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Current Zoology 2024年第1期70卷 34-44页

作者： liping Zhou Christos Mammides Youfang Chen Wenyi Zhou Wenzhang Dai Edward l.Braun rebecca T.Kimball Yang liu Scott K.Robinson Eben Goodale Guangxi Key laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation College of ForestryGuangxi UniversityNanning 530004China Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology Kunming Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesKunming 650223China Nature Conservation Unit Frederick University7Yianni Frederickou StreetPallouriotissaNicosia 1036Cyprus State Key laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100093China Florida Museum of Natural History University of FloridaGainesvilleFL 34201USA Department of Biology University of FloridaGainesvilleFL 34201USA School of life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology Nanjing UniversityNanjing 210000China State Key laboratory of Biocontrol School of EcologySun-Yatsen UniversityGuangzhou 510275China Department of Health and Environmental Science Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool UniversitySuzhou 215123China

Participants in mixed-species bird flocks(MSFs)have been shown to associate with species that are similar in body size,diet,and evolutionary history,suggesting that facilitation structures these *** addition,several studies have suggested that species in MsFs resemble each other in their plumage,but this question has not been systematically investigated for any MsF *** the nonbreeding season of 2020 and 2021,we sampled 585 MSFs on 14 transects in 2 habitats of Tongbiguang Nature Reserve in western Yunnan Province,*** performed social network analysis and the Multiple Regression Quadratic Assignment Procedure to evaluate the effect of 4 species traits(body size,overall plumage color,distinctive plumage patterns,and diet)and evolutionary history on species association strength at the whole-MSF and within-MSF *** 41 significant relationships showed that species with stronger associations were more similar in their various *** size had the strongest effect on association strength,followed by phylogeny,plumage patterns,and plumage color;diet had the weakest *** results are consistent with the hypotheses that the benefits of associating with phenotypically similar species outweigh the potential costs of interspecific competition,and that trait matching can occur in plumage characteristics,albeit more weakly than in other *** explanations exist as to why similarities in plumage may occur in MSFs,including that they could reduce predators'ability to target phenotypically"odd"*** trait matching in plumage occurs through assortative processes in ecological time or is influenced by co-evolution requires furtherstudy.

关键词： co-evolution interaction networks mixed-species animal groups phenotypic similarity trait convergence

Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis

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Molecular Plant 2024年第9期17卷 1458-1471页

作者： Martin William Battle Scott Fraser Ewing Cathryn Dickson Joseph Obaje Kristen N.Edgeworth rebecca Bindbeutel Rea lAntoniou-Kourounioti Dmitri A.Nusinow Matthew Alan Jones Plant Science Group School of Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgow G128QQUK Danforth Plant Science Center St.LouisMO 63132USA Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Washington University in St.LouisSt.LouisMO 63130USA Present address:School of Biological and Environmental Sciences Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool L22QPUK

Plants exploit phenotypic plasticity to adapt their growth and development to prevailing environmental *** of light and temperature signals is aided by the circadian system,which provides a temporal *** plasticity provides a selective and competitive advantage in nature but is obstructive during large-scale,intensive agricultural practices since economically important traits(including vegetative growth and flowering time)can vary widely depending on local environmental *** prevents accurate prediction of harvesting times and produces a variable *** this study,we sought to restrict phenotypic plasticity and circadian regulation by manipulating signaling systems that govern plants'responses to environmental *** modeling of plant growth and develop-ment predicted reduced plant responses to changing environments when circadian and light signaling pathways were *** tested this prediction by utilizing a constitutively active allele of the plant photoreceptor phytochrome B,along with disruption of the circadian systemvia mutation of *** found that these manipulations produced plants that are less responsive to light and temper-ature cues and thus fail to anticipate *** engineered plants have uniform vegetative growth and flowering time,demonstrating how phenotypic plasticity can be limited while maintaining plant *** has significant implications for future agriculture in both open fields and controlled environments.

