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Last published 2025
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Tsunemi Yamashita

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (2017); Vanderbilt University (1995); Quality Research (2017)

Faculty Researcher

6 h-index 18 pubs 115 cited

  • Scorpions
  • Animals
  • Biodiversity
  • Transcriptome
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Perches
  • Endangered Species
  • Female
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • Scorpion Venoms
  • Genomics
  • Genome
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation
  • Genome, Bacterial

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

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.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 18
  • Citations: 115

Selected Publications

  • Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon (2025)
    Current Biology 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (2024)
    G3 Genes Genomes Genetics 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A robust genome and assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped scorpion, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (2023)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production (2021)
    Toxins 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Genome Analyses of a New <i>Mycoplasma</i> Species from the Scorpion <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (2019)
    G3 Genes Genomes Genetics 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Genome Analyses of a New <i>Mycoplasma</i> Species From the scorpion <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (2018)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Phylogeography and Vicariant Separation of Two River Darters, Percina uranidea and Percina vigil, from rivers that drain the North American Interior Highlands (2017)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The complete mitochondrial genome of the scorpion <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (Arachnida: Scorpiones) (2017)
    Mitochondrial DNA Part B 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Species Delimitation and Morphological Divergence in the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821): Insights from Phylogeography (2013)
    PLoS ONE 19 citations DOI OpenAlex

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