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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Concerted differentiations in external morphology and karyotypes and phylogeography of harvestmen of the Chugoku District, Honshu, Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16570076
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Biodiversity/Systematics
Research InstitutionTottori University

Principal Investigator

TSURUSAKI Nobuo  Tottori Univ., Faculty of Regional Sciences, Professor, 地域学部, 教授 (00183872)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OKAMOTO Munehiro  Tottori Univ., Faculty of Agriculture, Professor Associ, 農学部, 助教授 (70177096)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Keywordschromosomal hybrid zones / geographic variation / Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium / Chugoku Mountains / biogeography / Opiliones / B-chromosomes / karyotype differentiation
Research Abstract

Decades of taxonomical surveys of harvestmen in the Chugoku Mountains have revealed occurrence of extensive geographic differentiation in external morphology or in karyotypes, or both, in most of the species inhabiting this area (12 of 14 species in Sclerosomatidae). In the present study, I have accumulated information mainly on the geographic variation of the animals in the Oki Islands, Is. Awaji, and northwestern part of Hyogo Prefecture whose data are important to understand origins of those geographic diversifications in the Chugoku Mountains. Main results obtained were : 1) Leiobunum hikocola was found from the Oki Islands for the first time. 2) Leiobunum hiraiwai, which shows extensive differentiation between the populations west of the Asahi River and those from east of the river, was thoroughly investigated for the geographic variation. 3) Positions of the hybrid zones between 2n=14/16 populations and between 2n=16/18 of Gagrellula ferruginea were ascertained in detail in southern part of Hyogo Prefecture. 4) It was found that the western populations with 2n=16 of Nelima nigricoxa is replaced by eastern populations with 2n=18 ; and western populations with 2n=18 is replaced by those with 2n=20 in N.genufusca in and around Tamba city, Hyogo Prefecture. Extremely low fitness of heterozygote karyotypes in the hybrid zones suggested the sympatry between the two closely related species may hamper expansion of the width of hybrid zones in respective species through a possible reinforcement of premating reproductive isolation. 5) Chromosomal survey for a total of 11 populations of Psathyropus tentuipes from Kyushu, Shikoku, and Is. Awaji revealed that not only populations along the Seto Inland Sea but also populations facing the Kii Channel or Bungo Channel have lower number of B chromosomes (less than 2). On the basis of these newly obtained results, I published a brief review for the biogeography of the Chugoku Mountains.

  • Research Products

    (26 results)

All 2007 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (24 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Chapter 6. Cytogenetics.2007

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones.597pp.(In : Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.))(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 266-279

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Eupnoi.2007

    • Author(s)
      Cokendolpher, J.C., Tsurusaki, N., Tourinho, A.L., Taylor, C.K., Gruber, J., Pinto-da-Rocha, R.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones. 597pp.(In : Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.))(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 108-114

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Phalangiidae Latreille, 18022007

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones.597pp.(In : Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.))(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 123-126

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Methods of chromosome preparation2007

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones.597pp.(In : Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.))(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 511-516

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 地理的分化のホットスポットとしての中国山地2007

    • Author(s)
      鶴崎展巨
    • Journal Title

      タクサ(日本動物分類学会会誌) 22

      Pages: 3-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 6. Cytogenetics.2007

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki N.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones. (Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.)(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 597(266-279)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Eupnoi.2007

    • Author(s)
      Cokendolpher J.C., Tsurusaki, N., Tourinho, A.L., Taylor, C.K., Gruber, J., Pinto-da-Rocha, R.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones. (Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.)(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 597(108-114)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Phalangiidae Latreille, 1802.2007

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki N.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones. (Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.)(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 597(123-126, 266-279)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Methods of chromosome preparation2007

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki N.
    • Journal Title

      The Harvestmen : The Biology of Opiliones. (Pinto da Rocha, R., Machad, G. and Giribet, G. (eds.)(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

      Pages: 597(511-516)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Chugoku Mountains - A hotspot of geographical differentiation of species. (In Japanese with English abstract)2007

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki N.
    • Journal Title

      Taxa 22

      Pages: 3-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 琉球列島のザトウムシ類の生物地理2006

    • Author(s)
      鶴崎展巨
    • Journal Title

      昆虫と自然 41(4)

      Pages: 30-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 島根県のザトウムシ類 : 種のリストと地理変異2006

    • Author(s)
      鶴崎展巨
    • Journal Title

      新島根の生物.274pp.(In : 日本生物教育会島根大会実行委員会(編))(日本生物教育会島根大会実行委員会(出雲市)

      Pages: 55-72

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Geographic variation of chromosomes and somatic morphology in the polymorphic species Leiobunum hiraiwai (Arachnida : Opiliones : Sclerosomatidae)2006

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N.
    • Journal Title

      Zootaxa 1325

      Pages: 157-190

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Confirmation of the type locality and the distributional range of Suzukielus sauteri (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Japan2006

    • Author(s)
      Giribet, G., Tsurusaki, N., Boyer, S.L.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Arachnologica 55(2)

      Pages: 87-90

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Distribution of an endangered burrowing spider Lycosa ishikariana in the San'in Coast of Honshu, Japan (Araneae : Lycosidae)2006

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki, S., Tsurusaki, N., Kodama, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Arachnologica 55(2)

      Pages: 79-86

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Biogeography of harvestmen in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. (In Japanese)2006

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki N.
    • Journal Title

      Insects and Nature (In Japanese) 41(4)

      Pages: 30-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Harvestmen of Shimane Prefecture, western Honshu, Japan : An annotated list of species with special reference to geographic variation (Arachnida : Opiliones). (In Japannese)2006

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki N.
    • Journal Title

      Animals and Plants of Shimane Prefecture, New Edition. (Board of the Shimane Meeting of the Japanese Society of Biological Education (ed.))(Board of the Shimane Meeting of the Japanese Society of Biological Education (Izumo, Shimane Pref., Japan))

      Pages: 274(55-72)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Geographic variation of chromosomes and somatic morphology in the polymorphic species Leiobunum hiraiwai (Arachnida : Opiliones : Sclerosomatidae)2006

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki N.
    • Journal Title

      Zootaxa 1325

      Pages: 157-190

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Confirmation of the type locality and the distributional range of Suzukielus sauteri (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) in Japan.2006

    • Author(s)
      Giribet, G., Tsurusaki, N., Boyer S.L.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Arachnologica 55(2)

      Pages: 87-90

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Distribution of an endangered burrowing spider Lycosa ishikariana in the San'in Coast of Honshu, Japan (Araneae : Lycosidae)2006

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki, S., Tsurusaki, N., Kodama Y.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Arachnologica 55(2)

      Pages: 79-86

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Fauna and biogeography of harvestmen (Arachnida : Opiliones) of the Oki Islands, Japan2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N., Takanashi, M., Nagase, N., Shimada, T.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Arachnologica 54(1)

      Pages: 51-63

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Fauna and biogeography of harvestmen (Arachnida : Opiliones) of the Oki Islands, Japan2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N., Takanashi, M., Nagase, N., Shimada T.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Arachnologica 54(1)

      Pages: 51-63

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Geographic and seasonal variations of the number of B chromosomes and external morphology in Psathyropus tenuipes (Arachnida : Opiliones).2004

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N., Shimada, T.
    • Journal Title

      Cytogenetic and Genome Research 106

      Pages: 365-375

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Geographic and seasonal variations of the number of B chromosomes and external morphology in Psathyropus tenuipes (Arachnida : Opiliones).2004

    • Author(s)
      Tsurusaki, N., Shimada T.
    • Journal Title

      Cytogenetic and Genome Research 106

      Pages: 365-375

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 土壌動物学への招待.[採集からデータ解析まで]2007

    • Author(s)
      日本土壌動物学会(編), 金子信博, 鶴崎展巨, 布村 昇, 長谷川元洋, 渡辺弘之
    • Total Pages
      261
    • Publisher
      東海大学出版会(東京)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology (2007) Practical Guide to Soil Zoology : From sampling to data analysis. (In Japanese)2007

    • Author(s)
      Kaneko, N., Tsurusaki, N., Nunomura, N., Hasegawa, M., Watanabe, H.(ed.)
    • Total Pages
      261
    • Publisher
      Tokai University Press, Hadano-shi, Kanawaza
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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