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Vol. 43, No. 1
REVIEWS
Beyond Individuality: Developmental and Evolutionary Deviations in Animal Body Plans Toru Miura, Kohei Oguchi Zoological Science 43 (1), (18 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250076
KEYWORDS: bilaterian, body plan, coloniality, Eusociality, individuality, superorganism
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Non-Contiguous and Multi-Regional Expression of Pancreas-Related Genes along the Lancelet Gut Haruka Fujiwara, Satoshi Nakayama, Rin Iguchi, Toshio Sekiguchi, Yasunori Sasakura, Masato Kiyomoto, Michio Ogasawara Zoological Science 43 (1), (18 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250035
KEYWORDS: lancelet, gut, pancreas-related genes, ParaHox, gut patterning, gene expression profiling, RNA-Sequencing, gene knockout
Expression Pattern of the Hox Genes in Caprellids That Have Lost Some of Their Thoracic Legs and Abdominal Segments Mizuki Kajino, Yoshiaki Morino, Hiroshi Wada Zoological Science 43 (1), (18 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250057
KEYWORDS: Caprella, Hox, evolution, development, crustacean
Periodic Activity of Gnrh-Expressing Neurons in the Ciona Brain: Insights into the Origin of Neural Crest Derived GnRH Neurons in Vertebrates Nanako Okawa, Atsushi Kuhara, Takehiro G. Kusakabe Zoological Science 43 (1), (18 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250079
KEYWORDS: gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), Ascidian, Ca2+ imaging, neural crest, neuromesodermal progenitors, Ciona intestinalis type A, Ciona robusta
Vol. 43, No. 2
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION
Genetic Diversity in a Mite, Coleolaelaps longisetatus (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), Associated with Polyphylla Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Japan Yuito Obae, Shigenori Karasawa Zoological Science 43 (2), (18 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250038
allopatric distribution, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, haplotype network, phoresis, parapatric distribution, phylogeography
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