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Genetic recombination in bacteriophage lambda 噬菌体λ的基因重组
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2012-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZS001
C. Hillyar
© The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Genetic recombination in bacteriophage lambda
©作者2012。牛津大学出版社出版。这是一篇在知识共享署名非商业许可(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5)条款下发布的开放获取文章,该许可允许在任何媒介上不受限制的非商业使用、分发和复制,前提是正确引用原始作品。噬菌体λ的基因重组
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引用次数: 20
The consequences of logging on primate density and diversity in Kibale National Park, Uganda 伐木对乌干达基巴莱国家公园灵长类动物密度和多样性的影响
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2012-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZS005
D. G. Swift
© The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Volume 5 2012 10.1093/biohorizons/hzs005
©作者2012。牛津大学出版社出版。这是一篇在知识共享署名非商业许可(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5)条款下发布的开放获取文章,该许可允许在任何媒介上不受限制的非商业使用、分发和复制,前提是正确引用原始作品。卷5 2012 10.1093/biohorizons/hzs005
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引用次数: 5
Rapid assessment protocol for pollen settling velocity: implications for habitat fragmentation 花粉沉降速度的快速评估方案:对生境破碎化的影响
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2012-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZS002
J. Borrell
Habitat fragmentation represents an unprecedented threat to global biodiversity. Understanding the range at which individuals and populations can become reproductively isolated is vital to ecosystem management and the maintenance of genetic diversity. Here, I demonstrate an improved rapid assessment protocol for empirically measuring the settling velocity of pollen. I find significant differences in pollen settling velocity between species, suggesting different dispersal distances and population structures. It is also found that Stokes’ law is a reasonable theoretical predictor of pollen settling velocity in many cases. These findings predict that plant genetic connectivity is spatially localized, raisings concerns for highly fragmented populations. This method should provide a means of rapidly assessing species and populations at increased risk of erosion to genetic diversity.
栖息地破碎化对全球生物多样性构成了前所未有的威胁。了解个体和种群在生殖隔离的范围对生态系统管理和维持遗传多样性至关重要。在这里,我演示了一种改进的快速评估方案,用于经验性地测量花粉的沉降速度。我发现不同物种的花粉沉降速度有显著差异,这表明不同的传播距离和种群结构。在许多情况下,斯托克斯定律是花粉沉降速度的合理理论预测。这些发现预测了植物遗传连通性在空间上的局限性,引起了对高度碎片化种群的关注。这种方法应提供一种快速评估遗传多样性受到侵蚀风险增加的物种和种群的方法。
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引用次数: 10
Antioxidant properties of green broccoli and purple-sprouting broccoli under different cooking conditions 不同蒸煮条件下绿西兰花和紫芽西兰花的抗氧化性能
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2012-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZS004
Y. Porter
© The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1 Volume 5 2012 10.1093/biohorizons/hzs004
©作者2012。牛津大学出版社出版。这是一篇在知识共享署名非商业许可(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5)条款下发布的开放获取文章,该许可允许在任何媒介上不受限制的非商业使用、分发和复制,前提是正确引用原始作品。1卷5 2012 10.1093/biohorizons/hzs004
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引用次数: 42
Varied storage conditions on the cytotoxic potential of cobalt chrome nanoparticles when cultured with L929 fibroblasts 不同储存条件对钴铬纳米颗粒与L929成纤维细胞培养时细胞毒性的影响
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2012-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZS006
S. Collins
Association of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene wear with osteolysis, leading to late aseptic loosening, has resulted in increased interest in alternative bearing prostheses. Alternative prostheses with cobalt-chrome bearing surfaces are now used more frequently, but research is needed to determine potential long-term biological effects of cobalt-chrome wear. The biological reactivity of cobalt-chrome particles may alter due to passivation and the storage of these particles in the laboratory; therefore, before any research can be carried out with these particles, an optimum storage protocol must be developed. This study aimed at determining any effects of the storage medium on the biological reactivity of cobalt-chrome wear. The viability of L929 cells was assessed following culture with clinically relevant cobalt-chrome particles stored in phosphatebuffered saline, in serum and dry at using condition the 3-[4, 5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Storage of these cobalt-chrome nanoparticles (100 and 50 µm 3 cell −1 ) in serum resulted in a significantly greater reduction in cell viability compared with dry stored particles at the same dose, indicating that the storage of cobalt-chrome wear influ ences the biological reactivity of the particles. Therefore, it is suggested that studies investigating effects of cobalt-chrome wear particles should store them in serum prior to use in laboratory studies, these particles display the highest level of cytotoxicity and are how the particles are presented in vivo.
超高分子量聚乙烯磨损与骨溶解相关,导致晚期无菌性松动,导致人们对替代轴承假体的兴趣增加。钴铬承载表面的替代假体现在使用更频繁,但需要研究确定钴铬磨损的潜在长期生物效应。钴铬颗粒的生物反应性可能因钝化和在实验室中的储存而改变;因此,在对这些粒子进行任何研究之前,必须开发出最佳的存储方案。本研究旨在确定储存介质对钴铬磨损生物反应性的影响。采用3-[4,5 -二甲基噻唑-2-酰基]- 2,5 -二苯基溴化四氮唑试验,将临床相关的钴铬颗粒保存在磷酸盐缓冲盐水、血清中并在使用条件下干燥,对L929细胞的活力进行了评估。在血清中储存这些钴铬纳米颗粒(100和50µm 3细胞−1),与在相同剂量下干燥储存的颗粒相比,细胞活力的下降幅度明显更大,这表明钴铬磨损的储存影响了颗粒的生物反应性。因此,建议研究钴铬磨损颗粒的影响应在实验室研究之前将其储存在血清中,这些颗粒显示出最高水平的细胞毒性,并且是颗粒在体内的表现方式。
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引用次数: 4
Perceptions of fishermen towards marine protected areas in Cambodia and the Philippines 渔民对柬埔寨和菲律宾海洋保护区的看法
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2012-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZS007
M. Hamilton
Marine protected areas (MPAs) can be used to conserve parts of marine ecosystems, including fish stocks exploited by fisheries. Social acceptance of MPAs must be achieved if they are to function as effective management tools. Artisanal fishers operating around tropical coral reef areas were questioned in an attempt to investigate their acceptance and perceptions of MPAs. Fishers from two areas were surveyed: Koh Rong Island, Cambodia, where MPAs are a new concept to fishers, and Southern Leyte, the Philippines, where MPAs have been used in management for over 10 years. Fishers’ opinions of MPAs from each study site were compared and variables affecting fishers’ opinions of MPAs were also investigated at each site. Although small sample sizes of fishers were observed at each study site, results showed that the majority of fishers at each site accepted MPAs as a management tool. Cambodian fishers felt the state of marine resources had worsened in the past decade (with regards to the number of fish, the size of fish and the number of species present in their catch), whereas most Filipino fishers had noticed an opposite trend. Older Cambodian fishers had greater acceptance of MPAs; age did not affect Filipino fishers’ acceptance, and did not affect any other opinions fishers had of MPAs at either site. Community-based management of MPAs was fishers’ preference at both sites. The study shows evidence of MPA support in Cambodia, with mobile gear users being more willing to be involved in MPA management. Most Filipino fishers felt that their MPA improved their catches, although there was evidence of conflict between fishers since the MPA was implemented.
