Shozo Yokoyama

Emory University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Retinal Development and Disorders(35), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(31), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(22), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics(14), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation(12)

Publications114 total

Ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptor-cell circuits form a spectral depth gauge in marine zooplankton.
Figshare·2025Open Access
Origin and adaptation of green‐sensitive (RH2) pigments in vertebrates
FEBS Open Bio·2020· 30 citedOpen Access
Ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptor-cell circuits form a spectral depth gauge in marine zooplankton
eLife·2018· 92 citedOpen Access
Author response: Ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptor-cell circuits form a spectral depth gauge in marine zooplankton
2018· 3 citedOpen Access
Ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptor-cell circuits form a spectral depth gauge in marine zooplankton
2018· 3 citedOpen Access
Possible Roles of New Mutations Shared by Asian and American Zika Viruses
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2016· 25 citedOpen Access
A simple method for studying the molecular mechanisms of ultraviolet and violet reception in vertebrates
BMC Evolutionary Biology·2016· 24 citedOpen Access
Adaptive evolutionary paths from UV reception to sensing violet light by epistatic interactions
Science Advances·2015· 13 citedOpen Access
Spectral Tuning of Phototaxis by a Go-Opsin in the Rhabdomeric Eyes of Platynereis
Current Biology·2015· 114 citedOpen Access
Epistatic Adaptive Evolution of Human Color Vision
PLoS Genetics·2014· 47 citedOpen Access
Extraordinarily low evolutionary rates of short wavelength-sensitive opsin pseudogenes
Gene·2013· 4 citedOpen Access
Synthetic Biology of Phenotypic Adaptation in Vertebrates: The Next Frontier
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2013· 13 citedOpen Access
Genomic organization, evolution, and expression of photoprotein and opsin genes in Mnemiopsis leidyi: a new view of ctenophore photocytes
BMC Biology·2012· 137 citedOpen Access
Synthesis of Experimental Molecular Biology and Evolutionary Biology: An Example from the World of Vision
BioScience·2012· 12 citedOpen Access
Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Structure, Enantioselectivity, and Spectroscopy of Hydroxyretinals and Insights into the Evolution of Color Vision in Small White Butterflies
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B·2011· 12 cited
H-Bond Network around Retinal Regulates the Evolution of Ultraviolet and Violet Vision
ACS Chemical Biology·2011· 25 cited
Molecular Convergence of Infrared Vision in Snakes
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2010· 16 citedOpen Access
General evolution of the opsins in vertebrates
Journal of Vision·2010Open Access
Molecular mechanism of long-range synergetic color tuning between multiple amino acid residues in conger rhodopsin
BIOPHYSICS·2010· 18 citedOpen Access
Evolutionary replacement of UV vision by violet vision in fish
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2009· 37 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ahmet Altun(6), Takashi Tada(5), Bernhard Radlwimmer(5), Shoji Kawamura(5), Nathan Blow(4), Takashi Gojobori(4), Keiji Morokuma(4), Ruth Yokoyama(3), William T. Starmer(3), Huiyong Jia(3), R Yokoyama(3), Naomi Takenaka(3), Martin Gühmann(2), Nadine Randel(2), Csaba Verasztó(2), Luis Alberto Bezares-Calderón(2), Nico K. Michiels(2), Gáspár Jékely(2), Huan Zhang(1), Lyle L. Britt(1)