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Open AccessReorganization of the ancestral sex-determining regions during the evolution of trioecy in Pleodorina starrii
The coexistence of three sexual phenotypes (male, female and bisexual) in a single species, ‘trioecy’, is rarely found in diploid organisms such as flowering plants and invertebrates. However, trioecy in haplo...
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Open AccessGenome sequencing of the multicellular alga Astrephomene provides insights into convergent evolution of germ-soma differentiation
Germ-soma differentiation evolved independently in many eukaryotic lineages and contributed to complex multicellular organizations. However, the molecular genetic bases of such convergent evolution remain unre...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Issues in the Use of the Recovery Watcher for Situation Awareness in Disaster and Inclusive Communications
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, we have been working on how possibly IT could be used for disaster response and recovery in Japan. From this perspective, we implemented a system, Rec...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Recovery Watcher: A Disaster Communication System for Situation Awareness and Its Use for Barrier-Free Information Provision
Since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995 as well as the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, we have been aware of the needs for information processing for disaster response and recovery in Japan. Thi...
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Mutations within the S Gene of Hepatitis B Virus Transmitted from Mothers to Babies Immunized with Hepatitis B Immune Globulin and Vaccine
ABSTRACT: A variant of hepatitis B virus (HBV) having a specific mutation within the S gene has been found to infect vaccinees. To know whether similar variants were involved in Japan, we analyzed two cases of...
