锡林郭勒草原布氏田鼠体重和体长关系的研究

1991～ 1998年对内蒙古阿巴嘎旗那仁宝力格苏木布氏田鼠 (Microtusbrandti)体长、体重和胴体重资料进行了调查和分析 ,得到如下结论 :田鼠体长、体重、胴体重的均值在低密度回升期均逐年增高 ;雌性越冬鼠的胴体重均值低于雄性越冬鼠且有显著性差异 (P <0 0 5 ) ;秋季雄鼠与雌鼠的 3项指标的均值无显著差异(P >0 10 ) ,体长、体重和胴体重间相关极显著 (P =0 0 0 0 1)。分别给出了体重与体长 :胴体重与体长的模型W =aLb,其中W为体重或胴体重 ,L为体长 ;胴体重与体重的关系适合于模型NW =W / (a bW ) ,其中NW为胴体重 ,W为体重。     

鲤鱼微卫星标记与体重、体长和体高性状的相关分析

利用47个鲤鱼微卫星标记, 对柏氏鲤和荷包红鲤抗寒品系自交F2代的92个个体基因组DNA进行检测, 得到162个等位基因, 各座位等位基因数2~6个, 片段长度100~444 bp, 有效等位基因数1.3069~4.2288, 杂合度0.2361~0.7677, 位点多态信息含量0.5368。利用统计软件SPSS的GLM程序对47个微卫星标记与鲤鱼体重、体长和体高相关性进行了分析, 结果表明HLJ695、HLJ716、HLJ739、HLJ759、HLJ774、K16与体重、体长和体高相关, HLJ776与体高相关。对同一标记不同基因型间进行多重比较, 找到与3种性状相关的基因型。     

伊朗一沼泽中水生甲虫体长与体重的关系(英文)

本研究所用标本为7种水生甲虫,均采自伊朗Choghakhor沼泽。通过对水生甲虫的体长和体重的测量,研究其体长-体重关系(LWR)。结果表明: LWR参数b的变动范围在2.315~3.117之间。所有被观察的水生甲虫体长与体重关系明显,相关系数(r²)均高。本研究所得到的这种相互关系可被用于确定甲虫体重,并有助于解决其他的一些生态学问题。本研究所提出的体长-体重关系(LWR)限制于所观察到的标本体长范围。     

一种简易恒化器的装置和使用

本文介绍一种简易恒化器的装置和使用方法。其主要特点是依靠重力作用维持培养基的连续供给,省却了动力泵。装置和操作简便可靠。     

特殊配方饲料引起实验动物体重增长缓慢的原因探讨

目的探讨特殊配方饲料引起实验动物体重增长缓慢的原因。方法将文献提供的特殊饲料配方加以改进,合理配比各种营养成分,特别是提高了蛋白质的含量。结果经过改进的特殊配方饲料饲喂大鼠后,其体重增长恢复正常。结论在使用特殊配方饲料时,蛋白质含量偏低往往是引起实验动物体重增长缓慢的重要原因。     

微卫星标记与灵昆鸡体重、体尺性状的相关分析

对30只灵昆鸡采用12个微卫星标记进行了遗传多样性检测,并采用最小二乘法拟合线性模型和方差分析法,分析了其与体重、体斜长、胸宽、胸深、龙骨长、骨盆宽、胫长和胫围等性状的相关性。结果表明:灵昆鸡的体重与体斜长、胸宽、胸深、龙骨长、胫长差异极显著(P<0.01);体斜长与胸宽、胸深、龙骨长、胫长差异极显著(P<0.01),与胫围差异显著(P<0.05);胸宽与龙骨长、胫长差异极显著(P<0.01),与胸深、胫围差异显著(P<0.05);胸深与龙骨长、胫长、胫围差异极显著(P<0.01);龙骨长与胫长、胫围差异极显著(P<0.01);胫长与胫围差异极显著(p<0.01);骨盆宽除了与胫围显著相关(P<0.05)外,与其余性状均无显著相关(P>0.05)。方差分析结果表明:在所测定的12个微卫星座位中,只有MCW0165座位的不同基因型对8个性状差异均不显著(P>0.05);其余座位的不同基因型对一个或多个性状差异均显著或极显著。经多重比较发现,每个性状受到多个基因座的影响。     

Early hominid body weight and encephalization

The body weight of the Plio-Pleistocene hominids of Africa is estimated by predicting equations derived from the Terry Collection of human skeletons with known body weights. About 50% of the variance in body weight can be accounted for by vertebral and femoral size. Predicted early hominid weights range from 27.6 kg (61 lb) to 54.3 kg (119 lb). The average weight for Australopithecus is 43.2 kg (95 lb) and for Homo sp. indet. from East Rudolf, Kenya, is 52.8 kg (116 lb). These estimates are consistent even if pongid proportions are assumed. Indices of encephalization show that the brain to body weight ratio in Australopithecus is above the great ape averages but well below Homo sapiens. The Homo sp. indet. represented by the KNM-ER 1470, O.H. 7 and O.H. 13 crania have encephalization indices above Australopithecus despite the greater body weight of the former.     

