Comprehensive analysis of Actiniopteris Link and Onychium Kaulf. (Pteridophyta) relationships according to their phylogeography, phylogeny and spore morphology

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 441 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
ALEXEY V. VAGANOV ◽  
JORDAN S. METZGAR ◽  
TATIANA A. SINITSYNA ◽  
ALEXANDER I. SHMAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Character State ◽  
Spore Morphology ◽  
Ancestral Character State ◽  
Herbarium Data ◽  
Morphology And Morphometry ◽  
High Level

This research is the first comprehensive analysis of the intrageneric relationships of Actiniopteris and Onychium based on original data including spore morphology, phylogeny and phylogeography. Actiniopteris and Onychium are members of the large subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae. The Pteridaceae family is considered one of the most taxonomically confusing families due to its representatives high level of polymorphism.         We used an interdisciplinary approach to study the “Onychium clade”: 13 taxa were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to characterize the morphology and morphometry of spores; 14 taxa were studied from a phylogenetic perspective, including character evolution and ancestral character state reconstructions; 15 taxa of “Onychium clade” were studied using herbarium data (B, P, PE, LE, VLA, TI, KYO, ALTB and TK) according to global botanical and geographical zones.                As a result of this integrated analysis, we established a deep divergence of the taxa O. tenuifrons and O. siliculosum from the main composition of the genus Onychium and the division the genus Actiniopteris into two clades: A. radiata–A. semiflabellata and A. australis–A. dimorpha. We found that representatives of Actiniopteris and Onychium had originated in a common African-Indo-Malesian area. The “Onychium clade” center of diversity is the Indian Region, which is experiencing high levels of human impact, leading to disjunctions among the studied taxa.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Analysis of Transcriptome and Metabolome Reveals the Flavonoid Metabolic Pathway Is Associated with Fruit Peel Coloration of Melon

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2830
Author(s):  
Aiai Zhang ◽  
Jing Zheng ◽  
Xuemiao Chen ◽  
Xueyin Shi ◽  
Huaisong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Fruit Peel ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Color Formation ◽  
Peel Color ◽  
Dark Green

The peel color is an important external quality of melon fruit. To explore the mechanisms of melon peel color formation, we performed an integrated analysis of transcriptome and metabolome with three different fruit peel samples (grey-green ‘W’, dark-green ‘B’, and yellow ‘H’). A total of 40 differentially expressed flavonoids were identified. Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses revealed that flavonoid biosynthesis was associated with the fruit peel coloration of melon. Twelve differentially expressed genes regulated flavonoids synthesis. Among them, nine (two 4CL, F3H, three F3′H, IFS, FNS, and FLS) up-regulated genes were involved in the accumulation of flavones, flavanones, flavonols, and isoflavones, and three (2 ANS and UFGT) down-regulated genes were involved in the accumulation of anthocyanins. This study laid a foundation to understand the molecular mechanisms of melon peel coloration by exploring valuable genes and metabolites.

scholarly journals Periods of Excess Energy in Extreme Weather Events

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor G. Zurbenko ◽  
Amy L. Potrzeba-Macrina
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Tidal Waves ◽  
Numerical Reconstruction ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Periodic Signals ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Waves

The reconstruction of periodic signals that are embedded in noise is a very important task in many applications. This already difficult task is even more complex when some observations are missed or some are presented irregularly in time. Kolmogorov-Zurbenko (KZ) filtration, a well-developed method, offers a solution to this problem. One section of this paper provides examples of very precise reconstructions of multiple periodic signals covered with high level noise, noise levels that make those signals invisible within the original data. The ability to reconstruct signals from noisy data is applied to the numerical reconstruction of tidal waves in atmospheric pressure. The existence of such waves was proved by well-known naturalist Chapman, but due to the high synoptic fluctuation in atmospheric pressure he was unable to numerically reproduce the waves. Reconstruction of the atmospheric tidal waves reveals a potential intensification on wind speed during hurricanes, which could increase the danger imposed by hurricanes. Due to the periodic structure of the atmospheric tidal wave, it is predictable in time and space, which is important information for the prediction of excess force in developing hurricanes.

scholarly journals Carnavalesk taalgebruik en de constructie van lokale identiteiten

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie M.E.A. Cornips ◽  
Vincent de Rooij ◽  
Irene Stengs
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Southern Netherlands ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

This article aims to encourage the interdisciplinary study of ‘languaculture,’ an approach to language and culture in which ideology, linguistic and cultural forms, as well as praxis are studied in relation to one another. An integrated analysis of the selection of linguistic and cultural elements provides insight into how these choices arise from internalized norms and values, and how people position themselves toward received categories and hegemonic ideologies. An interdisciplinary approach will stimulate a rethinking of established concepts and methods of research. It will also lead to a mutual strengthening of linguistic, sociolinguistic, and anthropological research. This contribution focuses on Limburg and the linguistic political context of this Southern-Netherlands region where people are strongly aware of their linguistic distinctiveness. The argument of the paper is based on a case study of languaculture, viz. the carnivalesque song ‘Naar Talia’ (To Italy) by the Getske Boys from the city of Heerlen.

Comprehensive Analysis of Plastid Gene Expression During Fruit Development and Ripening of Kiwifruit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiqi Chen ◽  
Pan Shen ◽  
Ralph Bock ◽  
Shengchun Li ◽  
Jiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Rna Editing ◽  
Fruit Development ◽  
Oral Vaccine ◽  
Genetic System ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Protein Accumulation ◽  
Plastid Gene ◽  
Plastid Gene Expression ◽  
High Level

Abstract A serious limitation in the application of plastid biotechnology is the low-level expression of transgene in non-green plastids like chromoplasts compared with photosynthetically active chloroplasts. Unlike other fruits, not all chloroplasts are transformed into chromoplast during ripening of red-fleshed kiwifruit ( Actinidia chinensis vs Hongyang) fruits, which may make kiwifruit as an ideal horticultural plant for oral vaccine production by plastid engineering. To identify cis -elements potentially triggering high-level transgene expression in edible tissues of the ‘Hongyang’ kiwifruit, here we report a comprehensive analysis of kiwifruit plastid gene transcription in the green leaves and fruits at three different developing stages. While transcripts of a few photosynthesis-related genes and most genetic system genes were substantially upregulated in green fruits compared with leaves, nearly all plastid genes were significantly downregulated at the RNA level during fruit development. Expression of a few genes remained unchanged, including psbA , the gene encoding the D1 polypeptide of photosystem II. However, PsbA protein accumulation decreased continuously during chloroplast-to-chromoplast differentiation. Analysis of post-transcriptional steps in mRNA maturation, including intron splicing and RNA editing, revealed that splicing and editing may contribute to regulating plastid gene expression. Altogether, 40 RNA editing sites were verified, and five of them were newly discovered. Taken together, this study has generated a valuable resource for the analysis of plastid gene expression, and provides cis -elements for future efforts to engineer the plastid genome of kiwifruit.

scholarly journals Exploring and Reconstructing Ancestral Anatomies using Ontology-Informed Approaches

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Tarasov ◽  
Istvan Miko ◽  
Matthew Yoder ◽  
Josef Uyeda
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Character State ◽  
Ancestral Reconstruction ◽  
Anatomy Ontology ◽  
Insect Order ◽  
Ancestral Character State ◽  
Body Regions ◽  
Individual Traits ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complex Characters

Ancestral character state reconstruction has been long used to gain insight into the evolution of individual traits in organisms. However, organismal anatomies (= entire phenotypes) are not merely ensembles of individual traits, rather they are complex systems where traits interact with each other due to anatomical dependencies (when one trait depends on the presence of another trait) and developmental constraints. Comparative phylogenetics has been largely lacking a method for reconstructing the evolution of entire organismal anatomies or organismal body regions. Herein, we present a new approach named PARAMO (Phylogenetic Ancestral Reconstruction of Anatomy by Mapping Ontologies, Tarasov and Uyeda 2019) that takes into account anatomical dependencies and uses stochastic maps (i.e., phylogenetic trees with an instance of mapped evolutionary history of characters, Huelsenbeck et al. 2003) along with anatomy ontologies to reconstruct organismal anatomies. Our approach treats the entire phenotype or its component body regions as single complex characters and allows exploring and comparing phenotypic evolution at different levels of anatomical hierarchy. These complex characters are constructed by ontology-informed amalgamation of elementary characters (i.e., those coded in character matrix) using stochastic maps. In our approach, characters are linked with the terms from an anatomy ontology, which allows viewing them not just as an ensemble of character state tokens but as entities that have their own biological meaning provided by the ontology. This ontology-informed framework provides new opportunities for tracking phenotypic radiations and anatomical evolution of organisms, which we explore using a large dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants and bees).

scholarly journals The monitoring outcomes of the meat productivity of cattle processed at “Uvinsky meat factory” OOO of the Uvinsky district in the Udmurt Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 08010
Author(s):  
E.V. Khardina ◽  
O.A. Krasnova ◽  
M.I. Vasilyeva ◽  
S.S. Vostrikova
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Adult Cattle ◽  
Primary Processing ◽  
First Category ◽  
Udmurt Republic ◽  
Young Cattle ◽  
Meat Productivity ◽  
High Level

