2025

11. (NEW!) Y. Nomura, M. Okada, T. Tameshige, S. Takenaka, K.K. Shimizu, S. Nasuda, A.J. Nagano (2025) Subgenome-informed statistical modeling of transcriptomes in 25 common wheat accessions reveals cis- and trans-regulation architectures. Plant and Cell Physiology pcaf011 [https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf011](https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf011)

2024

10. I. Son*, N. Kasazumi*, M. Okada*, S. Takumi, K. Yoshida (2024) Discrepancy of flowering time between genetically close sublineages of Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk. Scientific Reports 14, 7437 (*: equally contribution) [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57935-w](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57935-w)

2023

9. J. Sun, M. Okada, T. Tameshige, R. Shimizu-Inatsugi, R. Akiyama, A. J. Nagano, J. Sese, K.K. Shimizu (2023) A low-coverage 3′ RNA-seq to detect homeolog expression in polyploid wheat. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 5(3):lqad067. [https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqad067](https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqad067)
10. A. Michikawa, M. Okada, T. M. Ikeda, K. Nagaki, K. Yoshida, S. Takumi (2023) Phenotypic effects of Am genomes in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific crosses between durum and wild einkorn wheat. PLoS One, 18(4):e0284408. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284408](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284408)

2021

7. K.K. Shimizu*, D. Copetti*, M. Okada*, T. Wicker, T. Tameshige, M. Hatakeyama, R. Shimizu-Inatsugi, C. Aquino, K. Nishimura, F. Kobayashi, K. Murata, T. Kuo, E. Delorean, J. Poland, F. Haberer, M. Spannagl, K.F.X. Mayer, J. Gutierrez-Gonzalez, G.J. Muehlbauer, C. Monat, A. Himmelbach, S. Padmarasu, M. Mascher, S. Walkowiak, T. Nakazaki, T. Ban, K. Kawaura, H. Tsuji, C. Pozniak, N. Stein, J. Sese+, S. Nasuda+, H. Handa+ (2021) De Novo Genome Assembly of the Japanese Wheat Cultivar Norin 61 Highlights Functional Variation in Flowering Time and Fusarium Resistance Genes in East Asian Genotypes. Plant and Cell Physiology, 62(1): 8–27 (*: equally contribution, +: corresponding author) [https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaa152](https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaa152)

2020

6. M. Okada, A Michikawa, K. Yoshida, K Nagaki, T.M. Ikeda, S. Takumi (2020) Phenotypic effects of the U-genome variation in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific crosses between durum wheat and its diploid relative Aegilops umbellulata. PLoS One, 15: e0231129. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231129 [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231129](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231129)

2019

5. A. Michikawa, K. Yoshida, M. Okada, K. Sato, S. Takumi (2019) Genome-wide polymorphisms from RNA sequencing assembly of leaf transcripts facilitate phylogenetic analysis and molecular marker development in wild einkorn wheat. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 294: 1327-1341. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-019-01581-9](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-019-01581-9)

2018

4. M. Okada, K. Yoshida, R. Nishijima, A. Michikawa, Y. Motoi, K. Sato, S. Takumi (2018) RNA-seq analysis reveals considerable genetic diversity and provides genetic markers saturating all chromosomes in the diploid wild wheat relative Aegilops umbellulata. BMC Plant Biology, 18: 271. [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1498-8](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1498-8)
5. M. Okada, TM Ikeda, K. Yoshida, S. Takumi (2018) Effect of the U genome on grain hardness in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific hybrids between durum wheat and Aegilops umbellulata. Journal of Cereal Science, 83: 153-161. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2018.08.011](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2018.08.011)

2017

1. M. Okada, K. Yoshida, and S. Takumi (2017) Hybrid incompatibilities in intraspecific crosses between tetraploid wheat and its wild diploid relative Aegilops umbellulata. Plant Molecular Biology, 95: 625-645. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-017-0677-6](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-017-0677-6)
2. J.C.M. Iehisa, M. Okada, K. Sato and S. Takumi (2017) Detection of splicing variants in the leaf and spike transcripts of wild diploid wheat Aegilops tauschii and transmission of the splicing patterns to synthetic hexaploid wheat. Plant Gene, 9: 6-12. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2016.11.002](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2016.11.002)

Reviews & Books

1. **M. Okada**, K.K. Shimizu. (2024). Wheat: Recent Advances in Genomics to Explore the History of Domestication and Polyploidization. In: Osada, N., Kumagai, M., Suzuki, H., Endo, M. (eds) Phylogeographic History of Plants and Animals Coexisting with Humans in Asia. Evolutionary Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6887-5_10

英文（査読なし）

1. M. Okada, K. Yoshida and S. Takumi (2018) Nucleotide diversity of a grain softness protein 1 gene GSP-U1 in wild wheat relative Aegilops umbellulata. Wheat Information Service 126: [eWIS126.1](https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/ewis/article/html/202/article.pdf)
2. S. Takumi, M. Okada, A. Michikawa, Y. Miki, R. Ohno and K. Yoshida (2017) High-quality RNA isolation from wheat immature grains. Wheat Information Service 124: [eWIS124.1](https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/ewis/article/html/195/article.pdf)

和文（査読なし）

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2. 梨木 聡人, 山森 晃一, 古村 翔也, 工藤 葵, 桒田 理恵子, 竹内 亜美, 清水 浩晶, 小川 泰生, 岡田 萌子 (2024) 若手研究者による農学的興味の広げ合い第3回～これからの農学とは～ (育種学会若手の会). 育種学研究 [https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbr.26.W04](https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbr.26.W04)
3. 徳山 芳樹, **岡田萌子**, 黒木 健, 古村 翔也, 佐藤 萌子, 梨木 聡人, 増田 佳苗, 松尾 宏樹, 山森 晃一, Ji Xiaotong (2023) 若手研究者による農学的興味の広げ合い第2回～育種における植物フェノタイピング技術の応用～（育種学会若手の会）. 育種学研究 25(1) 73-77 [https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbr.25.W07](https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbr.25.W07)
4. 松尾宏樹, **岡田萌子**, 山森晃一. 佐藤萌子. 柳江莉那, 元木航, 増田佳苗 (2022) 若手研究者による農学的興味の広げ合い 第1回～植物の性と交配～（育種学会若手の会）. 育種学研究 [https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbr.24.W01](https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbr.24.W01)