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The significance of social interactions in synchronized swarming flight in a termite
The significance of social interactions in synchronized swarming flight in a termite
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Tomonari Nozaki
Biology Letters   ·   01 Nov 2024   ·   doi:10.1098/rsbl.2024.0423
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Predation-driven geographical isolation of broods in periodical cicadas
Predation-driven geographical isolation of broods in periodical cicadas
Diane Carmeliza N. Cuaresma, Maica Krizna A. Gavina, Jomar F. Rabajante, Jerrold M. Tubay, Takuya Okabe, ..., Nobuaki Mizumoto, Hiromu Ito, Jin Yoshimura, Satoshi Kakishima, John R. Cooley
Scientific Reports   ·   07 Nov 2024   ·   doi:10.1038/s41598-024-75247-x
Subterranean termites (<i>Coptotermes formosanus</i> [Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae]) colonies can readily intercept commercial inground bait stations placed at label-prescribed distance
Subterranean termites (Coptotermes formosanus [Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae]) colonies can readily intercept commercial inground bait stations placed at label-prescribed distance
Kaitlin Gazdick, Sang-Bin Lee, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Thomas Chouvenc, Nan-Yao Su
Journal of Economic Entomology   ·   29 Oct 2024   ·   doi:10.1093/jee/toae259
Wasted Efforts Impair Random Search Efficiency and Reduce Choosiness in Mate-Pairing Termites
Wasted Efforts Impair Random Search Efficiency and Reduce Choosiness in Mate-Pairing Termites
Nobuaki Mizumoto (水元 惟暁), Naohisa Nagaya (永谷 直久), Ryusuke Fujisawa (藤澤 隆介)
The American Naturalist   ·   01 Dec 2024   ·   doi:10.1086/732877
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The strength of sexual signals predicts same-sex pairing in two <i>Coptotermes</i> termites
The strength of sexual signals predicts same-sex pairing in two Coptotermes termites
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Sang-Bin Lee, Thomas Chouvenc
Behavioral Ecology   ·   13 Aug 2024   ·   doi:10.1093/beheco/arae067
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Ant and termite collective behavior: Group‐level similarity arising from individual‐level diversity
Ant and termite collective behavior: Group‐level similarity arising from individual‐level diversity
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Chris R. Reid
Ecological Research   ·   23 Jul 2024   ·   doi:10.1111/1440-1703.12510
Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites
Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites
Simon Hellemans, Mauricio M. Rocha, Menglin Wang, Johanna Romero Arias, Duur K. Aanen, ..., Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Eliana Cancello, Yves Roisin, Michael S. Engel, Thomas Bourguignon
Nature Communications   ·   07 Aug 2024   ·   doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y
Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber
Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Simon Hellemans, Michael S. Engel, Thomas Bourguignon, Aleš Buček
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences   ·   05 Mar 2024   ·   doi:10.1073/pnas.2308922121
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Previous publications

2023

Protocol to obtain long movement trajectories of leaders and followers in ant tandem runs
Protocol to obtain long movement trajectories of leaders and followers in ant tandem runs
Yasunari Tanaka, Gabriele Valentini, Stephen C. Pratt, Hiroyuki Shimoji, Nobuaki Mizumoto
STAR Protocols   ·   01 Dec 2023   ·   doi:10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102769
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<scp>TManual</scp>: Assistant for manually measuring length development in structures built by animals
TManual: Assistant for manually measuring length development in structures built by animals
Nobuaki Mizumoto
Ecology and Evolution   ·   01 Aug 2023   ·   doi:10.1002/ece3.10394
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bioRxiv
Functional and mechanistic diversity in ant tandem communication
Functional and mechanistic diversity in ant tandem communication
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Yasunari Tanaka, Gabriele Valentini, Thomas O. Richardson, Sumana Annagiri, Stephen C. Pratt, Hiroyuki Shimoji
iScience   ·   01 Apr 2023   ·   doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.106418
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2022

