Issei Ohshima
Assistant Professor
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
My research investigates the process and mechanism of evolution of complex traits. I am focusing on host shifting events in phytophagous insects, which require evolution in adult female preferences and larval performances. I am interested especially in the genetic basis of ovipositing female preferences and larval performances. My current work involves QTL mapping of the genes responsible for host adaptation using the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops transecta as a model system.
Photos
Top. Working in a field cage.
RIght top. My experimental material, a small leaf-mining moth Acrocercops transecta.
Right bottom. Collecting mines in the field.
About Me
Information
name Issei Ohshima
location Kyoto, Japan
University Kyoto Prefectural University
E mail issei (at) kpu (dot) ac (dot) jp
