Sitobion avenae (E) is an important cereal pest worldwide that can survive on various plants in the Poaceae, but divergent selection on different host plants shouldpromote the evolution of specialized genotypes or h...Sitobion avenae (E) is an important cereal pest worldwide that can survive on various plants in the Poaceae, but divergent selection on different host plants shouldpromote the evolution of specialized genotypes or host races. In order to evaluate their resource use strategies, clones of S. avenae were collected from oat and barley. Host-transfer experiments for these clones were conducted in the laboratory to compare their fitness traits. Our results demonstrated that barley clones had significantly lower fecundityand tended to have longer developmental times when transferred from barley to oat. However, oat clones developed faster after they were transferred to barley. Clones fromoat and barley had diverged to a certain extent in terms of fecundity and developmental time of the nymphs. The separation of barley clones and oat clones of S. avenae was alsoevident in a principal component analysis. Barley clones tended to have higher broad-sense heritabilities for fitness traits than oat clones, indicating the genetic basis of differentiationbetween them. Barley clones showed significantly higher extent of specialization compared to oat clones from two measures of specialization (i.e., Xsp and Ysp). Therefore, barleyclones were specialized to a certain extent, but oat clones appeared to be generalized. The fitness of S. avenae clones tended to increase with higher extent of specialization. Theevolution toward ecological specialization in S. avenae clones, as well as the underlying genetic basis, was discussed.展开更多
Chiral dialkyl carbinols and their derivatives are significant synthetic building blocks in organic chemistry and related fields.The development of convenient and efficient methods to access these compounds has long b...Chiral dialkyl carbinols and their derivatives are significant synthetic building blocks in organic chemistry and related fields.The development of convenient and efficient methods to access these compounds has long been an important endeavor.Herein,we report a NiH-catalyzed reductive hydroalkylation and hydroarylation of enol esters and ethers.α-Oxoalkyl organonickel species were generated in situ in a catalytic mode and then participated in cross-coupling with alkyl or aryl halides.This approach enabled C(sp^(3))–C(sp^(3))and C(sp^(3))–C(sp^(2))bond formation under mild reductive conditions with simple operations,thereby boosting a broad substrate scope and good functional compatibility.Esters of enantioenriched dialkyl carbinols were accessed in a catalytic asymmetric version.Mechanistic studies demonstrated that this reaction proceeded through a syn-addition of Ni–H intermediate to an enol ester with high regio-and enantioselectivity.展开更多
文摘Sitobion avenae (E) is an important cereal pest worldwide that can survive on various plants in the Poaceae, but divergent selection on different host plants shouldpromote the evolution of specialized genotypes or host races. In order to evaluate their resource use strategies, clones of S. avenae were collected from oat and barley. Host-transfer experiments for these clones were conducted in the laboratory to compare their fitness traits. Our results demonstrated that barley clones had significantly lower fecundityand tended to have longer developmental times when transferred from barley to oat. However, oat clones developed faster after they were transferred to barley. Clones fromoat and barley had diverged to a certain extent in terms of fecundity and developmental time of the nymphs. The separation of barley clones and oat clones of S. avenae was alsoevident in a principal component analysis. Barley clones tended to have higher broad-sense heritabilities for fitness traits than oat clones, indicating the genetic basis of differentiationbetween them. Barley clones showed significantly higher extent of specialization compared to oat clones from two measures of specialization (i.e., Xsp and Ysp). Therefore, barleyclones were specialized to a certain extent, but oat clones appeared to be generalized. The fitness of S. avenae clones tended to increase with higher extent of specialization. Theevolution toward ecological specialization in S. avenae clones, as well as the underlying genetic basis, was discussed.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.21732006,51821006,21927814,and 51961135104)the Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS(grant nos.XDB20000000 and XDB37040000)+1 种基金the USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative(grant no.YD3530002002)the Users with Excellence Program of Hefei Science Center CAS(grant nos.2019HSCUE017 and 2019HSC-UE005).
文摘Chiral dialkyl carbinols and their derivatives are significant synthetic building blocks in organic chemistry and related fields.The development of convenient and efficient methods to access these compounds has long been an important endeavor.Herein,we report a NiH-catalyzed reductive hydroalkylation and hydroarylation of enol esters and ethers.α-Oxoalkyl organonickel species were generated in situ in a catalytic mode and then participated in cross-coupling with alkyl or aryl halides.This approach enabled C(sp^(3))–C(sp^(3))and C(sp^(3))–C(sp^(2))bond formation under mild reductive conditions with simple operations,thereby boosting a broad substrate scope and good functional compatibility.Esters of enantioenriched dialkyl carbinols were accessed in a catalytic asymmetric version.Mechanistic studies demonstrated that this reaction proceeded through a syn-addition of Ni–H intermediate to an enol ester with high regio-and enantioselectivity.