Habitat and leaf cytogenetic characteristics of Deschampsia antarctica Desv. in the Maritime Antarctica

Antarctic hairgrass (Deschampsia antarctica Desv.) was studied in the Maritime Antarctica with respect to general ecological characteristics, soil conditions, viral contamination, cell nucleus area, and relative DNA content. Material was gathered in six localities that were highly diverse in terms of the nature of soil-like substrata, presence of viral antigen determinants, and the average nucleus area and relative DNA content in leaf epidermis and parenchyma cells. Our results show that Antarctic hairgrass lives upon soils that are variable with respect to trace elements, pH, and other soil characteristics. The hairgrass is susceptible to a number of viruses, and shows substantial variation in DNA content and nucleus size.     

Identification of Albula sp. (Albulidae: Albuliformes) Leptocephalus Collected from the Southern Coastal Waters of Korea using Cytochrome b DNA Sequences

A single specimen ofAlbula leptocephalus (55.7 mm SL) was collected from the southern coastal waters of Korea using an aquatic lamp. It is characterized by having a ribbonlike body with a small head and a well-forked caudal fin. Although the general appearance was similar to the leptocephalus ofA. vulpes including myomere counts and fin ray counts, the melanophore deposition was different from that ofA. vulpes. This leptocephalus specimen was confirmed withA. forsteri using the cytochrome b mtDNA (Cytb) analysis. The genetic distance ofCytb between the present leptocephalus andA. forsteri is 0.006-0.038, which falls into the cutoff point separatingAlbula species into eight deep lineages including the four valid species. Its genetic characteristic have more similarities to those of Fiji than those of Hawaii and the Northern territory of Australia.     

流沙区不同立地条件下防护林土壤微生物多样性分析

土壤微生物在极端干旱区土壤发育过程中至关重要。结合传统培养、PLFA和PCR-DGGE 3种方法,研究了塔里木沙漠公路防护林不同立地条件下土壤微生物数量、脂肪酸种类和DNA片段多样性。结果表明,不同立地条件下土壤微生物数量明显不同,脂肪酸种类和DNA片段多样性指数亦有显著差异 （F84%）,放线菌次之,真菌很少（<0.05%）;0～35 cm采样范围内,土壤微生物多样性垂直差异不明显;相关分析表明,土壤微生物多样性指数高时林木生长也较好。说明塔里木沙漠公路防护林建设后土壤生物活性明显增强,但在防护林生态工程的营造、恢复与重建实践中需考虑地形地貌因素,以充分发挥防护林防风固沙效益,有效促进流沙地土壤的发育。     

鲢序列已知标记连锁图构建及鲢-草鱼标记共线性分析

鲢、草鱼是传统池塘养殖的四大家鱼的2个重要成员,其遗传资源评估与管理、性状遗传基础研究、功能基因从头克隆等迫切需要序列已知标记连锁图谱工具。本研究将已有鲢连锁图谱新整合53个草鱼微卫星DNA标记和28个鲢InDel-RFLP标记,构建了鲢已知序列标记连锁图谱,标记数326个,达到中等密度水平。构建的图谱将为鲢、鳙资源评价和管理、性状遗传基础研究等提供工具。另外,本研究初步比较了鲢、草鱼间标记共线性排列,发现两物种染色体既存在共线性,也存在明显重排。     

青藏高原多年冻土沉积物中埋藏植物DNA特征的初步分析

多年冻土沉积物长期处于负温及封闭条件下,使得其中埋藏植物材料得到较好的保存,成为获取古DNA分子的理想材料.采用常规的CTAB法提取多年冻土中埋藏植物材料的DNA,并用琼脂糖凝胶凝胶电泳检测.结果表明,从多年冻土埋藏植物材料中可以提出DNA,而且所提出的DNA不仅具有降解的小分子量DNA分子,而且还有大分子量DNA.提取的埋藏植物材料的DNA多呈棕褐色,指示了在埋藏过程可能发生一定的聚合.电泳结果表明,随埋藏时间的增加(深度增加),埋藏植物材料中DNA含量呈下降趋势.由于埋藏植物材料在不同时代的多年冻土中均有发现,其DNA分子的提取为深入研究其特征所带遗传信息,重现植物大分子物质在地质历史中的演化提供了可能。     

Seasonal Changes in Quality and Quantity of Food Available for Benthic Suspension-feeders in the Golfo Marconi (North-western Mediterranean)

Suspended particulate matter was collected, from the water layer at 10 cm above the sediments, over a period of 13 months in the Golfo Marconi (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean). Measurements of seston concentration as well as the elemental (particulate organic carbon and nitrogen; POC and PON, respectively) and biochemical composition (lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, DNA) of particulate organic matter were carried out to assess quality and quantity of food potentially available to benthic suspension-feeders. Particulate organic matter showed wide qualitative and quantitative variations during the sampling year. Seston concentrations and POC did not reflect the quantity and quality of the food available to benthic suspension-feeders. The biopolymeric fraction of particulate matter (C-BPF, i.e. the sum of lipid, protein and carbohydrate carbon) was mostly composed of phytoplankton (which accounted for about 60% of C-BPF). The ratio of C-BPF to POC was utilized as a measure of the fraction which had the potential to be more readily available to consumers. Suspended organic matter showed higher values of the C-BPF:POC ratio during spring, and lower values in summer and autumn–winter. Quantitative estimates of the energy content of the suspended particulate matter were obtained from its biochemical composition. Bacterial dynamics were significantly related to changes in phytoplankton biomass. Bacteria accounted for a significant fraction of the biopolymeric carbon pool (annual average about 15%) and of the total particulate DNA (21·5%), thus enhancing the nutritional value of the particulate organic matter. The results achieved in this study indicate that the biochemical composition of the particulate matter provides additional information on the origin, quality and characteristics of the seston more readily available to benthic suspension-feeders.     

Phylogeny, diet, and habitat of an extinct ground sloth from Cuchillo Curá, Neuquén Province, southwest Argentina

Advancements in ancient DNA analyses now permit comparative molecular and morphological studies of extinct animal dung commonly preserved in caves of semiarid regions. These new techniques are showcased using a unique dung deposit preserved in a late glacial vizcacha (Lagidium sp.) midden from a limestone cave in southwestern Argentina (38.5° S). Phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial DNA show that the dung originated from a small ground sloth species not yet represented by skeletal material in the region, and not closely related to any of the four previously sequenced extinct and extant sloth species. Analyses of pollen and plant cuticles, as well as analyses of the chloroplast DNA, show that the Cuchillo Curá ground sloth browsed on many of the same herb, grass, and shrub genera common at the site today, and that its habitat was treeless Patagonian scrub-steppe. We envision a day when molecular analyses are used routinely to supplement morphological identifications and possibly to provide a time-lapse view of molecular diversification.     

基于组件模型技术的地磁数据干扰抑制系统

地磁观测数据中的人工干扰抑制等预处理工作需要一套高效、便捷、交互性好的预处理系统.将基于Matlab的核心干扰识别和抑制算法以组件对象技术的形式提供给其他编程语言调用,在系统架构上采用Windows DNA架构,在界面的开发上采用微软成熟的MFC架构.同时,给出系统架构模型及关键技术实现.该系统在实际应用中取得良好效果.     

基于DNA条形码技术的浮游动物休眠卵种类鉴定:以洞庭湖流域常德柳叶湖为例

以洞庭湖流域的典型城市湖泊常德柳叶湖表层沉积物中浮游动物休眠卵为研究对象,采用DNA条形码技术进行种类鉴定,从191个休眠卵中成功获得101条有效序列,鉴定成功率约为53%.根据NCBI数据库比对成功鉴定休眠卵9科12属11种,另有6个样品鉴定到属或科;-3个类群的种间遗传距离平均为种内遗传距离的68倍,表明可以利用线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶第一亚基编码基因(COⅠ)对休眠卵进行有效物种鉴定.通过Neighbor-Joining树进行系统发育分析,发现所鉴定的物种与其参比序列聚类为一支,所有物种分别聚为独立的一个支系,不同物种可有效区分.研究结果均表明,COⅠ基因作为DNA条形码可以实现沉积物中浮游动物休眠卵的物种鉴定.