| Project/Area Number |
26450464
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Insect science
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
Abe Hiroaki 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 助教 (80222660)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Keywords | カイコ / 性染色体 / 転移因子 / トランスポゾン / レトロトランスポゾン / Ｂｏｍｂｙｘ ｍｏｒｉ / Ｗ染色体 / 鱗翅目 / 昆虫 / イチジクカサン / 動く遺伝子 / RAPD |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Sex chromosomes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, are designated as ZW (XY) for females and ZZ (XX) for males. The female mode of development is determined by the presence of a single W chromosome. No genes for morphological traits have been mapped to the W chromosome. Many long terminal repeat (LTR) and non-LTR retrotransposons, retroposons, DNA transposons, and their derivatives, had accumulated as strata on the W chromsosome. It is notable that some of these transposable elements contained the Bombyx short interspersed element (Bm1) sequences in the elements.
A mutant strain (op mutant) of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was proposed as a model for Parkinson's disease. A previously reported study movie documenting occasional unique actions of op/op larvae was considered; it revealed that these actions were simply reactions to the touch of other larvae. Moreover, xanthine oxidase injection did not rescue the phenotype of op mutant larvae.
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