List of articles by the National Institute of Genetics
Read the whole genome information of Pacific saury, supporting research promotion at Kitasato University
Professor Kiyoshi Koraku of the National Institute of Genetics, Assistant Professor Kazuya Fukuda of the Department of Marine Life Science, Kitasato University, and Mitsuru Kadota of the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research […]
More types of umami and sweet taste receptors than humans discovered in many vertebrates, suggesting diverse taste sensations
Kinki University and Meiji University have discovered that there are 3 types of umami/sweet taste receptor genes across vertebrates, although it was previously thought that there were only three types.
Cancer-related gene mutations spread intrauterine through the "rhizome" of the endometrial duct
Niigata University, Sasaki Institute, and National Institute of Genetics have grouped cancer-related inheritance in the human endometrium, which should repeat exfoliation and regeneration due to menstruation […]
Mechanism by which the maternal hormone oxytocin controls male sexual function
Oxytocin, a "maternal hormone" synthesized in the brain, reaches the spinal cord far from the brain via a new local neural mechanism'volume transmission'[…]
Tokyo Institute of Technology and others discover factors that control algae oil production
Nuru Akmaria Hidayati, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 3rd year research group (Kyoto University, Tohoku University, Kazusa DNA Research Institute […]
Succeeded in decoding the entire genome of Jomon people
A collaborative research group consisting of 7 members from 11 domestic research institutes such as the National Science Museum, the National Institute of Genetics, and the University of Tokyo was excavated on Rebun Island in Hokkaido […]
Germ cells want to make the body a female Nagoya University and others discover new characteristics
If both mammals and medaka have a Y chromosome, the body becomes a male.However, whether or not the body has a Y chromosome, germ cells are the body […].
Only one gene "OTOKOGI" was born as the first male
The joint research group of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science and the National Institute of Genetics has joined forces with the entire group of sexual evolution model organisms, the "green algae Volvox series" […]
Discovered that changing the "egg shape" also changes the cell arrangement pattern
Dr. Kazunori Yamamoto of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies and Professor Akira Kimura of the National Institute of Genetics have changed the shape of the eggs of "specific species of nematodes (C. elegans)" […]