Pseudo-isochromosomes in pearl millet

Summary Meiosis in a plant with 2n=12+2 pseudo-isochromosomes was studied. The pseudo-isochromosomes were compensating for the loss of the 3rd chromosome pair of the normal diploid complement.Acknowledgments. The authors are thankful to Dr J. Sybenga, for his helpful suggestions. The first 2 authors are thankful to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, for financial assistance.     

Interchange trisomics in pearl millet

Summary In the progeny of interchange heterozygotes ofPennisetum typhoides, 2 interchange trisomic plants were obtained. These were selfed over 2 generations and the cytology of the parents, s₁ and s₂ plants was studied. The types of multiple associations in the s₁ and s₂ generations differed from those of the parent. A significant decrease in mean chiasma frequency was noted in s₁ and s₂.Acknowledgment. The author is grateful to Prof. em. J. V. Pantulu, Department of Botany, Andhra University, Waltair, for his suggestions and encouragement.     

Telocentric chromosomes in pearl millet,Pennisetum typhoides

Summary InPennisetum typhoides S. and H., a new karyotype was found with 13 normal chromosomes and 2 stable telocentric chromosomes, which represent 1 arm each of a submetacentric chromosome.The authors are thankful to Dr.J. V. Pantulu, Professor of Cytogenetics, for guidance and encouragement and to Dr.V. Manga, for helpful discussion. They express their thanks to the U. G. C. (PSRLNR) and to the C. S. I. R. (MVSR and INR) for the award of Junior Research Fellowships.     

Effect of B-chromosomes on the duration of mitotic cycle in pearl millet

Summary Effect of B-chromosomes on the duration of the mitotic cycle was studied by a colchicine shock method in the root-tip cells of pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides). 3 B-chromosomes were found to have very little effect, whereas 5 B-chromosomes resulted in an increase of the duration by about 39%.This investigation was financed by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.     

Mitotic cell cycle time in root meristems of tetraploid and related diploid pearl millet

Summary Mitotic cell cycle time was estimated from root meristems of tetraploid and related diploid stock (IP 1475) of pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides). There is 38% increase in cell cycle time in tetraploid meristems compared of their related diploid stocks.Acknowledgment. The authors thank Dr. M. Krishna Rao for useful suggestions and UGC for financial assistance.     

Induced interchange heterozygosity in pearl millet,Pennisetum typhoides (Burm.)Stapf etHubb

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein durch Gammastrahlen induzierter multipler Chromosomenaustausch durch Translokation beiPennisetum typhoides beschrieben. Mehrfache Bestrahlung erzeugt komplexe Heterozygoten, in welchen bis 10 der 14 Chromosomen am «interchange» beteiligt sind. Höhere Zahlen wurden nicht erhalten, da das gametische Sieb möglicherweise drastischer wirkt, wenn mehr Chromosomen eine Translokation erfahren haben. Die Translokationsstämme werden benutzt um Aneuploidie bei Hirse zu erzeugen.     

珠江入海水沙通量变化特征

入海水沙通量的近期变化是流域与海岸相互作用研究的焦点和核心内客.本文利用滑动平均法、秩次相关检验和线性回归检验等方法,对控制珠江入海水沙通量的博罗、马口和三水三个水文站1956～2000年的水文资料进行分析.结果表明:珠江入海水沙通量在年内呈季节性变化,4～9月份八海流量分配占全年的74.3～88.8%,含沙量占91.7～96%;三站含沙量在20世纪90年代之后均呈下降趋势,与同期流量比较,博罗、马口舍沙量产生突变并呈减少趋势,三水站流量相对同期舍沙量则产生突变并呈增加趋势.     

New intermediates in phaeomelanogenesis in vitro

Riassunto Mediante esperimenti in vitro, è stato accertato che i primi stadi della biosintesi delle feomelanine conducono alla formazione di derivati diidrobenzotiazinici, ai quali sono state assegnate le strutture III e IV.

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This investigation was supported by a grant from the Laboratorio di Chimica e Fisica per lo Studio delle Molecole di Interesse Biologico del C.N.R., Napoli.     

Periodicity in body temperature in man

Summary Body temperatures and self-assessed mood scales were recorded for 7 weeks or more by male volunteers. Auto-correlations of temperatures from the 21 subjects show evidence of a significant peak at the 20-day-interval. The self-assessed measure of Alertness (from 18 of them) also shows some evidence of rhythmicity, at the 22-day-period.     

Formation of proviruses in acute infection in vitro and in vivo

Summary Formation of DNA proviruses of RNA viruses, Sendai and Newcastle disease, was studied. DNA provirus of NDV was shown to be formed in mouse L-cells and Sendai DNA provirus in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells within 2–3 days post infection.     

Hairiness in wool in relation to blood potassium types in Marwari sheep

Zusammenfassung Schafe mit geringem Kaliumgehalt im Blut haben an mehreren Körperstellen weniger markhaltige Haare als Tiere mit höherem K-Gehalt.     

Angiogenic activity in CSF in human malignancies

Summary Angiogenic activity, tested on the chorioallantoid membrane of the chicken embryo, was present in the CSF of patients with meningioma and glioblastoma and in patients with other malignancies with no clinical signs of CNS involvement.     

Scientific inertia in animal-based research in biomedicine

Despite aspirations to substitute animal experimentation with alternative methods and recent progress in the area of non-animal approaches, such as organoïds and organ(s)-on-a-chip technologies, there is no extensive replacement of animal-based research in biomedicine. In this paper, I will analyse this state of affairs with reference to key institutional and socio-epistemic barriers for the development and use of non-animal approaches in the context of biomedical research in Europe. I will argue that there exist several factors that inhibit change in this context. In particular, there is what I call “scientific inertia”, i.e. a certain degree of conservatism in scientific practice regarding the development and use of non-animal approaches to replace animal experimentation. This type of inertia is facilitated by socio-epistemic characteristics of animal-based research in the life sciences and is a key factor in understanding the status quo in biomedical research. The underlying reasons for scientific inertia have not received sufficient attention in the literature to date because the phenomenon transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries in the study of animal experimentation. This paper addresses this issue and seeks to contribute to a better understanding of scientific inertia by using a methodology that looks at the interplay of institutional, epistemic, and regulatory aspects of animal-based research.     

Distal axonopathy in streptozotocin diabetes in rats

Summary We noted the earliest morphological changes in the motor endplates 8 weeks after the induction of streptozotocin diabetes in rats. Morphometric measurements showed reduced axonal areas of the lateral plantar and the sicatic nerves in the diabetic rats 28 but not 2 and 8 weeks after the experiment. These findings suggested distal axonopathy.