2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Genetic integrity and potential of cold climate forest southern edge populations in Japan
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19H02980
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| Research Institution | Forest Research and Management Organization |
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Principal Investigator |
Worth James 国立研究開発法人森林研究・整備機構, 森林総合研究所, 主任研究員 等 (30770771)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | phylogeography / southern edge population / subalpine forests / MIG-seq / whole chloroplast |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
1. Field work except for parts of western Japan and Tohoku was completed.
2. Whole chloroplast genomes were assembled for all species.
3. A paper about the range-wide genetic diversity at nuclear SSR loci was completed for one of the target species, Thuja standishii.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Due to the amount of sampling involved in this study and also the impact of covid-19 the project has been progressing slower than I would have liked.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The final year of the project will involve sampling in Tohoku and parts of western Japan, doing the chloroplast DNA sequencing based phylogeographic studies and doing the MIG-seq analyses.
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