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    Sexual dimorphism of the human fetal pelvis exists at the onset of primary ossification

    Human adolescent and adult skeletons exhibit sexual dimorphism in the pelvis. However, the degree of sexual dimorphism of the human pelvis during prenatal development remains unclear. Here, we performed high-r...

    Toru Kanahashi, Jun Matsubayashi, Hirohiko Imai, Shigehito Yamada in Communications Biology (2024)

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    Biomass Pyramids of Marine Mesozooplankton Communities as Inferred From Their Integrated Trophic Positions

    Biomass pyramids in natural food webs provide insights into multitrophic ecosystem functioning. We measured the integrated trophic position (iTP), which reflects the average efficiency of biomass transfer thro...

    Naoto F. Ishikawa, Kazuaki Tadokoro, Jun Matsubayashi, Naohiko Ohkouchi in Ecosystems (2023)

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    Factors influencing lifespan dependency on agricultural crops by brown bears

    Investigating factors underlying human-wildlife conflicts in agricultural landscapes is important for both preventing crop damage and wildlife conservation. Although environments surrounding crop fields are co...

    Tomoki Sakiyama, Junko Morimoto, Jun Matsubayashi in Landscape and Ecological Engineering (2021)

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    Partial and full mycoheterotrophy in green and albino phenotypes of the slipper orchid Cypripedium debile

    Most green orchids form mycorrhizal associations with rhizoctonia fungi, a polyphyletic group including Serendipitaceae, Ceratobasidiaceae, and Tulasnellaceae. Although accumulating evidence indicated that par...

    Kenji Suetsugu, Masahide Yamato, Jun Matsubayashi, Ichiro Tayasu in Mycorrhiza (2021)

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    Isotopic evidence of arbuscular mycorrhizal cheating in a grassland gentian species

    All orchids and pyroloids are mycoheterotrophic at least in the early stage. Many species are predisposed to mycoheterotrophic nutrition even in the adult stage, due to the initial mycoheterotrophy during germ...

    Kenji Suetsugu, Jun Matsubayashi, Nanako O. Ogawa, Satoe Murata, Risa Sato in Oecologia (2020)