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Juvenile hormone as a physiological regulator mediating phenotypic plasticity in pancrustaceans by Miura, Toru

“…Phenotypic plasticity and polyphenism, in which phenotypes can be changed depending on environmental conditions, are common in insects. Several studies…”
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The making of the defensive caste: Physiology, development, and evolution of the soldier differentiation in termites by Miura, Toru, Maekawa, Kiyoto

“…Termites (Blattodea, Termitoidea, or Isoptera) constitute one of the major lineages of eusocial insects. In termite societies, multiple types of functional…”
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Hormone-related genes heterochronically and modularly regulate neotenic differentiation in termites by Oguchi, Kohei, Koshikawa, Shigeyuki, Miura, Toru

“…Caste development in social insects requires the coordination of molting and metamorphosis during postembryonic development. In termites, i.e., hemimetabolous…”
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Comparisons of developmental processes of air-breathing organs among terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Oniscidea): implications for their evolutionary origins by Inui, Naoto, Miura, Toru

“…The acquisition of air-breathing organs is one of the key innovations for terrestrialization in animals. Terrestrial isopods, a crustacean lineage, can be…”
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Upregulation of Hox genes leading to caste-specific morphogenesis in a termite by Oguchi, Kohei, Miura, Toru

“…In social insects, interactions among colony members trigger caste differentiation with morphological modifications. In termite caste differentiation,…”
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Ultrabithorax is essential for bacteriocyte development by Matsuura, Yu, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Toru Miura, Takema Fukatsu

“…Symbiosis often entails the emergence of novel adaptive traits in organisms. Microbial symbionts are indispensable for diverse insects via provisioning of…”
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The evolutionary history of termites as inferred from 66 mitochondrial genomes by Bourguignon, Thomas, Lo, Nathan, Cameron, Stephen L, Šobotník, Jan, Hayashi, Yoshinobu, Shigenobu, Shuji, Watanabe, Dai, Roisin, Yves, Miura, Toru, Evans, Theodore A

“…Termites have colonized many habitats and are among the most abundant animals in tropical ecosystems, which they modify considerably through their actions. The…”
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G protein-coupled receptor-based thermosensation determines temperature acclimatization of Caenorhabditis elegans by Ohnishi, Kohei, Sokabe, Takaaki, Miura, Toru, Tominaga, Makoto, Ohta, Akane, Kuhara, Atsushi

“…Animals must sense and acclimatize to environmental temperatures for survival, yet their thermosensing mechanisms other than transient receptor potential (TRP)…”
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Hydrocoel morphogenesis forming the pentaradial body plan in a sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus by Udagawa, Sumio, Ikeda, Takafumi, Oguchi, Kohei, Kohtsuka, Hisanori, Miura, Toru

“…Echinoderms constitute an animal phylum characterized by the pentaradial body plan. During the development from bilateral larvae to pentaradial adults, the…”
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Unique Morphogenesis in the Damp-Wood Termite: Abscission of the Stylus during Female Reproductive Caste Differentiation by Oguchi, Kohei, Miura, Toru

“…Eusocial insects organize their colonies based on division of labor and caste differentiation, in which caste-specific morphologies are sculpted during…”
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Postembryonic development and lifestyle shift in the commensal ribbon worm by Hookabe, Natsumi, Ueshima, Rei, Miura, Toru

“…Various morphological adaptations are associated with symbiotic relationships between organisms. One such adaptation is seen in the nemertean genus…”
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Extremotolerant tardigrade genome and improved radiotolerance of human cultured cells by tardigrade-unique protein by Hashimoto, Takuma, Horikawa, Daiki D., Saito, Yuki, Kuwahara, Hirokazu, Kozuka-Hata, Hiroko, Shin-I, Tadasu, Minakuchi, Yohei, Ohishi, Kazuko, Motoyama, Ayuko, Aizu, Tomoyuki, Enomoto, Atsushi, Kondo, Koyuki, Tanaka, Sae, Hara, Yuichiro, Koshikawa, Shigeyuki, Sagara, Hiroshi, Miura, Toru, Yokobori, Shin-ichi, Miyagawa, Kiyoshi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Kubo, Takeo, Oyama, Masaaki, Kohara, Yuji, Fujiyama, Asao, Arakawa, Kazuharu, Katayama, Toshiaki, Toyoda, Atsushi, Kunieda, Takekazu

“…Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are small aquatic animals. Some tardigrade species tolerate almost complete dehydration and exhibit extraordinary…”
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OSM-9 and OCR-2 TRPV channels are accessorial warm receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans temperature acclimatisation by Ohnishi, Kohei, Saito, Shigeru, Miura, Toru, Ohta, Akane, Tominaga, Makoto, Sokabe, Takaaki, Kuhara, Atsushi

“…Caenorhabditis elegans ( C. elegans ) exhibits cold tolerance and temperature acclimatisation regulated by a small number of head sensory neurons, such as the…”
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Aphid polyphenisms: trans-generational developmental regulation through viviparity by Ogawa, Kota, Miura, Toru

“…Polyphenism, in which multiple discrete phenotypes develop from a single genotype, is considered to have contributed to the evolutionary success of aphids. Of…”
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Appearance of a transparent protrusion containing two pairs of legs on the apodous ring preceding the anamorphic molt in a millipede, Niponia nodulosa by Chiyoda, Soma, Oguchi, Kohei, Miura, Toru

“…Arthropods gradually change their forms through repeated molting events during postembryonic development. Anamorphosis, i.e., segment addition during…”
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Male neotenic reproductives accelerate additional differentiation of female reproductives by lowering JH titer in termites by Oguchi, Kohei, Sugime, Yasuhiro, Shimoji, Hiroyuki, Hayashi, Yoshinobu, Miura, Toru

“…Eusocial insects exhibit reproductive division of labor, in which only a fraction of colony members differentiate into reproductives. In termites,…”
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Tyraminergic and Octopaminergic Modulation of Defensive Behavior in Termite Soldier by Ishikawa, Yuki, Aonuma, Hitoshi, Sasaki, Ken, Miura, Toru

“…In termites, i.e. a major group of eusocial insects, the soldier caste exhibits specific morphological characteristics and extremely high aggression against…”
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Developmental link between sex and nutrition; doublesex regulates sex-specific mandible growth via juvenile hormone signaling in stag beetles by Gotoh, Hiroki, Miyakawa, Hitoshi, Ishikawa, Asano, Ishikawa, Yuki, Sugime, Yasuhiro, Emlen, Douglas J, Lavine, Laura C, Miura, Toru

“…Sexual dimorphisms in trait expression are widespread among animals and are especially pronounced in ornaments and weapons of sexual selection, which can…”
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Dopamine- and Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Immunoreactive Neurons in the Brain of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana by Hamanaka, Yoshitaka, Minoura, Run, Nishino, Hiroshi, Miura, Toru, Mizunami, Makoto

“…The catecholamine dopamine plays several vital roles in the central nervous system of many species, but its neural mechanisms remain elusive. Detailed…”
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Termite soldier mandibles are elongated by dachshund under hormonal and Hox gene controls by Sugime, Yasuhiro, Oguchi, Kohei, Gotoh, Hiroki, Hayashi, Yoshinobu, Matsunami, Masatoshi, Shigenobu, Shuji, Koshikawa, Shigeyuki, Miura, Toru

“…In social insects, interactions among colony members trigger caste differentiation with morphological modifications. In termite soldier differentiation, the…”
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