Research Papers

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152. Suzuki-Ohno,Y., F.o Ishihama, J. Yokoyama, M. N. Inoue, T. Nakashizuka,  M. Kawata  (2024) Estimating bee distributions and their functional range to map important areas for protecting bee species and their functions. Scientifc reports, 14, 12824. [Open Access].

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151. Sakamoto,F., S. Kanamori, L. M. Díaz, A. Cádiz, Y. Ishii, K. Yamaguchi, S. Shigenobu, T. Nakayama, T. Makino, M. Kawata (2024)Detection of evolutionary conserved and accelerated genomic regions related to adaptation to thermal niches in Anolis lizards. Ecology and Evolution  14:e11117. [Open Access].

 

150. Tamagawa, K., T. Sunobe, T. Makino and M. Kawata (2023) Transcriptomic signatures associated with underlying rapid changes in the early phase brain of bi-directional sex change in Trimma okinawae. Royal Society Open Science, 10:231450. [Open Access]

 

149. Wakamiya, T., T. Kamioka,,  Y. Ishii, J. Takahashi, R. T. Maeda, M. Kawata  (2023) Genetic differentiation and local adaptation of the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica. Ecology and Evolution  13:e10573. [Open Access]

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148. Ishii,  Y., H. Ishii, T. Kuroha1, R. Yokoyama, R. Deguchi, K. Nishitani, J. Minagawa, M. Kawata, S. Takahashi and S. Maruyama (2023)

Environmental pH signals the release of monosaccharides from cell wall in coral symbiotic alga. eLife  12:e80628 (VoR:Accepted) [Open Access][Insight]

 

147.  Hamabata, T., M. Kawata, S. Kondo, A. Matsuo, Y. Suyama, K. Suzuki, and K. Kameda (2023) Twenty-year changes in the composition of a mixed stock of foraging green turtles in the Yaeyama Islands of Japan. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 716:93-105 [Abstract]

 

146.  Kawahara,K. T. Inada,  R. Tanaka,  M. Dayi,  T. Makino, S. Maruyama,  T. Kikuchi,  A. Sugimoto,  M. Kawata (2023) Differentially expressed genes associated with body size changes and transposable element insertions between Caenorhabditis elegans and its sister species, C. inopinata. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15, 4  [Open Access]

 

145.  Thoma, V., S. Sakai, K. Nagata, Y. Ishii, S. Maruyama, A. Abe, S. Kondo, M. Kawata, Shun Hamada, R. Deguchi, and H. Tanimoto (2023) On the origin of appetite: GLWamide in jellyfish represents an ancestral satiety neuropeptide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, e2221493120  [Abstract]

 

144.  Kanamori, S., Luis M. Díaz, A. Cádiz, K. Yamaguchi, S. Shigenobu, M. Kawata (2022) Draft genome of six Cuban Anolis lizards and insights into genetic changes during their diversification. BMC Ecology and Evolution   22:129  [Open access]

 

143.  Sato, D. X*, Y. U. Inoue*, N. Kuga, S. Hattori, K. Nomoto, Y. Morimoto, G. Sala, H. Hagihara, T.Kikusui7, T. Sasaki, Y. Ikegaya., Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, T. Inoue and M. Kawata (2022) Humanized substitutions of Vmat1 in mice alter amygdala-dependent behaviors associated with the evolution of anxiety. iScience 25, 104800 [Open access]

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142.  Díaz,L. M. , A. Cádiz, K. Velazco, and M. Kawata (2022) A new dwarf green anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae) of the Anolis carolinensis species group, from western Cuba. Caribbean Herpetology 84: 1–16   [Open access]         

 

141.  Kamioka*,T., H. C. Suzuki*, A. Ugajin, A.,  Y. Yamaguchi, M. Nishimura, T. Sasaki, M. Ono, and M. Kawata (2022) Genes associated with hot defensive bee ball in the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22:31 [Open access] [PNAS Journal club]

 

140. Suzuki-Ohno, Y., T. Westfechtel, J. Yokoyama, K. Ohno, T. Nakashizuka, M. Kawata and T. Okatani  (2022) Deep learning increases the availability of organism photographs taken by citizens in citizen science programs.   Scientific Reports 12:1210 [Open access] .

 

139. Ishii, Y., M. Hatta, R, Deguchi, M, Kawata, S. Maruyama  (2022) Gene expression alterations from reversible to irreversible stages during coral metamorphosis.   Zoological Letters  8:4 [Open access]  

 

138. Kawamoto, M., Y. Ishii,  M. Kawata (2021)  Genetic basis of orange spot formation in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata).   BMC Ecology and Evolution 21:211 [Open access]  

 

137. Suzuki-Ohno,Y., J. Yokoyama, T . Nakashizuka, M. Kawata (2021)  Bee occurrence data collected in citizen science program “Hanamaru-Maruhana national census” in Japan. (Data Paper)  Ecological Research  36:1028–1036.. [Abstract]  

 

136.Takahashi, M., G. Okude, R. Futahashi, Y. Takahashi, M. Kawata (2021)  The effect of the doublesex gene in body color masculinization of the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis.  Biology Letters 17: 20200761. [Abstract]         

 

135. Kanamori, S.  A. Cadiz, , L. Diaz, Y. Ishii, T. Nakayama and M. Kawata (2021) Detection of genes positively selected in Cuban Anolis lizards that naturally inhabit hot and open areas, and currently thrive in urban areas.  Ecology and Evolution 11:1719–1728.    [Open Access]   [Anole Annals]

 

134. Horie, M., H. Akashi, M. Kawata and K. Tomonaga (2021) Identification of a reptile lyssavirus from Anolis allogus provides novel insights into the evolution of lyssaviruses.  Virus Genes 57:40-49 [Abstract]                                                                                                                                                                                           

133. Suzuki-Ohno, Y., J. Yokoyama, T. Nakashizuka, and M. Kawata (2020) Estimating possible bumblebee range shifts in response to climate and land cover changes.  Scientific Reports  10: 19622 [Open Access] [解説]        

 

132. Hamabata, T., A. Matsuo, M. P. Sato, S. Kondo, K. Kameda, I. Kawazu, T. Fukuoka, K. Sato, Y. Suyama, M. Kawata (2020) Natal origin identification of green turtles in the North Pacific by genome-wide population analysis with limited DNA samples. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:658 [Open Access]     

 

131. Kobayashi C., K. Matusuo, and M.Kawata (2020) Contradictory effects of leaf rolls in a leaf-mining weevil. Scientific Reports 10: 12180 [Open Access] 

 

130. ​Ikemoto, A.,D. X. Sato, T. Makino, and M. Kawata (2020) Genetic factors for short life span associated with evolution of the loss of flight ability. Ecology and Evolution 10:6020-6029 [Open Access] ​

 

129. Sakai, Y., M. Hatta, S. Furukawa, M. Kawata, N. Ueno, S. Maruyama (2020) Environmental factors explain spawning day deviation from full moon in the scleractinian coral Acropora. Biology Letters 16:20190760 [Open Access] [解説][F1000Prime]

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128.  Sato, A., M. Kawata (2020) Genetic segregation for male body coloration and female mate preference in the guppy. BMC Research Notes 13:49 [Open Access] ​

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127. Sato, D. X., Y. Ishii T. Nagai, K. Ohashi and M. Kawata (2019) Human-specific mutations in VMAT1 confer functional changes and multi-directional evolution in the regulation of monoamine circuits.  BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19:220 [Open Access][解説]  

 

126. Nakayama,T., M. Nomura, Y. Takano, G. Tanifuji, K. Shiba, K. Inaba, Y. Inagaki, and M. Kawata (2019) Single-cell genomics unveiled a cryptic cyanobacterial lineage with a worldwide distribution hidden by a dinoflagellate host. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116: 15973-15978 [Abstract][About Cover][PNAS Commentaries]

 

125. Ishii,Y., S. Maruyama, H. Takahashi, Y. Aihara, T. Yamaguchi, K. Yamaguchi, S.Shigenobu, M. Kawata, N. Ueno, J. Minagawa (2019) Global shifts in gene expression profiles accompanied with environmental changes in cnidarian-dinoflagellate endosymbiosis. G3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS,9: 2337-2347. [Open Access]

 

124. Bridle, J., M. Kawata, R. Butlin (2019) Local adaptation stops where ecological gradients steepen or are interrupted. Evolutionary Applications,12:1449-1462  [Open Access]

 

123. Makino, T., and M. Kawata. (2019) Invasive invertebrates associated with highly duplicated gene content. Molecular Ecology,28: 1652-1663[Abstract] [内容解説]

 

122. Sanchez, L., S. D. Ohdachi, A. Kawahara, L. M. Echenique-Diaz, S. Maruyama, and M. Kawata. (2019) Acoustic emissions of Sorex unguiculatus (Mammalia: Soricidae): assessing the echo-based orientation hypothesis. Ecology and Evolution,2:629–2639 [Open Access]

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121. Takahasi,M., Y.Takahashi, M. Kawata. (2018) Candidate genes associated with color morphs of female-limited polymorphisms of the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis. Hereidty, 122, 81–92.[Abstract]

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120. Sakai, Y., Kawamura, S., and M. Kawata. (2018) Genetic and plastic variation in opsin gene expression, light sensitivity, and female response to visual signals in the guppy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Ameriaca,115:12247-12252. [Open Access] [内容解説]

