1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Molecular Phylogeny in insectivora
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05640789
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
系統・分類
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| Research Institution | HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
KUSAKABE Shinichi Fact.of Arts of Sciences, Hiroshima University, Associate Professor, 総合科学部, 助教授 (40153275)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Keywords | Phenotrypic Evolution / Molecular Evolution / Crystalline gene / Phodopsin gene / mole |
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| Research Abstract |
alphaA-crystallin is a major structual protein of the eye lens in most vertebrates.The Japanese mole Mogera wogura ia s mammalian species that has lost vision.In the Southern blot analysis, where part of the human alphaA-crystallin gene is used as probe, there appears a faint signal on the mole genome DNA.Its signal intensity is apparently weaker than that on the chicken genome DNA.This result suggerts an increased rate of base substitution on the mole alphaA-crystallin gene after its diversification from the ancestor of mammals.
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