Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Shoji Kawamura Laboratoy
Job title
Professor
Degree
Doctor of Science(The University of Tokyo), Master of Science(The University of Tokyo)
Research funding number
40282727
ORCID ID
0000-0003-0350-6050
Profile
1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
1999 Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2010 Professor, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo
It is crucial to understand humans within an evolutionary framework. By using non-model organisms to explore genetic variation and its ecological correlates in wild populations, it is now possible to reevaluate the evolutionary significance of human genetic variation. The evolutionary diversity of sensory systems-the visual system in particular-is an excellent model case for addressing these questions because recent technical developments have enabled functional evaluation of the relevant genes.
Bearing these issues in mind, we pursue the following ongoing and prospective research projects using an interdisciplinary approach that spans molecular biology (population DNA sequencing, gene expression analysis, in vitro functional assays), biochemistry, population/evolutionary genetics, and behavioral ecology.
1. The evolutionary origin and driving force of variation in human color vision
2. New World monkeys as models for understanding the evolutionary significance of primate trichromatic color vision.
3. Fish as a model to study the evolutionary flexibility of color vision
4. Coevolution of chemical sense and vision in primates
Professor, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr 2017
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Mar 2019
Head of Department, Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr 1999
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Sep 2010
Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Sep 1996
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Mar 1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Jan 1992
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Aug 1996
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Shozo Yokoyama Laboratory, Department of Biology, Syracuse University
Apr 1991
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Jul 1992
Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Shintaroh Ueda Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
*Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M. and Kawamura, S.
Primate Life History, Sex Roles, and Adaptability - Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan (Kalbitzer, U. and Jack, K. M. eds.), Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland 117-132 Dec 2018 [Refereed]
Jinam, T. A., Phipps, M. E., Aghakhanian, F., Majumder, P. P., Datar, F., Stoneking, M., Sawai, H., Nishida, N., Tokunaga, K., Kawamura, S., Omoto, K. and *Saitou, N.
Genome Biology and Evolution 9(8) 2013-2022 Aug 2017 [Refereed]
*Melin, A. D., Wells, K., Moritz, G. L., Kistler, L., Orkin, J. D., Timm, R. M., Bernard, H., Lakim, M. B., Perry, G. H., Kawamura, S. and *Dominy, N. J.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 33(4) 1029-1041 Apr 2016 [Refereed]
*Takezawa, Y., Kato, K., Oota. H., Caulfield, T., Fujimoto, A., Honda, F., Kamatani, N., Kawamura, S., Kawashima, K., Kimura, R., Matsumae, H., Saito, A., Savage, P. E., Seguchi, N., Shimizu, K., Terao, S., Yamaguchi-Kabata, Y., Yasukouchi, A., Yoneda, M. and Tokunaga, K.
Matsumoto, Y., Hiramatsu, C., Matsushita, Y., Ozawa, N., Ashino, R., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S., Di Fiore, A. Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Melin, A. D. and *Kawamura, S.
Japanese Archipelago Human Population Genetics Consortium: Jinam, T., Nishida, N., Hirai, M., Kawamura, S., Oota, H., Umetsu, K., Kimura, R., Ohashi, J., Tajima, A., Yamamoto, T., Tanabe, H., Mano, S., Suto, Y., Kaname, T., Naritomi, K., Yanagi, K., Niikawa, N., *Omoto, K., *Tokunaga, K. and *Saitou, N.
Journal of Human Genetics 57(12) 787-795 Dec 2012 [Refereed]
Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Tsukamoto, K., Sekiya, Y., Yamashita, T., Aso, M., Hata, M., Nonaka, M., Mano, S., Ishida, H., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and *Oota, H.
Hiwatashi, T., Mikami, A., Katsumura, T., Suryobroto, B., Perwitasari-Farajallah, D., Malaivijitnond, S., Siriaroonrat, B., Oota, H., Goto, S. and *Kawamura, S.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 312 Oct 2011 [Refereed]
Hiwatashi, T., Okabe, Y., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Oota, H., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M., Innan, H. and *Kawamura, S.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 27(2) 453-464 Feb 2010 [Refereed]
*Kimura, R., Yamaguchi, T., Takeda, M., Kondo, O., Toma, T., Haneji, K., Hanihara, T., Matsukusa, H., Kawamura, S., Maki, K., Osawa, M., Ishida, H., Oota, H.