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119. Takami, Y.,T. Fukuhara, J. Yokoyama, and M. Kawata. (2018) Impact of sexually antagonistic genital morphologies on female reproduction and wild population demography. Evolution, 72: 2449–2461[Abstract] [内容解説]

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118. Sato, D. X and M. Kawata. (2018) Positive and balancing selection on SLC18A1 gene associated with psychiatric disorders and human-unique personality traits. Evolution Letters 2:499-510,  [Open Access] [内容紹介][Editor's Blog]

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117. Cádiz, A., N. Nagata, L. Díaz, Y. Suzuki-Ohno, L.Echenique-Díaz, H. Akashi, T. Makino M. Kawata. (2018) Factors affecting interspecific differences in genetic divergence among populations of Anolis lizards in Cuba. Zoological Letters,4:21[Open Access]

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116. Suzuki, H. C., K. Ozaki, T. Makino, H. Uchiyama, S. Yajima and M. Kawata. (2018) Evolution of gustatory receptor gene family provides insights into adaptation to diverse host plants in nymphalid butterflies. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10:1351–1362[Open Access]

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115. Akashi, H., S. Saito, A. Cádiz, T. Makino, M.Tominaga, M. Kawata. (2018) Comparisons of behavioral and TRPA1 heat sensitivities in three sympatric Cuban Anolis lizards. Molecular Ecology, 27:2234–2242.  [Abstract] [内容紹介]

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114. Ishii, Y., S. Maruyama, K. Fujimura-Kamada, N. Kutsuna, S. Takahashi, M. Kawata, J. Minagawa. (2018) Isolation of uracil auxotroph mutants of coral symbiont alga for symbiosis studies. Scientific Reports, 8: 3237.[Open Access]

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113. Takahashi, Y, R. Tanaka, D. Yamamoto, S. Noriyuki and M. Kawata. (2018) Balanced genetic polymorphism improves a population fitness. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B, 285: 20172045. [Abstract]

 

112. Tawarayama, H., H Yamada, R Amin, Y. Morita-Fujimura, H. Cooper, Y. Shinmyo, M. Kawata, S. Ikawa, H. Tanaka (2018) Draxin regulates hippocampal neurogenesis in the postnatal dentate gyrus by inhibiting DCC-induced apoptosis. Scientific Reports, 8, 840.  [Open Access]

 

111. Tamate, S, W. M. Iwasaki., K. L. Krysko, B. J. Camposano, H. Mori., R. Funayama., K. Nakayama., T. Makino and M. Kawata.(2017) Inferring evolutionary responses of Anolis carolinensis introduced into the Ogasawara archipelago using whole genome sequence data. Scientific Reports, 7, 18008.[Open Access] [内容紹介]

 

110. Suzuki-Ohno, Y., Yokoyama, J., Nakashizuka, T. and Kawata, M.(2017) Utilization of photographs taken by citizens for estimating bumblebee distributions. Scientific Reports, 7, 11215. [Open Access]

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109. Takii,R., M. Fujimoto, Y. Matsuura, F. Wu, N. Oshibe, E. Takaki, A. Katiyar, H. Akashi, T. Makino, M. Kawata, and A. Nakai.(2017) HSF1 and HSF3 cooperatively regulate the heat shock response in lizards. PLoS One 12(7): e0180776. [Abstract]

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108. Tamagawa, K, T. Makino and Kawata, M.(2017) The effects of CpG densities around transcription start sites on sex-biased gene expression in Poecilia reticulata. Genome Biology and Evoluion 9: 1204-1211 [Open Access]

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107. Suzuki-Ohno, Y., K. Morita, N. Nagata, H. Mori, S. Abe, T. Makino, and Kawata, M.(2017) Factors restricting the range expansion of the invasive green anole Anolis carolinensis on Okinawa Island, Japan. Ecology and Evolution 7:4357–4366 [Open Access] [内容紹介]

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106. Arai, E., Hasegawa, M., Makino, T., Hagino, A., Sakai, Y., Otsuki, H., Wakamatsu, K., Kawata, M.(2017) Physiological conditions and genetic controls of phaeomelanin pigmentation in nestling barn swallows. Behavioral Ecology 28: 706-716 [Free Access]

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105. Suda, A., N. Nagata, A. Sato, Y. Narimatsu, H.,H.Nadiatul, and M. Kawata (2017) Genetic variations and local differences in Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) around Japan. Journal of Fish Biology 90: 61-79.  [abstract]

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104. Takahashi Y., K. Takakura, M. Kawata (2016) Spatial distribution of flower color induced by interspecific sexual interaction. PLoS One11 (10): e0164381 [Open Access]

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103. Takahashi, Y., Y. Suyama, Y. Matsuki, R. Funayama, K. Nakayama and M. Kawata (2016) Lack of genetic variation prevents adaptation at the geographic range margin in a damselfly. Molecular Ecology 25:4450-4460. [abstract][内容紹介]

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102. Kawamura, S, Kasagi, S., Kasai, D., Tezuka, A., Shoji, A., Takahashi, A., Imai, H., Kawata, M (2016) Spectral sensitivity of guppy visual pigments reconstituted in vitro to resolve association of opsins with cone cell types. Vision Research 127:67-73 [Open access][Presentation Slide][内容紹介]

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101. Akashi, H. D., A. Cadiz, S. Shigenobu, T. Makino and M. Kawata (2016) Differentially expressed genes associated with adaptation to different thermal environments in three sympatric Cuban Anolis lizards. Molecular Ecology 25:2273-2285[abstract][内容紹介]

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100. Sakai, Y., H. Ohtuki, S. Kasagi, S. Kawamura and M. Kawata (2016) Effects of light environment during growth on the expression of cone opsin genes and behavioral spectral sensitivities in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:106 [open access] ][内容紹介]

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99. Sato, P. M.,T. Makino and M. Kawata (2016) Natural selection in a population of Drosophila melanogaster explained by changes in gene expression caused by sequence variation in core promoter regions. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:35 [open access]

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98. Takahashi, Y., K. Takakura and M. Kawata (2015) Flower color polymorphism maintained by overdominant selection in Sisyrinchium sp. Journal of Plant Research 128: 933–939. [abstract]

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97. Wakasa, H., A. Cadiz, L. M. Echenique-Diaz, W. M. Iwasaki, N. Kamiyama, Y. Nishimura, H. Yokoyama, K. Tamura and M. Kawata (2015).Developmental stages for the divergence of relative limb length between a twig and a trunk-ground Anolis lizard species Journal of Experimental Zoology (Part B: Mol. Dev. Evol.) 324:410–423 [abstract]

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96. Morii, Y., J. Yokoyama, M. Kawata, A. Davison and S. Chiba (2015).Evidence of introgressive hybridization between the morphologically divergent land snails Ainohelix and Ezohelix.Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115: 77 -95.[abstract]

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95. Kobayashi, C, K. Matsuo, K. Watanabe, Y. Suzuki-Ohno, M. Kawata and M Kato (2015) Arms race between leaf-rolling weevils and parasitoids: diversification of weevil’s plant-manipulation behavior and its consequence. Ecological Monographs 85:253–268. [abstract][内容紹介]

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94. Wallberg, A., F. Han, G. Wellhagen, B. Dahle, M. Kawata, N. Haddad, Z. L. P. Simões., M. H. Allsopp, I. Kandemir, P. D. la Rúa, C.W. Pirk, and M. T. Webster (2014) A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature Genetics 46, 1081–1088. [abstract] [Cover photo]

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93. Takahasi, Y. , K. Kagawa, E. I. Svensson and M. Kawata (2014) Evolution of increased phenotypic diversity enhances population performance by reducing sexual harassment in damselflies. Nature Communications 5: 4468  [内容解説] [abstract]

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92. Tamate, S., M. Kawata and T. Makino (2014) Contribution of non-ohnologous duplicated genes to high habitat variability in mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31(7):1779-1786  [内容解説] [abstract]

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91. Tezuka, A., S. Kasagi, C. van Oosterhout, M. McMullan, W. M. Iwasaki, D. Kasai, M. Yamamichi, H. Innan, S. Kawamura, and M. Kawata (2014) Divergent selection on opsin gene variation in guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations of Trinidad and Tobago. Heredity 113:381–389 [内容解説] [abstract]

 

90. Kimura, M., Horita, H., Abe, S., Arai, K., Kawata, M., and Munehara, H. (2014) Identification of hemi-clonal reproduction in three species of Hexagrammos marine reef fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 85:189-209. [abstract]

 

89. Anzai, W., Omura, A., Cadiz Diaz A., Kawata, M., Endo, H. (2014) Functional morphology and comparative anatomy of appendicular musculature in Cuban Anolis lizards with different locomotor habits. Zoological Science 31:454–463

 

88.Yoshida, K., Makino, T., Yamaguchi, K., Shigenobu, S.,Hasebe,M., Kawata M., Kume, M., Mori, S., L. Peichel, C. L., Toyoda, A., Fujiyama, A. and Kitano, J. (2014) Sex chromosome turnover contributes to genomic divergence between incipient stickleback species. PLoS Genetics, 10(3): e1004223 [open access]

 

87. Takahashi, Y., Nagata, N. and Kawata, M. (2014) Antagonistic selection factors induce a continuous population divergence in a polymorphism. Heredity 112: 391–398

 

86. Ohtsuki, H., J. Yokoyama, N. Ohba, Y. Ohmiya and M. Kawata. (2014) Expression of nos gene and firefly flashing: A test of nitric oxide-mediated flash control model. Journal of Insect Science, 14, 56 [open access]

 

85. Makino, T., McLysaght, A. and Kawata, M. (2013) Genome-wide deserts for copy number variation in vertebrates. Nature Communications 4: 2283. [open access] [内容解説]

 

84. Tomimatsu, H., T. Sasaki, H. Kurokawa, J. R. Bridle, C. Fontaine, J. Kitano, D.B. Stouffer, M. Vellend, T. M. Bezemer, G. Crutsinger, T. Fukami, E A. Hadly, M. G.A. van der Heijden, M. Kawata, S. Kéfi, M. Kondoh, N. J.B. Kraft, K. S. McCann, J. Montoya, P. Mumby, T. Nakashizuka,O. L. Petchey, T. Romanuk, K. N. Suding, G. Takimoto, J. Urabe, and S. Yachi. (2013) Sustaining ecosystem functions in a changing world: a call for an integrated approach. Journal of Applied Ecology 50:1124-1130.

 

83. Cádiz Díaz, A., N. Nagata, M. Katabuchi, L. M. Díaz, L. M. Echenique-Díaz, H. D. Akashi, T. Makino, and M. Kawata (2013) Relative importance of habitat use, range expansion, and speciation in local species diversity of Anolis lizards in Cuba. Ecosphere 4:art78. [open access] [内容解説]

 

82. Takahashi, Y. and M. Kawata (2013) Alternative trait combinations and secondary resource partitioning in sexually selected colour polymorphism. Ecology and Evolution 3:2038–2046.[open access]

 

​81. Iwasaki, W. M, M. E. Tsuda and M.Kawata (2013) Genetic and environmental factors affecting cryptic variations in gene regulatory networks. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13:91  [open access]

 

​80. Takahashi, Y. and M. Kawata. (2013) A comprehensive test for negative frequency-dependent selection. Population Ecology, 55: 499-509.

 

​79. Makino, T. and Kawata, M (2012) Habitat variability correlates with duplicate content of Drosophila genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29,3169-3179 [open access][内容解説]

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78. Adachi,T., A. Ishikawa, S. Mori, W. Makino, M. Kume, M. Kawata, and J. Kitano (2012) Shifts in morphology and diet of non-native sticklebacks introduced into Japanese crater lakes. Ecology and Evolution, 2,1083-1098.,[open access]

 

​77. Satake, M., Kawata, M., McLysaght, A. and Makino, T. (2012) Evolution of vertebrate tissues driven by differential modes of gene duplication. DNA Research, 19,305-316[open access]

 

​76. Tezuka, T. N. Matsushima, Y. Nemoto, H. D. Akashi1, M. Kawata and T. Makino. (2012) Comprehensive Primer Design for Analysis of Population Genetics in Non-Sequenced Organisms. PLoS ONE, 7(2): e32314. [open acces]

 

​75. Suzuki-Ohno, Y., M. Kawata, and J. Urabe (2012) Optimal feeding under stoichiometric constraints: A model of compensatory feeding with functional response. Oikos 121, 569-578　

 

​74. Kitano, J., Y. Kawagishi, S. Mori., C. L. Peichel., T. Makino, M. Kawata, M. Kusakabe (2011) Divergence in Sex Steroid Hormone Signaling between Sympatric Species of Japanese Threespine Stickleback. PLoS ONE,6(12): e29253.[open access]

 

​73. Ishida, S , A. Takahashi , N. Matsushima , J. Yokoyama , W. Makino , J. Urabe and M. Kawata (2011)  The long-term consequences of hybridization between the two Daphnia species, D. galeata and D. dentifera, in mature habitats. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11:209 [open access]

 

72. Nakamura, I., Y. Onoda, N. Matsushima, J. Yokoyama, M. Kawata and K. Hikosaka (2011) Phenotypic and genetic differences in a perennial herb across a natural gradient of CO2 concentration. Oecologia 165, 809-818

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71. Tezuka, A , H. Yamamoto,J.Yokoyama,C. van Oosterhout, and M. Kawata (2011) The MC1R gene in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata): Genotypic and phenotypic polymorphisms. BMC Research Notes, 4: 31 [open access]

 

​70. Yamaguchi, W. Kondoh, M and M. Kawata (2011) Effects of evolutionary changes in prey use on the relationship between food web complexity and stability. Population Ecology 53, 59-72

 

