2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Evolutionary genetics of mycophagy in Drosophilidae
| Project/Area Number |
22770072
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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 |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATOH Toru 北海道大学, 大学院・理学研究院, 助教 (80374198)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 遺伝的多様性 |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to study the evolution of mycophagy in Drosophilidae, I reconstructed the phylogenetic tree for several mycophagous and non-mycophagous species of Drosophilidae. In the phylogenetic tree, mycophagous species did not regarded as a monophyletic group. This result suggests that the mycophagous character occurred several times independently. Next, in order to identify the genetic basis of mycophagy, I compared the nucleotide sequences of some candidate genes between the mycophagous and non-mycophagous species in Drosophilidae. However, I fail to detect any variant specific to mycophagy. Therefore, more analyses will be required to solve this problem.
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