Osamu Kitade

Cospeciation in the triplex symbiosis of termite gut protists (<i>Pseudotrichonympha</i> spp.), their hosts, and their bacterial endosymbionts

Satoko Noda, Osamu Kitade, Tsuneo Inoue et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2007 · 160 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +16

Phylogenetic evidence for a single, ancestral origin of a ‘true’ worker caste in termites

Graham Thompson, Osamu Kitade, Nathan Lo et al. · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · 2000 · 100 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology +14

Sex-Linked Genetic Influence on Caste Determination in a Termite

Yoshinobu Hayashi, Nathan Lo, Hitoshi Miyata et al. · Science · 2007 · 97 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +17

Endosymbiotic <i>Bacteroidales</i> Bacteria of the Flagellated Protist <i>Pseudotrichonympha grassii</i> in the Gut of the Termite <i>Coptotermes formosanus</i>

Satoko Noda, Toshiya Iida, Osamu Kitade et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2005 · 94 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +16

Phylogenetic Relationships among Subfamilies in Higher Termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) Based on Mitochondrial Coii Gene Sequences

Toru Miura, Kiyoto Maekawa, Osamu Kitade et al. · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 1998 · 87 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +17