Kenji Matsuura, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Kyoto University, Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan 
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2023 Wu Y, Chen J, Takata M, Matsuura K. Maternal determination of soldier proportion and paternal determination of soldier sex ratio in hybrid Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) termite colonies. Plos One. 18: e0293096. PMID 37917766 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293096  0.753
2023 Nozaki T, Tasaki E, Matsuura K. Cell type specific polyploidization in the royal fat body of termite queens. Zoological Letters. 9: 20. PMID 37821917 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00217-6  0.735
2023 Takata M, Yabe K, Noro T, Mizote S, Konishi T, Tasaki E, Matsuura K. A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions. Die Naturwissenschaften. 110: 35. PMID 37458826 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-023-01865-6  0.768
2023 Tasaki E, Mitaka Y, Takahashi Y, Waliullah ASM, Tamannaa Z, Sakamoto T, Islam A, Kamiya M, Sato T, Aramaki S, Kikushima K, Horikawa M, Nakamura K, Kahyo T, Takata M, ... ... Matsuura K, et al. The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity. Pnas Nexus. 2: pgad222. PMID 37457894 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222  0.751
2023 Ishibashi T, Waliullah ASM, Aramaki S, Kamiya M, Kahyo T, Nakamura K, Tasaki E, Takata M, Setou M, Matsuura K. Plastic brain structure changes associated with the division of labour and ageing in termites. Development, Growth & Differentiation. PMID 37357446 DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12873  0.726
2023 Takata M, Konishi T, Nagai S, Wu Y, Nozaki T, Tasaki E, Matsuura K. Discovery of an underground chamber to protect kings and queens during winter in temperate termites. Scientific Reports. 13: 8809. PMID 37258652 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36035-1  0.749
2023 Takata M, Nagai S, Inagaki T, Ohkubo Y, Tasaki E, Matsuura K. Heritable effects on caste determination and colony-level sex allocation in termites under field conditions. Iscience. 26: 106207. PMID 36876124 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106207  0.777
2023 Konishi T, Tasaki E, Takata M, Matsuura K. King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 290: 20221942. PMID 36598016 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1942  0.776
2021 Tamaki C, Takata M, Matsuura K. The lose-to-win strategy of the weak: intraspecific parasitism via egg abduction in a termite. Biology Letters. 17: 20210540. PMID 34932926 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0540  0.762
2021 Nozaki T, Matsuura K. Oocyte resorption in termite queens: Seasonal dynamics and controlling factors. Journal of Insect Physiology. 131: 104242. PMID 33845091 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104242  0.308
2021 Tasaki E, Takata M, Matsuura K. Why and how do termite kings and queens live so long? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 376: 20190740. PMID 33678028 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0740  0.771
2020 Mitaka Y, Matsuura K. Age-Dependent Increase in Soldier Pheromone of the Termite Reticulitermes speratus. Journal of Chemical Ecology. PMID 32440722 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-020-01182-6  0.344
2020 Mitaka Y, Matsuyama S, Mizumoto N, Matsuura K, Akino T. Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Scientific Reports. 10: 7424. PMID 32366829 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-64388-4  0.341
2020 Tasaki E, Komagata Y, Inagaki T, Matsuura K. Reproduction deep inside wood: a low O and high CO environment promotes egg production by termite queens. Biology Letters. 16: 20200049. PMID 32264784 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2020.0049  0.752
2020 Inagaki T, Yanagihara S, Fuchikawa T, Matsuura K. Gut microbial pulse provides nutrition for parental provisioning in incipient termite colonies Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74: 1-11. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-020-02843-Y  0.386
2020 Takata M, Inagaki T, Ishibashi T, Tasaki E, Matsuura K. A non-invasive method for sexing first and second instar larvae of termites using external morphology Insectes Sociaux. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-020-00785-2  0.724
2019 Nozaki T, Matsuura K. Evolutionary relationship of fat body endoreduplication and queen fecundity in termites. Ecology and Evolution. 9: 11684-11694. PMID 31695878 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.5664  0.369
2019 Otsuki T, Uka D, Ito H, Ichinose G, Nii M, Morita S, Sakamoto T, Nishiko M, Tabunoki H, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K, Iwabuchi K, Yoshimura J. Mass killing by female soldier larvae is adaptive for the killed male larvae in a polyembryonic wasp. Scientific Reports. 9: 7357. PMID 31089143 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-43643-3  0.381
