| The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution CT Amemiya, J Alföldi, AP Lee, S Fan, H Philippe, I MacCallum, I Braasch, ... Nature 496 (7445), 311-316, 2013 | 547 | 2013 |
| Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution JJ Smith, S Kuraku, C Holt, T Sauka-Spengler, N Jiang, MS Campbell, ... Nature genetics 45 (4), 415-421, 2013 | 532 | 2013 |
| The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan Z Wang, J Pascual-Anaya, A Zadissa, W Li, Y Niimura, Z Huang, C Li, ... Nature genetics 45 (6), 701-706, 2013 | 312 | 2013 |
| Timing of genome duplications relative to the origin of the vertebrates: did cyclostomes diverge before or after? S Kuraku, A Meyer, S Kuratani Molecular biology and evolution 26 (1), 47-59, 2009 | 277 | 2009 |
| aLeaves facilitates on-demand exploration of metazoan gene family trees on MAFFT sequence alignment server with enhanced interactivity S Kuraku, CM Zmasek, O Nishimura, K Katoh Nucleic acids research 41 (W1), W22-W28, 2013 | 266 | 2013 |
| Hagfish embryology with reference to the evolution of the neural crest KG Ota, S Kuraku, S Kuratani Nature 446 (7136), 672-675, 2007 | 188 | 2007 |
| Rapid evolution and selection inferred from the transcriptomes of sympatric crater lake cichlid fishes KR Elmer, S Fan, HM Gunter, JC Jones, S Boekhoff, S Kuraku, A Meyer Molecular ecology 19, 197-211, 2010 | 174 | 2010 |
| Time scale for cyclostome evolution inferred with a phylogenetic diagnosis of hagfish and lamprey cDNA sequences S Kuraku, S Kuratani Zoological science 23 (12), 1053-1064, 2006 | 170 | 2006 |
| Monophyly of lampreys and hagfishes supported by nuclear DNA–coded genes S Kuraku, D Hoshiyama, K Katoh, H Suga, T Miyata Journal of molecular evolution 49 (6), 729-735, 1999 | 133 | 1999 |
| Tissue preferential expression of estrogen receptor gene in the marine snail, Thais clavigera M Kajiwara, S Kuraku, T Kurokawa, K Kato, S Toda, H Hirose, ... General and comparative endocrinology 148 (3), 315-326, 2006 | 123 | 2006 |
| Lamprey as an evo‐devo model: lessons from comparative embryology and molecular phylogenetics S Kuratani, S Kuraku, Y Murakami genesis 34 (3), 175-183, 2002 | 119 | 2002 |
| Basal jawed vertebrate phylogeny inferred from multiple nuclear DNA-coded genes K Kikugawa, K Katoh, S Kuraku, H Sakurai, O Ishida, N Iwabe, T Miyata BMC biology 2 (1), 3, 2004 | 116 | 2004 |
| Lamprey Hox genes and the evolution of jaws Y Takio, M Pasqualetti, S Kuraku, S Hirano, FM Rijli, S Kuratani Nature 429 (6989), 622-622, 2004 | 116 | 2004 |
| The evolution and maintenance of Hox gen in vertebrates and the teleost-specific genome duplication S Kuraku, A Meyer International Journal of Developmental Biology 53 (5/6), 765-773, 2009 | 111 | 2009 |
| Craniofacial development of hagfishes and the evolution of vertebrates Y Oisi, KG Ota, S Kuraku, S Fujimoto, S Kuratani Nature 493 (7431), 175-180, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Comprehensive survey of carapacial ridge‐specific genes in turtle implies co‐option of some regulatory genes in carapace evolution S Kuraku, R Usuda, S Kuratani Evolution & development 7 (1), 3-17, 2005 | 98 | 2005 |
| gVolante for standardizing completeness assessment of genome and transcriptome assemblies O Nishimura, Y Hara, S Kuraku Bioinformatics 33 (22), 3635-3637, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Development of the adenohypophysis in the lamprey: evolution of epigenetic patterning programs in organogenesis K Uchida, Y Murakami, S Kuraku, S Hirano, S Kuratani Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2003 | 81 | 2003 |
| Hox gene expression patterns in Lethenteron japonicum embryos—insights into the evolution of the vertebrate Hox code Y Takio, S Kuraku, Y Murakami, M Pasqualetti, FM Rijli, Y Narita, ... Developmental biology 308 (2), 606-620, 2007 | 78 | 2007 |
| Evolution of oropharyngeal patterning mechanisms involving Dlx and endothelins in vertebrates S Kuraku, Y Takio, F Sugahara, M Takechi, S Kuratani Developmental biology 341 (1), 315-323, 2010 | 74 | 2010 |
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