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 · 158 citations

Taxonomy, Endosymbiosis, Termite Gut Protists +22

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

Genetics, Abstract Phylogenetic Analysis, Phylogenetic Analysis +22

Sex-Linked Genetic Influence on Caste Determination in a Termite

Yoshinobu Hayashi, Nathan Lo, Hitoshi Miyata et al. · Science · 2007 · 96 citations

Genetics, Sexual Selection, Reproductive Biology +19

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 · 93 citations · Full text

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

Genetics, Dna Sequences, Higher Termites +16