裸子植物的分类和系统发育研究—松科的分类、地理和种系发生研究，中国红豆杉科、三尖杉科、南洋杉科和银杏科的分类学研究

球果类植物是现存裸子植物中最为繁盛的一群，也是目前组成北温带森林植被的重要成分，我国是球果类植物科属的重要分布、分化或保存中心。对这些科属的分类和系统发育的研究，无疑对北温带的森林植被的研究，以及林业生产均具有重要的理论和实用价值．本研究即是围绕着球果类中的Pinaceae，Taxaceae及Cephalotaxaceae等科展开的研究，内容主要包括以下几方面： 一、在《中国植物志》第七卷的基础上，完成了《FLORA OF CHINA》中裸子植物Ginkgoaceae，Arancariaceae Pinaceae，Taxaceae，和Cephalotaxaceae各科的修订和编写． 建立2个新种、2个新变种、12个新组合、64个新异名、2个新分布，2个新启用名，分类群及其名称的变动和增补，以及增补异名57个。 二、根据植物的地理分布与系统发育统一的原理，在资料分析和实验的基础上，运用表征分析和分支分析研究方法，同时结合化石和地史资料，针对松科的分类、地理分布、以及起源分化和扩散等问题进行了一系列系统的研究，主要结论如下： 1．提出松科分类的新系统，将松科划分为三个亚科：松亚科Subfam．Pinoideae:仅一属Pinus Linn．： 落叶松亚科Subfam．Laricoideae Melchior＆Werderm, emend．N．Li et L.K．Fu：包括四属Larix Mill.，Cathaya Chun&Ku:tng, Picea A Dretr. andPseudotsuga Carr．;冷杉亚科Subfam．Abietoideae Pilger, emend．Frankis:包括五属Abies Mill．，Cedrus Trew, Pseudolarix Gord．，Keteleeria Carr.,and Tsuga Carr． 2．构思和绘出了以地质年代为纵座标的松科系统发育树。 3．进行松科植物分区，将松科划分为6区、4亚区。并分别附有分区图、各区所分布种数的统计表、以及各属目前的地理分布和化石分布图。 4．松科在地质时期曾是一个很庞大的类群，现代松科只是其祖先中少部分喜温性分支的后裔，其兴旺与温带成份的出现关系密切，可能是一类衍生类群． 5．松科的起源时间虽然可追溯到侏罗纪甚至三迭纪，但现代松科各属的出现时间大约是在早白垩纪至第三纪之间。 6．松科各属可能并非起源于同一时间和地点。松属可能是现存的、最早分化出来的类群，于侏罗纪至早白垩纪间起源于欧美古陆;其它属则到晚白垩纪至第三纪早期（有1-2属至中期）才陆续从其祖先复合体中分化出来。 7．现代松科的早期扩散可能存在着以下三条主要的迁陡路线，即：欧美路线、欧亚路线和古白令路线．

Cross-species chromosome painting unveils cytogenetic signatures for the Eulipotyphla and evidence for the polyphyly of Insectivora

Insectivore-like animals are traditionally believed among the first eutherian mammals that have appeared on the earth. The modern insectivores are thus crucial for understanding the systematics and phylogeny of eutherian mammals as a whole. Here cross-spe

Molecular Phylogeny of Geographical Isolates of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus: Implications on the Origin and Spread of this Species in China and Worldwide

The genetic diversity and phylogeny of 26 isolates of Bursaphelenchus xlophilus from China, Japan, Portugal and North America were investigated based on the D2/3 domain of 28S rDNA, nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. The genetic diversity analysis showed that the D2/3 domain of 28S rDNA of isolates of B. xlophilus from China, Portugal, Japan and the US were identical and differed at one to three nucleotides compared to those from Canada. ITS sequences of isolates from China and Portugal were the same; they differed at one or two nucleotides compared to those of Japanese isolates and at four and 23 nucleotides compared to those front the US and Canada, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that Chinese isolates share a common ancestor with one of the two Japanese clades and that the Canadian isolates form a sister group of the clade comprised of isolates from China, Portugal,Japan, and the US. The relationship between Japanese isolates and those from China was closer than with the American isolates. The Canadian isolates were the basal group of B. xylophilus. This suggests that B. xlophilus originated in North America and that the B. xylphilus that occurs in China could have been first introduced from Japan. Further analysis based on RAPD analysis revealed that the relationship among isolates from Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong, Anhui provinces and Nanjing was the closest, which suggests that pine wilt disease in these Chinese locales was probably dispersed from Nanjing, where this disease first occurred in China.

