2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies on the regulatory mechanisms of imaginal organ developments during a caste differentiation of termites
| Project/Area Number |
21770019
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | University of Toyama |
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Principal Investigator |
MAEKAWA Kiyoto University of Toyama, 大学院・理工学研究部(理学), 准教授 (20345557)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 進化生態 |
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| Research Abstract |
To clarify the regulatory mechanisms of the division of labor in termites, I paid attention to the developmental changes during the differentiation of the supplementary reproductives (neotenics) of some species. Especially, in Reticulitermes speratus, neotenic differentiation was induced from premature individuals by the isolation from their maternal nests, and imaginal organ developments could be observed during neotenic differentiation. Moreover, vitellogenin gene expression and juvenile hormone titer were shown to be extraordinarily high in neotenics.
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