The American Journal of Human Genetics 85(4) 528-535 Oct 2009 [Refereed]
*Kozmik, Z., Ruzickova, J., Jonasova, K., Matsumoto, Y., Vopalensky, P., Kozmikova, I., Strnad, H., Kawamura, S., *Piatigorsky, J., Paces, V. and *Cestmir, V.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105(26) 8989-8993 Jul 2008 [Refereed]
*Saito, A., *Mikami, A., *Kawamura, S., Ueno, Y., Hiramatsu, C., Widayati, K. A., Suryobroto, B., Teramoto, M., Mori, Y., Nagano, K., Fujita K., Kuroshima, H. and Hasegawa, T.
American Journal of Primatology 67(4) 425-436 Dec 2005 [Refereed]
Color vision genetics learned from New World monkeys in Santa Rosa, Costa Rica. In Primate Life History, Sex Roles, and Adaptability - Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan (Kalbitzer, U. and Jack, K. M. eds.)
*Kawamura, S. (Part:Contributor, pp. 257-277)
Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland Dec 2018
Evolution of genes for color vision and the chemical senses in primates. In: Evolution of the Human Genome I: The Genome and Genes (Saitou, N. ed.)
*Kawamura, S. and *Melin, A. D. (Part:Contributor, pp. 181-216)
Springer, Tokyo 2017
Polymorphism and adaptation of primate colour vision. In: Evolutionary Biology: Mechanisms and Trends (Pontarotti, P. ed.)
*Melin, A. D., Hiramatsu, C., Fedigan, L. M., Schaffner, C. M, Aureli, F. and *Kawamura, S. (Part:Contributor, pp. 225-241)
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg Sep 2012
Polymorphic color vision in primates: evolutionary considerations. In: Post-Genome Biology of Primates (Hirai, H., Imai, H. and Go, Y. eds.)
*Kawamura, S., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Schaffner, C. M, Aureli, F. and Fedigan, L. M. (Part:Contributor, pp. 93-120)
Springer, Tokyo Apr 2012
Evolutionary diversification of visual opsin genes in fish and primates. In: From Genes to Animal Behavior: Social Structures, Personalities, Communication by Color
*Kawamura, S. (Part:Contributor, pp. 329-349)
Springer, Tokyo Jan 2011
Evolution of the immunoglobulin alpha gene in primates. In: Primatology Today (Ehara, A., Kimura, T., Takenaka, O. and Iwamoto, M. eds.)
Kawamura, S., Tanabe, H., Watanabe, Y., Kurosaki, K., Omoto, K. and *Ueda, S. (Part:Contributor, pp. 623-626)
Elsevier, Amsterdam 1991
Hominoid immunoglobulin alpha genes: multiple recombinational events in their hinge regions. In: Molecular Evolution (Clegg, M. T. and O'Brien, S. T. eds.)
*Ueda, S. and Kawamura, S. (Part:Contributor, pp. 13-18)
The sensory ecology of food detection and selection by wild primates, roles of vision and olfaction[Invited]
Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.
The 10th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 2019 (ICCPB 2019): Symposium “Primates and Insects: Parallel Evolution of Multimodal Foraging Ecology” 5 Aug 2019
Nucleotide divergence pattern between L and M opsin genes shows human uniqueness among catarrhine primates possibly correlated with color vision variation in humans
Matsushita, Y., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019 (SMBE 2019) 21 Jul 2019
Dynamic evolution of bitter taste receptor gene repertoire in Old World monkeys
Hou, M., Hayashi, M., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019 (SMBE 2019) 21 Jul 2019
I see, you smell: interspecific variation in sensory use for fruit evaluation among sympatric New World monkeys
Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.
The 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology 27 Mar 2019
Seeing the flowers for the trees: trichromacy provides food detection advantages for whitefaced capuchins
Hogan, J. D., Fedigan, L. M., Hiramatsu, C., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.
