2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analyses of adaptive evolution of opsin genes in the family Talpidae
| Project/Area Number |
19770209
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Evolutionary biology
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| Research Institution | University of Miyazaki |
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Principal Investigator |
SHINOHARA Akio University of Miyazaki, フロンティア科学実験総合センター, 助教 (50336294)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 遺伝子進化 / 適応進化 / モグラ科 / オプシン / 地下生活 / ヒミズ |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research, I determined the opsin gene sequences from two talpid species, true mole and shrew-mole that adopted to fully fossorial and semi-fossorial life styles, respectively. The results indicated that the family Talpidae maintained some functions in the opsin genes, because of the genes showed functional constraint.
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