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Megumi Kanai

Incorporated Foundation Okinawa Prefecture Environment Science Center

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Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Noriyuki SatohiD· 3 shared Tomofumi Nagata· 3 shared Yuki YoshiokaiD· 3 shared Tatsuki KoidoiD· 2 shared Natsuki Watanabe· 1 shared Shogo GishitomiiD· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 3/yr

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The complete mitochondrial genome of Hanabira yukibana Lau, Stokvis, Imahara & Reimer, 2019 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia)

Yuki Yoshioka, Tatsuki Koido, Megumi Kanai, Shogo Gishitomi, Natsuki Watanabe, Noriyuki Satoh, Tomofumi Nagata

This study sequences the complete mitochondrial genome of Hanabira yukibana, finding it to be 18,690 bp with 17 genes and gene order pattern A, supporting its placement with the genus Clavularia.

Mitochondrial DNA Part B · Dec 18, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

The complete mitochondrial genomes of Litophyton sp. and Stereonephthya sp., members of family Nephtheidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia).

Yuki Yoshioka, Megumi Kanai, Tatsuki Koido, Noriyuki Satoh, Tomofumi Nagata

This study sequences the complete mitochondrial genomes of two Nephtheidae species, confirming their gene arrangement and phylogenetic placement within the family.

Mitochondrial DNA Part B · Dec 17, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

The mitochondrial genome of Palythoa tuberculosa (Esper, 1805) contains a novel ORF with unknown function.

Yuki Yoshioka, Megumi Kanai, Tomofumi Nagata, Noriyuki Satoh

The paper reports a novel ORF insertion in the mitochondrial genome of Palythoa tuberculosa, distinct from previously reported ORF extensions in zoantharians.

Mitochondrial DNA Part A · Nov 17, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics