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• Molecular evolution of seminal plasma proteins in cichlids

• Changes in sperm motility regulations in response to the osmotic acclimation of euryhaline tilapia

• Gamete recognitions in the coral Acropora

• Mechanisms of flagellar motility regulation

• Evolution of mating system and gametic traits

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• Inter- and intra-male variation in sperm length is associated with fertilization mode in marine fishes

  Takeshi Ito , Masaya Morita , Seiya Okuno , Kazuo Inaba , Kogiku Shiba , Yasunori Koya , Mitsuo Homma , Satoshi Awata

  Journal of evolutionary biology ( Oxford )  76   2026.08 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

  Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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• Repeated evolution of cooperative breeding and life history traits in Lake Tanganyika cichlids

  Shun Satoh, Seiya Okuno, Takeshi Ito, Joachim G. Frommen, Taiga Saeki, Michio Hori, Ryo Hidaka, Ryoichi Inoue, Yuki Yoshio, Masaya Morita, Nobuyuki Kutsukake, Masanori Kohda, Fumihito Tashiro, Satoshi Awata

  Communications biology ( Springer )  9   567   2026.03 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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• Effect of oxygen and antioxidants on the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) milt during short-term storage

  Agnieszka Brzyszcz, Beata Sarosiek, Katarzyna Dryl, Katarzyna Targońsk, Michał Blitek, Dariusz Kucharczyk, Wojciech Skorupa, Masaya Morita, Radosław K. Kowalski

  Aquaculture   612 ( 1 ) 743172   2026.01 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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• Temperature-associated gametogenesis and spawning timing in Porites cylindrica

  Keisuke Inoha, Hiroki Suzuki, Masaya Morita, Haruko Kurihara

  Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies   27   205   2025.12 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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• Mouth- and substrate-brooding cichlids display contrasting trade-offs and diverse evolutionary pathways of egg investment

  Shun Satoh , Takeshi Ito , Will Sowesby , Masaya Morita , Nobuyuki Kutsukake , Fumihito Tashiro , Michio Hori , Satoshi Awata , Seiya Okuno

  The American Naturalist     2025.11 [ Peer Review Accepted ]

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• Chapter 8 Reproduction in the Coral Acropora in book: Reproduction in Aquatic Animals

  Morita, M., Kitanobo, S. ( Part: Multiple Authorship )

  Springer  2020.03

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• Challenging research (development)

  Project Year: 2026.07  -  2029.03 

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)

  Project Year: 2026.04  -  2030.03 

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

  Project Year: 2022.04  -  2026.03 

  Direct: 13,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 4,040,000 (YEN)  Total: 17,550,000 (YEN)

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)

  Project Year: 2017.04  -  2020.03 

  Direct: 3,700,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 1,110,000 (YEN)  Total: 4,810,000 (YEN)

• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B)

  Project Year: 2013  -  2014 

  Direct: 3,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 1,050,000 (YEN)  Total: 4,550,000 (YEN)

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  2025.03