Shinichi Morita

Rhinoceros beetle horn development reveals deep parallels with dung beetles

Takahiro Ohde, Shinichi Morita, Shuji Shigenobu et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2018 · 64 citations · Full text

Genetics, Entomology, Horn Diversification +18

Precise staging of beetle horn formation in Trypoxylus dichotomus reveals the pleiotropic roles of doublesex depending on the spatiotemporal developmental contexts

Shinichi Morita, T. Ando, Akiteru Maeno et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2019 · 51 citations · Full text

Genetics, Entomology, Horn Formation +21

Common Transcriptional Mechanisms for Visual Photoreceptor Cell Differentiation among Pancrustaceans

Simpla Mahato, Shinichi Morita, Abraham E. Tucker et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2014 · 39 citations · Full text

Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Optogenetics +18

Molecular Characterization of Eye Pigmentation-Related ABC Transporter Genes in the Ladybird Beetle Harmonia axyridis Reveals Striking Gene Duplication of the white Gene

Tomohiro Tsuji, Hiroki Gotoh, Shinichi Morita et al. · ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE · 2018 · 34 citations · Full text

Genetics, Entomology, Molecular Genetics +20

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the sex-determination gene doublesex in the sexually dimorphic broad-horned beetle Gnatocerus cornutus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

Hiroki Gotoh, Mai Ishiguro, Hideto Nishikawa et al. · Scientific Reports · 2016 · 25 citations · Full text