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Genomes and Genes | Atsushi KurabayashiSummaryAffiliation: Hiroshima University Country: Japan Publications
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Complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Schlegel's tree frog Rhacophorus schlegelii (family Rhacophoridae): duplicated control regions and gene rearrangementsNaomi Sano
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
Genes Genet Syst 80:213-24. 2005..schlegelii and B. buergeri. Based on parsimonious consideration and the basal phylogenetic position of B. buergeri, these genes seemed to have been rearranged in an ancestral lineage leading to Rh. schlegelii...
Molecular phylogeny of the diversified frogs of genus Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae)Manabu Kotaki
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Zoolog Sci 27:386-95. 2010..Finally, our datasets support paraphyly for the genus Fejervarya, although alternative phylogenetic topologies, including Fejervarya monophyly, were not rejected by KH and SH tests...
Phylogenetic position of a deep-sea ascidian, Megalodicopia hians, inferred from the molecular dataAtsushi Kurabayashi
Department of Biology, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Zoolog Sci 20:1243-7. 2003..However, our results suggested that M. hians has a close relationship to the family Corellidae and might originate from them. This is the first report of the molecular phylogenetic analysis of a deep-sea ascidian...
From Antarctica or Asia? New colonization scenario for Australian-New Guinean narrow mouth toads suggested from the findings on a mysterious genus GastrophrynoidesAtsushi Kurabayashi
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 739 8526, Japan
BMC Evol Biol 11:175. 2011....
Complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of a Malagasy poison frog Mantella madagascariensis: evolutionary implications on mitochondrial genomes of higher anuran groupsAtsushi Kurabayashi
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Mol Phylogenet Evol 39:223-36. 2006..The resultant phylogenetic relationship also suggested parallel occurrence of two tRNA-Met genes, duplicated control regions, and ND5 gene translocation in independent ranoid lineages...
Phylogeny, recombination, and mechanisms of stepwise mitochondrial genome reorganization in mantellid frogs from MadagascarAtsushi Kurabayashi
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Mol Biol Evol 25:874-91. 2008....
Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae (family Ranidae) and unexpected diversity of mt gene arrangements in ranidsAtsushi Kurabayashi
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Mol Phylogenet Evol 56:543-53. 2010..The high frequency of gene translocations involving a specific trn block (trnH-trnS1) and several single tRNA genes suggest that there may be a retrotranslocation in ranid mt genomes...
Complete nucleotide sequence and gene rearrangement of the mitochondrial genome of the bell-ring frog, Buergeria buergeri (family Rhacophoridae)Naomi Sano
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
Genes Genet Syst 79:151-63. 2004..Phylogenetic analysis based on nucleotide sequence data of all mitochondrial genes also supported the gene rearrangement pathway...
Genetic divergence and evolutionary relationships in six species of genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis (Amphibia: Anura) from Bangladesh and other Asian countries revealed by mitochondrial gene sequencesMohammad Shafiqul Alam
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1 3 1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Mol Phylogenet Evol 48:515-27. 2008..The present study revealed prior underestimation of the richness of the amphibian fauna in this region, indicating the possible occurrence of many cryptic species among these groups...
Complete mitochondrial genomes of three neobatrachian anurans: a case study of divergence time estimation using different data and calibration settingsTakeshi Igawa
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Gene 407:116-29. 2008..To correct this erroneous estimation, it is efficient to apply several reference points among neobatrachians...
Mitochondrial DNA diversification, molecular phylogeny, and biogeography of the primitive rhacophorid genus Buergeria in East AsiaToshitaka Nishizawa
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Mol Phylogenet Evol 59:139-47. 2011..7-5Mya), and the formation of their present distribution pattern might have been influenced by climatic changes and geographical events such as the formation of a wide peneplane and expansions of certain basins...
Cryptic anuran biodiversity in Bangladesh revealed by mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequencesMahmudul Hasan
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
Zoolog Sci 29:162-72. 2012..Consequently, at least, 19 species were found from Bangladesh in this study. These findings revealed a rich anuran biodiversity in Bangladesh, which is unexpected considering the rather simple topographic features of the country...
Complete mitochondrial genomes and novel gene rearrangements in two dicroglossid frogs, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus and Euphlyctis hexadactylus, from BangladeshMohammad Shafiqul Alam
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
Genes Genet Syst 85:219-32. 2010....
Genetic divergences and phylogenetic relationships among the Fejervarya limnocharis complex in Thailand and neighboring countries revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear genesManabu Kotaki
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Zoolog Sci 25:381-90. 2008..Although neither the mitochondrial nor the nuclear data clarified intergeneric relationships, the nuclear data rejected the monophyly of the genus Fejervarya...
Mitochondrial genomes and divergence times of crocodile newts: inter-islands distribution of Echinotriton andersoni and the origin of a unique repetitive sequence found in Tylototriton mt genomesAtsushi Kurabayashi
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Genes Genet Syst 87:39-51. 2012..The intra-and inter-specific comparisons of the repeat sequences suggest the occurrences of homologous recombination-based concerted evolution among the repeat sequences...
Distributional change and epidemic introgression in overlapping areas of Japanese pond frog species over 30 yearsShohei Komaki
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Zoolog Sci 29:351-8. 2012..Consequently, this study shows that P. porosus populations are threatened by interspecific hybridization with P. nigromaculatus, and that introgressive hybridization damaged P. porosus populations by different means in each basin...
Artificial production and natural breeding of the endangered frog species Odorrana ishikawae, with special reference to fauna conservation in the laboratoryMasayuki Sumida
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Zoolog Sci 28:834-9. 2011....
Molecular phylogeny of the ranid frogs from Southwest India based on the mitochondrial ribosomal RNA gene sequencesAtsushi Kurabayashi
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
Zoolog Sci 22:525-34. 2005..Lastly, our results suggested the recent occurrence of a radiation event of Fejervarya species in the Indian-Sri Lankan region...
Molecular phylogenetic relationship of toads distributed in the Far East and Europe inferred from the nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA genesTakeshi Igawa
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:250-60. 2006..j. japonicus from Hakodate. The estimated branching times of these clades suggest that geological events may have influenced the divergence of the toads distributed in the Far East and Europe...
Xenopus tropicalis: an ideal experimental animal in amphibiaKeiko Kashiwagi
Division of Embryology and Genetics, Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
Exp Anim 59:395-405. 2010..Experimental systems of Xenopus tropicalis will pave the way for a new era of vertebrate genomics and genetics...
Sequencing and analysis of the internal transcribed spacers (ITSs) and coding regions in the EcoR I fragment of the ribosomal DNA of the Japanese pond frog Rana nigromaculataMasayuki Sumida
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Genes Genet Syst 79:105-18. 2004....
Multiple origins of the ascidian-Prochloron symbiosis: molecular phylogeny of photosymbiotic and non-symbiotic colonial ascidians inferred from 18S rDNA sequencesShin ichi Yokobori
Laboratory for Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Tokyo 192 0392, Japan
Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:8-19. 2006..The results strongly support the hypothesis that establishment of the ascidian-Prochloron symbiosis occurred independently in the Didemnidae lineage at least once in each of the genera that possess symbiotic species...
