• 한국어류학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.273-278
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• 2010

왜매치 Abbottina springeri Banarescu and Nalbant의 분자계통학적 위치를 밝히기 위해 한국에 서식하는 버들매치속 2종과 모래주사속 5종의 핵 유전자인 recombination activating gene 1 (RAG1)의 염기서열을 분석하였다. RAG1 유전자 염기서열 정보에 기초한 계통수에서 배들매치 A. rivularis는 단계통군을 형성하는 왜매치, Biwia zezera 및 모래주사속 종들과 분리되었다. 이 계통 내에서 B. zezera는 왜매치와 모래주사속 5종을 구성된 단계통 그룹과 자매계통 관계를 보였다. 분자계통수 상에서 버들매치속 2종은 다계통군으로 나타났고, 이러한 결과는 골격 특징들에 근거한 이들의 계통적 관계를 밝힌 선행연구와 잘 일치하였다. 따라서 입의 피질돌기 유무와 부레의 골낭 유무와 크기 등과 같은 형태적 특징들에 근거한 버들배치속과 모래주사속의 현분류체계는 진화 역사를 잘 반영하지 못하는 것으로 여겨진다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.98-107
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• 2017

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) act as regulators of gene expression by binding to the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of target genes. They perform important biological functions in the various species. Among many miRNAs, miR-21-3p is known to serve vital functions in development and apoptosis in olive flounder. Using genomic and bioinformatic tools, evolutionary conservation of miR-21-3p was examined in various species, and expression pattern was analyzed in olive flounder. Conserved sequences (5'-CAGUCG-3') in numerous species were detected through the stem-loop structure of miR-21-3p. Thus, we analyzed target genes of miR-21-3p. Among them, 3' UTR region of PPIL2 gene indicated the highest binding affinity with miR-21-3p based on the minimum free energy value. The PPIL2 gene showed high expression levels in testis tissue of the olive flounder, whereas miR-21-3p showed rather ubiquitous expression patterns except in testis tissue, indicating that miR-21-3p seems to control the PPIL2 gene expression in a complementary repression manner in various tissues of olive flounder. Taken together, this current study contributes to infer the target gene candidates for the miR-21-3p using bioinformatics tools. Furthermore, our data offers important information on the relationship between miR-21-3p and target gene for further functional study.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1684-1690
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• 2014

Estrogen and its receptors are essential hormones for normal reproductive function in males and females during developmental stage. To better understand the effect of estrogen receptor (ER) gene in yak (Bos grunniens), reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was carried out to clone $ER{\alpha}$ and $ER{\beta}$ genes. Bioinformatics methods were used to analyze the evolutionary relationship between yaks and other species, and real-time PCR was performed to identify the mRNA expression of $ER{\alpha}$ and $ER{\beta}$. Sequence analysis showed that the ER open reading frames (ORFs) encoded 596 and 527 amino acid proteins. The yak $ER{\alpha}$ and $ER{\beta}$ shared 45.3% to 99.5% and 53.9% to 99.1% protein sequence identities with other species homologs, respectively. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that $ER{\alpha}$ and $ER{\beta}$ were expressed in a variety of tissues, but the expression level of $ER{\alpha}$ was higher than that of $ER{\beta}$ in all tissues, except testis. The mRNA expression of $ER{\alpha}$ was highest in the mammary gland, followed by uterus, oviduct, and ovary, and lowest in the liver, kidney, lung, testis, spleen, and heart. The $ER{\beta}$ mRNA level was highest in the ovary; intermediary in the uterus and oviduct; and lowest in the heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, mammary gland, and testis. The identification and tissue distribution of ER genes in yaks provides a foundation for the further study on their biological functions.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제25권3호통권82호
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• pp.167-175
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• 1997

