Genome-wide SNP and haplotype analyses reveal a rich history underlying dog domestication

Advances in genome technology have facilitated a new understanding of the historical and genetic processes crucial to rapid phenotypic evolution under domestication(1,2). To understand the process of dog diversification better, we conducted an extensive genome-wide survey of more than 48,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms in dogs and their wild progenitor, the grey wolf. Here we show that dog breeds share a higher proportion of multi-locus haplotypes unique to grey wolves from the Middle East, indicating that they are a dominant source of genetic diversity for dogs rather than wolves from east Asia, as suggested by mitochondrial DNA sequence data(3). Furthermore, we find a surprising correspondence between genetic and phenotypic/functional breed groupings but there are exceptions that suggest phenotypic diversification depended in part on the repeated crossing of individuals with novel phenotypes. Our results show that Middle Eastern wolves were a critical source of genome diversity, although interbreeding with local wolf populations clearly occurred elsewhere in the early history of specific lineages. More recently, the evolution of modern dog breeds seems to have been an iterative process that drew on a limited genetic toolkit to create remarkable phenotypic diversity.

从酵母菌中获得眼镜蛇毒神经多肽菌株及其获得方法

发明为一种从酵母菌中获得眼镜蛇毒神经多肽菌株及其获得方法，主要是通过从天然眼镜蛇毒神经多肽所测定的一级结构及酵母偏爱的密码子设计的全基因序列，利用基因载体pPIczα，构建的重组质粒pPIczα－Cbt，并获得在该酵母菌中的高效表达产物。该菌株和天然眼镜蛇毒神经多肽有同样的结构和效果，可以替代天然眼镜蛇毒神经多肽，可以满足逐渐增加的市场需求，又能保护蛇资源，是一种有应用前景的菌株。

锗对水稻的生态毒理效应及临界指标

土壤添加 Ge盆栽试验研究表明 ,低浓度 Ge(<4 m g/ kg)对水稻根和地上生物量、叶绿素 a含量有促进作用 ,并整体提高了作物抗氧化酶能力 ,使 MDA下降 ,SOD、CAT、POD、GSH- Px活性相应提高。而高浓度 Ge(>15 mg/ kg)对水稻根和地上生物量、叶绿素 a含量有明显的抑制作用 ,对抗氧化酶系统产生胁迫效应 ,使 POD明显上升 ,MDA上升 ,SOD、CAT酶活性明显下降。在高浓度 Ge胁迫下 ,植物细胞中抗氧化作用酶系统的受损打破了植物细胞内活性氧产生与清除间的正常平

鱼类性腺发育调控的生物技术应用前景分析

性腺是脊椎动物精卵发生的场所,是生命繁衍的关键器官.本文评述了通过调控特定基因表达与鱼类性腺发育,培育性腺发育被完全抑制的转反义GnRH基因鲤鱼、特异剔除鱼类性腺中的转植基因以及在鱼类性腺中特异表达外源基因的研究进展,认为鱼类性腺有望发展成为一种实施生物技术操纵的新型载体,并探讨了鱼类性腺发育调控在转基因鱼的遗传生态安全对策研究以及新型生物反应器的研制等方面的应用前景.

Investigating vibration dyanmics of cross-coupled MEMS resonators for reduced motional resistance

This paper investigates the vibration dynamics of a closed-chain, cross-coupled architecture of MEMS resonators. The system presented here is electrostatically transduced and operates at 1.04 MHz. Curve veering of the eigenvalue loci is used to experimentally quantify the coupling spring constants. Numerical simulations of the motional resistance variation against induced perturbation are used to assess the robustness of the cross-coupled system as opposed to equivalent traditional open-ended linear one-dimensional coupling scheme. Results show improvements of as much as 32% in the motional resistance between the cross-coupled system and its one-dimensional counterpart. © 2013 IEEE.

