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Exploring genomic signatures of Ryukyu-ayu to inform the survival of an endangered fish species

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K06191
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 40030:Aquatic bioproduction science-related
Research InstitutionFukui Prefectural Satoyama-Satoumi Research Institute (2024)
Fukui Prefectural University (2022-2023)
Tokai University (2020-2021)

Principal Investigator

Hirohiko Takeshima  福井県里山里海湖研究所, 研究部門, 研究員 (50573086)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 安房田 智司  大阪公立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (60569002)
橋口 康之  大阪医科薬科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (70436517)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords生物多様性 / 絶滅危惧種 / リュウキュウアユ / アユ / 低カバレッジ全ゲノムシーケンス / 集団ゲノミクス / 魚類 / 存続
Outline of Research at the Start

絶滅が危惧される生物では,個体数の減少に伴い近親交配が生じ,遺伝的多様性の低下から絶滅リスクは加速する.ところが一部の絶滅危惧生物は,多様性が低いままで長期間存続してきた.全ゲノム比較分析から絶滅危惧生物が持つ遺伝的特性を解明できるが,魚類の研究は殆どない.絶滅危惧魚類のリュウキュウアユは,奄美大島のみに生息するアユの亜種である.島内の2 集団が,数万年の長期にわたり小集団かつ低い遺伝的多様性を維持してきた一方で,日本本土のアユは大集団で遺伝的多様性が高い.本研究では,リュウキュウアユの小集団とアユの大集団との比較ゲノミクスを行い,絶滅危惧魚類の存続に不可欠な遺伝的特性を明らかにする.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To elucidate the genetic characteristics essential for the long-term persistence of the endangered fish Ryukyu-ayu, we performed demographic inference using whole-genome resequencing and comparative population genomics using low-coverage whole-genome resequencing for the two subspecies of ayu including ayu and Ryukyu-ayu. Our analysis revealed that Ryukyu-ayu has persisted with significantly smaller effective population sizes than ayu since the Last Glacial Maximum. Despite a marked reduction in genome-wide genetic variation, Ryukyu-ayu retains a relatively high number of nonsynonymous substitutions. In addition, we identified genomic regions with elevated genetic diversity encompassing genes associated with host immune defense and mRNA surveillance pathways-key biological functions linked to organismal survival. These regions exhibited signatures of balancing selection, suggesting maintenance of adaptive variation despite prolonged small population size.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現在,地球上では人類の活動に起因して,絶滅危惧にある生物が加速度的に増加している.第6の大量絶滅期であると言われ,絶滅危惧種の保全は世界的な緊急課題である.日本でも汽水・淡水魚類の42%が絶滅危惧種とされ,各動物分類群のなかでも最も高い割合を示す.これまで研究事例が少なかった魚類の絶滅危惧種について,リュウキュウアユという日本固有の絶滅危惧魚類をモデルとした保全ゲノミクスを実施した.本研究の成功は,日本の魚類の保全ゲノミクス分野を牽引するのは間違いないばかりか,その成果をより速く世界に発信し,汽水・淡水魚類の生物多様性・保全ゲノミクスの研究分野を「日本」が世界的にリードする基盤を構築できる.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2024 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (14 results) (of which Invited: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Optimal SNP filtering strategies for pedigree reconstruction: A case study with wild red‐spotted masu salmon population2025

    • Author(s)
      Shohei Noda, Tetsuya Akita, Rui Ueda, Takafumi Katsumura, Yasuyuki Hashiguchi, Hirohiko Takeshima, Takuya Sato
    • Journal Title

      Population Ecology

      Volume: 67 Issue: 2 Pages: 125-139

    • DOI

      10.1002/1438-390x.12192

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 4. Population genomics reveals the genetic basis of ecological differences between amphidromous and landlocked Lake Biwa forms of ayu2024

