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Arapaima gigas is one of the largest freshwater fish species of high ecological and economic importance. Overfishing and habitat destruction are severe threats to the remaining wild populations. By incorporating a chromosomal Hi-C contact map, we improved the arapaima genome assembly to chromosome-level, revealing an unexpected high degree of chromosome rearrangements during evolution of the bonytongues (Osteoglossiformes). Combining this new assembly with pool-sequencing of male and female genomes, we identified id2bbY, a duplicated copy of the inhibitor of DNA binding 2b (id2b) gene on the Y chromosome as candidate male sex-determining gene. A PCR-test for id2bbY was developed, demonstrating that this gene is a reliable male-specific marker for genotyping. Expression analyses showed that this gene is expressed in juvenile male gonads. Its paralog, id2ba, exhibits a male-biased expression in immature gonads. Transcriptome analyses and protein structure predictions confirm id2bbY as a prime candidate for the master sex-determiner. Acting through the TGF beta signaling pathway, id2bbY from arapaima would provide the first evidence for a link of this family of transcriptional regulators to sex determination. Our study broadens our current understanding about the evolution of sex determination genetic networks and provide a tool for improving arapaima aquaculture for commercial and conservation purposes.
Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) is a first principles based method to determine absolute sedimentation coefficients and buoyant molar masses of macromolecules and their complexes, reporting on their size and shape in free solution. The purpose of this multi-laboratory study was to establish the precision and accuracy of basic data dimensions in AUC and validate previously proposed calibration techniques. Three kits of AUC cell assemblies containing radial and temperature calibration tools and a bovine serum albumin (BSA) reference sample were shared among 67 laboratories, generating 129 comprehensive data sets. These allowed for an assessment of many parameters of instrument performance, including accuracy of the reported scan time after the start of centrifugation, the accuracy of the temperature calibration, and the accuracy of the radial magnification. The range of sedimentation coefficients obtained for BSA monomer in different instruments and using different optical systems was from 3.655 S to 4.949 S, with a mean and standard deviation of (4.304\(\pm\)0.188) S (4.4%). After the combined application of correction factors derived from the external calibration references for elapsed time, scan velocity, temperature, and radial magnification, the range of s-values was reduced 7-fold with a mean of 4.325 S and a 6-fold reduced standard deviation of \(\pm\)0.030 S (0.7%). In addition, the large data set provided an opportunity to determine the instrument-to-instrument variation of the absolute radial positions reported in the scan files, the precision of photometric or refractometric signal magnitudes, and the precision of the calculated apparent molar mass of BSA monomer and the fraction of BSA dimers. These results highlight the necessity and effectiveness of independent calibration of basic AUC data dimensions for reliable quantitative studies.
It is shown by means of IR. spectroscopic methodsthat nigericin and monensin bave a cyclic conformation similar to that of their silver salts. Camplex fonnation constants with sodium and potassium ions follow the selectivity order determined by EMF. measurements on liquid membranes: nigericin: K\(^+\) >Rb\(^+\)> Na\(^+\)> Cs\(^+\) >Li\(^+\); monensin: Na\(^+\)> K\(^+\) >Li\(^+\)> Rb\(^+\)> Cs\(^+\). Transport experiments show that nigericin and monensin facilitate the diffusion of potassium ions across model membranes, although in electrolytic transport experiments the permeability is not affected.
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Der Zweikernkomplex C\(_5\)H\(_5\)(PMe\(_3\))Co(\(\mu\)-CO)\(_2\)Mn(CO)C\(_5\)H\(_4\)Me (8) reagiert mit stöchiometrischen Mengen S\(_8\) in praktisch quantitativer Ausbeute zu C\(_5\)H\(_5\)(PMe\(_3\))CoS\(_5\) (4). Der Koba.ltapentathia-Heterocyclus 4 ist ebenfalls aus C\(_5\)H\(_5\)(PMe\(_3\))Co(h\(^2\)-CS\(_2\)) (5) und S\(_8\) zugänglich. 4 kristallisiert monoklin mit den Gitterkonstanten a = 8,467(3) A, b = 12,128(4) A, c = 14,210(4) A und \(\beta\) = 102,20(2)°_ Die Sesselform des sechsgliedrigen CoS\(_5\)-Rings entspricht derjenigen in den bekannten Verbindungen (C\(_5\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)TiS\(_5\) und (C\(_5\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)VS\(_5\) , wobei in 4 der Cyclopentadienylligand die axiale und die Trimethylphosphingruppe die ä.quatoriale Position einnehmen.
