广东八宝山森林群落优势种群的生态位研究

研究了广东八宝山森林群落２５个优势种群的生态位特征，以Ｓｈａｎｎｏｎ－Ｗｉｅｎｅｒ指数和相似性比例分别计算了２５个种群的生态位宽度及它们之间所形成的部分种对的生态位重叠，结果表明，八宝山森林群落中生态位宽度最大的种群为红背雄，米锥，硬斗稠以及木荷，生态位宽度的大小与按重要值排列的优势种群顺序基本一致，生态位重叠则与生态位宽度有一定关系，具较宽生态位的２个种群一般都有较高的生态位重叠值，文章还对生态     

Genome-wide detection of signatures of selection in three Valdostana cattle populations

The Valdostana is a local dual purpose cattle breed developed in Italy. Three populations are recognized within this breed, based on coat colour, production level, morphology and temperament: Valdostana Red Pied (VPR), Valdostana Black Pied (VPN) and Valdostana Chestnut (VCA). Here, we investigated putative genomic regions under selection among these three populations using the Bovine 50K SNP array by combining three different statistical methods based either on allele frequencies (F_ST) or extended haplotype homozygosity (iHS and Rsb). In total, 8, 5 and 8 chromosomes harbouring 13, 13 and 16 genomic regions potentially under selection were identified by at least two approaches in VPR, VPN and VCA, respectively. Most of these candidate regions were population-specific but we found one common genomic region spanning 2.38 Mb on BTA06 which either overlaps or is located close to runs of homozygosity islands detected in the three populations. This region included inter alia two well-known genes: KDR, a well-established coat colour gene, and CLOCK, which plays a central role in positive regulation of inflammatory response and in the regulation of the mammalian circadian rhythm. The other candidate regions identified harboured genes associated mainly with milk and meat traits as well as genes involved in immune response/inflammation or associated with behavioural traits. This last category of genes was mainly identified in VCA, which is selected for fighting ability. Overall, our results provide, for the first time, a glimpse into regions of the genome targeted by selection in Valdostana cattle. Finally, this study illustrates the relevance of using multiple complementary approaches to identify genomic regions putatively under selection in livestock.     

野古草居群光合作用对光强和CO2浓度的响应特征

以移植于同一环境的辽宁地区4个野古草居群为对象,比较了它们的光合作用对光强和CO₂浓度的响应差异,为研究其居群表型性状多样性的生理基础提供参考。结果表明,野古草光合速率对光强和CO₂浓度的光合响应特征参数在居群间多数存在显著差异,居群P₁(本溪)、居群P₂(北镇)具较高的光饱和点(分别为1782和1690 μmol/m²·s)、表观量子效率(分别为0.0553和0.0564)及表观羧化效率(分别为0.0568和0.0783),较低的CO₂补偿点(分别为14和12 μmol/mol),具有较高的光能生产潜力。居群P₃(建平)、居群P₄(彰武)的气孔导度低(分别为0.1227和0.1176 mol/m²·s),蒸腾速率低(分别为2.67和2.68 mmol/m²·s),持水能力强。     

中国西门塔尔牛GH基因SNPs与经济性状的关联分析

本试验采用PCR-RFLP和DNA测序等技术检测牛生长激素基因P3位点（growth hormone,GH-P3）在中国西门塔尔牛群体中的多态性,并利用最小二乘法拟合线性模型对该位点与牛经济性状进行关联分析。结果表明,BB基因型个体胴体重和净肉重极显著高于AA和AB基因型个体（P＜0.01）,屠宰率和净肉率显著高于AA和AB基因型（P＜0.05）,AA基因型背膘厚极显著低于AB、BB基因型（P＜0.01）。本研究结果显示,GH-P3位点对中国西门塔尔牛个体胴体重、屠宰率、净肉重、净肉率及背膘厚等经济性状有显著或极显著的影响,为中国西门塔尔牛重要经济性状的分子标记辅助选择（MAS）及品系培育提供理论依据。     