2019 Mitaka Y, Mori N, Matsuura K. A termite fungistatic compound, mellein, inhibits entomopathogenic fungi but not egg-mimicking termite ball fungi Applied Entomology and Zoology. 54: 39-46. DOI: 10.1007/S13355-018-0589-1  0.323
2018 Eyer PA, Matsuura K, Vargo EL, Kobayashi K, Yashiro T, Suehiro W, Himuro C, Yokoi T, Guénard B, Dunn RR, Tsuji K. Inbreeding tolerance as a pre-adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis. Molecular Ecology. PMID 30368959 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.14910  0.337
2018 Tasaki E, Mitaka Y, Nozaki T, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K, Iuchi Y. High expression of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 in long-lived termite kings. Aging. PMID 30312170 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101578  0.725
2018 Inagaki T, Matsuura K. Extended mutualism between termites and gut microbes: nutritional symbionts contribute to nest hygiene. Die Naturwissenschaften. 105: 52. PMID 30291510 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-018-1580-Y  0.572
2018 Yashiro T, Lo N, Kobayashi K, Nozaki T, Fuchikawa T, Mizumoto N, Namba Y, Matsuura K. Loss of males from mixed-sex societies in termites. Bmc Biology. 16: 96. PMID 30249269 DOI: 10.1186/S12915-018-0563-Y  0.416
2018 Mitaka Y, Tasaki E, Nozaki T, Fuchikawa T, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K. Transcriptomic analysis of epigenetic modification genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. Insect Science. PMID 30203565 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12640  0.74
2018 Tasaki E, Matsuura K, Iuchi Y. Hypoxia adaptation in termites: hypoxic conditions enhance survival and reproductive activity in royals. Insect Molecular Biology. 27: 808-814. PMID 29989656 DOI: 10.1111/Imb.12519  0.767
2018 Matsuura K, Mizumoto N, Kobayashi K, Nozaki T, Fujita T, Yashiro T, Fuchikawa T, Mitaka Y, Vargo EL. A Genomic Imprinting Model of Termite Caste Determination: Not Genetic but Epigenetic Inheritance Influences Offspring Caste Fate. The American Naturalist. 191: 677-690. PMID 29750562 DOI: 10.1086/697238  0.36
2018 Tasaki E, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K, Iuchi Y. Long-Lived Termite Queens Exhibit High Cu/Zn-Superoxide Dismutase Activity. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2018: 5127251. PMID 29636846 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5127251  0.72
2018 Yanagihara S, Suehiro W, Mitaka Y, Matsuura K. Age-based soldier polyethism: old termite soldiers take more risks than young soldiers. Biology Letters. 14. PMID 29514993 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2018.0025  0.301
2018 Nozaki T, Yashiro T, Matsuura K. Preadaptation for asexual queen succession: queen tychoparthenogenesis produces neotenic queens in the termite Reticulitermes okinawanus Insectes Sociaux. 65: 225-231. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-018-0603-1  0.403
2018 Kusaka A, Matsuura K. Allee effect in termite colony formation: influence of alate density and flight timing on pairing success and survivorship Insectes Sociaux. 65: 17-24. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-017-0580-9  0.308
2017 Suehiro W, Hyodo F, Tanaka HO, Himuro C, Yokoi T, Dobata S, Guénard B, Dunn RR, Vargo EL, Tsuji K, Matsuura K. Radiocarbon analysis reveals expanded diet breadth associates with the invasion of a predatory ant. Scientific Reports. 7: 15016. PMID 29101347 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-017-15105-1  0.308
2017 Mitaka Y, Mori N, Matsuura K. Multi-functional roles of a soldier-specific volatile as a worker arrestant, primer pheromone and an antimicrobial agent in a termite. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 284. PMID 28747483 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2017.1134  0.333
2017 Tasaki E, Sakurai H, Nitao M, Matsuura K, Iuchi Y. Uric acid, an important antioxidant contributing to survival in termites. Plos One. 12: e0179426. PMID 28609463 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0179426  0.739
2017 Mitaka Y, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K. Caste-, sex-, and age-dependent expression of immune-related genes in a Japanese subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus. Plos One. 12: e0175417. PMID 28410430 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0175417  0.342
2017 Tasaki E, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K, Iuchi Y. An Efficient Antioxidant System in a Long-Lived Termite Queen. Plos One. 12: e0167412. PMID 28076409 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0167412  0.766
2017 Matsuura K. Evolution of the asexual queen succession system and its underlying mechanisms in termites. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 220: 63-72. PMID 28057829 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.142547  0.4
2016 Mitaka Y, Kobayashi K, Mikheyev A, Tin MM, Watanabe Y, Matsuura K. Caste-Specific and Sex-Specific Expression of Chemoreceptor Genes in a Termite. Plos One. 11: e0146125. PMID 26760975 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0146125  0.363
