Japanese

Papers

Main research articles published from this laboratory during the past 7 years (from 2008 to the present)

  1. Amaike, Y., Oishi, T., Uraguchi, K., Abramov, A.V., and Masuda, R. (2015) Geographical variation in skull morphology in the Hokkaido population of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes. Mammal Study (in press).
  2. Kohyama, T.I., Akiyama, T., Nishida, C., Takami, K., Onuma, M., Momose, K., and Masuda, R. (2015) Isolation and characterization of major histocompatibility complex class II B genes in cranes. Immunogenetics 67: 705-710 (DOI: 10.1007/s00251-015-0874-x).
  3. Omote, K., Nishida, C., Takenaka, T., Saito, K., Shimura, R., Fujimoto, S., Sato, T., and Masuda, R. (2015) Recent fragmentation of the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) population on Hokkaido Island, northern Japan, revealed by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses. Zoological Letters 1: 16 (DOI: 10.1186/s40851-015-0014-3).
  4. Masuda, R., Losey, R.J., Bazaliiskii, V.I., and Badmaev, B. (2015) Ancient DNA analysis of marmot tooth remains from the Shamanka and Lokomotiv-Raisovet Cemeteries near Lake Baikal: species identification and genealogical characteristics. Quaternary International (in press). (DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.050)
  5. Masuda, R. and Sato, T. (2015) Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Jomon dogs from the Kamikuroiwa Rock Shelter site in Shikoku and the Higashimyo site in Kyushu, Japan. Anthropological Science 123: 95-98. (DOI: 10.1537/ase.150111)
  6. Kohyama, T.I., Omote, K., Nishida, C., Takenaka, T., Saito, K., Fujimoto, S., and Masuda, R. (2015) Spatial and temporal variation at major histocompatibility class IIB genes in the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl. Zoological Letters 1: 13. (DOI:10.1186/s40851-015-0013-4)
  7. Hirata, D., Doichev, V.D., Raichev, E.G., Palova, N.A., Nakev, J.L. Yordanov, Y.M., Kaneko, Y., and Masuda, R. (2015) Genetic variation of the East Balkan Swine (Sus scrofa) in Bulgaria, revealed by mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosomal DNA. Animal Genetics 46: 209-212. (DOI: 10.1111/age.12269)
  8. Nagai, T., Murakami, T., and Masuda, R. (2014) Effectiveness of noninvasive DNA analysis to reveal isolated-forest use by the sable Martes zibellina on eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Mammal Study 39: 99-104. (DOI: 10.3106/041.039.0205)
  9. Hirata, D., Abramov, A.V., Baryshnikov, G.F., and Masuda, R. (2014) Mitochondrial DNA haplogrouping of the brown bear, Ursus arctos (Carnivora: Ursidae) in Asia, based on a newly developed APLP analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111: 627-635.
  10. Kamada, S., Murakami, T., and Masuda, R. (2013) Multiple origins of the Japanese marten Martes melampus introduced into Hokkaido Island, Japan, revealed by microsatellite analysis. Mammal Study 38: 261-267.
  11. Hirata, D., Mano T., Abramov, A.V., Baryshnikov, G.F., Kosintsev, P.A., Vorobiev, A.A., Raichev, E.G., Tsunoda H., Kaneko, Y., Murata, M., Fukui, D., and Masuda, R. (2013) Molecular phylogeography of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in northeastern Asia based on analyses of complete mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 1644-1652.
  12. Omote, K., Nishida, C., Dick, M.H., and Masuda, R. (2013) Limited phylogenetic distribution of a long tandem-repeat cluster in the mitochondrial control region in Bubo (Aves, Strigidae) and cluster variation in Blakiston’s fish owl (Bubo blakistoni). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 889-897.
  13. Kamada, S., Moteki, S., Baba, M., Ochiai, K., and Masuda, R. (2012) Genetic distinctness and variation in the Tsushima Islands population of the Japanese marten, Martes melampus (Carnivora: Mustelidae), revealed by microsatellite analysis. Zoological Science 29: 827-833.
  14. Nagai, T., Murakami, T. and Masuda, R. (2012) Genetic variation and population structure of the sable Martes zibellina on eastern Hokkaido, Japan, revealed by microsatellite analysis. Mammal Study 37: 323-330.
