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A comprehensive study on the adaptive radiation and biodiversity of the Drosophila virilis section

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19570077
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Biodiversity/Systematics
Research InstitutionHokkaido University of Education

Principal Investigator

WATABE Hideaki  Hokkaido University of Education, 教育学研究科, 教授 (10167190)

Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2009
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsショウジョウバエ / 種分化 / 生殖的隔離 / ショウジョウバェ / 多様性 / 交配 / 雑種不妊 / 食性 / そ嚢 / the virilis section / 進化 / 生態 / 適応 / 東アジア / 渓流性
Research Abstract

The Drosophila virilis section was studied from an evolutionary point of vies of adaptive radiation and biodiversity in green belts of East Asia. Most species of the virilis section living in the temperate region repeated generation alternation several times per year, and the females did not develop their ovaries from mid September and entered reproductive diapause for hibernation. Any species belonging to the large quadrisetata species group has not been known for seasonal changes of natural populations, and it is first known that Drosophila quadrisetata spends two generations per year. The virilis section flies used cliff-shelters covered by roots of trees or ferns along stream as hibernation sites. Drosophilaokadai of the robusta group characteristically spent a single generation per year.
Several species were maintained under various photoperiodic conditions from the egg stage and studied for the development of ovaries. Reproductive diapause was induced under short daylength in Dros … More ophila okadai, a uni-voltine species, and this has showed that diapause of Drosophila okadai is facultative and a single generation per year is due to the limited period suitable for the life of Drosophila okadai.
On the other hand, ovarian development proceeded without any delay even under short photoperiodic regimes in Drosophila daruma, a tropic or subtropical member of the polychaeta species group
Local populations of Drosophila tsigana, a member of the melanica species group, showed remarkable morphological variations for the band patters on the abdominal tergites. The warm temperate form collected from Tokyo and Kyoto possessed entirely black tergites of males but the cool temperate one from central Hokkaido did black caudal bands interrupted largely at middle on tergites II to IV. Any discriminative character on the male genitalia was not been detected between these two forms.
Reproductive isolation was studied by no-choice method, and incomplete isolation was detected between the two forms of Drosophila tsigana. A mitochondrial gene of COI was analyzed, and the gene sequences were compared among local populations of Drosophila tsigana. The molecular phylogenic tree showed that the warm temperate form of Japanese Drosophila tsigana was situated near to Chinese Drosophila tsigana collected from Guizhou, rather than the cool temperate form of Japanese Drosophila tsigana. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2009 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2008 Annual Research Report
  • 2007 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2010 2008 2007 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 8 results)

  • [Journal Article] ショウジョウバエの〓嚢から抽出された糖類に関する研究2010

    • Author(s)
      渡部英昭・野坂幸司・森田みゆ
    • Journal Title

      北海道教育大学紀要自然科学編 61(印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ショウジョウバエの〓嚢から抽出された糖類に関する研究2010

    • Author(s)
      渡部英昭
    • Journal Title

      北海道教育大学紀要自然科学編 61(印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Discovery of the Drosophila (Drosophila) robusta species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from Southeast Asian tropics, with the descriptions of six new species2010

    • Author(s)
      Awit, S
    • Journal Title

      Entomological Science 13(accepted)

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A new subgenus Parastegana (Allstegana) (Diptera, Drosophilidae), with descriptions of two new species from South China.2008

    • Author(s)
      Cheng, H., Watabe, H., Zhang, W
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Natural History 41

      Pages: 2403-2410

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Genetic differentiation and cryptic speciation in natural populations of Drosophila lacertosa2007

    • Author(s)
      He, L., Watabe, H., Xiangyu, J. Gao, J., Liang, X., Aotsuka, T., Zhang, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43

      Pages: 24-31

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Genitalia structure and geographic distribution of Drosophila quadrisetata(Diptera, Drosophilidae)in Japan2007

    • Author(s)
      Watabe, H. and Takahashi, M.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Hokkaido University of Education 58

      Pages: 15-21

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila obscura species group, with emphasis on the Old World species2007

    • Author(s)
      Gao, J., Watabe, H. and, et. al.
    • Journal Title

      BMC Evolutionary Biology 7

      Pages: 87-99

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Discovery of the Drosophila (Drosrobusta species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from Southeast Asian tropics, with the descriptions of six new species. Entomol 13 (Accepted

    • Author(s)
      Awit, S., Watabe, H.
    • Journal Title

      Entomological Science 13(Accepted)

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila obscura species group, with emphasis on the Old World species.

    • Author(s)
      Gao, J., Watabe, H. Aotsuka, T., pang J., Zhang, Y. (
    • Journal Title

      BMC Evolutionary Biology 7

      Pages: 87-99

    • Related Report
      2009 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed

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Published: 2007-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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