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Natsuki Watanabe

Incorporated Foundation Okinawa Prefecture Environment Science Center

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Hikari UkawaiD· 1 shared Megumi Kanai· 1 shared Noriyuki SatohiD· 1 shared Shogo GishitomiiD· 1 shared Tatsuki KoidoiD· 1 shared Tohru IshitaniiD· 1 shared Tomofumi Nagata· 1 shared Yuki AkiedaiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Endogenous cell competition kills pathogenic de novo mutant cells but declines under pH stress

Yuki Akieda, Hikari Ukawa, Natsuki Watanabe, Tohru Ishitani

The paper shows endogenous cell competition eliminates harmful de novo mutant cells in zebrafish but fails under pH stress, leading to tissue defects.

bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

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