Biology article list
Kyoto University elucidates the strategy of "frogs caught in snakes" by losing if they move first
Dr. Nozomu Nishikai, a doctoral student at Kyoto University (at the time of research) and Associate Professor Satoshi Mori, said that the phenomenon of frogs and snakes confronting each other and stopping their movements was delayed […].
Japan's first fossil marine reptile with crushed teeth discovered in Kesennuma Tokyo City University
Associate Professor Yasutoshi Nakajima of Tokyo City University and his colleagues found fossils excavated from the strata of the early Mesozoic era (about 2 million years ago, early Triassic) in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. […]
From toad to firefly The source of poison of Yamakagashi shifts in the process of evolution
A research group led by Associate Professor Satoshi Mori and Professor Naoki Mori of Kyoto University analyzed the cervical gland of the poisonous snake Rhabdophis tigrinus, and the poisonous component is derived from firefly […].
Affection hormone controls the preference of the opposite sex of medaka, the opposite action in males and females Hokkaido University, etc.
Research groups such as Assistant Professor Saori Yokoi of Hokkaido University, Specially Appointed Professor Hideaki Takeuchi of Okayama University (joint appointment with Professor of Tohoku University), and National Institute for Basic Biology are Medaka […].
Discovered a new species of nematode on the Chubu University campus, named "Chubu Daigaku"
Koichi Hasegawa, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Biology, Chubu University, is a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jans Morphee (currently Kyu […]].
Hokkaido University elucidates how brittle stars decide front, back, left and right Expected to be applied to robot design
A research group (in addition to Kyoto University) such as Daiki Wakita (Doctoral Program) of Hokkaido University focused on the escape behavior of brittle stars, and even the body of the radiation symmetry […].
Discovered by Chubu University, the world's first fish that emits light from enzymes stolen from bait
Professor Yuichi Oba of Chubu University, in collaboration with Nagoya University, succeeded in elucidating the origin of luciferase for the first time in fish.Umi whose food is Kinmokudoki […]
Continue to seek love over and over Nagoya University elucidates the mechanism of the brain of refusal and acceptance
A research team led by Professor Azusa Kamikouchi of Nagoya University has found that the god of the brain that controls the suppression and promotion of courtship acceptance in female Drosophila […]
Gnathiidae's love affairs, where females postpone adulthood without males
According to a research group led by Professor Yuichi Hirose of Ryukyu University, female larvae of the Umikuwagata family are attracted to adult males, and if there are no males, the larval period is extended. […]
Why are the birds' songs different depending on the species?Hokkaido University elucidates
A research group at Hokkaido University has revealed that genes are read differently in the brain between two closely related bird species with different twitter patterns […].