海洋保护区(MPAs)可用于保护部分海洋生态系统,包括渔业利用的鱼类资源。要使海洋保护区成为有效的管理工具,就必须使社会接受它们。对在热带珊瑚礁附近作业的个体渔民进行了询问,试图调查他们对海洋保护区的接受程度和看法。对来自两个地区的渔民进行了调查:柬埔寨的Koh Rong岛,在那里海洋保护区对渔民来说是一个新概念;菲律宾的南莱特岛,海洋保护区在管理中已经使用了10多年。比较了各研究地点渔民对海洋保护区的看法,并调查了各研究地点影响渔民对海洋保护区看法的变量。虽然在每个研究地点观察到的渔民样本量很小,但结果表明,每个地点的大多数渔民都接受海洋保护区作为一种管理工具。柬埔寨渔民认为海洋资源的状况在过去十年中有所恶化(就鱼的数量、鱼的大小和渔获物的种类数目而言),而大多数菲律宾渔民则注意到相反的趋势。年长的柬埔寨渔民对海洋保护区的接受程度更高;年龄不影响菲律宾渔民的接受程度,也不影响渔民对两个地点的海洋保护区的任何其他意见。两个地点的渔民都倾向于以社区为基础的海洋保护区管理。该研究显示了柬埔寨MPA支持的证据,移动设备用户更愿意参与MPA管理。大多数菲律宾渔民认为,海洋保护区改善了他们的渔获量,尽管有证据表明,自从海洋保护区实施以来,渔民之间发生了冲突。
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引用次数: 22
Who Am I? Locating the neural correlate of the self 我是谁?定位自我的神经关联
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2011-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZR018
S. Webber
Exploration into the domain of consciousness and ‘self’ originated within the realm of philosophical thought. However, neuroscientific research facilitates the transition from conceptualization to empiricism, allowing scientists to locate the underlying neural mechanisms behind this phenomenon. Binding the multiplicity of conscious modalities, including the sense of ownership over one's experiences, agency over actions and first-person perspective relating to memory, emotion, spatial and environmental awareness, involves a specific integrative mechanism. It is suggested that the predominant candidate for this faculty lies with synchronous firing between distal assemblies of neurones. However, each cell assembly relates to a specific cognitive capacity, the majority of which is circumstantially recruited as and when necessary, and remains transient in nature. The pervasive and underlying aspect of the conscious self comes from the sensation of ownership over phenomenal experience. This remains omnipresent during waking consciousness and can be correlated with activity within the medial prefrontal cortex. This paper reviews evidence from fMRI and PET data, along with investigations involving lesions, neurological dysfunction and meditation providing a map of cooperative neurological regions associated with the various categories of the conscious self. These regions have been located predominantly within the parietal and prefrontal cortices.
对意识和“自我”领域的探索起源于哲学思想领域。然而,神经科学研究促进了从概念化到经验主义的转变,使科学家能够找到这种现象背后的潜在神经机制。结合多种意识模式,包括对个人经历的所有权意识、对行动的能动性以及与记忆、情感、空间和环境意识相关的第一人称视角,涉及到一种特定的整合机制。这表明,这种能力的主要候选在于神经元远端组装之间的同步放电。然而,每一个细胞集合都与特定的认知能力有关,其中大部分是在必要时被间接招募的,并且在本质上是短暂的。意识自我的普遍和潜在的方面来自对现象经验的所有权的感觉。这在清醒意识中仍然无处不在,并且可能与内侧前额叶皮层的活动有关。本文回顾了fMRI和PET数据的证据,以及涉及病变,神经功能障碍和冥想的调查,提供了与各种意识自我相关的合作神经区域的地图。这些区域主要位于顶叶和前额叶皮层。
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引用次数: 2
Cadmium dispersal on a raised heathland in the Peak District National Park adjacent to a major trunk road 在山顶区国家公园,镉在靠近主干道的石楠荒原上扩散
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2011-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZR017
A. Pickett
Heavy metals are naturally present in soils as trace elements but deposition from vehicle wear and tear increases concentrations found adjacent to highways and has been shown to disperse further in relation to traffic volume. The heavy metal cadmium (Cd), used in the manufacture of tyres, has toxic effects on some plant species, with soil acidity being a major factor in plant Cd uptake. In this study, levels of Cd in soil and root material from Calluna vulgaris were investigated along with soil pH on wet heather moorland in the Peak District National Park. In December 2009, samples were collected from 10 transects extending up to 125 m from a trunk road that has a daily vehicle use >23 000. The peat substrate of the study site was found to be highly acidic (mean pH ± S.D.: 3.44 ± 0.119). Reported Cd concentrations in peat core samples (50–200 mm depth) are within the UK rural soil distribution range (0.1–1.8 mg kg −1 ), but increase progressively up to 85 and 125 m on either side of the road probably assisted by the wind. Root samples from C. vulgaris showed a degree of Cd accumulation (mean ± S.D.: 17.78 µg g −1 ± 9.338) compared with normal concentrations in plants from unpolluted soils (0.1 µg g −1 ). Coupled with data from previous research, results from this study suggest that increased soil Cd concentrations could affect the competitive balance between C. vulgaris and other moorland plants such as Molinia caerulea. Advances in analytical techniques allowing a better understanding of plant responses to metal toxicity are also discussed.
