Tatsuki Nagasawa

The paper traces the long-term functional evolution of duplicated olfactory marker protein genes after teleost-specific whole-genome duplication, showing extended redundancy and dosage-constrained divergence.

This study identifies ventral cluster cells as electrocyte progenitors in electric eels, showing their transformation into mature electrocytes through dorsal migration and cell fusion.

The paper investigates the evolutionary diversification of V1R genes in East African cichlids, finding evidence of introgression contributing to their diversity.

The study identifies shared molecular mechanisms in hypertrophied lips of East African cichlids, linking Wnt pathway activation and extracellular matrix proteoglycan expression across different species.