Saitou's published & in_press papers

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  1. Yuasa I., Irizawa Y., Nishimukai H., Fukumori Y., Umetsu K., Nakayashiki N., Saitou N., Henke L. and Henke J. (2009) A hypervariable STR polymorphism in the complement factor I (CFI) gene: Asian-specific alleles. International Journal of Legal Medicine, (in press) *PDF*
  2. Yuasa I., Umetsu K., Nishimukai H., Fukumori Y., Harihara S., Saitou N., Jin F., Chattopadhyay P.K., Henke L. and Henke J. (2009) HERC1 polymorphisms: population-specific variations in haplotype composition. Cell Biochemistry and Function, vol. 27, pp. 402-405. *PDF*
  3. Hattori E., Nakajima M., Yamada K., Iwayama Y., Toyota T., Saitou N. and Yoshikawa T. (2009) Variable number of tandem repeat polymorphisms of DRD4: re-evaluation of selection hypothesis and analysis of association with schizophrenia. European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 17, pp. 793-801. *PDF*
  4. Takeshima S., Sarai Y., Saitou N., and Aida Y. (2009) MHC class II DR classification based on antigen-binding groove natural selection. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 385, pp.137-142. *PDF*
  5. Kitano T., Noda R., Takenaka O., and Saitou N. (2009) Relic of ancient recombinations in gibbon ABO blood group genes deciphered through phylogenetic network analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 51, pp. 465-471. *PDF*
  6. Takahashi M., Krukov K., and Saitou N. (2009) Estimation of bacterial species phylogeny through oligonucleotide frequency distances. Genomics, vol. 93, pp. 525-533. *PDF*
  7. Shimada M. K., Hayakawa S., Fujita S., Sugiyama Y., and Saitou N. (2009) Skewed matrilineal genetic composition in a small wild chimpanzee community. Folia Primatologica, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 19-32. *PDF*
  8. Yuasa I., Nakagawa M., Umetsu K., Harihara S., Matsusue A., Nishimukai H., Fukumori Y., Saitou N., Park K. S., Jin F., Lucotte G., Chattopadhyay P. K., Henke L., and Henke J. (2008) Molecular basis of complement factor I (CFI) polymorphism: one of two polymorphic suballeles responsible for CFI A is Japanese-specific. Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 53, pp. 1016-1021.
  9. Nemoto-Sasaki Y., Hayama K., Ohya H., Arata Y., Kato Kaneko M., Saitou N., Hirabayashi J., and Kasai K. (2008) Caenorhabditis eleganc galectins LEC-1-LEC-11: Structural features and sugar-binding properties. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta vol.1780, pp. 1131-1142. *PDF*
  10. Saitou N. (2008) Genetic Relationships of Human Populations in and around the Japanese Archipelago. In Matsumura S., Forster P. and Renfrew C. (eds.), "Simulations, genetics and human prehistory", McDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge, pp. 89-92. *PDF*
  11. Calafell F., Roubinet F., Ramirez-Soriano A., Saitou N., Bertranpetit J., and Blancher A. (2008) Evolutionary dynamics of the human ABO gene. Human Genetics vol.124, pp. 123-135. *PDF*
  12. Sasaki T., Nishihara H., Hirakawa M., Fujimura K., Tanaka M., Kokubo N., Kimura-Yoshida C., Matsuo I., Sumiyama K., Saitou N. Shimogori T. and Okada N. (2008) Possible involvement of SINEs in mammalian-specific brain formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. vol. 105, no. 11, pp. 4220-4225. *PDF*
  13. Blancher A., Bonhomme M., Crouau-Roy B., Terao K., Kitano T., and Saitou N. (2008) Mitochondrial DNA sequence phylogeny of four populations of the widely distributed cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis). Journal of Heredity vol.99, no.3, pp.254-264. *PDF*
  14. Liu Y.-H., Takahashi A., Kitano T., Koide T., Shiroishi T., Moriwaki K., and Saitou N. (2008) Mosaic genealogy of the Mus musculus genome revealed by 21 nuclear genes from its three subspecies. Genes and Genetic Systems vol. 83, pp. 77-88. *PDF*
  15. Genome Information Integration Project And H-Invitational 2 (Yamasaki C, Murakami K, Fujii Y, Sato Y, Harada E, Takeda J, Taniya T, Sakate R, Kikugawa S, Shimada M, Tanino M, Koyanagi KO, Barrero RA, Gough C, Chun HW, Habara T, Hanaoka H, Hayakawa Y, Hilton PB, Kaneko Y, Kanno M, Kawahara Y, Kawamura T, Matsuya A, Nagata N, Nishikata K, Noda AO, Nurimoto S, Saichi N, Sakai H, Sanbonmatsu R, Shiba R, Suzuki M, Takabayashi K, Takahashi A, Tamura T, Tanaka M, Tanaka S, Todokoro F, Yamaguchi K, Yamamoto N, Okido T, Mashima J, Hashizume A, Jin L, Lee KB, Lin YC, Nozaki A, Sakai K, Tada M, Miyazaki S, Makino T, Ohyanagi H, Osato N, Tanaka N, Suzuki Y, Ikeo K, Saitou N., Sugawara H, O'Donovan C, Kulikova T, Whitfield E, Halligan B, Shimoyama M, Twigger S, Yura K, Kimura K, Yasuda T, Nishikawa T, Akiyama Y, Motono C, Mukai Y, Nagasaki H, Suwa M, Horton P, Kikuno R, Ohara O, Lancet D, Eveno E, Graudens E, Imbeaud S, Debily MA, Hayashizaki Y, Amid C, Han M, Osanger A, Endo T, Thomas MA, Hirakawa M, Makalowski W, Nakao M, Kim NS, Yoo HS, De Souza SJ, Bonaldo Mde F, Niimura Y, Kuryshev V, Schupp I, Wiemann S, Bellgard M, Shionyu M, Jia L, Thierry-Mieg D, Thierry-Mieg J, Wagner L, Zhang Q, Go M, Minoshima S, Ohtsubo M, Hanada K, Tonellato P, Isogai T, Zhang J, Lenhard B, Kim S, Chen Z, Hinz U, Estreicher A, Nakai K, Makalowska I, Hide W, Tiffin N, Wilming L, Chakraborty R, Soares MB, Chiusano ML, Suzuki Y, Auffray C, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Itoh T, Hishiki T, Fukuchi S, Nishikawa K, Sugano S, Nomura N, Tateno Y, Imanishi T, and Gojobori T.) (2008) The H-Invitational Database (H-InvDB), a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts. Nucleic Acids Research, 2008 Jan;36(Database issue):D793-D799. *PDF*
  16. Matsuya A, Sakate R, Kawahara Y, Koyanagi KO, Sato Y, Fujii Y, Yamasaki C, Habara T, Nakaoka H, Todokoro F, Yamaguchi K, Endo T, Oota S, Makalowski W, Ikeo K, Suzuki Y, Hanada K, Hashimoto K, Hirai M, Iwama H, Saitou N., Hiraki AT, Jin L, Kaneko Y, Kanno M, Murakami K, Noda AO, Saichi N, Sanbonmatsu R, Suzuki M, Takeda J, Tanaka M, Gojobori T, Imanishi T, Itoh T. (2007) Evola: Ortholog database of all human genes in H-InvDB with manual curation of phylogenetic trees. Nucleic Acids Research , Jan;36(Database issue):D787-92. Epub 2007 Nov 3. PMID: 17982176 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] *PDF*
  17. Takahashi H., Kamiya A., Ishiguro A., Suzuki A. C., Saitou N., Toyoda A., and Aruga J. (2007) Conservation and Diversification of Msx Protein in Metazoan Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution vol.25, no.1, pp.69-82. *PDF*
  18. Yuasa I., Umetsu K., Harihara S., Kido A., Miyoshi A., Saitou N., Dashnyam B., Jin F., Lucotte G., Chattopadhyay P. K., Henke L., and Henke J. (2007) Distribution of two Asian-related coding SNPs in the MC1R and OCA2 genes. Biochemical Genetics vol.45, pp. 535-542. *PDF*
  19. Yuasa I., Umetsu K., Harihara S., Miyoshi A., Saitou N., Park K. S., Dashnyam B., Jin F., Lucotte G., Chattopadhyay P. K., Henke L., and Henke J. (2007) OCA2 481Thr, a hyofunctionl allele in pigmentation, is characteristic of northeastern Asian populations. Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 690-693. *PDF*
  20. Kitano T., Umetsu K., Tian W., Yamazaki K., and Saitou N. (2007) Tempo and mode of evolution of the Rh blood group genes before and after gene duplication. Immunogenetics, vol. 59, pp. 427-431. *PDF*
  21. Yuasa I., Umetsu K., Harihara S., Kido A., Miyoshi A., Saitou N., Dashnyam B., Jin F., Lucotte G., Chattopadhyay P. K., Henke L., and Henke J. (2006) Distribution of the F374 allele of the SLC45A2 (MATP) gene and founder-haplotype analysis. Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 69, pp. 1-10. *PDF*
  22. Kitano T., Tian W., Umetsu K., Yuasa I., Yamazaki K., Saitou N.,and Osawa M. (2006) Origin and evolution of gene for prolactin-induced protein. Gene, vol. 383, pp. 64-70. *PDF*
  23. Aruga J., Kamiya A., Takahashi H., Fujimi T.J., Shimizu Y., Ohkawa K., Yazawa S., Umesono Y., Noguchi H., Shimizu T., Saitou N., Mikoshiba K., Sakaki Y., Agata K., Toyoda A. (2006) A wide-range phylogenetic analysis of Zic proteins: Implications for correlations between protein structure conservation and body plan complexity. Genomics, vol. 87, no. 6, pp. 783-792. *PDF*
  24. Yoshiura K., Kinoshita A., Ishida T., Ninokata A., Ishikawa T., Kaname T., Bannai M., Tokunaga K., Sonoda S., Komaki R., Ihara M., Saenko V.A., Alipov G.K., Sekine I., Komatsu K., Takahashi H., Nakashima M., Sosonkina N., Mapendano C.K., Ghadami M., Nomura M., Liang D.S., Miwa N., Kim D.K., Garidkhuu A., Natsume N., Ohta T., Tomita H., Kaneko A., Kikuchi M., Russomando G., Hirayama K., Ishibashi M., Takahashi A., Saitou N., Murray J.C., Saito S., Nakamura Y., and Niikawa N. (2006) A SNP in the ABCC11 gene is the determinant of human earwax type. Nature Genetics vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 324-330. *PDF*
  25. Ezawa K., OOta S., and Saitou N. (2006) Genomewide search of gene conversions in duplicated genes of mouse and rat. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 927-940. *PDF*
  26. Kim H.S., Yi J.M., Hirai H., Huh J.W., Jeong M.S., Jang S.B., Kim C.G., Saitou N. , Hyun B.H., and Lee W.H. (2006) Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV)-R family in primates: Chromosomal location, gene expression, and evolution. Gene, vol. 370, pp.34-42. *PDF*
  27. Kuroki Y., Toyoda A., Noguchi H., Taylor T.D., Itoh T., Kim D.S., Kim D.W., Choi S.H., Kim I.C., Choi H.H., Kim Y.S., Satta Y., Saitou N., Yamada T., Morishita S., Hattori M., Sakaki Y., Park H.S., and Fujiyama A. (2006) Comparative analysis of chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes unveils complex evolutionary pathway. Nature Genetics, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 158-167. *PDF*
  28. Li S. L., Yamamoto T., Yoshimoto T., Uchihi R., Mizutani M., Kurimoto Y., Tokunaga K., Jin F., Katsumata Y., and Saitou N. (2006) Phylogenetic relationship of the populations within and around Japan using 105 short tandem repeat polymorphic loci. Human Genetics, vol. 118, no. 6, pp. 695-707. *PDF*
  29. Saitou N. (2006) Relationship between genetic and linguistic differentiation of people in Eurasia. In Osada T. and Hase N. (eds.) Proceedings of the Pre-symposium of RIHN and 7th ESCA Harvard-Kyoto Roundtable, pp. 220-222. *PDF*
  30. Kitano T. and Saitou N. (2005) Evolutionary conservation of 5' upstream sequence of nine genes between human and great apes. Genes and Genetic Systems, vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 225-232. *PDF*
  31. Kurosaki K., Wang L., Tang J., Wang W., Saitou N., Endo T., and Ueda S. (2005) Identification of a bronze weapon based on an embedded fragment in a 3000-year-old skull. Forensic Science International, vol. 151, pp. 105-108. *PDF*
  32. Nakajima T., Wooding S., Satta Y., Jinnai N., Goto S., Hayasaka I., Saitou N., Guan-Jun J., Tokunaga K., Jorde L.B., Emi M., and Inoue I. (2005) Evidence for natural selection in the HAVCR1 gene: high degree of amino-acid variability in the mucin domain of human HAVCR1 protein. Genes Immunology, vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 398-406.