    • Author(s)
      武島弘彦
    • Journal Title

      NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI

      Volume: 90 Issue: 2 Pages: 144-144

    • DOI

      10.2331/suisan.WA3095-4

    • ISSN
      0021-5392, 1349-998X
    • Year and Date
      2024-03-15
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals urgent conservation needs for the southernmost population of ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)2024

    • Author(s)
      Linh Manh Ha, Hau Duc Tran, Hirohiko Takeshima, Kei’ichiro Iguchi
    • Journal Title

      Environmental Biology of Fishes

      Volume: 107 Issue: 9 Pages: 945-954

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10641-024-01600-8

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Draft Genome of Akame (Lates Japonicus) Reveals Possible Genetic Mechanisms for Long-Term Persistence and Adaptive Evolution with Low Genetic Diversity2024

    • Author(s)
      Yasuyuki Hashiguchi, Tappei Mishina, Hirohiko Takeshima, Kouji Nakayama, Hideaki Tanoue, Naohiko Takeshita, Hiroshi Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Genome Biology and Evolution

      Volume: 16 Issue: 8 Pages: 174-174

    • DOI

      10.1093/gbe/evae174

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 集団ゲノミクスで探るアユの生態的差異の遺伝基盤2024

    • Author(s)
      武島弘彦
    • Journal Title

      水産育種

      Volume: 53

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Detailed kinship estimation for detecting bias among breeding families in a reintroduced population of the endangered bagrid catfish Tachysurus ichikawai2024

    • Author(s)
      Hinano Mizuno, Kouji Nakayama, Tetsuya Akita, Yasuyuki Hashiguchi, Tomonori Osugi, Hirohiko Takeshima
    • Journal Title

      Population Ecology

      Volume: online Issue: 2 Pages: 109-124

    • DOI

      10.1002/1438-390x.12183

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] リュウキュウアユのゲノミクスで探る絶滅危惧魚類の存続に不可欠な遺伝的特性2023

    • Author(s)
      武島弘彦
    • Journal Title

      水産育種

      Volume: 52 Pages: 75-79

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The detailed population genetic structure of the rare endangered latid fish akame Lates japonicus with extremely low genetic diversity revealed from single-nucleotide polymorphisms2023

    • Author(s)
      Naito Takuya、Nakayama Kouji、Takeshima Hirohiko、Hashiguchi Yasuyuki、Akita Tetsuya、Yamasaki Yo Y.、Mishina Tappei、Takeshita Naohiko、Nagano Atsushi J.、Takahashi Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Conservation Genetics

      Volume: online Issue: 4 Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10592-023-01517-2

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Salinity tolerance and early survival of F1 hatchlings crossbred between amphidromous and landlocked strains of ayu under experimental condition2023

    • Author(s)
      Iguchi Kei’ichiro、Takeshima Hirohiko
    • Journal Title

      Ichthyological Research

      Volume: online Issue: 4 Pages: 467-473

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10228-023-00905-5

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Interploidy gene flow involving the sexual-asexual cycle facilitates the diversification of gynogenetic triploid Carassius fish2021

    • Author(s)
      Mishina Tappei、Takeshima Hirohiko、Takada Mikumi、Iguchi Kei’ichiro、Zhang Chunguang、Zhao Yahui、Kawahara-Miki Ryouka、Hashiguchi Yasuyuki、Tabata Ryoichi、Sasaki Takeshi、Nishida Mutsumi、Watanabe Katsutoshi
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 22485-22485

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-01754-w

    • NAID

      120007169935

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Does construction in the spawning ground improve the riverbed conditions making it suitable for spawning of the Ryukyu-ayu Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis?2020

    • Author(s)
      Awata Satoshi、Tsuruta Tetsuya、Abe Shin-ichiro、Yonezawa Toshihiko、Iguchi Kei’ichiro
    • Journal Title

      Ichthyological Research

      Volume: 67 Issue: 4 Pages: 493-501

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10228-020-00745-7

    • NAID

      120007036307

    • URL

      https://ocu-omu.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2019886

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 保全遺伝学・保全ゲノム科学からみたリュウキュウアユ2024

