采集6家动物园18只健康婆罗洲猩猩(Pongo pygmaeus)的24份血液样本,进行血液常规及生化参数检测。依据性别(雄性14份,雌性10份)和年龄(幼龄个体7份,亚成体6份,成体11份)对研究对象进行分组,分别统计不同组别样本的血液参数值,并进行组...采集6家动物园18只健康婆罗洲猩猩(Pongo pygmaeus)的24份血液样本,进行血液常规及生化参数检测。依据性别(雄性14份,雌性10份)和年龄(幼龄个体7份,亚成体6份,成体11份)对研究对象进行分组,分别统计不同组别样本的血液参数值,并进行组间比较。研究结果表明,雌、雄两组之间血液参数没有显著差异(One Way ANOVA test,P> 0.05)。淋巴细胞(LYM)比率随着年龄的增长而降低(One Way ANOVA test,F=5.200,P <0.05)。雄性成年个体血液中的谷丙转氨酶(ALT)浓度显著高于雌性个体(One Way ANOVA test,F=4.911,P <0.05),其他参数未呈现性别间差异(One Way ANOVA test,P> 0.05)。总蛋白(TP)呈现年龄组间的差异(One Way ANOVA test,F=4.715,P <0.05)。所检测圈养婆罗洲猩猩血液中葡萄糖含量较高,应在饲养过程中给予关注。展开更多
Unbiased readings of fossils are well known to contradict some of the popular molecular groupings among primates,particularly with regard to great apes and tarsiers.The molecular methodologies today are however flawed...Unbiased readings of fossils are well known to contradict some of the popular molecular groupings among primates,particularly with regard to great apes and tarsiers.The molecular methodologies today are however flawed as they are based on a mistaken theoretical interpretation of the genetic equidistance phenomenon that originally started the field.An improved molecular method the 'slow clock' was here developed based on the Maximum Genetic Diversity hypothesis,a more complete account of the unified changes in genotypes and phenotypes.The method makes use of only slow evolving sequences and requires no uncertain assumptions or mathematical corrections and hence is able to give definitive results.The findings indicate that humans are genetically more distant to orangutans than African apes are and separated from the pongid clade ～17.6 million years ago.Also,tarsiers are genetically closer to lorises than simian primates are.Finally,the fossil times for the radiation of mammals at the K/T boundary and for the Eutheria-Metatheria split in the Early Cretaceous were independently confirmed from molecular dating calibrated using the fossil split times of gorilla-orangutan,mouse-rat,and opossum-kangaroo.Therefore,the re-established primate phylogeny indicates a remarkable unity between molecules and fossils.展开更多
文摘采集6家动物园18只健康婆罗洲猩猩(Pongo pygmaeus)的24份血液样本,进行血液常规及生化参数检测。依据性别(雄性14份,雌性10份)和年龄(幼龄个体7份,亚成体6份,成体11份)对研究对象进行分组,分别统计不同组别样本的血液参数值,并进行组间比较。研究结果表明,雌、雄两组之间血液参数没有显著差异(One Way ANOVA test,P> 0.05)。淋巴细胞(LYM)比率随着年龄的增长而降低(One Way ANOVA test,F=5.200,P <0.05)。雄性成年个体血液中的谷丙转氨酶(ALT)浓度显著高于雌性个体(One Way ANOVA test,F=4.911,P <0.05),其他参数未呈现性别间差异(One Way ANOVA test,P> 0.05)。总蛋白(TP)呈现年龄组间的差异(One Way ANOVA test,F=4.715,P <0.05)。所检测圈养婆罗洲猩猩血液中葡萄糖含量较高,应在饲养过程中给予关注。
基金supported by the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics,a FuRong Scholarshipthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 81171880)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No. 2011CB51001)
文摘Unbiased readings of fossils are well known to contradict some of the popular molecular groupings among primates,particularly with regard to great apes and tarsiers.The molecular methodologies today are however flawed as they are based on a mistaken theoretical interpretation of the genetic equidistance phenomenon that originally started the field.An improved molecular method the 'slow clock' was here developed based on the Maximum Genetic Diversity hypothesis,a more complete account of the unified changes in genotypes and phenotypes.The method makes use of only slow evolving sequences and requires no uncertain assumptions or mathematical corrections and hence is able to give definitive results.The findings indicate that humans are genetically more distant to orangutans than African apes are and separated from the pongid clade ～17.6 million years ago.Also,tarsiers are genetically closer to lorises than simian primates are.Finally,the fossil times for the radiation of mammals at the K/T boundary and for the Eutheria-Metatheria split in the Early Cretaceous were independently confirmed from molecular dating calibrated using the fossil split times of gorilla-orangutan,mouse-rat,and opossum-kangaroo.Therefore,the re-established primate phylogeny indicates a remarkable unity between molecules and fossils.
