Ryo Futahashi

This study identifies (TTGGG)n as the telomeric repeat in Odonata, showing its ancestral acquisition and repeated divergence across species.

This study identifies a novel monocarboxylate transporter, 3OHKT, responsible for 3-hydroxykynurenine uptake in ommochrome pigmentation in silkworms and butterflies.

The paper identifies a mutation in the Bmmah gene, a β-group solute carrier gene, as responsible for the reddish-brown egg and eye coloration in the silkworm b-4 mutant.

The paper investigates the role of the doublesex gene in body color masculinization in Ischnura senegalensis, finding that dsx short isoform RNAi alters color patterns to gynomorphic females.