重金属以微量元素的形式自然存在于土壤中,但车辆磨损造成的沉积增加了高速公路附近的重金属浓度,并显示出随着交通量的增加而进一步分散。用于制造轮胎的重金属镉(Cd)对某些植物有毒性作用,土壤酸度是植物吸收Cd的一个主要因素。本研究以柏峰区国家公园湿石南沼地为研究对象,研究了土壤和普通愈伤草(Calluna vulgaris)根系物质中Cd含量与土壤pH值的关系。在2009年12月,我们从一条每日车辆使用量为23000辆的主干路延伸至125米的10个横断面采集样本。研究地点的泥炭底物呈强酸性(平均pH±s.d.: 3.44±0.119)。据报道,泥炭岩心样品(50-200毫米深度)中的Cd浓度在英国农村土壤分布范围内(0.1-1.8 mg kg - 1),但可能在风的帮助下,在道路两侧的85和125米处逐渐增加。与未受污染土壤中正常浓度(0.1µg g−1)相比,寻常草根样品的Cd积累程度为(平均±s.d.: 17.78µg g−1±9.338)。结合以往的研究结果,本研究结果表明,土壤Cd浓度的增加可能会影响C. vulgaris与其他沼泽植物(如Molinia caerulea)之间的竞争平衡。在分析技术的进步,使更好地了解植物对金属毒性的反应也进行了讨论。
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Anti-microbial properties of Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptis chinensis, two traditional Chinese medicines 黄芩、黄连两种中药的抑菌特性研究
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2011-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZR014
F. Leach
High incidence of resistance to pharmaceutical antibiotics among microbes in hospital environments prompts the search for alternative sources of anti-microbial chemicals. A largely underexploited resource in this regard is plants used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In this investigation, anti-microbial properties of water extracts of two herbs used in TCM—Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (Huang Qin) and Coptis chinensis Franch (Huang Lian)—against Escherichia coli B, coagulase-negative staphylococcus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were examined using the disc diffusion method with water as a negative control and vancomycin as the positive control for coagulase-negative staphylococcus. Coptis chinensis appeared more potent than S. baicalensis against the three microbes used in the main experiments. Against E. coli B, the mean width and standard error of the kill zone was 3.9 ± 0.6 and 13.3 ± 0.7 mm for S. baicalensis and C. chinensis, respectively. Against coagulase-negative staphylococcus, the mean kill zone widths were 6.6 ± 1.1 and 11.0 ± 1.0 mm for S. baicalensis and C. chinensis, respectively. Against S. cerevisiae, the mean kill zone widths were 8.4 ± 1.0 and 12.6 ± 1.4 mm for S. baicalensis and C. chinensis, respectively. When compared with the positive control, C. chinensis was comparable in effect to vancomycin against coagulase-negative staphylococcus, whereas S. baicalensis was less effective than vancomycin. Further experiments investigated the use of herbs in combination and minimum inhibitory concentration. A limited number of further tests were conducted with other bacteria; E. coli 8879 (NCIMB 8879), Staphylococcus aureus (NCIMB 9518), Micrococcus luteus and Bacillus megaterium; both herbs killed all of the other bacteria, but C. chinensis appeared more potent than S. baicalensis. Diffusion disc technique provided a useful method to evaluate the anti-microbial effects of the two herbs, both of which showed promise as new anti-microbial agents.
