Yuki Yoshida

Yuki Yoshida

I am a JSPS PD fellow at The University of Tokyo. My interests include evolutionary genomics in metazoa and synthetic genomics in bacteria.

JSPS PD Fellow at Wakamoto lab, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN.

Sexual dimorphism in the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus metropolitanus transcriptome

Published in Zoological Letters, 2024

Transcriptome analysis of the gonochoristic tardigrade Paramacrobiotus metropolitanus identified approximately 2,000 male-biased genes located on 29 non-male-specific genomic loci. Two Macrobiotidae family-specific DMRT paralogs were found significantly upregulated in males, while no doublesex ortholog was detected in any tardigrade genome, suggesting doublesex emerged after Tardigrada divergence. Several anhydrobiosis genes exhibit sex-biased expression, indicating potential roles in protecting sex-specific tissues against extreme stress.

Recommended citation: Sugiura K., Yoshida Y., Hayashi K., Arakawa K., Kunieda T., and Matsumoto M. (2024) Sexual dimorphism in the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus metropolitanus transcriptome. Zoological Letters, 10, 1:11.