Fumiaki Sugahara

The paper investigates ZGA timing across 61 animal species and finds that genome size to cytoplasm volume ratio predicts ZGA onset.

Chromosome-scale inshore hagfish genome places 1R before the cyclostome-gnathostome split and 2R in the gnathostome stem, and reveals two cyclostome-specific duplications (CR1, CR2).

This study traces the evolutionary origin of OCT4/POU5 functions in supporting pluripotency across vertebrates using sequence analysis and functional studies in mouse ESCs.