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Kenji Matsuura
Researcher at Kyoto University
Publications - 111
Citations - 4759
Kenji Matsuura is an academic researcher from Kyoto University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reticulitermes & Pheromone. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 111 publications receiving 4067 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenji Matsuura include Harvard University & Okayama University.
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Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny
Timothy Y. James,Frank Kauff,Conrad L. Schoch,P. Brandon Matheny,Valérie Hofstetter,Cymon J. Cox,Cymon J. Cox,Gail Celio,Cécile Gueidan,Emily Fraker,Jolanta Miadlikowska,H. Thorsten Lumbsch,Alexandra Rauhut,Valérie Reeb,A. Elizabeth Arnold,A. Elizabeth Arnold,Anja Amtoft,Jason E. Stajich,Kentaro Hosaka,Kentaro Hosaka,Gi-Ho Sung,Desiree Johnson,Ben O'Rourke,Michael Crockett,Manfred Binder,Judd M. Curtis,Jason C. Slot,Zheng Wang,Zheng Wang,Andrew W. Wilson,Arthur Schüßler,Joyce E. Longcore,Kerry O'Donnell,Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge,David Porter,Peter M. Letcher,Martha J. Powell,John W. Taylor,Merlin M. White,Gareth W. Griffith,David R. Davies,Richard A. Humber,Joseph B. Morton,Junta Sugiyama,Amy Y. Rossman,Jack D. Rogers,Donald H. Pfister,David Hewitt,Karen Hansen,Sarah Hambleton,R. A. Shoemaker,Jan Kohlmeyer,Brigitte Volkmann-Kohlmeyer,Robert A. Spotts,Maryna Serdani,Pedro W. Crous,Karen W. Hughes,Kenji Matsuura,Ewald Langer,Gitta Langer,Wendy A. Untereiner,Robert Lücking,Burkhard Büdel,David M. Geiser,André Aptroot,Paul Diederich,Imke Schmitt,Imke Schmitt,Matthias Schultz,Rebecca Yahr,Rebecca Yahr,David S. Hibbett,François Lutzoni,David J. McLaughlin,Joseph W. Spatafora,Rytas Vilgalys +75 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that there may have been at least four independent losses of the flagellum in the kingdom Fungi, and the enigmatic microsporidia seem to be derived from an endoparasitic chytrid ancestor similar to Rozella allomycis, on the earliest diverging branch of the fungal phylogenetic tree.
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Contributions of rpb2 and tef1 to the phylogeny of mushrooms and allies (Basidiomycota, Fungi)
P. Brandon Matheny,Zheng Wang,Manfred Binder,Judd M. Curtis,Young Woon Lim,R. Henrik Nilsson,Karen W. Hughes,Valérie Hofstetter,Joseph F. Ammirati,Conrad L. Schoch,Ewald Langer,Gitta Langer,David J. McLaughlin,Andrew W. Wilson,Tobias Guldberg Frøslev,Zai-Wei Ge,Richard W. Kerrigan,Jason C. Slot,Zhu-Liang Yang,Timothy J. Baroni,Michael Fischer,Kentaro Hosaka,Kenji Matsuura,Michelle T. Seidl,Jukka Vauras,David S. Hibbett +25 more
TL;DR: Strong boostrap support and significant posterior probabilities for the first time for the following monophyletic groups are produced, particularly for deep internodes of Basidiomycota, which have been difficult to resolve with confidence using nrDNA data alone.
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Identification of a pheromone regulating caste differentiation in termites
TL;DR: Identification of a volatile pheromone regulating caste differentiation in a termite provides insights into the functioning of social insect colonies and opens important avenues for elucidating the developmental pathways leading to reproductive and nonreproductive castes.
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Comparative genomics of early-diverging mushroom-forming fungi provides insights into the origins of lignocellulose decay capabilities.
László Nagy,Robert Riley,Andrew Tritt,Catherine Adam,Chris Daum,Dimitrios Floudas,Hui Sun,Jagjit S. Yadav,Jasmyn Pangilinan,Karl-Henrik Larsson,Kenji Matsuura,Kerrie Barry,Kurt LaButti,Rita Kuo,Robin A. Ohm,Robin A. Ohm,Sukanta S. Bhattacharya,Takashi Shirouzu,Yuko Yoshinaga,Francis Martin,Igor V. Grigoriev,David S. Hibbett +21 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that white-rot fungi evolved later in the Agaricomycetes, with the first class II peroxidases reconstructed in the ancestor of the Auriculariales and residual Agarics, and the origin of ligninolytic enzymes reconstructed.
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Queen Succession Through Asexual Reproduction in Termites
Kenji Matsuura,Edward L. Vargo,Kazutaka Kawatsu,Paul Labadie,Hiroko Nakano,Toshihisa Yashiro,Kazuki Tsuji +6 more
TL;DR: A previously unknown termite breeding system in which both parthenogenesis and sexual reproduction are conditionally used is identified, showing how eusociality can lead to extraordinary reproductive systems and provide important insights into the advantages and disadvantages of sex.