2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Why have intraspecific symbiont polymorphisms of stinkbugs occurred only in the Nansei islands?
Project/Area Number |
15K21209
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Insect science
Biodiversity/Systematics
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Research Institution | Kyushu University |
Principal Investigator |
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Research Collaborator |
KIKUCHI Yoshitomo
ITOH Hideomi
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | カメムシ / 共生細菌 / 環境細菌 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Why are symbiont polymorphisms of stinkbugs found only in the Nansei islands but not in the Japanese main lands. This study tested the hypothesis that there is the environmental symbiont pool in the Nansei islands but not in the Japanese main lands. Results of the experiments favored the hypothesis. This study sheds light on a new aspect of the biodiversity in the Nansei Islands.
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Free Research Field |
進化生物学
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