<h1>Hirokazu TOJU</h1> Predoctoral Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science<br> <br> <h2>Research Interests:</h2> <ul> <li>Exaggeration of Coevolving Phenotypes</li> <li>Geographic Structuring of Coevolutionary Arms Races</li> <li>Quantitative Evaluation of the Imbalance between Coevolving Phenotypes</li> <li>Geographic Divergence of Allometric Equations</li> <li>Phylogeography of Species Interactions</li> <li>Reconstruction of Adaptive Landscapes in Coevolutionary Systems</li> <li> EvolutionaryDivergenceofPreysinResponsetoVariationsinthePredatorForaging</li> <li>Genetics of Coevolutionary Arms Races</li> </ul> <h2>Publications (peer-reviewed journals):</h2> <h4>- Original Articles</h4> <ol> <li><u><b>Toju, H.</b></u> and T. Sota (2006) Imbalance of PredatorandPreyArmament: Geographic Clines in Phenotypic Interface andNaturalSelection.<b style= "color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;">TheAmericanNaturalist</b>167:105-117.<a href="http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/498277">Link</a>[This article was introduced by John N. Thompson in CurrentBiology(Thompson2005, Current Biology 15: R992-R994).]</li> <li><u><b>Toju, H.</b></u> and T. Sota. (2006) Adaptive Divergence ofScalingRelationships Mediates the Arms Race between a Weevil and Its HostPlant.<b style= "text-decoration: underline;">BiologyLetters</b>(publishedonline).<br></li> <li><u><b>Toju, H.</b></u> and T. Sota. (2006) Phylogeography and theGeographicCline in the Armament of a Seed-predatory Weevil: Effects ofHistorical Eventsvs. Natural Selection from the Host Plant. <b style= "text-decoration: underline;">MolecularEcology</b> (published online).<br></li> <li><u><b>Toju, H.</b></u> A Novel Approach to the Quantitative Evaluationofthe Imbalance between Coevolving Phenotypes. (submitted).</li> <li><u><b>Toju, H.</b></u> Geographic Variation in Predator ForagingBehaviourPromotes the Evolutionary Divergence of Prey. (submitted).</li> <li><u><b>Toju, H.</b></u> Spatial Scales of Coevolutionary Arms Races:LocalCo-adaptation and a Geographic Selection Mosaic in a Small Island.(inpreperation).</li> </ol> <br>