The ever-increasing deepwater oil and gas development in the Qiongdongnan Basin,South China Sea has initiated the need to evaluate submarine debris-flow hazard risks to seafloor infrastructures.This paper presents a c...The ever-increasing deepwater oil and gas development in the Qiongdongnan Basin,South China Sea has initiated the need to evaluate submarine debris-flow hazard risks to seafloor infrastructures.This paper presents a case study on evaluating the debris-flow hazard risks to the planned pipeline systems in this region.We used a numerical model to perform simulations to support this quantitative evaluation.First,one relict failure interpreted across the development site was simulated.The back-analysis modeling was used to validate the applicability of the rheological parameters.Then,this model was applied to forecast the runout behaviors of future debris flows originating from the unstable upslope regions considered to be the most critical to the pipeline systems surrounding the Manifolds A and B.The model results showed that the potential debris-flow hazard risks rely on the location of structures and the selection of rheological parameters.For the Manifold B and connected pipeline systems,because of their remote distances away from unstable canyon flanks,the potential debris flows impose few risks.However,the pipeline systems around the Manifold A are exposed to significant hazard risks from future debris flows with selected rheological parameters.These results are beneficial for the design of a more resilient pipeline route in consideration of future debris-flow hazard risks.展开更多
The long and intricate domestication history of the tomato(Solanum lycopersicum)includes selection sweeps that have not been fully explored,and these sweeps show significant evolutionary trajectories of domestication ...The long and intricate domestication history of the tomato(Solanum lycopersicum)includes selection sweeps that have not been fully explored,and these sweeps show significant evolutionary trajectories of domestication traits.Using three distinct selection strategies,we represented comprehensive selected sweeps from 53 Solanum pimpinellifolium(PIM)and 166 S.lycopersicum(BIG)accessions,which are defined as pseudo-domestication in this study.We identified 390 potential selection sweeps,some of which had a significant impact on fruit-related traits and were crucial to the pseudo-domestication process.During tomato pseudo-domestication,we discovered a minor–effect allele of the SlLEA gene related to fruit weight(FW),as well as the major haplotypes of fw2.2/cell number regulator(CNR),fw3.2/SlKLUH,and fw11.3/cell size regulator(CSR)in cultivars.Furthermore,18 loci were found to be significantly associated with FW and six fruit-related agronomic traits in genome-wide association studies.By examining population differentiation,we identified the causative variation underlying the divergence of fruit flavonoids across the large-fruited tomatoes and validated BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR 1.2(SlBES1.2),a gene that may affect flavonoid content by modulating the MYB12 expression profile.Our results provide new research routes for the genetic basis of fruit traits and excellent genomic resources for tomato genomics-assisted breeding.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 42106198 and 41720104001the Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Guangzhou)under contract No.GML2019ZD0210.
文摘The ever-increasing deepwater oil and gas development in the Qiongdongnan Basin,South China Sea has initiated the need to evaluate submarine debris-flow hazard risks to seafloor infrastructures.This paper presents a case study on evaluating the debris-flow hazard risks to the planned pipeline systems in this region.We used a numerical model to perform simulations to support this quantitative evaluation.First,one relict failure interpreted across the development site was simulated.The back-analysis modeling was used to validate the applicability of the rheological parameters.Then,this model was applied to forecast the runout behaviors of future debris flows originating from the unstable upslope regions considered to be the most critical to the pipeline systems surrounding the Manifolds A and B.The model results showed that the potential debris-flow hazard risks rely on the location of structures and the selection of rheological parameters.For the Manifold B and connected pipeline systems,because of their remote distances away from unstable canyon flanks,the potential debris flows impose few risks.However,the pipeline systems around the Manifold A are exposed to significant hazard risks from future debris flows with selected rheological parameters.These results are beneficial for the design of a more resilient pipeline route in consideration of future debris-flow hazard risks.
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072571)the 111 Project(B17043)the Construction of Beijing Science and Technology Innovation and Service Capacity in Top Subjects(CEFF-PXM2019_014207_000032).
文摘The long and intricate domestication history of the tomato(Solanum lycopersicum)includes selection sweeps that have not been fully explored,and these sweeps show significant evolutionary trajectories of domestication traits.Using three distinct selection strategies,we represented comprehensive selected sweeps from 53 Solanum pimpinellifolium(PIM)and 166 S.lycopersicum(BIG)accessions,which are defined as pseudo-domestication in this study.We identified 390 potential selection sweeps,some of which had a significant impact on fruit-related traits and were crucial to the pseudo-domestication process.During tomato pseudo-domestication,we discovered a minor–effect allele of the SlLEA gene related to fruit weight(FW),as well as the major haplotypes of fw2.2/cell number regulator(CNR),fw3.2/SlKLUH,and fw11.3/cell size regulator(CSR)in cultivars.Furthermore,18 loci were found to be significantly associated with FW and six fruit-related agronomic traits in genome-wide association studies.By examining population differentiation,we identified the causative variation underlying the divergence of fruit flavonoids across the large-fruited tomatoes and validated BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR 1.2(SlBES1.2),a gene that may affect flavonoid content by modulating the MYB12 expression profile.Our results provide new research routes for the genetic basis of fruit traits and excellent genomic resources for tomato genomics-assisted breeding.