首届海峡两岸动物生态学学术研讨会简介

首届海峡两岸动物生态学学术研讨会简介由中国科学院昆明动物研究所主办的首届海峡两岸动物生态学学术研讨会于１９９６年６月２７日至３０日在风景如画的春城昆明召开。参加本次研讨会的有中国科学院副院长陈宜瑜院士、吴征镒院士、中国动物学会理事长来大样教授等大陆代...

酵母基因中转录正调控内含子序列特征的统计分析

选取两组酵母基因的内含子进行详细研究,第一组的基因具有较高的转录频率(>30),第二组的基因转录频率较低(≤10)。对寡核苷酸(主要是四核苷酸、五核苷酸)的出现频率进行统计比较分析,探测到一批寡核苷酸,它们在第一组内含子中出现的频率显著高于在第二组内含子中出现的频率,同时也显著高于与第一组内含子相邻的外显子中的出现频率。其中一些寡核苷酸与实验研究得到的转录调控元件相同。从这批寡核苷酸在内含子和外显子序列中的分布看,高效转录基因内含子的序列结构确实有利于基因的转录。

A new species of Amolops (Anura : Ranidae) from Yunnan, China, with a discussion of karyological diversity in Amolops

We describe a new species, Amolops tuberodepressus, from the mountainous regions of Jingdong County, Yunnan Province, China. This species differs from all other congeners in a combination of both karyological and morphological characteristics. Morphologically, the new species resembles A. mantzorum, A. kangtingensis, A. jinjiangensis, and A. liangshanensis occurring in southern Sichuan and northern Yunnan and may easily be confused with those species. However, Amolops tuberodepressus differs from those species by the presence of a distinct tympanum, flatter supratympanic fold, flatter tubercles on the flanks, and absence of a dorsolateral Fold. Karyological evidence also strongly supports the distinctness of the new species. A consideration of one Karyological character demonstrates that species of Amolops in southwestern China all share secondary constrictions on chromosome pair six. In view of the morphological similarity among species df Amolops in southwestern China, these species may have only recently diverged from a common ancestral species.

Statistical analysis of sequence features of introns with positive transcriptional regulation in yeast genes

A great deal of experimental studies have shown that many introns of eukaryotic genes function as regulators of transcription. However, comprehensive studies of this problem have not yet been conducted. After checking the transcription frequencies of some Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast), genes and their introns, a remarkable phenomenon was discovered that generally the introns of the genes with higher transcription frequencies are longer, and the introns of the genes with lower transcription frequencies are shorter. This suggests that the longer introns of genes with higher transcription frequencies may contain some characteristic sequence structures, which could enhance the transcription of genes. Therefore, two sets of introns of yeast genes were chosen for further study. The transcription frequencies of the first set of genes are higher (>30), and those of the second set of genes are lower (less than or equal to10). Some oligonucleotides are detected by statistically comparative analyses of the occurrence frequencies of oligonucleotides (mainly tetranucleotides and pentanucleotides), whose occurrence frequencies in the first set of introns; are significantly higher than those in the second set of introns, and are also significantly higher than those in the exons flanking the introns of the first set. Some of these extracted oligonucleotides are the same as the regulatory elements of transcription revealed by experimental analyses. Besides, the distributions of these extracted oligonucleotides in the two sets of introns and the exons show that the sequence structures of the first set of introns are favorable for transcription of genes.

Self-regulating casing treatment for axial compressor stability enhancement

The operating range of an axial compressor is often restricted by a safety imposed stall margin. One possible way of regaining operating range is with the application of casing treatment. Of particular interest here is the type of casing treatment which extracts air from a high pressure location in the compressor and re-injects it through discrete loops into the rotor tip region. Existing re-circulation systems have the disadvantage of reducing compressor efficiency at design conditions because worked flow is unnecessarily re-circulated at these operating conditions. Re-circulation is really only needed near stall. This paper proposes a self-regulating casing treatment in which the re-circulated flow is minimized at compressor design conditions and maximized near stall. The self-regulating capability is achieved by taking advantage of changes which occur in the tip clearance velocity and pressure fields as the compressor is throttled toward stall. In the proof-of-concept work reported here, flow is extracted from the high pressure region over the rotor tips and re-injected just upstream of the same blade row. Parametric studies are reported in which the flow extraction and re-injection ports are optimized for location, shape and orientation. The optimized design is shown to compare favorably with a circumferential groove tested in the same compressor. The relationship between stall inception type and casing treatment effectiveness is also investigated. The self-regulating aspect of the new design works well: stall margin improvements from 2.2 to 6.0% are achieved for just 0.25% total air re-circulated near stall and half that near design conditions. The self-regulating capability is achieved by the selective location and orientation of the extraction hole; a simple model is discussed which predicts the optimum axial location. Copyright © 2011 by ASME.

葛洲坝产卵场中华鲟繁殖群体数量与繁殖规模估算及其变动趋势分析

采用声学探测的方法,进行中华鲟(Acipenser sinensis)繁殖群体数量的估算。2005～2007年,第1次产卵前的资源量分别为235尾、217尾和203尾;第1次产卵后的资源量分别为157尾、157尾和102尾。采用食卵鱼解剖统计和股分析的方法对中华鲟的自然繁殖规模进行估算,其结果为,2005～2007年间中华鲟的产卵量分别为356万粒、119.6万粒和238.6万粒。结合历史相关研究数据,对近10年的中华鲟繁殖群体数量和繁殖规模的变动趋势进行分析,结果显示,在20世纪90年代中期,第1次产卵

武汉月湖水生植被重建的实践与启示

通过生物操纵、浮水植物和植物浮岛原位净化、岸边人工湿地净化和科学种植等措施,2—3年内,在长江中游地区、面积为0.66km2、水质为劣Ⅴ类的重富营养湖泊武汉月湖重建了以菹草和伊乐藻为优势种的沉水植物先锋群落,2005年春季的沉水植物盖度达到45%,提高了透明度。利用水位低、透明度相对高的冬季种植伊乐藻、菹草等适合冬春季生长的沉水植物是建立沉水植物先锋群落的一个有效途径。重污染水体过低的透明度是重建沉水植被的主要限制因子,在低水位或较高透明度时期,水生植物可以耐受相对较高的污染负荷,并且在有条件降低水位时,