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Yasunobu Maeda

The University of Tokyo

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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A chromosome-level genome resource for the lethal tapeworm Sparganum proliferum, with candidate genomic safe harbours for functional genetics

Atsushi Hikima, Simo Sun, Tetsuya Okino, Kensei Kinoshita, Akemi Yoshida, Yasunobu Maeda, Kenji Ishiwata, Hirotaka Kanuka, Taisei Kikuchi

Journal of Heredity · Jan 4, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Programmed DNA elimination was present in the last common ancestor of Caenorhabditis nematodes

Lewis Stevens, Simo Sun, Nami Haruta, Yasunobu Maeda, Leyun Xiao, Naoki Uwatoko, Manuela R. Kieninger, Kazuki Sato, Akemi Yoshida, Dominic E. Absolon, Joanna Collins, Asako Sugimoto, Taisei Kikuchi, Mark Blaxter

The paper identifies programmed DNA elimination in three Caenorhabditis species, showing it was present in their last common ancestor and later lost in some lineages.

bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Genome analysis of the fatal tapeworm Sparganum proliferum unravels the cryptic lifecycle and mechanisms underlying the aberrant larval proliferation

Taisei Kikuchi, Mehmet Dayı, Vicky L. Hunt, Kenji Ishiwata, Atsushi Toyoda, Asuka Kounosu, Simo Sun, Yasunobu Maeda, Yoko Kondo, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Óscar Noya, Somei Kojima, Toshiaki Kuramochi, Haruhiko Maruyama

The paper sequences the genome of Sparganum proliferum and analyzes its transcriptome to uncover its unique lifecycle and pathogenic mechanisms.

Communications Biology · May 31, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics