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    Genetic Features of Tachypleus tridentatus in Japan and an Alien (Non-native) Population Founded at Ise-Mikawa Bay, Chubu Region, Central Japan

    The tri-spine horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus, known as a living fossil and endangered, is distributed from coastal Southeast Asia to western Japan. The Japanese population represents the northernmost range...

    Shin Nishida, Kenji Kuroyanagi, Hiroko Koike in Changing Global Perspectives on Horseshoe … (2015)

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    MHC class II DQB diversity in the Japanese black bear, Ursus thibetanus japonicus

    The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are one of the most important genetic systems in the vertebrate immune response. The diversity of MHC genes may directly influence the survival of individuals a...

    Yoshiki Yasukochi, Toshifumi Kurosaki, Masaaki Yoneda… in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2012)

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    Inferring the ancient population structure of the vulnerable albatross Phoebastria albatrus, combining ancient DNA, stable isotope, and morphometric analyses of archaeological samples

    The history of population structure is a key to effective wildlife management and conservation. However, inferring the history of population structure using present genetic structures is problematic when the m...

    Masaki Eda, Hiroko Koike, Masaki Kuro-o, Shozo Mihara… in Conservation Genetics (2012)

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    Isolation and characterization of compound microsatellite loci in the tri-spine horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)

    The tri-spine horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, known as “a living fossil”, is distributed from coastal Southeast Asia to western Japan. The Japanese population represents the northernmost range for this sp...

    Shin Nishida, Hiroko Koike in Conservation Genetics Resources (2010)

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    Unexpectedly high genetic diversity of mtDNA control region through severe bottleneck in vulnerable albatross Phoebastria albatrus

    In the late part of the nineteenth century and the early part of the last century, the short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus was in danger of extinction owing to feather hunting. In the middle of the last c...

    Masaki Kuro-o, Hiromichi Yonekawa, Shigeru Saito, Masaki Eda… in Conservation Genetics (2010)

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    Clues to the cause of the Tsushima leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura) decline from isotopic measurements in three species of Carnivora

    The estimated population of the Tsushima leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura is only 80–110 individuals. However, the cause of the population decline is not clear. We investigated temporal changes in t...

    Naho Mitani, Shozo Mihara, Nobuo Ishii, Hiroko Koike in Ecological Research (2009)