| Budget Amount *help |
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Considering that insects constitute a fundamental component of the avian diet, we posited that certain insect eggs may remain unscathed during avian digestion. To test this hypothesis, we fed stick insect eggs to an avian predator and observed that a substantial proportion, ranging from 20% to 80%, of the eggs were voided undamaged. Notably, an analysis of the genetic structure of stick insects suggests that their dispersal through avian vectors indeed plays a role in shaping gene flow.
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