山中　明
	Akira Yamanaka
	准教授
	yamanaka@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp TEL:083-933-5720 総合研究棟506号室西側

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オフィスアワー（学生相談等）:月曜日17:00〜18:00
研究テーマ	鱗翅目昆虫の環境適応機構に関する研究 昆虫の発生調節機構の分子生物学的研究
研究内容	昆虫（チョウ目昆虫：チョウおよびガ）の環境適応機構の研究。特に、チョウの季節型発現の光周内分泌調節および体色発現の神経内分泌調節に関する研究をしています。また、チョウ目昆虫の休眠調節に関わる内分泌調節に関する研究も行っています。研究対象の昆虫は、キタテハ・ナミアゲハ・ジャコウアゲハ・モンシロチョウ・サカハチチョウ・ヨトウガなどです。
担当授業	共通教育：総合教養（Ｂ） 学部：動物生理学、昆虫生理学、生物学演習III、生物学実験II、生物・化学セミナー等 大学院：分子生物化学特論、分子生物化学演習、内分泌調節機構学特論等

原著論文 Ishida-Yamasaki M, Matsumura S, Kinugasa M, Yamanaka A. (2010) Usage frequency of night roosts and diet preference of the greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in the Akiyoshi-dai Plateau, Yamaguchi, Japan. Journal of the Speleological Society of Japan, (accepted) Yamanaka A, Kometani M, Yamamoto K, Tsujimura Y, Motomura M, Kitazawa C, Endo K. (2009) Hormonal control of pupal coloration in the painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 55, 512-517. Fujita K, Inoue M, Watanabe M, Islam ATMF, Shahjahan R, Endo K, Yamanaka A. (2009) Photoperiodic regulation of reproductive activity in summer- and autumn-morph butterflies of Polygonia c-aureum L. Zoological Studies, 48, 291-297. Tanaka A, Inoue M, Endo K, Kitazawa C, Yamanaka A. (2009) Presence of a cerebral factor showing summer-morph-producing hormone activity in the brain of seasonal non-polyphenic butterflies, Vanessa cardui, V. indica and Nymphalis xanthomelas japonica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Insect Science, 16, 125-130. Kitazawa C, Nishimura H, Yamaguchi T, Nakano M, Yamanaka A. (2009) Novel morphological traits in the early developmental stages of Temnopleurus toreumaticus. Biological Bulletin, 217, 215-221. Shahjahan RM, Razzak Md A, Islam ATMF, Saifullah ASM, Yamanaka A, Inoue M, Endo K. (2008) Preliminary study of seasonal fluctuations of the numbers of butterflies in a forest of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 36, 245-252. Shahjahan RM, Razzak MA, Islam ATMF, Saifullah ASM, Yamanaka A, Inoue M, Endo K (2008) Field studies of butterflies for establishing indices to evaluate the state and changes of ecological conditions in forests and farms of Bangladesh. University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University, 27, 67-71 Kodama I, Yamanaka A, Endo K, Koya Y. (2008) Role of the yellow spot around the urogenital opening of female mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) as a cue for copulation. Zoological Science, 25, 1199-1204. Yamanaka A, Uchiyama T, Naotori M, Adachi M, Inoue M, Kitazawa C, Endo K. (2007) Effect of Bombyx mori central nervous system extracts on diapause pupal coloration in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Chugoku Kontyu, 21, 55-59. Yamanaka A, Adachi M, Imai H, Uchiyama T, Inoue M, Islam ATMF, Kitazawa C, Endo K. (2006) Properties of orange-pupa-inducing factor (OPIF) in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. Peptides, 27, 534-538. Saito M, Yamanaka A, Masaki H, Nishijima A, Harada Y, Kitazawa C, Abe H, Watanabe M, Endo K. (2005) Environmental factors affecting black/white coloration of the silken girdle in the swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Zoological Science, 22, 1259-1263. Yamanaka A, Imai H, Adachi M, Komatsu M, Islam ATMF, Kodama I, Kitazawa C, Endo K. (2004) Hormonal control of the orange coloration of diapause pupae in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Zoological Science, 21, 1049-1055.

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