Kentaro Uchiyama

This study compares genetic diversity in above-ground and soil seedbank populations of a grassland plant after land-use conversion, finding comparable diversity levels in soil seedbanks.

The paper identifies gene modules associated with local adaptation in Cryptomeria japonica trees from different geographic origins in Japan.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for the Japanese cedar, using long-read and Hi-C sequencing to achieve high contiguity and accuracy.

The paper examines how habitat continuity affects the relationship between plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities, finding stronger covariation in old grasslands.

The paper identifies a male-sterile gene (MS1) in Japanese cedar by analyzing deletions in a lipid transfer protein gene and proposes marker-assisted selection for breeding.

The paper develops PCR and LAMP markers to detect mutant alleles of the MS1 gene in Cryptomeria japonica for pollen-free cultivar production.