简介:SequencevariationofpartialcytochromebgenesbetweentwoCoiliaspecies,C.ectenesandC.mystus,wasinvestigated.Ofthe402nucleotides,twenty-seven(6.72%)arepolymorphicandallaresynonymoussubstitutions.Atthethirdpositionsofgeneticcondonofcytochromebgene,thetwospeciesshowanextremeanti-Gbias(<4%)andapronouncedbiastowardsAandC(>68%).Thereisnoaminoacidsequencedivergencebetweenthepartialcytochromebgenesofthetwospecies,indicatingaclosegeneticrelationshipbetweenthem.Thek-2pgeneticdistanceofpartialcytochromebsegmentofthetwospeciesis0.072,suggestingthatthespecieswereseparated3.6Maago,inthemiddlePliocene.Ourresultrevealsthatthecytochromebgeneisanappropriatemarkerforstudiesofpopulationgeneticstructuresandphylogeographicpatternsofthetwospecies.
简介:Effectsofthemixtureofβ-ecdysoneandpolypodine-B(2:1W/W)onthemoultingandgrowthofprawn,Penaeusorientalisswerestudiedinlaboratorybyrearingtheanimalwiththeaddedcompounddiets.Theresultsshowedthattheadditionofthemoultinghormone(M.H)mixturetocompounddiets,from1.33×10-6to30×10-6,couldincreasemoultingactivityandgrowthrateoftheprawntodifferentextents,amongwhichthe5.33×10-6-10.67×10-6additionhadstatisticallysignificanteffects.However,60×10-6addeddietscausedmoultingandgrowthinhibitionsandcuticlethickening.Theanalysesofprotein,waterandashcontentsoftheprawnshowednoremarkabledifferencesbetweenhormonedosedanimalsandthecontrol.