Salinity Alters the Polyisoprenoid Alcohol Content and Composition of Both Salt-Secreting and Non–Salt-Secreting Mangrove Seedlings

The effects of salinity on the polyisoprenoid alcohol content and composition of the salt-secreting mangrove species Avicennia marina and Sonneratia alba and the non–salt-secreting species Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Kandelia obovata were studied. The seedlings of mangroves were grown for 5 months under 0% and 3% salt concentrations. The occurrence, content, and distribution of four mangrove seedlings were analyzed by two-dimensional thin layer chromatography. The structural groups of the polyprenols and dolichols in the leaves and roots were classified into two types (I and II). In type I, dolichols predominated over polyprenols (more than 90%), whereas in type II, the occurrence of both polyprenols and dolichols was observed. Polyprenols were not detected in the leaves of A. marina and B. gymnorrhiza under 0% salt (control), but were detected in small amounts in K. obovata leaves; however, significant amounts were found in the 3% salinity group. This finding in A. marina, B. gymnorrhiza, and K. obovata leaves implies a change to the structural group: under 0% salt concentrations, the groups are classified as type I, but become type II under 3% salt concentrations. The occurrence of ficaprenol (C50–55) was found only in the leaves of the non–salt-secreting species B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovataunder 3% salinity and not in the salt-secreting species A. marina or S. alba. It is noteworthy that the polyisoprenoid type in the roots of the four species showed no change under salinity; the two salt-secreting species A. marina and S. alba contained type I under 0% and 3% salt concentrations. On the other hand, type II polyisoprenoids were identified in the non–salt-secreting species B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovata under 0% and 3% salinity conditions. This finding suggested that polyisoprenoids play a protective role against salinity in the mangrove leaves of both salt-secreting and non–salt-secreting species

Genetic Structure and Population Demographic History of a Widespread Mangrove Plant Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig across the Indo-West Pacific Region

Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig is one of the most widespread core component species of mangrove forests in the Indo-West Pacific (IWP) region, and as such is suitable for examining how genetic structure is generated across spatiotemporal scales. We evaluated the genetic structure of this species using maternally inherited chloroplast (cp) and bi-parentally inherited nuclear DNA markers, with samples collected across the species range. Both cp and nuclear DNA showed generally similar patterns, revealing three genetic groups in the Indian Ocean, South China Sea (with Palau), and Oceania, respectively. The genetic diversity of the Oceania group was significantly lower, and the level of population differentiation within the Oceania group was significantly higher, than in the South China Sea group. These results revealed that in addition to the Malay Peninsula—a common land barrier for mangroves—there is a genetic barrier in an oceanic region of the West Pacific that prevents gene flow among populations. Moreover, demographic inference suggested that these patterns were generated in relation to sea level changes during the last glacial period and the emergence of Sahul Shelf which lied northwest of Australia. We propose that the three genetic groups should be considered independent conservation units, and that the Oceania group has a higher conservation priority

Genetic Structure and Population Demographic History of a Widespread Mangrove Plant Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig across the Indo-West Pacific Region

Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig is one of the most widespread core component species of mangrove forests in the Indo-West Pacific (IWP) region, and as such is suitable for examining how genetic structure is generated across spatiotemporal scales. We evaluated the genetic structure of this species using maternally inherited chloroplast (cp) and bi-parentally inherited nuclear DNA markers, with samples collected across the species range. Both cp and nuclear DNA showed generally similar patterns, revealing three genetic groups in the Indian Ocean, South China Sea (with Palau), and Oceania, respectively. The genetic diversity of the Oceania group was significantly lower, and the level of population differentiation within the Oceania group was significantly higher, than in the South China Sea group. These results revealed that in addition to the Malay Peninsula—a common land barrier for mangroves—there is a genetic barrier in an oceanic region of the West Pacific that prevents gene flow among populations. Moreover, demographic inference suggested that these patterns were generated in relation to sea level changes during the last glacial period and the emergence of Sahul Shelf which lied northwest of Australia. We propose that the three genetic groups should be considered independent conservation units, and that the Oceania group has a higher conservation priority

Development of 11 polymorphic microsatellite markers for Xylocarpus granatum (Meliaceae) using next-generation sequencing technology

Human impacts have seriously damaged mangroves, and conservation of mangroves will require information on local and regional population genetic structures. Here, we report the development and polymorphism of eleven novel microsatellite markers, developed using next- generation sequencing on 56 samples of widespread man- grove species Xylocarpus granatum (Meliaceae) from nine populations across the Indo-West Pacific region. All loci were found to be polymorphic, with the number of alleles per locus ranging from four to 19. In a population from Sabah (Malaysia), the mean observed and expected heterozygosity per locus was 0.59 and 0.58, respectively. No null allele, significant linkage disequilibrium or deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium was detected among all loci. The eleven markers developed can be valuable tools to conservation genetics of this species across its distributional range

A Proposal of Protocol and Policy-Based Intrusion Detection System

Currently, intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are widely deployed in enterprise networks for detecting network attacks. Most existing commercial IDSs are based on misuse detection model. In misuse detection, although known attacks can be detected, unknown ones cannot be detected because attack signatures for unknown attacks cannot be generated. In this paper, we propose a method for detecting network attacks including unknown ones against servers such as web servers, mail servers, FTP servers, and DNS servers, using protocol specifications and site access policy. Furthermore, we propose a method to predict damage from detected attacks using neural networks

Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity and structure of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Kandelia obovate

Microsatellite loci were used for estimating genetic diversity and structure for three populations of B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovata (Rhizophoracea) in Okinawa, Japan. Thirty propagules of individual samples representing the population of both species were genotyped at five microsatellites. The level of observed heterozygosity (HO) was observed for several population, overall loci, ranged 0.422-0.800 with an average 0.627 for B. gymnorrhiza and 0.477-0.822 with an average 0.665 for K. obovata, indicating both species had relatively low genetic diversity. Both species showed low levels of allelic diversity, 3-5 and 3-5 alleles per locus, respectively. Gene diversitywas also maintained within populations (HS: 0.741 and 0.954). Additionally, an analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) based on the immeasurable alleles model (F-statistics), for B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovata found that most of the variation resided within individuals in the total populations, i.e. 79.78 % and 69.90 % respectively, and among individuals within populations, i.e.14.30 % and 27.95 % respectively. There was little variation between populations, i.e. 5.92 % and 2.15 % for B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovata, respectively. The high-level genetic differentiation within individuals and populations both species may be due to the geographic range of the species, mating system, and environmental factors

Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity and structure of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Kandelia obovate

Microsatellite loci were used for estimating genetic diversity and structure for three populations of B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovata (Rhizophoracea) in Okinawa, Japan. Thirty propagules of individual samples representing the population of both species were genotyped at five microsatellites. The level of observed heterozygosity (HO) was observed for several population, overall loci, ranged 0.422-0.800 with an average 0.627 for B. gymnorrhiza and 0.477-0.822 with an average 0.665 for K. obovata, indicating both species had relatively low genetic diversity. Both species showed low levels of allelic diversity, 3-5 and 3-5 alleles per locus, respectively. Gene diversitywas also maintained within populations (HS: 0.741 and 0.954). Additionally, an analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) based on the immeasurable alleles model (F-statistics), for B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovata found that most of the variation resided within individuals in the total populations, i.e. 79.78 % and 69.90 % respectively, and among individuals within populations, i.e.14.30 % and 27.95 % respectively. There was little variation between populations, i.e. 5.92 % and 2.15 % for B. gymnorrhiza and K. obovata, respectively. The high-level genetic differentiation within individuals and populations both species may be due to the geographic range of the species, mating system, and environmental factors

Appearancebased virtual view generation from multicamera videos captured in the 3-D room

Abstract—We present an appearance-based virtual view generation method that allows viewers to fly through a real dynamic scene. The scene is captured by multiple synchronized cameras. Arbitrary views are generated by interpolating two original camera-views near the given viewpoint. The quality of the generated synthetic view is determined by the precision, consistency and density of correspondences between the two images. All or most of previous work that uses interpolation extracts the correspondences from these two images. However, not only is it difficult to do so reliably (the task requires a good stereo algorithm), but also the two images alone sometimes do not have enough information, due to problems such as occlusion. Instead, we take advantage of the fact that we have many views, from which we can extract much more reliable and comprehensive three-dimensional (3-D) geometry of the scene as a 3-D model. Dense and precise correspondences between the two images, to be used for interpolation, are obtained using this constructed 3-D model. Pseudo correspondences are even obtained for regions occluded in one of the cameras and then we used to correctly interpolate between the two images. Our method of 3-D modeling from multiple images uses the Multiple Baseline Stereo method and the Shape from Silhouette method. The virtual view sequences are presented for demonstrating the performance of the virtual view generation in the 3-D Room. Index Terms—Image based rendering, model based rendering, multibaseline stereo, multiple-view images, shape from silhouette, 3-D model. I