Ken Naito

This study identifies de novo genes in crickets that arise from repetitive sequences, showing that such sequences are important in early gene evolution but not after gene establishment.

The paper investigates molecular mechanisms of maternal-induced embryonic diapause in crickets using genome assembly and time-series transcriptomic analyses, revealing epigenetic and metabolic changes.

The paper identifies favorable genotype combinations in temperate japonica rice using haplotype analysis of a multi-parent population, showing how specific variants improve yield and lodging tolerance.

This study identifies candidate genes associated with salt tolerance in Vigna luteola by analyzing root transcriptomes and QTL regions.

This study provides a comprehensive pan-genomic analysis of mungbean, revealing its demographic history, genomic variation, and genotype-phenotype-environment relationships across diverse environments.

This study identifies diurnal regulation of the SOS pathway and sodium excretion mechanisms in Vigna marina, revealing a QTL region with structural rearrangements and cis-regulatory motifs linked to salt tolerance.

This study identifies a multi-layered apoplastic barrier in Vigna marina that restricts Na+ transport to shoots while allowing essential ion transport, contributing to its salt tolerance.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly of Cucumis sativus cv. 'Tokiwa' using Oxford nanopore sequencing, resulting in a longer genome with more annotated genes.

This study presents long-read genome assemblies of 12 Vigna species, revealing new WOX transcription factors and transcriptional changes linked to stress tolerance.

The paper identifies MYB26 as a genetic factor for twisting legume pods through fine-mapping of shattering-related traits in azuki and yard-long beans.

This study performs QTL analysis on zombi pea to identify genetic factors underlying domestication traits, finding conserved QTLs for seed and pod size between zombi pea and cowpea.

This study uses SMRT sequencing to assemble the azuki bean genome, achieving better contiguity and gene annotation compared to second-generation sequencing methods.