医院环境中微生物对药物抗生素的高耐药性促使人们寻找抗微生物化学品的替代来源。在这方面,一个很大程度上未被充分利用的资源是中药中使用的植物。采用圆盘扩散法,以水为阴性对照,万古霉素为阳性对照,研究了黄芩和黄连两种中药水提物对大肠杆菌B、凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌和酿酒酵母的抑菌性能。在主要实验中,黄连对三种微生物的抑制作用明显强于黄芩。对大肠杆菌B杀灭区平均宽度为3.9±0.6 mm,标准误差为13.3±0.7 mm;对凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌,黄芩和羊草的平均杀伤带宽度分别为6.6±1.1 mm和11.0±1.0 mm。对酿酒葡萄球菌,黄芩和中华葡萄球菌的平均杀区宽度分别为8.4±1.0 mm和12.6±1.4 mm。与阳性对照相比,紫荆对凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌的抑制效果与万古霉素相当,而黄芩对凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌的抑制效果不如万古霉素。进一步的实验考察了中药联合使用和最低抑菌浓度。对其他细菌进行了数量有限的进一步测试;大肠杆菌8879 (NCIMB 8879)、金黄色葡萄球菌(NCIMB 9518)、黄体微球菌和巨芽孢杆菌;两种草药均能杀死所有其他细菌,但黄芩的作用更强。扩散盘技术为评价两种药材的抑菌效果提供了一种有效的方法,这两种药材都有可能成为新型的抑菌剂。
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Environmental parameters affecting tick (Ixodes ricinus) distribution during the summer season in Richmond Park, London 影响伦敦里士满公园夏季蜱类分布的环境参数
Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2011-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/BIOHORIZONS/HZR016
Bethany P. J. Greenfield
Ixodes ricinus, the sheep tick, as a consequence of its habit of taking blood from mammalian hosts, can transmit disease from wild animals to humans. This is likely to be a particular problem in parks shared by humans and deer populations. These ticks were sampled, using cloth drags, from vegetation at 16 sites in Richmond Park, London, between 15 July and 22 August 2009. A total of 2436 ‘host-seeking’ ticks (2281 larvae, 151 nymphs and 4 adults; three males and one female) were collected, and attempts were made to identify the environmental factors affecting the distribution of these ectoparasites. Tick presence was closely related to soil moisture, light levels and humidity throughout the park. It is thought that improving our understanding of how these factors influence the presence of I. ricinus will facilitate methods of tick control and help to educate the public about where ‘hotspots’ for these parasites are likely to be within the park.
绵羊蜱虫,由于其从哺乳动物宿主身上吸血的习惯,可以将疾病从野生动物传播给人类。在人类和鹿群共同居住的公园里,这可能是一个特别的问题。2009年7月15日至8月22日期间,在伦敦里士满公园16个地点的植被上用布带取样这些蜱虫。共有“寻找寄主”蜱2436只,其中幼虫2281只,若虫151只,成虫4只;收集了3只雄虫和1只雌虫,并试图确定影响这些体外寄生虫分布的环境因素。蜱的存在与整个公园的土壤湿度、光照水平和湿度密切相关。人们认为,提高我们对这些因素如何影响蓖麻I. ricinus存在的理解,将有助于控制蜱虫的方法,并有助于教育公众了解公园内这些寄生虫的“热点”可能在哪里。
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