Éditeur(s) : DPLSH : Département Pluridisciplinaire de Lettres, Langues et Sciences humaines CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines Mémorial ACTe G.R.R.E.A. 17/18 : Groupe de Recherches sur les Représentations Européennes de l'Afrique aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
Extrait de : "Les représentations du Noir dans la littérature, l'histoire et les arts européens et américains des XVIIIe, XIXe et début du XXe siècle" : colloque pluridisciplinaire, du 27 février au 2 mars 2013. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
Description : Débat entre les intervenants et le public sur "Les représentations du Noir dans le droit et les débats d'idées du XVIIe siècle au début du XXe".
Siècle(s) traité(s) : 17
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Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V13077
V13077

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
We use first first-principle methods and the Peierls-Nabarro model to evaluate the resistance to glide, characterized by the Peierls stress, of glide systems for end-member MgSiO3 Perovskite at mantle pressures. [010](100) is the easiest glide system in Mg-Perovskite at all pressures. Peierls stresses increase systematically with pressure for all systems except [001](010), indicating the importance of lattice friction at lower mantle pressures. The ratio of the maximum Peierls stress for each system relative to the [010](100) value defines their critical resolved shear stress (CRSS). These CRSS are used in a visco-plastic self-consistent homogenization model to predict the evolution of crystal preferred orientations (CPO) during deformation of polycrystalline Mg-Perovskite. In axial compression, [100] tends to align with the compression direction, in agreement with in situ observations in axial compression experiments. In simple shear, [010] concentrates near the shear direction and (100), although more dispersed, tends to align near the shear plane, consistent with the dominant activity of the easier [010](100) system. The calculated seismic anisotropy for a 100% Mg-Perovskite aggregate using the CPO in simple shear and the elastic constants Of MgSiO3 perovskite at lower mantle pressures and temperatures is weak (>3% for P-waves with and >2% for S-waves) and decreases with increasing temperature and pressure. P-waves show the fastest propagation parallel to the lineation and S-waves fast polarization is in the foliation at 38 GPa and normal to the lineation at 88 GPa. This weak anisotropy is consistent with global seismological observations of a nearly isotropic lower mantle. There are however two regions where strain-induced Mg-Perovskite CPO could contribute to anisotropy; a) low temperature regions in the uppermost lower mantle, where the predicted S-wave polarization anisotropy may attain 1.6% with a fast polarization parallel to the foliation, b) in high high-temperature domains in the D '' layer, where Mg-Perovskite may be the major stable phase, leading to polarization of fast S-waves normal to the lineation for propagation directions at high angle to the lineation and an apparent isotropy for all other propagation directions.
ISSN: 0012-821X

hal-00411460
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00411460
DOI : 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.058

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : Unveiling the genetic basis of local adaptation to environmental variation is a major goal in molecular ecology. In rugged landscapes characterized by environmental mosaics, living populations and communities can experience steep ecological gradients over very short geographical distances. In lowland tropical forests, interspecific divergence in edaphic specialization (for seasonally flooded bottomlands and seasonally dry terra firme soils) has been proven by ecological studies on adaptive traits. Some species are nevertheless capable of covering the entire span of the gradient; intraspecific variation for adaptation to contrasting conditions may explain the distribution of such ecological generalists. We investigated whether local divergence happens at small spatial scales in two stands of Eperua falcata (Fabaceae), a widespread tree species of the Guiana Shield. We investigated Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) and sequence divergence as well as spatial genetic structure (SGS) at four genes putatively involved in stress response and three genes with unknown function. Significant genetic differentiation was observed among sub-populations within stands, and eight SNP loci showed patterns compatible with disruptive selection. SGS analysis showed genetic turnover along the gradients at three loci, and at least one haplotype was found to be in repulsion with one habitat. Taken together, these results suggest genetic differentiation at small spatial scale in spite of gene flow. We hypothesize that heterogeneous environments may cause molecular divergence, possibly associated to local adaptation in E. falcata.
ISSN: 1010-061X

hal-01032412
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032412
DOI : 10.1111/jeb.12069

