Assessment of cattle genetic introgression into domestic yak populations using mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers

Hybridization between yak Poephagus grunniens and taurine Bos taurus or indicine B. indicus cattle has been widely practiced throughout the yak geographical range, and gene flow is expected to have occurred between these species. To assess the impact of cattle admixture on domestic yak, we examined 1076 domestic yak from 29 populations collected in China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Russia using mitochondrial DNA and 17 autosomal microsatellite loci. A cattle diagnostic marker-based analysis reveals cattle-specific mtDNA and/or autosomal microsatellite allele introgression in 127 yak individuals from 22 populations. The mean level of cattle admixture across the populations, calculated using allelic information at 17 autosomal microsatellite loci, remains relatively low (mY(cattle) = 2.66 +/- 0.53% and Q(cattle) = 0.69 +/- 2.58%), although it varies a lot across populations as well as among individuals within population. Although the level of cattle admixture shows a clear geographical structure, with higher levels of admixture in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Mongolian and Russian regions, and lower levels in the Himalayan and Pamir Plateau region, our results indicate that the level of cattle admixture is not significantly correlated with the altitude across geographical regions as well as within geographical region. Although yak-cattle hybridization is primarily driven to produce F-1 hybrids, our results show that the subsequent gene flow between yak and cattle took place and has affected contemporary genetic make-up of domestic yak. To protect yak genetic integrity, hybridization between yak and cattle should be tightly controlled.

微囊藻毒素-RR对反硝化细菌生长及生理特性的影响

用0.01、5.00mg/L微囊藻毒素-RR(MC-RR)处理反硝化细菌,研究了MC-RR对反硝化细菌的生长、培养液中NO3--N和NO2--N含量以及细胞内硝酸还原酶活性的影响。结果表明,高浓度MC-RR能显著抑制反硝化细菌的生长,延缓其细胞增殖,抑制培养液中硝酸盐含量的降低和亚硝酸盐含量的升高以及细胞内硝酸还原酶的活性,因而可能抑制或减缓生态系统中氮循环的进程。这表明,微囊藻毒素在一定程度上可能调节水体细菌群落。

微囊藻毒素[Dha~7]MCRR的制备及鉴定

以野外收集的水华蓝藻为原料,经过75%甲醇溶液浸提,快速色谱分离和半制备色谱纯化,从滇池水华蓝藻中分离纯化出1种微囊藻毒素变体.电喷雾质谱、紫外分光光度计和HPLC检测结果表明,所得毒素为[Dha7]MCRR,是MCRR的1种去甲基化变体,其纯度大于95%.该毒素的分子组成为环(Ala-Arg-MeAsp-Arg-Adda-Glu-Dha),分子量为1 023,其紫外扫描光谱(200~300 nm)在239 nm处有特征吸收.[Dha7]MCRR在滇池水华蓝藻中普遍存在,有时会成为MC的主要种类.

快速建立鲢、鳙纯系的初步研究

运用随机扩增多态性DNA(RAPD)方法对雌核发育和人工转性鲢、鳙进行了遗传多样性的研究,并用长江天然鲢、鳙群体作为对照分析.在雌核发育鲢中,共得到187条带,其中19条为多态带,占10.16％,而对照组鲢共扩增205条带,有32个多态座位,占总带数的15.61％.在雌核发育鳙中共产生232条带,其中11条为多态带,比例为4.74％,而在对照组中共产生241条带,25条为多态带,比例为10.37％.遗传距离分析表明,雌核发育鲢和鳙的平均值分别为0.102和0.023.而对照组鲢和鳙遗传距离平均值分别为0.

How polluted is the Yangtze River? Water quality downstream from the Three Gorges Dam

