Shigeru Kuratani

The paper investigates colony-level axial patterning in siphonophores using gene expression analysis, showing that developmental regulators like Hox and Wnt genes are expressed in specific regions of the colony stem.

The paper examines inner ear morphogenesis across 12 vertebrate species, finding that divergent mechanical processes in tissue expansion are coordinated with developmental tempo to maintain conserved morphology.

This study uses computational simulations to confirm the emergence of the developmental hourglass and explains its mechanisms through dynamical-systems theory.

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.

The paper shows that more evolutionarily derived gene regulatory regions are activated later in embryogenesis across three vertebrate species.