ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Comparison of Sexual Reproductive Behaviors in Two Species of Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)

Molecular Characterization of Species of the Subgenus Mus from Myanmar

Characterization of a Cathelicidin from the Colubrinae Snake, Sinonatrix annularis

DNA Taxonomy Confirms the Identity of the Widely-Disjunct Mediterranean and Atlantic Populations of the Tufted Ghost Crab Ocypode cursor (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae)

Unique Morphogenesis in the Damp-Wood Termite: Abscission of the Stylus during Female Reproductive Caste Differentiation

Predation on Amphibians May Enhance Eurasian Otter Recovery in Southern Italy

Temperature Entrainment of Circadian Locomotor and Transcriptional Rhythms in the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

Genetic Structure and Diversity of Two Populations of the Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus japonicus and B. j. toyoshimai) in Japan

Do Reproductive Modes and Swimming Ability Influence Occurrence of Non-Marine Ostracod (Crustacea) Species among Aquatic Habitats?

Genealogical Position of Japanese Populations of the Globally Distributed Mayfly Cloeon dipterum and Related Species (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae): A Molecular Phylogeographic Analysis

Effect of Body Coloration on Male–Male Competition in a Cyprinid Fish Puntius titteya

Changing Leaf Geometry Provides a Refuge from a Parasitoid for a Leaf Miner

Antagonistic Effect of Short Neuropeptide F on Allatotropin-Inhibited Feeding Motivation of the Silkworm Larva, Bombyx mori

Ecological Character Displacement in Non-Congeneric Frogs

Life Cycle of the Japanese Green Syllid, Megasyllis nipponica (Annelida: Syllidae): Field Collection and Establishment of Rearing System

Live Imaging of Cleavage Variability and Vesicle Flow Dynamics in Dextral and Sinistral Spiralian Embryos

Morphology and Phylogeny of the Soil Ciliate Parabistichella multilineae sp. nov. (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Hypotricha).

A New Species of Lagochondria (Crustacea: Copepoda) Parasitic on Callionymid Fish: First Record of Precopulatory Mate Guarding in Fish-Parasitic Cyclopoid Copepods, and of the Occurrence of the Genus in the North Pacific

A Population Without Females: Males of Baseodiscus delineatus (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) Reproduce Asexually by Fragmentation

Population Structure of Two Flightless Weevils of Genus Scepticus Roelofs (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) with Seashore Habitat in Japan

Phylogeographic Analysis of Madagascan Goats Using mtDNA Control Region and SRY Gene Sequences

Inter- and Intraspecific Variation in Sex Hormone-Induced Sex-Reversal in Medaka, Oryzias latipes and Oryzias sakaizumii

A Brief Description of Surface Structure and Composition of the Pseudo-Snail Shell Formed by a Sea Anemone Stylobates sp. Symbiotic with Hermit Crabs from the Deep-Sea Floor

Male Mate Preference for Female Coloration in a Cyprinid Fish, Puntius titteya.

Preparatory Mechanisms for Salinity Tolerance in Two Congeneric Anuran Species Inhabiting Distinct Osmotic Habitats.

Migration Patterns and Characteristics of Eurasian Wigeons (Mareca penelope) Wintering in Southwestern Japan Based on Satellite Tracking.

Responses of Bioconvection of Tetrahymena thermophila to Partial Gravity Created by Aircraft Flight

Identification and Analysis of a Gene with Potential to Repress the IMD Pathway in Drosophila melanogaster

Spreading of River Water Guides Migratory Behavior of Homing Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta in Otsuchi Bay, a Narrow Inlet with Multiple River Flows.

Post-Anesthesia Evaluation Shows No Relationship Between Body Conditions and Salinity-Choice Propensities in Anguilla japonica Glass Eels

Morphology and DNA Data Reveal a New Shrimp Species of Genus Latreutes Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Hippolytidae) from the Western Atlantic

Role of the Sea Urchin Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816) Pits as a Habitat for Epilithic Macroinvertebrates on a Tropical Intertidal Rocky Shore

Changes in PRL Gene Expression During Upstream Movement of the Japanese Eel, Anguilla japonica.

Shell-Exchange Behavior in a Hermit-Crab-Like Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Malacostraca).

Different Life Histories and Life Styles in Spatangoid Echinoids Living in the Shallow Sublittoral Zone in the Oki-Islands, Japan

Genetic Characteristics of the Japanese Serow Capricornis crispus in the Kii Mountain Range, Central Japan

Uncovering Ecdysozoa-specific Sphingomyelin Synthase by Phylogenetic Analysis of Metazoan Sequences

Chimeric Mice with Deletion of Cfl2 that Encodes Muscle-Type Cofilin (MCF or Cofilin-2) Results in Defects of Striated Muscles, Both Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles

Comparative Anatomy of Trunk Musculature in Salamandridae with Different Habitats.

Identification and Function of GnRH-like Peptide in the Pacific Abalone, Haliotis discus hannai

Diurnal Rhythm of trek2a Expression is Associated with Diurnal Rhythm of gnrh3 Expression in Zebrafish

Parasitism by Phorids on Leaf Cutter Ants Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Natural and Agricultural Environments

Xenacoelomorph-Specific Hox Peptides: Insights into the Phylogeny of Acoels, Nemertodermatids, and Xenoturbellids

Twins at Conspicuously Different Developmental Stages in a Turtle Egg

In Vitro Differentiation of Chicken Astrocytes: Growth, Morphology, and Protein Expression of Astrocytes in Primary Cultures.

Multiple Conserved Elements Structuring Inverted Repeats in the Mammalian Coat Color-Related Gene Asip

Small, Variable Sperm in a Barn Swallow Population with Low Extra-Pair Paternity