2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Conservative genetic studies by genetic diversity analyses of fireflies
| Project/Area Number |
21510246
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Resource conservation science
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| Research Institution | Fukui University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KUSAOKE Hideo 福井工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (50169976)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 環境・生態系影響 / ホタル / 生物多様性 |
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| Research Abstract |
The genetic diversity of typical fireflies of Japan, Luciola cruciata and Luciola lateralis was investigated. These fireflies have large genetic variation and high genetic biodiversity by the analysis of their intraspecific genetic variation and the molecular phylogeny inferred from the mitochondrial ND5 gene sequences. In particular, the method for estimating the habitat from haplotypes of Luciola cruciata was establishied. This approach can be useful to determine fromwhere the firefly is transplanted.
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