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Genetic mapping of natural variation in potassium concentrations in shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana
Naturally-occurring variation in K+ concentrations between plant genotypes is potentially exploitable in a number of ways, including altering the relationship between K+ accumulation and growth, enhancing salinity resistance, or improving forage quality. However, achieving these requires greater insight into the genetic basis of the variation in tissue K+ concentrations. To this end, K+ concentrations were measured in the shoots of 70 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions and a Cape Verdi Island/Landsberg erecta recombinant inbred line (RIL) population. The shoot K+ concentrations expressed on the basis of fresh matter (KFM) or dry matter (KDM) were both broadly and normally distributed as was the shoot dry matter content per unit fresh weight (DMC). Using the data from the RILs, four quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified for KFM and three for KDM. These were located on chromosomes 2, 3, 4, and 5. Two of the QTLs for KFM overlapped with those for KDM. None of these QTLs overlapped with those for fresh weight or dry weight, but the QTL for KDM located on chromosome 3 overlapped with one for DMC. In silico analysis was used to identify known or putative K+ and cation transporter genes whose loci overlapped with the QTLs. In most cases, multiple genes were identified and the possible role of their gene products in determining shoot K+ concentrations is discussed.Hisatomi Harada and Roger A. Leig
Macroscopic Expression Connecting the Rate of Energy Dissipation and Violation of the Fluctuation-Response Relation
A direct connection between the magnitude of the violation of the
fluctuation-response relation (FRR) and the rate of energy dissipation is
presented in terms of field variables of nonequilibrium systems. Here, we
consider the density field of a colloidal suspension either in a relaxation
process or in a nonequilibrium steady state driven by an external field. Using
a path-integral representation of the temporal evolution of the density field,
we find an equality that relates the magnitude of the violation of the FRR for
scalar and vector potentials of the velocity field to the rate of energy
dissipation for the entire system. Our result demonstrates that the violation
of the FRR for field variables captures the entropic component of the
dissipated free energy.Comment: 4 pages, a major reviso
Is there a black hole minimum mass?
Applying the first and generalised second laws of thermodynamics for a
realistic process of near critical black hole formation, we derive an entropy
bound, which is identical to Bekenstein's one for radiation. Relying upon this
bound, we derive an absolute minimum mass ,
where and is the effective degrees of freedom for the
initial temparature and the Planck mass, respectively. Since this minimum mass
coincides with the lower bound on masses of which black holes can be regarded
as classical against the Hawking evaporation, the thermodynamical argument will
not prohibit the formation of the smallest classical black hole. For more
general situations, we derive a minimum mass, which may depend on the initial
value for entropy per particle. For primordial black holes, however, we show
that this minimum mass can not be much greater than the Planck mass at any
formation epoch of the Universe, as long as is within a reasonable
range. We also derive a size-independent upper bound on the entropy density of
a stiff fluid in terms of the energy density.Comment: 4 pages, accepted for publication in Physical Review D, minor
correctio
RPA for Light-Front Hamiltonian Field Theory
A self-consistent random phase approximation (RPA) is proposed as an
effective Hamiltonian method in Light-Front Field Theory (LFFT). We apply the
general idea to the light-front massive Schwinger model to obtain a new bound
state equation and solve it numerically.Comment: A major revision in presentation, while the results essentially
unchanged. 2 figs. replaced, 1 fig. added, some parts of Sec. V moved to Sec.