关键词： circadian developmental plasticity phenotypic plasticity external coincidence light temperature

Bat-derived oligopeptide lE6 inhibits the contact-kinin pathway and harbors anti-thromboinflammation and stroke potential

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Zoological Research 2024年第5期45卷 1001-1012页

作者： li-Na Cha Juan Yang Jin-Ai Gao Xin lu Xiao-long Chang rebecca Caroline Thuku Qi liu Qiu-Min lu Dong-Sheng li Ren lai Ming-Qian Fang Engineering laboratory of Peptides of Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Bioactive Peptides of Yunnan ProvinceKIZ-CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common DiseasesNational Resource Center for Non-Human PrimatesNational Research Facility for Phenotypic&Genetic Analysis of Model Animals(Primate Facility)Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution&Animal ModelsSino-African Joint Research Centerand New Cornerstone Science LaboratoryKunming Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingYunnan 650201China School of Molecular Medicine Hangzhou Institute for Advanced StudyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesHangzhouZhejiang 310024China First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University KunmingYunnan 650032China

Thrombosis and inflammation are primary contributors to the onset and progression of ischemic *** contact-kinin pathway,initiated by plasma kallikrein(PK)and activated factor XII(FXIIa),functions bidirectionally with the coagulation and inflammation cascades,providing a novel target for therapeutic drug development in ischemic *** this study,we identified a bat-derived oligopeptide from Myotis myotis(Borkhausen,1797),designated lE6(leu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Pro-Glu,702 Da),with considerable potential in stroke therapy due to its effects on the contact kinin ***,lE6 demonstrated significant inhibitory effects on PK and FXIIa,with inhibition constants of 43.97μmol/l and 6.37μmol/l,*** vitro analyses revealed that lE6 prolonged plasma recalcification time and activated partial thromboplastin *** murine models,lE6 effectively inhibited carrageenan-induced mouse tail thrombosis,FeCl3-induced carotid artery thrombosis,and photochemically induced intracerebral ***,lE6 significantly decreased inflammation and stroke injury in transient middle cerebral artery occlusion ***,the low toxicity,hemolytic activity,and bleeding risk of lE6,along with its synthetic simplicity,underscore its clinical *** conclusion,as an inhibitor of FXIIa and PK,lE6 offers potential therapeutic benefits in stroke treatment by mitigating inflammation and preventing thrombus formation.

关键词： PK FXIIa Anti-thromboinflammation Ischemic stroke therapies Oligopeptide

Male-driven reproductive and agonistic character displacement in darters and its implications for speciation in allopatry

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Current Zoology 2018年第1期64卷 101-113页

作者： Rachel l. MORAN rebecca C. FUllER School of Integrative Biology University of Illinois Champaign IL 61820 USA

Selection against hybridization can cause mating traits to diverge between species in sympatry via reproductive character displacement （RCD）. Additionally, selection against interspecific fighting can cause aggressive traits to diverge between sympatric species via agonistic character displacement （ACD）. By directly affecting conspecific recognition traits, RCD and ACD between species can also incidentally cause divergence in mating and fighting traits among populations within a species [termed cascade RCD （CRCD） and cascade ACD]. Here, we demonstrate patterns consistent with male-driven RCD and ACD in 2 groups of darters （orangethroat darter clade Ceasia and rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleum）. In both groups, males that occur in sympatry （between Ceasia and E. caeruleum） have higher levels of preference for mating and fighting with conspecifics over heterospecifics than do males from allopatry. This is consistent with RCD and ACD. We also found patterns consistent with CRCD and cascade ACD among species of Ceasia. Ceasia males that are sympatric to E. caeruleum （but allopatric to one another） also have heightened preferences for mat- ing and fighting with conspecific versus heterospecific Ceasia. In contrast, Ceasia males that are allopatric to E. caeruleum readily mate and fight with heterospecific Ceasia. We suggest that RCD and ACD between Ceasia and E. caeruleum has incidentally led to divergence in mating and fighting traits among Ceasia species. This study is unique in that male preferences evolve via both RCD （male preference for conspecific females） and ACD （male preference to fight conspecific males） which leads to subsequent divergence among allopatric lineages.

关键词： agonistic character displacement behavioral isolation cascade reinforcement reinforcement reproductive charac-ter displacement speciation.

