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UPDATE: Nov. 17. 2018

Thank you for coming!

I am Yuki Matsumoto, PhD, a researcher of Anicom Specialty Medical Institute Inc.

My research interest is understanding the diversity of domestic animals and wildlife (especially from perspective of genomics) and the relationship between human society and wildlife (conservation and management).

If you have some comments or want to collaborate with me, do not hesitate to contact me (ymatsumoto.ac@gmail.com).

◆ My positions and our works

Apr 2018 Anicom Specialty Medical Institute Inc.

I started medical genomic studies on dogs and cats. In the future we will report progress.

Apr 2015 - Mar 2018 JSPS Research Fellow DC1

Apr 2013 - Mar 2018 SOKENDAI, Department of Genetics / National Institute of Genetics

I study behavior genetics in mice using population and quantitative genetics in genomic level.

Now my collaborator and I willing to establish the method to identify selected genes by short-term selection in genomic level to identify genes associated with tameness (ex. Matsumoto et al. 2017).

Apr 2009 - Mar 2013 The University of Tokushima, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences

I studied ecology and molecular ecology. Especially, I investigated the Formosan sika deer (Cervus nippon taiouanus ) introduced into Okinoshima island, Wakayama prefecture, Western Japan.

My research topics were,

Subspecies identification (Matsumoto et al. 2015)
Estimating population size (Matsumoto et al. in prep)
Evaluation of impact by a tourist on habitat selection (Matsumoto et al. in prep)

◆ Selected Publications

Yuki Matsumoto, Tatsuhiko Goto, Jo Nishino, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Akira Tanave,Toshiyuki Takano-Shimizu, Richard F Mott, Tsuyoshi Koide. 2017. Selective breeding and selection mapping using a novel wild-derived heterogeneous stock of mice revealed two closely-linked loci for tameness. Scientific reports. 7, Article number: 4607
Asuka Yamashiro, Akira Endo, Hidehiko Kuwataka, Yuki Matsumoto, Tadashi Yamashiro. 2015. Geographic origin and genetic structure of introduced sika deer, Kerama deer (Crevus nippon keramae) on Ryukyus inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mammal Study, 40: 187–192.
Yuki Matsumoto, Yu-ten Ju, Tadashi Yamashiro, Asuka Yamashiro. 2015. Evidence of pre-introduction hybridization of Formosan sika deer (Cervus nippon taiouanus) on Okinoshima, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Conservation genetics, 16: 497-502.

◆ Selected Presentations

Yuki Matsumoto, Jo Nishino, Tatsuhiko Goto, Tsuyoshi Koide. Selective breeding mediated genetic mapping for tameness in mouse. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Conference 2016 [664], Gold Coast, Australia, 2016, July (Poster presentation).
Yuki Matsumoto, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Jo Nishino, Tatsuhiko Goto, Tsuyoshi Koide. Combination of selective breeding and genome-wide SNP analysis revealed the genetic loci associated with tame behavior in mice. 29th Annual Conference of the International Mammalian Genome Society [TS-04/P-076], Yokohama, Japan, November, 2015 (Oral & poster presentation). Poster presentation Award!
Yuki Matsumoto, Jo Nishino, Tatsuhiko Goto, Tsuyoshi Koide. Finding the Genetic Loci Associated with Tameness Using the Combination Method of Selective Breeding and Computer Simulation in Mice. Vth International Wildlife Management Congress 2015 [1203], Sapporo, Japan, July, 2015 (Oral presentation).
Yuki Matsumoto, Yu-ten Ju, Tadashi Yamashiro, Asuka Yamashiro. Origins of Introduced and Captive Formosan Sika Deer (Cervus nippon taiouanus) in Japan: Perspectives on the Conservation . Vth International Wildlife Management Congress 2015 [190], Sapporo, Japan, July, 2015 (Poster presentation).
Yuki Matsumoto, Tatsuhiko Goto, Akira Tanave, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Itsuro Inoue, Tsuyoshi Koide. Selective breeding of tame mice using wild-derived heterogeneous stock. Gordon Research Seminar, Galveston, USA, Feb 2014 (Oral & poster presentation).