  33. Tateno Y., Saitou N., Okubo K., Sugawara H., and Gojobori T. (2005) DDBJ in collaboration with mass-sequencing teams on annotation. Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 33, Database issue, pp. D25-D28. *PDF*
  34. Saitou N. (2005) Evolution of hominoids and the search for a genetic basis for creating humanness. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, vol. 108, pp. 16-21. *PDF*
  35. Shimada M., Kim C.-G, Kitano T., Ferell R.E., Kohara Y., and Saitou N. (2005) Nucleotide sequence comparison of a chromosome rearrangement on the human chromosome 12 and corresponding ape chromosomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, vol. 108, pp. 83-90. *PDF*
  36. Abe K., Noguchi H., Tagawa K., Yuzuriha M., Toyoda A., Kojima T., Ezawa K., Saitou N., Hattori M., Sakaki Y., Moriwaki K., and Shiroishi T. (2004) Contribution of Asian mouse subspecies Mus musculus molossinus to genomic constitution of strain C57BL/6J, as defined by BAC end sequence-SNP analysis. Genome Research, vol. 14, pp. 2239-2247. *PDF*
  37. Shimada M., Hayakawa S., Hamle T., Fujita S., Hirata S., Sugiyama Y. , and Saitou N. (2004) Mitochondrial DNA Genealogy of Chimpanzees in Nimba Mountains and Bossou, West Africa. American Journal of Primatology, vol. 64, pp. 261-275. *PDF*
  38. Tomiki T. and Saitou N. (2004) Phylogenetic analysis of proteins associated in four major energy metabolism systems: photosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, nitrogen metabolism and sulfur metabolism. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 59, pp. 158-176. *PDF*
  39. Andres A.M., Soldevila M., Lao O., Volpini V., Saitou N., Jacobs H.T., Hayasaka I., Calafell F., and Bertranpetit J. (2004) Comparative genetics of functional trinucleotide tandem repeats in humans and apes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 59, pp. 329-339. *PDF*
  40. Duan J., Martinez M., Sanders A.R., Hou C.,Saitou N., Kitano T., Mowry B.J., Crowe R.R., Silverman J.M., Levinson D.F., , and Gejman P.V. (2004) Polymorphisms in the Trace Amine Receptor 4 (TRAR4) Gene on Chromosome 6q23.2 Are Associated with Susceptibility to Schizophrenia. American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 624-638. *PDF*
  41. The International Chimpanzee Chromosome 22 Consortium [H.Watanabe, A.Fujiyama, M.Hattori, T. D.Taylor, A.Toyoda, Y.Kuroki, H.Noguchi, A.BenKahla, H.Lehrach, R.Sudbrak, M.Kube,S.Taenzer, P.Galgoczy, M.Platzer, M.Scharfe, G.Nordsiek, H.Blocker, I.Hellmann, P.Khaitovich, S.Paabo, R.Reinhardt, H.-J.Zheng,X.-L.Zhang, G.-F.Zhu, B.-F.Wang, G.Fu, S.-X.Ren9, G.-P.Zhao, Z.Chen, Y.-S.Lee, J.-E.Cheong, S.-H.Choi, K.-M.Wu, T.-T.Liu, K.-J.Hsiao, S.-F.Tsai, C.-G.Kim, S.Oota, T.Kitano, Y.Kohara, N.Saitou, H.-S.Park, S.-Y.Wang, M.-L.Yaspo, and Y.Sakaki] (2004) DNA sequence and comparative analysis of chimpanzee chromosome 22. Nature, vol. 429, No. 6990, pp. 382-388. *PDF*
  42. Roubinet F.,Despiau S.-P., Calafell F.,Jin F., Bertanpetit J., Saitou N., and Blancher A.(2004) Evolution of O alleles of the human ABO blood group gene. Transfusion, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 707-715. *PDF*
  43. Imanishi T. and many other authors including Saitou N., ..., and Sugano S. (2004) Integrative annotation of 21,037 human genes validated by full-length cDNA clones. PLoS Biology, vol. 2, issue 6, pp. 1-20. *PDF*
  44. Nakajima T, Wooding S, Sakagami T, Emi M, Tokunaga K, Tamiya G, Ishigami T, Umemura S, Munkhbat B, Jin F, Guan-Jun J, Hayasaka I, Ishida T, Saitou N., Pavelka K, Lalouel JM, Jorde LB, and Inoue I. (2004) Natural selection and population history in the human angiotensinogen gene (AGT): 736 complete AGT sequences in chromosomes from around the world. American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 74, no. 5, pp. 898-916. *PDF*
  45. Kitano T., Liu Y.-H., Ueda S., and Saitou N. (2004) Human specific amino acid changes found in 103 protein coding genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 936-944. *PDF*
  46. Takahashi A., Liu Y.-H., and Saitou N. (2004) Genetic variation versus recombination rate in a structured population of mice. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 21, pp. 404-409. *PDF*
  47. Tachikui H., Saitou N., Nakajima T.,Hayasaka I., Ishida T., and Inoue I. (2003) Lineage specific homogenization of the polyubiquitin gene among human and great apes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 57, pp. 737-744. *PDF*
  48. Sakaki Y, Watanabe H, Taylor T, Hattori M, Fujiyama A, Toyoda A, Kuroki Y, Itoh T, Saitou N , Oota S, Kim CG, Kitano T, Lehrach H, Yaspo ML, Sudbrak R, Kahla A, Reinhardt R, Kube M, Platzer M, Taenzer S, Galgoczy P, Kel A, Bloecker H, Scharfe M, Nordsiek G, Hellmann I, Khaitovich P, Paabo S, Chen Z, Wang SY, Ren SX, Zhang XL, Zheng HJ, Zhu GF, Wang BF, Zhao GP, Tsai SF, Wu K, Liu TT, Hsiao KJ, Park HS, Lee YS, Cheong JE, Choi SH;Chimpanzee Chromosome 22 Sequencing Consortium. (2003) Human versus chimpanzee chromosome-wide sequence comparison and its evolutionary implication. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. vol. 68, pp. 455-460.
