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Adaptation of owl monkeys to dark environments accompanied by genome composition alterations: reproducibility in a wide range of primates

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H03311
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Koga Akihiko  京都大学, ヒト行動進化研究センター, 教授 (80192574)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 田辺 秀之  総合研究大学院大学, 統合進化科学研究センター, 准教授 (50261178)
飯田 敦夫  名古屋大学, 生命農学研究科, 助教 (90437278)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥6,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,530,000)
Keywords適応 / ゲノム / サテライトDNA / ヘテロクロマチン / 染色体 / 内在性レトロウイルス / 反復配列 / 霊長類 / 視細胞 / 有袋類
Outline of Research at the Start

夜行性の哺乳類の多く(マウス、ムササビなど)で、微弱な光を捕らえる視細胞の核に、特殊な構造が存在することが、知られている。これが光を集めるレンズとして機能し、夜間視力の増強をもたらす。昼行性の生活様式を示す真猿類(霊長類のうち、ヒトやニホンザルを含む大きなグループ)にあって、ヨザル(夜猿)は、唯一の例外である。過去に昼行性から夜行性に移行している。この移行に伴い、ヨザルは視細胞に、核の特殊な構造を獲得した。この獲得の進化的過程に関して、ゲノムの構成や環境条件などの点で必要であった条件を、調べる。その結果から、条件さえそろえば同様の適応が霊長類全般(ヒトを含め)で起こり得るかを、推測する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Owl monkeys carry, in their photoreceptor cells, a microlens structure that leads to an elevated night vision. This is an adaptation associated with their shift to a nocturnal lifestyle. The purpose of the present study was to reveal the past evolutionary process of the acquisition of the microlens structure, and to infer its generality in a wide range of organisms. The following results were obtained: [1] the acquisition was a recent and rapid process (after the divergence between owl monkey and marmoset), [2] the acquisition was accompanied by formation of novel satellite DNA (tandemly repeated sequences on a large scale) and its rapid expansion in the genome, and [3] another example of a rapid expansion of a new satellite DNA was found in a marsupial. These results suggested that adaptation associated with satellite DNA formation or expansion could occur in a wide range of organisms.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

適応進化にはゲノムの変化が伴う。真核生物のゲノムにはほぼ例外なく、従来の概念での遺伝子のほかに、サテライトDNAが大量に存在する。その機能が続々と明らかにされているものの、適応進化に直接関わったといえる例は、ほとんどない。この状況にあって、ヨザルでの視細胞内微小レンズの形成は、サテライトDNAがもたらす適応進化の明瞭な例である。進化の観点からは、これがヨザルに限られるのかとの疑問が、順当に生じる。この疑問に応えるための実験や解析を行い、広い範囲の生物種で同様の適応進化が起こり得るとの推測に至った。この先の課題としての具体的な実例の同定に、効率的な解析手法の選定の指針を、提供することになる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 12 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] カセサート大学(タイ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ケント州立大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The medaka fish <i>Tol2</i> transposable element is in an early stage of decay: identification of a nonautonomous copy2022

    • Author(s)
      S. Hayashi, T. Tsukiyama, A. Iida, M. Kinoshita, A. Koga
    • Journal Title

      Genome

      Volume: 65 Issue: 3 Pages: 183-187

    • DOI

      10.1139/gen-2021-0010

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An endogenous retrovirus presumed to have been endogenized or relocated recently in a marsupial, the red-necked wallaby2022

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi S, Shimizu K, Honda Y, Katsura Y, Koga A
    • Journal Title

      Genome

      Volume: 65 Issue: 5 Pages: 277-286

    • DOI

      10.1139/gen-2021-0047

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Marsupial satellite DNA as faithful reflections of long-terminal repeat retroelement structure2022

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi S, Honda Y, Kanesaki E, *Koga A
    • Journal Title

      Genome

      Volume: 65 Issue: 9 Pages: 469-478

    • DOI

      10.1139/gen-2022-0039

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Marsupial genome analysis suggests that satellite DNA formation from walb endogenous retrovirus is an event specific to the red‐necked wallaby2022

    • Author(s)
      Koga Akihiko、Hashimoto Kenji、Honda Yusuke、Nishihara Hidenori
    • Journal Title

      Genes to Cells

      Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Pages: 149-155

    • DOI

      10.1111/gtc.12999

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A mutant gene for albino body color is widespread in natural populations of tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog)2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S, Murase M, Miyazaki M, Hayashi S, *Koga A
    • Journal Title

      Genes & Genetic Systems

      Volume: 96 Issue: 1 Pages: 33-39

    • DOI

      10.1266/ggs.20-00047

    • NAID

      130008035922

    • ISSN
      1341-7568, 1880-5779
    • Year and Date
      2021-02-01
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Replacement of owl monkey centromere satellite by a newly evolved variant was a recent and rapid process2021

    • Author(s)
      Nishihara Hidenori、Stanyon Roscoe、Tanabe Hideyuki、Koga Akihiko
    • Journal Title

      Genes to Cells

      Volume: 26 Issue: 12 Pages: 979-986

    • DOI

      10.1111/gtc.12898

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The heterochromatin block that functions as a rod cell microlens in owl monkeys formed within a 15-Myr time span2021

    • Author(s)
      Tanabe H, Kusakabe KT, Imai H, Yokota SI, Kuraishi T, Hattori S, Kai C, *Koga A
    • Journal Title

      Genome Biology and Evolution

      Volume: 13 Issue: 3

    • DOI

      10.1093/gbe/evab021

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Baboon bearing resemblance in pigmentation pattern to Siamese cat carries a missense mutation in the tyrosinase gene2020

    • Author(s)
      *Koga A, Hisakawa C, Yoshizawa M
    • Journal Title

      Genome

      Volume: 63 Issue: 5 Pages: 275-279

    • DOI

      10.1139/gen-2020-0003

    • NAID

      120006846483

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Complex intragene deletion leads to oculocutaneous albinism in tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog)2020

    • Author(s)
      Mae Yuji、Nagara Kenji、Miyazaki Manabu、Katsura Yukako、Enomoto Yuki、Koga Akihiko
    • Journal Title

      Genome

      Volume: 63 Issue: 10 Pages: 517-523

    • DOI

      10.1139/gen-2020-0049

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The CENP-B box, a nucleotide motif involved in centromere formation, has multiple origins in New World monkeys2019

    • Author(s)
      Thongchum R、Nishihara H、Srikulnath K、Hirai H、*Koga A
    • Journal Title

      Genes & Genetic Systems

      Volume: 94 Issue: 6 Pages: 301-306

    • DOI

      10.1266/ggs.19-00042

    • NAID

      130007791988

    • ISSN
      1341-7568, 1880-5779
    • Year and Date
      2019-12-01
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Structural variations of subterminal satellite blocks and their source mechanisms as inferred from the meiotic configurations of chimpanzee chromosome termini2019

    • Author(s)
      *Hirai H, Hirai Y, Udono T, Matsubayashi K, Tosi AJ, Koga A
    • Journal Title

      Chromosome Research

      Volume: 27 Issue: 4 Pages: 321-332

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10577-019-09615-z

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Alpha satellite DNA-repeat OwlAlp1 forms centromeres in Azara's owl monkey.2019

    • Author(s)
      Oizumi Y., Koga A., Kanoh J.
    • Journal Title

      Genes Cells

      Volume: 24 Issue: 7 Pages: 511-517

    • DOI

      10.1111/gtc.12701

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 内在性レトロウイルスが縦列に重複して大規模サテライトを形成する:カンガルーでの実例2つ2022

    • Author(s)
      賀章彦・林咲良・田辺秀之
    • Organizer
      日本遺伝学会第94回大(北海道大学)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Evolution of the microlens structure in photoreceptor cells clarified through owl monkey studies2022

    • Author(s)
      Koga A, Hirai A, Stanyon R, Tanabe H, Prakhongcheep O, Srikulnath K
    • Organizer
      1st Animal Genomics and Bioresource for ESG & SDG Seminar (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 哺乳類で最近転移したと推測できるLTRレトロトランスポゾン2021

    • Author(s)
      古賀章彦・清水小波・本田祐介・林咲良
    • Organizer
      日本遺伝学会第93回大会(オンライン)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 有袋類の新規LTRレトロトランスポゾンの進化的起源2021

    • Author(s)
      林咲良・桂有加子・古賀章彦
    • Organizer
      日本遺伝学会第93回大会(オンライン)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] シャム猫みたいなマントヒヒ2020

    • Author(s)
      古賀章彦・久川智恵美・吉澤未来
    • Organizer
      第36回日本;霊長類学会大会(オンライン開催)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ヒト培養細胞におけるイネ活性型MITE・mPing の転移2020

    • Author(s)
      林咲良・古賀章彦・築山拓司
    • Organizer
      第43回日本分子生物学会年会(オンライン開催)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] なくてもよいけれど,あれば多少は有利と言えそうな,DNA の短いモチーフ2019

    • Author(s)
      古賀章彦
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会第21回年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 中央アルプスの白タヌキは黒色素合成に必須の遺伝子で5個のエクソンのうちの1個が欠けている2019

    • Author(s)
      古賀章彦
    • Organizer
      日本遺伝学会第91回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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