The origin and genetic diversity of Chinese native chicken breeds

The first 539 bases of mitochondrial DNA D-loop region of six Chinese native chicken breeds (Gallus gallus domesticus) were sequenced and compared to those of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), the gray junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii), the green junglefow

Neutrality tests using DNA polymorphism from multiple samples

The polymorphism of a gene or a locus is studied with increasing frequency by multiple laboratories or the same group at different times. Such practice results in polymorphism being revealed by different samples at different regions of the locus. Tests of neutrality have been widely conducted for polymorphism data but commonly used statistical tests cannot be applied directly to such data. This article provides a procedure to conduct a neutrality test and details are given for two commonly used tests. Applying the two new tests to the chemokine-receptor gene (CCR5) in humans, we found that the hypothesis that all mutations are selectively neutral cannot explain the observed pattern of DNA polymorphism.

咪唑安定或丙泊酚拮抗戊四氮对突触传递的影响

目的: 观察咪唑安定或丙泊酚复合戊四氮对突触传递的影响。方法: 分离大鼠海马半脑, 切出400 Lm 厚度的海马脑片, 全细胞膜片钳记录戊四氮+ 咪唑安定组, 戊四氮+ 脂肪乳剂组, 戊四氮+ 丙泊酚组海马CA 1 区神经元兴奋性突触后电流(EP2 SC) 变化。结果: 各组加入10 mmolöL 戊四氮均使EPSC 降至基线值的3510% 左右; 10 LmolöL 咪唑安定使EPSC 幅值上升至 基线值的8612% , 脂肪乳剂不改变EPSC, 100 LmolöL 丙泊酚使EPSC 值上升至基线值的7117%。结论: 戊四氮对正常突触传 递具有抑制作用, 咪唑安定或丙泊酚拮抗戊四氮抑制突触传递的作用, 使已减小的EPSC 有所升高。

云南西双版纳几种热带兰菌根真菌的研究

:从云南西双版纳不同生境下的14 株热带兰菌根中分离到19 株真菌,分别鉴定为9 个属,其中优势 菌为镰孢霉属( Fusarium) 9 株占47. 37 %;组丝核菌属( Phacodium) 3 株占15. 79 %.

用H-Y抗体在宫内处理植入前鼠胚对后代性比的影响

该文以C57BL/6J鼠分2组进行实验。实验组45鼠,对照组20鼠,与同品系雄鼠交配后,在3日龄胚期,通过腹部手术对实验组雌鼠每侧子宫腔内注入未稀释的H-Y抗血清与豚鼠补体(二者以1:2混合)3μl。抗血清是由C57BL/6L雌鼠用同品系雄鼠的脾细胞以2.5×10~(7)个/只的剂量,每周免疫一次,共免疫7次后制备。对照组的处理操作与实验组相同,但每侧子宫腔内仅注入补体3μl,未注入抗体。实验组中有42只产仔247只(每窝平均6只),雌雄比为2.7(180/67)雌性占73%;对照组20只均产仔共163只(每窝平均8只),雌雄比为0.92(78/85),雌性仔鼠占48%。

The identification and quantification of highly stable 'common hairpin' in the dynamic process of co-transcriptional mRNA folding

In our studies, 88 human mRNA samples were collected from the Integrated Sequence-Structure database and then the dynamic process in co-transcriptional mRNA folding was simulated using the RNAstructure version 4.1 program. Through statistical analyses of the frequencies of occurrence of hairpins, a group of special folding structures-the 'common hairpins'-were identified. These 'common hairpins' have lower energies and occur in all the subsequent folding units that formed in the dynamic folding process. By applying the formulas (1)-(4) of the 'common hairpins' statistical model, 163 'common hairpins' were found, to make up about 7% of the total of 2286 hairpins. Classified studies further show that the 'common hairpins' that were studied may oscillate in the dynamic folding process. However, the hairpin loops of the 'common hairpins' and stems proximal to those 'common hairpins' loops maintain topologically stable structures, while other loops and stems distal to the 'common hairpins' loops are shown to be alterable structures. Strikingly, further studies indicate that the stable structures of these 'common hairpins' may have unbeknown effects on controlling the formation of protein structures in the translation process (unpublished results). (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.