Mechanism of left-right asymmetry in flounders

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26850127
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Aquatic bioproduction science
• Research Institution: Fisheries Research and Education Agency
• Principal Investigator: UJI SUSUMU 国立研究開発法人水産研究・教育機構, 増養殖研究所, 主任研究員 (40372049)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ササウシノシタ / 左右性 / 周年採卵 / 形態異常 / ゲノム編集

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Bamboo sole has the potential to be a good model organism for understanding the developmental biology of flatfishes in general. I developed the method to get fertilized eggs all year round under laboratory conditions, collected the transcriptome information of embryo, and developed microinjection system in Bamboo sole. Finally, I tried genome editing of the genes that are thought to be related to formation of left-right axis in other organisms to elucidate the functions in Bamboo sole.

Free Research Field

増養殖学