Yu Okamura

Metabolic novelty originating from horizontal gene transfer is essential for leaf beetle survival

Roy Kirsch, Yu Okamura, Wiebke Haeger et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 39 citations · Full text

Larvae of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) have evolved a diverse and phylogenetically conserved array of plant cell wall degrading enzymes

Na Ra Shin, Seunggwan Shin, Yu Okamura et al. · Systematic Entomology · 2021 · 30 citations · Full text

Biology, Gene Families, Phylogenetics +13

Interspecific Differences in the Larval Performance of Pieris Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Are Associated with Differences in the Glucosinolate Profiles of Host Plants

Yu Okamura, Natsumi Tsuzuki, Shiori Kuroda et al. · Journal of Insect Science · 2019 · 25 citations · Full text

Biology, Brassicales Plants, Plant-parasite Coevolution +13

Testing hypotheses of a coevolutionary key innovation reveals a complex suite of traits involved in defusing the mustard oil bomb

Yu Okamura, Hanna Dort, Michael Reichelt et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 21 citations · Full text

Differential regulation of host plant adaptive genes in Pieris butterflies exposed to a range of glucosinolate profiles in their host plants

Yu Okamura, Ai Sato, Natsumi Tsuzuki et al. · Scientific Reports · 2019 · 19 citations · Full text