2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An empirical approach to the evolution of diversified life histories of green algae
Project/Area Number |
15K14598
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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Research Institution | Chiba University |
Principal Investigator |
Togashi Tatsuya 千葉大学, 海洋バイオシステム研究センター, 教授 (70345007)
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | 異型配偶 / 性淘汰 / 精子競争 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, using a haplodiplontic marine green alga, Monostroma angicava of the Ulvophyceae, we approached to the evolution of diversified life histories of green algae. We found that the parthenogenetic developmental fates are independent of gamete size: genetically identical gametes of an equal size formed in the same gametangium had different fates. However, parthenogenetic survival of gametes by developing into either a partheosporophyte or a parthenogametophyte positively depended on gamete size.
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Free Research Field |
進化生態学
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