Ground study for researches with the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster

蝾螈在许多生命科学研究中都是一种有用的动物。在目前的项目中，为了将蝾螈的研究推向第一线，我们通过各种调查、研究和技术开发，努力使蝾螈成为“模型动物”和“生物资源”，(1)通过在实验室外构建试验稻田，实现了蝾螈的大规模饲养，(2)建立了该动物的高通量转基因方案及相关技术，并将该方案应用于视网膜再生的研究。(3)进行了从头基因组测序方案的开发。

The newt is a useful animal for a large spectrum of life science researches. In the current project, to move researches with the newt onto the front line, we made efforts to make them a 'model animal' as well as a 'bio-resource' through various investigations, researches and technological development, and (1) realized a large scale rearing of newts by constructing a test rice field outside the laboratory, (2) established a high-throughput transgenic protocol for this animal and surrounding techniques to apply this protocol to the study of retinal regeneration, and (3) proceeded the development of protocols for de novo genome sequence.