Effect of selection for spot size on reproduction and body weight in mice

Summary Spot size in descendants from the Goodale white-spotted stock of mice responded to selection for increased spot size. The realized heritability estimate was 0.52. However, no correlated response of reproduction to spot size selection was found in the present study, nor was there any correlated response among body weight variables.Joint project of Purdue University and USDA-SEA-ARS, North Central Region. Journal paper number 8279 from the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station     

Evidence of a hemolymph-born factor that induces onset of maturation in Manduca sexta larvae

Insect metamorphosis is a complex developmental transition determined and coordinated by hormonal signaling that begins at a critical weight late in the larval phase of life. Even though this hormonal signaling is well understood in insects, the internal factors that are assessed at the critical weight and that drive commitment to metamorphosis have remained unresolved in most species. The critical weight may represent either an autonomous decision by the neuroendocrine system without input from other developing larval tissues, or an assessment of developmental thresholds occurring throughout the body that are then integrated by the neuroendocrine tissues. The latter hypothesis predicts that there could be one or more developmental threshold signals that originate from developing tissues and ultimately induce the onset of metamorphosis. However, there is no evidence for such a signal in the organisms for which the critical weight is well described. Here we test for the evidence of this factor in Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) by transferring hemolymph from individuals that are either post- or pre-critical weight into pre-critical weight 5^th instar larvae. We found that hemolymph from a post-critical weight donor induces a shortening of development time, though the mass at pupation is unaffected. This suggests that metamorphic commitment occurring at the critical weight is at least partially coordinated by signaling from developing tissues via a hemolymph-borne signaling factor.     

山医群体近交系中国地鼠(Cricetulus griseus)的研究——Ⅱ.生殖生理和生长发育

中国地鼠雌鼠的动情周期为4.0d,动情期阴道粘液呈碱性。妊娠期平均20.05d。受孕后阴道口出现的黑色栓子可做为早期妊娠的依据。幼鼠性成熟一般在55.0日龄,雄鼠稍早于雌性。成年雌鼠平均体重36.5g,体长8.8cm;雄鼠体重32.5g体长9.9cm。经累代近交的高世代鼠体形有减小趋势。     

Lack of seasonality in day and night serum levels of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone,testicular size,and body weight of adult bonnet monkeys (M. radiata) maintained in captivity

Day and night levels of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, testicular size, and body weights were monitored in seven adult male bonnet monkeys maintained under controlled photoperiod and temperature over a period of 12 months. No significant change was observed in any of these parameters thereby suggesting lack of seasonality in this non-human primate species.     

Life-history responses of the rice stem borer Chilo suppressalis to temperature change: Breaking the temperature–size rule

Temperature is a key environmental factor for ectotherms and affects a large number of life history traits. In the present study, development time from hatching to pupation and adult eclosion, pupal and adult weights of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis were examined at 22, 25, 28 and 31 °C under L18:D 6. Larval and pupal times were significantly decreased with increasing rearing temperature and growth rate was positively correlated with temperature. Larval and pupal developmental times were not significantly different between females and males. The relationship between body weight and rearing temperature in C. suppressalis did not follow the temperature–size rule (TSR), both males and females gained the highest body weight at 31 °C. Females were significantly larger than males at all temperatures, showing a female biased sex size dimorphism (SSD). Contrary to Rensch's rule, SSD and body weight in C. suppressalis tended to increase with rising temperature. Male pupae lost significantly more weight at metamorphosis compared to females. We discuss the adaptive significance of the reverse-TSR in the moth's life history.     

Effect of host size on male fitness in the parasitoid wasp Dinarmus basalis

The effect of host size on male fitness was tested in the parasitoid wasp Dinarmus basalis (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) using hosts of different fresh weight. Fitness was measured as the sperm stock in seminal vesicles, and the ability to access females in single or competition situations. Both body size and sperm in seminal vesicles increased with host fresh weight. Males from small hosts had a reduced size and sperm stock compared to those from larger hosts. In single situations, males from both small and large hosts had similar reproductive capacities, whereas in multiple mating or competition situations, males from small hosts were at a disadvantage, inseminating fewer females and copulating less frequently. However, females did not appear to choose between males, and no effect on sperm stored in the spermatheca was observed. Being small does not prevent a D. basalis male mating and producing progeny in single situations, although more offspring could be expected from larger males because of their better competitive abilities.