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Speciation Mechanisms in Acropora corals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09839044
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 自然史科学
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Genetics

Principal Investigator

HATTA Masayuki  National Institute of Genetics, Developmental Genetics, Assistant Professor, 個体遺伝研究系, 助手 (00249947)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsAcropora coral / mass-spawning / hybridization / gene introgression / speciation
Research Abstract

Crossing experiments were carried out systematically using mass-spawning corals of the genus Acropora in Okinawa, Japan. Interspecific fertilization was observed in specific combinations of species, even between species that have very different morphologies. The correlation of fertilization specificity and morphological types suggests that the hybridized species cannot be regarded as morphological variants within a shingle species. The Mendelian transmission of the mini-collagen alleles revealed that the offspring produced in experimental crosses are really hybrids. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the mini-collagen gene, rDNA and histone gene clusters suggested the species were divided to three related groups. Within the groups, the genetic relationships of the species are intermixed and hybridization was observed. These characteristics are explained by interspecific gene introgression via the hybrids produced by mass spawning, and are consistent with the concept of a species complex under the processes of the fusion of multiple species.
Surveyrance of alternative reproductive behaviors and genetic relationships suggested sympatric speciation by shifting spawning timing from mass-spawning as an alternative mechanism of speciation in sympatric Acropora corals.
PhyIogeny of the coral family Acroporidae based on mitochondria genes suggested that divergence of extant species in each genus is recent events after extinction during palaeoclimatic changes. And mass-spawning appeared the ancestral reproductive behavior.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All Other

All Publications (8 results)

  • [Publications] M. Hatta: "Reproductive and genetic evidence for a reticulate evolutionary history of mass-spawning corals"Molecular Biology and Evolition. 16. 1607-1613 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H. fukami: "Phylogenetic relationships in the coral family Acroporidae, reassessed by inference from mitochondrial genes"Zoological Science. 17(in press). (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M.Hatta, H.Fukami, W.Wang, M.Omori, K.Shimoike, T.Hayashibara, Y.Ina, T.Sugiyama: "Reproductive and genetic evidence for a reticulate evolutionary history of mass-spawning corals."Molecular Biology and evolution. Vol.16-No.11. 1607-1613 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H.Fukami, M.Omori, M.Hatta: "PhyIogenetic relationships in the coral family Acroporidae inferred from mitochondrial genes."Zoological Science. Vol.17(in press). (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M. Hatta: "Reproductive and genetic evidence for a reticulate evolutionary history of mass-spawning corals"Molecular Biology and Evolution. 16・11. 1607-1613 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] H. Fukami: "Phylogenetic relationships in the coral family Acroporidae, reassessed by inference from mitochondrial genes"Zoological Science. 17(印刷中). (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] S.Yum: "The structure and expression of a preprohormone of a neuropeptide,Hym-176 in Hydra magnipapillata" FEBS Letter. 439. 31-34 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Takahashi: "Structure-Activity Relation of LWamide Peptides Synthesized with a Multipeptide Synthesizer" Peptide Chemistry. 193-196 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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