Tsunemi Yamashita
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Also affiliated: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (2017); Vanderbilt University (1995); Quality Research (2017)
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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: 115
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, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (2024)
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A robust genome and assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped scorpion, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (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 <i>Mycoplasma</i> Species from the Scorpion <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (2019)
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Genome Analyses of a New <i>Mycoplasma</i> Species From the scorpion <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (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 <i>Centruroides vittatus</i> (Arachnida: Scorpiones) (2017)
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Species Delimitation and Morphological Divergence in the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821): Insights from Phylogeography (2013)
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- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
- A robust genome and assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped scorpion, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i>
- A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i>
- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
- A robust genome and assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped scorpion, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i>
- A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, <i>Centruroides vittatus</i>
- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
- Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
- Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
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