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Molecular genetic mechanisms underlying life-history evolution and diversification

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H03277
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 45020:Evolutionary biology-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo (2020-2021)
National Institute of Genetics (2019)

Principal Investigator

Ishikawa Asano  東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (20722101)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 山崎 曜  国立遺伝学研究所, ゲノム・進化研究系, 助教 (40816021)
北野 潤  国立遺伝学研究所, ゲノム・進化研究系, 教授 (80346105)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
Keywords季節性繁殖 / 生活史 / 季節性 / 日長応答 / 繁殖
Outline of Research at the Start

生物の生活史、つまり、どのように生まれ、成長し、繁殖し、死ぬのかは、ある個体がある環境で生き残り、子孫を残すことができるかを決めるとても重要な戦略である。この戦略は、それ自体がたくさんの形質が統合されて成立する複雑なもので、これらがどのような突然変異によって進化するのか、そしてその突然変異がどう集団中に広まっていくのかはほとんど分かっていない。本研究では、進化学のモデル生物であるトゲウオ科イトヨを使って、これを解明する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The annual timing of reproduction is a key life-history trait having a large effect on fitness. Populations often show convergent evolution of the reproductive period to adapt to different seasonality between habitats. To address the molecular genetic mechanisms, we use the three-spined stickleback as a model. We found that the multiple freshwater populations exhibited an extended breeding season. We showed that gonad development is suppressed by short photoperiod in marine ecotypes, but not in freshwater ecotypes. TSHb2 exhibited photoperiodic changes in marine ecotypes, but not in multiple freshwater populations. Knockout marine fish of TSHb2 demonstrated that fish showed signs of maturation even under short photoperiod. They were also similar to freshwater individuals in brain transcriptome and body size, suggesting pleiotropic effects. We revealed that the parallel loss of TSHb2 response occurred via different mechanisms; cis- and trans- mutations in Canada and Japan, respectively.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

甲状腺刺激ホルモンは、イトヨ以外の魚や鳥、哺乳類でも季節性繁殖の制御をおこなっていることが分かってきました。このため、広い生物群で季節性繁殖の進化の鍵を担っているハブ遺伝子として機能していると考えられます。この遺伝子を制御することにより、より長い期間繁殖する家畜種や養殖種の作成などが可能になる可能性があります。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 9 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Construction of a chromosome-level Japanese stickleback species genome using ultra-dense linkage analysis with single-cell sperm sequencing.2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshitake K, Ishikawa A, Yonezawa R, Kinoshita S, Kitano J, and Asakawa S.
    • Journal Title

      NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Convergent copy number increase of genes associated with freshwater colonisation in fishes2022

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A, Yamanouchi S, Iwasaki W, and Kitano J.
    • Journal Title

      Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Genetic basis for variation in the number of cephalic pores in a hybrid zone between closely related species of goby, Gymnogobius breunigii and Gymnogobius castaneus2021

    • Author(s)
      Kakioka Ryo、Kume Manabu、Ishikawa Asano、Ansai Satoshi、Hosoki Takuya K、Yamasaki Yo Y、Nagano Atsushi J、Toyoda Atsushi、Kitano Jun
    • Journal Title

      Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

      Volume: - Issue: 1 Pages: 143-154

    • DOI

      10.1093/biolinnean/blab033

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The evolutionary ecology of fatty‐acid variation: Implications for consumer adaptation and diversification2021

    • Author(s)
      Twining Cornelia W.、Bernhardt Joey R.、Derry Alison M.、Hudson Cameron M.、Ishikawa Asano、Kabeya Naoki、Kainz Martin J.、Kitano Jun、Kowarik Carmen、Ladd Sarah Nemiah、Leal Miguel C.、Scharnweber Kristin、Shipley Jeremy R.、Matthews Blake
    • Journal Title

      Ecology Letters

      Volume: 24 Issue: 8 Pages: 1709-1731

    • DOI

      10.1111/ele.13771

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Copy number variation of a fatty acid desaturase gene <i>Fads2</i> associated with ecological divergence in freshwater stickleback populations2021

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa Asano、Stuart Yoel E.、Bolnick Daniel I.、Kitano Jun
    • Journal Title

