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Shigeru Kuratani

Shigeru Kuratani

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
16352
World Ranking
5727
National Ranking
370

Overview

Shigeru Kuratani is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans significant subfields including Molecular Biology, Paleontology, and Genetics, with further interests in Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist focuses on several main topics including Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and Animal Genetics and Reproduction.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Embryonic evidence uncovers convergent origins of laryngeal echolocation in bats, 2021, Current Biology
  • Mammalian face as an evolutionary novelty, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The developmental hourglass model and recapitulation: An attempt to integrate the two models, 2021, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
  • Evolutionary origin of vertebrate OCT4/POU5 functions in supporting pluripotency, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Shigeru Kuratani include:

  • Fumiaki Sugahara (9 publications)
  • Juan Pascual-Anaya (9 publications)
  • Iori Sato (6 publications)
  • Naoki Irie (6 publications)
  • Masahiro Uesaka (5 publications)

Publications by Kuratani often appear in the following venues:

  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • Zoological Letters (3 publications)
  • BMC Biology (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Defects of urogenital development in mice lacking Emx2

    Norimasa Miyamoto;Michio Yoshida;Shigeru Kuratani;Isao Matsuo

  • Emx1 and Emx2 functions in development of dorsal telencephalon

    Michio Yoshida;Yoko Suda;Isao Matsuo;Norimasa Miyamoto

  • The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

    Zhuo Wang;Juan Pascual-Anaya;Amonida Zadissa;Wenqi Li

  • Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals vertebrate phylotypic period during organogenesis.

    Naoki Irie;Shigeru Kuratani

  • Timing of Genome Duplications Relative to the Origin of the Vertebrates: Did Cyclostomes Diverge before or after?

    Shigehiro Kuraku;Axel Meyer;Shigeru Kuratani

  • A novel transgenic technique that allows specific marking of the neural crest cell lineage in mice.

    Yasutaka Yamauchi;Kuniya Abe;Akio Mantani;Yasuyuki Hitoshi

  • Pax-6 is involved in the specification of hindbrain motor neuron subtype.

    Noriko Osumi;Arisa Hirota;Hideyo Ohuchi;Masato Nakafuku

  • Evolution of the vertebral formulae in mammals: a perspective on developmental constraints.

    Yuichi Narita;Shigeru Kuratani

  • Spatiotemporal expression patterns of chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter- transcription factors in the developing mouse central nervous system: Evidence for a role in segmental patterning of the diencephalon

    Yuhong Qiu;Austin J. Cooney;Shigeru Kuratani;Francesco J. Demayo

  • Time Scale for Cyclostome Evolution Inferred with a Phylogenetic Diagnosis of Hagfish and Lamprey cDNA Sequences

    Shigehiro Kuraku;Shigeru Kuratani

  • Hagfish embryology with reference to the evolution of the neural crest

    Kinya G. Ota;Shigehiro Kuraku;Shigeru Kuratani

  • Evolution of the brain developmental plan: Insights from agnathans

    Yasunori Murakami;Katsuhisa Uchida;Filippo M. Rijli;Shigeru Kuratani

  • Identification and expression of the lamprey Pax6 gene: evolutionary origin of the segmented brain of vertebrates

    Yasunori Murakami;Michio Ogasawara;Fumiaki Sugahara;Shigeki Hirano

  • An eye on the head: the development and evolution of craniofacial muscles

    Ramkumar Sambasivan;Shigeru Kuratani;Shahragim Tajbakhsh;Shahragim Tajbakhsh

  • Heterotopic Shift of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in Vertebrate Jaw Evolution

    Yasuyo Shigetani;Fumiaki Sugahara;Yayoi Kawakami;Yasunori Murakami

  • Shark genomes provide insights into elasmobranch evolution and the origin of vertebrates

    Yuichiro Hara;Kazuaki Yamaguchi;Koh Onimaru;Mitsutaka Kadota

  • Ectodermally Derived FGF8 Defines the Maxillomandibular Region in the Early Chick Embryo: Epithelial–Mesenchymal Interactions in the Specification of the Craniofacial Ectomesenchyme

    Yasuyo Shigetani;Yoshiaki Nobusada;Shigeru Kuratani

  • Expression pattern of the Kallmann syndrome gene in the olfactory system suggests a role in neuronal targeting

    Elena I. Rugarli;Beat Lutz;Shigeru C. Kuratani;Stefan Wawersik

  • Normal Embryonic Stages of the Chinese Softshelled Turtle Pelodiscus sinensis (Trionychidae)

    Masayoshi Tokita;Shigeru Kuratani

  • Hagfishembryologywithreferencetotheevolutionof the neural crest

    Kinya G. Ota;Shigehiro Kuraku;Shigeru Kuratani

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigehiro Kuraku
Shigehiro Kuraku National Institute of Genetics
Shinichi Aizawa
Shinichi Aizawa Kumamoto University
Kiyokazu Agata
Kiyokazu Agata National Institute for Basic Biology
Filippo M. Rijli
Filippo M. Rijli Friedrich Miescher Institute
Massimo Pasqualetti
Massimo Pasqualetti University of Pisa
Gregor Eichele
Gregor Eichele Max Planck Society
Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Beat Lutz
Beat Lutz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Yoichi Matsuda
Yoichi Matsuda Nagoya University
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra University of Zurich

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