Genetic background of of re-evolution of shells in Argonaut octopuses
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- Yoshida Masa-aki
- Principal Investigator
- 島根大学
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- スティアマルガ デフィン
- Co-Investigator
- 和歌山工業高等専門学校
About This Project
- Japan Grant Number
- JP18K06363 (JGN)
- Funding Program
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Funding Organization
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Kakenhi Information
- Project/Area Number
- 18K06363
- Research Category
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
- Allocation Type
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- Multi-year Fund
- Review Section / Research Field
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- Basic Section 45020:Evolutionary biology-related
- Research Institution
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- Shimane University
- Project Period (FY)
- 2018-04-01 〜 2021-03-31
- Project Status
- Completed
- Budget Amount*help
- 4,290,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 3,300,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 990,000 Yen)
Research Abstract
Argonautids are a type of octopus that has lost the outer shell of mollusks, but they secrete calcium-binding proteins from their arms to form a magnificent shell. Other molluscs secrete their shells from dorsal shell glands, which is ectopic to the Argonautids, indicating that the Argonautids re-evolved their shell-forming ability in a different place than other molluscs. Analysis of the proteins in the shells of Argonautids revealed three shell-forming proteins known from other molluscs, indicating that shell matrix proteins are conserved in the genome of the ancestral octopuses, which did not have shells, and that shell re-evolution occurs by using different genes in different cases.
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1040282256976309632
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- KAKEN
