Dr. Takhito Shikano
Position
- Former Postdoctoral Associate
Postdoctoral associate. Takahito worked on the molecular evolution of sex related genes across reptiles and other vertebrates that possess contrasting sex determining mechanisms, in order to shed light on the evolution of sex determination.
He then worked as PI Researcher in the Ecological Genetics Research Unit at the University of Helsinki. He is now an Administrative Professor at NAIST (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) in Japan.
He then worked as PI Researcher in the Ecological Genetics Research Unit at the University of Helsinki. He is now an Administrative Professor at NAIST (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) in Japan.
2. Valenzuela, N. and Shikano T. 2007. Embryological ontogeny of Aromatase gene expression in Chrysemys picta and Apalone mutica turtles: comparative patterns within and across temperature-dependent and genotypic sex-determining mechanisms. Development, Genes and Evolution 217: 55-62.
1. Valenzuela, N., LeClere A.R, and Shikano T. 2006. Comparative expression of steroidogenic factor 1 in Chrysemys picta and Apalone mutica turtles with environmental and genotypic sex determination.Evolution and Development 8 (5): 424-432.