赤链蛇消化道5-羟色胺细胞的免疫组织化学定位

应用卵白素-生物素-过氧化物酶复合物（avidin—biotin—peroxidase complex,ABC）免疫组织化学方法对赤链蛇消化道5-羟色胺（5-hydroxytryptamine,5-HT）细胞的分布密度和形态学特点进行了观察。5-HT在其整个消化道中均有分布,以十二指肠密度最高,胃幽门部其次,食道和胃体最低。在整个消化道中,均可见到呈圆形或椭圆形的闭合型5-HT细胞,且主要分布于食道、胃部和直肠;开放型5-HT细胞呈长梭形、三角形或不规则形,集中分布于小肠各段,在其余消化道各段偶见。本文总结了蛇类消化道5-HT细胞分布型的一般规律,并结合赤链蛇的生活环境和合件．对苴消化谱5-HT细朐的分布密席讲行了讨论。     

赤链蛇染色体组型、C型和Ag—NORs的研究

以骨髓细胞为材料研究赤链蛇的染色体,结果表明该物种2n=46,由8对大型的和15对微小的染色体组成,AF＝50。性染色体的大小介于3号和4号之间,为ZW;8大型染色体均显示着丝粒C带,1－6号还显示浅染端粒C带。W染色体为整条C带阳性,该物种一对NOR位于7号染色体近着丝粒区。不同地理分布群赤链蛇核型可能经历过Z与W染色体不等交换。     

孵化温度对赤链蛇胚胎代谢和幼体行为的影响

研究了赤链蛇(Dinodon rufozonatum)在孵化过程中卵的生长、孵化期、胚胎代谢和孵出幼体行为表现的热依赖性。结果显示:孵化温度对孵化期、卵增重、孵化过程中消耗的总能量和孵出幼体的运动表现有显著影响,但不影响胚胎代谢率、孵化成功率和幼体吐信频次。孵化期随着孵化温度的升高而缩短,孵化过程中,24℃终末卵重和胚胎代谢率显著大于30℃,而27℃与其他两个温度没有差异;27℃孵出幼体游速较24℃快,30℃孵出幼体与其他两个温度孵出幼体的游速无显著差异。上述结果显示:24—30℃是赤链蛇适合的孵化温度范围,与赤链蛇所处的生境温度相近。     

Austro-boreal disjunctions: a remarkable biogeographical pattern illustrated by Nan Ao Island, Guangdong, China

Aim To document disjunct, insular populations of animals separated from similar conspecifics distributed to the north, inland and upland, and compare this pattern with that historically described for northern Florida and the Florida Keys islands. Location Nan Ao Island is on the Tropic of Cancer 117° E in the South China Sea, eastern Guangdong Province, China. There are archipelagos of islets extending south‐east, and several coastal islets around Nan Ao. Methods Five field surveys were made in 1999–2001. Voucher specimens were tagged, catalogued, and deposited in major museum collections. The comparable Floridian disjunct pattern was researched and described in overview. Results Five species – a toad, two lizards and two snakes – collected on Nan Ao and three satellite islands were added to the two previously documented species – a lizard and a snake – that fit the austro‐boreal disjunct pattern. One lizard and one snake are minor range extensions of a hundred or few km. One snake's Nan Ao population is disjunct by about 450 km and one lizard's by about 550 km. The small, semi‐fossorial, short‐legged toad is the most notable, separated from the main area of its range by about 800 km. This is similar to the greatest distance between north Floridian and Keys disjunct populations. Main conclusions (1) Seven Nan Ao species of terrestrial vertebrates are isolated and disjunct from conspecifics found to the north, upland and inland; this compares to five species showing a similar north Florida to Florida Keys pattern. (2) The Nan Ao species have no conspecifics known from the intervening area whereas four of the five Floridian species have conspecific, but dissimilar, populations in the gap. (3) Nan Ao and its satellite islets were high points on a large coastal plain at glacial maximum. (4) Holocene sea level rise and concomitant global warming may have isolated the Nan Ao relicts that had continuous distributions at glacial maximum. (5) The intervening mainland conspecific populations may have been replaced by tropical species that moved north along the mainland but failed to colonize the islands. (6) If so, significant adaptation to a warmer climate must have occurred to enable survival of the Nan Ao relicts to the present.     

