Contribucion al estudio biotaxonomico de Thymus loscosii Willk. y Thymus fontqueri (Jalas) Molero & Rovira, stat. nov.

Después de estudiar comparativamente la morfología, corología, ecología, número cromosomático y aceite esencial de los táxones Thymus loscosii Willk. y Thymus loscosii Willk. subsp. fontqueri Jalas, se concluye, de forma razonada, que el status más adecuado para este último es el de especie, combinándose de nuevo cpmo Thymus fontqueri (Jalas) Molero & Rovira; también se propone su inclusión en la sección Serpyllum (Miller) Bentham. En el estudio del aceite esencial de ambos tomillos por CGL e IR se han identificado 14 de sus componentes, destacando el p-citral, mirceno, cineol y alcanfor como mayoritarios. El cromatograma que presentan es muy parecido, pudiéndose atribuir a un quimótipo común P-citral (y otro compuesto no identificado). Entre los componentes la oscilación es máxima para el mirceno, claramente predominante en el T. fontqueri.

Taxonomia del grupo Anthyllis henoniana Coss. (Leguminosae): A. lugabcana, nom. nov.

Con motivo de la síntesis de Anthyllis para Flora iberica ha sido necesario revisar la nomenclatura y la taxonomía del agregado de Anthyllis henoniana, en el que se han incluido las Anthyllis sufruticosas inermes con glomérulos pauciflorus (4-7 flores), hojas subdísticas y folíolos pulvinulados. En este grupo se han reunido dos especies (A. henoniana Coss. y A. subsimplex Pomel) descritas de las estepas desérticas argelinas, junto a otra (A. sericea Lag.) descrita de los matorrales pedregosocalcáreos de Albacete. Los tres nombres han recibido diversos tratamientos taxonómicos, desde ser considerados como coespecíficos (JAFRI & ELGADI, Fl. Lybia 86:114.1980), hasta como tres entidades específicas independientes [BATTANDIER in BATTANDIER & TRABUT, Fl. Algérie (Dicot.) 1:250. 1889), o como dos especies distintas (GREUTER and al., Med-Checklist4:6-7.1989].

Lecanora balearica sp. nov., nuevo liquen epifitico de las islas Baleares

CRESPO, A. and X. LLIMONA (1981). Lecanora balearica sp. nov., nuevo liquen epífito de las Islas Baleares. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 38(l):25-28. Se describe una nueva especie epifltica del género Lecanora (Lecanoraceae, Lichenes) recolectada en Ibiza y Cabrera.

Description of a rare isopod crustacean, Arcturella poorei sp. nov. (Isopoda: Valvifera: Arcturidae), from the Atlantic seaboard of Cadiz (Iberian Peninsula)

This paper describes a new species of arcturidean isopod, Arcturella poorei, from the Atlantic seaboard of Cadiz (Spain). A diagnosis and description of the species is presented, and a comparison with other species of the genus from the area.

FAM-MDR: a flexible family-based multifactor dimensionality reduction technique to detect epistasis using related individuals

We propose a novel multifactor dimensionality reduction method for epistasis detection in small or extended pedigrees, FAM-MDR. It combines features of the Genome-wide Rapid Association using Mixed Model And Regression approach (GRAMMAR) with Model-Based MDR (MB-MDR). We focus on continuous traits, although the method is general and can be used for outcomes of any type, including binary and censored traits. When comparing FAM-MDR with Pedigree-based Generalized MDR (PGMDR), which is a generalization of Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction (MDR) to continuous traits and related individuals, FAM-MDR was found to outperform PGMDR in terms of power, in most of the considered simulated scenarios. Additional simulations revealed that PGMDR does not appropriately deal with multiple testing and consequently gives rise to overly optimistic results. FAM-MDR adequately deals with multiple testing in epistasis screens and is in contrast rather conservative, by construction. Furthermore, simulations show that correcting for lower order (main) effects is of utmost importance when claiming epistasis. As Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a complex phenotype likely influenced by gene-gene interactions, we applied FAM-MDR to examine data on glucose area-under-the-curve (GAUC), an endophenotype of T2DM for which multiple independent genetic associations have been observed, in the Amish Family Diabetes Study (AFDS). This application reveals that FAM-MDR makes more efficient use of the available data than PGMDR and can deal with multi-generational pedigrees more easily. In conclusion, we have validated FAM-MDR and compared it to PGMDR, the current state-of-the-art MDR method for family data, using both simulations and a practical dataset. FAM-MDR is found to outperform PGMDR in that it handles the multiple testing issue more correctly, has increased power, and efficiently uses all available information.

De la guerra de l'Empordà (1128) a la mortaldat de 1131: gènesi, extensió i extinció d'una fam. Per a una història de les crisis alimentàries a la Catalunya medieval

In the history of food shortages and subsistence crises which affected the Catalan counties during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the famine of 1129-1131 deserves special mention. Originating in the war of 1128 involving the Empordà and neighboring counties, this famine affected the city of Barcelona and other points of Catalonia (Winter, 1131) and created conditions for the spread of a deadly epidemic (July 1130 -January 1132).

Euphorbia pedroi Molero and Rovira, sp. nov. (Sect. Balsamis, Euphorbiaceae).

Se describe la nueva especie Euphorbia pedroi Molero and Rovira

Deuteromicets de la Fam. Melanconiacies parasits de les plantes a Catalunya

S¿han déterminat més de 30 espècies de fongs fitoparàsits a partir de les anàlisis realitzades en unes 40 espècies de patrons. Entre aquests fongs s'inclouen tant espècies parasites de fulles com de tubercles, de l'escorça de branques o d'arrels etc. Les mostres recol.lectades a diferents localitats de Catalunya foren analitzades directament en el laboratori i si el cas ho requeria es procedia a l'aïllament de l'espècie infectant seguint les tècniques de E. Hellmers modificades. Els patògens observats pertanyen a la Fam. Melanconiàcies de l'O. Melanconials.

Phylogenetic relationships of the newly discovered sexual state of Talaromyces flavovirens, comb. nov.

Typical Talaromyces ascomata were observed on dry Quercus suber leaf litter amongst the characteristic synnemata of Penicillium aureocephalum, and they appear to represent the sexual state of the latter species. The species is a synonym of the older Lasioderma flavovirens, and we propose the new combination Talaromyces flavovirens. Lectotype and epitype specimens are designated for this name. The defining characters of the asexual state include yellow, short-stalked, mycetozoan-like synnemata with an unusual, almost closed terminal head of penicillate conidiophores intermixed with sinuous hyphae, and dark green conidia. Ascomata could not be induced in culture, but PCR amplifications of mating-type genes indicate the species is heterothallic. In nature, ascocarp initials appear to be antheridia coiled around clavate ascogonia, similar to those of T. flavus, and the thick-walled, spiny ascospores are also similar to those of T. flavus. ITS barcodes and β-tubulin sequences place T. flavovirens in a clade with T. apiculatus, T. flavus, T. funiculosus, T. galapagensis, T. pinophilus, T. macrosporus, and seven other species.