Kotaro Shimai

Constrained vertebrate evolution by pleiotropic genes

Masahiro Uesaka, Song Guo, Kotaro Shimai et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2017 · 114 citations

Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Phylogenetics, Molecular Ecology +10

Revised lineage of larval photoreceptor cells in Ciona reveals archetypal collaboration between neural tube and neural crest in sensory organ formation

Kouhei Oonuma, Moeko Tanaka, Koki Nishitsuji et al. · Developmental Biology · 2016 · 39 citations

Biology, Optogenetics, Photoreceptor Cell +9

Cellular identity and Ca2+ signaling activity of the non-reproductive GnRH system in the Ciona intestinalis type A (Ciona robusta) larva

Nanako Okawa, Kotaro Shimai, Kohei Ohnishi et al. · Scientific Reports · 2020 · 23 citations · Full text

Genome-wide identification and characterization of transcription start sites and promoters in the tunicate <i>Ciona intestinalis</i>

Rui Yokomori, Kotaro Shimai, Koki Nishitsuji et al. · Genome Research · 2015 · 18 citations · Full text

Brachyury controls <i>Ciona</i> notochord fate as part of a feed-forward network

Wendy Reeves, Kotaro Shimai, Konner Winkley et al. · Development · 2021 · 18 citations · Full text