2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mechanisms of obtaining genetic diversity in apogamous fern species
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21370037
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURAKAMI Noriaki 首都大学東京, 大学院・理工学研究科, 教授 (60192770)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
LIN Su-jiang 島根大学, 生物資源科学部, 准教授 (10362914)
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| Research Collaborator |
OTSUKI Ryo 首都大学東京, 大学院・理工学研究科, 大学院生
YAMAMOTO Kaoru 首都大学東京, 大学院・理工学研究科, 大学院生
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 植物 / 進化 / 分類学 / 性 |
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| Research Abstract |
Some species of ferns ceased their sexual reproduction in their evolutionary process and produce their next generation through apogamy without fertilization. In that case, all their offspring are expected to be genetically identical. However, apogamous fern species frequently show large genetic variation. In this study, we clarified that apogamous fern species can obtain genetic variation from its related sexual species through hybridization. We could also show that apogamous fern can produce genetically variable offspring through genetic segregation.
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