2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The origin and diversification mechanism of insect wings and its application
| Project/Area Number |
25292199
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Insect science
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Basic Biology (2016)
Nagoya University (2013-2015) |
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Principal Investigator |
Niimi Teruyuki 基礎生物学研究所, 進化発生研究部門, 教授 (00293712)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 翅 / vestigial |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In order to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the diversification of insect wings, the gene functional gene analyses, such as RNAi and transgenesis, were performed using non-model insects.
In this study, we successfully identified a novel gene which plays crucial roles on the formation of elytra. Interestingly, the RNAi phenotype of this gene showed elytra-specific inhibition of sclerotization. This result will provide an insight to the evolution of elytra in coleopteran insects.
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| Free Research Field |
分子昆虫学
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