Uniformity of karyotypes in Ligularia (Asteraceae : Senecioneae), a highly diversified genus of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau highlands and adjacent areas

Ligularia, a highly diversified genus in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and adjacent areas, was chosen as a suitable subject in which to study speciation patterns in this 'hot spot' area at the chromosomal level. Chromosome numbers and karyotypes were studied in 23 populations of 14 species, most of which are endemic to this area. The basic number x = 29 was confirmed for all species. Ligularia virgaurea was found to have diploid and triploid cytotypes, 2n = 58 and 87. Other species are only diploid, with 2n = 58. The karyotypes of all populations within any species, and all species spanning most sections and covering most of the morphological range in Ligularia, are very similar to each other, belonging to type 2A according to Stebbin's classification. This karyotype was also found in its close allies, e.g. Cremanthodium, Ligulariopsis, Parasenecio, and Sinacalia. Aneuploid reduction of chromosome number from 2n = 60 to 58 and karyotypic variation was found in Ligularia and its allies. Such a chromosomal pattern with few polyploids infers that variation of karyotype structure at the diploid level seems to be the predominant feature of chromosomal evolution in this group and sympatric speciation via hybridization and polyploidization has played a minor role in its species diversity. (C) 2004 The Linnean Society of London

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau endemic Nannoglottis (Asteraceae)

All taxa endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are hypothesized to have originated in situ or from immediately adjacent areas because of the relatively recent formation of the plateau since the Pliocene, followed by the large-scaled biota extinction and recession caused by the Quaternary ice sheet. However, identification of specific progenitors remains difficult for some endemics, especially some endemic genera. Nannoglottis, with about eight species endemic to this region, is one such genus. Past taxonomic treatments have suggested its relationships with four different tribes of Asteraceae. We intend to identify the closest relatives of Nannoglottis by evaluating the level of monophyly, tribal delimitation, and systematic position of the genus by using molecular data from ndhF gene, trnL-F, and ITS region sequences. We find that all sampled species of Nannoglottis are a well-defined monophyly. This supports all recent taxonomic treatments of Nannoglottis, in which all sampled species were placed in one broadly re-circumscribed genus. Nannoglottis is most closely related to the Astereae, but stands as an isolated genus as the first diverging lineage of the tribe, without close relatives. A tentative relationship was suggested for Nannoglottis and the next lineage of the tribe was based on the ITS topology, the "basal group," which consists of seven genera from the Southern Hemisphere. Such a relationship is supported by some commonly shared plesiomorphic morphological characters. Despite the very early divergence of Nannoglottis in the Astereae, the tribe must be regarded to have its origin in Southern Hemisphere rather than in Asia, because based on all morphological, molecular, biogeographical, and fossil data, the Asteraceae and its major lineages (tribes) are supposed to have originated in the former area. Long-distance dispersal using Southeast Asia as a steppingstone from Southern Hemisphere to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the most likely explanation for this unusual biogeographic link of Nannoglottis. The 23-32-million-year divergence time between Nannoglottis and the other Astereae estimated by DNA sequences predated the formation of the plateau. This estimation is further favored by the fossil record of the Asteraceae and the possible time of origin of the Astereae. Nannoglottis seems to have reached the Qinghai-Tibet area in the Oligocene-Eocene and then re-diversified with the uplift of the plateau. The molecular infragenetic phylogeny of the genus identifies two distinct clades, which reject the earlier infrageneric classification based on the arrangement of the involucral bracts and the length of the ligules, but agree well with the habits and ecological preferences of its current species. The "alpine shrub" vs. "coniferous forest" divergence within Nannoglottis was estimated at about 3.4 million years ago when the plateau began its first large-scale uplifting and the coniferous vegetation began to appear. Most of the current species at the "coniferous forest" clade of the genus are estimated to have originated from 1.02 to 1.94 million years ago, when the second and third uprisings of the plateau occurred, the climate oscillated and the habitats were strongly changed. The assumed evolution, speciation diversity, and radiation of Nannoglottis based on molecular phylogeny and divergence times agree well with the known geological and paleobotanical histories of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.

