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Katsutoshi Arai

Katsutoshi Arai

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Overview

Katsutoshi Arai is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan. The research is primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their work is further specialized in subfields including Physiology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas related to aquatic species, genetics, and reproduction, including:

  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research

The researcher has contributed to multiple publications in various venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Aquaculture
  • Fisheries Science
  • NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
  • Cytogenetic and Genome Research
  • Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University)

Among the recent papers associated with this scientist are:

  • "Control of Developmental Speed in Zebrafish Embryos Using Different Incubation Temperatures," 2021, Zebrafish
  • "Meiosis and gametogenesis in hybrid, polyploid, and clonal fishes: case studies in the dojo loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus," 2023, Fisheries Science
  • "Cold-shock androgenesis in common carp (Cyprinus carpio)," 2021, Aquaculture
  • "Hybrid between Danio rerio female and Danio nigrofasciatus male produces aneuploid sperm with limited fertilization capacity," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Cryopreservation of masu salmon sperm using glucose-methanol extender and seminal plasma biomarkers related to post-thaw sperm motility," 2022, Aquaculture

Katsutoshi Arai has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Takafumi Fujimoto
  • Etsuro Yamaha
  • Kiko Shibata
  • Eisuke Takahashi
  • Mitsuru Endoh

Best Publications

  • Genetic improvement of aquaculture finfish species by chromosome manipulation techniques in Japan.

    Katsutoshi Arai

  • Xenogenesis in Teleost Fish Through Generation of Germ-Line Chimeras by Single Primordial Germ Cell Transplantation

    Taiju Saito;Rie Goto-Kazeto;Katsutoshi Arai;Etsuro Yamaha

  • Sexual dimorphism of gonadal structure and gene expression in germ cell-deficient loach, a teleost fish

    Takafumi Fujimoto;Toshiya Nishimura;Rie Goto-Kazeto;Yutaka Kawakami

  • Early Depletion of Primordial Germ Cells in Zebrafish Promotes Testis Formation

    Keh-Weei Tzung;Rie Goto;Jolly M. Saju;Rajini Sreenivasan

  • Germ cells are not the primary factor for sexual fate determination in goldfish

    Rie Goto;Taiju Saito;Takahiro Takeda;Takafumi Fujimoto

  • Visualization of primordial germ cells in vivo using GFP-nos1 3'UTR mRNA

    Taiju Saito;Takafumi Fujimoto;Shingo Maegawa;Kunio Inoue

  • Premeiotic endomitosis produces diploid eggs in the natural clone loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae).

    Masaki Itono;Kagayaki Morishima;Takafumi Fujimoto;Etsuko Bando

  • Sex ratios of triploids and gynogenetic diploids induced in the hybrid sturgeon, the bester (Huso huso female×Acipenser ruthenus male)

    Naotaka Omoto;Mamoru Maebayashi;Shinji Adachi;Katsutoshi Arai

  • Developmental stages and germ cell lineage of the loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

    Takafumi Fujimoto;Takashi Kataoka;Suzu Sakao;Taiju Saito

  • Production of polyploids and viable gynogens using spontaneously occurring tetraploid loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

    Katsutoshi Arai;Kumi Matsubara;Ryo Suzuki

  • A Cryptic Clonal Line of the Loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) Evidenced by Induced Gynogenesis, Interspecific Hybridization, Microsatellite Genotyping and Multilocus DNA Fingerprinting

    Kagayaki Morishima;Shin Horie;Etsuro Yamaha;Katsutoshi Arai

  • Distribution and reproductive capacity of natural triploid individuals and occurrence of unreduced eggs as a cause of polyploidization in the loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

    Quanqi Zhang;Katsutoshi Arai

  • Cytogenetic mechanisms for triploid and haploid egg formation in the triploid loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

    Quanqi Zhang;Katsutoshi Arai;Masakane Yamashita

  • Cryptic clonal lineages and genetic diversity in the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyses.

    Kagayaki Morishima;Kagayaki Morishima;Yuka Nakamura-Shiokawa;Etsuko Bando;Ya-Juan Li

  • Production of androgenetic diploid loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus using spermatozoa of natural tetraploids

    Katsutoshi Arai;Masayuki Ikeno;Ryo Suzuki

  • Karyotype and erythrocyte size of spontaneous tetraploidy and triploidy in the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

    Katsutoshi Arai;Kumi Matsubara;Ryo Suzuki

  • Inter-species transplantation and migration of primordial germ cells in cyprinid fish.

    Taiju Saito;Rie Goto-Kazeto;Takafumi Fujimoto;Yutaka Kawakami

  • The origin and migration of primordial germ cells in sturgeons.

    Taiju Saito;Martin Pšenička;Rie Goto;Shinji Adachi

  • Microsatellite-centromere mapping in the loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus.

    K. Morishima;I. Nakayama;K. Arai

  • Developmental biotechnology for aquaculture, with special reference to surrogate production in teleost fishes

    Etsuro Yamaha;Taiju Saito;Rie Goto-Kazeto;Katsutoshi Arai

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrzej Ciereszko
Andrzej Ciereszko Polish Academy of Sciences
Yutaka Kawakami
Yutaka Kawakami International University Of Health And Welfare Atami Hospital
Goro Yoshizaki
Goro Yoshizaki Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Hideki Tanaka
Hideki Tanaka Okayama University
Yuan Gao
Yuan Gao Northeastern University
Ryuzo Yanagimachi
Ryuzo Yanagimachi University of Hawaii at Manoa
Gary N. Cherr
Gary N. Cherr University of California, Davis
Toyoji Kaneko
Toyoji Kaneko University of Tokyo
Wei Yan
Wei Yan University of Nevada Reno

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