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Hiroki Goto

Postdoctoral Scholar

518 Mueller
Phone: 863-2185
Lab: Makova
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Education:

  1. B.S. in Biology, University of Tokushima, JAPAN, 1997
  2. M.S. in Biology, Kyushu University, JAPAN, 1999
  3. Ph.D. in Biology, Kyushu University, JAPAN, 2004

Postdoc Training:

  1. 2004-2006: Research Center for Genetic Information, Kyushu University (PI: Yasuyuki Fukumaki, MD, PhD)
  2. 2006-present: Biology Department, Pennsylvania State University (PI: Kateryna D. Makova, PhD)

Research Interests:

Y Chromosome Evolution in Primates
Conservation Genetics of Przewalski’s horse

Selected Publications:

  • Goto H, Inomata N, Szmidt AE, Yamazaki T. (2004) Nucleotide variation of seven genes in Drosophila kikkawai. Genes Genet Syst. 79:19-26.
  • Inomata N, Goto H, Itoh M, Isono K. (2005) A single-amino-acid change of the gustatory receptor gene, Gr5a, has a major effect on trehalose sensitivity in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 167:1749-1758.
  • Goto H, Szmidt AE, Yamazaki T, Inomata N. (2005) Effect of nucleotide polymorphism in cis-regulatory and coding regions on amylase activity and fitness in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity. 95:369-376.
  • Lau AN, Peng L, Goto H, Chemnick L, Ryder OA, Makova KD. (2009) Horse domestication and conservation genetics of the Przewalski’s horse inferred from sex chromosomal and autosomal sequences. Mol Biol Evol. 26:199-208.
  • Goto H, Peng L, Makova KD. (2009) Evolution of X-degenerate Y chromosome genes in greater apes: Conservation of gene content in human and gorilla, but not chimpanzee. J Mol Evol. 68: 134-144.
  • Goto H, Watanabe K, Araragi N, Kageyama R, Tanaka K, Kuroki Y, Toyoda A, Hattori M, Sakaki Y, Fujiyama A, Fukumaki Y, Shibata H. (2009) The identification and functional implications of human-specific "fixed" amino acid substitutions in the gluta

  • Research Interests:

    Evolutionary Biology:
    Genetics:
    Genomics:
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