Yudai Masuoka

Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the subterranean termite <i>Reticulitermes speratus</i> : Gene duplication facilitates social evolution

Shuji Shigenobu, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Dai Watanabe et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 73 citations · Full text

Knockdown of the juvenile hormone receptor gene inhibits soldier-specific morphogenesis in the damp-wood termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae)

Yudai Masuoka, Hajime Yaguchi, Ryutaro Suzuki et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2015 · 56 citations

Biology, Developmental Biology, Interspecific Behavioral Interaction +4

TGFβ signaling related genes are involved in hormonal mediation during termite soldier differentiation

Yudai Masuoka, Hajime Yaguchi, Kouhei Toga et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2018 · 40 citations · Full text

Genetics, Social Insect, Cellular Physiology +22

High Laccase2 expression is likely involved in the formation of specific cuticular structures during soldier differentiation of the termite Reticulitermes speratus

Yudai Masuoka, Satoshi Miyazaki, Ryota Saiki et al. · Arthropod Structure & Development · 2013 · 35 citations

Biology, Termite Reticulitermes Speratus, Developmental Biology +4

Gene expression changes in the tyrosine metabolic pathway regulate caste-specific cuticular pigmentation of termites

Yudai Masuoka, Kiyoto Maekawa · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2016 · 33 citations

Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics +3