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Low beta diversity of herbivorous insects in tropical forests 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Novotny V Miller SE Hulcr J Drew RA Basset Y Janda M Setliff GP Darrow K Stewart AJ Auga J Isua B Molem K Manumbor M Tamtiai E Mogia M Weiblen GD 《Nature》2007,448(7154):692-695
Recent advances in understanding insect communities in tropical forests have contributed little to our knowledge of large-scale patterns of insect diversity, because incomplete taxonomic knowledge of many tropical species hinders the mapping of their distribution records. This impedes an understanding of global biodiversity patterns and explains why tropical insects are under-represented in conservation biology. Our study of approximately 500 species from three herbivorous guilds feeding on foliage (caterpillars, Lepidoptera), wood (ambrosia beetles, Coleoptera) and fruit (fruitflies, Diptera) found a low rate of change in species composition (beta diversity) across 75,000 square kilometres of contiguous lowland rainforest in Papua New Guinea, as most species were widely distributed. For caterpillars feeding on large plant genera, most species fed on multiple host species, so that even locally restricted plant species did not support endemic herbivores. Large plant genera represented a continuously distributed resource easily colonized by moths and butterflies over hundreds of kilometres. Low beta diversity was also documented in groups with differing host specificity (fruitflies and ambrosia beetles), suggesting that dispersal limitation does not have a substantial role in shaping the distribution of insect species in New Guinea lowland rainforests. Similar patterns of low beta diversity can be expected in other tropical lowland rainforests, as they are typically situated in the extensive low basins of major tropical rivers similar to the Sepik-Ramu region of New Guinea studied here. 相似文献
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Milada Stuchlová Horynová Milan Raška Henrik Clausen Jan Novak 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(5):829-839
Glycosylation abnormalities have been observed in autoimmune diseases and cancer. Here, we compare mechanisms of aberrant O-glycosylation, i.e., formation of Tn and sialyl-Tn structures, on MUC1 in breast cancer, and on IgA1 in an autoimmune disease, IgA nephropathy. The pathways of aberrant O-glycosylation, although different for MUC1 and IgA1, include dysregulation in glycosyltransferase expression, stability, and/or intracellular localization. Moreover, these aberrant glycoproteins are recognized by antibodies, although with different consequences. In breast cancer, elevated levels of antibodies recognizing aberrant MUC1 are associated with better outcome, whereas in IgA nephropathy, the antibodies recognizing aberrant IgA1 are part of the pathogenetic process. 相似文献
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Autumn musters of bison ( Bison bison ) on Antelope Island State Park, Utah, conducted annually since 1987, provided data on temporal and age-specific reproductive patterns and a basis to evaluate the efficacy of management measures implemented to elevate reproductive performance in the herd. Pregnancy rates were variable and low ( x = 46.2%) in comparison to other free-ranging, noncommercial bison herds in North America. Cows in the 3- and > 6-yr range age classes exhibited lower-than-expected pregnancy rates ( P r = 0.64, P = 0.047) linear decline of 2.5% per annum. Variance in distribution of fetal ages observed in 6 yr indicates substantial temporal fluctuation. Long-term reproductive performance of cohorts born prior to implementation of management measures did not differ from that of cohorts born subsequent to these changes. 相似文献
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对两种商业用球形胶质纤维素和它的低孔隙的胶质改性物的吸附特性进行了研究.得到了他们的孔隙率、排斥分离尺寸和描述微粒分配平衡系数的模型.特别是,发现他们中的一种的微粒分配平衡系数可用简单的RandomPlane模型来描述. 相似文献
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We present in this paper an implementation of a multiscale edges detection algorithm on multiprocessor using SYnDEx which is a programming environment to generate optimized distributed real-time executives. The implementation has been done on three TMS320C40 and the acceleration in comparison with one processor is 2.2. 相似文献
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Rosendahl J Witt H Szmola R Bhatia E Ozsvári B Landt O Schulz HU Gress TM Pfützer R Löhr M Kovacs P Blüher M Stumvoll M Choudhuri G Hegyi P te Morsche RH Drenth JP Truninger K Macek M Puhl G Witt U Schmidt H Büning C Ockenga J Kage A Groneberg DA Nickel R Berg T Wiedenmann B Bödeker H Keim V Mössner J Teich N Sahin-Tóth M 《Nature genetics》2008,40(1):78-82