The concentrations of major anions and cations, nitrogen and phosphorus, dissolved and particulate trace elements, and organic pollutants were determined for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) from below the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) to the mouth at Shanghai in November 2006. The concentration of dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP) was constant at a low level of 6-8 mu gP/L, but the concentration of nitrate (NO3-) approximately doubled downstream and was closely correlated with K+. This translated to a daily load of well over 1000 It of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) at Datong. The average concentrations of dissolved Pb (0.078 +/- 0.023 mu g/L), Cd (0.024 +/- 0.009 mu g/L), Cr(0.57 +/- 0.09 mu g/L), Cu (1.9 +/- 0.7 mu g/L), and Ni (0.50 +/- 0.49 mu g/L) were comparable with those in other major world rivers, while As (3.3 +/- 1.3 mu g/L) and Zn (1.5 +/- 0.6 mu g/L) were higher by factors of 5.5 and 2.5, respectively. The trace element contents of suspended particles of As (31 +/- 28 mu g/g), Pb (83 +/- 34 mu g/g), and Ni (52 +/- 16 mu g/g) were close to maximum concentrations recommended for rivers by the European Community (EC). The average concentrations of Cd (2.6 +/- 1.6 mu g/g), Cr (185 +/- 102 mu g/g), Cu (115 +/- 106 mu g/g), and Zn (500 +/- 300 mu g/g) exceeded the EC standards by a factor of two, and Hg (4.4 +/- 4.7 mu g/g) by a factor of 4 to 5. Locally occurring peak concentrations exceed these values up to fourfold, among them the notorious elements As, Hg, and Tl. All dissolved and particulate trace element concentrations were higher than estimates made twenty years ago [Zhang, J., Geochemistry of trace metals from Chinese river/estuary systems: an overview. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 1995; 41: 631-658.]. The enormous loads of anthropogenic pollutants disposed to the river were diluted by the large water discharge of the Yangtze even during the lowest flow resulting in the relatively low concentration levels of trace elements and organic pollutants observed. We estimated loads of e.g. As, Pb and Ni to the East China Sea to be about 4600 kg As d(-1), 3000 kg Pb d(-1), and 2000 kg Ni d(-1). About 6000 t d(-1) of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was delivered into the sea at the time of our cruise. We tested for 236 organic pollutants, and only the most infamous were found to be barely above detection limits. We estimated that the load of chlorinated compounds, aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols, and PAHs were between 500 and 3500 kg d(-1). We also detected eight herbicides entering the estuary with loads of 5-350 kg d(-1). The pollutant load, even when at low concentrations, are considerable and pose an increasing threat to the health of the East China Sea ecosystem. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Rapid establishment of pure lines of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molirix) and bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis)

The diversity of gynogenetic, artificial sex reversal and natural silver carp and bighead carp is examined using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. All of the 187 bands are obtained and 19 (10.16%) of them are polymorphic in gynogenetic silver carp. Meanwhile 32 (15.61%) out of 205 bands are polymorphic in control group. In gynogenetic bighead carp a total of 232 bands are identified and 11 (4.74%) out of them are polymorphic, while 25 (10.37%) out of 241 bands are polymorphic in control group. The genetic distance of four populations is calculated and it is 0.102 and 0.023 for gynogenetic silver carp and gynogenetic bighead carp respectively. The values of natural silver carp and bighead carp are 0.161 and 0.104. From the UPGMA trees constructed based on genetic distance, the sex reversal individuals that match with the gynogenetic female individuals are picked out. A new breeding process of establishing a pure line is developed.

Deep electron states in n-type Al-doped ZnS1-xTex grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Capacitance-voltage, photoluminescence (PL), and deep level transient spectroscopy techniques were used to investigate deep electron states in n-type Al-doped ZnS1-xTex epilayers grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The integrated intensity of the PL spectra obtained from Al-doped ZnS0.977Te0.023 is lower than that of undoped ZnS0.977Te0.023, indicating that some of the Al atoms form nonradiative deep traps. Deep level transient Fourier spectroscopy (DLTFS) spectra of the Al-doped ZnS1-xTex (x=0, 0.017, 0.04, and 0.046, respectively) epilayers reveal that Al doping leads to the formation of two electron traps 0.21 and 0.39 eV below the conduction band. DLTFS results suggest that in addition to the roles of Te as a component of the alloy as well as isoelectronic centers, Te is also involved in the formation of an electron trap, whose energy level with respect to the conduction band decreases as Te composition increases. Our results show that only a small fraction of Al atoms forms nonradiative deep defects, indicating clearly that Al is indeed a very good donor impurity for ZnS1-xTex epilayers in the range of Te composition being studied in this work. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(97)08421-1].

