Azuma, Yoichiro, Kumazawa, Yoshinori, Miya, Masaki, Mabuchi, Kohji, Nishida, Mutsumi
Abstract Background Recent advances in DNA sequencing and computation offer the opportunity for reliable estimates of divergence times between organisms based on molecular data. Bayesian estimations...
Yamanoue, Yusuke, Miya, Masaki, Matsuura, Keiichi, Katoh, Masaya, Sakai, Harumi, Nishida, Mutsumi
Abstract Background The order Tetraodontiformes consists of approximately 429 species of fishes in nine families. Members of the order exhibit striking morphological diversity and radiated into...
Mabuchi, Kohji, Miya, Masaki, Azuma, Yoichiro, Nishida, Mutsumi
Abstract Background Fishes in the families Cichlidae and Labridae provide good probable examples of vertebrate adaptive radiations. Their spectacular trophic radiations have been widely assumed to be...
A recent morphological analysis demonstrated that Cyclothone, one of four currently recognized gonostomatid genera, was nested within Gonostoma, rendering the latter paraphyletic. In an attempt to...
Ogiwara, Ikuo, Miya, Masaki, Ohshima, Kazuhiko, Okada, Norihiro
We have identified a new superfamily of vertebrate short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs), designated V-SINEs, that are widespread in fishes and frogs. Each V-SINE includes a central...
Ogiwara, Ikuo, Miya, Masaki, Ohshima, Kazuhiko, Okada, Norihiro
We have identified a new superfamily of vertebrate short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs), designated V-SINEs, that are widespread in fishes and frogs. Each V-SINE includes a central...
Independent evolution of the specialized pharyngeal jaw apparatus in cichlid and labrid fishes
Mabuchi, Kohji, Miya, Masaki, Azuma, Yoichiro, Nishida, Mutsumi