Researchers

KITAGAWA Tadao

KITAGAWA Tadao
Professor
Faculty Department of Environmental Management / Graduate School of Agriculture
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/petakin-tango

Education and Career

Education

  • - 1996 , Mie University, Faculty of Bioresources,
  • - 2001 , Mie University, 生物資源研究科,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2022 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Environmental Management Professor
  • Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2022 , Kindai University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Environmental Management 准教授
  • Sep. 2013 - Aug. 2014 , University of Florida Department of Wildlife and Conservation 訪問研究者
  • Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2012 , Kindai University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Environmental Management 講師
  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2006 , Kindai University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Environmental Management 助手
  • Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2005 , Kindai University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Fisheries 助手
  • Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2003 , The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science 博士研究員
  • Apr. 2001 - Mar. 2002 , National Institute of Genetics 個体遺伝研究系・初期発生研究部門 博士研究員

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Life sciences , Biodiversity and systematics

Research Interests

保全遺伝学, 系統地理学, 集団遺伝学, 分子系統学, Conservation genetics, Phylogeography, Population genetics, Molecular phylogeny

Published Papers

  1. Differences in mating behaviours associated with morphological traits between two co-existing Japanese dojo loach species of the genus Misgurnus (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae)
    Yuki Yashima; Tadao Kitagawa
    JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY  75  Oct. 2026  , Refereed
  2. Environmental DNA supports persistence of the mythical Japanese freshwater fish “Jindai Dojo” and its conspecificity with an Eastern Japanese relict species
    Gen Ito; Yuki Yashima; Shotaro Ohgita; Asaka Yasuda; Hiroki Yamanaka; Tadao Kitagawa
    Scientific Reports  28, Aug. 2026  , Refereed
  3. First record of natural hybridization of endangered allotetraploid spined loach Cobitis takenoi with tetraploid congener species
    Yuki Yashima; Takeru Uechi; Mai Hirao; Tadao Kitagawa
    ICHTHYOLOGICAL RESEARCH  73  (3)  , 397-404, Jul. 2026  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. 日本の野生メダカを守る : 正しく知って正しく守る , 棟方, 有宗; 北川, 忠生; 小林, 牧人 , 生物研究社 , Oct. 2020
  2. 見えない脅威 “国内外来魚” , 北川 忠生 , 大和川水系で認められたヒメダカによる遺伝的撹乱 , 東海大学出版会 , 2013
  3. 淡水魚類地理の自然史 : 多様性と分化をめぐって , 渡辺, 勝敏; 高橋, 洋; 北村, 晃寿; 横山, 良太; 佐藤, 俊平; 山本, 祥一郎; 北川, 忠生; 竹花, 佑介; 武島, 弘彦; 向井, 貴彦; 大原, 健一; 井口, 恵一朗; 淀, 太我 , 北海道大学出版会 , Jan. 2010

Conference Activities & Talks

  1. ミナミメダカ内で広域に検出されるマイトタイプの由来の再検討 , 入口友香; 中尾遼平; 松田勝; 高田啓介; 北川忠生 , 日本生態学会大会講演要旨(Web) , 2017

MISC

  1. Kohfuku-ji “Hojoe” ceremony now considered from a biodiversity perspective, and redesigned to recognize the interrelationships of individuals within ecosystems , 北川忠生 , 魚類学雑誌 , 70 , 2 , 2023
  2. Proposal to protect the wild populations of Medaka , 細谷和海; 小林牧人; 北川忠生 , 海洋と生物 , 39 , 2 , 138 , 142 , Apr. 2017
  3. Current status of genetic disturbance in wild medaka populations in Japan , 中尾 遼平; 入口 友香; 北川 忠生 , 海洋と生物 , 39 , 2 , 126 , 130 , Apr. 2017

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Awards & Honors

  1. May. 2013, 環境省, 平成25年度「みどりの日」自然環境功労者環境大臣表彰
  2. May. 2012, 奈良県, 奈良県環境保全功労賞
  3. Nov. 2006, 日本魚類学会, Article Award

Research Grants & Projects

  1. 日本産淡水魚類の起源・進化に関する分子系統学的・系統地理学的研究