  15. Nagai, T., Raichev, E.G., Tsunoda, H., Kaneko, Y., and Masuda, R. (2012) Preliminary study on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA variation of the stone marten Martes foina in Bulgaria. Mammal Study 37: 353-358.
  16. Kobayashi, F., Fukui, D., Kojima, E., and Masuda, R. (2012) Population genetic structure of the Japanese large-footed bat (Myotis macrodactylus) along three rivers on Hokkaido Island, northern Japan. Mammal Study 37: 227-235.
  17. Masuda, R., Kurose, N., Watanabe, S., Abramov, A.V., Han, S.H., Lin, L.K., and Oshida, T. (2012) Molecular phylogeography of the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi (Carnivora: Mustelidae), endemic to the Japanese islands, revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107: 307-321.
  18. Inoue, T., Kaneko, Y., Yamazaki, K., Anezaki, T., Yachimori, S., Ochiai, K., Lin, L.K., Pei, K.J.C., Chen, Y.J., Chang, S.W., and Masuda, R. (2012) Genetic population structure of the masked palm civet Paguma larvata, (Carnivora: Viverridae) in Japan, revealed from analysis of newly identified compound microsatellites. Conservation Genetics 13: 1095-1107.
  19. Tsytsulina, K., Dick, M.H., Maeda, K., and Masuda, R. (2012) Systematics and phylogeography of the steppe whiskered bat Myotis aurascens Kuzyakin, 1935 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Russian Journal of Theriology 11: 1-20.
  20. Koizumi, I., Usio, N., Kawai, T., Azuma, N., and Masuda, R. (2012) Loss of genetic diversity means loss of geological information: the endangered Japanese crayfish exhibits remarkable historical footprints. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33986. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033986.
  21. Omote, K., Nishida, C., Takenaka, T., and Masuda, R. (2012) Temporal changes of genetic population structure and diversity in the endangered Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) on Hokkaido Island, Japan, revealed by microsatellite analysis. Zoological Science 29: 299-304.
  22. Tsubouchi, A., Fukui, D., Ueda, M., Tada, K., Toyoshima, S., Takami K., Tsujimoto, T., Uraguchi, K., Raichev, E., Kaneko, Y., Tsunoda, H., and Masuda, R. (2012) Comparative molecular phylogeny and evolution of sex chromosome DNA sequences in the family Canidae (Mammalia, Canivora). Zoological Science 29: 151-161.
  23. Tashima, S., Kaneko, Y., Anezaki, T., Baba, M., Yachimori, S., Abramov, A.V., Saveljev, A.P., and Masuda, R. (2011) Identification and molecular variations of CAN-SINEs from the ZFY gene final intron of the Eurasian badgers (genus Meles). Mammal Study 36: 41-48.
  24. Tashima, S., Kaneko, Y., Anezaki, T., Baba, M., Yachimori, S., Abramov, A.V., Saveljev, A.P., and Masuda, R. (2011) Phylogeographic sympatry and isolation of the Eurasian badgers (Meles, Mustelidae, Carnivora): implications for an alternative analysis using maternally as well as paternally inherited genes. Zoological Science 28: 293-303.
  25. Kazuta, H., Sato, T., Dodo, Y., Matsumura, H., Amano, T., Ishida, H., and Masuda, R. (2011) Genotype frequencies of the ABCC11 gene in 2000–3000–year-old human bones from the Epi-Jomon and Jomon sites in Hokkaido, Japan. Anthropological Science 119: 81-86.
  26. Oishi, T., Uraguchi, K., Takahashi, K., and Masuda, R. (2011) Population structures of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) on the Hokkaido Island, Japan, revealed by microsatellite analysis. Journal of Heredity 102: 38-46.
  27. Tashima, S., Kaneko, Y., Anezaki, T., Baba, M., Yachimori, S., and Masuda, R. (2010) Genetic diversity within the Japanese badgers (Meles anakuma), as revealed by microsatellite analysis. Mammal Study 35: 221-226.
  28. Sato, T., Kazuta, H., Amano, T., Ono, H., Ishida, H., Kodera, H., Matsumura, H., Yoneda, M., Dodo, Y., and Masuda, R. (2010) Polymorphisms and allele frequencies of the ABO blood group gene among the Jomon, Epi-Jomon and Okhotsk people in Hokkaido, northern Japan, revealed by ancient DNA analysis. Journal of Human Genetics 55: 691-696.
