2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Shell museomics: Experimental study to utilize museum collections
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19K21646
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Medium-sized Section 3:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
スティアマルガ デフィン 和歌山工業高等専門学校, 生物応用化学科, 准教授 (50625259)
川島 武士 国立遺伝学研究所, 情報研究系, 助教 (10378531)
藤田 敏彦 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 動物研究部, 部長 (70222263)
西秋 良宏 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (70256197)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-06-28 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | 博物館 / 貝殻 / DNA |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study is to investigate methods to utilize museum specimens by extracting DNA from shells in museum collections. Due to their high species and morphological diversity, shells are often the subject of collections, and a vast number of specimens are stored in museums in various regions. We conducted experiments in a variety of taxa with the intention of using them for molecular phylogenetic analysis. The results of this study indicate that DNA can be extracted from shells of any species, but the extraction efficiency depends on the method. The question of why DNA can be preserved in shells is a topic for the future.
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| Free Research Field |
貝類学、博物館学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
DNA用のサンプルの保存には冷凍が理想的であるが、大量の標本を非常に長期に亘って博物館で冷凍収蔵することは現実的ではない。もし乾燥標本もDNA研究に使用することができれば、幅広い分野で博物館標本を活用できるものと期待される。
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