A research article titled “Genomic and physiological changes in a sexually selected and frugivorous bird radiation” by a research team including Associate Professor TODA Yasuka of Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), who is also a Researcher at Meiji University, and Professor ISHIMARU Yoshiro of the School of Agriculture, Meiji University, has been published in Current Biology
Jun. 30, 2026
A research team including Associate Professor TODA Yasuka of the Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), who is also a Researcher in the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, and Professor ISHIMARU Yoshiro of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, in collaboration with Dr. Maude Baldwin, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, and Associate Professor Christopher N. Balakrishnan of East Carolina University, has published a paper in Current Biology.
Title：Genomic and physiological changes in a sexually selected and frugivorous bird radiation
Journal：Current Biology
Authors：Christopher N. Balakrishnan*,#, Yasuka Toda*,#, Meng-Ching Ko#, Morgan E. Wirthlin#, Robert J. Driver#, Peri E. Bolton#, Eliot T. Miller#, Daniel Mendez-Aranda#, Rebecca B. Dikow, Paul B. Frandsen, Elsie H. Shogren, Kevin F. P. Bennett, H. Luke Anderson, Madeline G. Bursell, Julia F. Cramer, Keren R. Sadanandan, Tomoya Nakagita, Marco A. Pizo, Daniel S. Caetano, Marina Anciaes, Carolina F. Ferreira, Jacob S. Berv, Kira M. Long, Haw Chuan Lim, Andre E. Moncrieff, Sarah E. Kingston, Noor D. White Carreiro, Samantha R. Friedrich, Camilo Alfonso Cuta, James B. Pease, Alexander A. Nevue, Chad Tomlinson, Aleksey Zimin, Matthew I. M. Louder, Michael S. Brewer, Rachael A. Bay, Kristen Ruegg, Thomas B. Smith, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Andreas R. Pfenning, Carolina Frankl-Vilches, Manfred Gahr, Claudio V. Mello, Rebecca T. Kimball, Edward L. Braun, John G. Blake, Lainy B. Day, T. Brandt Ryder, Ignacio T. Moore, Brent M. Horton, Barney A. Schlinger, Matthew J. Fuxjager, Wesley C. Warren, Emily H. DuVal, W. Alice Boyle, Bette A. Loiselle, Michael J. Braun, Maude W. Baldwin*
Authors：Christopher N. Balakrishnan*,#, Yasuka Toda*,#, Meng-Ching Ko#, Morgan E. Wirthlin#, Robert J. Driver#, Peri E. Bolton#, Eliot T. Miller#, Daniel Mendez-Aranda#, Rebecca B. Dikow, Paul B. Frandsen, Elsie H. Shogren, Kevin F. P. Bennett, H. Luke Anderson, Madeline G. Bursell, Julia F. Cramer, Keren R. Sadanandan, Tomoya Nakagita, Marco A. Pizo, Daniel S. Caetano, Marina Anciaes, Carolina F. Ferreira, Jacob S. Berv, Kira M. Long, Haw Chuan Lim, Andre E. Moncrieff, Sarah E. Kingston, Noor D. White Carreiro, Samantha R. Friedrich, Camilo Alfonso Cuta, James B. Pease, Alexander A. Nevue, Chad Tomlinson, Aleksey Zimin, Matthew I. M. Louder, Michael S. Brewer, Rachael A. Bay, Kristen Ruegg, Thomas B. Smith, Yoshiro Ishimaru, Andreas R. Pfenning, Carolina Frankl-Vilches, Manfred Gahr, Claudio V. Mello, Rebecca T. Kimball, Edward L. Braun, John G. Blake, Lainy B. Day, T. Brandt Ryder, Ignacio T. Moore, Brent M. Horton, Barney A. Schlinger, Matthew J. Fuxjager, Wesley C. Warren, Emily H. DuVal, W. Alice Boyle, Bette A. Loiselle, Michael J. Braun, Maude W. Baldwin*
*These authors contributed equally, #Corresponding author