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Overview

Goro Yoshizaki is affiliated with Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on genetics, physiology, aquatic science, molecular biology, and reproductive medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Animal genetics and reproduction
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth
  • Sperm and testicular function
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering

Goro Yoshizaki's recent publications include:

  • Allelic diversification after transposable element exaptation promoted gsdf as the master sex determining gene of sablefish, 2021, Genome Research
  • Production of Germ Cell-Less Rainbow Trout by dead end Gene Knockout and their Use as Recipients for Germ Cell Transplantation, 2022, Marine Biotechnology
  • Production of functional eggs and sperm from in vitro-expanded type A spermatogonia in rainbow trout, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Production of Chinese rosy bitterling offspring derived from frozen and vitrified whole testis by spermatogonial transplantation, 2020, Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Flatfishes colonised freshwater environments by acquisition of various DHA biosynthetic pathways, 2020, Communications Biology

The main venues in which they have published multiple works are:

  • Fisheries Science
  • Aquaculture
  • Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Marine Biotechnology
  • Communications Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yoshizaki include:

  • Ryosuke Yazawa
  • Wataru Kawamura
  • Tetsuro Morita
  • Kensuke Ichida
  • Yutaka Takeuchi

Best Publications

  • Testicular germ cells can colonize sexually undifferentiated embryonic gonad and produce functional eggs in fish.

    Tomoyuki Okutsu;Kensuke Suzuki;Yutaka Takeuchi;Toshio Takeuchi

  • Production of Trout Offspring from Triploid Salmon Parents

    Tomoyuki Okutsu;Shinya Shikina;Megumi Kanno;Yutaka Takeuchi

  • A novel transforming growth factor-β superfamily member expressed in gonadal somatic cells enhances primordial germ cell and spermatogonial proliferation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Etsuko Sawatari;Shinya Shikina;Toshio Takeuchi;Goro Yoshizaki

  • Surrogate broodstock produces salmonids

    Yutaka Takeuchi;Goro Yoshizaki;Goro Yoshizaki;Toshio Takeuchi

  • Gonadotropic control of ovarian follicle maturation: the two-stage concept and its mechanisms.

    Reynaldo Patiño;Goro Yoshizaki;Peter Thomas;Hirohiko Kagawa

  • Generation of Live Fry from Intraperitoneally Transplanted Primordial Germ Cells in Rainbow Trout

    Yutaka Takeuchi;Goro Yoshizaki;Toshio Takeuchi

  • Cloning and characterization of a vasa-like gene in rainbow trout and its expression in the germ cell lineage

    Goro Yoshizaki;Shigeko Sakatani;Haruo Tominaga;Toshio Takeuchi

  • A key metabolic gene for recurrent freshwater colonization and radiation in fishes.

    Asano Ishikawa;Asano Ishikawa;Naoki Kabeya;Naoki Kabeya;Koki Ikeya;Ryo Kakioka

  • Sexual plasticity of ovarian germ cells in rainbow trout

    Goro Yoshizaki;Masaki Ichikawa;Makoto Hayashi;Yoshiko Iwasaki

  • Germ cell-specific expression of green fluorescent protein in transgenic rainbow trout under control of the rainbow trout vasa-like gene promoter.

    Goro Yoshizaki;Yutaka Takeuchi;Shigeko Sakatani;Toshio Takeuchi

  • Effect on the growth and body composition of juvenile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus fed raw Spirulina

    Toshio Takeuchi;Jun Lu;Goro Yoshizaki;Shuichi Satoh

  • Generation of functional eggs and sperm from cryopreserved whole testes

    Seungki Lee;Yoshiko Iwasaki;Shinya Shikina;Goro Yoshizaki

  • Control of reproduction in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.) by photoperiod manipulation

    Amal K. Biswas;Tetsuro Morita;Goro Yoshizaki;Masashi Maita

  • Manipulation of Fish Germ Cell: Visualization, Cryopreservation and Transplantation

    Tomoyuki Okutsu;Ayaka Yano;Kazue Nagasawa;Shinya Shikina

  • Quality of eggs and spermatozoa of rainbow trout fed an n-3 essential fatty acid-deficient diet and its effects on the lipid and fatty acid components of eggs, semen and livers.

    Robert Vassallo-Agius;Takeshi Watanabe;Goro Yoshizaki;Shuichi Satoh

  • Mass Isolation of Primordial Germ Cells from Transgenic Rainbow Trout Carrying the Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Driven by the vasa Gene Promoter

    Yutaka Takeuchi;Goro Yoshizaki;Terumasa Kobayashi;Toshio Takeuchi

  • Forebrain Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuronal Development: Insights from Transgenic Medaka and the Relevance to X-Linked Kallmann Syndrome

    Kataaki Okubo;Fumie Sakai;En Lieng Lau;Goro Yoshizaki

  • Spermatogonial transplantation in fish: A novel method for the preservation of genetic resources.

    Goro Yoshizaki;Kiyoko Fujinuma;Yoshiko Iwasaki;Tomoyuki Okutsu

  • Production of Donor-Derived Offspring by Allogeneic Transplantation of Spermatogonia in the Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata)

    Tetsuro Morita;Naoki Kumakura;Kagayaki Morishima;Toru Mitsuboshi

  • Development of Spermatogonial Cell Transplantation in Nibe Croaker, Nibea mitsukurii (Perciformes, Sciaenidae)

    Yutaka Takeuchi;Kentaro Higuchi;Takashi Yatabe;Misako Miwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Takeuchi
Toshio Takeuchi Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Shuichi Satoh
Shuichi Satoh Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas The University of Texas at Austin
Takashi Aoki
Takashi Aoki Waseda University
Viswanath Kiron
Viswanath Kiron Nord University
Kiyoshi Naruse
Kiyoshi Naruse National Institute for Basic Biology
Ikuo Hirono
Ikuo Hirono Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Abigail Elizur
Abigail Elizur University of the Sunshine Coast
Ryusuke Niwa
Ryusuke Niwa University of Tsukuba
Shugo Watabe
Shugo Watabe Kitasato University

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