Penicillium diversum KCTC 6786으로부터 두개의 chitin synthase 유전자 절편(PdCHSl과 PdCHS2)을 PCR로 증폭하고 cloning하였다. PdCHSl과 PdCHS2는 primer 서열을 제외하면 각각 570 bp 길이의 연속된 open reading frame (ORF)을 포함하고 있었다. BLASTP를 이용하여 유추된 아미노산 서열의 유사도를 분석한 결과, P. diversum은 자낭균류와 상당한 진화적 유연관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이들 아미노산 서열을 CLASTAL W를 이용하여 분석한 결과, 본 실험에서 분리된 두 유전자 절편은 Bowen 등 (1992)이 제시한 몇 부류 중 서로 다른 부류, 즉, PdCHSl은 Class I에, PdCHS2는 Class II에 각각 속하는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, Southern blot 분석을 통하여, 각 유전자는 P. diversum KCTC 6786의 genome에 1개씩만 존재함을 알 수 있었다.

• 대기
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.301-319
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• 2016

The evolutionary process of the polar low, which caused the heavy snowfall in the East Coast area on 11~12 February 2011, was investigated to describe in detail using synoptic weather charts, satellite imageries, and ERA (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis) -Interim reanalysis data. It was revealed that 1) the polar low was generated over the sea near Busan where a large cyclonic shear in the inverted trough branched from the parent low existed, 2) during the developing and mature stages, there was a convectively unstable region in the lower layer around the polar low and its south side, 3) the polar low was developed in the region where the static stability in the 500~850 hPa layer was the lowest, 4) the result from the budget analysis of the vorticity equation indicated that the increase in the vorticity at the lower atmosphere, where the polar low was located, was dominated mainly by the stretching term, 5) the warm core structure of the polar low was identified in the surface-700 hPa layer during the mature stage, 6) there was a close inverse relationship between a development of the polar low and the height of the dynamic tropopause over the polar low, and 7) for generation and development of the polar low, large-scale circulation systems, such as upper cold low and its combined short wave trough, major low (parent low), and polar air outbreak, should be presented, indicating that the polar low has the nature of the baroclinic disturbance.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.76-81
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• 1989

Fusarium oxysporum은 하나의 종내에 많은 formae speciales(분화종)과 races 등이 분화되어 있다. 그 중에서 10균주에 대하여 균사 내에서의 영양핵의 분열상을 찾아 Giemsa staining 용액으로 염색하여 그들의 염색체 수를 비교 관찰하였다. 균주에 따라 염색체 수에 차이가 있었으며 2균주(F. oxysporum f. sp. lycoperici, F. oxysporum Kangnung D2)는 n=4, 2균주(F. oxysporum S Sachun 3, F. oxysporum S Kohung 2)는 n=5, 5균주(F. oxysporum S Kohung 3, F. oxysporum CS Hongchun D16, F. oxysporum S Bosung 5, F. oxysporum S Sunchun 4, F. oxysporum S Haenam 4)는 n= 7개를 관찰할 수 있었고 Australia의 Sydney 대학에서 분양받은 F. oxysporum 14-39는 n=8개로 전체로 보아 4-8개의 염색체를 관찰할 수 있었다. 본인의 앞서 본문의 결과와 종합하여 고찰할 때 F. oxysporum의 기본염색체 수는 반수체가 4개로 추론되며 여기에서부터 여러가지 요인으로 인하여 diploidy, aneuploidy가 되어 다양한 염색체 수를 가진 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.332-340
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• 2019

Background: Studies of morphological variation within and among populations provide an opportunity to understand local adaptation and potential patterns of gene flow. To study the evolutionary divergence patterns of Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus) across its distribution, we analyzed data for 15 morphological characters of 324 individuals across 11 populations (2 in China, 4 in Japan, and 5 in Korea). Results: Among-population morphological variation was smaller than within-population variation, which was primarily explained by variation in axilla-groin length, number of infralabials, number of scansors on toe IV, and head-related variables such as head height and width. The population discrimination power was 32.4% and in cluster analysis, populations from the three countries tended to intermix in two major groups. Conclusion: Our results indicate that morphological differentiation among the studied populations is scarce, suggesting short history for some populations after their establishment, frequent migration of individuals among the populations, and/or local morphological differentiation in similar urban habitats. Nevertheless, we detected interesting phenetic patterns that may predict consistent linkage of particular populations that are independent of national borders. Additional sampling across the range and inclusion of genetic data could give further clue for the historical relationship among Chinese, Japanese, and Korean populations of G. japonicus.

