Rei Kajitani

Evolutionary stasis and homogeneous selection structure microbial communities in the deep subseafloor sedimentary biosphere

This study analyzes microbial communities in deep subseafloor sediments, finding evolutionary stasis driven by homogeneous selection and environmental stability over 480 kyr.

Recycling of uridylated mRNAs in starfish embryos

The paper shows that uridylated mRNAs in starfish embryos undergo decay or recycling, with specific modifications allowing some to become translationally active again.

cycle_finder: de novo analysis of tandem and interspersed repeats based on cycle-finding

cycle_finder detects both tandem and interspersed repeats from short-read data without reference sequences, outperforming existing tools in recall and precision.

Bioinformatic and fine-scale chromosomal mapping uncover the essence and evolution of eliminated chromosomes in the Japanese hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri, through repetitive DNA family analysis

The paper identifies and maps eliminated repetitive DNA sequences in the Japanese hagfish, revealing evolutionary mechanisms of chromosome elimination through genomic and cytogenetic analysis.

Gene recruitments and dismissals in argonaut octopus genome provide insights to pelagic lifestyle adaptation and shell-like eggcase reacquisition

The paper presents the draft genome of the argonaut octopus, revealing gene recruitment and dismissal related to pelagic adaptation and shell-like eggcase formation.

Insights into the genomic evolution of insects from cricket genomes

The paper compares cricket genomes to understand the evolutionary drivers of large genome sizes and DNA methylation in hemimetabolous insects.