​69. Tsuda, E. M. and M. Kawata (2010) Evolution of gene regulatory networks by fluctuating selection and intrinsic constraints. PLoS Computational Biology 6(8): e1000873 [open access][内容解説]

 

​68. Bridle, J. R., J. Polechova, M. Kawata, R. K. Butlin (2010) Why is adaptation prevented at ecological margins? New insights from individual-based simulations. Ecology Letters, 13, 485-494 [Abstract] [内容解説]

 

​67. Kodaira, Y., H. Ohtsuki, J. Yokoyama, and M. Kawata (2009) Size-dependent foraging gene expression and labor division in Bombus ignitu. BMC Research Notes, 2,184 [open access] 

 

​66. Mizuno, N. A and M. Kawata. (2009) The effects of the evolution of stoichiometry-related traits on population dynamics in plankton communities. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 259, 209-218.

 

​65. Echenique-Díaz, L. M, J. Yokoyama, O. Takahashi, and M. Kawata. (2009) Genetic structure of island populations of the endangered bat Hipposideros turpis: Implications for conservation. Population Ecology, 15, 153-160.

 

​64. Yoshino, H., K. Armstrong, M. Izawa, J. Yokoyama, and M. Kawata (2008)  Genetic and acoustic population structuring in the Okinawa Least Horsehoe bat: inter-colony acoustic differnces maintained by vertical maternal transmission? Molecular Ecology, 17,4978-4991.

 

​63. Ohtsuki, H., J. Yokoyama, N. Ohba, Y. Ohmiya and M. Kawata (2008)  Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) in the Japanese fireflies, Luciola lateralis and Luciola cruciata.　Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 69:176-188.

 

​62. Kawata, M., Shoji, A.,Kawamura, S. and O. Seehausen (2007)  A genetically explicit model of speciation by sensory drive within a continuous population in aquatic environments. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7:99 [open access]

 

​61. Yamamoto, N., Yokoyama, J. and M. Kawata. (2007) Relative resource abundance explains butterfly biodiversity in island communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104:10524-10529 [open access ] [内容解説]

 

​60. Imai, M., Y.I. Tago, M. Ihara, M. Kawata, Yamamoto K. (2007) Role of the 5 --> 3 exonuclease and Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I in base mismatch repair. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 278:211-220

 

​59.  Kato, S., Urabe, J. and M. Kawata. (2007) Effects of temporal and spatial heterogeneities created by consumer-driven nutrient recycling on algal diversity. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 254:364-377　[Abstract ]

 

​58.  Shoji, A., J. Yokoyama and M. Kawata. (2007) Molecular phylogeny and genetic divergence of the introduced populations of Japanese guppies, Poecilia reticulata. Conservation Genetics, 8: 267-271　[Abstract ]

 

​57.  Hayashi, I. T､ and M. Kawata (2006) Impact of ancestral populations on postzygotic isolation in allopatric speciation. Population Ecology. 48:121-130　[Abstract ]

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​56.  Usami, T., J. Yokoyama, K. Kubota､ and M. Kawata (2006) Genital lock-and-key system and premating isolation by mate preference in carabid beetles (Carabus subgenus Ohomopterus).　Biological Journal of Linnean Society, 87:145-154　[Abstract ]

 

​55.  Tamura, M, J.Yokoyama, N. Ohba, and M. Kawata (2005) Geographic differences in flash intervals and premating isolation between populations of the Genji firefly, Luciola cruciata. Ecological Entomology 30:241-245　 [Abstract ]

 

​54.  Nagata Y., G. Kawaguchi, Y. Tago, M. Imai, T. Watanabe, S. Sakurai, M. Ihara, M. Kawata and K. Yamamoto (2005) Absence of strand bias for deletion mutagenesis during chromosomal leading and lagging strand replication in Escherichia coli. Gene and Genetic Systems 80: 1-8

 

​53.  Matsushima, N. and M. Kawata. (2005) The choice of oviposition site and the effects of density and oviposition timing on survivorship in Rana japonica. Ecological Research 20:81-87 　 [Abstract ]

 

​52.  Kawata, M. H. Sawada, J. Yokoyama, L. M. Echenique-D, Y. Ishibashi (2005). The effects of spatial habitat structure on the evolution of density-dependent growth and reproduction in freshwater snails. Hydrobiologia 533:229-241 [Abstract ]

 

​51.  Mashimo,K., Y. Nagata, M. Kawata, H. Iwasaki, and K. Yamamoto. (2004)　Role of the RuvAB protein in avoiding spontaneous formation of deletion mutations in the Escherichia coli K-12 endogenous tonB gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 323:197-203

 

​50.  Mikami, K. O., M. Kohoda and M. Kawata.(2004) A new hypothesis for species coexistence: male-male repulsion promotes coexistence of competing species. Population Ecology 46:213-217　 [Abstract ]

