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Atsushi Kawakita
Researcher at University of Tokyo
Publications - 82
Citations - 2647
Atsushi Kawakita is an academic researcher from University of Tokyo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pollination & Pollinator. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 76 publications receiving 2358 citations. Previous affiliations of Atsushi Kawakita include Kyoto University.
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An obligate pollination mutualism and reciprocal diversification in the tree genus Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae)
TL;DR: It is confirmed that at least three Glochidion species are pollinated only by their respective seed-parasitic moth species, which could be distinguished by genitalic morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequences, and suggested that speciation based on the highly specialized GlochIDion stylar structure and moth oviposition behavior have promoted species diversification in Glochids and its pollinators.
An obligate pollination mutualism and reciprocal diversification in the tree genus Glochidion
TL;DR: In this paper, an additional, highly diversified, species-specific pollination mutualism between a monoecious tree genus, Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae), and a moth genus, Epicephala (Gracillariidae), is presented.
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Nonuniform Concerted Evolution and Chloroplast Capture: Heterogeneity of Observed Introgression Patterns in Three Molecular Data Partition Phylogenies of Asian Mitella (Saxifragaceae)
Yudai Okuyama,Noriyuki Fujii,Michio Wakabayashi,Atsushi Kawakita,Manabu Ito,Mikio Watanabe,Noriaki Murakami,Makoto Kato +7 more
TL;DR: This finding indicates that the use of multiple molecular tools has the potential to reveal detailed organismal evolution processes involving interspecific hybridization, as an individual locus varies greatly in its potential to introgress between species.
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Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of Alignment Gaps Within Intron Sequences of Three Nuclear Genes in Bumble Bees (Bombus)
TL;DR: It is concluded that gaps are an exceptionally reliable source of phylogenetic information that can be used to corroborate and refine phylogenies hypothesized by base substitutions, at least at lower taxonomic levels.
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Repeated independent evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the Phyllantheae-Epicephala association.
Atsushi Kawakita,Makoto Kato +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that, in Phyllantheae, specialization to pollination by Epicephala moths evolved at least five times, involving more than 500 Phyllalae species in this obligate association.