1.

Studies on pro-phenoloxidases of Drosophila
Tsunaki Asano, Kazushi Takebuti
Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

2.

Melanin synthesis genes co-regulate the stage-specific larval cuticular markings of a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus
Ryo Futahashi and Haruhiko Fujiwara
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

3.

HSP-90 gene in Decapod Crustaceans: diversity and participation in the control of hatching of embryos
Oleg Gusev and Masayuki Saigusa
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan

4.

Patterning mechanisms underlying the two distinct types of invertebrate limbs: a hypothesis
Shigeo Hayashi
Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

5.

Two engrailed-related genes in the myodocopid ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii
(Crustacea)
Kyosuke Ikuta
Department of Biology, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, Osaka 582-8582, Japan

6.

The developmental significance and molecular mechanisms of the attachment between wing discs and tracheal branches during embryogenesis
Yoshiko Inoue, Shigeo Hayashi
Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

7.

Roles of Delta/Notch signaling during embryogenesis in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Chieko Ishifune, Taro Mito, Katsuyuki Miyawaki, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

8.

Role of the even-skipped gene in segmentation of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Chiharu Kobayashi, Taro Mito, Katsuyuki Miyawaki , Hideyo Ohuchi and Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

9.

Developmental origin of the super-symbiotic system in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum
Ryuichi Koga, Makiko Sakurai, Tsutomu Tsuchida, Takema Fukatsu
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, Japan

10.

Apparent similarity in the role of the midline structure in left-right asymmetry between vertebrate and Drosophila embryos
Reo Maeda, Shunya Hozumi, Kiichiro Taniguchi, Takeshi Sasamura, and Kenji Matsuno
Dept. Biol. Sci./Tech., Tokyo Univ. of Science, Chiba, Japan

11.

Non-canonical functions of hunchback in segment patterning of the intermediate germ cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Taro Mito, Katsuyuki Miyawaki, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

Expression and functional analyses of the engrailed-related gene in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Katsuyuki Miyawaki, Taro Mito, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

Present knowledge on the development and reproduction in sea spiders (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida)
Katsumi Miyazaki
Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan

Developmental calorimetry: The early development and starvation of starfish embryos
Yatsuhisa Nagano(a) and Hiroko Shirai(b)
(a) Research Center for Molecular Thermodynamics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan (b) Ushimado Marine Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Japan

Roles of a rho enhancer and positional information in evolution of Drosophila eggshell shape
1) Yukio Nakamura, 1) Tatsuo Kagesawa, 2) Yoshiki Hayashi, 2) 3 ) 4) Satoru Kobayashi,
5) 6) Teruyuki Nimi, 1) Kenji Matsuno
1) Dept Biol Sci/Tech, Tokyo Univ Sci, Chiba, Japan, 2) Dept Biosci, Grad Univ Advanced Studies, Aichi, Japan, 3) Okazaki Natl Res Inst, Ctr Integrative Biosci, NIBB, Aichi, Japan, 4) CREST, JST,
5) Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch of Bioagricultural Science, Nagoya, Japan, 6)PRESTO, JST

Functional analysis of the Egfr gene during leg regeneration of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Taro Nakamura, Katsuyuki Miyawaki, Taro Mito, Hideyo Ohuchi and Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

Developmental profiles of wing imaginal discs in the female wingless-leggedbagworm moth, Bacotia sakabei (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Psychidae)
Shuhei Niitsu
Department of Natural History, Graduate School of Science,Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Germline stem cells of Drosophila in culture
-Induction of oogenesis and attempt of interspecific interactions of soma and germline cells
Yuzo Niki1), Sachie Ueda1), Takahumi Yamaguchi1), Takuya Sato1) and Mahowald A. P.2)
1) Dept. of Materials and Biological sciences Faculty of Science Ibaraki University, Japan
2) Dept. Molec. and Cell Biol. Univ. of Chicago, USA

Time lapse analysis of ectodermal invagination during the early stage of Drosophila tracheal formation
Mayuko Nishimura, Yoshiko Inoue, Shigeo Hayashi
Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

Conserved musculature underlying appendage diversity in insect and polychaete
Nao Niwa, Ai Akimoto, Shigeo Hayashi
Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

Molecular basis underlying the generation of polychaete body segments
Nao Niwa, Ai Akimoto, Shigeo Hayashi
Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

Developmental calorimetry: The post-diapause development of Artemia
Yatsuhisa Nagano and Mitsuhiro Okada
Research Center for Molecular Thermodynamics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan

Functional analysis of the Kruppel gene in segmentation of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Haruko Okamoto, Taro Mito, Katsuyuki Miyawaki, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

The LRR protein CAPS mediates differential cell positioning in the Drosophila limb
Kayoko Sakurai, Tetsuya Kojima, Toshiro Aigaki, Hayashi Shigeo
Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

A Novel RNA helicase-like protein during early embryonic development in silkworm Bombyx mori
Hiroshi Sawada 1), Yumi Yamahama 2), Keisuke Mase 3), Takayuki Yamamoto 4), Teruhiko Iino 1)
1) Lab. of Biology, Dept. of General Studies, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Japan 2) Dept. of Biology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan 3) National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan 4) Biological Laboratory, Center for Natural Science, Kitasato University, Japan

Cortical zonation and neurogenetic modes in cephalopod brains: A unique evolutionary pathway for the brain elaboration
Shuichi Shigeno, Takashi Kasugai, Takeya Moritaki, Yasunori Murakami, Hiroshi Tarui,
Kiyokazu Agata
Laboratory for Evolutionary Regeneration Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

Caudal is required for gnathal and thoracic patterning and for posterior elongation in the intermediate-germband cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Yohei Shinmyo, Taro Mito, Katsuyuki Miyawaki, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

Behaviors of piwi-expressing cells during regeneration of an oligochaete (annelid) suggests a conservative mechanism underlying a separation-and-encounter event between germ and somatic cells
Ryosuke Tadokoro 1) 2), Shishin Kawamoto 3), Shin Tochinai 3) and Yoshiko Takahashi 1)
1) Laboratory for Body Patterning, Riken CDB, Kobe, Japan2) NIST, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
3) Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

The organization of the visceral musclature is involved in left-right patterning of the endoderm during the embryogenesis of Drosophila
Kiichiro Taniguchi 1), Masashi Ooike 1), Shunya Hozumi 1), Reo Maeda 1), Takeshi Sasamura 1), Toshiro Aigaki 2), Kenji Matsuno 1)
1) Dept. Biol. Sci./Tec., Tokyo Univ. Sci., Japan 2) Dept. Biol. Sci., Tokyo Met. Univ., Japan

Roles of the homothorax and extradenticle genes in appendage patterning in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Tomohiro Uda, Katsuyuki Miyawaki, Taro Mito, Hideyo Ohuchi and Sumihare Noji
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan

Screening of transposon insertion mutants in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
Hitoshi Ueda 1) and Toshiki Tamura 2)
1) Okayama Univ., Japan 2) National Institute of Agrobiological Science, Japan