Durch Reaktion von C\(_5\)H\(_5\)Co(PMe\(_3\))\(_2\) (I) oder des Hetero-Zweikernkomplexes C\(_5\)H\(_5\)(PMe\(_3\))Co(CO)\(_2\)Mn(CO)C\(_3\)H .. Me (III) mit CS\(_2\) entsteht in praktisch quantitativer Ausbeute C\(_5\)H\(_5\)Co(PMe\(_3\))CS\(_2\) (IV). Die Kristallstruktur zeigt, dass der Carbondisulfid-Ligal'ld iiber Kohlenstoff und ein Schwefelatom (S(2)) dihaptogebunden vorliegt (Co-C = 1.89, Co-S(2) = 2.24 A, S(2)-C-S(1) = 141.2°). Die beiden C-S-AbsUinde in IV (C-S(2) = 1.68, C-S(l) = 1.60 A) sind gegenliber dem C-S-Abstand in freiem CS\(_2\) (1.554 A) aufgeweitet, was in Einklang mit dem aus spektroskopischen Daten zu folgernden starken 1T-Akzeptorcharakter von h\(^2\)-CS\(_2\) steht. IV reagiert mit Cr(CO)\(_5\)THF und C\(_5\)H\(_5\)Mn(CO)\(_2\)THF zu den Komplexen C\(_5\)H\(_5\)(PMe\(_3\))Co(SCS)Cr(CO)\(_5\) (V) bzw. C\(_5\)H\(_5\)(PMe\(_3\))Co(SCS)Mn(CO)\(_2\)C\(_5\)H\(_5\) (VI), in den en das in IV nicht am Cobalt gebundene Schwefelatom S(l) als Koordinationspartner gegenüber den 16-Elektronen-Fragmenten Cr(CO)\(_5\) und Mn(CO)\(_2\)C\(_5\)H\(_5\) fungierl. Die spektroskopischen Daten von IV, V und VI werden diskutiert.
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Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple trophic levels across spatial scales. Using data from 150 agricultural grasslands in central Europe, we assess the influence of multiple components of local- and landscape-level land use on more than 4,000 above- and belowground taxa, spanning 20 trophic groups. Plot-level land-use intensity is strongly and negatively associated with aboveground trophic groups, but positively or not associated with belowground trophic groups. Meanwhile, both above- and belowground trophic groups respond to landscape-level land use, but to different drivers: aboveground diversity of grasslands is promoted by diverse surrounding land-cover, while belowground diversity is positively related to a high permanent forest cover in the surrounding landscape. These results highlight a role of landscape-level land use in shaping belowground communities, and suggest that revised agroecosystem management strategies are needed to conserve whole-ecosystem biodiversity.
'lbe mouse skin tumor model was used to investigate whether the Ievel of DNA 8dducts and/or the rate of cell division in the epidermis are indicators of the risk of cancer formation for an individual in an outbred animal popul8tion. A high risk was considered to be reftected by 8 short latency period for the 8ppearance of 8 papilloma. Fernale NMRI mice were treated twice weekly with 2.5 nmol 7 ,12-dimethylbenz[a]antbracene (DMBA) and 3 nmoi12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13- 8cetate (TPA) and the appearance of papillomas was registered. The first papilloma 8ppeared after 7.5 weeks. After 17 weeks, when 12 of 14 mice bad 8t least one papilloma, an osmotic minipump deliverlog 5-bromo-2'deoxyuridine (BrdU) was implanted into eacb mouse for 24 h. The mice were killed after 24 h ~d the epidermis was analyzed for D:MBA-nucleotide 8dducts by 32p.postlabeling, for the cell number per unit skin length, and for the labeling index for DNA synthesls. Unexpectedly, D:MBA-nucleotide 8dduct Ievels were highest in those anima1s wbich showed the Iongest latency periods. Adduct Ievels were negatively correlated with the 18beling index, indicating that dilution of adducts by cell division was a predominant factor in determining average adduct concentrations. Individual tumor-latency time was not corTelated with either cell ntunber or labeling index. This could be due to the fact that the measurements only provided 8veraged data and gave no infonnation on the specific situation in clones of premalignant cells. Under the conditions of tbis assay, therefore, neither DNA adduct Ievels nor information on the average kinetics of cell division bad a predidive value for the individual amcer risk withln a group of outbred animals receiving the same treatment