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Tsunemi Yamashita
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Also affiliated: Vanderbilt University (1995)
6 h-index
18 pubs
118 cited
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Tsunemi Yamashita's research focuses on the ecology, biodiversity, and conservation of scorpions, particularly species within the *Centruroides* genus. His work includes investigating genetic and molecular aspects of scorpion biology, such as genome assembly and transcriptomic data analysis for the striped bark scorpion (*Centruroides vittatus*). Yamashita has explored variations in toxin expression and protein production, linking reduced toxicity in *Centruroides vittatus* to lower gene expression of sodium β toxins. His research also touches upon broader ecological themes, including the role of predatory arthropods in desert ecosystems and the comparative species delimitation of species significant for biological conservation. Yamashita has co-authored publications with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and colleagues at Arkansas Tech University.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 18
- Citations: 118
Selected Publications
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Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon (2025)
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A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus (2024)
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A robust genome and assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped scorpion, Centruroides vittatus (2023)
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Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production (2021)
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Genome Analyses of a New Mycoplasma Species from the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (2019)
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Genome Analyses of a New Mycoplasma Species From the scorpion Centruroides vittatus (2018)
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Phylogeography and Vicariant Separation of Two River Darters, Percina uranidea and Percina vigil, from rivers that drain the North American Interior Highlands (2017)
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones) (2017)
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Species Delimitation and Morphological Divergence in the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821): Insights from Phylogeography (2013)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Douglas D. Rhoads
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
7 shared publications
In database
- Species Delimitation and Morphological Divergence in the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821): Insights from Phylogeography
- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
- Genome Analyses of a New Mycoplasma Species from the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus
- The complete mitochondrial genome of the scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones)
- A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Jeff Pummill
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
6 shared publications
In database
- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
- Genome Analyses of a New Mycoplasma Species from the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus
- The complete mitochondrial genome of the scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones)
- A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus
- A robust genome and assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped scorpion, Centruroides vittatus
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
J. Rigsby
Arkansas Tech University (US)
1 shared publication
- Phylogeography and Vicariant Separation of Two River Darters, Percina uranidea and Percina vigil, from rivers that drain the North American Interior Highlands
Joseph N. Stoeckel
Arkansas Tech University
1 shared publication
In database
- Phylogeography and Vicariant Separation of Two River Darters, Percina uranidea and Percina vigil, from rivers that drain the North American Interior Highlands
Aimee Bowman
Arkansas Tech University
1 shared publication
In database
- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
Chloe Fitzgerald
Arkansas Tech University
1 shared publication
In database
- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
Ava Ghezelayagh
Yale University (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Jeffrey W. Simmons
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Julia E. Wood
Yale University (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Matthew R. Thomas
Kentucky Department of Education (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Rebecca E. Blanton
Austin Peay State University (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Oliver D. Orr
Yale University (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Daniel J. MacGuigan
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Daemin Kim
Yale University (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Edgar Benavides
Yale University (US)
1 shared publication
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
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