Éditeur(s) : ISTPM
Résumé : The effect of the 2 pesticides most frequently used against mosquitoes was tested on a number of marine organisms. Growth inhibition was tested using Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Gyrosigma spencer (algae). To 0.5 ml of culture inoculum containing similar to 100000 cells in exponential growth phase, 9.5 ml of insecticide in varying concentrations were added and the growth was recorded every 48 hour; LG sub(50) was determined. Muscular activity and filtration rate of Crassostrea angulata were tested. The acute toxicity was tested using 4 species of gastropods, 2 lamellibranchs, 5 crustaceans, 1 coelenterate and 3 fishes; the species used were: Gibbula umbilicalis, Purpura lapillus, Littorina littorea, Patella vulgata, Mytilus edulis, Cardium edule, Artemia salina, Clinabarius misanthropus, Carcinus maenas, Crangon crangon, Palaemonetes varians, Actinia equina, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Pomatoschistus minutus and Anguilla anguilla. The LD sub(50) was determined for each concentration at intervals of 48 hour and 96 hour. It was noted that Abate was distinctly less toxic than Fenitrothion and that the crustaceans were extremely sensitive to Fenitrothion; a marginal security was found to exist in the oysters between the doses used in practice and those used in the test.
Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes (0035-2276) (ISTPM), 1973-03 , Vol. 37 , N. 1 , P. 137-144

Droits : Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1973/publication-2229.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2229/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD De Gruyter
Résumé : International audience
This study aims at better understanding the respective influences of specific gravity (γ), microfibril angle (MFA), and cell-wall matrix polymers on viscoelastic vibrational properties of wood in axial direction. The wide variations of properties between normal wood (NW) and compression wood (CW) are in focus. Three young bent trees (Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris and Pinus pinaster) that recovered verticality were sampled. Several observed differences between NW and CW were highly significant in terms of anatomical, physical (γ, shrinkage, CIELab colorimetry), mechanical (compressive strength), and vibrational properties. Specific dynamic modulus of elasticity (E'/γ) decreases with increasing MFA, and Young's modulus (E') can be satisfactorily explained by γ and MFA. Apparently, the type of the cell wall polymer matrix is not influential in this regard. The damping coefficient (tanδ) does not depend solely on MFA of NW and CW. The tanδ - E'/γ relationship evidences that, at equivalent E'/γ, the tanδ of CW is approx. 34% lower than that of NW. This observation is ascribed to the more condensed nature of CW lignins, and this is discussed in the context of previous findings in other hygrothermal and time/frequency domains. It is proposed that the lignin structure and the amount and type of extractives, which are both different in various species, are partly responsible for taxonomy-related damping characteristics.
ISSN: 0018-3830

hal-00808062
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00808062
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00808062/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00808062/file/Changes_viscoelastic_vibrational_Bremaud_al.pdf
DOI : 10.1515/hf-2011-0186

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Louisiana State University CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines Institut du Tout-Monde
Extrait de : "Edouard Glissant, l'éclat et l'obscur" : colloque international, du 19 au 23 mars 2018. Université des Antilles
Description : Selon le Professseur Frédéric Lefrançois, les multiples facettes de l'univers conceptuel échafaudé à travers la poétique d'Edouard Glissant confèrent à sa pensée la profondeur et la richesse d'un opus magnum habité par l'incessante question de la Relation. En son principe, cette idée maîtresse agit à l'image d'un architecte investi d'une mission singulière : celle de faire advenir de l'informe et du multiforme, un plan, une carte, pour assister dans ses avancées l'avenir des cultures en contact. Ainsi, en substance, cette relation est à la fois organique - en ce qu'elle a trait à l'agrégation du divers et du composite - et synthétique, parce qu'elle génère une poétique du divers dans laquelle le tout et la partie entrent en résonance... Ordo ab chao. En ces trois mots tiennent donc l'essence et la finalité d'un propos tour à tour translucide ou opaque, selon le dessein visé, et qu'il nous appartient aujourd'hui de saisir. En pareille matière, l'élan des métaphores, puisé d'un substrat psychosociologique d'une rare densité, s'avère un puissant allié. S'y adjoint la quête de vérité expérientielle, qui n'épargne en rien les aspects problématiques de l'antillanité. Selon quelles modalités passe-t-on des ténèbres à la lumière ? Sur quelle trame conceptuelle et poétique l'écheveau de la mémoire est-il tissé ? Faut-il y voir la tracée d'une destinée manifeste ou l'ambition scripturaire d'un démiurge ? Le Professeur envisage de contribuer à cette investigation en mettant au jour le dénominateur commun entre les fractions d'identité où le génie créateur glissantien se dévoile pour se mettre au service d'une langue poétique nouvelle.

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Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V18089
V18089

Éditeur(s) : DPLSH : Département Pluridisciplinaire de Lettres, Langues et Sciences humaines CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines G.R.R.E.A. 17/18 : Groupe de Recherches sur les Représentations Européennes de l'Afrique aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles Mémorial ACTe
Extrait de : "Les représentations du Noir dans la littérature, l'histoire et les arts européens et américains des XVIIIe, XIXe et début du XXe siècle" : colloque pluridisciplinaire, du 27 février au 2 mars 2013. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
Description : Marcel Dorigny nous présente le regard de la société des Amis des Noirs sur les Africains.
Siècle(s) traité(s) : 18
Droits : CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification
Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V13047
V13047

Éditeur(s) : Neidine Editeurs
Résumé : This article has for objective to put forward the ethical values of the sea and the ocean. After a reminder(abs of the marine origin of life on earth and what the human always carries in him tracks of this origin, we underline several characteristics: the regulation of the climate by the ocean, the specificities of part of the animal kingdom which unlike other did not conquer the terrestrial domain, the fact that marine biological material was at the origin of numerous Nobel prizes, finally which the sea holds number of biological, mineral, energy resources etc. which will be the resources of tomorrow. The following part is dedicated to the human values which the sea inculcates to those who frequent her. We offer a list of some current expressions of the French language the origin of which is marine or maritime. We discuss then about prosperous nations, sometimes small ones, which knew how to put forward the values of the sea and benefit from it for their influence. We talk about the symbols pulled by the sea, in particular the shells and their value, which various civilizations and peoples have known to adopt. We end on the New Caledonian case and on the opportunities and the assets which can be, considering its marine and maritime values as an island Pacific country.
Cet article a pour objectif de mettre en avant les valeurs éthiques de la mer et de l’océan. Après un rappel de l’origine marine de la vie sur terre et du fait que l’homme porte toujours en lui des traces de cette origine, on souligne plusieurs caractéristiques : la régulation du climat par l’océan, les spécificités de certains embranchements du règne animal qui à la différence d’autres n’ont pas conquis le domaine terrestre, le fait que matériel biologique marin a été à l’origine de nombreux prix Nobel, enfin que la mer recèle nombre de ressources biologiques, minérales, énergétiques etc… qui seront les ressources de demain. La partie suivante est consacrée aux valeurs humaines que la mer inculque à ceux qui la fréquentent. On offre une liste d’expressions courantes de la langue française dont l’origine est marine ou maritime. On discute ensuite des nations florissantes, parfois petites, qui ont su mettre en avant les valeurs de la mer et en tirer profit pour leur rayonnement. On disserte sur les symboles tirés de la mer et notamment des coquillages et de leur valeur que différentes civilisations et peuples ont su adopter. On conclue sur le cas calédonien et sur les opportunités et atouts qui peuvent être les siens de considérer ses valeurs marines et maritimes en tant que pays insulaire du Pacifique.
Tai Kona (2269-7535) (Neidine Editeurs), 2014-07 , N. 9 , P. 28-43

Droits : Tai Kona
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00203/31393/29782.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00203/31393/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : International audience
A relevant and accurate description of three-dimensional (3D) protein structures can be achieved by characterizing recurrent local structures. In a previous study, we developed a library of 120 3D structural prototypes encompassing all known 11-residues long local protein structures and ensuring a good quality of structural approximation. A local structure prediction method was also proposed. Here, overlapping properties of local protein structures in global ones are taken into account to characterize frequent local networks. At the same time, we propose a new long local structure prediction strategy which involves the use of evolutionary information coupled with Support Vector Machines (SVMs). Our prediction is evaluated by a stringent geometrical assessment. Every local structure prediction with a Calpha RMSD less than 2.5 A from the true local structure is considered as correct. A global prediction rate of 63.1% is then reached, corresponding to an improvement of 7.7 points compared with the previous strategy. In the same way, the prediction of 88.33% of the 120 structural classes is improved with 8.65% mean gain. 85.33% of proteins have better prediction results with a 9.43% average gain. An analysis of prediction rate per local network also supports the global improvement and gives insights into the potential of our method for predicting super local structures. Moreover, a confidence index for the direct estimation of prediction quality is proposed. Finally, our method is proved to be very competitive with cutting-edge strategies encompassing three categories of local structure predictions. Proteins 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
ISSN: 0887-3585

inserm-00348740
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00348740
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00348740/document
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00348740/file/Bornot_Proteins_2009_preprint_version.pdf
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00348740/file/inserm-00348740_edited.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : il s'agit d'un type de produit dont les métadonnées ne correspondent pas aux métadonnées attendues dans les autres types de produit : ACTIVITY_REPORT
Understanding genomic evolution in wild populations is of particular importance because evolution is a central process in our understanding of populations’ history and their future response to global changes. In addition to fundamental knowledge, the study of populations’ evolution has wide applications such as conservation/restoration genetics or epidemiology. Indeed, genetic diversity is the ‘fuel’ for populations’ evolution and adaptation to new conditions, and estimating the extent and the geographic structure of genetic diversity, as well as identifying the evolutionary forces behind (demography, gene flow, and adaptation) are thus major challenges in the current context of global changes. [br/]A particular attention is currently devoted to the process of genetic divergence in wild populations, with emphases on gene flow, local adaptation, and their interactions. Indeed, adaptation in wild populations is supported in many species by many kinds of experiments based on both quantitative phenotypic traits and molecular data. However, the processes governing populations’ evolution are poorly understood in the tropical rainforest of Amazonia, and the relative influence of neutral and adaptive processes are continuously discussed. [br/]I am a young scientist interested in the process of genomic divergence in wild (tree) populations. I aimed at understanding how evolution structures the genetic diversity and governs molecular divergence in wild populations, with particular emphases on gene flow and local adaptation. During five years as a young scientist, I worked on answering the following questions, focusing on two tree species occupying vulnerable areas: mainly [i]Eperua falcata[/i] in Amazonia and, to a lesser extent, [i]Abies alba[/i] in the Mediterranean area.[br/][u]Scientific questions:[/u][br/]- Which evolutionary drivers are responsible of the structure of genetic diversity in wild populations occupying wide areas? This question was addressed at different geographical scales: from large (regional) to very local (microgeographic) scales. [br/]- What is the relative influence of neutral (gene flow, inbreeding) and adaptive drivers in the process of genetic divergence?[br/]- Is microgeographic adaptation possible in spite of extensive gene flow between populations occupying the extreme boundaries of an ecological gradient? [br/]- What is the extent of natural selection in the (whole) genome of wild populations? [br/][br/]My research work is at the interface between three promising disciplines: Evolutionary genomics (i.e. the study of populations evolution and the evolutionary drivers behind), Bioinformatics (i.e. the treatment of next-generation data), and Bayesian modelling (i.e. the empirical calibration of complex mechanistic model). I intend to take advantage of the recent advances in sequencing and informatic technologies to bring up to date the field of ecological genetics and evolutionary biology, by developing modern research strategies to study the process of genomic divergence in wild populations.
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01204218

hal-01204218
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01204218
PRODINRA : 286326

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : International audience
Based on the very recent work by Censor-Gibali-Reich (http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.3780), we propose an extension of their new variational problem (Split Variational Inequality Problem) to monotone variational inclusions. Relying on the Krasnosel'skii-Mann Theorem for averaged operators, we analyze an algorithm for solving new split monotone inclusions under weaker conditions. Our weak convergence results improve and develop previously discussed Split Variational Inequality Problems, feasibility problems and related problems and algorithms.
ISSN: 0022-3239

hal-00776651
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00776651
DOI : 10.1007/s10957-011-9814-6

