Author

Masanori Nakae

University of TsukubaORCID 0000-0002-2979-8939Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Evolutionary Biology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Aintzane SantaquiteriaiD· 1 shared Casey Lee· 1 shared Dahiana ArcilaiD· 1 shared Fernando Meléndez-VazqueziD· 1 shared Hsuan-Ching Hans HoiD· 1 shared James C. TyleriD· 1 shared John J. PogonoskiiD· 1 shared Katherine E. BemisiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2026-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 45 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperEvolutionary Biology

Aintzane SantaquiteriaORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

1 paper

Recent·Most cited

Convergent evolution of extreme snout elongation in deep-sea fishes reveals constrained trajectories

Zach Heiple, Katherine E. Bemis, James C. Tyler, Aintzane Santaquiteria, Fernando Meléndez-Vazquez, Casey Lee, Kyoji Fujiwara, Masanori Nakae, Hsuan-Ching Hans Ho, John J. Pogonoski, William T. White, Mark W. Westneat, Ricardo Betancur‐R, Dahiana Arcila

The paper shows that extreme snout elongation in deep-sea fishes evolved independently but along constrained trajectories due to phenotypic integration and functional innovation.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology