Publications

morphological abnormalities in gall-forming aphids in a radiation-contaminated area near fukushima daiichi: selective impact of fallout?	to evaluate the impact of fallout from the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident on organisms, this study compared the morphology and viability of gall-forming aphids between the fukushima population and control populations from noncontaminated areas. this study, in particular, focused on the morphology of first-instar gall formers derived from the first sexual reproduction after the accident. of 164 first instars from tetraneura sorini galls collected 32 km from fukushima daiichi in sp ...	2014	24634721
spatiotemporal fluctuations in natural selection acting on the gall-parasitic aphid tetraneura sorini.	the measurement of the selection gradient is crucial for understanding the magnitude of selection acting directly on a trait and predicting the evolutionary trajectory of that trait. this study evaluated the selection gradient acting on the morphology of the gall-parasitic aphid tetraneura sorini during the galling process and compared the strength among populations. gall formers (first instars) frequently fight with conspecifics or heterospecifics for usurping incipient galls using their well-d ...	2016	27087064