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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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    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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    Occurrence of Cryptosporidium sp. in snakes in Japan

    The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Cryptosporidium in snakes in Japan. Fecal samples or intestinal contents of 469 snakes, consisting of five species, were analyzed and Cryptosporidium oocys...

    Toshiro Kuroki, Shinji Izumiyama, Kenji Yagita, Yumi Une… in Parasitology Research (2008)

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    Cytogenetic studies of Hynobiidae (Urodela) XIX. Morphological variation of sex chromosomes pairing behavior of sex lampbrush chromosomes in Hynobius quelpaertensis (Mori) from Cheju Island, South Korea

    Using Giemsa staining, C-banding and Ag-NOR staining techniques, we analyzed chromosomes in adult male and female Hynobius quelpaertensis and in embryos of this species in egg sacs collected from eight localities...

    Chikako Ikebe, Masaki Kuro-o, Hiromi Ohtani, Yoshie Kawase… in Chromosome Research (2005)

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    Cytogenetic Studies of Hynobiidae (Urodela) XVI. Comparative C- Banded Karyotype Analysis of Pseudohynobius Flavomaculatus (Fei et Ye), Ranodon Shihi (Liu) and Batrachuperus Pinchonii (David)

    Initial analysis of Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus chromosomes determined the chromosome number of this species to be 2n = 52. A re-examination of Ranodon shihi chromosomes detected 2n = 66 chromosomes, in contras...

    Chikako Ikebe, Masaki Kuro-o, Guanfu Wu, **aomao Zeng… in Chromosome Research (2000)

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    Germ line-restricted, highly repeated DNA sequences and their chromosomal localization in a Japanese hagfish (Eptatretus okinoseanus)

    The various species of Japanese hagfish, namely, Eptatretus okinoseanus (types A and B), Eptatretus burgeri and Myxine garmani, are known to eliminate a fraction of their chromosomes during early embryogenesis. H...

    Souichirou Kubota, Masaki Kuro-o, Shigeki Mizuno, Sei-ichi Kohno in Chromosoma (1993)