.86),产量低(1199.25kg/ha),蛋白质含量高(43.73％)、脂肪含量中等(20.19％)。该群体农艺和品质性状具有丰富的遗传变异,并由5％相对遗传进展特点将45个性状分为,GSI:极大(>40％);GSⅡ:大(40％—10％);GSⅢ:中等(10％—5％);GSⅣ:一定(<5％)等四类,其中GSⅠ、GSⅡ类多属产量、生育期、粒茎比、株高、百粒重等农艺性状,GSⅢ、GSⅣ类多属蛋白质含量及其氨基酸组分、脂肪含量等品质性状。