「How to Assemble a Human Genome? Mix generous amounts of Junk DNA and Indifferent DNA, add a Dollop of Functional DNA and a Sprinkling of indifferent DNA (Malicious DNA optional)」

Prof. Dan Graur (University of Houston)


グラウアー教授は世界的に有名な分子進化学の教科書「Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution」の著者で、これまで様々な生物のゲノム進化研究に携わっていらっしゃいます。今回はヒトゲノムに注目し、ジャンクDNAと呼ばれる機能が分かっていない部位に焦点を当てたお話をしていただく予定です。



「Adaptation toward the dead-end? Effects of captive environment on natural reproduction of fish」

Prof. Hitoshi Araki (Hokkaido University)


Ex-situ conservation of endangered species is not only a controversial subject in conservation biology but also of broad interest in evolutionary biology because it can be considered as a real-time experiment of adaptation to a distinct environment. Here I summarize recent studies on reproductive fitness of captive-reared salmonid fish species, including both our own and other researchers’ updates. I also discuss some preliminary results on captive-reared brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Switzerland, which provide us a clue to the cause of radical fitness decline of captive-reared fish in the wild.