| 研究課題/領域番号 |
21K06292
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| 研究種目 |
基盤研究(C)
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| 配分区分 | 基金 |
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| 応募区分 | 一般 |
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| 審査区分 |
小区分45020:進化生物学関連
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| 研究機関 | 東京都立大学 |
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研究代表者 |
クロニン アダム 東京都立大学, 理学研究科, 准教授 (30620489)
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| 研究期間 (年度) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| 研究課題ステータス |
完了 (2023年度)
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| 配分額 *注記 |
4,160千円 (直接経費: 3,200千円、間接経費: 960千円)
2023年度: 910千円 (直接経費: 700千円、間接経費: 210千円)
2022年度: 1,560千円 (直接経費: 1,200千円、間接経費: 360千円)
2021年度: 1,690千円 (直接経費: 1,300千円、間接経費: 390千円)
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| キーワード | social evolution / social immunity / eusociality / bees / social behaviour / immunity / social insects / evolutionary biology |
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| 研究開始時の研究の概要 |
Elucidating the drivers behind the evolution of societies from solitary living organisms is one of the enduring questions in evolutionary biology. Recent studies have highlighted how the evolution of social immunity may be linked with the evolution of social systems, fuelled by the growing global interest in social immunity studies. Using a cutting-edge approach which combines transcriptomics and standard immune assays, we will be able to elucidate the relationship between immune efficacy, expression of social and individual immune traits, and social living.
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| 研究実績の概要 |
Research demonstrating for the first time that group size is inversely proportional to individual immune efficacy in Ceratina bees was published in Biology Letters. Additional comparisons of immune efficacy over seasons and across environmental contexts (urban/rural) in these bees are currently being completed. Data collation on how gene expression varies during immune responses in social and solitary Lasioglossum bees has been completed and this work is being written up. The final aspect of the study concerns host-parasite relationships between bees and varroa mites and is also being written up. More immune testing on Ceratina stemming from this work will continue into 2024.
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