我国新记录绿潮物种Ulva laetevirens的比较叶绿体基因组学研究

在全球范围内广泛暴发的石莼属绿潮既包括大规模暴发的跨海域绿潮,也包括小规模暴发的局地绿潮。我国有关绿潮致灾物种的研究对象主要集中于黄海绿潮浒苔,而针对局地绿潮致灾物种的研究尚处于起步阶段。针对局地绿潮物种的鉴定和分布调查是有效预防和监测潜在大规模绿潮暴发的重要环节。本文对2020年11月初于山东烟台第一海水浴场暴发的石莼属绿潮进行了初步研究。经随机采样获得了12株藻体,根据tufA分子标记初步将其中11株鉴定为Ulvalaetevirens。本研究完成了U. laetevirens的一个代表性株系CNS00533的叶绿体基因组构建和解析。叶绿体基因组为110 889 bp,含有71个蛋白编码基因、27个tRNA基因和3个rRNA基因(rrl、rrn和rrn5)。烟台海域U.laetevirens株系叶绿体基因组基因组成和排列顺序与爱尔兰海域U.laetevirens株系MT179351完全一致,DNA序列相似性为99.8%,进一步证明CNS00533为U.laetevirens。此外,U.laetevirens的烟台株系与爱尔兰株系的叶绿体基因组也存在差异,烟台株系比爱尔兰株系多了5个I型内含子和1个II型内含子,导致叶绿体基因组长度增加7kb。CNS00533与U.rigidaMT179352叶绿体基因组之间存在多个不同的长片段插入序列(763—2 346 bp), DNA序列相似性也较低(93.1%);与U. australis MT179348相比差异更大,存在一个较大(覆盖45个基因)的基因组反转事件。在基于71个蛋白编码基因的遗传进化树中, CNS00533与U. laetevirens MT179351聚类在一枝,与U. rigida MT179352遗传距离较近,与U. australis MT179348的遗传距离很远,表明U. laetevirens、U. rigida和U. australis为石莼属的3个不同物种。2020年11月烟台海域局地绿潮事件的原因种U. laetevirens在我国近海绿潮事件中首次报道,本研究对该物种的分子进化分析将有助于对我国近海绿潮监测、物种鉴定提供数据支持和理论依据。     

What can we learn about changing ethnic diversity from the distributions of mixed-race individuals?

It is hypothesized that self-defined mixed-race persons live in residentially mixed areas in the largest metropolitan areas in California. The hypothesis is tested by examining the distribution of mixed-race persons among ethnically and racially diverse and nondiverse neighborhoods in the San Francisco and Los Angeles Metropolitan Areas. The research confirmed that mixed-race individuals are more likely to live in areas with ethnic diversity and that the tendency is greater for the mixed-race population in the San Francisco–Oakland Metropolitan Areas than in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. Mixed-race individuals live in neighborhoods which are diverse with mixes of all four major ethnic and racial groups, and in “well-off” (but not the most affluent) neighborhoods. The study also shows that the mixed-race population is youthful. The association of mixed-race individuals and racially integrated neighborhoods will have important implications for the evolving nature of spatial integration in California specifically, and the United States more generally.     

Is there diversity in the New Urbanism? Analyzing the demographic characteristics of New Urbanist neighborhoods in the United States

The New Urbanism (NU) planning movement aspires to create socially diverse neighborhoods. It is unclear, however, whether this movement lives up to its aspirations in practice. In an effort to systematically examine this aspect of the movement, this paper analyzes age, family type, income, and race data of 70 NU neighborhoods in the United States. The paper uses a diversity index to compare the NU neighborhoods with control sites. Findings show that NU neighborhoods have lower racial diversity, but may have higher income diversity. Consideration of variations within the way NU is implemented reveals that the low racial diversity is associated with a single approach, but higher income diversity is associated with all variants. This paper argues that NU generates places that are more socially diverse than what is described in the literature and uses two case studies to explore the ways in which diversity is produced and its relation to gentrification.     

Rovibrational excitation of HD in collisions with atomic and molecular hydrogen

We have computed cross-sections and rate coefficients for rovibrational transitions in HD, induced by collisions with atomic and molecular hydrogen. We employed fully quantum-mechanical methods and the potential of Boothroyd et al. for H–HD, and that of Schwenke for H₂–HD. The rate coefficients for vibrational relaxation v =1→0 of HD are compared with the corresponding values for H₂. The influence of vibrationally excited channels on the rate coefficients for rotational transitions within the v =0 vibrational ground state of HD is shown to be small at T =500 K, where T is the kinetic temperature. The rate coefficients, for 100 T 2000 K, are available from http://ccp7.dur.ac.uk/.     

