2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Conservation of endangered animals and their habitats
| Project/Area Number |
21570093
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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 |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | University of Yamanashi |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOJO Koji 信州大学, 理学部, 助手 (30377618)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TOJO Koji 信州大学, 理学部, 助手 (30377618)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 絶滅危惧種 / 生物多様性 / 系統保存 / ミトコンドリア / 調節領域 |
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| Research Abstract |
Three of five Lefua(eight-barbel loach) species are assigned to endangered species. We showed, by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencing, that a possibly new species inhabiting the Tokai district was more closely related to Lefua echigonia than to Lefua sp., although the species is morphologically and ecologically similar to Lefua sp. These results indicated parallel evolution between the species and Lefua sp. due to adaptation to montane streams. The species, as well as 7 populations of Lefua echigonia and 2 populations of Lefua sp., should be protected as evolutionary significant units. The species is threatened by dam construction. To save the species, we studied the species and its habitats ecologically and genetically and prepared for transfer of the species from quenching habitats due to dam construction to appropriate sites for protecting the species.
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