  49. Kryukov K., Saitou N. (2003) Netview: application software for constructing and visually exploring phylogenetic networks. Genome Informatics, 14, 280-281. *PDF*
  50. Tozaki T., Takezaki N., Hasegawa T., Ishida N., Kurosawa M., Tomita M., Saitou N., and Mukoyama H. (2003) Microsatellite variation in Japanese and Asian horses and their phylogenetic relationship using a European horse outgroup. Journal of Heredity, vol. 94, no. 5, pp. 374-380. *PDF*
  51. Takeshima S., Saitou N. Morita M., Inoko H., and Aida Y. (2003) The diversity of bovine MHC class II DRB3 genes in Japanese Black, Japanese Shorthorn, Jersey and Holstein cattle in Japan. Gene, vol. 316 , pp. 111-118.*PDF*
  52. Kim C.-G, Fujiyama A., and Saitou N. (2003) Construction of a gorilla fosmid library and its PCR screening system. Genomics, vol. 82, pp. 571-574. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  53. Maruyama S., Minaguchi K., and Saitou N. (2003) Sequence polymorphisms of the mitochondrial DNA control region and phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA lineages in the Japanese population. International Journal of Legal Medicine, vol. 117 , pp. 218-225. *PDF*
  54. Tajima A., Cheih-Shan Sun C.-S., Pan I-H., Ishida T., Saitou N., and Horai S. (2003) Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in nine aboriginal groups of Taiwan: implications for the population history of aboriginal Taiwanese. Human Genetics, vol. 113, pp. 24-33. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  55. Osawa M., Kaneko M., Horiuchi H.,Kitano T., Kawamoto Y., Saitou N., and Umetsu K. (2003) Evolution of the cystatin B gene: implications for the origin of its variable dodecamer tandem repeat in humans. Genomics, vol. 81, pp. 78-84. *PDF*
  56. Duan J., Wainwright M.S., JComeron J.M., Saitou N., Sanders A.R., Gelernter J., and Gejman P.V. (2003) Synonymous mutations in the human dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) affect mRNA stability and synthesis of the receptor. Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 205-216. *PDF*
  57. Andres A.M., Soldevila M., Saitou N., Volpini V., Calafell F., and Bertranpetit J. (2003) Understanding the dynamics of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 8 (SCA8) locus through a comparative genetic approach in humans and apes. Neuroscience Letters, vol. 336, pp. 143-146. *PDF*
  58. OOta S. and Saitou N. (2002) NJML+P: A Hybrid Algorithm of The Maximum Likelihood and Neighbor-Joining Methods Using Parallel Computing. Proceedings of Genome Informatics, vol. 13, pp. 434-435.
  59. Umetsu K, Iwabuchi N, Yuasa I, Saitou N., Clark PF, Boxshall G, Osawa M, Igarashi K. (2002) Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of a tadpole shrimp (Triops cancriformis) and analysis of museum samples. Electrophoresis, vol. 23, pp. 4080-4084. *PDF*
  60. Oota H., Saitou N., and Ueda S. (2002) A large-scale analysis of human mitochondrial DNA sequences with special reference to the population history of East Eurasian. Anthropological Science, vol. 110, no. 3, pp. 293-312. *PDF*
  61. Sumiyama K., Saitou N., and Ueda S. (2002) Adaptive evolution of the IgA hinge region in primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 1093-1099. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  62. Yamaoka Y., Orito E., Mizokami M., Gutierrez O., Saitou N., Kodama T., Osato M.S., Kim J.G., Ramirez F.C., Mahachai V., and Graham D.Y. (2002) Helicobacter pylori in North and South America before Columbus. FEBS Letter, vol. 517, pp. 180-184. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  63. Oota H., Kitano T., Jin F., Yuasa I., Wang L., Ueda S., Saitou N., and Stoneking M. (2002) Extreme mtDNA homogeneity in continental Asian populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 118, no. 2, pp. 146-53. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  64. Sawada H., Kanaya S., Tsuda M., Suzuki F., Azegami K., and Saitou N. (2002) Phylogenomic study of OCTase genes in Pseudomonas syringae pathovars: Horizontal transfer of argK-tox cluster and evolutionary history of OCTase genes on their genomes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 54, pp. 437-457. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  65. Tateno Y., Imanishi T., Miyazaki S., Fukami-Kobayashi K., Saitou N., Sugawara H., and Gojobori T. (2002) DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) for genome scale research in life science. Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 27-30. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  66. Fujiyama A., Watanabe H., Toyoda A., Taylor T.D., Itoh T., Tsai S.-F., Park H.-S., Yaspo M.-L. Lehrach H., Chen Z., Fu G., Saitou N., Osoegawa K., de Jong P.J., Suto Y., Hattori M., and Sakaki Y. (2002) Construction and Analysis of a Human-Chimpanzee Comparative Clone Map. Science, vol. 295, No. 5552, pp. 131-134. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  67. Noda R., Kim C.-G., Takenaka O., Ferrell R. E., Tanoue T., Hayasaka I., Ueda S., Ishida T., and Saitou N. (2001) Mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequence diversity of hominoids. Journal of Heredity, vol. 92, pp. 490-496.
    PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  68. Kaneko M., Nishihara S., Narimatsu H., and Saitou N. (2001) The evolutionary history of glycosyltransferase genes. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, vol. 13, no. 70, pp. 147-155. *PDF*
  69. Misu S., Iizuka T., Kawanishi Y., Fukami K., and Saitou N. (2001) CAMUS DB for amino acid sequence data. Genome Informatics 2001, pp. 502-503. *PDF*
  70. Yuasa I., Umetsu K., Ago K., Sun C.-S., Pan I-H., Ishida T., Saitou N., and Horai S. (2001) Population genetic studies on nine aboriginal ethnic groups of Taiwan. II. Serum protein systems. Anthropological Science, vol. 109, no. 4, pp. 257-273. *PDF*
  71. Umetsu K., Tanaka M., Yuasa I., Saitou N., Naito E., Ago K., Nakayashiki N., Miyoshi A., Kashimura S., Watanabe G., and Osawa M. (2001) Multiplex amplified product length polymorphism analysis to rapidly detect human mitochondrial DNA variations. Electrophoresis, vol. 22, pp. 3533-3538. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  72. Yamamoto M., Lin X.-H., Kominato Y., Hata Y., Noda R., Saitou N., and Yamamoto F. (2001) Murine equivalent of the human histo-blood group ABO gene is a cis-AB gene and encodes a glycosyltransferase with both A and B transferase activity. Journal of Biological Chemmistry, vol. 276, no. 17, pp. 13701-13708. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  73. Osawa M., Yuasa I., Kitano T., Heinke J., Kaneko M., Saitou N., and Umetsu K. (2001) Haplotype analysis of human alpha2-HS glycoprotein (fetuin). Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 27-34. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  74. Sanders A.R., Cao Q., Taylor J., Levin T.E., Badner J.A., Cravchik A., Comeron J.M., Saitou N., Del Rosario, Salvi A.D.A., Walczyk K.A., Goldin L.R., Mowry B.J., Levinson D.F., Crowe R.R., Silverman J.M., and Gejman P.V. (2001) Genetic Diversity of the Human Serotonin Receptor 1B (HTR1B) Gene. Genomics, vol. 72, pp. 1-14. *PDF*
  75. Sumiyama K., Kitano T., Noda R., Ueda S., Ferrell R., and Saitou N. (2000) Gene diversity of chimpanzee ABO blood group genes elucidated from exon 7 sequences. Gene, vol. 259, pp. 75-79. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  76. Wang L., Oota H., Saitou N., Jin F., Matsushita T., and Ueda S. (2000) Genetic structure of a 2500-year-old human population in China and its spatiotemporal changes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1396-1400. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  77. Kitano T. and Saitou N. (2000) Evolutionary history of the Rh blood group-related genes in vertebrates. Immunogenetics, vol. 51, no. 7, pp. 856-862. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  78. Noda R., Kitano T., Takenaka O., and Saitou N. (2000) Evolution of the ABO blood group gene in Japanese macaque. Genes and Genetic Systems, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 141-147. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  79. Kitano T., Noda R., Sumiyama K., Ferrell R. E., and Saitou N. (2000) Gene diversity of chimpanzee ABO blood group genes elucidated from intron 6 sequences. Journal of Heredity, vol. 91, no. 3, pp. 211-214. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  80. Kikuchi M., Misu S., Imanishi T., and Saitou N.. (2000) CAMUS DB: Development of structural database for homology search. In Miyano S., Shamir R., and Takagi T. (eds.), "Currents in Computational Molecular Biology", Universal Academy Press, Tokyo, pp. 80-81. *PDF*
  81. Saitou N. (2000) Programs for constructing phylogenetic trees and networks of closely related sequences. In Iwatuki.K. (ed.), "IIAS International Symposium on Biodiversity", International Institute for Advanced Studies, Kyoto, pp. 45-50. *PDF*
  82. Kitano T., OOta S., and Saitou N. (1999) Molecular evolutionary analyses of the Rh blood group genes and Rh50 genes in mammales. Zoological Studies, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 379-386.*PDF*
  83. Kitano T. and Saitou N. (1999) Evolution of Rh blood group genes have experienced gene conversions and positive selection. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 615-626.*PDF*
  84. Sawada H., Suzuki F., Matsuda I, and Saitou N. (1999) Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudomonas syringe pathovar suggests the horizontal gene transfer of argK and the evolutionary stability of hrp gene cluster. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 627-644.*PDF*
  85. Kaneko M., Kudo T., Iwasaki H., Shiina T., Inoko H., Kozaki T., Saitou N., and Narimatsu H. (1999) Assignment of the human alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase IX (FUT9) gene to chromosome band 6q16 by in situ hybridization. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, vol. 86, pp. 329-330. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  86. Jin F., Saitou N., Ishida T., Sun C.-S., Pan I-H., Omoto K., and Horai S. (1999) Population genetic studies on nine aboriginal ethnic groups of Taiwan. I Red cell enzyme systems. Anthropological Science, vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 229-246. *PDF*
  87. Kobayashi K., Iwasaki M., Suzuki Y., Suzuki H., and Saitou N. (1999) An analysis of polymorphism for the ABO blood group genes in a Japanese population based on polymerase chain reaction. Anthropological Science, vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 109-121. *PDF*
  88. Kaneko M., Kudo T., Iwasaki H., Ikehara Y., Nishihara S., Nakagawa S., Sasaki K., Shiina T., Inoko H., Saitou N., and Narimatsu H. (1999) alpha1-3-Fucosyltransferase IX (Fuc-TIX) is very highly conserved between human and mouse; molecular cloning, characterization and tissue distribution of human Fuc-TIX. FEBS Letters, vol. 452, pp. 237-242. *PDF*
  89. OOta S. and Saitou N. (1999) Phylogenetic relationship of muscle tissues deduced from superimposition of gene trees. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 856-867. [*PDF*]
  90. Jin F., Saitou N., and Omoto K. (1999) Population genetic studies on the Chinese. In Omoto K. (ed.), "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Origin of Japanese", International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 15-24.
  91. Oota H., Saitou N., Kurosaki K., Pookajorn S., Ishida T, Matsushita T., and Ueda S. (1999) Ancient DNA: a New Strategy for Studying Population History. In Omoto K. (ed.), "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Origin of Japanese", International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 25-41.
  92. Kitakami H., Mori Y., OOta S., and Saitou N. (1999) Satisfying the zero-crossover constraints for reconciliation across heterogeneous trees (in Japanese). Database, vol. 40, No. SIG 5, pp. 1-14.
  93. Sato H., Koide T., Sagai T., Ishiguro S.-I., Tamai M., Saitou N., and Shiroishi T. (1999) The genomic organization of type I keratin genes in Mice. Genomics, vol. 56, pp. 303-309. *PDF*
  94. Oota H., Saitou N., Matsushita T., and Ueda S. (1999) Molecular genetic analysis of remains of a 2,000-year old human population in China-and its relevance for the origin of the modern japanese population. American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 250-258. *PDF*
  95. Yuan Y. D., Jin F., Zhang C., and Saitou N. (1999) The Study of the Distribution of Chinese Surnames and the Diversity of Genetic Population Structure in the Song Dynasty (in Chinese). Acta Genetica Sinica, vol. 26, pp. 187-197.
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  96. Kitano T., Sumiyama K., Shiroishi T., and Saitou N. (1998) Conserved evolution of the Rh50 gene compared to its homologous Rh blood group gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 249, No. 1, pp. 78-85. *PDF*
  97. Saitou N. and Yamamoto F.-I. (1997) Evolution of primate ABO blood group genes and their homologous genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 399-411. *PDF*
  98. Kitano T., Matsuoka N., and Saitou N. (1997) The phylogenetic relationship of the genus Oncorhynchus species inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial markers. Genes and Genetic Systems, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 25-34. *PDF*
  99. Omoto K. and Saitou N. (1997) Genetic origins of the Japanese: A partial support for the "dual structure hypothesis". American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 102, No. 4, pp. 437-446. *PDF*
  100. OOta S. and Saitou N. (1997) Reconstruction of maximum likelihood phylogenetic trees in parallel enviromnent using logic programming. In Miyano S. and Takagi T. (eds.), Genome Informatics 1997, Universal Academy Press, Tokyo, pp. 326-327.
  101. Fukagawa T., Nakamura Y., Okumura K., Ando A., Inoko H., Saitou N., and Ikemura T. (1996) Human pseudoautosomal boundary-like sequences: expression, and involvement in evolutionary formation of the present-day pseudoautosomal boundary of human sex chromosome. Human Molecular Genetics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 23-32. *PDF*
  102. Omoto K., Hirai M., Harihara S., Jin F., Misawa S., Washio K., Tokunaga K., Saitou N., Yamazaki K., Du R, Hao L., Yuan Y., Luo Z., Xu J., Hu J., Wei X., Li S., Zhao H., Zhang Z., Niu K., Du C., and Lu B. (1996) Population genetic studies on national minorities in China. In Akazawa K. (ed.), Proceedings of the First Conference on the Dispersal of Prehistoric Mongoloids, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 135-145.
  103. Saitou N. (1996) Reconstruction of gene trees from sequence data. In Doolittle R. (ed.), Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 266, Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, pp. 427-449. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  104. Ohtsuka H., Oyanagi M., Mafune Y., Miyashita N., Shiroishi T., Moriwaki K., Kominami R., and Saitou N. (1996) The presence/absence polymorphism and evolution of p53 pseudogene within the genus Mus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp.548-556. *PDF*
  105. Ogasawara K., Bannai M., Saitou N., Yabe R., Nakata K., Takenaka M., Fujisawa K., Uchikawa M., Ishikawa Y., Juji T., and Tokunaga K. (1996) Extensive polymorphism of ABO blood group gene: Three major lineages of the alleles for the common ABO phenotypes. Human Genetics, Vol. 97, pp. 777-783. *PDF*
  106. Saitou N. (1996) Contrasting gene trees and population trees on the evolution of modern humans. In Boyce A. J. and Mascie-Taylor C.G.N. (eds.), Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series: Molecular Biology and Human Diversity, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 265-282. *PDF*
  107. Sumiyama K., Washio-Watanabe K., Saitou N., Hayakawa T., and Ueda S. (1996) Class III POU Genes: Generation of Homopolymeric Amino Acid Repeats Under GC Pressure in Mammals. Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 43, pp. 170-178. *PDF*
  108. Ogasawara K., Yabe R., Uchikawa M., Saitou N., Bannai M., Nakata K., Takenaka M., Fujisawa K., Juji T., and Tokunaga K. (1996) Molecular genetic analysis of the variant phenotypes of the ABO blood group system. Blood, Vol. 77, No. 7, pp. 2732-2737. *PDF*
  109. OOta S., Saitou N., and Kunifuji S. (1995) Application of a parallel logic programming for reconstruction of molecular phylogenetic trees using the maximum likelihood method. In Chikawama T., Nakashima H., and Tick E. (eds.), ICLP'95 Workshop on Parallel Logic Programming, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Tokyo, pp. 61-72. *PDF*
  110. Saitou N. (1995) A genetic affinity analysis of human populations. Human Evolution, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 17-33. *PDF*
  111. Jin F., Saitou N., Ishida T., Sun C.-S., Pan I.-H., Omoto K., and Horai S. (1995) Genetic Polymorphism of ADA in Taiwan Aboriginal Populations: New ADA Variants Detected by Isoelectric Focusing Method. Anthropological Science, Vol. 103, No. 3, pp. 227-234. *PDF*
  112. Ishida N., Oyunsuren T., Mashima S., Mukoyama H., and Saitou N. (1995) Mitochondrial DNA sequences of various species of the genus Equus with a special reference to the phylogenetic relationship between Przewalskii's wild horse and domestic horse. Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 41, pp. 180-188. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  113. Umetsu K., Yuasa I., Harada A., Suzuki T., Pan I-H., Ishida T., Saitou N., and Horai S. (1995) Orosomucoid phenotyping with monoclonal antibodies: polymorphic occueernce of ORM1*Q0 in aboriginal Tawaniese populations. Human Heredity, Vol. 45, pp. 181-185. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  114. Oota H., Saitou N., Matsushita T., and Ueda S. (1995) A genetic study of 2,000-year-old human remains from Japan using mitochondrial DNA sequences. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 98, pp. 133-145. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  115. Kitakami H., Shin-I T., Ikeo K., Ugawa Y., Saitou N., Gojobori T., and Tateno Y. (1995) Yamato and Asuka: DNA database management system. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - 1995, pp. 72-80.
  116. Saitou N. (1995) Methods for building phylogenetic trees of genes and species. In Griffin H. and Griffin A. (eds.), Molecular Biology: Current Innovations and Future Trends Part 2, Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, U.K., pp. 115-135. *PDF*
  117. Yanagihara R., Saitou N., Nerurkar V. R., Song K. J., Bastian I., Franchini G., and Gajdusek D. C. (1995) Molecular phylogeny and dissemination of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus. Cellular and Molecular Biology, Vol. 41, S145-S161. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  118. Kitakami H., Yamazaki Y., Ikeo K., Ugawa Y., Shin-i T., Saitou N., Gojobori T., and Tateno Y. (1994) Building and search system for a large-scale DNA database. In Schulze-Krmer S. ed., Advances in Molecular Bioinformatics, IOS Press, London, pp. 123-138.
  119. Umetsu K., Yuasa I., Suzuki T., Sun C.-S., Pan I-H., Ishida T., Saitou N., and Horai S. (1994) Polymorphisms of complement component I and C1R subcomponent of C1 in 9 aboriginal Taiwanese populations. Human Biology, Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 339-348. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  120. Saitou N., Omoto K., Du C., and Du R. (1994) Population genetic study in Hainan Island, China. II. Genetic affinity analyses. Anthropological Science, Vol. 102, No. 2, pp. 129-147. *PDF*
  121. Song K.-J., Nerurkar V. R., Saitou N., Lazo A., Blakeslee J. R., Miyoshi M., and Yanagihara R. (1994) Genetic analysis and molecular phylogeny of simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type I: evidence for independent virus evolution in Asia and Africa. Virology, Vol. 199, No. 1, pp. 56-66. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  122. Saitou N. and Ueda S. (1994) Evolutionary rate of insertions and deletions in non-coding nucleotide sequences of primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 504-512. *PDF*
  123. Kanno R., Mizutani Y., Saitou N., Kosaki H., Makino Y., Adachi Y., Akazawa T., Kanno M., Shiroishi T., Moriwaki K., and Taniguchi M. (1994) Evolution of Va14 TCR gene family in mice. In Moriwaki K. et al. (eds.), Genetics in Wild Mice, Japan Scientific Society Press, Tokyo/S. Karger, Basel, pp. 193-202. *PDF*
  124. Saitou N. (1994) A note on the neutral theory. Japanese Journal of Genetics, Vol. 69, No. 5, pp. 503-512. *PDF*
  125. Omoto K., Hirai M., Jin F., Misawa S., Washio K., Tokunaga K., Yamazaki K., Saitou N., Du C., Lu B., Luo Z., Zeng Z., Xu J., Zhao H., Zhang Z., Wei X., Niu K., Hao L., and Du R. (1993) Population genetic study in Hainan Island, China. I. Distribution of blood genetic markers. Anthropological Science, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 1-24. *PDF*
  126. Nerurkar V. R., Song K.-J., Saitou N., Mallan R. R., and Yanagihara R. (1993) Interfamilial and intrafamilial genomic diversity of human T lymphotropic virus type I strains from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Virology, Vol. 196, pp. 506-513. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  127. Ishida T., Pan I.-H., Horai S., Saitou N., and Sun C.-S. (1993) Seroepidemiological survey of human T-lymphotropic retrovirus among indigenous populations in Taiwan. International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 927-930. *PDF* PubMed Abstract
  128. Kawamura S., Saitou N., and Ueda S. (1992) Concerted evolution of the primate immunoglobulin alpha gene through gene conversion. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 267, No. 11, pp. 7359-7367. *PDF*
  129. Saitou N., Tokunaga K., and Omoto K. (1992) Genetic affinities of human populations. In Roberts D.L., Fujiki N., and Torizuka K. (eds.), Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series 33: Isolation and Migration, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 118- 129. *PDF*
  130. Dodo Y., Ishida H., and Saitou N. (1992) Population history of Japan: a cranial nonmetric approach. In Akazawa T., Aoki K., and Kimura T. (eds.), The Evolution and Dispersal of Modern Humans in Asia, Hokusen-sha, Tokyo, pp. 479-492.
  131. Saitou N. (1992) Evolutionary rate of insertions and deletions. In Takahata N. ed., Population Paleo-Genetics: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Taniguchi Symposium, Japan Science Society Press, Tokyo, pp. 335-343. *PDF*
  132. Inoko H., Sato K., Takata H., Imanishi T., Ina Y., Saitou N., Tateno Y., Kimura A., Nishimura Y., Akaza T., Miyoshi H., Mura T., Tokunaga K., Tanaka H., Konoeda Y., Wakisaka A., Juji T., Sasazuki T., Tsuji K., and Gojobori T. (1992) Data flow from the collection of raw data to the construction of the MHC database. In Tsuji K., Aizawa M., and Sasazuki T. eds., HLA1991 Vol. 1, p. 65. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  133. Gojobori T., Imanishi T., Ina Y., Saitou N., Tateno Y., Sato K., Takata H., Kimura A., Nishimura Y., Akaza T., Miyoshi H., Mura T., Tokunaga K., Tanaka H., Konoeda Y., Wakisaka A., Juji T., Sasazuki T., Tsuji K., and Inoko H. (1992) Construction of the MHC database. In Tsuji K., Aizawa M., and Sasazuki T. eds., HLA1991 Vol. 1, p. 66-67. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  134. Wakisaka A., Imanishi T., Saitou N., Konoeda Y., and Gojobori T. (1992) Introduction to and organization of the anthropology component. In Tsuji K., Aizawa M., and Sasazuki T. eds., HLA1991 Vol. 1, p. 623-626. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 
  135. Saitou N. (1991) Reconstruction of molecular phylogeny of extant hominoids from DNA sequence data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 84, No. 1, pp. 75-85. PubMed Abstract
  136. Harihara S., Imanishi T., Saitou N., Omoto K., Varavudhi P., and Takenaka O. (1991) Phylogenetic analysis of Macaca fascicularis in Thailand, using data of mitochondrial DNA variation. In Ehara A. et al. eds., Primatology Today, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 611- 612.
  137. Saitou N. (1991) Phylogeny of extant hominoids reconstructed from molecular data. In Ehara A. et al. eds., Primatology Today, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 627-630.
  138. Omoto K., Hirai M., Saitou N., and Harihara S. (1991) Extensive polymorphism of complement C6 among crab-eating monkeys. In Ehara A. et al. eds., Primatology Today, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 603-604.
  139. Kawamura S., Tanabe H., Watanabe Y., Kurosaki K., Saitou N., and Ueda S. (1991) Evolutionary rate of immunoglobulin alpha non-coding region is greater in hominoids than in Old World monkeys. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 743-752. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  140. Saitou N. (1991) Statistical methods for phylogenetic tree reconstruction. In Rao C.R. and Chakraborty R. (eds.), Handbook of Statistics, Volume 8: Statistical Methods for Biological and Medical Sciences, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 317-346.
  141. Hasegawa M., Kishino H., and Saitou N. (1991) On the maximum likelihood method in molecular phylogenetics. (Letter to the Editor). Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol.32, pp. 443-445. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  142. Saitou N. (1990) Maximum likelihood methods. In Doolittle R. (ed.), Methods in Enzymology, Volume 183: Computer Analysis of Protein and Nucleic Acid Sequences, Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, pp. 584-598. *PDF*
  143. Suzuki H., Tsuchiya K., Sakaizumi M., Wakana S., Gotoh O., Saitou N., Moriwaki K., and Sakurai S. (1990) Differentiation of restriction sites in ribosomal DNA in the genus Apodemus. Biochemical Genetics, Vol. 28, Nos. 3/4, pp.137-149. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  144. Saitou N. (1989) A theoretical study of the underestimation of branch lengths by the maximum parsimony principle. Systematic Zoology, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 1-5.
  145. Ueda S., Watanabe Y., Saitou N., Omoto K., Hayasida H., Miyata T., Hisajima H., and Honjo T. (1989) Nucleotide sequences of immunoglobulin epsilon pseudogenes in hominoids and their phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 205, No. 1, pp. 85-90.
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  146. Watanabe T., Miyashita N., Nishimura M., Saitou N., Hayashi Y., and Moriwaki K. (1989) Evolutionary relationships between laboratory mice and subspecies of Mus musculus based on the restriction fragment length variants of the chymotrypsin gene at the Prt-2 locus. Biochemical Genetics, Vol. 27, Nos. 1/2, pp.119-130. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  147. Watanabe T., Masangkay J. S., Wakana S., Saitou N., and Takeshi Tomita (1989) Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in native Philippine cattle based on restriction endonuclease cleavage patterns. Biochemical Genetics, Vol. 27, Nos. 7/8, pp.431-438.
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  148. Saitou N. and Imanishi T. (1989) Relative efficiencies of the Fitch-Margoliash, maximum-parsimony, maximum-likelihood, minimum-evolution, and neighbor-joining methods of phylogenetic tree construction in obtaining the correct tree. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 514-525. [*PDF*]
  149. Harihara S. and Saitou N. (1989) A phylogenetic analysis of human mitochondrial DNA data. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nippon, Vol. 97, No. 4, pp. 483-492.
  150. Iwabe N., Kuma K., Saitou N., Tsuda M., and Miyata T. (1989) Evolution of Rhodopsin supergene family. Independent divergence of visual pigments in vertebrates and insects and possibly in mollusks. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, Vol. 65, No. 9, pp.195-198. 
  151. Harihara S., Saitou N., Hirai M., Aoto N., Terao K., Cho F., Honjo S., and Omoto K. (1988) Differentiation of mitochondrial DNA types in Macaca fascicularis. Primates, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 117-127.
  152. Saitou N. (1988) Property and efficiency of the maximum likelihood method for molecular phylogeny. Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp.261-273. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  153. Harihara S., Saitou N., Hirai M., Gojobori T., Park K. S., Misawa S., Ellepola S. B., Ishida T., and Omoto K. (1988) Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism among five Asian populations. American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 43, No.2, pp. 134-143. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  154. Saitou N. Shimizu H., and Omoto K. (1988) On the effect of the fluctuating population size on the age of a mutant gene. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nippon, Vol. 96, No. 4, pp.449-458.
  155. Saitou N. and Nei M. (1987) The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 406-425. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  156. Saitou N. (1987) Patterns of nucleotide substitutions in influenza A virus genes. Japanese Journal of Genetics, Vol. 62, No. 5, pp. 439-443.
  157. Saitou N. and Omoto K. (1987) Time and place of human origins from mtDNA data. (Scientific Correspondence) Nature, Vol. 327, No. 6120, p. 288.  PubMed Abstract
  158. Saitou N. and Nei M. (1986) Polymorphism and evolution of influenza A virus genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 57-74.
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  159. Nei M. and Saitou N. (1986) Genetic relationship of human populations and ethnic differences in reaction to drugs and food. In Kalow W., Goedde H. W., and Agarwal D. P. (eds.), Ethnic Differences in Reactions to Drugs and Xenobiotics, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp. 21-37. PubMed Abstract
  160. Watanabe T., Hayashi Y., Kimura J., Yasuda Y., Saitou N., Tomita T., and Ogasawara N. (1986) Pig Mitochondrial DNA: polymorphism, restriction map orientation, and sequence data. Biochemical Genetics, Vol. 24, Nos. 5/6, pp. 385-396. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  161. Saitou N. and Nei M. (1986) The number of nucleotides required to determine the branching order of three species, with special reference to the human-chimpanzee-gorilla divergence. Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 24, pp. 189-204. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  162. Saitou N. (1986) On the delta Q-test of Templeton. (Letter to the Editor) Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 3, pp. 282-284. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  163. Nei. M., Stephens J. C., and Saitou N. (1985) Methods for computing the standard errors of branching points in an evolutionary tree and their application to molecular date from humans and apes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 66-85. PubMed Abstract *PDF*
  164. Yasuda N. and Saitou N. (1984) Random isonymy and surname distribution in Japan. Biology and Society, Vol. 1, No. 2 , pp. 75-84.
  165. Saitou N. (1983) An attempt to estimate the migration pattern in Japan by surname data (in Japanese). Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nippon, Vol. 91, No. 3, p. 309-322.