| Project/Area Number |
20F20760
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 外国 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 43050:Genome biology-related
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
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| Host Researcher |
ラスカム ニコラス 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, ゲノム・遺伝子制御システム科学ユニット, 教授 (70724087)
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| Foreign Research Fellow |
MANSFIELD MICHAEL 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, ゲノム・遺伝子制御システム科学ユニット, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-09-25 – 2022-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2020)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
Larvaceans are a group of filter-feeding zooplankton found in all the world’s oceans, but surprisingly little is known about their population structure and genetic diversity. The larvacean that we most specialize in is Oikopleura dioica. It is one of the smallest larvaceans known - both in size and genetic composition - and its life cycle in the lab is only 4 days, making it an ideal model for our experiments. In our lab, we analyze the genetic information of O. dioica and other larvaceans and use this to understand how these mysterious organisms survive and evolve.
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