2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Biodiversity and evolution of symbionts of the temperate-living corals
| Project/Area Number |
21657025
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | University of Miyazaki (2010-2011)
Kyoto University (2009) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | イシサンゴ / 共生 / 温帯 / 共進化 / サンゴヤドリガニ |
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| Research Abstract |
I study mainly coral-inhabiting crabs on the temperate region of Japan, based on the molecular analyses using mitochondrial COI gene. The results showed that the different coral families had different type of coral-inhabiting crabs. Also temperate-specific coral-inhabiting crabs were found in this study. Furthermore, temperate specific zooxanthellae, which are main coral symbionts, also existed. Thus, symbionts of corals on the temperate region of Japan might have evolved independently this region.
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