科尔沁沙质放牧草地植物多样性及生态位的分异规律研究

研究结果表明:①不同放牧强度下群落演替方向和速度有很大差异,其中过牧使植被种类组成趋于简单,植物多样性指数下降,草地中以一年生劣质牧草占绝对优势,轻牧和禁牧则相反;②由于群落的物种组成和植物种群数量的变化,使群落占据的物种生态位也明显分异,其中轻牧和禁牧的生态位宽度指数趋于增大,过牧趋于下降,中牧年际波动大。由于生态位分离明显,使生态位相似性降低,生态位重叠部分很小;③随着植被的分异,在属性空间上其位置发生飘移,变异越大,飘移的愈分散,其中轻牧和禁牧下植被在属性空间的位置呈曲线型分布,说明其演替呈有规律的渐变过程,而重牧下植被分异剧烈,各点在空间分布零散且距离远,说明其演替跃变性强。     

13mm低温制冷谱线接收系统和星际水分子观测研究

为了开拓短厘米波单天线星际分子的观测和研究,在乌鲁木齐天文站２５ｍ射电望远镜１３ｍｍ低温制冷接收机的基础上,配置了声表面波频谱仪和谱线数据采集系统,组成了１３ｍｍ低温致冷谱线接收机．接收机前端是一个工作在低温２０Ｋ的低噪声放大器,本振是２２ＧＨｚ的锁相源．接收机的平均噪声温度为５０Ｋ．后端是一个宽带的（４０ＭＨｚ）高分辨率（４０ｋＨｚ）的声表波频谱仪．利用这套系统观测了一批已知的水脉泽源,观测系统正常,结果合理．观测结果表明,乌鲁木齐天文站良好的站址和２５ｍ射电望远镜给厘米波段星际分子谱线观测提供了一个很好的条件．     

基于网络药理学和分子对接技术探究柯里拉京治疗卵巢癌的关键靶点及分子机制

目的：采用网络药理学和分子对接技术相结合的方法探究柯里拉京（Cor）治疗卵巢癌的关键作用靶点和分子机制。方法：利用PharmMapper、TargetNet及Swiss Target Prediction在线工具预测Cor的作用靶点,通过OMIM、TTD、CTD、DisGenet、PharmGKB及MalaCards数据库获取卵巢癌相关的疾病靶点,并将药物靶点与疾病靶点取交集得到Cor治疗卵巢癌的预测靶点。借助STRING数据库、Cytoscape 软件构建蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用（PPI）网络,并采用CentiScape插件筛选出PPI网络中的核心靶点。运用GEPIA和Kaplan-Meier Plotter在线平台分别对这些核心靶点进行基因表达差异分析和生存分析,以明确Cor治疗卵巢癌的关键靶点。利用DAVID数据库进行基因本体（GO）功能及京都基因与基因组百科全书（KEGG）通路富集分析。运用Autodock Vina软件进行正向分子对接,预测关键靶点和Cor之间的结合活性。结果：Cor治疗卵巢癌的预测作用靶点共24个,其中RAC-α丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶(AKT1)、表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)、雌激素受体1(ESR1)、原癌基因酪氨酸蛋白激酶(SRC)是Cor治疗卵巢癌的关键靶点,主要涉及血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)信号通路、缺氧诱导因子-1(HIF-1)信号通路及叉头样转录因子(FoxO)信号通路,可能通过调控细胞凋亡、细胞增殖、血管内皮细胞迁移等生物过程而发挥治疗卵巢癌的作用。分子对接结果显示,Cor与预测靶点之间具有较好的亲和力,表明通过网络药理学预测作用靶点的方法具有良好的可靠性。结论：Cor是通过多靶点、多通路的协同作用来干预多个生物过程,从而发挥其抗卵巢癌疗效,为进一步研究其治疗卵巢癌的分子机制提供了新的线索。     

Genetic diversity and differentiation of mud crab Scylla serrata populations from southeastern China

The genetic diversity and differentiation of 6 mud crab Scylla serrata populations from southeastern China are investigated using allozyme electrophoresis. The mean number of alleles per locus population is 1.3 ± 0.1; the percentage of polymorphic loci per population is 27.3; the observed heterozygosity ranges from ( 0.195 ± 0.083)to ( 0.241 ± 0.090) and the expected heterozygosity ranges from ( 0.105 ± 0.043 ) to ( 0.131 ± 0.047 ). The coefficient of gene differentiation among populations is low (Fst =0.032), indicating that only 3.2 % of the total genetic diversity comes from inter-population, while the remaining 96.8 % comes from intra-population differences.The genetic distance among populations is 0.000～0.008 (the average is 0.002). Gene flow among the populations is large (Nm= 7.56).Genetic structure is very similar among 6 Scylla serrata populations.     

红螯螯虾鳃细胞与血细胞分子标记的鉴定

甲壳动物的鳃中富集了大量血细胞,在循环血细胞稳态调节和免疫防御中发挥重要作用,因此获得区分鳃细胞和血细胞的分子标记将有助于研究鳃血细胞的功能。本研究采用SDS-PAGE电泳法比较了红螯螯虾(Cherax quadricarinatus)鳃细胞和血细胞的蛋白表达谱,获得3条组织特异性蛋白条带,并通过质谱技术鉴定了8个候选蛋白。实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)分析表明,空泡型-H⁺-ATP合酶C亚基(vacuolar-H⁺-ATPase subunit C, V-H⁺-ATPase)在鳃细胞中的转录水平是在血细胞中的53.3倍;而α-2-巨球蛋白(alpha-2-macroglobulin, α2M)和卵黄膜外层蛋白(vitelline membrane outer layer protein I-like protein, VMO-Ia)在血细胞中的转录水平分别是在鳃细胞中的10.3倍和10.9倍。Western-blot和免疫荧光分析表明,V-H⁺-ATPase和VMO-Ia蛋白分别在鳃细胞和血...