Researchers in 2006:
Nagasaka K (Director, Department of Forest Genetics)
Tsumura Y (Head, Tree Genetics Laboratory)
Tani N (Tree Genetics Laboratory)
Ihara-Ujino T (Tree Genetics Laboratory)
Matsumoto Nikaido A (Tree Genetics Laboratory)
Moriguchi Y (Tree Genetics Laboratory)
Kado T (Tree Genetics Laboratory)
Yoshimaru H (Head, Ecological Genetics Laboratory)
Yoshimura K (Team leader, Department of Forest Genetics)

Technicians:
Koshiba M, Taguchi Y,Komatsu Y, Kawamata Y

Alumni:
Mukai Y (Gifu University <-- Sizuoka University <-- FFPRI)
Kawahara T (Hokkaido Branch of FFPRI <-- FFPRI)
Suyama Y (Tohoku University <-- FFPRI)
Tomaru N (Nagoya University <-- FFPRI)
Iwata H (National Agricultural Research Center(NARC) <-- FFPRI)
Takahashi T (Forest Agency <-- FFPRI)

1) Mukai Y, Suyama Y, Tsumura Y, Kawahara T, Yoshimaru H, Kondo T, Tomaru N, Kuramoto N, Murai M. (1995) A linkage map for sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) based on RFLP, RAPD, and isozyme loci. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 90: 835-840.

2) Suyama Y, Mukai Y, Kondo T. (1996) Assignment of RFLP linkage groups to their respective chromosomes in aneuploids of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 92: 292-296.

3) Tsumura Y, Suyama Y, Yoshimura K, Shirato N, Mukai Y. (1997) Sequence-tagged-sites (STSs) of cDNA clones in Cryptomeria japonica and their evaluation as molecular markers in conifers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 94: 764-772.

4) Taira H, Tsumura Y, Tomaru N, Ohba K. (1997) Regeneration system and genetic diversity of Cryptomeria japonica at different growing altitudes. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 447-452.

5) Yoshimaru H, Ohba K, Tsurumi K, Tomaru N, Murai M, Mukai Y, Suyama Y, Tsumura Y, Kawahara T, Sakamaki Y. (1998) Detection of quantitative trait loci for juvenile growth, flower bearing and rooting ability based on a linkage map of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 97: 45-50.

6) Kondo, T., Y. Tsumura, T. Kawahara and M. Okamura (1998) Inheritance of chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA in interspecific hybrids of Chamaecyparis.spp.. Breeding Science 78: 177-179.

7) Nikaido, A., H. Yoshimaru, Y. Tsumura, Y. Suyama, M. Murai and K. Nagasaka (1999) A segregation-distorting factor in AFLP mapping of Cryptomeria japonica. Gene and Genetic System 74: 55-59.

8) Tsumura, Y. and N. Tomaru. (1999) Genetic diversity of Cryptomeria japonica using co-dominant DNA markers based on Sequenced-Tagged Site. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 98: 396-404.

9) Tsumura,Y., N. Tomaru, Y. Suyama and S. Bacchus (1999) Genetic diversity and differentiation of Taxodium in the southeastern United States using cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences. Heredity 83: 229-238.

10) Kusumi, J., Y. Tsumura, H. Yoshimaru, and H. Tachida (2000) Phylogenetic relationships in Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae based on matK, chlL, trnL-trnF IGS region and trnL intron sequences. American Journal of Botany 87: 1480-1488.

11) Ujino-Ihara, T., K. Yoshimura, Y. Ugawa, H. Yoshimaru, K. Nagasaka and Y. Tsumura. (2000) Expression analysis of ESTs derived from the inner bark of Cryptomeria Japonica Plant Molecular Biology 43: 451-457.

12) Nikaido, A. M., T. Ujino, H. Iwata, K. Yoshimura, H. Yoshimaru, Y. Suyama, M. Murai, K. Nagasaka, Y. Tsumura. (2000) AFLP and CAPS linkage maps of Cryptomeria japonica. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100: 825-831.

13) Iwata, H., T. Ihara-Ujino, K. Yoshimura, K. Nagasaka and Y. Tsumura (2001) Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence Markers in Sugi, Cryptomeria Japonica D. Don, and Their Locations on the Linkage Map. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 103: 881-895.

14) Nakao, Y., H. Iwata, A. Matsumoto, Y. Tsumura, and N. Tomaru. (2001) Highly polymorphic microsatellite markers in hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa). Canadian Journal fo Forest Research 31: 2248-2251.

15) Moriguchi Y., A. Matsumoto, M. Saito, Y. Tsumura, and H. Taira (2001) DNA analysis of clonal structure of an old growth, isolated forest of Cryptomeria japonica D.Don in a snowy region. Canadian Journal of Forestry 31: 377-383.

16) Ujino-Ihara, T., A. Matsumuto, H. Iwata, K. Yoshimura, and Y. Tsumura (2002) Single-strand conformation polymorphism of sequence-tagged site markers based on partial sequences of cDNA clones in Cryptomeria japonica. Genes and Genetic Systems 77: 251-258.

17) Kusumi, J., Y. Tsumura, H., Yoshimaru, and H., Tachida (2002) Molecular evolution of nuclear genes in Cupressacea, a group of conifer trees. Molecular Biology and Evolution 19: 736-747.

18) Ujino-Ihara, T., Y. Taguchi, K. Yoshimura, and Y.Tsumura (2003) Analysis of expressed sequence tags derived from developing seed and pollen cones of Cryptomeria japonica. Plant Biology 5: 600-607.

19) Tani, N., T. Takahashi, H. Iwata, Y. Mukai, T. Ujino-Ihara, A. Matsumoto, K. Yoshimura, H. Yoshimaru, M. Murai, K.Nagasaka and Y. Tsumura (2003) A Consensus Linkage Map for Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) from Two Pedigrees, based on Microsatellites and Expressed Sequence Tags. Genetics 165: 1551-1568.

20) Kado T., H. Yoshimaru, Y. Tsumura and H. Tachida (2003) DNA variation in a conifer, Cryptomeria japonica (Cupressaceae sensu lato). Genetics164: 1547-1559.

21) Moriguchi, Y., H. Iwata, T. Ujino-Ihara, K. Yoshimura, H. Taira, Y. Tsumura (2003) Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Cryptomeria japonica D.Don. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106:751-758.

22) Tani, N., Y. Tsumura, and H. Sato (2003) Nuclear gene sequences and DNA variation of Cryptomeria japonica samples from the post-glacial period. Molecular Ecology 12:859-868.

23) Tani, N., T. Takahashi, T. Ujino-Ihara, H. Iwata, K. Yoshimura, and Y. Tsumura (2004) Development and characteristics of microsatellite markers for sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) derived from microsatellite-enriched libraries. Annals of Forest Science 61:569-575.

24) Tsumura, Y (2004) Utilization of microsatellite marker for genetic and breeding studies in forest tree species. (In Japanese) 86:184-190.

25) Matsumoto, A. and Y. Tsumura (2004) Evaluation of cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences markers for Chamaecyparis obtusa based on expressed sequence tag information from Cryptomeria japonica. Theororetical and Applied Genetics 110: 81-90.

26) Moriguchi, Y., H. Taira, N. Tani, and Y. Tsumura (2004)Variation of paternal contribution in a seed orchard of "Cryptomeria japonica" D. Don identified by using microsatellite markers. Canadian Journal of Forestry 34: 1683-1690.

27) Moriguchi, Y., N.Tani, S. Itoo, F. Kanehira, K. Tanaka, H. Yomogida, H. Taira, Y.Tsumura (2005) Gene flow and mating system in five Cryptomeria japonica D. Don seed orchards as revealed by analysis of microsatellite markers. Tree Genetics and Genomes 1: 174-183.

28) Ujino-Ihara, T., H. Kanamori, H. Yamane, Y. Taguchi, N. Namiki, Y. Mukai, K. Yoshimura, Y.Tsumura (2005) Comparative analysis of expressed sequence tags of conifers and angiosperms reveals sequences specifically conserved in conifers. Plant Molecular Biology 59: 895-907.

29) Futamura, N., N. Tani, Y. Tsumura, N. Nakajima, M. Sakaguchi and K. Shinohara (2005) Characterization of genes for novel thaumatin-like proteins in Cryptomeria japonica. Tree Physiology 26: 51-62.

30) Takahashi, T., N. Tani, H. Taira and Y. Tsumura (2005) Microsatellite markers reveal high allelic variation in natural populations of Cryptomeria japonica near refugial areas of the last glacial period. Journal of Plant Research 118: 83-90.

31) Saito, M., H. Taira and Y. Tsumura (2005) Study of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) with male-sterility gene using CAPS markers. Journal of Forest Research 10: 61-66.

32) Tsumura, Y. (2006) The phylogeographic structure of Japanese coniferous species as revealed by genetic markers. Taxon 55: 53-66.