2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Coevolution and cospeciation in plant-pollinator and plant-herbivore interactions
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18207002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Makoto Kyoto University, 大学院・地球環境学堂, 教授 (80204494)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAKAI Shoko 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 准教授 (30361306)
TERACHI Toru 京都産業大学, 工学部, 教授 (90202192)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SOTA Teiji 京都大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (00192625)
TERAUCHI Ryohei 岩手生物工学研究センター, 遺伝子工学・第一研究部, 主席研究員 (50236981)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | 種間関係 / 共進化 |
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| Research Abstract |
For mutual plant-pollinator and antagonistic plant-herbivore interactions in Phyllanthaceae, we explored patterns of coevolution and cospeciation between the partners. Our results suggest that floral volatiles contribute to attraction of specific pollinator moth species, that the moths acquired active pollination behavior once in the Miocene, and experienced four host shifts and subsequent synergetic diversification with host plants, and that the moth's host specificity is higher in the former than the latter interactions.
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