Dietary-morphological relationships of fishes in Liangzi Lake, China

Species in Liangzi Lake were clustered into four trophic groups: Hemiramphus kurumeus and Hemiculter bleekeri bleekeri fed predominantly on terrestrial insects; Carassius auratus auratus and Abbottina rivularis on non-animal food; Hypseleotris swinhonis, Ctenogobius giurinus, Pseudorasbora parva and Toxabramis swinhonis on cladocerans or copepods; Culterichthys erythropterus on decapod shrimps. Gut length, mouth width, mouth height, gill raker length and gill raker spacing, varied widely among species. With the exception of three species pairs (H. swinhonis, C. glurinus; C. erythropterus, H. kurumeus; T. swinhonis, H. bleekeri bleekeri), principal components analysis of morphological variables revealed over-dispersion of species. Canonical correspondence analysis of dietary and morphological data revealed five significant dietary-morphological correlations. The first three roots explained > 85% of the total variance. The first root reflected mainly the relationship of gut length to non-animal feud, with an increase in gut length associated with an increase in non-animal food. The second root was influenced strongly by the relationship of the gill raker spacing to consumption of copepods, with an increase in gill raker spacing associated positively with copepods in the diet. The third root was influenced by the relationship of mouth gape to consumption of fish and decapod shrimps, with an increase in mouth gape associated with more fish and decapod shrimps in the diet. These significant dietary-morphological relationships supported the eco-morphological hypotheses that fish morphology influence food use, and morphological variation is important in determining ecological segregation of co-existing fish species. (C) 2001 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

High-power and low-threshold-current-density GaAs/AlGaAs quantum cascade lasers

We report on the realization of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum cascade lasers with an emission wavelength of 9.1 mu m above the liquid nitrogen temperature. With optimal current injection window and ridge width of 24 and 60 mu m respectively, a peak output power more than 500 mW is achieved in pulsed mode operation. A low threshold current density J(th) = 2.6 kA/cm(2) gives the devices good lasing characteristics. In a drive frequency of 1 kHz, the laser operates up to 20% duty cycle.

Effects of Hydrogen Plasma Treatment on the Electrical and Optical Properties of ZnO Films: Identification of Hydrogen Donors in ZnO

Wurtzite ZnO has many potential applications in optoelectronic devices, and the hydrogenated ZnO exhibits excellent photoelectronic properties compared to undoped ZnO; however, the structure of H-related defects is still unclear. In this article, the effects of hydrogen-plasma treatment and subsequent annealing on the electrical and optical properties of ZnO films were investigated by a combination of Hall measurement, Raman scattering, and photoluminescence. It is found that two types of hydrogen-related defects, namely, the interstitial hydrogen located at the bond-centered (H-BC) and the hydrogen trapped at a O vacancy (H-O), are responsible for the n-type background conductivity of ZnO films. Besides introducing two hydrogen-related donor states, the incorporated hydrogen passivates defects at grain boundaries. With increasing annealing temperatures, the unstable H-BC atoms gradually diffuse out of the ZnO films and part of them are converted into H-O, which gives rise to two anomalous Raman peaks at 275 and 510 cm(-1). These results help to clarify the relationship between the hydrogen-related defects in ZnO described in various studies and the free carriers that are produced by the introduction of hydrogen.

退耕还林(草)和降雨变化对延河流域土壤侵蚀的影响

通过定量评估退耕还林(草)和降雨变化对延河流域土壤侵蚀的影响,为延河流域水土保持效益评价、流失治理和环境建设提供决策参考。【方法】利用延河流域日降雨、数字高程模型、土壤类型图、土地利用图和植被覆盖图,运用RUSLE模型,在ArcGIS平台的支持下计算流域1997年和2000年土壤侵蚀量,并分别模拟了退耕还林(草)和气候变化对土壤侵蚀的影响。【结果】由于降雨的变化,研究区年降雨侵蚀力均值由1997年的775.32MJ·mm·hm-2·h-1·a-1增加到了2000年的1292.07MJ·mm·hm-2·h-1·a-1,降雨大大加剧了流域土壤侵蚀;由于退耕还林(草)政策的实施,坡耕地面积大大减少,林草面积增加,植被覆盖和管理因子值显著减少,由退耕还林(草)前的0.1714下降到了退耕还林(草)后0.1592,减小了流域土壤侵蚀;由于退耕还林(草)的实施、气候变化以及水土保持工程措施和耕作措施变化共同影响,单位面积平均土壤侵蚀量由退耕还林(草)前的3012t·km-2·a-1增加到了退耕还林(草)后4671t·km-2·a-1,年土壤侵蚀总量2314×104t增加到了3589×104t。【结论】降雨变化使得...

冷泉区底栖有孔虫研究进展

介绍了人工神经网络在海洋动物蛋白酶解、分离提取、灭菌包装、成分分析、浓