We performed have performed a comprehensive analysis of the meat productivity of cattle received for slaughter and primary processing at “Uvinsky meat factory” OOO of the Uvinsky district in the Udmurt Republic. The studies were carried out based on data from plumb lines for 2020. During the research, it was revealed that only two districts (Uvinsky and Vavozhsky) had got cattle in 2020, from which they obtained carcasses of the “super” category (21 pieces). This is the highest grade in terms of categorization. Meanwhile, the main range of carcasses of young cattle was assessed in the categories “extra”, “excellent” and “good” (1311 carcasses). However, there were also farms from which carcasses of the “low” fatness category were obtained (Uvinsky, Seltinsky and Vavozhsky districts) (42 carcasses). Based on the results of the commodity evaluation of carcasses of adult cattle, it is worth noting that most of the carcasses were quite well-fed and were rated in the first category. By the end of 2020, the company has obtained meat in carcasses from young cattle in the amount of 608.8 tons. Meanwhile, 917.5 tons of meat were produced in live weight. The meat volume in the carcasses of adult cattle was 180, 1 ton. In live weight, 386, 5 tons were obtained. Given the percentage of beef sales per year and the maximum yield of boneless meat, the company is not capable of fully meeting the needs of all high-level processing shops.

scholarly journals "PEASANTRY IS OUR HOPE AND STRENGTH": THE AGRARIAN DISCOURSE OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY JOURNALISM OF M. HRUSHEVSKY

2021 ◽  
pp. 180-198
Author(s):  
Viktoria Telvak ◽  
Serhii Kornovenko
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Agrarian Reform ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Vicious Circle ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Methodological Basis

Summary. The purpose of the research is to comprehensively analyse the agrarian discourse of pre-revolutionary journalism of M. Hrushevsky. The methodological basis is an interdisciplinary approach with particular emphasis on the structural-functional systematic analysis of historiographical facts and the method of critical analysis of documentary material. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the attempt to comprehensively analyse M. Hrushevsky’s appeal to peasantry in his journalism of the late XIX – early XX centuries. Conclusions. The conducted historiographical analysis has shown that the pre-revolutionary journalism of M. Hrushevsky focused on peasants and the most important problems of their lives. In his various texts, the scholar reveals himself as an insightful observer of all aspects of peasant life on both sides of Zbruch. This comprehensive analysis provided Hrushevsky with arguments for numerous socio-cultural initiatives (Ukrainization of the public school, agrarian reform, the launch of projects aimed at the peasant audience, etc.) designed break the vicious circle of patriarchal traditions and feudal prohibitions and guide peasants towards modernization. At the same time, the trusting and serious tone of the historian in his appeals to his reader, his encouragement take destiny into their hands make Hrushevsky’s writing style so distinct. Due to such peasant-oriented rhetoric, M. Hrushevsky’s ideas had a significant impact on the Ukrainians of his time and largely became the basis for agricultural legislation during the War for independence.

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY OF BROWN FIELD STUDY TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND OIL RECOVERY

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
I.A. Zhdanov ◽  
E.S. Pakhomov ◽  
A.M. Aslanyan ◽  
R.R. Farakhova ◽  
D.N. Gulyaev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Reservoir Modeling ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Well Testing ◽  
Reservoir Model ◽  
Scenario Development ◽  
Sweep Efficiency ◽  
High Level

Paper presents the results of integrated analysis of historically available data and additional field studies at the brown field. The results of the analysis increase the reliability of the geological and hydrodynamic reservoir model, current recovery and identification of areas, which are most promising for production enhancement operations for production increase and recovery increase. The integrated analysis of available data includes such tools as prelaminar data analysis of production and pressure changes (Prime) for high level reserves localization, multiwell retrospective testing (MRT) and pulsecode testing (PCT) for evaluation of reservoir geology, sweep efficiency and current reservoir saturation, geological and hydrodynamic reservoir modeling including petrofacies and model adaptation to the production logging, MRT, PCT and well-testing findings, multi-scenario development planning (MSDP) for the most economically profitable operations recommendation and supervision of their implementation. MSDP is based on the usage by several teams of reservoir engineers web-facility PloyPlan, which automatically translates the field activities (like drilling, workover, conversion, surveillance, etc.) into the model runs and reverts back with production and surveillance results and financial statements, based on which it is easy to choose the most profitable field operations. Up to today Prime analysis, field studies and reservoir model calibration on their results are finished.

scholarly journals The Pre-Deal Phase of Mergers and Acquisitions: A Review and Research Agenda

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xena Welch ◽  
Stevo Pavićević ◽  
Thomas Keil ◽  
Tomi Laamanen
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Target Selection ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
High Level

Despite the long-standing research interest in the pre-deal phase of mergers and acquisitions, many important questions remain unanswered. We review and synthesize the extensive but rather fragmented research on this topic area in the fields of management, finance, accounting, and economics. We organize our review according to six themes, that is, deal initiation, target selection, bidding and negotiation, valuation and financing, announcement, and closure, which represent the main categories of activities performed during the pre-deal phase. Our review shows that most of the existing research relies on a rather high-level, simplified, and static conception of the pre-deal phase. On the basis of our review, we put forward a research agenda that calls for a more granular examination of individual activities and decisions, a more comprehensive analysis of the interplay among the different actors involved in the pre-deal phase, a better understanding of the role of the temporal dynamics, and the extension of the theoretical base from variance-based to process-based theorizing.

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