Utility of ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequences for species discrimination and phylogenetic inference of two closely related bucephalid digeneans (Digenea : Bucephalidae): Dollfustrema vaneyi and Dollfustrema hefeiensis

The complete internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), 5.8S ribosomal DNA, and ITS2 region of the ribosomal DNA from 60 specimens belonging to two closely related bucephalid digeneans (Dollfustrema vaneyi and Dollfustrema hefeiensis) from different localities, hosts, and microhabitat sites were cloned to examine the level of sequence variation and the taxonomic levels to show utility in species identification and phylogeny estimation. Our data show that these molecular markers can help to discriminate the two species, which are morphologically very close and difficult to separate by classical methods. We found 21 haplotypes defined by 44 polymorphic positions in 38 individuals of D. vaneyi, and 16 haplotypes defined by 43 polymorphic positions in 22 individuals of D. hefeiensis. There is no shared haplotypes between the two species. Haplotype rather than nucleotide diversity is similar between the two species. Phylogenetic analyses reveal two robustly supported clades, one corresponding to D. vaneyi and the other corresponding to D. hefeiensis. However, the population structures between the two species seem to be incongruent and show no geographic and host-specific structure among them, further indicating that the two species may have had a more complex evolutionary history than expected.

MtDNA phylogeny provides evidence of generic polyphyleticism for East Asian bagrid catfishes

We explore the intrafamilial relationships of East Asian bagrid catfishes (Hemibagrus, Pseudobagrus, Pelteobagrus, and Leiocassis) based on 245 sequences of 1092 bp mitochondrial cytochrome b fragments. Four haplotypes were found to be shared by Pseudobagrus ussuriensis, Pelteobagrus vachelli and Pelteobagrus nitidus. Phylogenetic trees were performed using the neighbor joining, maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian likelihood methods. The phylogenetic trees based on NJ, MP, ML and BL inferences strongly support polyphyleticism for the currently recognized genera Pseudobagrus, Pelteobagrus and Leiocassis. However, the species currently assigned to these three genera form a robustly monophyletic group with relatively low genetic divergence. The structure of maxillary barbels and serrations on the anterior edge of the pectoral spines seem to be indicatory of appropriate phylogenetic traits. We propose that only Hemibagrus and Pseudobagrus are the only valid genera of East Asian bagrids.

First report of the cyanotoxins cylindrospermopsin and deoxycylindrospermopsin from Raphidiopsis curvata (Cyantobacteria)

A strain of Raphidiopsis (Cyanobacteria) isolated from a fish pond in Wuhan, P. R. China was examined for its taxonomy and production of the alkaloidal hepatotoxins cylindrospermopsin (CYN) and deoxy-cylindrospermopsin (deoxy-CYN). Strain HB1 was identified as R. curvata Fritsch et Rich based on morphological examination of the laboratory culture. HB1 produced mainly deoxy-CYN at a concentration of 1.3 mg(.)g(-1) (dry ut cells) by HPLC and HPLC-MS/MS. CYN was also detected in trace amounts (0.56 mug(.)g(-1)). A mouse bioassay did not show lethal toxicity when tested at doses up to 1500 mg dry weight cells(.)kg(-1) body weight within 96 h, demonstrating that production of primarily deoxy CYN does not lead to significant mouse toxicity by strain BB I. The presence of deoxy-CYN and CYN in R curvata suggests that Raphidiopsis belongs to the Nostocaceae, but this requires confirmation by molecular systematic studies. Production of these cyanotoxins by Raphidiopsis adds another genus, in addition to Cylindrospemopsis, Aphanizomenon, and Umezakia, now known to produce this group of hepatotoxic cyanotoxins. This is also the first report from China of a CYN and deoxy-CYN producing cyanobacterium.