Publications

Recent peer-reviewed Articles (* corresponding author)

2025

  • Nydam, M., Gamble, D., Gordon T., Hiebert, L.S, Hutchings, B., Liberti, A., Mondal, J., Moody, K., Olhasso, M., Popsuj, S., Sato, A., Unal, F. N. O., Gregorio, A.D.

The Second International Symposium on Women in Tunicate Biology. https://doi: 10.1002/dvg.70028.

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 24: 21

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

A multi-scale computational framework for the development of spines in molluscan shells. PLoS Computational Biology 20: e1011835. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011835

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