信州大学 学術研究院 理学系 教授
| 本プロジェクトでの役割 | 狩野川水系内の底生動物を対象とした河川ネットワーク内の移動分散の方向性や強度について、遺伝子マーカーを用いた評価を行う．また、出水前後における狩野川放水路・上下流間での底生動物相の比較を通し、狩野川下流域の生態系におけるピークカットの影響を評価する． |
| 自己紹介 | 1971年７月福島生まれ. 水生昆虫を対象とした比較発生学で学位 (筑波大学 理学)取得．（独）農業生物資源研究所・研究員（JSPS, JST特別研究員）を経て、2004年に信州大学に着任．以来、河川生物を対象とした進化・生態・遺伝学的研究に取り組む．
Limnology, Zoological Science, Entomological Science, 応用生態工学などの編集委員. |
| 最近の主な研究成果 | ・論文
Possibility of undeveloped egg absorption during embryogenesis: A unique phenomenon observed in the ovoviviparous mayfly Cloeon dipterum. Koki Yano, and Koji Tojo, Zoological Science, (in press)(2020). Development of microsatellite markers for a giant water bug, Appasus japonicus, distributed in East Asia. Tomoya Suzuki, Akira Hirao, Masaki Takenaka, Koki Yano, and Koji Tojo, Genes and Genetic Systems, (in press)(2020). Development of microsatellite markers for a soricid water shrew, Chimarrogale platycephalus, and successful individual identification using them. Haruka Yamazaki, Tomohiro Sekiya, Shun Nagayama, Kei Hirasawa, Keita Tokura, Akio Sasaki, H.idetaka Ichiyanagi, and Koji Tojo, Genes and Genetic Systems, (in press)(2020). Community dtructure of aquatic insects adapted to lentic water environments, and fine-scale analyses of local population structures and the genetic structures of an endangered giant water bug Appasus japonicus. Kazuhiro Tomita, Tomoya Suzuki, Koki Yano, and Koji Tojo, Insects ,11:389 (2020). Macroinvertebrate communities in streams with contrasting water sources in the Japanese Alps. Alexander M. Milner, Catherine Docherty, Fredric M. Windsor, and Koji Tojo, Ecology and Evolution, 10:7812-7825. Identifying a “pseudogene” for the mitochondrial DNA COI region of the corixid aquatic insect, Hesperocorixa distanti (Heteroptera, Corixidae). Koki Yano, Toshimasa Mitamura, and Koji Tojo, Limnology, 21:319-325. (2020) Embryogenesis of the damselfly Euphaea yayeyamana Oguma (Insecta: Odonata: Euphaeidae), with special reference to the formation of their larval abdominal ‘gill-like’ appendages. |