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The following five papers scheduled for publication in Volume 40, Issue 3 have been released as early access.

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Vol. 40, No. 3

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cloning and Characterization of Cyp7a1 and Cyp27a1 Genes from the Non-Parasitic Japanese Lamprey Lethenteron reissneri
Mayako Morii, Taku Hebiguchi, Ryo Watanabe, Hiroaki Yoshino, Yoshihiro Mezaki
Zoological Science 40 (3), (10 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220072
KEYWORDS: lamprey, cytochrome P450, cDNA cloning, metamorphosis, intracellular localization

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION

Landscape Genetic Analysis for the Japanese Wild Boar in the Early Expanding Stage in the Hokuriku Region of Japan
Yuji Yamazaki, Daisuke Shimizu, Takumi Watanabe
Zoological Science 40 (3), (10 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220082
KEYWORDS: alpine mountains, expansion, isolation by resistance, MaxEnt, multiple origin

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: MORPHOLOGY

Contrasting Size Distributions among the Wing Spots of a Pierid Butterfly Suggest Different Selective Histories
Yoshiaki Obara, Ronald Rutowski
Zoological Science 40 (3), (10 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220087
KEYWORDS: butterfly, SPOT, variance, evolution, selection

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ECOLOGY

Host Size Selection in the Ectoparasite Tachaea chinensis (Isopoda: Corallanidae) under Laboratory Conditions
Al-Wahaibi Mohamed Khalfan, Shotaro Tani, Abdelgayed Younes, Hidetoshi Saito
Zoological Science 40 (3), (10 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220113
KEYWORDS: Eastern Asia, freshwater shrimp, Neocaridina spp, Palaemon paucidens, Palaemon sinensis

Phototaxis in Two Shallow-Water Zeuxo Species (Crustacea: Tanaidacea)
Nobuya Okamoto, Keiichi Kakui
Zoological Science 40 (3), (10 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220118
KEYWORDS: benthos, habitat segregation, intertidal, Peracarida, Tanaididae