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Yoko Satta is affiliated with The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans various subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Plant Science, and Cell Biology. The main topics covered in their research include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Digestive system and related health, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, as well as Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Yoko Satta demonstrate the breadth of their scientific investigation:

  • In vitro resynthesis of lichenization reveals the genetic background of symbiosis-specific fungal-algal interaction in Usnea hakonensis (2020, BMC Genomics)
  • Detecting Genetic Ancestry and Adaptation in the Taiwanese Han People (2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Sex-specific phenotypic effects and evolutionary history of an ancient polymorphic deletion of the human growth hormone receptor (2021, Science Advances)
  • Comparative genomics of Glandirana rugosa using unsupervised AI reveals a high CG frequency (2021, Life Science Alliance)
  • Visual adaptation of opsin genes to the aquatic environment in sea snakes (2020, BMC Evolutionary Biology)

Yoko Satta frequently collaborates with several researchers. Among the top coauthors are:

  • Naoko T. Fujito
  • Naoyuki Takahata
  • Quintin Liu
  • Shu-Miaw Chaw
  • Wen-Ya Ko

Their research has been published across a variety of scientific journals with multiple publications, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Animals
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • PLoS ONE
  • Genes

Yoko Satta's body of work engages with evolutionary biology, genetic variation, and the molecular mechanisms underlying complex biological interactions such as symbiosis and phenotypic adaptation. This broad spectrum of topics reflects an interdisciplinary approach within the areas of biochemistry and genetics.

Best Publications

  • Loss of Urate Oxidase Activity in Hominoids and its Evolutionary Implications

    Masako Oda;Yoko Satta;Osamu Takenaka;Naoyuki Takahata

  • Inactivation of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase occurred prior to brain expansion during human evolution

    Hsun Hua Chou;Toshiyuki Hayakawa;Sandra Diaz;Matthias Krings

  • The Molecular Descent of the Major Histocompatibility Complex

    Jan Klein;Yoko Satta;Colm O'Huigin;Naoyuki Takahata

  • Incomplete Maternal Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA in Drosophila

    R Kondo;Y Satta;E T Matsuura;H Ishiwa

  • Divergence Time and Population Size in the Lineage Leading to Modern Humans

    Naoyuki Takahata;Yoko Satta;Jan Klein

  • Man's place in Hominoidea revealed by mitochondrial DNA genealogy

    Satoshi Horai;Yoko Satta;Kenji Hayasaka;Rumi Kondo

  • Polymorphism and balancing selection at major histocompatibility complex loci.

    Naoyuki Takahata;Yoko Satta;Jan Klein

  • Evolution of the primate lineage leading to modern humans: Phylogenetic and demographic inferences from DNA sequences

    Naoyuki Takahata;Yoko Satta

  • Striking sequence similarity in inter- and intra-specific comparisons of class I SLG alleles from Brassica oleracea and Brassica campestris: Implications for the evolution and recognition mechanism

    Makoto Kusaba;Takeshi Nishio;Yoko Satta;Kokichi Hinata

  • Lineage-Specific Loss of Function of Bitter Taste Receptor Genes in Humans and Nonhuman Primates

    Yasuhiro Go;Yoko Satta;Osamu Takenaka;Naoyuki Takahata

  • Alu-mediated inactivation of the human CMP- N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase gene.

    Toshiyuki Hayakawa;Yoko Satta;Pascal Gagneux;Ajit Varki

  • Intensity of natural selection at the major histocompatibility complex loci.

    Yoko Satta;Colm O'Huigin;Naoyuki Takahata;Jan Klein

  • Chromosomal duplication and the emergence of the adaptive immune system

    Masanori Kasahara;Jun Nakaya;Yoko Satta;Yoko Satta;Naoyuki Takahata;Naoyuki Takahata

  • Coevolution of the S-locus genes SRK, SLG and SP11/SCR in Brassica oleracea and B. rapa

    Keiichi Sato;Takeshi Nishio;Ryo Kimura;Makoto Kusaba

  • The dominance of alleles controlling self-incompatibility in Brassica pollen is regulated at the RNA level.

    Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano;Tetsuyuki Entani;Kyoko Ishimoto

  • DNA archives and our nearest relative: the trichotomy problem revisited.

    Yoko Satta;Jan Klein;Naoyuki Takahata

  • Comparative analysis of chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes unveils complex evolutionary pathway

    Yoko Kuroki;Atsushi Toyoda;Hideki Noguchi;Todd D. Taylor

  • Highly divergent sequences of the pollen self‐incompatibility (S) gene in class‐I S haplotypes of Brassica campestris (syn. rapa) L

    Masao Watanabe;Akiko Ito;Yoshinobu Takada;Chie Ninomiya

  • The amelogenin loci span an ancient pseudoautosomal boundary in diverse mammalian species

    Mineyo Iwase;Yoko Satta;Yuriko Hirai;Hirohisa Hirai

  • Testing Multiregionality of Modern Human Origins

    Naoyuki Takahata;Sang-Hee Lee;Yoko Satta

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Klein
Jan Klein Pennsylvania State University
Colm O'hUigin
Colm O'hUigin Leidos (United States)
Kazuo Moriwaki
Kazuo Moriwaki National Institute of Genetics
Takeshi Nishio
Takeshi Nishio Tohoku University
Ajit Varki
Ajit Varki University of California, San Diego
Felipe Figueroa
Felipe Figueroa Max Planck Society
Masao Watanabe
Masao Watanabe Tohoku University
Seiji Takayama
Seiji Takayama University of Tokyo
Toshitada Takahashi
Toshitada Takahashi Nagoya University
Naruya Saitou
Naruya Saitou National Institute of Genetics

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