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Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in an Aquatic Community

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16370008
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Ecology/Environment
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

NISHIMURA Kinya  Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Associate Professor (30222186)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MORI Tsukasa  Nihon University, Faculty of BioResources, Associate Professor (60241379)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥8,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
KeywordsPhenotypic Plasticity / Inducible Defenses / Phenotype Development / Rana piricn / Geographical Isolation / Predation / Natural Selection / 遺伝子の引き算 / DNAマイクロアレー
Research Abstract

Anuran tadoles of Rana pirica, and salamander larvae of Hynobius retardatus are the founders of the ponds community that are formed in forests peripheral in Hokkaido in spring. The salamander larvae become a broad headed morph in the larval developmental period in certain condition. Larval salamanders having a broad headed-morph are a strong predator that has an ability to swallow conspecific larvae and tadpoles with a large gape size. The broad-headed morph is considered as an adaptive phenotypic plasticity. The tadpoles also exhibit a phenotypic plasticity. The tadpoles develop a bulgy body when they are exposed to the predation risk of the larval salamanders. The bulginess prohibits being swallowed by the salamanders having a large gape. The plasticity of larval salamander, bread-head, and of tadpole, bulgy body, are considered as antagonistic coevolution of predator-prey interaction.
The tadpoles exhibit the other type of inducible defense morphology to the other predator species in the community. Dragon fly larvae are one of the commonest predator species in the pond community. The tadpoles develop higher tail morphology when they are exposed to the predation risk of the dragon fly larvae. Tadpoles of R. pirica have two types of inducible defense morphologies. One is the specialist type inducible morphology to the predation risk of the larval salamander, and the other on is the generalist type one to the various other predator species in the pond community.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (27 results)

  • [Journal Article] Flexible architecture of inducible morphological defenses.2006

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Animal Ecology 75

      Pages: 705-712

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Reciprocal phenotypic plasticity in a predator-prey interaction between larval amphibians.2006

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O.
    • Journal Title

      Ecology 87

      Pages: 1599-1604

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of maturation rate collapses the competitive coexistence.2006

    • Author(s)
      Mougi, A.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 241

      Pages: 467-476

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Inducible plasticity: optimal waiting time for the development of an inducible phenotype.2006

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Evolutionary Ecology Research 8

      Pages: 553-559

    • NAID

      120000958823

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Flexible architecture of inducible morphological defenses.2006

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O. and Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Animal Ecology 75

      Pages: 705-712

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Reciprocal phenotypic plasticity in a predator-prey interaction between larval amphibians.2006

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O., Mizuta, Y. and Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Ecology 87

      Pages: 1599-1604

    • NAID

      120000955817

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of maturation rate collapses the competitive coexistence.2006

    • Author(s)
      Mougi, A. and Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 241

      Pages: 467-476

    • NAID

      120000964166

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Inducible plasticity : optimal waiting time for the development of an inducible phenotype2006

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Evolutionary Ecology Research 8

      Pages: 553-559

    • NAID

      120000958823

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Reciprocal phenotypic plasticity in a predator-prey interaction between larval amphibians2006

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O.
    • Journal Title

      Ecology 87

      Pages: 1599-1604

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Coexistence of competitive species with a stage-structured lifecycle.2005

    • Author(s)
      Mougi, A.
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research 20

      Pages: 581-589

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity for predator-induced morphological defenses in anuran tadpole, Rana prirca, usingcDNA subtraction and microarray analysis.2005

    • Author(s)
      Mori, T.
    • Journal Title

      Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 330

      Pages: 1138-1145

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Mechanical vibrations from tadpoles' taild transform salamander's carnivorous morphology.2005

    • Author(s)
      Michimae, H.
    • Journal Title

      Biology Letters 1

      Pages: 74-77

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Multiple inducible defenses against multiple predators.2005

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O.
    • Journal Title

      Evolutionary Ecology Research 7

      Pages: 619-631

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Coexistence of competitive species with a stage-structured life cycle.2005

    • Author(s)
      Mougi, A. and Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research 20

      Pages: 581-589

    • NAID

      40006844093

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity for predator-induced morphological defenses in anuran tadpole, Rana prirca, using cDNA subtraction and microarray analysis.2005

    • Author(s)
      Mori, T., Hiraka, I., Kurata, Y., Kawauchi, H., Kishida, O. and Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 330

      Pages: 1138-1145

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Mechanical vibrations from tadpoles' taild transform salamander's carnivorous morphology.2005

    • Author(s)
      Michimae, H., Nishimura, K. and Wakahara, M.
    • Journal Title

      Biology Letters 1

      Pages: 74-77

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Multiple inducible defenses against multiple predators.2005

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O. and Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Evolutionary Ecology Research 7

      Pages: 619-631

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Coexistence of competitive species with a stage-structured life cycle.2005

    • Author(s)
      Mougi, A
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research 20

      Pages: 581-589

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Mechanical vibrations from tadpoles'flapping tails transform salamander's carnivorous morphology.2005

    • Author(s)
      Michimae, H.
    • Journal Title

      Biology Letters 1

      Pages: 75-77

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of cannibalism; referring to cost of cannibalism.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 226

      Pages: 291-300

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Variant evolutionary trees under phenotypic variance.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 226

      Pages: 79-87

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Bulgy tadpoles: inducible defense morph.2004

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O.
    • Journal Title

      Oecologia 140

      Pages: 414-421

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of cannibalism; referring to cost of cannibalism.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.. and Isoda, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 226

      Pages: 291-300

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Variant evolutionary trees under phenotypic variance.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K. and Isoda, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 226

      Pages: 79-87

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Bulgy tadpoles: inducible defense morph.2004

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O. and Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Oecologia 140

      Pages: 414-421

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of cannibalism ; referring to cost of cannibalism.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 226

      Pages: 291-300

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Bulgy tadpoles : inducible defense morph.2004

    • Author(s)
      Kishida, O.
    • Journal Title

      Oecologia 140

      Pages: 414-421

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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