2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Reconsideration of feeding behavior of primates from the view of genome and minor components

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	24405018
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Partial Multi-year Fund
Section	海外学術
Research Field	Physical anthropology
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	IMAI Hiroo 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 准教授 (60314176)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KAWAMURA Shoji 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (40282727) MIKAMI Akichika 中部学院大学, 教授 (40027503) TSUJI Yamato 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 助教 (70533595)
Research Collaborator	HIRAI Hirohisa 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 教授 TSUTSUI Kei 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 研究員早川卓志京都大学, 霊長類研究所鈴木南美京都大学, 霊長類研究所西栄美子京都大学, 霊長類研究所松下裕香東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科尾頭雅大東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科櫻井児太摩東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科 SURYOBROTO Bambang Bogor Agricultural University WIDAYATI Kanthi Bogor Agricultural University Laurentia Henrieta Permita Sari Purba Bogor Agricultural University YIN Lijie Peking University PAN Wenshi Peking University ZHANG Peng Sun Yat-sen University MELIN Amanda Washington University WELKER Barbara State University New York Geneseo SCHAFFNER6 Colleen Universidad Veracruzana AURELI Filippo Universidad Veracruzana FEDIGAN Linda University of Calgary
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Keywords	味覚 / 視覚 / 採食
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We investigated the genotypes and feeding behaviors of various monkeys: macaques, colobines in Asia, chimpanzees in Africa, and spider monkeys, capuchins, howler monkeys, and marmosets in South America. For the genome analysis, we focused on the sensory receptors, taste receptors and photoreceptors, which belong to the G-protein coupled receptors. These research activities revealed the species specific function of receptors. Some species showed polymorphism in these receptor genes. These molecular functions would be related to the feeding behaviors of monkeys in the wild and evolved as adapting to the environments each species survived.
Free Research Field	自然人類学