Karyomorphology of Sinadoxa (Adoxaceae) and its systematic significance

Karyomorphology of Sinadoxa corydalifolia and the karyotype of the diploid Adoxa moschatellina are investigated for the first time. Karyomorphological data indicate that Sinadoxa is directly akin to other two genera of the Adoxaceae, rather than related to Araliales; and three genera of the Adoxaceae should be a natural group. The karyomorphological combinations of the Adoxaceae delimit it from all taxa assumed to be related to it. The karyotype characteristics of all taxa of the Adoxaceae are compared and summarized. The mechanisms of speciation in the Adoxaceae are discussed.

中国南方含硒建造中硒稳定同位素与化学形态的地质意义

氧化还原敏感元素硒的地球化学循环非常复杂, 它的循环主要受氧化还原势、酸碱度、温度、压力等条件的控制。长期以来，关于硒的主要研究集中在环境生物地球化学领域。对于硒的地质地球化学行为的研究，学者们认为硒不可能独立形成矿床,它主要以伴生元素的形式赋存于一些热液矿床（如，拉尔玛硒-金热液矿床等）。 二十世纪末, 我国学者开始关注硒的矿床地球化学行为, 发现了目前唯一的渔塘坝沉积型的独立硒矿床。另外，下寒武统底部黑色岩系（如，遵义牛蹄塘组）处于地球发展演化的关键时期且富集了众多的有用金属元素, 因此它引起了全世界广大地质学家的普遍关注和重视。这些黑色岩系的共同特点是含有大量的有机质和丰富的金属元素(PGE，Cu，Ni，Mo，Au，U，V，Mn，Fe，Co，Bi，Cr，Se等)。但遵义牛蹄塘组中Ni-Mo多金属层的成因一直争论不休。 本文以拉尔玛硒-金热液矿床、渔塘坝独立硒矿床、遵义黄家湾含Ni-Mo-Se多金属层剖面为研究对象，主要通过硒稳定同位素的测试和不同化学形态的分析结合其他的地球化学参数（如，C-S-Fe体系，氧化还原敏感元素），示踪富硒地层的沉积环境，研究不同地质体系中硒稳定同位素的组成，进而完善硒同位素的理论体系，探讨硒富集过程中的形态迁移途径，并为矿床的形成提供更完善的地球化学证据。通过一系列的研究工作，我们取得了以下几点认识： (1) 通过不同的消解方法准确测定了低硒,高硒样品的总硒含量,相对标准偏差小于10%，而且不同的消解方法测得同样的结果, 满足了地质样品中微量元素的测试要求。由于不同消解方式存在自身的优缺点,我们建议根据不同的样品类型,不同的研究目的选取合适的消解方法。 (2) 通过巯基棉吸附装置达到了纯化富集样品硒的目的, 硒的回收率一般大于90%, 满足同位素测试的需要。应用自制的氢化物发生器与Nu-MC-ICP-MS联用,实现了在线气体进样测试硒稳定同位素的目的。 采用标准样品匹配测试方法校正仪器测试过程中的质量分馏。 硒稳定同位素的测试精度为2δ=0.30‰, 标准NIST SRM 3149采用与样品同样的处理方法,没有发现前处理过程的同位素分馏。 (3) 传统地球化学参数对沉积环境的指示意义。通过氧化还原敏感微量元素及其与TOC的关系和C-S-Fe体系的分析，对渔塘坝独立硒矿床的多元素富集及沉积环境, 遵义黑色岩系沉积环境进行了详细的解释。TS-TFe的关系表明样品中有过量的硫存在，可能为有机硫或为其他亲硫元素提供有利的沉淀条件。C-S-Fe体系及微量元素指数V/(V + Ni) 说明渔塘坝矿区的硅质岩和页岩的沉积环境为缺氧到静海环境， Ni/Co、V/Cr几乎不能作为该区缺氧环境的指示参数, 后者可能由于Cr的外源输入（碎屑、热液等）所致。 C-S-Fe体系及微量元素指数V/(V + Ni)体系指示遵义黑色岩系的沉积环境为微含氧到缺氧的条件, 但对于Ni-Mo矿而言, V/(V + Ni)体系指示其为含氧条件沉积，这可能与Ni-Mo多金属层的成因有关。但铁的硫化度可以指示Ni-Mo多金属层极端的缺氧还原环境。 (4) 硒的形态对古氧化还原条件和矿物质来源的示踪意义。黑色岩系的硒形态分布不同于海洋沉积物，体现了成岩作用对硒形态分布的改变。黑色岩系中硒的主要形态为有机结合态和硫化物/硒化物结合态。硫化物/硒化物结合态比例与铁的硫化程度（DOS）之间明显的相关关系说明在海洋环境中硒主要通过氧化还原反应富集在富有机质的沉积物与沉积岩中。这种相关关系与岩石类型没有关系，这使得将硫化物、硒化物结合的Se（-II）比例作为一个氧化还原条件示踪剂更加可行。DOS与硫化物/硒化物结合态硒的关系，及Se（IV）与Se（-II）的关系均说明遵义牛蹄塘组的K-斑脱岩形成于碱性的氧化环境，Ni-Mo多金属层沉积于微酸性的极端还原环境，而渔塘坝矿床形成于微碱性的还原缺氧环境。生物的同化作用与异化作用之间本身存在互补关系，但这种互补关系却存在不同的转化趋势。不同的转化趋势可能主要受氧化还原反应和酸碱度的控制，其他的地质作用也可能起着重要作用（如，硅酸盐、Fe（II）的含量，硫化物、有机质含量，风化程度等）。同时我们发现相同的氧化还原条件下可能存在不同的富集途径。Ni-Mo多金属层中极少的有机结合态硒暗示海洋同生沉积主要被生物异化还原控制，而沉积物从海洋富集硒的途径主要为直接由Se（VI）和Se（IV）到Se（-II）的还原途径，从高价态到元素态的还原途径可能偶有发生但强度很小。 (5) 硒稳定同位素对矿床成因及物质来源的示踪意义。热液或表生环境中,硒的再次活化迁移对硒同位素的大范围分馏是很重要的。较少的硫化物结合态硒和较大范围的硒同位素组成说明渔塘坝矿床形成时经历了多次氧化还原过程。干酪根硒同位素组成与全岩相似, 而且样品富集轻同位素暗示该矿床硒来的富集主要通过海洋硒的生物吸收同化异化还原与多次无机氧化还原实现。对于拉尔玛金硒矿床而言，未蚀变岩体的硫化物结合态硒富集轻同位素，而后期低温流体的蚀变作用导致蚀变岩体中硫化物结合态硒富集重同位素。干酪根的硒同位素组成暗示热液输入的硒为该矿床硒的主要来源，硒从热液直接进入干酪根的机制是一致的。随着硫含量的增加岩石和矿体中的硒逐渐富集重同位素, 说明海水对矿床富集的贡献是很有限的。遵义黑色岩系中硒同位素组成与Se（-II）之间的关系, 单质硒的缺乏，硒的富集与同位素的关系说明，热液为主要的硒来源，而早寒武世海水中的硒主要通过Se（VI）和Se（IV）到Se（-II）的直接生物还原实现。三个区域的S/Se比值综合说明硫与硒的共同沉降过程中不存在硒的同位素分馏。不同化学形态的分布与不同形态中硒稳定同位素的结合可能会更好的解释硒的全球地球化学循环。 (6) 根据目前硒的同位素分馏体系及所测得的数据,我们初步建立了不同时代、不同成因黑色岩系中硒稳定同位素的分馏模式。

