Faculty Information - KAZUKI SEKINE

■ Present specialized field

Evolutionary biology, Biodiversity and systematics, Ecology and environment

■ Book and thesis

1.	Article	Microplastics in Urban Shallow Groundwater in Downtown Shinagawa. Tokyo, Japan pp.121-128 (Collaboration) 2025/03/31
2.	Article	Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae Freshwater Science (Collaboration) 2024
3.	Article	Unexpected population genetic structure of two closely related euphaeid damselflies in the Yaeyama and Taiwan Islands (Odonata: Euphaeidae) 134(1),pp.214-228 (Collaboration) 2021/09
4.	Article	Genome-wide molecular phylogenetic analyses and mating experiments which reveal the evolutionary history and an intermediate stage of speciation of a giant water bug Molecular Ecology in press (Collaboration) 2021
5.	Article	A review of 50 years of research on the mayfly Ephoron shigae with synchronized mass emergence and geographic parthenogenesis pp.119-131 (Collaboration) 2020/12/25
6.	Article	Ontogeny of Cheliped Laterality and Mechanisms of Reversal of Handedness in the Durophagous Gazami Crab, Portunus trituberculatus The Biological Bulletin 238(1),pp.25-40 (Collaboration) 2020/02
7.	Article	Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Hand-Pairing Cross-Breeding Experiment in Ephemeroptera Zoosymposia 16(1),pp.210-217 (Collaboration) 2019/12
8.	Article	A mayfly's rapid transition toward unisexual populations Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127(2),pp.472-478 (Collaboration) 2019/05
9.	Article	The first establishment of "hand-pairing" breeding method for the most ancestral wing acquired insect group Zoological Science 36(2),pp.136-140 (Collaboration) 2019/04
10.	Article	Distribution and genetic local endemism of Luciola cruciata around Rissho University Kumagaya pp.159-168 (Collaboration) 2019/03
11.	Article	The first record of the polymitarcyid mayfly, Ephoron eophilum, in the Tohoku District: the Kitakami-gawa River population Which is co-habiting with the related species, Ephoron shigae New Entomologist (Collaboration) 2017/10
12.	Article	The Record of Ephoron eophilum in the Lake Kasumigaura New Entomologist 66,pp.80-82 (Collaboration) 2017/10
13.	Article	Post-glacial distribution of a Mongolian mayfly inferred from population genetic analysis. Freshwater Biology 62,pp.102-110 (Collaboration) 2017
14.	Article	Species diversity of insects in Japan: Their origins and diversification processes Entomological Science 20(1),pp.357-381 (Collaboration) 2017
15.	Article	Knockout of a transgene by transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) in the sawfly, Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera) and the ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera) Insect Molecular Biology 25(1),pp.24-31 (Collaboration) 2016
16.	Article	Re-habitation and changes in the genetic diversity of aquatic insects in a newly restored shoal type habitat created as the result of a nature restoration project in the central basin of the Chikuma-gawa River Zoosymposia 10,pp.384-394 (Collaboration) 2016
17.	Article	Distribution and genetic characteristics of Ephoron shigae (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae) in Korea Entomological Research 45,pp.150-157 (Collaboration) 2015
18.	Article	Facultative parthenogenesis in the burrowing mayfly Ephoron eophilum (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae) with an extremely short alate stage European Journal of Entomology 112(4),pp.606-612 (Collaboration) 2015
19.	Article	First record of an isonychiid mayfly Isonychia shima from Miyagi Prefecture pp.71-72 (Collaboration) 2015
20.	Article	Genetic structures in unisexual populations of the burrowing mayfly, Ephoron shigae (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae), in Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures, Japan pp.31-36 (Collaboration) 2015
21.	Article	The boule gene is essential for spermatogenesis of haploid insect male Developmental Biology 399(1),pp.154-163 (Collaboration) 2015
22.	Article	Unexpected monophyletic origin of Ephoron shigae unisexual reproduction strains and their rapid expansion across Japan Royal Society Open Science 2(6),pp.150072 (Collaboration) 2015
23.	Article	Current distribution of the polymitarcyid mayfly Ephoron shigae in the Chikuma-gawa River Japanese Journal of Limnology pp.73-84 (Collaboration) 2013
24.	Article	Morphological and genetic relationship of two closely-related giant water bugs: Appasus japonicus Vuillefroy and Appasus major Esaki (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(3),pp.615-643 (Collaboration) 2013
25.	Article	Phylogeography of the East Asian polymitarcyid mayfly genus Ephoron (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae): a comparative analysis of molecular and ecological characteristics Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109(1),pp.181-202 (Collaboration) 2013
26.	Article	Origin of parthenogenesis in the geographically parthenogenetic mayfly Ephoron shigae (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae) -potential for parthenogenesis of females in a bisexual population- Entomological Research Bulletin 28,pp.25-28 (Collaboration) 2012
27.	Article	Habitat segregation and genetic relationship of two heptageniid mayflies, Epeorus latifolium and Epeorus l-nigrus, in the Shinano-gawa River basin Limnology 12(2),pp.117-125 (Collaboration) 2011
28.	Article	Rapid expansion of the distributonal range and the population genetic structure of the freshwater amphipod Crangonyx floridanus in Japan Limnology Limnology 12(1),pp.75-82 (Collaboration) 2011
29.	Article	Research on the emergenece season and period of the polymitarcyid mayfly Ephoron eophilum (Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae) pp.15-20 (Collaboration) 2011
30.	Article	Automictic parthenogenesis of a geographically parthenogenetic mayfly, Ephoron shigae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99(2),pp.335-343 (Collaboration) 2010
31.	Article	Potential for parthenogenesis of virgin females in a bisexual population of the geographically parthenogenetic mayfly Ephoron shigae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99(2),pp.326-334 (Collaboration) 2010
32.	Article	A comparative study of the number of chromosomes between bisexual reproductive populations and parthenogenetic population of the burrowing mayfly Ephoron shigae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae) Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 42,pp.7-8 (Collaboration) 2007
33.	Article	Reproductive mode of the geographic parthenogenetic mayfly Ephoron shigae, with findings from some new localities (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae) Limnology 7,pp.31-39 (Collaboration) 2006
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■ Book and thesis