四川青衣江、岷江流域鹅观草遗传多样性的溶蛋白分析

用酸性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(A-PAGE)技术对采自青衣江流域和岷江流域的97份鹅观草材料的种子醇溶蛋白进行了分析。在对四川青衣江、岷江流域鹅观草居群的醇溶蛋白分析中,鹅观草材料醇溶蛋白带谱存在显著差异,共出现27个条带,其中多态性条带25条,占总条带数的92.59%;鹅观草的遗传相似性与其地理分布较为一致,表现在:1)青衣江、岷江流域鹅观草总遗传多样性指数为0.345 1,其中青衣江流域鹅观草遗传多样性指数为0.340 0,岷江流域鹅观草遗传多样性指数为0.310 0,表明青衣江流域鹅观草比岷江流域存在更为丰富的遗传变异,多样性指数更高;但流域间遗传分化系数仅为0.04,表明两江流域间遗传分化较小;各居群间遗传变异系数达0.326,表明总遗传多样性的32.6%来自居群间。2)在同一流域不同居群也存在遗传分化,其中青衣江流域各居群(除峨眉山居群分散聚在各居群外)能聚在一起;而岷江流域各居群在成都平原区段互相渗透,但能以上、中、下游区段聚开;青衣江流域各居群中以蒙山居群遗传多样性指数最高,达0.339 8,洪雅居群最低,仅0.094 7;岷江流域上游居群多样性指数最高,为0.301 7,而下游以乐山居群遗传多样性指数最低,为0.131 7。3)同一居群内鹅观草存在遗传变异,两江流域以蒙山居群变异最大,多样性指数最高。对居群遗传多样性的研究还表明,鹅观草垂直分布的遗传多样性高于水平分布;在成都平原居群由于生境片断化,导致岷江流域鹅观草生境片断化后小居群遗传分化增加,而整个成都平原“大居群”遗传多样性降低。     

An investigation of links between metabolic rate and feed efficiency in European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

Feed efficiency (FE) is the amount of body weight gain for a given feed intake. Improving FE through selective breeding is key for sustainable finfish aquaculture but its evaluation at individual level is technically challenging. We therefore investigated whether individual routine metabolic rate (RMR) was a predictor of individual FE in the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, a major species in European mariculture. The European sea bass has three genetically distinct populations across its geographical range, namely Atlantic (AT), West Mediterranean (WM), and East Mediterranean (EM). We compared FE and RMR of fish from these three populations at 18 or 24 °C. We held 200 fish (62 AT, 66 WM, and 72 EM) in individual aquaria and fed them from ad libitum down to fasting. FI was assessed for an ad libitum feeding rate and for a fixed restricted ration (1% of metabolic body weight·day⁻¹, with metabolic body weight = body weight^0.8). After being refed 12 wk in a common tank, individual RMR was measured over 36 h by intermittent flow respirometry. There was a significant effect of temperature whereby fish at 18 °C had greater mean FE (P < 0.05) and lower RMR (P < 0.001). There was also a significant effect of population, where AT fish had lower FE (P < 0.05) and greater RMR (P < 0.001) than WM and EM, at both temperatures. Despite these differences in temperature and population means, individual FE and RMR were not significantly correlated (P > 0.05). Therefore, although the results provide evidence of an association between metabolic rate and FE, RMR was not a predictor of individual FE, for reasons that require further investigation.     

极小种群植物“川柿”生物学特性及种子萌发方法研究

摘 要：【目的】为了保护和发展极小种群植物川柿,开展此研究。【方法】采用观测法,连续3年对其生物学特性研究;种子萌发方法：（1）后熟0、30、45、60天,剥离清洗播种;（2）后熟60天,以GA300、600、1000 mg/L溶液浸种1h;播种基质为河沙（保持一定湿度）,放置室内,统计萌发时间和出苗率。【结果】（1）川柿花期4-5月,10月为果熟期,单果直径32.7±5.80mm,单果重23.0±5.30g;种子肾形、千粒重1070g;成年植株呈隔年开花、结果现象;（2）种子经“后熟+河沙播种”,可萌发,其中以后熟60天的出苗率较高,为65%;直接播种种子,出苗率5%;“后熟+GA溶液浸种+河沙播种”,出苗率均高于65%,其中以GA600mg/L浸泡1h处理,出苗率最高为83.3%。【结论】极小种群植物川柿为常绿叶乔木,有隔年开花、结果现象; “果后熟60天+GA600mg/L浸泡种子1h +室内河沙播种”可提高种子萌发率,为川柿种子繁殖提供参考。     

