云南文山黄牛和迪庆黄牛遗传多样性的蛋白电泳研究

采用水平淀粉胶蛋白电泳技术分析了云南文山黄牛和迪庆黄牛的３３种血液蛋白及同工酶，共计３７个遗传座位，其中６个座位检测到多态性。文山黄牛的多态座位百分比Ｐ＝０．１３８９，平均杂合度Ｈ＝０．０６１０，迪庆黄牛Ｐ＝０．１６６７，Ｈ＝０．０６９１。通过Ｎｅｉ氏遗传距离计算，运用ＰＨＹＬＩＰ３．５Ｃ软件包中的“ＵＰＧＭＡ”，“ＣＯＮＴＭＬ”和“ＮＥＩＧＨＢＯＲ”法，结合前人报道的数据对１０个黄牛品种进行聚类分析。结果得出：文山黄牛可能主要起源于瘤牛（Ｂｏｓｉｎｄｉｃｕｓ），迪庆黄牛可能主要起源于普通黄牛（Ｂｏｓｔａｕｒｕｓ）。我们的结果提示，云南黄牛可能是由当地人驯化的野生牛群与外来的驯化牛群相结合并适应当地气候和环境逐渐形成的，因而在蛋白水平上具有较为丰富的多样性。

Low “penetrance” of phylogenetic knowledge in mitochondrial disease studies

An up-to-date view of the worldwide mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) phylogeny together with an evaluation of the conservation of each site is a reliable tool for detecting errors in mtDNA studies and assessing the functional importance of alleged pathogenic mutations. However, most of the published studies on mitochondrial diseases make very little use of the phylogenetic knowledge that is currently available. This drawback has two inadvertent consequences: first, there is no sufficient a posteriori quality assessment of complete mtDNA sequencing efforts; and second, no feedback is provided for the general mtDNA database when apparently new mtDNA lineages are discovered. We demonstrate, by way of example, these issues by reanalysing three mtDNA sequencing attempts, two from Europe and another one from East Asia. To further validate our phylogenetic deductions, we completely sequenced two mtDNAs from healthy subjects that nearly match the mtDNAs of two patients, whose sequences gave problematic results. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Impacts of fish sanctuaries on the production and diversity of plankton on beels of haor region in Bangladesh

The experiment was carried out to study the impacts of fish sanctuaries on the production and diversity of plankton in beels of haor region at Mithamain Upazila of Kishoreganj district in Bangladesh during July 2004 to June 2005. A total of 75 (60 phyto and 15 zooplankton) and 74 (59 phyto and 15 zooplankton) genera of plankton were recorded in T-1 and T-2 (with sanctuary) respectively while only 50 (39 phyto and 11 zooplankton) genera were obtained in T-3 (control). Chlorophyceae and Copepoda were the most dominant group of phytoplankton and zooplankton respectively in all the treatments. The total phytoplankton numbers were found to range from 5472 to 35,833 cells/l and 5250 to 40,472 cells/l and total zooplankton from 667 to 1722 cells/l and 611 to 1667 cells/l in T-1 and T-2 respectively in sanctuary sites whereas the ranges of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the control site were 1778 to 29,333 cells/l and 56 to 1056 cells/l respectively. The maximum phytoplankton and zooplankton were recorded during winter season in all the treatments. The ranges of total plankton were 6194 to 37,500 cells/l, 6028 to 41,806 cells/l and 1889 to 29,444 cells/l in T-1, T-2 and T-3 respectively. The phytoplankton, zooplankton and total plankton recorded in treatments with sanctuary were significantly higher (p<0.5) than the treatment without sanctuary (control) indicating positive impacts of sanctuaries on the production of plankton. Between two treatments of fish sanctuaries the total plankton populations were comparatively higher in T-2 than T-1.

滇西北昆虫区系特点

该文对滇西北昆虫区系特征进行了分析. 滇西北昆虫区系具有以下特点: 古北区与东洋区种类过渡与交混明显; 新发现的种类及特有种和狭布种十分丰富; 原始古老的种类多; 垂直分布明显. 如以江河分水岭为界, 尚可分为怒江、澜沧江、金沙江3个小区. 滇西北典型的东洋区系成份, 一般在海拔3000m以下地区, 海拔3000m以上则以古北区系成份为主。

Effect of microbial activities on the mobility of copper in stabilised contaminated soil

Stabilisation, using a wide range of binders including wastes, is most effective for heavy metal soil contamination. Bioremediation techniques, including bioaugmentation to enhance soil microbial population, are most effective for organic contaminants in the soil. For mixed contaminant scenarios a combination of these two techniques is currently being investigated. An essential issue in this combined remediation system is the effect of microbial processes on the leachability of the heavy metals. This paper considers the use of zeolite and compost as binder additives combined with bioaugmentation treatments and their effect on copper leachability in a model contaminated soil. Different leaching test conditions are considered including both NRA and TCLP batch leaching tests as well as flow-through column tests. Two flow rates are applied in the flow-through tests and the two leaching tests are compared. Recommendations are given as to the effectiveness of this combined remediation technique in the immobilisation of copper. © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group.

Fracture toughness of fibrous membranes

Random fibrous networks exist in both natural biological and engineering materials. While the nonlinear deformation of fibrous networks has been extensively studied, the understanding of their fracture behaviour is still incomplete. To study the fracture toughness of fibrous materials, the near-tip region is crucial because failure mechanisms such as fibril rupture occur in this region. The consideration of this region in fracture studies is, however, a difficult task because it involves microscopic mechanical responses at a small length scale. This paper extends our previous finite element analysis by incorporating the microscopic responses into a macroscopic domain by using a submodeling technique. The detailed study of microstructures at crack tips show a stochastic toughness of membranes due to the random nature of fibrous networks. Further, the sizes of crack tip region, which are sufficient to provide a reasonable prediction of fracture behaviour in a specific type of fibrous network, were presented. Future work includes improving the current linear assumption in the macroscopic models to become nonlinear.