Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection

Summary Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection have disporven some of the central tenets of both the handicap mechanism and the sexy son hypothesis. These results suggest that the good genes approach to sexual selection may generally lead to erroneous results.Runaway sexual selection seems possible under a wide variety of circumstances. Quantittive genetic models have revealed runaway processes for sexually selected attributes expressed in both sexes and for attributes of parental care. Furthermore, the runaway could occur simultaneously in a series of populations that straddle an environmental gradient. While the models support the feasibility of runaway processes, empirical studies are needed to evaluate whether runaways actually happen. Estimates of critical genetic parameters are particularly needed, as well as measures of natural and sexual selection acting on the same population.The models also show that sexual selection has tremendous potential to produce population differentiation, particularly in epigamic traits. Differentiation is promoted by indeterminancy of evolutionary outcome, transient differences among populations during the final slow approach to equilibrium, sampling drift among equilibrium populations, and the tendency of sexual selection to amplify geographic variation arising from spatial differences in natural selection. Recent work with two- and three-locus models of sexual selection has produced results that parallel the results of the polygenic models^36–38,58. Thus the feature of indeterminate equilibria (outcome dependent on initial conditions) is common to both types of model.     

A major metabolite of Δ1-tetrahydrocannabinol reduces its cataleptic effect in mice

Summary The results described here demonstrate that THC-induced catalepsy in mice can be substantially inhibited by the prior administration of ¹-THC-7-oic acid, the major metabolite of THC in most species including humans. This raises the possibility that the intensity and duration of action of THC may depend to a large degree on the levels of this metabolite at the sites of action.We thank the National Institute on Drug Abuse for supporting this project by grants DA-02043 and DA-02052 and for supplying all of the cannabinoids. One of us (S.B.) is also the recipient of a Research Scientist Award from NIDA. We are grateful to Kristen Carlson and Thomas Honeyman for helpful suggestions in preparing this report.     

非谐振多光子过程的原子压缩效应

考虑非谐振情况下的多光子跃迁过程,在ｋ≥ｒ⊥,ｒ∥的条件下,利用绝热近似方法,由线性Ｆｏｋｋｅｒ－Ｐｌａｎｃｋ方程导出此过程的原子压缩表示式。     

两个不相交集合分组测试的最优过程

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杯芳烃-硝基氯苯包络物的电化学行为研究

研究了pH =5 .74的 0 .3mol·L-1KCl底液中杯芳烃与硝基氯苯包络物在汞电极上的极谱行为 ,测定了他们的包络比 ,用电流法测定了它们的包络常数 ,研究了温度对它们的影响 ,结果表明杯芳烃的结构对包络常数有影响 ,所形成的包络物在一定的温度范围内稳定。     

一类n阶差分方程特征值问题的正解

利用锥上的不动点定理对一类n阶差分方程的特征值问题进行了讨论，得到了存在一个及两个正解的特征值的范围。     

Rn中有界域上调和函数的积分表示

在前人讨论R^n中闭逐块流形上高斯积分的边界性质的基础上，建立了R^n空间中有界域上可微分函数和调和函数的积分表示公式．     

(m,n)型二重(R,r)-循环线性系统求解的快速傅里叶算法

利用快速傅里叶变换（FFT）技术，给出了计算系矩阵为非奇异的（m,n）型二重（R，γ）－循环矩陈的线性方程的求解、非奇异（m,n）型二重（R，γ）－循环矩阵求逆的快速算法，证明了它们的计算复杂性均为o(mnlog2 mn）。     

SL(2,R)上的Hausdroff-Young不等式

通过在SL(2，R)的对偶空间中引入测度，给出了SL(2，R)上的两个类似于R上的Hausdroff-Young不等式．