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Kiyono Sekii · SciRah

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Kiyono Sekii

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h-index: 7
Works: 23
Citations: 201

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Positional RNA-Seq identifies candidate genes for phenotypic engineering of sexual traits
Roberto Arbore, Kiyono Sekii, C. Beisel, Peter Ladurner +2 more
2015Frontiers in Zoology35 citations Open access
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Phenotypic engineering of sperm-production rate confirms evolutionary predictions of sperm competition theory
Kiyono Sekii, D. B. Vizoso, Georg Kuales, K. de Mulder +2 more
2013Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences32 citations Open access
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Melav2, an elav-like gene, is essential for spermatid differentiation in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano
Kiyono Sekii, W. Salvenmoser, K. de Mulder, L. Schärer +1 more
2009BMC Developmental Biology32 citations Open access
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The Dugesia ryukyuensis Database as a Molecular Resource for Studying Switching of the Reproductive System
H. Ishizuka, T. Maezawa, J. Kawauchi, Hanae Nodono +11 more
2007Zoological Science31 citations Open access
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Blocking estrogen-induced AMH expression is crucial for normal follicle formation
Ren Tanimoto, Kiyono Sekii, Kanako Morohaku, Jian-Zhen Li +2 more
2021Development14 citations Open access
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A comprehensive comparison of sex-inducing activity in asexual worms of the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis: the crucial sex-inducing substance appears to be present in yolk glands in Tricladida
Haruka Nakagawa, Kiyono Sekii, T. Maezawa, M. Kitamura +4 more
2018Zoological Letters14 citations Open access
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Transcriptomic analysis reveals differences in the regulation of amino acid metabolism in asexual and sexual planarians
Kiyono Sekii, Shunta Yorimoto, Hikaru Okamoto, Nanna Nagao +6 more
2019Scientific Reports13 citations Open access
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d-Tryptophan enhances the reproductive organ-specific expression of the amino acid transporter homolog Dr-SLC38A9 involved in the sexual induction of planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis
T. Maezawa, Masaki Ishikawa, Kiyono Sekii, Go Nagamatsu +2 more
2021Zoological Letters6 citations Open access
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Sex-inducing effects toward planarians widely present among parasitic flatworms
Kiyono Sekii, Soichiro Miyashita, K. Yamaguchi, Ikuma Saito +21 more
2022iScience5 citations Open access
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Identification of novel yolk ferritins unique to planarians: planarians supply aluminum rather than iron to vitellaria in egg capsules
O. Kawase, Hisashi Iwaya, Yoshiya Asano, Hiromoto Inoue +14 more
2021Cell and Tissue Research5 citations
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Reproductive Strategies in Planarians: Insights Gained from the Bioassay System for Sexual Induction in Asexual Dugesia ryukyuensis Worms
T. Maezawa, Kiyono Sekii, Masaki Ishikawa, Hikaru Okamoto +1 more
20185 citations
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Sex-Inducing Substances Terminate Dormancy in Planarian Postembryonic Reproductive Development
Kiyono Sekii, Kazuya Kobayashi
20203 citations
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Fractionation of a sex-inducing substance from flatworms using open-column chromatography and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography
Kiyono Sekii, Taro Watanabe, Riku Ito, Akitoshi Yoshikawa +3 more
2023STAR Protocols2 citations Open access
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Sex-Inducing Activities of the Land Planarian Bipalium nobile Extract Fractions, Obtained Using Bioassay-Guided Fractionation, in the Freshwater Planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis
M. Kitamura, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yurie Horiguchi, Sayaka Manta +10 more
2021Zoological Science2 citations
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d-Tryptophan enhances the reproductive organ-specific expression of the amino acid transporter homolog Dr-SLC38A9 involved in the sexual induction of planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis
T. Maezawa, Masaki Ishikawa, Kiyono Sekii, Go Nagamatsu +2 more
2021Zoological Letters1 citations Open access
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Author Correction: Transcriptomic analysis reveals differences in the regulation of amino acid metabolism in asexual and sexual planarians
Kiyono Sekii, Shunta Yorimoto, Hikaru Okamoto, Nanna Nagao +6 more
2019Scientific Reports1 citations Open access
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Fraction of sex-inducing substances facilitates growth and body shape change in a Fasciola hepatica/gigantica hybrid: A novel in vitro research platform for studying liver-stage juveniles derived from mice
Sasaya Ohno, Chihiro Kitajima, Kiyono Sekii, Riku Ito +6 more
2026PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases0 citations Open access
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Identification of an innexin required for termination of the asexual state in planarian reproductive switching
Nobuyoshi Kumagai, M. Kuroda, Tosei Hanai, Masaki Fujita +15 more
2025PLoS Genetics0 citations Open access
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The trial for cultivating chicken and planarian embryonic stem cells in culture media for EPS cell
Asaka Takahshi, A. Shimazaki, Haruka Matsubara, Kiyono Sekii +2 more
20190 citations
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Correction to: A comprehensive comparison of sex-inducing activity in asexual worms of the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis: the crucial sex-inducing substance appears to be present in yolk glands in Tricladida
Haruka Nakagawa, Kiyono Sekii, T. Maezawa, M. Kitamura +4 more
2018Zoological Letters0 citations Open access
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Experimental tests of sex allocation theory in a simultaneous hermaphrodite using phenotypic engineering
Kiyono Sekii
20140 citations
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RNAi-based analysis of flatworm stem cell and germ line genes
Daniela Pfister, K. de Mulder, Georg Kuales, Kiyono Sekii +1 more
20080 citations Open access
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MAKING ASEXUALS SEXUAL IN THE PLANARIAN, DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS
Haruka Nakagawa, H. Miyashita, Taiichiro Ichikawa, Kiyono Sekii +5 more
20050 citations
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