Identification of the critical period for socioenvironmental influences on caste determination in a termite
Kamiyama R., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2025) Insectes Sociaux in press.
Publications
Transgenerational epigenetic effect of kings’ aging on offspring’s caste fate mediated by sperm DNA methylation in termites
Takata M., Takahashi M., Ishibashi T., Tasaki E., Rueppell O., Vargo E.L., Matsuura K. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122: e2509506122. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2509506122
Differences in gene expression patterns between parthenogenetically and sexually produced offspring during early development of Reticulitermes speratus
Kamiyama R., Takahashi M., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2025) Insect Molecular Biology 34: 792-806. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.13001
Prevalence, geographic distribution, and transmission pathway of Camponotus yamaokai virus
Okada E., Chiyoda K., Inoue K.S., Yamasaki K., Takata M., Satoh T., Koyama K. (2025) Archives of Virology 170: 102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-025-06285-7
A breeding system derived from asexual queen succession in termite colonies from cold climate regions
Takahashi M., Konishi T., Yabe K., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2025) Molecular Ecology 34: e17724. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17724
Genetic variation among populations in parental exclusion of heterospecific larvae in burying beetles
Takata M., Matsuo Y. (2025) Population Ecology 67: 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1002/1438-390X.12208
Fight, retreat, repeat: The male-male agonistic behavior in the wood-feeding cockroach, Panesthia angustipennis spadica (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blaberidae)
Osaki H., Nakazono T., Yabe K., Takata M., Mikaelyan A. (2024) Ecology and Evolution 14: e70319. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70319
Inter-clonal competition over queen succession imposes a cost of parthenogenesis on termite colonies
Wu Y., Fujita T., Namba Y., Kobayashi K., Takata M., Vargo E.L., Matsuura K. (2024) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291: 20232711. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2711
DESI-IMS coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry demonstrated the capability of NMN imaging in Shelfordella lateralis tissue
Tamannaa Z., Sakamoto T., Mamun Md. A., Oyama S., Waliullah A.S.M., Islam A., Nabi Md. M., Aramaki S., Tasaki E., Mitaka Y., Takata M., Sato T., Kahyo T., Matsuura K., Setou M. (2024) Medical Mass Spectrometry 8: 1-9. http://www.jsbms.jp/english/publish/
Maternal determination of soldier proportion and paternal determination of soldier sex ratio in hybrid Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) termite colonies
Wu Y., Chen J., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2023) PLOS ONE 18: e0293096. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293096
Plastic brain structure changes associated with the division of labor and aging in termites
Ishibashi T., Waliullah A.S.M., Aramaki S., Kamiya M., Kahyo T., Nakamura K., Tasaki E., Takata M., Setou M., Matsuura K. (2023) Development, Growth & Differentiation 65: 374-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/dgd.12873
A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions
Takata M., Yabe K., Noro S., Mizote S., Konishi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) The Science of Nature 110: 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-023-01865-6
The royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity
Tasaki E., Mitaka Y., Takahashi Y., Waliullah A.S.M., Tamannaa Z., Sakamoto T., Islam A., Kamiya M., Sato T., Aramaki S., Kikushima K., Horikawa M., Nakamura K., Kahyo T., Takata M., Setou M., Matsuura K. (2023) PNAS Nexus 2: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222
Discovery of an underground chamber to protect kings and queens during winter in temperate termites
Takata M., Konishi T., Nagai S., Wu Y., Nozaki T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) Scientific Reports 13: 8809. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36035-1
Heritable effects on caste determination and colony-level sex allocation in termites under field conditions
Takata M., Nagai S., Inagaki T., Ohkubo Y., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2023) iScience 26: 106207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106207
King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites
Konishi T., Tasaki E., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2023) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290: 20221942. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1942
The lose-to-win strategy of the weak: intraspecific parasitism via egg abduction in a termite
Tamaki C., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2021) Biology Letters 17: 20210540. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0540
Why and how do termite kings and queens live so long?
Tasaki E., Takata M., Matsuura K. (2021) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 376: 20190740. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2019.0740
A non-invasive method for sexing first and second instar larvae of termites using external morphology
Takata M., Inagaki T., Ishibashi T., Tasaki E., Matsuura K. (2020) Insectes Sociaux 67: 487-493. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00040-020-00785-2
A parental volatile pheromone triggers offspring begging in a burying beetle
Takata M., Mitaka Y., Steiger S., Mori N. (2019) iScience 19: 1260-1278. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900421930224X
Mating triggers queen elimination by workers of Japanese harvester ant (Messor aciculatus)
Takata M., Thomas C.E., Koyama S. (2018) Journal of Insect Behavior 31: 277-282. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-018-9678-9
Return of drones: flight experience improves returning performance in honeybee drones
Hayashi S., Farkhary S.I., Takata M., Satoh T., Koyama S. (2017) Journal of Insect Behavior 30: 237-246. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-017-9616-2
Contemporary evolution of host plant range expansion in an introduced herbivorous beetle Ophraella communa
Fukano Y., Doi H., Thomas C.E., Takata M., Koyama S., Satoh T. (2016) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 757-765. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jeb.12824
Resource partitioning based on body size contributes to the species diversity of wood‐boring beetles and arboreal nesting ants
Satoh T., Yoshida T., Koyama S., Yamagami A., Takata M., Doi H., Kurachi T., Hayashi S., Hirobe T., Hata Y. (2016) Insect Conservation and Diversity 9: 4-12. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/icad.12136
Control of parental investment changes plastically over time with residual reproductive value
Takata M., Doi H., Thomas C.E., Koyama S. (2016) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 199-204. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jeb.12775
The proximate cause of asynchronous hatching in the burying beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus
Takata M., Hayashi S., Thomas C.E., Koyama S. (2015) Journal of Ethology 33: 197-203. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-015-0431-y
Identification, characterization and full-length sequence analysis of a novel dsRNA virus isolated from the arboreal ant Camponotus yamaokai
Koyama S., Urayama S., Ohmatsu T., Sassa Y., Sakai C., Takata M., Hayashi S., Nagai M., Furuya T., Moriyama H., Satoh T., Ono S., Mizutani T. (2015) Journal of General Virology 96: 1930-1937. https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.000126
Asynchronous hatching in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus quadripunctatus, maximizes parental fitness
Takata M., Hayashi S., Thomas C.E., Koyama S., Satoh T., Fugo H. (2014) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 1830-1836. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jeb.12433
Saliva collection by using filter paper for measuring cortisol levels in dogs
Oyama D., Hyodo M., Doi H., Kurachi T., Takata M., Koyama S., Satoh T., Watanabe G. (2014) Domestic Animal Endocrinology 46: 20-25. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739724013001161
Asynchronous hatching and brood reduction by filial cannibalism in the burying beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus
Takata M., Koyama S., Satoh T., Fugo H. (2013) Journal of Ethology 31: 249-254. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-013-0373-1
Relationship between the size of the parasitoid wasp Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and host ladybird species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Koyama S., Thomas C.E., Takata M. (2013) Trends in Entomology 9: 39-43. http://www.researchtrends.net/tia/abstract.asp?in=0&vn=9&tid=20&aid=5133&pub=2013&type=3
Paternity assurance before and after fertilization by male burying beetles (Nicrophorus quadripunctatus)
Takata M., Kurachi T., Koyama S., Satoh T., Fugo H. (2013) Journal of Ethology 31: 185-191. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-013-0366-0