Chronic pancreatitis is a persistent inflammatory disease of the pancreas, in which the digestive protease trypsin has a fundamental pathogenetic role. Here we have analyzed the gene encoding the trypsin-degrading enzyme chymotrypsin C (CTRC) in German subjects with idiopathic or hereditary chronic pancreatitis. Two alterations in this gene, p.R254W and p.K247_R254del, were significantly overrepresented in the pancreatitis group, being present in 30 of 901 (3.3%) affected individuals but only 21 of 2,804 (0.7%) controls (odds ratio (OR) = 4.6; confidence interval (CI) = 2.6-8.0; P = 1.3 x 10(-7)). A replication study identified these two variants in 10 of 348 (2.9%) individuals with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis but only 3 of 432 (0.7%) subjects with alcoholic liver disease (OR = 4.2; CI = 1.2-15.5; P = 0.02). CTRC variants were also found in 10 of 71 (14.1%) Indian subjects with tropical pancreatitis but only 1 of 84 (1.2%) healthy controls (OR = 13.6; CI = 1.7-109.2; P = 0.0028). Functional analysis of the CTRC variants showed impaired activity and/or reduced secretion. The results indicate that loss-of-function alterations in CTRC predispose to pancreatitis by diminishing its protective trypsin-degrading activity. 相似文献
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Yasmina?Manso Javier?Carrasco Gemma?Comes Gabriele?Meloni Paul?A.?Adlard Ashley?I.?Bush Milan?Va?ák Juan?HidalgoEmail author 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2012,69(21):3683-3700
Among the dementias, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most commonly diagnosed, but there are still no effective drugs available for its treatment. It has been suggested that metallothionein-3 (MT-3) could be somehow involved in the etiology of AD, and in fact very promising results have been found in in vitro studies, but the role of MT-3 in vivo needs further analysis. In this study, we analyzed the role of MT-3 in a mouse model of AD, Tg2576 mice, which overexpress human Amyloid Precursor Protein (hAPP) with the Swedish mutation. MT-3 deficiency partially rescued the APP-induced mortality of females, and mildly affected APP-induced changes in behavior assessed in the hole-board and plus-maze tests in a gender-dependent manner. Amyloid plaque burden and/or hAPP expression were decreased in the cortex and hippocampus of MT-3-deficient females. Interestingly, exogenously administered Zn7MT-3 increased soluble Aβ40 and Aβ42 and amyloid plaques and gliosis, particularly in the cortex, and changed several behavioral traits (increased deambulation and exploration and decreased anxiety). These results highlight that the control of the endogenous production and/or action of MT-3 could represent a powerful therapeutic target in AD. 相似文献
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PI是应用广泛的实时/历史数据库系统,在高效数据访问、海量数据存储等方面表现出关系数据无法比拟的优势.PI提供了比较完善的PI数据库访问工具,但没有提供数据分析和挖掘工具,实现数据分析和挖掘,需要利用第三方开发工具.研究了PI数据库访问的原理以及C~Builder利用Pl-API访问PI数据库的方法,并将该方法应用到电力负荷预测系统中,实现了PI中电力负荷数据的访问.实际应用说明该方法是正确有效的. 相似文献
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Witt H Sahin-Tóth M Landt O Chen JM Kähne T Drenth JP Kukor Z Szepessy E Halangk W Dahm S Rohde K Schulz HU Le Maréchal C Akar N Ammann RW Truninger K Bargetzi M Bhatia E Castellani C Cavestro GM Cerny M Destro-Bisol G Spedini G Eiberg H Jansen JB Koudova M Rausova E Macek M Malats N Real FX Menzel HJ Moral P Galavotti R Pignatti PF Rickards O Spicak J Zarnescu NO Böck W Gress TM Friess H Ockenga J Schmidt H Pfützer R Löhr M Simon P Weiss FU Lerch MM Teich N Keim V Berg T Wiedenmann B Luck W 《Nature genetics》2006,38(6):668-673
Chronic pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Mutations in the genes encoding cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) and the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (SPINK1) are associated with chronic pancreatitis. Because increased proteolytic activity owing to mutated PRSS1 enhances the risk for chronic pancreatitis, mutations in the gene encoding anionic trypsinogen (PRSS2) may also predispose to disease. Here we analyzed PRSS2 in individuals with chronic pancreatitis and controls and found, to our surprise, that a variant of codon 191 (G191R) is overrepresented in control subjects: G191R was present in 220/6,459 (3.4%) controls but in only 32/2,466 (1.3%) affected individuals (odds ratio 0.37; P = 1.1 x 10(-8)). Upon activation by enterokinase or trypsin, purified recombinant G191R protein showed a complete loss of trypsin activity owing to the introduction of a new tryptic cleavage site that renders the enzyme hypersensitive to autocatalytic proteolysis. In conclusion, the G191R variant of PRSS2 mitigates intrapancreatic trypsin activity and thereby protects against chronic pancreatitis. 相似文献