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Vol. 42, No. 6
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Lineage-Specific Gene Expansion and Atypical Expression Pattern of
Feminizing Gene Transformer in Stag Beetles
Itsuki Ohtsu, Hayato Kondo, Yasuhiko Chikami, Hideo Dohra, Hiroki Gotoh
Zoological Science 42 (6), (10 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250011
KEYWORDS: gene duplication, sex-specific splicing, Lucanidae,
Coleoptera, sex differentiation
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ECOLOGY
Condition-Dependent Feather Color Change and Condition-Independent
Pheomelanin Loss in the Barn Swallow
Masaru Hasegawa, Emi Arai, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Zoological Science 42 (6), (10 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250036
animal coloration, plumage ornamentation, seasonal feather
color change, pheomelanin-based coloration, sexual signal
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: TAXONOMY
Black-And-White Disruptive Coloration May be Convergent: A New Species
of Melita (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Japan
Ko Tomikawa, Shigeyuki Yamato, Hiroyuki Ariyama
Zoological Science 42 (6), (10 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250074
KEYWORDS: intertidal zone, molecular phylogeny, morphology, subtidal
zone, systematics, taxonomy, Osaka, Wakayama
Morphological and Molecular Analyses of Cladonema cf. Californicum
(Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) from China
Xin-Yu Fang, Shen Lin, Xiao-Peng Zhong, Xu-Lin Zhang, Yu-Ting Zhang,
Jian-Ming Chen, Kong-Lin Zhou
Zoological Science 42 (6), (13 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs240009
KEYWORDS: Cladonematidae, taxonomy, DNA barcoding, 16S rRNA, COI
Vol. 43, No. 1
REVIEWS
Homology, Recapitulation, and Experimental Embryology: Paths and Meaning
of Current Evo-Devo
Shigeru Kuratani
Zoological Science 43 (1), (10 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250052
KEYWORDS: recapitulation theory, palingenesis, caenogenesis,
Archallaxis, EvoDevo
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Canonical Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Promotes Pelvic Fin Bud Initiation in
Zebrafish
Yusaku Nakamura, Asato Irifune, Toru Kawanishi, Mikiko Tanaka
Zoological Science 43 (1), (10 November 2025)
https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250054
KEYWORDS: Wnt/β-catenin signaling, lateral plate mesoderm, pelvic fin,
hindlimb, zebrafish
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