Queen succession through asexual reproduction in termites K Matsuura, EL Vargo, K Kawatsu, PE Labadie, H Nakano, T Yashiro, ... Science 323 (5922), 1687-1687, 2009 | 185 | 2009 |
The antibacterial protein lysozyme identified as the termite egg recognition pheromone K Matsuura, T Tamura, N Kobayashi, T Yashiro, S Tatsumi PLoS ONE 2 (8), e813, 2007 | 94 | 2007 |
Cuckoo fungus mimics termite eggs by producing the cellulose-digesting enzyme β-glucosidase K Matsuura, T Yashiro, K Shimizu, S Tatsumi, T Tamura Current Biology 19 (1), 30-36, 2009 | 90 | 2009 |
Termite queens close the sperm gates of eggs to switch from sexual to asexual reproduction T Yashiro, K Matsuura Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of …, 2014 | 58 | 2014 |
A genomic imprinting model of termite caste determination: not genetic but epigenetic inheritance influences offspring caste fate K Matsuura, N Mizumoto, K Kobayashi, T Nozaki, T Fujita, T Yashiro, ... The American Naturalist 191 (6), 677-690, 2018 | 50 | 2018 |
Aphid egg protection by ants: a novel aspect of the mutualism between the tree-feeding aphid Stomaphis hirukawai and its attendant ant Lasius productus K Matsuura, T Yashiro Naturwissenschaften 93, 506-510, 2006 | 44 | 2006 |
Inbreeding tolerance as a pre‐adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis PA Eyer, K Matsuura, EL Vargo, K Kobayashi, T Yashiro, W Suehiro, ... Molecular Ecology 27 (23), 4711-4724, 2018 | 42 | 2018 |
Seasonal patterns of egg production in field colonies of the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) K Matsuura, N Kobayashi, T Yashiro Population Ecology 49 (2), 179-183, 2007 | 33 | 2007 |
Distribution and Phylogenetic Analysis of Termite Egg-Mimicking Fungi “Termite Balls” in Reticulitermes Termites T Yashiro, K Matsuura Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100 (4), 532-538, 2007 | 32 | 2007 |
On the evolution of the species complex Pachycondyla chinensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), including the origin of its invasive form and description of … T Yashiro, K Matsuura, B Guenard, M Terayama, RR Dunn Zootaxa 2685 (1), 39–50-39–50, 2010 | 30 | 2010 |
Male same-sex pairing as an adaptive strategy for future reproduction in termites N Mizumoto, T Yashiro, K Matsuura Animal Behaviour 119, 179-187, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
Parallel evolution of termite-egg mimicry by sclerotium-forming fungi in distant termite groups K Matsuura, T Yashiro Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100 (3), 531-537, 2010 | 22 | 2010 |
Loss of males from mixed-sex societies in termites T Yashiro, N Lo, K Kobayashi, T Nozaki, T Fuchikawa, N Mizumoto, ... BMC Biology 16, 96, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
Taxonomic assessment of the termite genus Neotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) in the Ryukyu-Taiwan Island arc, with description of a new species T Yashiro, Y Takematsu, N Ogawa, K Matsuura Zootaxa 4604 (3), 549–561-549–561, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
Chemical and molecular identification of the invasive termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Archotermopsidae) in Japan T Yashiro, Y Mitaka, T Nozaki, K Matsuura Applied Entomology and Zoology 53 (2), 215-221, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
Genetic diversity of termite-egg mimicking fungi “termite balls” within the nests of termites T Yashiro, K Matsuura, C Tanaka Insectes Sociaux 58 (1), 57-64, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
A rapid multiplex PCR assay for species identification of Asian rice planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and its application to early-instar nymphs in paddy fields T Yashiro, S Sanada-Morimura PloS ONE 16 (4), e0250471, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
Preadaptation for asexual queen succession: queen tychoparthenogenesis produces neotenic queens in the termite Reticulitermes okinawanus T Nozaki, T Yashiro, K Matsuura Insectes Sociaux 65 (2), 225-231, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
Enhanced heterozygosity from male meiotic chromosome chains is superseded by hybrid female asexuality in termites T Yashiro, YK Tea, C Van Der Wal, T Nozaki, N Mizumoto, S Hellemans, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of …, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
Comparative screening of endosymbiotic bacteria associated with the asexual and sexual lineages of the termite Glyptotermes nakajimai T Yashiro, N Lo Communicative & Integrative Biology 12 (1), 55-58, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |