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Effects of environmental stresses on genetic diversity in microalgae

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10680529
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 環境影響評価(含放射線生物学)
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Environmental Studies

Principal Investigator

KASAI Fumie  National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environmental Biology Division, Leader, 生物圏環境部, 室長 (70224376)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
KeywordsClosterium / Microalgae / Environmental stress / Genetic variation / Allozyme / マイクロサテライト
Research Abstract

Genetic diversity of a population is considered as one of the factors which determine whether or not organisms could conquer anthropogenic environmental stresses.
Maintenance of genetic variations in populations is affected by the source of variation and population size. In this study. I examined genetic variation in local populations of the conjugating green alga Closterium ehrenbergii isolated from paddy fields, where herbicides were assumed to be applied, and from other shallow water pools like ponds and lowland wetlands, where herbicides were not assumed to be applied. Allozyme variation was observed in the populations isolated from lowLand wetlands in Okinawa lsl. , whereas the variation was not observed in the populations isolated from paddy fields in Yaeyama lsls, where herbicides were assumed to be applied. These results suggest that an environmental stress like a herbicide could reduce genetic variation in microalgal populations.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All Other

All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] Kasai, F.: "Shifts in herbicide tolerance in paddy field periphyton following herbicide application."Chemosphere. 38. 919-931 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] F.Kasai: "Shifts in herbicide tolerance in paddy field periphyton following herbicide application" Chemosphere. 38. 919-931 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1998-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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