Tenta Segawa

The paper identifies cyclo-DOPA glucosyltransferases from Basella alba and Gomphrena globosa that mediate gomphrenin I biosynthesis and shows their structural and functional differences.

This study reconstructs the genome and karyotype evolution of Sesamum and related species, revealing hybridization events and genetic changes linked to metabolic specialization.

This study presents chromosome-scale genome assemblies of two dodder species, revealing genomic features linked to parasitism and polyploid evolution.

This study identifies horizontal gene transfer of a functional cytochrome P450 gene from host plants to parasitic dodders, accompanied by intron gains involving transposon colonization.

The paper studies the evolution of an X-A balance sex determination system in hops by analyzing genome sequences of two hop species and identifies a candidate gene involved in the system.