Identification of mechanism of chemoreception for host recognition and feeding habit evolution in a swallowtail butterflies
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22780052
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied entomology
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| Research Institution | JT Biohistory Research Hall |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | アゲハチョウ / 味覚受容体 / 化学感覚 / 生物間相互作用 / 食性進化 / 産卵行動 / RNA-seq / 食草選択 / GPCR / 7回膜貫通型受容体 / 7回膜貫通型タンパク質 / odorant binding protein / chemosensory protein |
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| Research Abstract |
Female of swallowtail butterflies select their host plant by tasting using chemo-sensory hair on their tarsi. I identified a mechanism of taste receptor for oviposition behavior. When expression of the receptor gene is interfered by RNAi method, butterflies show reduced sensitivity for the synephrine, one kind of 10 oviposition stimulants. This result suggests that this receptor gene affect to evolution driven by host-shift of phytophagous swallowtail butterflies.
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