| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
While vertebrates showed amazing morphological variations through evolution, they kept their basic anatomical features (or body plan) strictly conserved. The reason for this body plan conservation is still unclear. Our study tackled this problem by collecting and analyzing gene expression data for two frog species, and found that vertebrate body plan establishing stage is the stage of highest conservation. Although we could not clarify the exact mechanisms for the conservation, we have obtained inspiring hints to this problem.
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