Light alters activity but does not disturb tandem coordination of termite mating pairs
Light alters activity but does not disturb tandem coordination of termite mating pairs
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Thomas Bourguignon
Ecological Entomology   ·   22 Nov 2022   ·   doi:10.1111/een.13209
Ancestral sex-role plasticity facilitates the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior
Ancestral sex-role plasticity facilitates the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Thomas Bourguignon, Nathan W. Bailey
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences   ·   08 Nov 2022   ·   doi:10.1073/pnas.2212401119
bioRxiv
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tandem termite evolution
Age-based spatial distribution of workers is resilient to worker loss in a subterranean termite
Age-based spatial distribution of workers is resilient to worker loss in a subterranean termite
Sang-Bin Lee, Thomas Chouvenc, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Aaron Mullins, Nan-Yao Su
Scientific Reports   ·   12 May 2022   ·   doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11512-1
Molecular Phylogeny Reveals the Past Transoceanic Voyages of Drywood Termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
Molecular Phylogeny Reveals the Past Transoceanic Voyages of Drywood Termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
Aleš Buček, Menglin Wang, Jan Šobotník, Simon Hellemans, David Sillam-Dussès, ..., Michael S. Engel, Yves Roisin, Theodore A. Evans, Rudolf Scheffrahn, Thomas Bourguignon
Molecular Biology and Evolution   ·   01 May 2022   ·   doi:10.1093/molbev/msac093
bioRxiv
Termite nest evolution fostered social parasitism by termitophilous rove beetles
Termite nest evolution fostered social parasitism by termitophilous rove beetles
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Thomas Bourguignon, Taisuke Kanao
Evolution   ·   31 Mar 2022   ·   doi:10.1111/evo.14457
OIST
Yamagata Univ
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2021

Enhanced heterozygosity from male meiotic chromosome chains is superseded by hybrid female asexuality in termites
Enhanced heterozygosity from male meiotic chromosome chains is superseded by hybrid female asexuality in termites
Toshihisa Yashiro, Yi-Kai Tea, Cara Van Der Wal, Tomonari Nozaki, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Simon Hellemans, Kenji Matsuura, Nathan Lo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences   ·   13 Dec 2021   ·   doi:10.1073/pnas.2009533118
The evolution of body size in termites
The evolution of body size in termites
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Thomas Bourguignon
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences   ·   17 Nov 2021   ·   doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1458
bioRxiv
OIST
Phys.org
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ScienceMag
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Coordination of movement via complementary interactions of leaders and followers in termite mating pairs
Coordination of movement via complementary interactions of leaders and followers in termite mating pairs
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Sang-Bin Lee, Gabriele Valentini, Thomas Chouvenc, Stephen C. Pratt
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences   ·   14 Jul 2021   ·   doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.0998
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PCT
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2020

Complex Relationship between Tunneling Patterns and Individual Behaviors in Termites
Complex Relationship between Tunneling Patterns and Individual Behaviors in Termites
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Paul M. Bardunias, Stephen C. Pratt
The American Naturalist   ·   01 Nov 2020   ·   doi:10.1086/711020
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Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia) symbionts of the termite Paraneotermes simplicicornis
Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia) symbionts of the termite Paraneotermes simplicicornis
Stephen J. Taerum, Daniel E. Jasso-Selles, Jonathon T. Hileman, Francesca De Martini, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Gillian H. Gile
European Journal of Protistology   ·   01 Oct 2020   ·   doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125742
Termite males enhance mating encounters by changing speed according to density
Termite males enhance mating encounters by changing speed according to density
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Arturo Rizo, Stephen C. Pratt, Thomas Chouvenc
Journal of Animal Ecology   ·   20 Sep 2020   ·   doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13320
Behavioral Rules for Soil Excavation by Colony Founders and Workers in Termites
Behavioral Rules for Soil Excavation by Colony Founders and Workers in Termites
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Gillian H Gile, Stephen C Pratt
Annals of the Entomological Society of America   ·   19 Aug 2020   ·   doi:10.1093/aesa/saaa017
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Revealing the structure of information flows discriminates similar animal social behaviors
Revealing the structure of information flows discriminates similar animal social behaviors
Gabriele Valentini, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Stephen C Pratt, Theodore P Pavlic, Sara I Walker
eLife   ·   30 Jul 2020   ·   doi:10.7554/eLife.55395
bioRxiv
Modern termites inherited the potential of collective construction from their common ancestor
Modern termites inherited the potential of collective construction from their common ancestor
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Thomas Bourguignon
Ecology and Evolution   ·   02 Jun 2020   ·   doi:10.1002/ece3.6381
Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus
Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus
Yuki Mitaka, Shigeru Matsuyama, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Kenji Matsuura, Toshiharu Akino
Scientific Reports   ·   04 May 2020   ·   doi:10.1038/s41598-020-64388-4