    • Author(s)
      武島弘彦
    • Organizer
      2024年度日本魚類学会年会シンポジウム「奄美大島の絶滅危惧種リュウキュウアユ:30年におよぶ調査研究および保全活動を通して分かってきたこと」,福岡工業大学
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 認知進化生態学の視点から見るリュウキュウアユ2024

    • Author(s)
      安房田智司
    • Organizer
      2024年度日本魚類学会年会シンポジウム「奄美大島の絶滅危惧種リュウキュウアユ:30年におよぶ調査研究および保全活動を通して分かってきたこと」,福岡工業大学
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 集団ゲノミクスで探る海産アユと琵琶湖産アユの違い2023

    • Author(s)
      武島弘彦
    • Organizer
      令和5年度日本水産学会秋季大会ミニシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 異なる年級群の当歳魚間に見出される兄弟姉妹関係に基づくネコギギ移植集団の個体数推定-CKMR法の試行2023

    • Author(s)
      田口心, 水野ひなの, 中山耕至, 秋田鉄也, 橋口康之, 大杉奉功, 南野洋孝, 鈴木厚裕, 武島弘彦
    • Organizer
      日本魚類学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 異なる年級群の稚魚間に見出される兄弟姉妹関係に基づくアカメ成魚の個体数推定-CKMR法の試行2023

    • Author(s)
      内藤拓哉, 中山耕至, 武島弘彦, 秋田鉄也, 橋口康之, 小関右介, 高橋洋
    • Organizer
      日本魚類学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Detailed kinship estimation for detecting bias among breeding families in a reintroduced population of endangered bagrid catfish, Tachysurus Ichikawai2022

    • Author(s)
      水野ひなの, 中山耕至, 秋田鉄也, 橋口康之, 大杉奉功, 武島弘彦
    • Organizer
      個体群生態学会大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Causes and consequences of life-history variation in wild populations: relating individual fitness to population dynamics and local adaptation using a pedigree analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      野田祥平, 秋田鉄也, 武島弘彦, 佐藤拓哉
    • Organizer
      個体群生態学会大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ダム湖の外来魚オオクチバスにおける新たな駆除効果の評価方法の開発;大規模DNA分析を用いた高精度近親関係解析による個体数推定法の適用2022

    • Author(s)
      奥村健太, 野原健司, 井戸啓太, 坂本正吾, 稲川崇史, 沖津二朗, 松崎厚史, 佐々木良浩, 大杉奉功, 秋田鉄也, 田原大輔, 武島弘彦
    • Organizer
      応用生態工学会研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 絶滅危惧魚類リュウキュウアユのゲノム特性2022

    • Author(s)
      柳川実桜,野原健司,梁田椋也,三品達平,橋口康之,安房田智司,井口恵一朗,西田 睦,武島弘彦
    • Organizer
      日本魚類学会年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] カジカ(Cottus pollux)種群における遺伝子浸透と高水温適応の関連性2022

    • Author(s)
      伊藤僚祐,三品達平,武島弘彦,田原大輔,渡辺勝敏
    • Organizer
      日本魚類学会年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ゼニタナゴのドラフトゲノム決定及び食性関連遺伝子群の解析2022

    • Author(s)
      橋口康之・斉藤憲治
    • Organizer
      日本魚類学会年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 森と川のつながりが維持するアマゴの生活史多様性:野外操作実験とゲノム解析の融合へ2022

    • Author(s)
      上田るい, 金岩稔, 照井慧, 瀧本岳, 武島弘彦, 勝村啓史, 橋口康之, 山﨑曜, 佐藤拓哉
    • Organizer
      第69回日本生態学会大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 硬骨魚類における嗅覚受容体遺伝子の多様性:生活史との関連に着目して2021

    • Author(s)
      橋口康之
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 魚類におけるフェロモン受容体OR114の起源と分子進化2021

    • Author(s)
      橋口康之・井上順治・中島淳
    • Organizer
      日本魚類学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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