  29. Oishi, T., Uraguchi, K., Abramov, A.V., and Masuda, R. (2010) Geographical variations of the skull in the red fox Vulpes vulpes on the Japanese islands: An exception of Bergmann’s rule. Zoological Science 27: 939-945.
  30. Oishi, T., Uraguchi, K., and Masuda, R. (2010) Non-invasive genetic identification of the red fox Vulpes vulpes in the Shiretoko National Park, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Mammal Study 35: 201-207.
  31. Goda, N., Mano, T., Kosintsev, P., Vorobiev, A., and Masuda, R. (2010) Allelic diversity of the MHC class II DRB genes in brown bears (Ursus arctos) and a comparison of DRB sequences within the family Ursidae. Tissue Antigens 76: 404-410.
  32. Inoue, T., Murakami, T., Abramov, A.V., and Masuda, R. (2010) Mitochondrial DNA control region variations in the sable Martes zibellina of Hokkaido Island and the Eurasian Continent, compared with the Japanese marten M. melampus. Mammal Study 35: 145-155.
  33. Masuda, R., Lin, L.K., Pei, K.J.C., Chen, Y.J., Chang, S.W., Kaneko, Y., Yamazaki, K., Anezaki, T., Yachimori, S., and Oshida, T. (2010) Origins and founder effects on the Japanese masked palm civet Paguma larvata (Viverridae, Carnivora), revealed from a comparison with its molecular phylogeography in Taiwan. Zoological Science 27: 499-505.
  34. Shimatani, Y., Takeshita, T., Tatsuzawa, S., Ikeda, T., and Masuda, R. (2010) Sex determination and individual identification of American minks (Neovison vison) on Hokkaido, northern Japan, by fecal DNA analysis. Zoological Science 27: 243-247.
  35. Yamada, C. and Masuda, R. (2010) Molecular phylogeny and evolution of sex-chromosomal genes and SINE sequences in the family Mustelidae. Mammal Study 35: 17-30.
  36. Shimatani, Y., Fukue, Y., Kishimoto, R., and Masuda, R. (2010) Genetic variation and population structure of the feral American mink (Neovison vison) in Nagano, Japan, revealed by microsatellite analysis. Mammal Study 35: 1-7.
  37. Sato, T., Amano, T., Ono, H., Ishida, H., Kodera, H., Matsumura, H., Yoneda, M., and Masuda, R. (2009) Mitochondrial DNA haplogrouping of the Okhotsk people based on analysis of ancient DNA: an intermediate of gene flow from the continental Sakhalin people to the Ainu. Anthropological Science 117: 171-180.
  38. Goda, N., Mano, T., and Masuda, R. (2009) Genetic diversity of the MHC class-II DQA gene in brown bears (Ursus arctos) on Hokkaido, northern Japan. Zoological Science 26: 530-535.
  39. Sato, T., Amano, T., Ono, H., Ishida, H., Kodera, H., Matsumura, H., Yoneda, M., and Masuda, R. (2009) Allele frequencies of the ABCC11 gene for earwax phenotypes among ancient populations of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Human Genetics 54: 409-413.
  40. Shimatani, Y., Takeshita, T., Tatsuzawa, S., Ikeda, T., and Masuda, R. (2008) Genetic identification of mammalian carnivore species in the Kushiro Wetland, eastern Hokkaido, Japan, by analysis of fecal DNA. Zoological Science 25: 714-720.
  41. Nakagome, S., Pecon-Slattery, J., and Masuda, R. (2008) Unequal rates of Y chromosome gene divergence during speciation of the family Ursidae. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 1344-1356.
  42. Masuda, R., Kaneko, Y., Siriaroonrat, B., Subramaniam, V., and Hamachi, M. (2008) Genetic variations of the masked palm civet Paguma larvata inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Mammal Study 33: 19-24.
  43. Tamada, T., Siriaroonrat, B., Subramaniam, V., Hamachi, M., Lin, L.-K., Oshida, T. Rerkamnuaychoke, W., and Masuda R. (2008) Molecular diversity and phylogeography of the Asian leopard cat, Felis bengalensis, inferred from mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal DNA sequences. Zoological Science 25: 154-163.

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