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​49.  Mikami, K.O. and M. Kawata. (2004) Does interspecific territoriality reflect resource competition?: A theoretical model for the interspecific territoriality. Evolutionary Ecology Reseach 6:765-775 PDF file

 

​48.  Davison,A., S. Chiba and M. Kawata.(2004) Characterisation and cross-amplification of 20 microsatellite loci in the Japanese land snail genera Mandarina, Euhadra and Ainohelix (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata) Molecular Ecology Notes 4:423-425 [Abstract ] 

 

​47.  Nakamaru, M and M. Kawata. (2004) Evolution of Rumor that discriminate lying defectors. Evolutionary Ecology Reseach,　6：261-283 PDF file

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​46.  Nagata, Y., M. Kawata, J. Komura, T. Ono and K. Yamamoto (2003) X-ray-induced mutaions in Escherichia coli K-12 strains with altered DNA polymerase I activities. Mutation Research 528: 93-103

 

​45.  Teshima, H. , D. Angus, Y. Kuwahara, J. Yokoyama, S. Chiba, T. Fukuda, H. Ogimura and M. Kawata (2003) The evolution of extreme shell shape variation in the land snail Ainohelix editha: a phylogeny and hybrid zone analysis. Molecular Ecology 12: 1869-1878 [Abstract ] [Cover Photo]

 

​44.  Butlin,R., J. Bridle, M. Kawata, (2003) Genetics and the boundaries of species distributions. In T. Blackburn and K. Gaston (eds.)　Macroecology: Concept and Consequences. Blackwell. pp. 274-295.  [Cambridge Univ. Press][Google Book]  

 

​43.  Mashimo, K, M. Kawata and K. Yamamoto (2003) Roles of the RecJ and RecQ proteins in spontaneous formation of deletion mutations in the Escherichia coli K12 endogenous tonB gene. Mutagenesis 18:355-363.

 

​42.  Hayashi, I.T. and Kawata, M. (2002) How genes causing unfit hybrid evolve within population?: A review for models of postzygotic isolation. Population Ecology 43: 179-188 [Abstract ]

 

​41. Echenique-D,L. M. , J. Yokoyama, M. Kawata, S. Abe, and Y. Ishibashi (2002) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the Bang's leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros turpis. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 398-401 [Abstract ]

 

​40.  Mikami, O.K. and Kawata, M. (2002) The effects of individual interaction and habitat preference on spatial structure in a grassland bird community. Ecography 25: 200-214 [Abstract ]

 

​39.  Kawata, M. (2002) Invasion of vacant niches and subsequent sympatric speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269:55 - 63 [ Electronic Appendix] [Abstract]

 

​38.  Yamamura, E., E.H. Lee, A. Kuzumaki, N. Umematsu, T. Nunoshima, M. Kawata, K. Yamamoto. (2002) Characterization of spontaneous mutation in the DsoxR and SoxS overproducting strains of Escherichia coli, Jounral of Radiation Research, 43, 195-203

 

​37.  Nagata,Y. K. Mashimo, M. Kawata and K. Yamamoto. (2002) The role of Klenowprocessing and flap processing of DNA polymerase I in chromosome instability in Escherichia coli K12 strains. Genetics 160: 13-23 [Abstract]

 

​36.  Kawata, M. (2001) The influence of neighborhood size and habitat shape on the accumulation of deleterious mutations. Journal of Theoretical Biology 211:187-199 [Abstract]

 

​35.  Hayashi, I.T. and Kawata, M. (2001) Evolution of postmating isolation: comparison of three models based on possible genetic mechanisms. Population Ecology 43: 179-188 [Abstract]

 

​34.  Kawata, M., M. Hayashi and T. Hara. (2001) Interactions between neighboring algae and snail grazing in structuring microdistribution patterns of periphyton. Oikos, 92:404-406 [Abstract]

 

​33.  Watanabe, T., Nunoshiba, T., Kawata, M. and Yamamoto, K. (2001) An in vivo approach to identifying sequence context of 8-oxoguanine mutagenesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications,284,179-184

 

​32.  Yamamura,E., T. Nunoshiba, M. Kawata and K. Yamamoto (2000) Characterization of spontaneous mutation in the oxyR strain of Escherichia coli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 279: 427-422.

 

​31.  Kawata, M. and Yoshimura, J. (2000) Speciation by sexual selection in hybridizing poplations without viability selection. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 2:897-909. PDF file

 

​30.  Gotoh, T. and Kawata, M.(2000) The effects of spatial habitat structure on population variability of freshwater snails. Hydrobiologia, 429:157-169. [Abstract]

 

​29.  Kawata, M.(1999) The effect of dispersal behavior in group selection. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 1:663-680 PDF file

 

​28.  Kawata, M. and H. Agawa (1999) Perceptual Scales of spatial heterogeneity of periphyton for freshwater snails. Ecology Letters, 2:210-214 [Abstract]

 

​27.  Kawata, M. (1998) The role of male dispersal in evolution of altruistic behavior. Ecological Research 13:367-375[Abstract]

 

​26.  Ishibashi, Y. Saitoh, T. and Kawata, M. (1998) Social Organization of the Vole Clethrionomys rufocanus and Its Demographic and Genetic Consequences: a Review. [Abstract] Researches on Population Ecology., 40:39-50. PDF file

 

​25.  Kawata, M. (1997) The loss of genetic variabilities in a fragmented continuous population. [Abstract] Researches on Population Ecology, 39: 227-237. PDF file

 

​24.  Inoue, H. and Kawata, M. (1997) The effect of neighborhood densities on reproductive success in a heronry. [Abstract] Ecoscience , 4 : 465-469. [Cover]

 

​23.  Suno-uchi, N.,Sasaki, F. Chiba.S. and Kawata, M. (1997) Morphological stasis and phylogenetic relationships in Tadpole shrimps (Triops). [Abstract] Biological Journal of Linnean Society, 61:439-457

 

​22.  Kawata, M. (1997) Exploitative competition and ecologically effective abundance. [Abstract] Ecological Modelling, 94:125-137

 

​21.  Kawata, M. (1996) The effect of ecological and genetic neighborhood size on the evolution of two competing species. [Abstract] Evolutionary Ecology,10:609-630.

 

​20.  Kawata, M. (1995) Effective population size in a continously distributed population. [Abstract] Evolution, 49:1046-1054

 

​19.  Kawata, M. (1995) Emergent and effective properties in ecology and evolution. Researches on Population Ecology, 37: 93-96. PDF file

 

​18. Kawata, M. (1995) A comment on "Can Group-functional behaviors evolved by cultural group selection?" Current Anthropology, 36: 484-485.

 

​17.  Agawa, H. and M. Kawata (1995) The effect of color polymorphism on mortality in the aphid, Macrosiphoniela yomogicola. Ecological Research, 10: 301-306.

 

​16.  Kawata, M and Y. Toquenaga. (1994) From artificial individuals to global patterns. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 11:417-421. [Cover]

 

​15.  Kawata, M. (1993) Relative importance of direct and indirect interaction among individual snails. Researches on Population Ecology, 35:69-77. PDF file

 

​14.  Nishibori, M. and M. Kawata (1993) The effects of visual density on fecundity in guppy, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 37:213-217 [Abstract]

 

​13.  Kawata, M. and M. Inaba. (1992) Individual differences in food access in freshwater snails, Physa acuta. Journal of Ethology, 10:75-79.

 

​12.  Kawata, M. and H. Ishigami (1992) The growth of juvenile snails in water conditioned by snails of a different species. Oecologia, 91:75-79 [Abstract]

 

​11.  Kawata, M. (1990) Kin interaction and population growth: reply Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 5:371-372.

 

​10.  Kawata, M. (1990) Fluctuating populations and kin interaction in mammals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 5:17-20

 

​9.  Kawata, M. (1989) Growth and dispersal timing of in the male red-backed voles, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae. Oikos, 54: 220-226 [Abstract]

 

​8.  Kawata, M. and T. Saitoh. (1988) The effect of introduced males on spatial pattern of initially introduced red-backed voles. Acta Theriologica, 33:585-588.

 

​7.  Kawata, M. (1988) Mating success, spatial organization, and male characters in the field experimental populations of the red-backed voles, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae. Journal of Animal Ecology, 57:217-235 [JSTOR]​

 

6.  Kawata, M. (1987) Units and passages: a view for evolutionary biology and ecology. Biology and Philosophy, 2:415-434. [Abstract]

 

​5.  Kawata, M. (1987) Pregnancy failure and suppression by female-female interaction in the field population of the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 20:89-97. [Abstract] 

 

​4.  Kawata, M. (1987) The effect of kinship on spacing among female red-backed voles, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae. Oecologia, 72:115-122 [Abstract]

 

​3.  Kawata, M. (1985) Mating System and reproductive success in a spring population of the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae. Oikos, 45: 181-190. [Abstract]

 

​2.  Kawata, M. (1985) Sex differences in the spatial distribution of genotypes in the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae. Journal of Mammalogy, 66:384-387. [First Page]

 

​1.  Kawata, M. and J. Ueda. (1984) Protein polymorphisms and their genetic control in the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae. Animal Brood Groups and Biochemical Genetics, 15:146-150.