The adaptive evolution of cryptic coloration and aposematic coloration: the genetic backgrounds causing the diversification of insect color

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K18615
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Ecology/Environment
Research Institution	Toho University
Principal Investigator	KONUMA Junji 東邦大学, 理学部, 講師 (10613838)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords	体色 / QTL / carabid beetles / 量的遺伝 / QTLマッピング / 適応進化 / 遺伝基盤
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this study, we applied QTL mapping to the hybrids between Carabus blaptoides subspecies with a different body color. One QTL scan showed some LOD peaks in the green and blue colors on the linkage groups, which implied existences of the genetic regions associated with the beetle colors. Two QTL scan suggested that epistatic regions may exist in the linkage groups. These QTL may be the genetic background of the body color of Carabus blaptoides.

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