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42巻6号掲載予定の2論文、43巻1号掲載予定の1論文が早期公開されました。

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Vol. 42, No. 6

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION

Occurrence of 12 Acoela Species in the Seto Inland Sea
Akira Hikosaka, Ayane Nishimoto, Noriyo Takeda, Tomoe Hikosaka-Katayama
Zoological Science 42 (6), (4 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs240106
KEYWORDS: Acoela, Acoelomorpha, Xenacoelomorpha, Seto Inland Sea, DNA
barcoding, molecular phylogeny

Diversity of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Region in the Japanese
Population of the Oriental Stork
Yui Murakami, Takuro Atsumi, Kazuaki Naito, Shiro Sagawa, Norihide
Yokoi, Hiroaki Iwaisaki, Yukio Taniguchi
Zoological Science 42 (6), (4 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250031
KEYWORDS: Oriental Stork, major histocompatibility complex (MHC),
genetic diversity, endangered species, conservation genomics

Vol. 43, No. 1

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Contribution of Fat-Signaling and Crumbs-Expanded Modules to Exaggerated
Growth of Weaponized Mandible in a Stag Beetle and Its Evolutionary
Implications
Yasuhiko Chikami, Taisei Ashimori, Yoshio Ito, Itsuki Ohtsu, Kanta
Sugiura, Hiroki Gotoh
Zoological Science 43 (1), (4 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250047
KEYWORDS: Dorcus rectus, exaggerated trait, morphogenesis, proximodistal
axis, weapon trait

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