      Biology Letters

      Volume: 17 Issue: 8 Pages: 20210204-20210204

    • DOI

      10.1098/rsbl.2021.0204

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Differences in the contributions of sex linkage and androgen regulation to sex-biased gene expression in juvenile and adult sticklebacks.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kitano J, Kakioka R, Ishikawa A, Toyoda A Kusakabe M.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Evolutionary Biology

      Volume: 33 Issue: 8 Pages: 1129-1138

    • DOI

      10.1111/jeb.13662

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Diversity in reproductive seasonality in the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus2020

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa Asano、Kitano Jun
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Biology

      Volume: 223 Issue: Suppl_1

    • DOI

      10.1242/jeb.208975

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Multiple waves of freshwater colonization of the three-spined stickleback in the Japanese Archipelago2020

    • Author(s)
      Kakioka Ryo、Mori Seiichi、Kokita Tomoyuki、Hosoki Takuya K.、Nagano Atsushi J.、Ishikawa Asano、Kume Manabu、Toyoda Atsushi、Kitano Jun
    • Journal Title

      BMC Evolutionary Biology

      Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 143-143

    • DOI

      10.1186/s12862-020-01713-5

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Patterns of genomic divergence and introgression between Japanese stickleback species with overlapping breeding habitats2020

    • Author(s)
      Ravinet Mark、Kume Manabu、Ishikawa Asano、Kitano Jun
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Evolutionary Biology

      Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Pages: 114-127

    • DOI

      10.1111/jeb.13664

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A key metabolic gene for recurrent freshwater colonization and radiation in fishes2019

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa Asano, Kabeya Naoki, Ikeya Koki, Kakioka Ryo, Cech Jennifer N., Osada Naoki, Leal Miguel C., Inoue Jun, Kume Manabu, Toyoda Atsushi, Tezuka Ayumi, Nagano Atsushi J., Yamasaki Yo Y., Suzuki Yuto, Kokita Tomoyuki, Takahashi Hiroshi et al.
    • Journal Title

      Science

      Volume: 364 Issue: 6443 Pages: 886-889

    • DOI

      10.1126/science.aau5656

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A key gene important for freshwater colonization and radiation2022

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A key metabolic gene important for freshwater colonization and adaptation2021

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A
    • Organizer
      ICZ Virtual Conference 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Genetic molecular mechanisms underlying life-history evolution in sticklebacks2021

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A
    • Organizer
      NIBB-Academia Sinica International Webinar of Aquatic Model Organisms for Basic Biology to Human Disease Models
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] ヒトと魚をつなぐ脂肪酸代謝の進化機構2021

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃
    • Organizer
      第75回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] トゲウオから探る季節性生活史の収斂進化の分子遺伝基盤2021

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃
    • Organizer
      日本遺伝学会第93回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] トゲウオから探る生活史の収斂進化の分子遺伝機構2021

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃
    • Organizer
      第66回日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] トゲウオから探る生活史の収斂進化の鍵遺伝子2020

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃
    • Organizer
      第52回種生物学会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Molecular genetic mechanisms underlying convergent evolution of life-history traits in sticklebacks2020

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A
    • Organizer
      第43回日本分子生物学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 生活史の適応進化を生む分子遺伝機構 ー変異/遺伝子、生理、適応度を繋ぐー2020

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃
    • Organizer
      第66回日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 生活史の適応進化を生む分子遺伝機構 ー変異/遺伝子、生理、適応度を繋ぐー2020

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃
    • Organizer
      第67回日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Key physiological genes important for freshwater adaptation and life history evolution in sticklebacks2019

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A. and Kitano J.
    • Organizer
      Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Genetic basis of life history evolution in sticklebacks2019

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A
    • Organizer
      第21回日本進化学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 繰り返し生じた魚類の淡水進出を担う鍵遺伝子2019

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃、北野潤
    • Organizer
      第90回日本動物学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 遺伝子から解き明かす魚の不思議な世界2019

    • Author(s)
      石川 麻乃
    • Total Pages
      480
    • Publisher
      一色出版
    • ISBN
      4909383077
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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