2016 Nozaki T, Matsuura K. Termite queens have disproportionately more DNA in their fat body cells: reproductive division of labor and endoreduplication Entomological Science. 19: 67-71. DOI: 10.1111/Ens.12156  0.353
2016 Mizumoto N, Yashiro T, Matsuura K. Male same-sex pairing as an adaptive strategy for future reproduction in termites Animal Behaviour. 119: 179-187. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2016.07.007  0.387
2016 Inagaki T, Matsuura K. Colony-dependent sex differences in protozoan communities of the lower termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Ecological Research. 31: 749-755. DOI: 10.1007/S11284-016-1387-2  0.384
2015 Mizumoto N, Kobayashi K, Matsuura K. Emergence of intercolonial variation in termite shelter tube patterns and prediction of its underlying mechanism. Royal Society Open Science. 2: 150360. PMID 26715997 DOI: 10.1098/Rsos.150360  0.353
2015 Matsuura K, Matsunaga T. Antifungal activity of a termite queen pheromone against egg-mimicking termite ball fungi Ecological Research. 30: 93-100. DOI: 10.1007/S11284-014-1213-7  0.324
2015 Suehiro W, Matsuura K. Queen pheromone promotes production of salivary lysozyme by workers in a termite Insectes Sociaux. 62: 193-198. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-015-0396-4  0.402
2014 Yashiro T, Matsuura K. Termite queens close the sperm gates of eggs to switch from sexual to asexual reproduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: 17212-7. PMID 25404335 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1412481111  0.404
2014 Asanuma H, Kakishima S, Ito H, Kobayashi K, Hasegawa E, Asami T, Matsuura K, Roff DA, Yoshimura J. Evolutionary optimality in sex differences of longevity and athletic performances. Scientific Reports. 4: 5425. PMID 24958071 DOI: 10.1038/Srep05425  0.372
2013 Kobayashi K, Hasegawa E, Yamamoto Y, Kawatsu K, Vargo EL, Yoshimura J, Matsuura K. Sex ratio biases in termites provide evidence for kin selection. Nature Communications. 4: 2048. PMID 23807025 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms3048  0.349
2013 Kawatsu K, Matsuura K. Preadaptation for parthenogenetic colony foundation in subterranean termites Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Journal of Ethology. 31: 123-128. DOI: 10.1007/S10164-012-0356-7  0.401
2013 Mizumoto N, Matsuura K. Colony-specific architecture of shelter tubes by termites Insectes Sociaux. 60: 525-530. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-013-0319-1  0.361
2012 Matsuura K. Multifunctional queen pheromone and maintenance of reproductive harmony in termite colonies. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38: 746-54. PMID 22623152 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-012-0137-3  0.414
2012 Vargo EL, Labadie PE, Matsuura K. Asexual queen succession in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes virginicus. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 279: 813-9. PMID 21831899 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2011.1030  0.402
2012 Yamamoto Y, Kobayashi T, Matsuura K. The lack of chiral specificity in a termite queen pheromone Physiological Entomology. 37: 192-195. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-3032.2011.00806.X  0.359
2012 Yamamoto Y, Matsuura K. Genetic influence on caste determination underlying the asexual queen succession system in a termite Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 66: 39-46. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-011-1249-4  0.401
2011 Yamamoto Y, Matsuura K. Queen pheromone regulates egg production in a termite. Biology Letters. 7: 727-9. PMID 21543395 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2011.0353  0.407
2011 Himuro C, Yokoi T, Matsuura K. Queen-specific volatile in a higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 57: 962-5. PMID 21540033 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jinsphys.2011.04.012  0.394
2011 Matsuura K, Yamamoto Y. Workers do not mediate the inhibitory power of queens in a termite, Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) Insectes Sociaux. 58: 513-518. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-011-0170-1  0.394
2011 Yashiro T, Matsuura K, Tanaka C. Genetic diversity of termite-egg mimicking fungi “termite balls” within the nests of termites Insectes Sociaux. 58: 57-64. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-010-0116-Z  0.386
2010 Matsuura K, Himuro C, Yokoi T, Yamamoto Y, Vargo EL, Keller L. Identification of a pheromone regulating caste differentiation in termites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107: 12963-8. PMID 20615972 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1004675107  0.431
2010 Matsuura K, Yashiro T. Parallel evolution of termite-egg mimicry by sclerotium-forming fungi in distant termite groups Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 531-537. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2010.01444.X  0.375