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Fondazione Lingue e Culture
Résumé : International audience
Inwieweit der Gemeinsame Europäische Referenzrahmen (GER) zur Unterrichtsplanung und ganz besonders zur Leistungsbewertung benutzt werden kann, untersuchen die beiden Autoren am Beispiel der DELF- und DALF- Diplome, die ab November 2007 in die Beurteilung von Französisch als Fremdsprache an den Schweizer Schulen (Ende Sek I) integriert werden sollen. Dazu müssen die Bewertungskriterien in den verschiedenen Testbereichen nicht nur transparent und vergleichbar sein und auf jedem Niveau bestimmten qualifikativen Aspekten der gesprochenen bzw. der geschriebenen Sprache genügen, sondern auch eine in Zeit und Aufwand angemessene Durchführung der Prüfungen gewährleisten.Im Beitrag von Riba und Luscher wird vor allem die Rolle vorausgehender Studien und Probetests, soliden Prüfertrainings, nachfolgender Vergleichskontrollen und eventueller Korrekturmassnahmen innerhalb der Prüfungszentren deutlich. Sie verweisen aber auch auf die Anbindung von Prüfungsaufgaben an das “normale” Unterrichtsgeschehen und schliesslich auf die Grenzen messbarer Leistungen: So lässt sich z.B. die interkulturelle Dimension nur schwer in festen Kriterien fassen und bewerten, was sich auch in dem unterschiedlichen Stellenwert ausdrückt, der Prüfungen in verschiedenen Kulturen zukommt. Am Ende bekennen sich die Autoren zu ihrem Credo, dass Sprachtests die Autonomie der Lerner fördern und deshalb so gerecht und zuverlässig wie möglich sein müssen. (Red.)
Après la publication du cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues, le Centre international d'études pédagogiques de Sèvres a procédé à la réforme des certifications en français langue étrangère, le DELF et le DALF. Dans cet article, le responsable du bureau du DELF et du DALF au CIEP, et le responsable de ces certifications en Suisse analysent l'impact que le Cadre européen a ou peut avoir sur la planification des enseignements/apprentissages en français langue étrangère.
Babylonia

Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess
halshs-01400371
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01400371
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01400371/document
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01400371/file/Le%20CER%20instrument%20de%20planification%20des%20enseignements%20et%20d%E2%80%99%C3%A9valuation%20des%20apprenants.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokine (DARC) is an erythrocyte receptor for malaria parasites (Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi) and for chemokines. In contrast to other chemokine receptors, DARC is a promiscuous receptor that binds chemokines of both CC and CXC classes. The four extracellular domains (ECDs) of DARC are essential for its interaction with chemokines, whilst the first (ECD1) is sufficient for the interaction with malaria erythrocyte-binding protein. In this study, we elaborate and analyze structural models of the DARC. The construction of the 3D models is based on a comparative modeling process and on the use of many procedures to predict transmembrane segments and to detect far homologous proteins with known structures. Threading, ab initio, secondary structure and Protein Blocks approaches are used to build a very large number of models. The conformational exploration of the ECDs is performed with simulated annealing. The second and fourth ECDs are strongly constrained. On the contrary, the ECD1 is highly flexible, but seems composed of three consecutive regions: a small beta-sheet, a linker region and a structured loop. The chosen structural models encompass most of the biochemical features and reflect the known experimental data. They may be used to analyze functional interaction properties.
ISSN: 0006-3002

inserm-00143373
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00143373
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00143373/document
http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00143373/file/de_Brevern_BBA_2005.pdf
DOI : 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.05.016

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : International audience
Intrinsic tribological properties of lamellar compounds are usually attributed to the presence of van der Waals gaps in their structure through which interlayer interactions are weak. The controlled variation of the distances and interactions between graphene layers by intercalation of electrophilic species in graphite is used in order to explore more deeply the friction reduction properties of low-dimensional compounds. Three graphite intercalation compounds with antimony pentachloride, iron trichloride and aluminium trichloride are studied. Their tribological properties are correlated to their structural parameters, and the interlayer interactions are deduced from ab initio bands structure calculations.
ISSN: 1023-8883

hal-00767639
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00767639
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00767639/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00767639/file/Delbe_6330.pdf
DOI : 10.1007/s11249-012-9981-0

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
This work deals with the problem of finding for a given industrial target the molecule conformation leading to the most efficient crystal polymorph and/or designing unknown crystal packing of new molecules. The originality of the method relies first on constraining the domain of the most probable crystals, before converging towards the predicted packing by a double genetic-refining optimization algorithm. Validation of this approach is discussed on the case study of 46 energetic crystal compounds, using the semi Ab Initio and Molecular Mechanics code GenMol™. This validation shows that all observed structures are retrieved in any circumstances with a relatively high number of good rankings.
ISSN: 0022-0248

hal-00857875
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00857875
DOI : 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.04.002

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : In order to analyze the large-scale structure of the genome of Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst.), a pseudo-testcross genetic linkage map was built using markers of six different types, belonging to the low (amplified fragment length polymorphisms, simple sequence repeats) or high (sequence-specific amplified polymorphisms, inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphisms) copy-number fraction of the genome, and including expressed region-derived markers (expressed sequence tag polymorphisms). Twenty seven and 23 linkage groups of at least four markers were obtained for the female and the male parent maps, respectively. A subset of these linkage groups coalesced into 13 bi-parental linkage groups through markers shared between the two maps. This map was used to investigate the frequency of each marker type over chromosomes and the distribution of marker types relative to each other, using autocorrelation techniques. Our results show that, while the composition of chromosomes is homogeneous, low- and high-copy-number markers tend to occupy separate regions of the linkage groups, and that expressed sequences are preferentially associated with microsatellites and separated from retrotransposons. These results indicate that the spatial structure of Norway spruce chromosomes is not homogeneous
ISSN: 1614-2942

hal-01032033
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032033
DOI : 10.1007/s11295-005-0012-2

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag/EDP Sciences
Résumé : Four populations of Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst.) were screened using nine nuclear microsatellite markers (three trinucleotides and six dinucleotides) and four chloroplast markers (all mononucleotides). Marker classes were compared for their variability, mutation rate and ability to detect differentiation between stands. Dinucleotide markers proved to be the most variable group and chloroplast stretches the least variable, with differences in mutation rate between the former and the latter spanning over two orders of magnitude. Variability correlated to the number of repeats but not to the absolute length of the microsatellite region. The different marker classes were combined with two different measures of genetic distance in order to investigate the performance of markers and evolutionary models for the study of genetic variation in natural populations of Norway spruce. Weir and Cockeram's F$_{rm ST}$ generally performed better in this clear-cut, four-population model study. Chloroplast haplotypes turned out to be the most sensitive marker system, being able to differentiate populations and to detect differences in genetic variability between sub-regions.
ISSN: 1286-4560

hal-01032048
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032048
DOI : 10.1051/forest:2006029

Éditeur(s) : Elsevier
Résumé : The composition of the glacial vegetation of southern French plains has been a matter of debate for several decades. Vegetation is considered as steppic according to French and Spanish lacustrine pollen records whereas cave deposits suggest the presence of mesothermophilous trees through the Last Glacial Maximum. In our paper, we display new palynological records from marine sediments of the Gulf of Lions. They indicate the presence of Abies, Picea and deciduous Quercus in the Gulf of Lions, certainly located in the drainage basins of the Pyreneo-Languedocian rivers. These populations that were sensitive to short climatic events during Marine Isotopic Stage 2 could have been linked to northeastern Spanish and southeastern French relicts already evidenced by phylogenetic data. These trees were absent from the Rhone drainage basin during the deglaciation and certainly also disappeared from the Pyreneo-Languedocian drainage basins from ca 17 to 15 ky cal BP. Finally, the Last Glacial Maximum does not appear as stable, cold and dry as previously thought.
Quaternary Science Reviews (0277-3791) (Elsevier), 2007-04 , Vol. 26 , N. 7-8 , P. 1037-1054

Droits : 2007 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2804.pdf
DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.009
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2804/

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley-VCH Verlag
Résumé : International audience
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that mediates immunosuppression caused by a variety of environmental contaminants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or dioxins. Recent evidence suggests that AhR plays an important role in T-cell-mediated immune responses by affecting the polarization and differentiation of activated T cells. However, the regulation of AhR expression in activated T cells remains poorly characterized. In the present study, we used purified human T cells stimulated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 Abs to investigate the effect of T-cell activation on AhR mRNA and protein expression. The expression of AhR mRNA increased significantly and rapidly after T-cell activation, identifying AhR as an immediate-early activation gene. AhR upregulation occurred in all of the T-cell subtypes, and is associated with its nuclear translocation and induction of the cytochromes P-450 1A1 and 1B1 mRNA expression in the absence of exogenous signals. In addition, the use of an AhR antagonist or siRNA-mediated AhR knockdown significantly inhibited IL-22 expression, suggesting that expression and functional activation of AhR is necessary for the secretion of IL-22 by activated T cells. In conclusion, our data support the idea that AhR is a major player in T-cell physiology.
ISSN: 0014-2980

hal-01063944
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01063944
DOI : 10.1002/eji.201343920
PUBMED : 24549985

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD World Scientific Publishing
Résumé : International audience
We present a new, alternative interpretation of the vector-tensor multiplet as a two-form in central charge superspace. This approach provides a geometric description of the (nontrivial) central charge transformations ab initio and is naturally generalized to include couplings of Chern-Simons forms to the antisymmetric tensor gauge field, giving rise to a N=2 supersymmetric version of the Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation mechanism.
ISSN: 0217-751X

hal-00769900
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00769900
DOI : 10.1142/S0217751X98000792