Yuki Kanai

This study shows that genome reduction in endosymbionts increases their sensitivity to host metabolic conditions, promoting mutualism evolution by making them more exploitable.

This study accelerates bacterial genome evolution by introducing multiple insertion sequences into E. coli, resulting in significant genome rearrangements and size changes.

This study demonstrates that insertion sequences can facilitate operon formation by altering gene expression and closing gaps between genes in Escherichia coli.