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Division of chloroplasts in an artificial environment 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
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There is an obligatory relationship between leaf-cutting ants of the generaAtta andAcromyrmex (Hymenoptera; Attini) and the fungus,Attamyces bromatificus Kreisel, for which they provide a substrate of cut plant material. We show that the ants learn to reject plant material that contains chemicals injurious to the fungus. After an initial period of acceptance, ants from laboratory nests stopped harvesting granular bait containing a fungicidal agent (cycloheximide) and orange peel. This rejection was maintained for many weeks. These colonies also rejected control bait containing no cycloheximide. Some generalisation of the response was observed; colonies rejecting orange granules also rejected grapefruit granules, although they still accepted blackcurrant granules. Rejection of fungicidal bait by colonies in the field was restricted to ants on foraging trails exposed to experimental bait. We conclude that a semiochemical from the fungus, circulated by trophallaxis and grooming, regulates the selection of plant material by foragers. The fungus gains more advantages from the symbiotic relationship than is often realised. The ants provide the fungus with housing, sanitation, defence against disease and predators, pre-selected food, and a means of dissemination, at the cost to itself of providing food for the ant brood. 相似文献
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Mayer K Schüller C Wambutt R Murphy G Volckaert G Pohl T Düsterhöft A Stiekema W Entian KD Terryn N Harris B Ansorge W Brandt P Grivell L Rieger M Weichselgartner M de Simone V Obermaier B Mache R Müller M Kreis M Delseny M Puigdomenech P Watson M Schmidtheini T Reichert B Portatelle D Perez-Alonso M Boutry M Bancroft I Vos P Hoheisel J Zimmermann W Wedler H Ridley P Langham SA McCullagh B Bilham L Robben J Van der Schueren J Grymonprez B Chuang YJ Vandenbussche F Braeken M Weltjens I Voet M 《Nature》1999,402(6763):769-777
The higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) is an important model for identifying plant genes and determining their function. To assist biological investigations and to define chromosome structure, a coordinated effort to sequence the Arabidopsis genome was initiated in late 1996. Here we report one of the first milestones of this project, the sequence of chromosome 4. Analysis of 17.38 megabases of unique sequence, representing about 17% of the genome, reveals 3,744 protein coding genes, 81 transfer RNAs and numerous repeat elements. Heterochromatic regions surrounding the putative centromere, which has not yet been completely sequenced, are characterized by an increased frequency of a variety of repeats, new repeats, reduced recombination, lowered gene density and lowered gene expression. Roughly 60% of the predicted protein-coding genes have been functionally characterized on the basis of their homology to known genes. Many genes encode predicted proteins that are homologous to human and Caenorhabditis elegans proteins. 相似文献
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利用密西根大学空间环境模拟中心的SWMF (space weather modeling framework)模型对亚暴事件首次进行预测模拟, 并结合Geotail和Cluster卫星数据对模拟结果进行了验证. 该亚暴事件发生在2004年9月28日22:08 UT时刻, 由美国宇航局IMAGE卫星极光观测仪器记录. SWMF能够有效地耦合磁层、内磁层和电离层区域, 由太阳风行星际磁场驱动. 研究表明, SWMF模型能较好地预测亚暴期间磁尾磁场和电离层电流大尺度的变化, 太阳风行星际磁场参数从ACE卫星到模型外边界的时间延迟方法的准确性对模型结果有较大影响, 最后对亚暴的触发机制进行了讨论并指出模型需要改进之处 . 相似文献
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Continued and sustainable improvements in antimalarial medicines through focused research and development are essential for the world's future ability to treat and control malaria. Unfortunately, malaria is a disease of poverty, and despite a wealth of scientific knowledge there is insufficient market incentive to generate the competitive, business-driven industrial antimalarial drug research and development that is normally needed to deliver new products. Mechanisms of partnering with industry have been established to overcome this obstacle and to open up and build on scientific opportunities for improved chemotherapy in the future. 相似文献
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