Volume 1, issue 1, December 2015
35 articles in this issue
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A model for germ cell development in a fully segmented worm
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mercedes Maceren-Pates
- Yoshihisa Kurita
- Michiyasu Yoshikuni
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2015
- Article: 34
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On the origin of vertebrate somites
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Takayuki Onai
- Toshihiro Aramaki
- Shigeru Kuratani
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 November 2015
- Article: 33
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Recent progress in understanding the role of ecdysteroids in adult insects: Germline development and circadian clock in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Authors
- Outa Uryu
- Tomotsune Ameku
- Ryusuke Niwa
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 02 November 2015
- Article: 32
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Variation in the ontogeny of sex steroid levels between latitudinal populations of the medaka
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Maiko Kawajiri
- Katsuhisa Uchida
- Kazunori Yamahira
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 November 2015
- Article: 31
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Opposite-directional sex change in functional female protandrous anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii: effect of aromatase inhibitor on the ovarian tissue
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Masaru Nakamura
- Saori Miura
- Yasuhisa Kobayashi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2015
- Article: 30
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Ancestral mesodermal reorganization and evolution of the vertebrate head
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Takayuki Onai
- Toshihiro Aramaki
- Shigeru Kuratani
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 November 2015
- Article: 29
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Involvement of Slit–Robo signaling in the development of the posterior commissure and concomitant swimming behavior in Xenopus laevis
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Yasuhiko Tosa
- Kiyohito Tsukano
- Yasunori Murakami
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2015
- Article: 28
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Individuality embedded in the isolation calls of captive beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Yuka Mishima
- Tadamichi Morisaka
- Yoshinori Miyamoto
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 October 2015
- Article: 27
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Evidence for a cordal, not ganglionic, pattern of cephalopod brain neurogenesis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Shuichi Shigeno
- Rahul Parnaik
- Clifton W. Ragsdale
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 September 2015
- Article: 26
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Basic reproductive biology of daggertooth pike conger, Muraenesox cinereus: A possible model for oogenesis in Anguilliformes
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Yasuhisa Kobayashi
- Tsuyoshi Mototani
- Tatuya Sakamoto
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 September 2015
- Article: 25
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X-ray diffraction pattern from the flight muscle of Toxorhynchites towadensis reveals the specific phylogenic position of mosquito among Diptera
Authors
- Hiroyuki Iwamoto
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 August 2015
- Article: 24
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Genetic diversity of fluorescent protein genes generated by gene duplication and alternative splicing in reef-building corals
Authors
- Shiho Takahashi-Kariyazono
- Yoko Satta
- Yohey Terai
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 July 2015
- Article: 23
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What is Xenoturbella?
Authors
- Hiroaki Nakano
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 24 July 2015
- Article: 22
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Sexual characteristics of high-temperature sterilized male Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Masaru Nakamura
- Ryo Nozu
- Gordon E. Grau
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 July 2015
- Article: 21
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Morphological investigations of posttraumatic regeneration in Timarete cf. punctata (Annelida: Cirratulidae)
Authors
- Michael Weidhase
- Conrad Helm
- Christoph Bleidorn
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 August 2015
- Article: 20
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Urban soil compaction reduces cicada diversity
Authors
- Minoru Moriyama
- Hideharu Numata
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2015
- Article: 19
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Phylogenetic position of Loricifera inferred from nearly complete 18S and 28S rRNA gene sequences
Authors
- Hiroshi Yamasaki
- Shinta Fujimoto
- Katsumi Miyazaki
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 June 2015
- Article: 18
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Evidence for an amphibian sixth digit
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Shinichi Hayashi
- Takuya Kobayashi
- Koji Tamura
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 June 2015
- Article: 17
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Recent fragmentation of the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) population on Hokkaido Island, Northern Japan, Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA and Microsatellite Analyses
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Keita Omote
- Chizuko Nishida
- Ryuichi Masuda
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 April 2015
- Article: 16
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Depth segregation and diet disparity revealed by stable isotope analyses in sympatric herbivorous cichlids in Lake Tanganyika
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Hiroki Hata
- Jyunya Shibata
- Michio Hori
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 May 2015
- Article: 15
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Combined pigmentary and structural effects tune wing scale coloration to color vision in the swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus
Authors
- Doekele G Stavenga
- Atsuko Matsushita
- Kentaro Arikawa
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 April 2015
- Article: 14
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Spatial and temporal variation at major histocompatibility complex class IIB genes in the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Tetsuo I Kohyama
- Keita Omote
- Ryuichi Masuda
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 March 2015
- Article: 13
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Effect of environmental salinity on expression of adrenomedullin genes suggests osmoregulatory activity in the medaka, Oryzias latipes
Authors
- Maho Ogoshi
- Kanoko Kato
- Tatsuya Sakamoto
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 March 2015
- Article: 12
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Green-sensitive opsin is the photoreceptor for photic entrainment of an insect circadian clock
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Sayaka Komada
- Yuichi Kamae
- Kenji Tomioka
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 February 2015
- Article: 11
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Common features in diverse insect clocks
Authors
- Hideharu Numata
- Yosuke Miyazaki
- Tomoko Ikeno
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 20 February 2015
- Article: 10
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Aquatic adaptation and the evolution of smell and taste in whales
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Takushi Kishida
- JGM Thewissen
- Kiyokazu Agata
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 February 2015
- Article: 9
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Toward elucidating diversity of neural mechanisms underlying insect learning
Authors
- Makoto Mizunami
- Yoshitaka Hamanaka
- Hiroshi Nishino
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 10 February 2015
- Article: 8
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Planarian shows decision-making behavior in response to multiple stimuli by integrative brain function
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Takeshi Inoue
- Hajime Hoshino
- Kiyokazu Agata
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 February 2015
- Article: 7
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On the peculiar morphology and development of the hypoglossal, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves and hypobranchial muscles in the hagfish
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Yasuhiro Oisi
- Satoko Fujimoto
- Shigeru Kuratani
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 January 2015
- Article: 6
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Infection prevalence of Sodalis symbionts among stinkbugs
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Takahiro Hosokawa
- Nahomi Kaiwa
- Takema Fukatsu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 January 2015
- Article: 5
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Evolutionary and developmental understanding of the spinal accessory nerve
Authors
- Motoki N Tada
- Shigeru Kuratani
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 13 January 2015
- Article: 4
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Unexpected link between polyketide synthase and calcium carbonate biomineralization
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Motoki Hojo
- Ai Omi
- Hiroyuki Takeda
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 January 2015
- Article: 3
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Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and development
Authors
- Tatsuya Hirasawa
- Shigeru Kuratani
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 13 January 2015
- Article: 2
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Did homeobox gene duplications contribute to the Cambrian explosion?
Authors
- Peter W H Holland
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 13 January 2015
- Article: 1