Koji Tamura

This study shows that loss of actinodin1 and actinodin2 genes in fish causes collagen fibers to orient perpendicularly to the epidermis, leading to fin reduction and thickening, and reveals similar patterns in tetrapod limbs.

This study shows that spiny-ray development in fish is independent of actinotrichia, enabling morphological diversification through osteoblast distribution and signaling molecule intensity.

This study shows that Hedgehog signaling repression in teleosts reduces radial bones and promotes fin elaboration by affecting specific skeletal regions in zebrafish.

The paper shows that the shh limb enhancer MFCS1 is active in patterned limb regeneration in tadpoles but not in hypomorphic regeneration in froglets, suggesting epigenetic regulation is key.

This study shows that the stiffness of primordial germ cells is required for their arrest and extravasation in avian embryos, with actin polymerization regulating this stiffness.

This study shows that hox13 paralogs are functionally conserved in limb development and regeneration in newts.