2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of the Origins of the Plant Circadian Clocks by Using Two Basal Land Plants as Model Species
| Project/Area Number |
21570005
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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 |
Genetics/Genome dynamics
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
AOKI Setsuyuki 名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (30283469)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAKAYUKI Kochi 京都大学, 大学院・生命科学研究科, 教授 (40202056)
TOKITAKA Oyama 京都大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 准教授 (30324396)
TAKASHI Yamashino 名古屋大学, 大学院・生命農学研究科, 助教 (00314005)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 進化遺伝 / 生物時計 |
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| Research Abstract |
The biological clock in plants controls important processes such as photosynthesis on a daily basis. Although its mechanism has been extensively studied in the model dicot Arabidopsis, the diversity of the plant clocks has been a complete mystery because the clock mechanisms in other species have not been elucidated. We have shown, by studying the clocks in bryophytes, basal group of plants, that the plant clocks have evolved subsidiary mechanisms specific to each group while they share the basic core machinery.
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