InAs/GaSb Ⅱ型超晶格的拉曼和光致发光光谱

采用分子束外延(MBE)技术,在GaSb(100)衬底上外延生长晶体结构完整和表面平整的Ⅱ型超晶格InAs(1.2 am)/GaSb(2.4 am).拉曼光谱表明:随着温度从70 K升高至室温,由于热膨胀作用和光声子散射过程中的衰减,超晶格纵光学声子拉曼频移向低波数方向移动5 cm~(-1),频移温度系数约为0.023 cm~(-1)/K.光致发光(PL)峰在2.4～2.8 μm,由带间辐射复合和束缚激子复合构成,2.55 μm PL峰随温度变化(15～150 K)发生微小红移,超晶格中InAs电子带与GaSb空穴带带间距随温度变化比体材料的禁带宽度小.PL发光强度在15～50 K随温度升高而升高,在60～150 K则相反,并在不同温度段表现出不同的温度依赖关系.

分子束外延生长的n型Al掺杂ZnS_(1-x)Te_x深中心研究

应用电容-电压、光致荧光和深能级瞬态谱技术研究了分子束外延生长的n型Al掺杂ZnS_(1-x)Te_x外延层深中心。Al掺杂ZnS_(0.977)Te_(0.023)的光致荧光强度明显低于不掺杂的ZnS_(0.977)Te_(0.023),这表明一部分Al原子形成非辐射深中心。Al掺杂ZnS_(1-x)Te_x(x=0,0.017,0.04和0.046)的深能级瞬态傅里叶谱表明，Al引进导带下的0.21和0.39eV电子陷阱，Te除了作为材料合金的成分和等电子中心外，还涉及到一个电子陷阱的形成，其相对导带的能级位置随Te组分增加而减小。实验结果还表明仅有少量掺杂的Al原子形成非辐射中心，这说明Al对于Te组分范围内(x≤0.046)的ZnS_(1-x)Te_x外延层的确是一种非常好的施主杂质。

钠原子团簇性质的理论研究

本论文介绍了近五年来，对钠原子团簇的理论研究中所取得的一些有意义的结果，以及在碳团簇研究方面的初步进展。在电子基态条件下，利用距离相关的紧束缚的分子动力学模型(DDTB—MD)系统研究了钠原子团簇Na_n的结构、振动、热力学、碰撞动力学等方面的特性。在团簇Na_２、Na_3、Na_4、Na_5的结构和振动研究中，发现在低温时，钠原子团簇象刚性分子一样，会呈现出固有的振动本征谱，振动谱与原子团簇的结构密切相关，不同的异构体的振动谱可以有很大的差别，通过某一团簇的振动本征谱能够重建团簇的几何形状，可作为实验上决定原子团簇结构的探针。在实验上测量的原子团簇并非都是冷的，有时原子团簇会热到足以熔化。在对原子团簇Na_4、Na_8、Na_(20)这些有限多体在有限温度下的相变研究中，发现在钠原子团簇中普遍存在着类固-类液相变现象。在O-400 K温区系统研究了Na_4的异构化，发现当T≥100 K时，存在C_(3v)和D_(2h)两种异构体之间的转变。同时，发现当T>200 K时，D_(2h)结构的Na_4出现一种新的运动模式-赝转动。赝转动前后，分子的结构不变，只是宏观取向发生改变。通过跟踪体系势能的变化，提取出赝转动势垒为O．023 eV。对第一个满壳(Na_8)附近Na_7+Na_7、Na_8+Na_8及Na_9+Na_9体系的团簇碰撞动力学性质进行了系统性研究，深入理解团簇之间的非区域力和多种运动的耗散效应，提取了双团簇分子(Na_9)_2的特征振动频率24 cm~(-1)。利用目前计算机模拟实验中最先进最重要的第一性原理分子动力学方法(FHl96MD)优化了Na_2的键长5.789 Bohr，模拟了Na_2的分子动力学，提取了Na_2振动频率235 cm~(-1)。并在FHI96MD的基础上，发展了一个在离子基态条件(冻结离子运动)下，描述复杂凝聚态体系的电子动力学的时间相关的局域密度近似(TDLDA)模型。这个模型被成功地应用于Na_2价电子对高强度超短脉冲激光的响应、强激光场中团簇Na_2的谐波产生的研究。在电子基态条件下，发展了一个经典分子动力学模型(CMD)用于研究碳富勒烯、纳米碳管的结构、热力学性质。研究了纳米碳管中封装C_(60)链的形成。关键词：紧束缚分子动力学，时间相关的局域密度近似，钠团簇，碳纳米管