The 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology 27 Mar 2019
Genetic polymorhism of color vision type of Bolivian squirrel monkeys in Japan Monkey Centre
Nishikawa, M., 〇Hayakawa, T., Dosho, A., Ichihara, R., Nemoto, K., Melin, A. D., Kawamura, S.
The 63nd Primates Conference 26 Jan 2019
What are the roles of vision, olfaction, and touch in fruit evaluation? A comparison of sensory foraging behavior in three sympatric platyrrhines
Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.
2018 Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists 9 Nov 2018
Interspecific differences in sensory foraging behavior among sympatric platyrrhines
Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.
The 41st Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists 8 Aug 2018
Individual differences in gaze patterns and visual impressions are attributed to polymorphic color vision
Hiramatsu, C., Takashima, T., Sakaguchi, H., Tajima, S., Seno, T. and Kawamura, S.
The 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society: Symposium “Neural basis for emergence of individuality and face-body expression” 26 Jul 2018
Population genomics of white faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) with unbiased fecal genomes
Orkin, J. D., Montague, M., Doherty, A., Magalhaes, J. P., Warren, W., Kawamura, S., Marques-Bonet, T. and Melin, A. D.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018): Symposium “Genomic underpinnings of primate phenotypic evolution and diversity” 8 Jul 2018
Unequal allele frequencies of the L/M opsin gene in New World monkeys
Kawamura, S., Matsushita, Y., Di Fiore, A., Aureli, F. and Melin, A. D.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018) 8 Jul 2018
Nucleotide divergence between L and M opsin genes in New and Old World primates
Matsushita, Y., Takezaki, N., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018) 8 Jul 2018
Divergent evolution of olfactory receptor repertoire in New and Old World primates revealed by target capture and massive-parallel sequencing
Ashino, R., Niimura, Y., Touhara, K., Melin, A. D. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE 2018) 8 Jul 2018
Evolution diversity and adaptation of color vision and chemical senses in New World monkeys[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The 1st AsiaEvo Conference: Symposium “Molecular and genetic basis of adaptive evolution” 18 Apr 2018
Population genomics of white faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus imitator) with unbiased fecal genomes
Orkin, J. D., Montague, M. J., Doherty, A., Magalhaes, J., Warren, W.C., Kawamura, S., Marques-Bonet, T. and Melin, A. D.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists 87th Annual Meeting (AAPA 2018) 11 Apr 2018
Interspecific and intraspecific variation in the use of manual touch during fruit foraging in primates
Veilleux, C. C., Hiramatsu, C., Valenta, K., Webb, S., Aureli, F., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists 87th Annual Meeting (AAPA 2018) 11 Apr 2018
Genetic diversity of color vision in four sympatric New World primates (Ateles, Lagothrix, Pithecia, Plecturocebus) at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in Amazonian Ecuador
Snodderly, M., Veilleux, C., Kawamura, S., Fernandez-Duque, E., Link, A., Di Fiore, A.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists 87th Annual Meeting (AAPA 2018) 11 Apr 2018
Sensory genetics of primates to fish[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
Department of Anthropology and Archeology Seminar 12 Mar 2018
Evolutionary genetics of vision and chemical sense in humans, wild primates and fish[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The International Alliance Research Internship (IARI) Symposium 4th Workshop in Biosciences 27 Feb 2018
Divergent Evolution of Olfactory and Taste Receptor Repertoire in New World Monkeys[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The 62nd Primates Conference 27 Jan 2018
Vision and chemical sense in humans, wild primates and fish
Kawamura, S.
Zhejiang University- The University of Tokyo Joint Symposium 2017 29 Nov 2017
Red-green colour vision increases fruit intake rates of wild capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator)
Melin, A. D., Chiou, K. L., Walco, E. R., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.
Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology 45th Annual Meeting 25 Oct 2017
Divergent evolution of olfactory and taste receptor repertoire in New World monkeys with diverse color vision types and feeding habits
Kawamura, S., Naoi, T., Hayashi, M., Ashino, R., Niimura, Y., Touhara, K., Imai, H., Veilleux, C. C., Garrett, E. C., Melin, A. D.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2017 (SMBE 2017) 2 Jul 2017
Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution: Color vision of primates and fish, and study extension to chemical sense in primates[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The International Alliance Research Internship (IARI) Symposium 30 Jan 2017
Color vision study of New World monkeys in Santa Rosa: the genetic perspective[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
Linda Marie Fedigan Festschrift Symposium 2016 1 Dec 2016
Changing views on selective advantage, diversity and evolution of trichromatic color vision in primates via genetic and field studies
Matsushita, Y. and Kawamura, S.
Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists 21 Aug 2016
Behavioral ecology and sensory genomics of white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in a comparative context
Melin, A. D., Orkin, J. D., Garrett, E. C., Montague, M. J., Bankoff, R., Perry, G., Warren, W. C. and Kawamura, S.
Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists 21 Aug 2016
Parallel dispersal and its effect on the kin composition of wild white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) groups in Costa Rica
Wikberg, E. C., Campos, F. A., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M. and Kawamura, S.
Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists 21 Aug 2016
How reliable are color and softness as fruit nutritional cues? Integrating food properties and foraging data from Costa Rican capuchins in a dry tropical forest
Williamson, R. E., Rothman, J. M., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.
Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists 21 Aug 2016
Infant survival in relation to female social bonds and alpha male replacements in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys
Kalbitzer, U., Bergstrom, M. L., Carnegie, S. D., Kawamura, S., Wikberg, E. C., Campos, F. A. and Fedigan, L. M.
Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists 21 Aug 2016
Color vision and age affect fruit foraging rates of wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) in sector Santa Rosa
Walco, E. R., Chiou, K. L., Kawamura, S., Fedigan, L. M. and Melin, A. D.
Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists 21 Aug 2016
Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution: Vision and chemical sense in humans, wild primates and fish[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
Department of Anthropology and Archeology Seminar 8 Mar 2016
Color vision diversity and significance in primates inferred from genetic and field studies[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
International Conference of the Genetics Society of Korea, 2015 (GSK2015) 4 Dec 2015
Howler monkey foraging ecology suggests convergent evolution of routine trichromacy as an adaptation for folivory
Khetpal, V., Welker, B., Matsushita, Y., Kawamura, S. and Melin, A. D.
Midwest Primate Interest Group Conference 9 Oct 2015
Significance of color vision diversity in primates inferred from genetic and field studies
Kawamura, S.
The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolutionary Studies, Japan: Symposium "Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution of primates" (Symposium organized by S. Kawamura and H. Imai) 20 Aug 2015
Sensory ecology of wild capuchins: Integrating fruit signals, nutrition, and foraging behavior[Invited]
Melin, A. D., Shirasu, M., Matsushita, Y., Venkataraman, V., Rothman, J. M., Touhara, K. and Kawamura, S.
The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolutionary Studies, Japan: Symposium "Sensory genetics, ecology and evolution of primates" (Symposium organized by S. Kawamura and H. Imai) 20 Aug 2015
Variation of absorption spectrum and gene expression pattern of red opsins under different light environments and its effect on behavioral spectral sensitivity in guppies, Poecilia reticulata
Sakai, Y., Kasagi, S., Kawamura, S., Ohtsuki, H. and Kawata, M.
15th congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 10 Aug 2015
Evolutionary diversity of colour vision in primates: implications from field and genetic studies[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The 23rd Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS 2015) 3 Jul 2015
Prevalence of dichromacy and anomalous trichromacy in a wild population of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Yucatan, Mexico
Pablo-Rodr?guez, M., Matsushita, Y., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Hern?ndez-Salazar, L. T. and Kawamura, S.
El V Congreso Mexicano de Primatolog?a 29 Jun 2015
Examining the links among fruit signals, nutritional value, and the sensory behaviors of wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus)
Melin, A. D., Shirasu, M., Matsushita, Y., Myers, M. S., Bergstrom, M. B., Venkataraman, V., Rothman, J. M., Fedigan, L. M., Touhara, K. and Kawamura, S.
The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 25 Mar 2015
Alternative routes to reproductive success may explain male cooperation in a primate population (Cebus capucinus) with high reproductive skew
Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.,
The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 25 Mar 2015
Male cooperation despite high reproductive skew may be explained by reproductive queuing in white-faced capuchin monkeys[Invited]
Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.
2014 NAKFI Conference 13 Nov 2014
Interspecific variation of ligand sensitivity and evolution of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys
Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.
12th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms ofTaste and Olfactory Perception 2 Nov 2014
Interspecific variation in ligand sensitivity of G-protein-coupled bitter taste receptors in New World monkeys
Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.
16th International Conference on Retinal Proteins 5 Oct 2014
Interspecific variation of ligand sensitivity and evolution of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys
Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.
The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan 25 Sep 2014
Activity patterns, diet and the evolution of color vision in "Archonta"
Melin, A. D., Moritz, G. L., Wells, K., Danosi, C., Matsushita, Y., Kistler, L., McCracken, G. F., Perry, G., Kawamura, S. and Dominy, N. J.
The 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists 12 Sep 2014
Towards understanding evolutionary diversity of chemical sensors in New World monkeys with polymorphic color vision
Kawamura, S., Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Matsushita, Y., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Shirasu, M., Melin A. D., Bergstrom M. L., Welker B. J., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M., Touhara, K. and Imai, H.
The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014) 11 Aug 2014
Novel L/M opsin alleles create unique color vision
in Mexican spider monkeys
Matsushita1, Y., Pablo-Rodr?guez, M., Schaffner, C. M., Ramos-Fernandez, G., Aureli, F. and Kawamura, S.
The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014) 11 Aug 2014
Male reproductive success in white-faced capuchins
Wikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Fedigan, L. M., Campos, F. A., Sato, A., Bergstrom, M. L., Hiwatashi, T. and Kawamura, S.
The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014) 11 Aug 2014
Functional diversity of bitter taste receptors in new world monkeys
Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Welker, B. J., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S. and Imai, H.
The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2014) 11 Aug 2014
新世界ザル苦味受容体機能の種間差
今井啓雄、筒井圭、尾頭雅大、櫻井児太摩、鈴木-橋戸南美、早川卓志、Aureli, F.、Schaffner, C. M.、Fedigan, L. M.、河村正二
第30回日本霊長類学会 4 Jul 2014
Retinoic acid signaling regulates expression of the tandemly duplicated LWS1 and LWS2 genes in zebrafish
Stenkamp, D. L., Stevens, C. B., Frey, R. A. and Kawamura, S.
2014 Annual Meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO 2014) 4 May 2014
Bide your time: Method of alpha male replacement, infant deaths, and time to conception in Cebus capucinus
Jack, K. M., Brasington, L. F., Ritchotte, K., Wikberg, E. C., Kawamura, S. and Fedigan, L. M.
The 83rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) 8 Apr 2014
Infanticides during a socially stable period in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus)
Schoof, V. A., Wikberg, E., C., Fedigan, L. M., Jack, K. M., Ziegler, T. E. and Kawamura, S.
The 83rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) 8 Apr 2014
Functional diversity of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys
Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S., Imai, H.
The 11th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception (YR Umami Forum 2013: ISMNTOP 2013) 31 Oct 2013
Functional diversity of bitter taste receptors TAS2R1 and TAS2R4 in New World monkeys
Tsutsui, K., Otoh, M., Sakurai, K., Suzuki-Hashido, N., Hayakawa, T., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Fedigan, L. M., Kawamura, S., Imai, H.
The 51st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan 28 Oct 2013
Functional complementation between two classes of green sensitive opsin genes in teleost fish
Ashino, R., Kasagi, S., Okuda, H., Kawamura, S.
19th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting 20 Sep 2013
Naturally occurring variation of CYP xenobiotic enzyme alleles in medaka sheds a new light on sexual dimorphism variation among human populations
Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S., Oota, H.
19th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting 20 Sep 2013
Possible mesopic origin of primate trichromatic color vision inferred from L/M opsin polymorphism of ancestral tarsiers
Kawamura, S., Matsushita, Y., Melin, A. D., Mortiz, G. L. and Dominy, N. J.
Annual Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2013 (SMBE 2013) 7 Jul 2013
Variability of trichromatic color vision in howler monkeys by L/M hybrid opsin genes
Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2013 (SMBE 2013) 7 Jul 2013
Functional complementation between two classes of green sensitive opsin genes in teleost fish
Ashino, R., Kasagi, S., Okuda, H. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2013 (SMBE 2013) 7 Jul 2013
Male immigration in spider monkeys?
Schaffner, C. M., Murillo, E., Di Fiore, A., Kawamura, S. and Aureli, F.
The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012) 12 Aug 2012
Visual pigments, treeshrews, and the origins of primates
Melin, A. D., Moritz, G. L., Wells, K., Kawamura, S. and Dominy, N. J.
The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012) 12 Aug 2012
Possible anomalous trichromacy of color vision by hybrid L/M opsin genes in wild howler monkeys, Alouatta
Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.
The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012) 12 Aug 2012
Assessment of bitter taste receptor gene variation and dietary fruit odorants in natural populations of color-vision polymorphic New World Monkeys
Kawamura, S., Sakurai, K., Bergstrom, M., Shirasu, M., Matsushita, Y., Melin, A., Imai, H., Touhara, K., Oota, H., Aureli, F. and Fedigan, L.
The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012) 12 Aug 2012
Improvement of chromatic resolution of L/M opsin alleles in atelid New World monkeys
Kawamura, S., Matsumoto, Y., Matsushita, Y., Ozawa, N., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S. and Hiramatsu, C.
The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS 2012) 12 Aug 2012
Medaka (Oryzias latipes) as a population model for studying functional differences between the alleles of human polymorphisms
Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.
The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2012 (SMBE 2012) 23 Jun 2012
Color vision variation of trichromacy by L/M hybrid genes in wild populations of New World howler monkeys
Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.
The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2012 (SMBE 2012) 23 Jun 2012
Mutations improving chromatic resolution of L/M opsin alleles in atelid New World monkeys
Kawamura, S., Matsumoto, Y., Matsushita, Y., Ozawa, N., Nakata, M., Kasagi, S. and Hiramatsu, C.
The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2012 (SMBE 2012) 23 Jun 2012
Molecular mechanism and adaptive significance of evolutionary diversification of visual opsins[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The 89th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan: Symposium 38: Functional evolution of sensing receptors: Toward the comprehensive understanding by fusion of research in the different fields (Organized by Makoto Tominaga and Hioo Imai) 29 Mar 2012
Color vision polymorphism in wild New World monkeys and adaptive significance of primate color vision[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The 8th Okazaki Biology Conference (OBC8): Speciation and Adaptation II - Environment and Epigenetics - 18 Mar 2012
Evolution of visual opsin genes in fish and primates[Invited]
Allelic variations of cytochrome P450 genes in wild medaka populations: curious similarities to humans' polymorphisms and their functions
Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.
Isogenic Medaka Worksh 26 Sep 2011
Comparison of gene organization and expression of blue-sensitive (SWS2) opsins among medaka fish species
Aso, M., Takishima, N., Matsumoto, Y., Oda, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.
17th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting 8 Sep 2011
Identification of regulatory region for differential expression of duplicated red sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish
Ashino, R., Tsujimura, T., Hoyoya, T. and Kawamura, S.
17th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting 8 Sep 2011
Genetic variation in wild capuchins and spider monkeys in Costa Rica: implications for dispersal patterns
Sato, A., Campos, F., Oota, H., Jack, K., Di Fiore, A., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Toward understanding importance of chemical sense in primates: a study of natural populations of color-vision polymorphic New World monkeys.
Sakurai, K., Bergstrom, M., Shirasu, M., Imai, H., Touhara, K.,Oota, H., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Toward understanding evolutionary force behind color vision polymorphism in humans
Ishizaki, N., Shirai, K., Fukuyo, Y., Ishida, H., Kidd, K. K., Oota, H. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Comparison of gene organization and expression of blue-sensitive (SWS2) opsins among medaka fish species
Aso, M., Takishima, N., Matsumoto, Y., Oda, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Finding a polymorphism of the L-M opsin gene in howler monkeys which have been supposed to have uniform trichromacy in New World monkeys
Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B., Pavelka, M. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Exploration of regulatory region for differential expression of duplicated red-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish
Ashino, R., Tsujimura, T., Hoyoya, T. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Allelic variations of cytochrome P450 genes in wild medaka populations: a parallelism to human alleles
Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Spectral characterization of guppy visual opsins
Kasagi, S., Tezuka, A., Kawata, M. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Population specific distribution of Crohn's disease risk alleles on the NOD2 locus and natural selection on standing variation
Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Kozlowski, L., Bujnicki, J. M., Shibata, H., Fukumaki, Y., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
Evolutionary study of vertebrate color vision: from fish transgenesis to field primatology, and to human variation[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
Annual Conference of Soceity for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2011 (SMBE 2011) 26 Jul 2011
An evolutionary study of human complex diseases[Invited]
Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Kozlowski, L., Bujnicki, J. M., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.
Molecular Evolutionary Studies in Post-Genomic Era 8 Jun 2011
Bipolar cell-photoreceptor connections in the zebrafish retina
Li, Y. N., Tsujimura, T., Kawamura, S. and Dowling, J. E.
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2011 1 May 2011
Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) gene cluster in primates[Invited]
Oota, H., Kaul, R., Shibata, H., Toyoda, A., Fijiyama, A., Speed, W. C., Kidd, J. R., Olson, M., Kawamura, S. and Kidd, K. K.
The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Post-Genome Biology of Primates (symposium organized by H. Imai and Y. Go)" 12 Sep 2010
Toward deeper understanding color vision of howler monkeys
Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B. and Kawamura, S.
The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010 12 Sep 2010
Challenging advantage of trichromacy in fruit foraging behavior of wild spider monkeys[Invited]
Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Aureli, F., Schaffner, C. M., Vorobyev, M. and Kawamura, S.
The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Variation and Evolution of Primate Color Vision Revealed by Cross-disciplinary Studies (symposium organized by S. Kawamura and A. D. Melin)" 12 Sep 2010
Dietary selectivity by white-faced capuchins: how important are colourful fruits?
Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Parr, N. and Kawamura, S.
The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Variation and Evolution of Primate Color Vision Revealed by Cross-disciplinary Studies (symposium organized by S. Kawamura and A. D. Melin)" 12 Sep 2010
A population genetic test of balancing selection for color vision variation in New World monkeys
Kawamura, S., Hiwatashi, T., Okabe, Y., Tsutsui, T., Hiramatsu, C., Melin, A. D., Oota, H., Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F., Fedigan, L. M. and Innan, H.
The 23rd International Primatological Society Congress Kyoto 2010: Symposium "Variation and Evolution of Primate Color Vision Revealed by Cross-disciplinary Studies (symposium organized by S. Kawamura and A. D. Melin)" 12 Sep 2010
Identification of a single enhancer regulating differential expression of duplicated red-sensitive opsin genes in zebrafish
Tsujimura, T., 〇Ashino, R., Hosoya, T. and Kawamura, S.
The 4th International Symposium of the Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University Global COE project "Evolution of Sensor, Communication and Society" 11 Sep 2010
Molecular genetic reevaluation of the uniform-trichromacy hypothesis for howler monkeys
Matsushita, Y., Oota, H., Welker, B. and Kawamura, S.
The 4th International Symposium of the Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University Global COE project "Evolution of Sensor, Communication and Society" 11 Sep 2010
Color vision polymorphism in wild New World monkeys as a model system to understand the adaptive significance of primate color vision[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
The 4th International Symposium of the Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University Global COE project "Evolution of Sensor, Communication and Society" 11 Sep 2010
Testing adaptive significance of primate color vision by behavioral and genetic studies of wild populations of New World monkeys[Invited]
Kawamura, S.
