- Hall, M.R., Kocot, K.M., Baughman, K.W., Fernandez-Valverde, S.L., Gauthier, M.E.A., Hatleberg, W.L., Krishnan, A., McDougall, C., Motti, C.A., Shoguchi, E., Wang, T., Xiang, X., Zhao, M., Bose, U., Shinzato, C., Hisata, K., Fujie, M., Kanda, M., Cummins, S.F., Satoh, N., Degnan, S.M., Degnan. B.M.
The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest.
Nature, 5;544(7649):231-234.LINK PUBMED
(a) Developmental and Evolutionary Genomics
- Simion, P., Philippe, H., Baurain, D., Jager, M., Richter, D.J., Franco, A.D., Roure, B., Satoh, N., Quéinnec, E., Ereskovsky, A., Lapébie, P., Corre, E., Delsuc, F., King, N., Wörheide, G., Manuel, M.
A large and consistent phylogenomic dataset supports sponges as the sister group to all other animals.
Current Biology. 27(7):958-967. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.031. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Michiue, T., Yamamoto, T., Yasuoka, Y., Goto, T., Ikeda, T., Nagurab, K., Nakayama, T., Taira, M., Kinoshita T.
High variability of expression profiles of homeologous genes for Wnt, Hh, Notch, and Hippo signaling pathways in Xenopus laevis
Developmental Biology. 426(2):270-290 (2017)LINK PUBMED - Inoue, J., Yasuoka, Y., Takahashi, H., & Satoh, N.
The chordate ancestor possessed a single copy of the Brachyury gene for notochord acquisition.
Zoological Letters. 23;3:4. doi: 10.1186/s40851-017-0064-9. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Charney, R.M., Forouzmand, E., Cho, J.S., Cheung, J., Paraiso, K.D., Yasuoka, Y., Takahashi, S., Taira, M., Blitz, I.L., Xie, X., Cho, K.W.Y.
Foxh1 Occupies cis-Regulatory Modules Prior to Dynamic Transcription Factor Interactions Controlling the Mesendoderm Gene Program.
Developmental Cell 40(6):595-607.e4. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Lu, T.M., Kanda, M.,Satoh, N., Furuya, H.
The phylogenetic position of dicyemid mesozoans offers insights into spiralian evolution.
Zoological Letters 3:6 DOI 10.1186/s40851-017-0068-5 (2017)LINK PUBMED - Shimizu, K., Luo, Y.J., Satoh, N., Endo, K.
Possible co-option of engrailed during brachiopod and mollusc shell development.
Biology Letters 13: 20170254. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Gyoja, F.
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors in Evolution: Roles in Development of Mesoderm and Neural Tissues.
genesis. 55, e23051. (2017) PUBMED - Sekigami, Y., Kobayashi, T., Omi, A., Nishitsuji, K., Ikuta, T., Fujiyama, A., Satoh, N., Saiga, H.
Hox gene cluster of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, reveals several ancient steps of cluster disintegration during ascidian evolution.
Zoological Letters 3:17. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Nakano, H., Miyazawa, H., Maeno, A., Shiroishi, T., Kakui, K., Koyanagi, R., Kanda, M., Satoh, N., Omori, A., Kohtsuka, H.
A new species of Xenoturbella from the western Pacific Ocean and the evolution of Xenoturbella
BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1):245.PUBMED
(b) Environmental Genomics
- Ohno Y, Iguchi A, Shinzato C, Inoue M, Suzuki A, Sakai K, Nakamura T.
An aposymbiotic primary coral polyp counteracts acidification by active pH regulation.
Scientific Report 7: 40324. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Ponnudurai, R., Kleiner, M., Sayavedra, L., Petersen, J.M., Moche, M., Otto, A., Becher, D., Takeuchi, T., Satoh, N., Dubilier, N., Schweder, T., Markert, S.
Metabolic and physiological interdependencies in the Bathymodiolus azoricus symbiosis.
ISME J. 11,463-477. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2016.124. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Campbell, M.A., Nielsen, J.G., Sado, T., Shinzato, C., Kanda, M., Satoh, T.P., Miya, M.
Evolutionary affinities of the unfathomable Parabrotulidae: Molecular data indicate placement of Parabrotula within the family Bythitidae, Ophidiiformes.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 109:337-342. (2017)LINK PUBMED - Roberts, R.E., Motti, C.A., Baughman, K.B., Satoh, N., Hall, M. R., Cummins, S.
Identification of putative olfactory G-protein coupled receptors in Crown-of-Thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci.
BMC Genomics. 18(1):400. (2017) PUBMED - Ikeuchi E., Ohno Y., Iguchi A., Nakamura T.
Non-bleached colonies of massive Porites may attract fishes for selective grazing during mass bleaching events.
PeerJ. 5:e3470. (2017) PUBMED - Matsuyama, T., Yasuike, M., Fujiwara, A., Nakamura, Y., Takano, T., Takeuchi, T., Satoh, N., Adachi, Y., Tsuchihashi, Y., Aoki, H., Odawara, K., Iwanaga, S., Kurita, J., Kamaishi T., Nakayasu, C.
A Spirochaete is suggested as the causative agent of Akoya oyster disease by metagenomic analysis.
PLoS ONE 12(8): e0182280. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182280 (2017)LINK PUBMED - Nakajima, Y., Wepfer, P.H., Suzuki, S., Zayasu, Y., Shinzato, C., Satoh, N., Mitarai, S.
Microsatellite markers for multiple Pocillopora genetic lineages offer new insights about coral populations.
Scientific Reports 2017; 7: 6729.LINK PUBMED - Anbutsu, H., Moriyama, M., Nikoh, N., Hosokawa, T., Futahashi, R., Tanahashi, M.,
Menga, X.Y., Kuriwada, T., Mori, N., Oshima, K., Hattori, M., Fujie, M., Satoh, N., Maeda, T., Shigenobu, S., Koga, R., Fukatsu, T.
Small genome symbiont underlies cuticle hardness in beetles.
PNAS 114: E8382–E8391. (2017) PUBMED - Takeuchi, T.
Molluscan Genomics: Implications for Biology and Aquaculture.
Curr Mol Bio Rep (2017). LINK - Higa, H., Shinzato, C., Zayasu, Y., Nagata, T., Kubo, H.
Restoration efforts for coral reefs by fishery cooperatives ~A case in Onna Village, Okinawa~
Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society 19:119–128 (2017) [in Japanese]
(d) Other Fields
- Maeda, K., Tsuhako, Y., Tachihara, K.
Early Development of Mudskippers.
In Fishes Out of Water: Biology and Ecology of Mudskippers. (pp. 69–88). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (2017) LINK - Tran, H.D., Iida, M., Maeda, K.
Downstream migration of newly-hatched ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in the Tien Yen River of northern Vietnam.
Environmental Biology of Fishes 100: 1329–1341. (2017) LINK - Kunishima, T., Maeda, K., Tachihara, K.
Newly discovered habitat of a threatened goby, Acanthogobius insularis (Perciformes: Gobiidae), in southern part of Okinawa-jima Island, Japan.
Biogeography 19: 69-74 (2017)