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University of the Ryukyus: Nishihara-cho, Okinawa, JP

2016-09-01 to present | Assistant professor (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Masatoshi Matsunami

Hokkaido Daigaku: Sapporo, Hokkaido, JP

2012-04-01 to 2016-08-31
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Masatoshi Matsunami

Education and qualifications (2)

The Graduate School of Advanced Research (SOKENDAI): Mishima, JP

2007-04-01 to 2012-03-23 | PhD (Department of Genetics)
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Masatoshi Matsunami

Hokkaido Daigaku: Sapporo, Hokkaido, JP

2003-04-01 to 2007-03-25 | BSc (Department of Bilogical Science)
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Masatoshi Matsunami

Funding (2)

エゾサンショウウオの表現型可塑性を引き起こす遺伝基盤とその進化過程

2016-04-01 to 2019-03-31 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER: 16K18613
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Masatoshi Matsunami via DimensionsWizard

Transcriptome analysis of phenotypic plasticity in the Hokkaido salamander

2012-08-31 to 2014-03-31 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER: 24870002
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Masatoshi Matsunami via DimensionsWizard

Works (24)

Genome-wide association studies for pelvic organ prolapse in the Japanese population

Communications Biology
2024-09-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Masatoshi Matsunami; Minako Imamura; Asuka Ashikari; Xiaoxi Liu; Kohei Tomizuka; Keiko Hikino; Kosei Miwa; Katsumi Kadekawa; Tetsuji Suda; Takayuki Morisaki et al.
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Demographic history of Ryukyu islanders at the southern part of the Japanese Archipelago inferred from whole-genome resequencing data

Journal of Human Genetics
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Kae Koganebuchi; Masatoshi Matsunami; Minako Imamura; Yosuke Kawai; Yuki Hitomi; Katsushi Tokunaga; Shiro Maeda; Hajime Ishida; Ryosuke Kimura
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Natural Selection Signatures in the Hondo and Ryukyu Japanese Subpopulations

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2023-10-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0737-4038
Part of ISSN: 1537-1719
Contributors: Xiaoxi Liu; Masatoshi Matsunami; Momoko Horikoshi; Shuji Ito; Yuki Ishikawa; Kunihiko Suzuki; Yukihide Momozawa; Shumpei Niida; Ryosuke Kimura; Kouichi Ozaki et al.
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Masatoshi Matsunami

Species divergence and repeated ancient hybridization in a Sulawesian lake system

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ixchel F. Mandagi; Ryo Kakioka; Javier Montenegro; Hirozumi Kobayashi; Kawilarang W. A. Masengi; Nobuyuki Inomata; Atsushi J. Nagano; Atsushi Toyoda; Satoshi Ansai; Masatoshi Matsunami et al.
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Coevolution between MHC Class I and Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2021-10-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Gemma Palomar; Katarzyna Dudek; Magdalena Migalska; J W Arntzen; G Francesco Ficetola; Dušan Jelić; Elizabeth Jockusch; Inigo Martínez-Solano; Masatoshi Matsunami; H Bradley Shaffer et al.
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Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus: gene duplication facilitates social evolution

2021-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Shigenobu S; Hayashi Y; Watanabe D; Tokuda G; Hojo MY; Toga K; Saiki R; Yaguchi H; Masuoka Y; Suzuki R et al.
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Fine-Scale Genetic Structure and Demographic History in the Miyako Islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago.

Molecular biology and evolution
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Koganebuchi K; Imamura M; Ishida H; Kimura R; Maeda S
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Genome-wide association studies identify two novel loci conferring susceptibility to diabetic retinopathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Human molecular genetics
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Imamura M; Takahashi A; Matsunami M; Horikoshi M; Iwata M; Araki SI; Toyoda M; Susarla G; Ahn J; Park KH et al.
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Erratum to: Molecular evolution of antigen processing genes in salamanders: do they coevolve with MHC class I genes?

Genome biology and evolution
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Palomar G; Dudek K; Wielstra B; Jockusch EL; Vinkler M; Arntzen JW; Ficetola GF; Matsunami M; Waldman B; Těšický M et al.
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Molecular Evolution of Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders: Do They Coevolve with MHC Class I Genes?

Genome Biology and Evolution
2021-02-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Gemma Palomar; Katarzyna Dudek; Ben Wielstra; Elizabeth L Jockusch; Michal Vinkler; Jan W Arntzen; Gentile F Ficetola; Masatoshi Matsunami; Bruce Waldman; Martin Těšický et al.
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Expression of Genes Involved in Offensive and Defensive Phenotype Induction in the Pituitary Gland of the Hokkaido Salamander (<i>Hynobius retardatus</i>).

Zoological science
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Miura T; Kishida O; Michimae H; Nishimura K
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Evidence for sympatric speciation in a Wallacean ancient lake.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2019-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Sutra N; Kusumi J; Montenegro J; Kobayashi H; Fujimoto S; Masengi KWA; Nagano AJ; Toyoda A; Matsunami M; Kimura R et al.
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

A comprehensive reference transcriptome resource for the Iberian ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl, an emerging model for developmental and regeneration biology.

DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes
2019-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Suzuki M; Haramoto Y; Fukui A; Inoue T; Yamaguchi K; Uchiyama I; Mori K; Tashiro K; Ito Y et al.
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Termite soldier mandibles are elongated by dachshund under hormonal and Hox gene controls.

Development (Cambridge, England)
2019-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Sugime Y; Oguchi K; Gotoh H; Hayashi Y; Matsunami M; Shigenobu S; Koshikawa S; Miura T
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Transcriptomic changes during caste development through social interactions in the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis

Ecology and Evolution
2019-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Hajime Yaguchi; Ryutaro Suzuki; Masatoshi Matsunami; Shuji Shigenobu; Kiyoto Maekawa
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Multiple Conserved Elements Structuring Inverted Repeats in the Mammalian Coat Color-Related Gene Asip.

Zoological science
2019-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sakuma Y; Matsunami M; Takada T; Suzuki H
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

A comprehensive reference transcriptome resource for the Iberian ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl, an emerging model for developmental and regeneration biology

2018-09-23 | Other
Contributors: Masatoshi Matsunami; Miyuki Suzuki; Yoshikazu Haramoto; Akimasa Fukui; Takeshi Inoue; Katsushi Yamaguchi; Ikuo Uchiyama; Kazuki Mori; Kosuke Tashiro; Yuzuru Ito et al.
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Caste-specific microRNA expression in termites: insights into soldier differentiation.

Insect molecular biology
2018-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Nozawa M; Suzuki R; Toga K; Masuoka Y; Yamaguchi K; Maekawa K; Shigenobu S; Miura T
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Signature of positive selection in mitochondrial DNA in Cetartiodactyla.

Genes & genetic systems
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mori S; Matsunami M
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Draft genome sequence of Japanese wood mouse, Apodemus speciosus.

Data in brief
2017-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Endo D; Saitou N; Suzuki H; Onuma M
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Population Structure and Evolution after Speciation of the Hokkaido Salamander (Hynobius retardatus).

PloS one
2016-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Igawa T; Michimae H; Miura T; Nishimura K
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Transcriptome analysis of predator- and prey-induced phenotypic plasticity in the Hokkaido salamander (Hynobius retardatus).

Molecular ecology
2015-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Kitano J; Kishida O; Michimae H; Miura T; Nishimura K
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Vertebrate paralogous conserved noncoding sequences may be related to gene expressions in brain.

Genome biology and evolution
2013-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Saitou N
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Evolution of conserved non-coding sequences within the vertebrate Hox clusters through the two-round whole genome duplications revealed by phylogenetic footprinting analysis.

Journal of molecular evolution
2010-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsunami M; Sumiyama K; Saitou N
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Masatoshi Matsunami via Europe PubMed Central

Peer review (5 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Frontiers in zoology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of human genetics. (3)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)