2019

Caste‐biased locomotor activities in isolated termites
Caste‐biased locomotor activities in isolated termites
Hiroyuki Shimoji, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Kohei Oguchi, Shigeto Dobata
Physiological Entomology   ·   01 Dec 2019   ·   doi:10.1111/phen.12315
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Molecular Phylogenetic Position of <i>Hoplonympha natator</i> (Trichonymphea, Parabasalia): Horizontal Symbiont Transfer or Differential Loss?
Molecular Phylogenetic Position of Hoplonympha natator (Trichonymphea, Parabasalia): Horizontal Symbiont Transfer or Differential Loss?
Evan D. Mee, Maya G. Gaylor, Daniel E. Jasso‐Selles, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Gillian H. Gile
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology   ·   12 Oct 2019   ·   doi:10.1111/jeu.12765
Adaptive switch to sexually dimorphic movements by partner-seeking termites
Adaptive switch to sexually dimorphic movements by partner-seeking termites
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Shigeto Dobata
Science Advances   ·   01 Jun 2019   ·   doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau6108
bioRxiv
Kyoto Univ
KJZZ
Inferring collective behaviour from a fossilized fish shoal
Inferring collective behaviour from a fossilized fish shoal
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Shinya Miyata, Stephen C. Pratt
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences   ·   29 May 2019   ·   doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0891
ASU
Josai University
ScienceNews
NewYorkTimes
The Atlantic
Popular Science
朝日新聞
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2018

Loss of males from mixed-sex societies in termites
Loss of males from mixed-sex societies in termites
Toshihisa Yashiro, Nathan Lo, Kazuya Kobayashi, Tomonari Nozaki, Taro Fuchikawa, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Yusuke Namba, Kenji Matsuura
BMC Biology   ·   25 Sep 2018   ·   doi:10.1186/s12915-018-0563-y
Barricade construction by primitive termites: task allocation and evolutionary perspectives
Barricade construction by primitive termites: task allocation and evolutionary perspectives
Nobuaki Mizumoto
Artificial Life and Robotics   ·   21 Sep 2018   ·   doi:10.1007/s10015-018-0474-6
A Genomic Imprinting Model of Termite Caste Determination: Not Genetic but Epigenetic Inheritance Influences Offspring Caste Fate
A Genomic Imprinting Model of Termite Caste Determination: Not Genetic but Epigenetic Inheritance Influences Offspring Caste Fate
Kenji Matsuura, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Kazuya Kobayashi, Tomonari Nozaki, Tadahide Fujita, Toshihisa Yashiro, Taro Fuchikawa, Yuki Mitaka, Edward L. Vargo
The American Naturalist   ·   01 Jun 2018   ·   doi:10.1086/697238
The optimal movement patterns for mating encounters with sexually asymmetric detection ranges
The optimal movement patterns for mating encounters with sexually asymmetric detection ranges
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Shigeto Dobata
Scientific Reports   ·   20 Feb 2018   ·   10.1038/s41598-018-21437-3

2017

Nature of collective decision-making by simple yes/no decision units
Nature of collective decision-making by simple yes/no decision units
Eisuke Hasegawa, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Kazuya Kobayashi, Shigeto Dobata, Jin Yoshimura, Saori Watanabe, Yuuka Murakami, Kenji Matsuura
Scientific Reports   ·   31 Oct 2017   ·   doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14626-z
Pairing strategy after today's failure: unpaired termites synchronize mate search using photic cycles
Pairing strategy after today's failure: unpaired termites synchronize mate search using photic cycles
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Taro Fuchikawa, Kenji Matsuura
Population Ecology   ·   14 Jun 2017   ·   doi:10.1007/s10144-017-0584-3
Anomalous diffusion on the servosphere: A potential tool for detecting inherent organismal movement patterns
Anomalous diffusion on the servosphere: A potential tool for detecting inherent organismal movement patterns
Naohisa Nagaya, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Masato S. Abe, Shigeto Dobata, Ryota Sato, Ryusuke Fujisawa
PLOS ONE   ·   01 Jun 2017   ·   doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177480
Optimizing mating encounters by sexually dimorphic movements
Optimizing mating encounters by sexually dimorphic movements
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Masato S. Abe, Shigeto Dobata
Journal of The Royal Society Interface   ·   01 May 2017   ·   doi:10.1098/rsif.2017.0086
Kyoto Univ
NII
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2016

Male same-sex pairing as an adaptive strategy for future reproduction in termites
Male same-sex pairing as an adaptive strategy for future reproduction in termites
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Toshihisa Yashiro, Kenji Matsuura
Animal Behaviour   ·   01 Sep 2016   ·   doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.07.007
Kyoto Univ
UPI
IFLScience
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2015

Emergence of intercolonial variation in termite shelter tube patterns and prediction of its underlying mechanism
Emergence of intercolonial variation in termite shelter tube patterns and prediction of its underlying mechanism
Nobuaki Mizumoto, Kazuya Kobayashi, Kenji Matsuura
Royal Society Open Science   ·   01 Nov 2015   ·   doi:10.1098/rsos.150360
Kyoto Univ

2013

Colony-specific architecture of shelter tubes by termites
Colony-specific architecture of shelter tubes by termites
N. Mizumoto, K. Matsuura
Insectes Sociaux   ·   14 Sep 2013   ·   doi:10.1007/s00040-013-0319-1
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