1.	Book	Chapter 8. The Species Diversity and Genetic Diversity of Insect Fauna of the Japanese Archipelago (Motokawa, M. and Kajihara, H. eds. Species Diversity of Animal in Japan) (Collaboration) 2016
2.	Book	Parthenogenesis of insects and their habitats Insect Habitats: Characteristics, Diversity and Management (Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods pp.143-150 (Collaboration) 2010
3.	Other	Phylogeography of the East Asian polymitarcyid mayfly genus Ephoron (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae): A new attempt at phylogenetic analysis utilizing the nuclear DNA PEPCK gene Proceedings of the 1st Symposium of the Benthological Society of Asia (Biology of Inland Waters Supplementary 2,pp.115-123 (Collaboration) 2013
4.	Other	Potential for parthenogenesis of virgin females in the mayfly Ephoron eophilum (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae) Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 46,pp.15-16 (Collaboration) 2011
5.	Other	Potential for parthenogenesis of females in a bisexual population of the geographically parthenogenetic mayfly Ephoron shigae (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae) 44,pp.33-34 (Collaboration) 2009

■ Activity in society

1.		Insect DNA Research Society Japan
2.		Japan Aquatic Insect Salon

■ Academic background

1.	2008/04～2011/03	〔Doctorial Course〕 Department of Mountain and Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science, Shinshu University, Completed, Doctor of Science
2.	2006/04～2008/03	〔Master Course〕 Course of Geosphere and Biosphere Science, Graduate School, Division of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Completed, Master of Science
3.	2002/04～2006/03	Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Graduated,

■ Belonging society

1.		Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan
2.		Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
3.		The Benthological Society of Asia (BSA)
4.	2015/07～	∟ Managing Secretary
5.		Zoological Society of Japan
6.	2016～	Insect DNA Research Society Japan
7.	2013～	The Entomological Society of Japan
8.	2012～	Japan Aquatic Insect Salon
9.	2006～	The Japanese Society of LIMNOLOGY