Drug resistance in the sexually transmitted protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis

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Cell Research 2003年第4期13卷 239-249页

作者： rebecca l DUNNE,lINDA A DUNN,PETER UPCROFT,PETERJO’DONOGHUE,JACQUElINE A UPCROFT The Queensland Institute of Medical Research The Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition Brisbane Queensland 4029 Australia Tie School of Molecular and Microbial Science University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland 4072 Australia The Queensland Institute of Medical Research The Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition Brisbane Queensland 4029 Australia The Queensland Institute of Medical Research The Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition Brisbane Queensland 4029 Australia The School of Molecular and Microbial Science University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland 4072 Australia The Queensland Institute of Medical Research The Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition Brisbane Queensland 4029 Australia

Trichomoniasis is the most common, sexually transmitted infection. It is caused by the flagellated protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. Symptoms include vaginitis and infections have been associated with preterm delivery, low birth weight and increased infant mortality, as well as predisposing to HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer. Trichomoniasis has the highest prevalence and incidence of any sexually transmitted infection. The 5-nitroimidazole drugs, of which metronidazole is the most prescribed, are the only approved, effective drugs to treat trichomoniasis. Resistance against metronidazole is frequently reported and cross resistance among the family of 5-nitroimidazole drugs is common, leaving no alternative for treatment, with some cases remaining unresolved. The mechanism of metronidazole resistance in T. vaginalis from treatment failures is not well understood, unlike resistance which is developed in the laboratory under increasing metronidazole pressure. In the latter situation, hydrogenosomal fu

关键词： Trichomonas vaginalis metronidazole pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase ferredoxin hydrogenase drug resistance.

Increased Benthic Algal Primary Production in Response to the Invasive Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in a Productive Ecosystem,Oneida lake,New York

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2008年第11期50卷 1452-1466页

作者： rebecca K.Cecala Christine M.Mayer Kimberly l.Schulz Edward l.Mills Biology Department Syracuse University Biology Deptartment Department of Environmental Sciences and lake Erie Center University of Toledo State University of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry Cornell Biological Field Station and Department of Natural Resources Cornell University

Increased water clarity associated with zebra mussel （Dreissena polymorpha） populations may favor benthic algal primary production in freshwater systems previously dominated by pelagic phytoplankton production. While zebra mussel-mediated water clarity effects on benthic primary production have been implicated in published reports, few production estimates are available. This study estimates benthic primary production in Oneida lake, NY before and after zebra mussel invasion （1992）, using measured photosynthetic parameters （P^Bmax, α^β and β） from sampled benthic algal communities. In the summers of 2003 and 2004, primary production was measured as O2 evolution from algal communities on hard （cobble） and soft （sediment） substrate from several depths. We also backcast estimates of benthic primary production from measurements of light penetration since 1975. Estimates of whole-lake epipelic and epilithic algal primary production showed a significant （4%） increase and exhibited significantly less interannual variability subsequent to the establishment of zebra mussels. We applied our model to two lakes of differing trophic status; the model significantly overestimated benthic primary production in a hypereutrophic lake, but there was no significant difference between the actual and predicted primary production values in the oligotrophic lake. The hypereutrophic lake had higher zebra mussel densities than Oneida （224 vs. 41 per sample respectively）. Though total community respiration （measured in total darkness） was factored into our model predictions of production, our model may need modification when heterotrophic respiration is a large portion of total community metabolism.

关键词： Dreissena ecosystem engineering nonindigenous species Oneida lake periphyton primary production.

Genetic basis for body size variation between an anadromous and two derived lacustrine populations of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in southwest Alaska

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Current Zoology 2016年第1期62卷 71-78页

作者： Ella BOWlES rebecca A. JOHNSTON Stevi l. VANDERZWAN Sean M. ROGERS Department of Biological Sciences University of Calgary 2500 University Dr. N.W. Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4Canada

Body size is a highly variable trait among geographically separated populations. Size-assortative reproductive isolation has been linked to recent adaptive radiations of threespine stickleback （Gasterosteus aculeatus） into freshwater, but the genetic basis of the commonly found size differ- ence between anadromous and derived lacustrine sticklebacks has not been tested. We studied the genetic basis of size differences between recently diverging stickleback lineages in southwest Alaska using a common environment experiment. We crossed stickleback within one anadromous （Naknek River） and one lake （Pringle lake） population and between the anadromous and two lake populations （Pringle and JoJo lakes）, and raised them in a salinity of 4-6 ppt. The F1 anadromous and freshwater forms differed significantly in size, whereas hybrids were intermediate or exhibited dominance toward the anadromous form. Additionally, the size of freshwater Fls differed from their wild counterparts, with within-population Fls from Pringle lake growing larger than their wild counterparts, while there was no size difference between lab-raised and wild anadromous fish. Sexual dimorphism was always present in anadromous fish, but not in freshwater, and not always in the hybrid crosses. These results, along with parallel changes among anadromous and fresh- water forms in other regions, suggest that this heritable trait is both plastic and may be under di- vergent and/or sexual selection.