赤链蛇不同组织Sox基因表达的RT-PCR分析

采用RT-PCR技术,研究了赤链蛇不同组织Sox基因的表达。通过PCR产物直接克隆法和SSCP技术筛选阳性克隆,分析了雄性睾丸和雌性卵巢组织中的Sox基因序列。结果显示,在赤链蛇雌雄成体组织中,Sox基因在睾丸、卵巢、脑和脾组织中均有不同程度的表达,而在雌雄成体肌肉组织中均无表达,显示该基因表达有一定的组织特异性。序列分析显示睾丸组织中表达的是DRSox3,卵巢组织中表达的是DRSox22。在Sox家族中,Sox3表达于中枢神经系统和尿生殖嵴的发育过程中;Sox22则表达于多种组织和神经系统中,可横跨CNS和PNS的整个过程。此结果表明Sox基因不仅在性别决定中起作用,还可能在胚胎发育过程中担负重要功能。     

火赤链游蛇卵孵化的进一步研究兼评孵化水环境的影响

用 2× 2四种温、湿度孵化火赤链游蛇 (Dinodonrufozonatum)卵 ,重点评估湿度及其与温度的相互作用对孵化成功率、胚胎利用卵内物质和能量及孵出幼体特征的影响。卵在孵化过程中净吸水导致重量增加 ,孵化温、湿度及其相互作用显著影响孵化卵的重量变化并导致卵内水环境的相应变化。同一湿度下 ,低温孵化卵的终末重量大于高温孵化卵 ;同一温度下 ,高湿度孵化卵的终末重量大于低湿度孵化卵。温度显著影响孵化期 ,湿度及其与温度的相互作用对孵化期无显著的影响。孵化温、湿度对孵化成功率和孵出幼体性别无显著的影响。2 4℃和 30℃中均有畸形幼体孵出 ,但畸形率与孵化温、湿度无关。孵化基质湿度显著影响孵出幼体的大小(snout ventlength ,SVL)、湿重和躯干干重 ,潮湿基质中孵出幼体的SVL和体重较大且躯干发育较好。孵化温度显著影响幼体剩余卵黄的干重和灰分含量以及幼体的能量和总灰分含量 ,30℃孵出幼体的剩余卵黄较大、总灰分含量和剩余卵黄灰分含量较高 ,但能量较低。在所有被检测的幼体特征中 ,孵化温、湿度相互作用仅影响剩余卵黄干重。各条件下孵出幼体的最大持续运动距离与其SVL无显著的相关性 ,孵化温、湿度及其相互作用对孵出幼体最大持续运动距离无显著的影响。孵化水环境虽然影响部分幼体特     

Larval Gnathostoma hispidum detected in the red banded odd-tooth snake, Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum, from China

A total of 205 larval gnathostomes were collected from 18 (22.5%) of 80 red banded odd-tooth snakes, Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum, which had been smuggled from China and confiscated at Customs in Busan, Republic of Korea. In order to identify the species, some of the larvae were observed by a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The larvae were 2.18 x 0.29 mm in average size, and had a pair of lips at the anterior end, a muscular esophagus, 2 pairs of cervical sacs, and brownish intestines. The head bulb was characteristically equipped with 4 rows of hooklets; the average number of hooklets in each respective row was 38.6, 40.5, 41.5, and 43.7. In SEM views, the mouth evidenced a pair of lateral lips of equal size in a half-moon shape. Each lip featured a couple of labial papillae and a small amphid located between the 2 papillae. The hooklets on the head bulb had single-pointed, posteriorly-curved tips. The cuticular spines were larger and more densely distributed on the anterior part of the body, and decreased gradually in size and number toward the posterior body. On the basis of these morphological characteristics, the larvae were identified as the third stage larvae of Gnathostoma hispidum.     

孵化温度对火赤链游蛇幼体特征的影响兼评剩余卵黄的功能

研究３ 个温度中孵出火赤链游蛇（ Ｄｉｎｏｄｏｎ ｒｕｆｏｚｏｎａｔｕｍ） 幼体的特征并评估剩余卵黄的功能。孵化温度显著影响孵化期和孵出幼体的体长和尾长。与其他类似研究结果不同的是, 低温（２４℃） 孵出的幼体体长和尾长小于较高温度（２８ ℃和３０ ℃） 孵出的幼体。在２４ ～３０℃温度范围内, 孵化温度对孵化成功率、胚胎对卵内物质和能量的利用、幼体的性比和畸形率、孵出幼体总干重及躯干长、剩余卵黄和脂肪体干重无显著影响。孵出的雄性幼体数量显著多于雌性幼体。剩余卵黄的主要功能是用于孵出幼体的早期维持和躯干的生长。新生卵内容物中８１－４ ％ 的干物质、７０－０％ 的脂肪和７９－４ ％ 的能量在孵化过程中被转移到幼体。     

赤链蛇Sox基因的克隆及序列分析

参照人SRY基因HMG-box保守区的序列,设计一对兼并引物,采用PCR技术扩增了赤链蛇的Sox基因,并对扩增产物进行了克隆和测序,结果在雌雄个体中共筛选出三个Sox基因,其中有一个为雌雄共有,显示出性别差异性;三个Sox基因编码的氨基酸序列与人相应SOX3,SOX4,SOX22基因的相似性分别为96%,98%,96%。显示出Sox基因在进化上的高度保守性,本文为赤链蛇的性别决定机制研究提供了分子资料。     

赤链蛇毒器的发现及离体毒腺的产毒量

本文通过对安徽黄山产赤链蛇毒器的解剖,描述了其毒器的形态、大小和着生位置,并测定了离体毒腺的产毒量。