Kazumi Matsubara

TL;DR: The differentiation of sex chromosomes was probably initiated from the distal region on the short arm of the protosex chromosome of the common ancestor, and then deletion and heterochromatization progressed on the sex-specific chromosome from the phylogenetically primitive boids to the more advanced viperids.

TL;DR: The instantaneous creation of a lineage of ZZ temperature-sensitive animals reveals a novel, climate-induced pathway for the rapid transition between genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination, and adds to concern about adaptation to rapid global climate change.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the cloning of five mouse genes homologous to human C-type lectin, which is expressed on the surface of dendritic cells (DC), while a closely related human gene, DC-SIGNR or L-SIGN, is found on sinusoidal endothelial cells of liver and lymph node.

TL;DR: The present findings open up the possibility that the ancestral amniotes and tetrapods had at least 10 large genetic linkage groups and many microchromosomes, which corresponded to the chicken macro- and microchromOSomes, respectively, which probably occurred independently in the amphibian, squamate, crocodilian, and mammalian lineages.

TL;DR: The cloned mouse homologue of human Langerin, a type II transmembrane protein with a single external C-type lectin domain, displays 65 and 74% homologies in total amino acid and lectin domains with those of h-Langerin.