Calorimetric study on two biphenyl liquid crystals

The molar heat capacities of the two biphenyl liquid crystals, 3BmFF and 3BmFFXF3, with a purity of 99.7 mol% have been precisely measured by a fully automated precision adiabatic calorimeter in the temperature range between T = 80 and 350 K. Nematic phase-liquid phase transitions were found between T = 297 K and 300 K with a peak temperature of T-peak = (298.071 +/- 0.089) K for 3BmFF, and between T = 316 and 319 K with a peak temperature of T-peak = (315.543 +/- 0.043) K for 3BmFFXF3. The molar enthalpy (Delta(trs)H(m)) and entropy (Delta(trs)S(m)) corresponding to these phase transitions have been determined by means of the analysis of the heat capacity curves, which are (15.261 +/- 0.023) U mol(-1) and (51.202 +/- 0.076) J K-1 mol(-1) for 3BmFF, (31.624 +/- 0.066) kJ mol(-1) and (100.249 +/- 0.212) J K-1 mol(-1) for 3BmFFXF3, respectively. The real melting points (TI) and the ideal melting points (TO) with no impurities of the two compounds have been obtained from the fractional melting method to be (298.056 +/- 0.018) K and (298.165 +/- 0.038) K for 3BmFF, (315.585 +/- 0.043) K and (315.661 +/- 0.044) K for 3BmFFXF3, respectively. In addition, the transitions of these two biphenyl liquid crystals from nematic phase to liquid phase have further been investigated by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) technique; the repeatability and reliability for these phase transitions were verified. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Determination of arsenic species by capillary zone electrophoresis with large-volume field-amplified stacking injection

Determination of arsenic species by large-volume field amplified stacking injection-capillary zone electrophoresis (LV-FASI-CZE) is reported in this paper. Whole column injection was employed. The optimum buffer pH for the separation of weak acids was discussed. It was found that the optimum buffer to analyze the stacked arsenate (As(V)), monomethylarsonate (MMA), and dimethylarsinate (DMA) was 25 mm phosphate at pH 6.5. However, the optimum buffer to analyze the concentrated arsenite (As(III)) was 20 mm phosphate - 10 mm borate at pH 9.28. The limits of detection of the method developed were 0.026 mg/L for As(III), 0.023 mg/L for As(V), 0.043 mg/L for MMA, and 0.018 mg/L for DMA. An enrichment factor of 34-100 for several arsenic species was obtained. In the end, this method was applied to determine the arsenic concentration in the environmental reference materials to show the usefulness of the method developed.

红壤丘陵区双季稻表观光合量子效率的研究

研究结果表明红壤丘陵区双季稻光光合速率响应曲线符合非直角双曲线函数,水稻旗叶、倒2叶和倒3叶表观初始光能利用效率平均值(±标准差)分别为0.0536(±0.023)、0.0511(±0.023)和0.0488(±0.025),即由旗叶向下递减;水稻光合作用最适温度为27～30℃。

Multi-armed poly(L-glutamic acid)-graft-oligoethylenimine copolymers as efficient nonviral gene delivery vectors

Background The application of polyethylenimine (PEI) in gene delivery has been severely limited by significant cytotoxicity that results from a nondegradable methylene backbone and high cationic charge density. It is therefore necessary to develop novel biodegradable PEI derivates for low-toxic, highly efficient gene delivery.Methods A series of novel cationic copolymers with various charge density were designed and synthesized by grafting different kinds of oligoethylenimine (OEI) onto a determinate multi-armed poly(L-glutamic acid) backbone. The molecular structures of multi-armed poly(L-glutamic acid)-graft-OEI (MP-g-OEI) copolymers were characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance, viscosimetry and gel permeation chromatography. Moreover, the MP-g-OEI/DNA complexes were measured by a gel retardation assay, dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy to determine DNA binding ability, particle size, zeta potential, complex formation and shape, respectively. MP-g-OEI copolymers were also evaluated in Chinese hamster ovary and human embryonic kidney-293 cells for their cytotoxicity and transfection efficiency.