2010 Matsuura K, Kobayashi N. Termite queens adjust egg size according to colony development Behavioral Ecology. 21: 1018-1023. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arq101  0.403
2009 Matsuura K, Vargo EL, Kawatsu K, Labadie PE, Nakano H, Yashiro T, Tsuji K. Queen succession through asexual reproduction in termites. Science (New York, N.Y.). 323: 1687. PMID 19325106 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1169702  0.394
2009 Matsuura K, Yashiro T, Shimizu K, Tatsumi S, Tamura T. Cuckoo fungus mimics termite eggs by producing the cellulose-digesting enzyme beta-glucosidase. Current Biology : Cb. 19: 30-6. PMID 19110429 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2008.11.030  0.338
2008 Husseneder C, Powell JE, Grace JK, Vargo EL, Matsuura K. Worker size in the formosan subterranean termite in relation to colony breeding structure as inferred from molecular markers. Environmental Entomology. 37: 400-8. PMID 18419912 DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[400:Wsitfs]2.0.Co;2  0.304
2007 Matsuura K, Tamura T, Kobayashi N, Yashiro T, Tatsumi S. The antibacterial protein lysozyme identified as the termite egg recognition pheromone. Plos One. 2: e813. PMID 17726543 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0000813  0.408
2007 Yashiro T, Matsuura K. Distribution and Phylogenetic Analysis of Termite Egg-Mimicking Fungi “Termite Balls” in Reticulitermes Termites Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 100: 532-538. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[532:Dapaot]2.0.Co;2  0.31
2007 Matsuura K, Kobayashi N. Size, hatching rate, and hatching period of sexually and asexually produced eggs in the facultatively parthenogenetic termite Reticulitermes speratus(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Applied Entomology and Zoology. 42: 241-246. DOI: 10.1303/Aez.2007.241  0.367
2007 Matsuura K, Kobayashi N, Yashiro T. Seasonal patterns of egg production in field colonies of the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Population Ecology. 49: 179-183. DOI: 10.1007/S10144-006-0030-4  0.372
2006 Matsuura K, Yashiro T. Aphid egg protection by ants: a novel aspect of the mutualism between the tree-feeding aphid Stomaphis hirukawai and its attendant ant Lasius productus. Die Naturwissenschaften. 93: 506-10. PMID 16850309 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-006-0136-8  0.398
2006 Matsuura K. Termite-egg mimicry by a sclerotium-forming fungus. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 273: 1203-9. PMID 16720392 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2005.3434  0.396
2006 Matsuura K. Early Emergence of Males in the Termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Protandry as a Side Effect of Sexual Size Dimorphism Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99: 625-628. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[625:Eeomit]2.0.Co;2  0.378
2006 Matsuura K. A novel hypothesis for the origin of the sexual division of labor in termites: which sex should be soldiers? Evolutionary Ecology. 20: 565-574. DOI: 10.1007/S10682-006-9117-9  0.368
2004 Matsuura K, Fujimoto M, Goka K. Sexual and asexual colony foundation and the mechanism of facultative parthenogenesis in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) Insectes Sociaux. 51: 325-332. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-004-0746-0  0.364
2002 Matsuura K, Kuno E, Nishida T. Homosexual tandem running as selfish herd in Reticulitermes speratus: novel antipredatory behavior in termites. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 214: 63-70. PMID 11786032 DOI: 10.1006/Jtbi.2001.2447  0.368
2002 Matsuura K. A Test of the Haplodiploid Analogy Hypothesis in the Termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 95: 646-649. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0646:Atotha]2.0.Co;2  0.353
2002 Matsuura K, Nishida T. Mechanism, induction factors, and adaptive significance of dealation in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) Insectes Sociaux. 49: 241-244. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-002-8308-9  0.309
2002 Matsuura K, Fujimoto M, Goka K, Nishida T. Cooperative colony foundation by termite female pairs: altruism for survivorship in incipient colonies Animal Behaviour. 64: 167-173. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2002.3062  0.374
2001 Matsuura K, Nishida T. Comparison of colony foundation success between sexual pairs and female asexual units in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Population Ecology. 43: 119-124. DOI: 10.1007/Pl00012022  0.359
2001 Matsuura K, Nishida T. Colony fusion in a termite: What makes the society "open"? Insectes Sociaux. 48: 378-383. DOI: 10.1007/Pl00001795  0.357
2000 Matsuura K, Tanaka C, Nishida T. Symbiosis of a termite and a sclerotium‐forming fungus: Sclerotia mimic termite eggs Ecological Research. 15: 405-414. DOI: 10.1046/J.1440-1703.2000.00361.X  0.377
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