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Akagi, T., Fujita, N., Shirasawa, K., Tanaka, H., Nagaki, K., Masuda, K., Horiuchi, A., Kuwada, E., Kawai, K., Kunou, R., Nakamura, K., Ikeda, Y., Toyoda, A., Itoh, T., Ushijima, K., & Charlesworth, D.: Rapid and dynamic evolution of a giant Y chromosome in Silene latifolia.
Science, 387(6734), 637-643. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9074
: Akagi, T., Segawa, T., Uchida, R., Tanaka, H., Shirasawa, K., Yamagishi, N., Yaegashi, H., Natsume, S., Takagi, H., Abe, A., Okuno, M., Toyoda, A., Sato, K., Honniden, Y., Zhang, C., Ushijima, K., Patzak, J., Horáková, L., Bačovský, V., Hobza, R., Charlesworth, D., Itoh, T., & Ono, E.
Evolution and functioning of an X-A balance sex-determining system in hops.
Nature Plants, 11(7), 1339-1352. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02017-6
Aoyagi Blue, Y., Iimura, H., Sato, M. P., & Shirasawa, K.: The impact of telomere-to-telomere genome assembly in the plant pan-genomics era.
Breeding Science, 75(1), 24065. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbs.24065
Aoyagi, Y. B., Shimada, R., Hirakawa, H., Toyoda, A., Toh, H., Isobe, S., Tajima, N., Shirasawa, K., Horiike, T., Fujii, H., Fujiwara, T., Bamba, M., Nakatsuka, T., & Tominaga, A.: Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Gerbera ( Gerbera hybrida ) using HiFi long-read and Hi-C technologies.
DNA Research, 33(1). (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsag002
Hirano, T., Sakamoto, T., Kimura, S., Nakayama, T., Sato, M. P., Shirasawa, K., & Sato, M. H.: CAP peptides artificially induce insect-gall-like growth in different plant species.
Plant and Cell Physiology, 66(8), 1155-1168. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf061
Ikeda, H., Tamura, M., Ohnishi, T., & Shirasawa, K.: Genome-wide analysis of Udai21: Unraveling the genetic basis of superior eating quality in rice.
PLOS One, 20(11), e0324304. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324304
Iki, Y., Harada, I., Ezura, K., Mashita, S., Kuwabara, K., Takei, H., Toyoda, A., Shirasawa, K., & Ariizumi, T.: Multiple fertility restorer loci for cytoplasmic male sterility caused by mitochondrial gene orf137 in tomato.
Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(21), 6520-6526. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf309
Kushino, S., Mizuno, N., Shirasawa, K., Kobayashi, Y., Fujita, Y., Nishimura, K., Ueno, M., Takeuchi, N., Saito, H., Adachi, S., Katsura, K., Hirakawa, H., & Yasui, Y.: Discovery of a novel CYP76AD1-DODA1 gene cluster associated with betalain pigmentation in quinoa.
CYTOLOGIA, 90(4), D-25-00054. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.90.227
Nashima, K., Uemachi, T., Shirasawa, K., Shimizu, A., Takeuchi, T., Obata, T., Isobe, S., Azuma, M., Akutsu, M., Nakazawa, Y., Kodama, M., Namai, K., Kurokura, T., & Suyama, T.: The SEP homologous gene TEMARY regulates inflorescence phenotypes in Hydrangea Macrophylla.
Horticulture Research, 12(3). (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhae332
Sato, M. P., Arafa, R. A., Rakha, M. T., Emeran, A. A., Isobe, S., & Shirasawa, K.: Near-complete telomere-to-telomere de novo genome assembly in Egyptian clover ( Trifolium alexandrinum ).
DNA Research, 32(1). (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsae036
Shirasawa, K., Yoshitake, K., Kondo, H., Kikuchi, S., Koiwai, K., & Fujii, S.: Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Malcolmia littorea using long-read sequencing and single-pollen genotyping technologies.
DNA Research, 33(1). (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsag001
Yoshitake, K., Shirasawa, K., Kojima, K. K., Asakawa, S., Tanaka, N., & Kurokochi, H.: Nearly telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the L. edodes diploid genome.
Fungal Genetics and Biology, 179, 104005. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2025.104005
Ikegami, H., Shirasawa, K., Yakushiji, H., Toyoda, A., Hayashi, T., Yabe, S., Mori, K., Hirata, C., Nogata, H., & Tashiro, K.: Genome-wide association studies using chromosome-scale genomes of male and female lines redefines two sex-linked loci in linkage disequilibrium in Ficus carica L.
Scientia Horticulturae, 336, 113424. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113424
Jayakodi, M., Lu, Q., Pidon, H., Rabanus-Wallace, M. T., Bayer, M., Lux, T., Guo, Y., Jaegle, B., Badea, A., Bekele, W., Brar, G. S., Braune, K., Bunk, B., Chalmers, K. J., Chapman, B., Jørgensen, M. E., Feng, J.-W., Feser, M., Fiebig, A., ... Stein, N.: Structural variation in the pangenome of wild and domesticated barley.
Nature, 636(8043), 654-662. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08187-1
Kobayashi, Y., Hirakawa, H., Shirasawa, K., Nishimura, K., Fujii, K., Oros, R., Almanza, G. R., Nagatoshi, Y., Yasui, Y., & Fujita, Y.: Chromosome-level genome assemblies for two quinoa inbred lines from northern and southern highlands of Altiplano where quinoa originated.
Frontiers in Plant Science, 15. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1434388