Publications

Recent peer-reviewed Articles (* corresponding author)

2024

  • Sato, A*., Mihirogi, Y., Wood, C., Suzuki, Y., Truebano, T., Bishop, J.

Heterogeneity in maternal provision within clutches of eggs in response to thermal stress during the embryonic stage. BMC Ecology and Evolution in press.

  • Moulton, D. M., Aubert-Kato, N., Sato, A.

A multi-scale computational framework for the development of spines in molluscan shells. PLoS Computational Biology in press

2023

  • Sato, A*.

Two sister species of Ciona are not just complex but wonderful: a study of maternal mRNA to safeguard life on earth. Genesis 2023; e23555.

2022

  • Sato, A*., Oba, GM., Aubert-Kato, N., Bishop, J. D. D.

Co-expression gene network analysis of environmental canalization in the ascidian Ciona.  BMC Ecology and Evolution 22:53.

2021

  • Satou, Y.†, Sato, A.†, Yasuo, H†., Mihirogi, Y., Bishop, J. D. D., Fujie, M., Kawamitsu, M., Hisata, K., Satoh, N.

Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms in two sympatric ascidian lineages.  – Genome Biology and Evolution 13: evab068. (†co-first authors)

2019

  • Hughes S, Vrinds I, de Roo J, Franck C, Shimeld SM, Woollard A, Sato A*. 

DnaJ chaperones contribute to canalization. – Journal of Experimental Zoology  2019: 331: 201-212.

2018

  • Sato A*

Chaperones, canalization and evolution of animal forms. – International Journal of Molecular Science 19(10): 3029

2015

  • Sato A* , Kawashima T, Fujie M, Hughes S, Satoh N, Shimeld S.

Molecular basis of canalization in an ascidian species complex adapted to different thermal conditions. – Scientific Reports 5: 16717
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  • Simakov O, Kawashima T, Marletaz F,  Jenkins J, Koyanagi R, Mitros T, Hisata K,  Bredeson J, Shoguchi E, Gyoja F, Yue J-X, Freeman B, Peshkin L, Sasaki A, Hikosaka-Katayama T, Sato A, Fujie M, Baughman K, Levine J, Gonzalez P, Cameron C Humphreys T, Su Y-H, Putnam N, Schmutz J, Fujiyama A, Yu J-K, Tagawa K, Worley KC, Kirschner M, Lowe CJ, Satoh N, Rokhsar DS, Gerhart J.

Hemichordate genomes and deuterostome origins.  – Nature 527: 459-65
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  • Pennati R, Ficetola F, Brunetti R, Caicci F, Gasparini F, Griggio F, Sato A, Stach T, Kaul-Strehlow S, Gissi C, Manni L.

Morphological differences between larvae of the Ciona intestinalis species complex: hints for a valid taxonomic definition of distinct species. – PLoS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122879pubmed

2014

  • Sato A*, Shimeld S M and Bishop J D D

Symmetrical reproductive compatibility of two species in the Ciona intestinalis(Ascidiacea) species complex, a model for marine genomics and developmental biology. Zoological Science, 31 (6) 369-374pubmed

2012

 

  • Sato A*, Satoh N and Bishop J D D

Field identification of ‘types’ A and B of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis in a region of sympatry. Marine Biology, 159: 1611-1619pubmed

2009

 

  • Sato A*, White-Cooper H, Doggett K & Holland P W H*

Degenerate evolution of the hedgehog gene in a hemichordate lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 106: 7491- 4 (2009)pubmed

2008

  • Sato A* and Holland P W H

Asymmetry in a pterobranch hemichordate and the evolution of left-right patterning. Developmental Dynamics 237: 3634-9 (2008)pubmed

  • Sato A*, Rickards R B and Holland P W H

The origins of graptolites and other pterobranchs: a journey from ‘Polyzoa’. Lethaia 41: 303-316 (2008)pubmed

  • Sato A*, Bishop J D D and Holland P W H

Developmental biology of pterobranch hemichordates: history and perspectives. Genesis 46: 587-91 (2008)
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  • Sato A*

Seasonal reproductive activity in the pterobranch hemichordate Rhabdopleura compacta. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the UK, 88, 1033-1041 (2008)

  • Shibata, T F, Sato A, Oji T, & Akasaka K.

Development and growth of the feather star Oxycomanthus japonicus through to the sexual maturity. Zoological Science 25 : 1075-1083 (2008)pubmed