| Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and development T Hirasawa, S Kuratani Zoological Letters 1, 1-17, 2015 | 115 | 2015 |
| The endoskeletal origin of the turtle carapace T Hirasawa, H Nagashima, S Kuratani Nature Communications 4 (1), 1-7, 2013 | 100 | 2013 |
| Developmental genetic bases behind the independent origin of the tympanic membrane in mammals and diapsids T Kitazawa, M Takechi, T Hirasawa, N Adachi, N Narboux-Nême, H Kume, ... Nature communications 6 (1), 6853, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
| A new scenario of the evolutionary derivation of the mammalian diaphragm from shoulder muscles T Hirasawa, S Kuratani Journal of Anatomy 222 (5), 504-517, 2013 | 53 | 2013 |
| Evolution and development of ventricular septation in the amniote heart RE Poelmann, ACG Groot, R Vicente-Steijn, LJ Wisse, MM Bartelings, ... PLoS One 9 (9), e106569, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| Anatomical integration of the sacral–hindlimb unit coordinated by GDF11 underlies variation in hindlimb positioning in tetrapods Y Matsubara, T Hirasawa, S Egawa, A Hattori, T Suganuma, Y Kohara, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (9), 1392-1399, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Expansion of the neck reconstituted the shoulder–diaphragm in amniote evolution T Hirasawa, S Fujimoto, S Kuratani Development, Growth & Differentiation 58 (1), 143-153, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| Outflow tract septation and the aortic arch system in reptiles: lessons for understanding the mammalian heart RE Poelmann, AC Gittenberger-de Groot, MWM Biermans, AI Dolfing, ... Evodevo 8, 1-17, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| The evolutionary origin of the turtle shell and its dependence on the axial arrest of the embryonic rib cage T Hirasawa, J Pascual‐Anaya, N Kamezaki, M Taniguchi, K Mine, ... Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Mammalian face as an evolutionary novelty H Higashiyama, D Koyabu, T Hirasawa, I Werneburg, S Kuratani, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (44), e2111876118, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
| Palaeospondylus as a primitive hagfish T Hirasawa, Y Oisi, S Kuratani Zoological Letters 2, 1-9, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| The neural crest and evolution of the head/trunk interface in vertebrates S Kuratani, R Kusakabe, T Hirasawa Developmental biology 444, S60-S66, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| On the vagal cardiac nerves, with special reference to the early evolution of the head–trunk interface H Higashiyama, T Hirasawa, Y Oisi, F Sugahara, S Hyodo, Y Kanai, ... Journal of morphology 277 (9), 1146-1158, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| Origin of the unique morphology of the shoulder girdle in turtles H Nagashima, T Hirasawa, F Sugahara, M Takechi, R Usuda, N Sato, ... Journal of Anatomy 223 (6), 547-556, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
| Evolution of the muscular system in tetrapod limbs T Hirasawa, S Kuratani Zoological Letters 4 (1), 27, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
| Lung evolution in vertebrates and the water-to-land transition C Cupello, T Hirasawa, N Tatsumi, Y Yabumoto, P Gueriau, S Isogai, ... Elife 11, e77156, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
| Comparative analysis of pleurodiran and cryptodiran turtle embryos depicts the molecular ground pattern of the turtle carapacial ridge J Pascual-Anaya, T Hirasawa, I Sato, S Kuraku, S Kuratani Int. J. Dev. Biol 58, 743-750, 2014 | 11 | 2014 |
| The ligamental scar in the costovertebral articulation of the tyrannosaurid dinosaurs T Hirasawa Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 (1), 49-59, 2009 | 9 | 2009 |
| Morphology of Palaeospondylus shows affinity to tetrapod ancestors T Hirasawa, Y Hu, K Uesugi, M Hoshino, M Manabe, S Kuratani Nature 606 (7912), 109-112, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| Developmental mechanisms of the tympanic membrane in mammals and non‐mammalian amniotes M Takechi, T Kitazawa, T Hirasawa, T Hirai, S Iseki, H Kurihara, ... Congenital Anomalies 56 (1), 12-17, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
