Kazumasa Wakamatsu

This study identifies melanogenesis gene mutations that alter feather photonic nanostructures, causing iridescent color changes in peafowl and wild birds.

This study shows that reducing sAC activity restores pigmentation in OCA models and increases melanin synthesis, suggesting targeting melanosome pH as a therapeutic strategy for OCA and skin cancer risk.

The paper investigates how genetic variation in wild mice affects fitness by linking genotype to phenotype and allele frequency changes through field and lab experiments.