2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the reproductive behavior and the sociality in Lake Tanganyika cichlids as a model system of cooperative breeding in vertebrates
| Project/Area Number |
22405010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Osaka City University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOHDA Masanori 大阪市立大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (70192052)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MUNUHARA Hiroyuki 北海道大学, 北方圏フィールド科学センタ, 准教授 (80212249)
MATSUMOTO Kazunori 香川大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90452664)
HATA Hiroki 愛媛大学, 大学院・理工学研究科, 助教 (00510512)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 協同繁殖 / 血縁ヘルパー型共同繁殖 / 共同的一妻多夫 / 雌雄の対立 / 分散遅延 / 利他行動 / 血縁淘汰 / 雌雄の対立 |
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| Research Abstract |
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