• 천문학회보
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.68.1-68.1
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• 2012

We present a comprehensive study of the stellar populations in two faint M31 dwarf satellites, And XI and And XIII. Using deep archival images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telepscope (HST), we characterize the horizontal branch (HB) morphologies and the RR Lyrae (RRL) populations of these two faint dwarf satellites. Our new template light curve fitting routine (RRFIT) detected RRL populations from both galaxies. The mean periods of $RR_{ab}$ (RR0) stars in And XI and And XIII are < $P_{ab}$ > = $0.621{\pm}0.040$, and < $P_{ab}$ > = $0.648{\pm}0.038$ respectively. Even though the RRL populations show a lack of $RR_{ab}$ stars with high amplitudes (Amp(V) > 1.0 mag) and relatively short periods ($P_{ab}$ ~ 0.5 days), their period - V band amplitude (P-Amp(V)) relations track the lower part of the general P-Amp(V) trend in the M31 outer halo RRL populations. The metallicities of $RR_{ab}$ stars were calculated via the [Fe/H]-log $P_{ab}$-Amp(V) relationship of Alcock et al. The metallicities thus obtained ($[Fe/H]_{And}$ $_{XI}=-1.75%$; $[Fe/H]_{And}$ $_{XIII}=-1.74$) are consistent with the values calculated from the RGB slope indicating that our measurements are not significantly affected by the evolutionary effects of RRL stars. We discuss the origins of And XI and And XIII based on a comparative analysis of the luminosity-metallicity (L-M) relation of Local Group dwarf galaxies.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.278-286
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• 2020

죄수 딜레마 게임은 게임 이론의 대표적인 사례로 많은 경제학자, 사회과학자 및 컴퓨터 과학자가 관심을 가지고 연구하고 있다. 근래에는 죄수 딜레마 게임 분석을 위해 유전 알고리즘, 입자 군집 최적화 등의 진화 연산 기법을 적용한 계산적 접근에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어져 왔다. 본 연구에서는 3가지의 서로 다른 이진입자 군집 최적화 기법을 사용하여 2명 또는 그 이상의 플레이어가 참여하는 반복 죄수 딜레마 게임에 대한 전략을 진화시켜보고자 한다. 반복 죄수 딜레마 게임에 3가지 버전의 이진 입자 군집 최적화를 적용하여 실험한 결과 자신의 이득을 최대화하기 위한 이기적인 참가들 사이에서도 상호 협력 관계가 구축될 수 있음을 확인하였나 참여자가 많을수록 상호 협력 관계가 구축이 어려워 짐을 확인하였다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.336-346
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• 2020

Mitochondrial genome is an important molecule for systematic and evolutionary studies in metazoans. The development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technique has rapidly increased the number of mitogenome sequences. The process of generating mitochondrial genome based on NGS includes different steps, from DNA preparation, sequencing, assembly, and annotation. Despite the effort to improve sequencing, assembly, and annotation methods of mitogenome, the low quality and/or quantity sequence in the final map can still be generated through the work. Therefore, it is necessary to check and curate mitochondrial genome sequence after annotation for proofreading and feedback. In this study, we introduce the pipeline for sequencing and curation for mitogenome based on NGS. For this purpose, two mitogenome sequences of Dermatobranchus otome were sequenced by Illumina Miseq system with different amount of raw read data. Generated reads were targeted for assembly and annotation with commonly used programs. As abnormal repeat regions present in the mitogenomes after annotation, primers covering these regions were designed and conventional PCR followed by Sanger sequencing were performed to curate the mitogenome sequences. The obtained sequences were used to replace the abnormal region. Following the replacement, each mitochondrial genome was compared with the other as well as the sequences of close species available on the Genbank for confirmation. After curation, two mitogenomes of D. otome showed a typically circular molecule with 14,559 bp in size and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes. The phylogenetic tree revealed a close relationship between D. otome and Tritonia diomea. The finding of this study indicated the importance of caution and curation for the generation of mitogenome from NGS.