关键词： adaptation body size common garden genetic basis threespine stickleback.

Raman lasing and soliton mode-locking in lithium niobate microresonators

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light(Science & Applications) 2020年第1期9卷 1925-1931页

作者： Mengjie Yu Yoshitomo Okawachi rebecca Cheng Cheng Wang Mian Zhang Alexander l.Gaeta Marko loncar Department John A.Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard UniversityCambridgeMA 02138USA Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia UniversityNew YorkNY 10027USA Department of Electronic Engineering&State Key laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves City University of Hong KongKowloonHong KongChina Hyperlight Corporation 501 Massachusetts AvenueCambridgeMA 02139USA

The recent advancement in lithium-niobite-on-insulator(lNOI)technology is opening up new opportunities in optoelectronics,as devices with better performance,lower power consumption and a smaller footprint can be realised due to the high optical confinement in the *** lNOI platform offers both largeχ(2)andχ(3)nonlinearities along with the power of dispersion engineering,enabling brand new nonlinear photonic devices and applications for the next generation of integrated photonic ***,Raman scattering and its interaction with other nonlinear processes have not been extensively studied in dispersion-engineered lNOI *** this work,we characterise the Raman radiation spectra in a monolithic lithium niobate(lN)microresonator via selective excitation of Raman-active phonon *** dominant mode for the Raman oscillation is observed in the backward direction for a continuous-wave pump threshold power of 20mW with a high differential quantum efficiency of 46%.We explore the effects of Raman scattering on Kerr optical frequency comb *** achieve mode-locked states in an X-cut lNOI chip through sufficient suppression of the Raman effect via cavity geometry *** analysis of the Raman effect provides guidance for the development of future chip-based photonic devices on the lNOI platform.

关键词： scattering pump lithium

Fetal vs adult mesenchymal stem cells achieve greater gene expression, but less osteoinduction

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World Journal of Stem Cells 2015年第1期7卷 223-234页

作者： Juan E Santiago-Torres rebecca lovasz Alicia l Bertone Comparative Orthopedic Research laboratory Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus OH 43210 United States College of Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus OH 43210 United States

AIM: To investigate adenoviral transduction in mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) and effects on stemness in vitro and function as a cell therapy in ***: Bone marrow-derived adult and fetal MSC were isolated from an equine source and expanded in monolayer tissue culture. Polyethylenimine(PEI)-mediated transfection of pc DNA3-e GFP or adenoviral transduction of green fluorescent protein(GFP) was evaluated in fetal MSCs. Adenoviral-mediated transduction was chosen for subsequent experiments. All experiments were carried out at least in triplicate unless otherwise noted. Outcome assessment was obtained by flow cytometry or immunohystochemistry and included transduction efficiency, cell viability, stemness(i.e., cell proliferation, osteogenic and chondrogenic cell differentiation), and quantification of GFP expression. Fetal and adult MSCs were then transduced with an adenoviral vector containing the gene for the bone morphogenic protein 2(BMP2). In vitro BMP2 expression was assessed by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, MSC-mediated gene delivery of BMP2 was evaluated in vivo in an osteoinduction nude mouse quadriceps model. New bone formation was evaluated by microradiography and ***: PEI provided greater transfection and viability in fetal MSCs than other commercial chemical reagents. Adenoviral transduction efficiency was superior to PEI-mediated transfection of GFP in fetal MSCs(81.3% ± 1.3% vs 35.0% ± 1.6%, P lar in adult MSCs(78.1% ± 1.9%). Adenoviral transduction provided significantly greater expression of GFP in fetal than adult MSCs(7.4 ± 0.1 vs 4.4 ± 0.3 millions of mean fluorescence intensity units, P ll as significantly greater in vitro BMP2 expression(0.16 pg/cell-day vs 0.10 pg/cell-day, P l MSC GFP positive cells decreased significantly faster than adult MSCs(1.15% ± 0.05% vs 11.4% ± 2.1% GFP positive at 2 wk post-transduction, P ll proliferation and osteo

关键词： Mesenchymal stem cells Biomarkers Next generation sequencing Diagnostic tool Tumor-initiating cells