汞污染紫色土中微生物区系及生理类群

以重庆市中性紫色土为材料,通过室内模拟试验及污染现场调查,探索了汞对土壤中微生物区系和各主要生理类群繁育的影响。结果表明,汞对土壤中细菌、放线菌和真菌的增殖总体上具有抑制作用;氨化细菌受汞的抑制强烈,当HgCl2浓度为10mg·kg-1时,氨化细菌数量仅为对照的10%;硝化细菌在汞浓度较低时(<50mg·kg-1)生长受抑制,在高浓度汞作用下表现出受刺激;好气性自生固氮菌和纤维素降解菌在汞浓度较低时生长被刺激,而高浓度汞则抑制其增长;以敏感微生物种群数量变化>50%得出供试中性紫色土上汞发生毒害的临界值为5～10mg·kg-1。长期受汞污染的土壤微生物调查显示,细菌和放线菌变化方向与模拟试验结果一致,真菌在重污染区土壤上则产生抗性,而固氮菌能够指示程度较轻的土壤汞污染。     

Variation and distribution of virulence phenotypes of Bremia lactucae in natural populations of Lactuca serriola

During 1997–2000 the virulence variation and distribution of virulence phenotypes of Bremia lactucae (lettuce downy mildew) in natural populations of Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce) were studied. Altogether 139 isolates of B. lactucae originating from the Czech Republic, France and Germany were examined for the presence of 27 virulence factors (v-factors) and their combinations. In the Czech population, 37 different v-phenotypes (P1–P37) of B. lactucae were found to occur on L. serriola . Most v-phenotypes were characterized by v-factors that match resistance ( Dm genes/R-factors) carried by L. serriola . A wide diversity of v-phenotypes was recorded every year, but most were rare and did not reappear in other populations of B. lactucae . The three v-phenotypes P21, P28 and P29 were most frequent and widely distributed. There was variation both between spatially isolated populations and within populations of the pathogen. Geographic differences in virulence were found for the southern parts of Moravia, where the phenotypic composition of pathogen populations was completely different from the remaining part of the area investigated. However, some populations had v-phenotypes similar to those of spatially distant populations in Moravia.     

Methods for studying population structure, including sensitivity to the fungicide silthiofam, of the cereal take-all fungus, Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici

Field isolates ( n  = 144) of the wheat take-all fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici ( Ggt ) were tested for sensitivity to silthiofam, a take-all-specific fungicide used as a seed treatment, and identified as A- or B-type by PCR–RFLP analysis of nuclear rDNA. A possible association was identified between polymorphisms in ITS2 of the nuclear rDNA and sensitivity to silthiofam. A Ggt -specific PCR assay was developed which simultaneously identified isolates of Ggt as A- or B-type, based on the polymorphisms in the nuclear rDNA. A highly significant correlation between Ggt type using the PCR assay and sensitivity to silthiofam was demonstrated in a collection of 358 isolates from three field experiments designed to test the effects of seed-treatment fungicides on take-all and Ggt populations in winter wheat. In one experiment the percentages of silthiofam-sensitive and B-type isolates were significantly less in populations from plots sown with silthiofam-treated seed in two consecutive years than in populations from plots sown with nontreated seed. However, silthiofam still provided a significant amount of control of take-all. The natural occurrence of fungicide-insensitive isolates, up to about 30% in soils in which the fungicide had never been used, is unusual. The new PCR assay provides a useful tool for studying the population structure of Ggt , and may provide a novel method for assessing the incidence of insensitivity to silthiofam (the target site for which has not yet been identified) in field populations of Ggt .