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Yoshihito Niimura

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30

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Active since

1999

Affiliations

The University of Tokyo(Current)

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

National Institute of Genetics

Pennsylvania State University

University of Miyazaki

Yoshihito Niimura is an author at The University of Tokyo specializing in life sciences, evolutionary biology, and comparative genomics.

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Publications per year

1999–2024

30

Publications

30

The genome sequence and structure of rice chromosome 1

Takuji Sasaki, Takashi Matsumoto, Kimiko Yamamoto et al. · Nature · 2002 · 551 citations · Full text

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The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

Zhuo Wang, Juan Pascual‐Anaya, Amonida Zadissa et al. · Nature Genetics · 2013 · 451 citations · Full text

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Extreme expansion of the olfactory receptor gene repertoire in African elephants and evolutionary dynamics of orthologous gene groups in 13 placental mammals

Yoshihito Niimura, Atsushi Matsui, Kazushige Touhara · Genome Research · 2014 · 398 citations · Full text

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Extensive Gains and Losses of Olfactory Receptor Genes in Mammalian Evolution

Yoshihito Niimura, Masatoshi Nei · PLoS ONE · 2007 · 363 citations · Full text

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Evolutionary dynamics of olfactory receptor genes in fishes and tetrapods

Yoshihito Niimura, Masatoshi Nei · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 347 citations · Full text

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