Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

With the advent of dense maps of human genetic variation, it is now possible to detect positive natural selection across the human genome. Here we report an analysis of over 3 million polymorphisms from the International HapMap Project Phase 2 (HapMap2). We used 'long-range haplotype' methods, which were developed to identify alleles segregating in a population that have undergone recent selection, and we also developed new methods that are based on cross-population comparisons to discover alleles that have swept to near-fixation within a population. The analysis reveals more than 300 strong candidate regions. Focusing on the strongest 22 regions, we develop a heuristic for scrutinizing these regions to identify candidate targets of selection. In a complementary analysis, we identify 26 non-synonymous, coding, single nucleotide polymorphisms showing regional evidence of positive selection. Examination of these candidates highlights three cases in which two genes in a common biological process have apparently undergone positive selection in the same population:LARGE and DMD, both related to infection by the Lassa virus, in West Africa;SLC24A5 and SLC45A2, both involved in skin pigmentation, in Europe; and EDAR and EDA2R, both involved in development of hair follicles, in Asia.     

塔里木河流域中下游典型地物光谱变化规律

由于塔里木河流域中下游距离河道在垂直向的差别,以及气候与人为因素的影响,使植被的空间分布具有异构性.典型地物光谱变化的研究为中下游生态环境的遥感监测提供了基础,实验研究表明:绿色全荣植物中,棉花由于其具有明显绿峰、水分吸收谷和近红外的高反射峰而更加容易识别,其他植物主要差别则集中在550,680,1420 nm附近的反射峰、吸收谷和1920～2500 nm之间的反射率;与绿色植被相比,枯枝的光谱在可见光部分的绿峰和红光吸收谷不明显,但在可见光部分波形有所差别,而与流沙土壤光谱相比,各波段反射率变化较大;对比不同荣枯比例的植物光谱发现,同一种植物随着荣枯配比的变化,除可见光绿峰、近红外反射峰和各水分吸收谷变化外,最明显的是在近红外1420～1820 nm之间和短波红外1920～2500 nm之间反射率随着枯枝的比例增加而明显升高;关于土壤光谱,中下游各断面占主要类型的流沙土光谱相差不大,但是盐碱土和含有一定水分的盐碱土则变化较大,而且反射率基本低于流沙土,结壳土则除在近红外和短波红外部分变化更加平缓而有所差别外,其余波段接近流沙土;同样的土壤背景下,近红外和短波红外部分反射率的差别能够在一定程度上反映覆盖度的变化.     

基于真实三维结构的玉米冠层生化参数垂直分布的定量化分析

为了定量研究作物生化参数在冠层中的垂直分布情况,本文以2000年栾城实验测量的玉米冠层自上而下不同叶位叶片的光谱数据为基础,利用PROSPECT模型进行反演,获得每层叶片的叶绿素(a b)含量、等效水厚度、干物质含量等叶片的生化参数.通过比较发现:玉米冠层叶绿素等含量生化参数具有明显的随高度垂直分层现象,最明显的就是叶片的叶绿素含量,最大和最小叶绿素含量的相对差值甚至可以达到最大值的79.1%.在此基础上,根据实测玉米冠层结构,利用扩展L系统生成玉米真实三维结构冠层场景.通过统计计算每层叶片的生化参数,进而得到冠层生化参数的垂直分布.这为进一步基于冠层光谱的参数反演和定量分析以及农业应用等研究奠定了理论基础.     

基于GIS的地震火灾动态蔓延模拟

用惠更斯原理对震后火灾的动态蔓延过程进行了模拟,并开发了基于GIS的城市地震次生火灾动态蔓延模拟系统,该系统可以模拟单个 或者多个起火点的动态蔓延过程。研究结果可以定量地估计地震次生火灾对城市的危害,从而在最短时间内给救灾应急提供决策依据。     

低矮房屋标准模型的风洞试验研究

以国际通用的低矮建筑标准模型TIU（德州理工大学）模型为研究对象进行风洞试验,寻求适合于低矮房屋风洞试验的风场以及与风洞试验段相匹配的模型缩尺比.首先进行了1:15、1:30和1:45三种缩尺模型的风洞试验,分析了模型尺寸变化对平均、脉动风压系数和堵塞特征的影响,进而在3种不同湍流度分布的B类风场中对1:30缩尺比的模...     

含风电场的电力系统紧急电压模型预测控制

基于非线性模型预测控制理论,文中提出包含风电场的紧急电压控制器设计方法.以系统的准稳态近似模型为基础,建立滚动动态优化模型,将其滚动优化问题描述成一个具有连续—离散时间微分—代数方程组的最优控制问题,其优化目标是负荷节点电压偏差和控制成本最小.采用Radau排列法将滚动动态优化模型转化为非线性规划问题,并借助建模软件A...     

安庆天柱山机场鸟类群落季节性变化与鸟击防范

在2008年2月至2009年2月间,对安庆天柱山机场及其周边地区的鸟类种类、种群数量进行了为期一年的调查.调查共记录到鸟类102种,隶属于12个目29个科,其中留鸟38种,占总数37.25%;夏候鸟28种,占总数27.45%;冬候鸟25种,占总数24.51%;旅鸟11种,占总数14.39%.在地理类型上,机场地区鸟类呈现古北界与东洋界过渡地带的特点,其中广布种37种,占总数36.27%;东洋界种类有34种,占总数33.33%;古北界种类31种,占总数30.39%.在机场及周边地区,春季观察到鸟类物种数要明显多于秋季及冬季,春季鸟类多样性也要高于秋季与冬季.在机场地区,每年5~6月份与10~11月份鸟类活动比较频繁.机场鸟击防范工作,应该根据鸟类活动特点,通过对重点区域栖息地的改造,降低生物多样性,从而减少鸟类在机场地区的活动,避免鸟击事件的发生.     

The effects of the guide field on the structures of electron density depletions in collisionless magnetic reconnection

Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are performed to investigate the formation of electron density depletions in collisionless magnetic reconnection.In anti-parallel reconnection,the quadrupole structures of the out-of-plane magnetic field are formed,and four symmetric electron density depletion layers can be found along the separatrices due to the effects of magetic mirror.With the increase of the initial guide field,the symmetry of both the out-of-plane magnetic field and electron density depletion layers is distorted.When the initial guide field is sufficiently large,the electron density depletion layers along the lower left and upper right separatrices disappear.The parallel electric field in guide field reconnection is found to play an important role in forming such structures of the electron density depletion layers.The structures of the out-of-plane magnetic field By and electron depletion layers in anti-parallel and guide field reconnection are found to be related to electron flow or in-plane currents in the separatrix regions.In anti-parallel reconnection,electrons flow towards the X line along the separatrices,and are directed away from the X line along the magnetic field lines just inside the separatrices.In guide field reconnection,electrons can only flow towards the X line along the upper left and lower right separatrices due to the existence of the parallel electric field in these regions.     

The occurrence and significance of C25HBI in Cenozoic saline lacustrine source rocks from the Western Qaidam Basin,NW China

The saline lacustrine deposit of the Oligocene Lower Ganchaigou Formation is the main source rock for the Western Qaidam Basin,NW China.In this study,abundant highly branched isoprenoids with 25 carbon atoms (C25HBI) were detected in the upper section of the Lower Ganchaigou Formation.C25HBI is a biomarker for diatoms,and can provide information regarding biogeochemical processes during production and preservation of sedimentary organic matter.The carbon isotopic values of C25HBI in these source rocks were in the range of-18‰ to-20‰.The relative enrichment in 13C of C25HBI suggests that these isoprenoids were derived from diatom blooms.In this case,the diatoms used HCO3-as an additional carbon source to dissolved CO2 in water column due to their high biological productivity.Conversely,the diatom blooms indicated an abundant nutrient supply to the environment and high primary productivity.Thus,the occurrence of 13C-enriched C25HBI could be an ideal marker for good source rocks.The decreased concentration of CO2(aq) in the water column induced by diatom blooms can result in an enrichment in 13C of organic matter synthesized by primary producers.This may be a possible reason for the occurrence of 13C-enriched organic matter in the Cenozoic source rocks of the Western Qaidam Basin.Previous studies have shown that the high carbon number n-alkanes sourced from diatoms have no carbon preference.Hence,the sources of n-alkanes in regional source rocks are complex,and should be considered when discussing the sources of organic matter in future studies.