Technical Note
Application of de novo shoot regeneration system from root explants of Arabidopsis thaliana
Plants, unlike most animals, display extraordinary regenerative capacity to survive severe natural conditions.
Focus
Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes: A biological phenomenon with unknown molecular mechanisms but accumulating DNA evidence
Current Articles
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Regular Article
Temperature influences on dimorphism of microthallus in a brown alga Cladosiphon okamuranus
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Regular Article
Male meiosis and pollen morphology of some populations of Ledebouria revoluta (Asparagaceae) from India
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Regular Article
Culture of 26 Haematococcus strains under autotrophic and mixotrophic conditions and astaxanthin production
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Regular Article
Chromosome characterization and genome size in Nigella and Garidella species (Ranunculaceae) with their taxonomic implications
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Regular Article
Mixed-ploidy in Iranian endemic Cymbopogon olivieri (Boiss.) Bor: A chromosomal and holoploid genome size study
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Regular Article
Effects of fertilization of male gametes with heavy-ion beam irradiation on embryo and endosperm development in Cyrtanthus mackenii
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Karyotype Report
Comparative cytological study of three Bauhinia species in Bangladesh
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Karyotype Report
First karyological analysis of Plestiodon capito (Squamata: Scincidae)
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Karyotype Report
Cytology of two varieties of Coix lacryma-jobi L. (Poaceae) in India
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Karyotype Report
First karyotypic register of Ctenodon elegans (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Dalbergieae) from Puebla, Mexico, using splash method and Giemsa staining
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Karyotype Report
New gametophytic chromosome numbers for Lamiaceae from North-West India
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Karyotype Report
Karyotype analysis of five endemic Bellevalia species from Turkey
Cytologia News
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Celebration
Jun. 15, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Yoichi Sato (Director, Riken Food Co., Ltd., Japan) and Dr. Nobuko Sumiya (Associate Professor, Niigata University, Japan) for receiving the CYTOLOGIA Encouragement Award.
Dr. Sato received the award for his work on sporeling production and cultivation of marcoalgae.
See Sato, Y. et al. (2021) 86: 291–295,
Sato, Y. et al. (2023) 88: 1–2,
and Kinoshita, Y. et al. (2022) 87: 17–22.
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Dr. Sumiya received the award for her work on cell and chloroplast division in unicellular algae.
See Sumiya, N. et al.(2012) Cytologia 77: 59-66,
Mori, S. et al. (2022) Cytologia 87: 203-208,
and Kuroiwa, T. et al. (2012) Cytologia 77: 289-299.
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Celebration
Sep. 5, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Takuya Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Kanagawa University, Japan) for receiving the CYTOLOGIA Encouragement Award.
Dr. Sakamoto received the award for his studies on chromatin dynamics and cell nuclear structure.
See Ito, N. et al. (2021) Cytologia 86: 183-187
and Fujiwara, Y. et al. (2021) Cytologia 86: 3-9.
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Announcement
July 22, 2023
Instruction for authors has been substantially revised, so please be sure to check it before submitting your manuscript. Short Communication and Karyotype Report have been added as new publication ttypes. The publication fee has also been revised.
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Celebration
May 9, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Wakana Tanaka (Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan) and Dr. Mio Shibuta (Assistant Professor, Yamagata University) for receiving the CYTOLOGIA Encouragement Award.
Dr. Tanaka received the award for her developmental genetic studies on rice stem cells and morphogenesis.
See Hirano, H.-Y. and Tanaka, W. (2020) Cytologia 85: 3-8
and Tanaka, W. et al. (2019) Cytologia 84: 343-346.
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Dr. Shibuta received the award for her studies on epigenetic regulatory mechanisms and cytological imaging.
See Shibuta, M. K. et al. (2019) Cytologia 84: 107-111
and Shibuta, M. K. and Matsunaga, S. (2019) Cytologia 84: 3-8.
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Celebration
April 11, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Tomoko Abe (Deputy Director, Nishina Center, RIKEN) for Receiving the 2021 Wada Memorial Prize entitled “Development of Breeding Methods Using Heavy Ion Beams and Research on Molecular Mechanisms of Chromosomal Rearrangement Mutations”.The linear energy transfer (LET) of heavy ion beams can be controlled by selecting the type and speed of ions. Using this technology, Dr. Abe discovered the LETmax at which the mutation rate is maximized, and found that the larger the LET, the larger the deletion size of DNA and the higher the rate of chromosome rearrangement mutations, and her achievements in perfecting the heavy ion beam breeding method are highly appreciated not only in Japan but also worldwide. She has also developed a mutation detection pipeline for whole genome resequencing and exome analysis, which has made it possible to detect mutations at the whole genome level and to rapidly identify the causative genes of mutants.
See Ishii S. (2021) Cytologia 86, 273-274.
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Careers
April 8, 2022
The position of Project Assistant Professor is available in the Laboratory of Integrated Biology Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Meet the author
Mar. 20, 2022
Prof. Masanori Hiraoka (Kochi University)
See Kinoshita, Y. et. al. (2022) Cytologia 87, 17-22.