2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Molecular survey of the functional diversity in non-photosynthetic plastids based on comparative genomics and proteomics.
| Project/Area Number |
26840123
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo (2016)
University of Tsukuba (2014-2015) |
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Principal Investigator |
Tanifuji Goro 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 動物研究部, 研究員 (70438480)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | Cryptomonads / Plastid / Nucleomorph / Comparative genomics / Reductive evolution |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Some eukaryotes retain non-photosynthetic plastids despite the secondarily loss of photosynthetic ability. In order to unveil the functional transition and evolutionary manner of the non-photosynthetic plastids, comparative genomic survey of genus Cryptomonas (cryptomonads), was carried out using one photosynthetic strain and three non-photosynthetic strains which have lost the photosynthetic abilities in independent occasions. In addition, the whole protein set working in the plastids were predicted based on transcriptome/proteome dataset. My data showed that three non-photosynthetic plastids appear to be reflected each state of the loss of photosynthesis in the convergent evolution despite of they have lost the photosynthesis, independently.
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| Free Research Field |
比較ゲノム、進化学、原生生物学
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