International Symposium on Biodiversity Sciences (ISBDS) 2010 "Genome, Evolution and Environment" 31 Jul 2010
An evolutionary analysis of the NOD2 gene associated with Crohn's disease
Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Kidd, J. R., Kidd, K. K., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2010 4 Jul 2010
Evolution of cis- and trans-acting factors in the regulation of duplicated opsin genes in zebrafish
Tsujimura, T., Masuda, R., Matsumoto, Y., Hosoya, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H. and Kawamura, S.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2010 4 Jul 2010
Invertebrate Foraging by Costa Rican Capuchin Monkeys: Testing Predicted Sex Differences in Relation to Color Vision Variation
Melin, A. D., Fedigan, L. M., Young, H. and Kawamura, S.
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists 16 Jun 2010
A study of functional differences between alleles in P450 genes for medaka fish
Katsumura, T., Oda, S., Mitani, H., Kawamura, S. and Oota, H.
Genetics 2010: Model Organisms to Human Biology 12 Jun 2010
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "Cellular Sensors" (21026007)
Project Year: Apr 2009 - Mar 2011 Investigator(s): Shoji KAWAMURA
視覚オプシンの遺伝子重複と重複オプシン遺伝子間の吸収波長の分化及び発現パターンの分化は視覚系進化の重要なステップである。しかし、発現パターンの分化のメカニズムの理解は吸収波長の分化のメカニズムに比べて非常に遅れている。ゼブラフィッシュ(Danio rerio)は2つの赤型錐体オプシン遺伝子LWS-1とLWS-2を持つ。これらはゲノム中で順方向に隣接して並んでおり、共に網膜の複錐体長形細胞(long member of double cones(LDCs))に特異的に発現している。網膜の中央...
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "Comparative Genomics" (20017008)
Project Year: Apr 2008 - Mar 2010 Investigator(s): Shoji KAWAMURA
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (19207018)
Project Year: Apr 2007 - Mar 2010 Investigator(s): Shoji KAWAMURA
Color vision is an important characteristic of primates and Neotropical monkeys are highly polymorphic for this trait. We have conducted a field study on spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) inhabiting Santa Ros...
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (18370009)
Project Year: Apr 2006 - Mar 2009 Investigator(s): Masakado KAWATA
本研究では、グッピー(Poecilia reticulata)の赤型オプシン遺伝子の維持気候の解明に向けて研究を行った。この研究によってグッピーの視物質遺伝子をすべて同定し、LWS-B, C. D以外の吸収波長を特定した。さらに、沖縄に生息する移入個体を用いて、光感受性を調べる行動実験を行い、LWS-BとLWS-Cから同定できる遺伝子型の違いが緑波長領域の感受性の違いに影響を与えていることが示された。また、グッピー原産地のトリニダッド2集団の個体をLWS-BとLWS-Aの配列を決定し、集団...
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (16405015)
Project Year: Apr 2004 - Mar 2007 Investigator(s): Shoji KAWAMURA
Color vision polymorphism in New World monkeys results from allelic variation of the single-locus middle-to-long-wave-sensitive (M/LWS) opsin gene residing on the X-chromosome. This polymorphism is trans-specific, and thus generally believed to be...
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (12440243)
Project Year: Apr 2000 - Mar 2003 Investigator(s): Shoji KAWAMURA
Vertebrate visual pigments can be classified into five classes : RH1, SWS1, SWS2, RH2, and LWS. Only primates and bony fish are known to have sub-categories of pigments under the classes, presumably reflecting their photo-environmental adaptation....
Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MESSC): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (09554056)
Project Year: Apr 1997 - Mar 2000 Investigator(s): Shoji KAWAMURA
We have constructed cDNA libraries from immortalized cell lines of lymphocytes or fibroblasts isolated from the following 14 species of primates : Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus, Hylobates syndactylus, Hylobates con...
Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MESSC): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (09440282)
Project Year: Apr 1997 - Mar 1999 Investigator(s): Momoki HIRAI
The evolution and phylogeny of the Tarsier (Genus Tarsius) have long been controvertial. In the present study, we attempted to perform molecular cytogenetic studies to explore the phylogenetic position of this genus. We cultured blood cell lymphoc...
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