IV, some wording changed, typos correcte
Rab8a and Rab8b are essential for several apical transport pathways but insufficient for ciliogenesis
The small GTP-binding protein Rab8 is known to play an essential role in intracellular transport and cilia formation. We have previously demonstrated that Rab8a is required for localising apical markers in various organisms. Rab8a has a closely related isoform, Rab8b. To determine whether Rab8b can compensate for Rab8a, we generated Rab8b-knockout mice. Although the Rab8b-knockout mice did not display an overt phenotype, Rab8a and Rab8b double-knockout mice exhibited mislocalisation of apical markers and died earlier than Rab8a-knockout mice. The apical markers accumulated in three intracellular patterns in the double-knockout mice. However, the localisation of basolateral and/or dendritic markers of the double-knockout mice seemed normal. The morphology and the length of various primary and/or motile cilia, and the frequency of ciliated cells appeared to be identical in control and double-knockout mice. However, an additional knockdown of Rab10 in double-knockout cells greatly reduced the percentage of ciliated cells. Our results highlight the compensatory effect of Rab8a and Rab8b in apical transport, and the complexity of the apical transport process. In addition, neither Rab8a nor Rab8b are required for basolateral and/or dendritic transport. However, simultaneous loss of Rab8a and Rab8b has little effect on ciliogenesis, whereas additional loss of Rab10 greatly affects ciliogenesis
Extended observables in theories with constraints
In a classical Hamiltonian theory with second class constraints the phase
space functions on the constraint surface are observables. We give general
formulas for extended observables, which are expressions representing the
observables in the enveloping unconstrained phase space. These expressions
satisfy in the unconstrained phase space a Poisson algebra of the same form as
the Dirac bracket algebra of the observables on the constraint surface. The
general formulas involve new differential operators that differentiate the
Dirac bracket. Similar extended observables are also constructed for theories
with first class constraints which, however, are gauge dependent. For such
theories one may also construct gauge invariant extensions with similar
properties. Whenever extended observables exist the theory is expected to allow
for a covariant quantization. A mapping procedure is proposed for covariant
quantization of theories with second class constraints.Comment: 26 pages, Latexfile,Minor misprints on page 4 are correcte
Fate of Vector Dominance in the Effective Field Theory
We reveal the full phase structure of the effective field theory for QCD,
based on the hidden local symmetry (HLS) through the one-loop renormalization
group equation including quadratic divergences. We then show that vector
dominance (VD) is not a sacred discipline of the effective field theory but
rather an accidental phenomenon peculiar to three-flavored QCD. In particular,
the chiral symmetry restoration in HLS model takes place in a wide phase
boundary surface, on which the VD is realized nowhere. This suggests that VD
may not be valid for chiral symmetry restoration in hot and/or dense QCD.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. One reference added. Minor modification to
shorten the manuscript. This is the version to appear in Physical Review
Letter
Wilsonian Matching of Effective Field Theory with Underlying QCD
We propose a novel way of matching effective field theory with the underlying
QCD in the sense of a Wilsonian renormalization group equation (RGE). We derive
Wilsonian matching conditions between current correlators obtained by the
operator product expansion in QCD and those by the hidden local symmetry (HLS)
model. This determines without much ambiguity the bare parameters of the HLS at
the cutoff scale in terms of the QCD parameters. Physical quantities for the pi
and rho system are calculated by the Wilsonian RGE's from the bare parameters
in remarkable agreement with the experiment.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, Minor corrections. This is the version to appear
in Physical Review
Vector Manifestation and Fate of Vector Mesons in Dense Matter
We describe in-medium properties of hadrons in dense matter near chiral
restoration using a Wilsonian matching to QCD of an effective field theory with
hidden local symmetry at the chiral cutoff . We find that chiral
symmetry is restored in vector manifestation \`a la Harada and Yamawaki at a
critical matter density . We express the critical density in terms of QCD
correlators in dense matter at the matching scale. In a manner completely
analogous to what happens at the critical and at the critical
temperature , the vector meson mass is found to vanish (in the chiral
limit) at chiral restoration. This result provides a support for Brown-Rho
scaling predicted a decade ago.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure
Coarse-grained loop algorithms for Monte Carlo simulation of quantum spin systems
Recently, Syljuasen and Sandvik proposed a new framework for constructing
algorithms of quantum Monte Carlo simulation. While it includes new classes of
powerful algorithms, it is not straightforward to find an efficient algorithm
for a given model. Based on their framework, we propose an algorithm that is a
natural extension of the conventional loop algorithm with the split-spin
representation. A complete table of the vertex density and the worm-scattering
probability is presented for the general XXZ model of an arbitrary S with a
uniform magnetic field.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, insert a word "squared" in the first line of the
caption of Fig.7 and correct the label of vertical axis of Fig.
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