Publications by authors named "Yasushi Kunihiro"
Nucleotide sequence variation of mitochondrial DNA COI and nuclear rRNA gene regions was used to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships for the red-snow-crab species complex, including the red snow crab, Chionoecetes japonicus, its nominal subspecies, C. japonicus pacificus, and the triangle tanner crab, C. angulatus.
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- Researchers studied the genetic variation and population structure of hair crabs (Erimacrus isenbeckii) by analyzing a segment of the mitochondrial COI gene from 20 samples collected across Japan and Korea.
- They identified 27 different haplotypes based on 23 variable nucleotide sites and found significant genetic differences between samples from the Pacific Ocean near Hokkaido and the Sea of Japan.
- The findings indicate a moderate population structure for hair crabs, likely affected by high gene flow from larval dispersal influenced by sea currents.