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Daisuke Kurokawa

Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of TokyoORCID 0000-0002-5446-3778Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental Biology· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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Alexandre P ThieryiD· 1 shared Asako Sugimura· 1 shared Gareth J. FraseriD· 1 shared Gen KurosawaiD· 1 shared Hironori AndoiD· 1 shared Junfeng CheniD· 1 shared Kaoru YoshidaiD· 1 shared Kousuke OkimuraiD· 1 shared

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Population genomics reveal genetic variants associated with lunar-regulated spawning time in grass puffer

Yuma Katada, Daisuke Kurokawa, Mats E. Pettersson, Junfeng Chen, Liang Ren, T. Yamaguchi, Tomoya Nakayama, Kousuke Okimura, Michiyo Maruyama, Ren Enomoto, Hironori Ando, Gen Kurosawa, Asako Sugimura, Yoko Hattori, Leif Andersson, Takashi Yoshimura

The paper identifies genetic variants associated with lunar-regulated spawning time in grass puffer fish by analyzing geographic differences in spawning timing and conducting population genomics.

bioRxiv · Aug 12, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

CatSper mediates the chemotactic behavior and motility of the ascidian sperm

Taiga Kijima, Daisuke Kurokawa, Yasunori Sasakura, Michio Ogasawara, Satoe Aratake, Kaoru Yoshida, Manabu Yoshida

This study shows that CatSper is essential for sperm motility and chemotaxis in ascidians, similar to its role in mammals.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · Nov 2, 2023Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Evolution and developmental diversity of skin spines in pufferfish

Takanori Shono, Alexandre P Thiery, Daisuke Kurokawa, Ralf Britz, Gareth J. Fraser

This study investigates the developmental mechanisms of pufferfish skin spines, showing they develop through conserved gene interactions but lack EDA, a key molecule in other vertebrate skin appendages.

bioRxiv · Jun 15, 2018 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology