Myoshu Hikari

College of Bioresource Sciences Department of Zoological ScienceAssistant Professor

Degree

  • Ph.D., Nihon University, Mar. 2020

Research Keyword

  • Rodents
  • Specimens
  • Evolution
  • Biogeography
  • Genetics
  • Systematics
  • Morphology
  • Natural history
  • Chromosome
  • Hybrid zone

Field Of Study

  • Life sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary Biology
  • Life sciences, Biodiversity and systematics, Biodiversity; Taxonomy
  • Life sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary biology
  • Life sciences, Biodiversity and systematics, Biodiversity/Systematics

Educational Background

  • Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2020
    Nihon University, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Course in Natural Environment Studies
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2017
    Nihon University, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Course in Natural Environment Studies
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2016
    Nihon University, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Course in Natural Environment Studies
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2014
    Nihon University, College of Bioresource Science, Department of Animal Science and Resources

Member History

  • Sep. 2022 - Present
    Committee of Public Information, The Mammal Society of Japan
  • Sep. 2020 - Aug. 2022
    Committee of Public Information, The Mammal Society of Japan

Award

  • The mammal Society of Japan, 最優秀ポスター賞
    A reevaluation of the hybrid zone between the chromosomal races of Apodemus speciosus, Japan society
    Myoshu H;Iwasa MA
  • The Society of Chromosome Research, Best presentation award
    A note on aneuploidy chromosome constitutions of the small Japanese field mouse Apodemus argenteus, in the western mountainous area of Kanagawa pref., Honshu, Japan, Japan society
    Myoshu H;Iwasa MA

Paper

  • A unique accumulation of chromosomal variants and coat colors in a small population of the Norway rat at Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan.
    Hayakawa K; Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Cytologia, 2025, Refereed
  • Distribution and habitat of small mammals in mountains at the western end of Tokyo Metropolis
    Myoshu H.; Ishii N.; Iwasa MA; Kaneko K.
    Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), 2025, Refereed
    Lead
  • A boundary between occurrences of mitochondrial cytochrome b haplotypes as well as mito-nuclear discordance in the house mouse Mus musculus from the northern area of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
    Myoshu H
    Mammalian Biology, Apr. 2023, Refereed
    Lead
  • Sexual difference and local variation of the skull shapes detected by the landmark-based geometric morphometrics in the Japanese large field mice in Kanagawa Prefecture
    Imada C; Myoshu H
    Bioresource Sciences, 2021, Refereed, Not invited
    Last
  • A note on records of small mammals in the north central region of the Ina Mountains and Mt. Oikeyama in the Akaishi Mountain Range, central Honshu, Japan
    Myoshu H
    Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), 2020, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Differences in C-band patterns between the Japanese house mice (Mus musculus) in Hokkaido and eastern Honshu
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Caryologia, 2019, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Aneuploid chromosome constitutions of the small Japanese field mouse, Apodemus argenteus, in the western mountainous area of Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Mammal Study, 2019, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • A preparation method for gastropod radula as a teaching material for biology
    Iwasa MA; Myoshu H; Ichikawa N; Adachi Y
    Bioresource Sciences, 2019, Refereed, Not invited
  • Colonization and Differentiation Traits of the Japanese House Mouse, Mus musculus (Rodentia, Muridae), Inferred from Mitochondrial Haplotypes and External Body Characteristics
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Zoological Science, Jun. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Molecular analyses of the agouti allele in the Japanese house mouse identify a novel variant of the agouti gene
    Iwasa MA; Kawamura S; Myoshu H; Suzuki TA
    Genome, 2018, Refereed, Not invited
  • Polymorphic state of C-Bands in the Japanese house mice, mus musculus
    Hikari Myoshu; Masahiro A. Iwasa
    Cytologia, 2016, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • The correspondence between a unicolor coat of Mus musculus that rarely occurred in eastern Japan and a genotype of the Asip gene
    Myoshu H; Minakawa S
    Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan 2024, Sep. 2024
  • Ecology of rodents 2024 Intraspecific variation - chromosome to personality
    Myoshu H
    Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan 2024, Sep. 2024
  • Maintenance of the hybrid zone between the chromosomal races of Apodemus speciosus
    Myoshu H; Harada M; Iwasa MA
    Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan 2022, Aug. 2022, Not invited
  • A reevaluation of the hybrid zone between the chromosomal races of Apodemus speciosus
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan 2019, Sep. 2019, Not invited
  • Morphological comparisons of caudal vertebrae in the Japanese house mice from different lineages
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan 2018, Sep. 2018, Not invited
  • A note on aneuploidy chromosome constitutions of the small Japanese field mouse Apodemus argenteus, in the western mountainous area of Kanagawa pref., Honshu, Japan
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    The 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chromosome Research, Oct. 2017, Not invited
  • Difference of genetic and phenotypic properties between two farm areas of Hokkaido in the house mice
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan 2016, Sep. 2016, Not invited
  • Morphological and cytogenetical variations between Hokkaido and Honshu in the Japanese wild mice
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Vth International Wildlife Management Congress, Sep. 2015, Not invited
  • Cytogenetical Study of the Japanese house mice
    Myoshu H; Iwasa MA
    Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan 2014, Sep. 2014, Not invited

Affiliated academic society

  • Mar. 2022 - Present
    The Society of Chromosome Research
  • Aug. 2020 - Present
    Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
  • Jun. 2014 - Present
    The Mammal Society of Japan

Research Themes

  • Genetic exchange and hybrid reduction in "hazama" that is a contact zone between different chromosomal constitutions of Apodemus speciosus
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2028
    Hikari Myoshu
  • A reevaluation of structure of the hybrid zone isolating the chromosomal races of Apodemus speciosus
    The Japan Science Society, The Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant, Apr. 2019 - Feb. 2020
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