湖北恩施表生高硒环境中有机结合态硒的形态研究

硒是人体和动物必需的微量元素，摄入过高或过低均可导致不同的健康效应。已有的研究表明，硒的生物有效性不仅与地质环境中的总硒有关，更取决于硒的形态分布。不同形态的硒具有显著差异的地球化学特性，影响着环境中硒的迁移、循环、生物有效性和毒性。渔塘坝是中国唯一发生过人群硒中毒爆发性流行的地区，该地区风化富硒碳质岩和高硒土壤中有机结合态硒可达到总硒的60%以上，而有机结合态硒的进一步研究有助于深入了解硒的分布和生物可利用性，阐明富硒碳质岩风化及其成土过程中硒的生物地球化学次生富集过程与循环机制。本论文利用改进的7步连续化学浸提技术和优化的有机结合态硒提取方案，使用氢化物发生－原子荧光光谱法，研究了恩施表生高硒环境中有机结合态硒的形态分布，得出了以下几点结论： 1. 在硒七步连续提取方案的基础上，对影响硒提取的因素如液固比、提取剂浓度等进行了优化、并对不同结合态（相态）硒提取中的若干问题进行了讨论。研究结果表明，硒的连续化学提取过程中，液固比为20:1到50:1时能够满足不同结合态硒提取的要求；在水浴加热条件下，NaOH浓度0.1M～0.5M时能有效提取有机结合态硒；1M Na2SO3溶液是元素硒的较好提取剂；而对于硫化物/硒化物结合态硒，合适配比的NaOH＋H2O2混合液有利于H2Se的完全吸收，500～600mL/min的载气气流能保证其被CrCl2+HCl混合液还原所产生H2Se气体的完全吸收。 2. 利用优化的连续化学浸提方案提取风化富硒碳质岩石和高硒土壤样品的有机结合态硒，进而分离出富里酸硒和胡敏酸硒，并用高压密闭消化－氢化物原子荧光光谱法测定了硒的含量。该方案的回收率为84.4～104.2%，平均回收率为96.1%；有机结合态硒与胡敏酸富里酸硒加和值之间有良好的一致性，线性相关系数为0.999（n＝14），斜率为1.0026。而后使用自制的氢化物反应发生和吸收装置进一步分离了与富里酸（胡敏酸）吸附的Se(IV)和强结合的硒，其中分离富里酸硒的回收率为86.3%～107.6%，平均值为97.1%；分离胡敏酸硒的回收率为85.5%～105.9%，平均值为97.9%。表明本论文所采用的实验方案是切实可行的。 3. 风化富硒碳质岩石样品中胡敏酸硒比例较高，所占比例为36.3%～75.8%，平均值为58.1%，但胡敏酸硒并不是占有绝对的优势，且各个样品之间存在较大差异。高硒土壤样品中富里酸硒占有机结合态比例在25.4%～85.0%，除个别样品外，多数样品的富里酸硒所占比例均在70%～80%，表明富里酸硒是渔塘坝土壤有机结合态硒的一种主要存在形式，在适当的条件下（如环境的pH-Eh变化），能够被转化从而被植物吸收利用。并且这种岩石中胡敏酸硒含量高、土壤中富里酸硒含量高的分布特征指示了硒在风化过程中可能的迁移和转化规律。 4. 富里酸硒和胡敏酸硒的形态分析表明，不同岩石样品中各有机结合态硒的形态分布差异较大，分布规律不明显，这可能与岩石样品的风化程度有关；而对于土壤样品，不论是在富里酸还是胡敏酸中，吸附Se(IV)的含量都大于强结合硒，尤其是富里酸中的吸附Se(IV)，平均值为83.4%，最高达95.4%。这部分吸附的Se(IV)相对于强结合的富里酸硒更容易被释放，而这也进一步佐证了富里酸硒易于受环境变化（pH-Eh）和倍半氧化物等的影响而转变为生物可利用态硒。 5. 无论是胡敏酸强结合硒（HA-Se）还是富里酸强结合硒（FA-Se）均在有机结合态硒中以一定的比例存在，对这部分硒的研究还仅局限于定量，而其究竟是以何种形态、以何种方式与腐殖质结合尚不清楚。因此，有必要对这部分硒进行进一步研究。

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry with a matrix of carbon nanotubes for the analysis of low-mass compounds in environmental samples

The use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) for environmental analysis has been mainly focused on qualitative analysis of high-mass molecules, such as toxins, humic acid, and microorganisms. Herein,we describe a novel MALDI-TOF-MS method with a matrix of oxidized carbon nanotubes for analysis of low-mass compounds in environmental samples. A number of chemicals in the environment were qualitatively analyzed by the present method, and it was found that most of them, especially the highly polar chemicals, were measurable with high sensitivity. With the intrinsic ability to measure high-mass chemicals, this method can compensate for the current shortage of methods for environmental analysis for the measurement of highly polar or high-mass chemicals. For sample analysis, arsenic speciation in Chinese traditional medicines was qualified and diphenylolpropane in water samples was quantified. With the relatively high tolerance of the method to interfering molecules, a simple pretreatment or even no pretreatment could be employed before MS detection. Furthermore, this method can be employed in a high-throughput format.