Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief: Yayoi OBATA (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Hiroshi HARAYAMA (Kobe University)
Kotaro HORIGUCHI (Kyorin University)
Kei IMAI (Rakuno Gakuen University)
Fuko MATSUDA (The University of Tokyo)
Naojiro MINAMI (Kyoto University)
Hiroshi NAGASHIMA (Meiji University) [Financial]
Atsuo OGURA (RIKEN BioResource Center)
Norihiro SUGINO (Yamaguchi University)
Kumiko TAKEDA (Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO)
Tomomi TANAKA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Past Editor-in-Chief: Michio TAKAHASHI (1991-1993)
Chikashi TACHI (1994-1996)
Yuji MORI (1997-1999)
Eimei SATO (2000-2002)
Masugi NISHIHARA (2003-2005)
Noboru MANABE (2006-2008)
Kei-ichiro MAEDA (2009-2011)
Hiroshi NAGASHIMA (2012-2014)
Atsuo OGURA (2015–2018)
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Editors
Ahmed BALBOULA (University of Missouri, USA)
Osamu DOCHI (Rakuno Gakuen University)
Toshihiko EZASHI (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
Heng-Yu FAN (Zhejiang University, China)
Martin FRAY (MRC Harwell, UK)
Hiroshi FUJIWARA (Kanazawa University)
Helena FULKA (Institute of Experimental Medicine CAS, Czech Republic)
Cesare GALLI (Laboratorio de Tecnologie della Riproduzione CIZ, Italy)
Shaorong GAO (Tongii University, China)
Andrea C GORE (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Christopher GRUPEN (University of Sydney, Australia)
Jae Yong HAN (Seoul National University, Korea)
Yuji HIRAO (Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO)
Shinichi HOCHI (Shinshu University)
Takuro HORII (Gunma University)
Shuntaro IKEDA (Kyoto University)
Takuya IMAMURA (Kyushu University)
Kimiko INOUE (RIKEN BioResource Center)
Junya ITO (Azabu University)
Hisataka IWATA (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Goo JANG (Seoul National University, Korea)
Yoshiakira KANAI (The University of Tokyo)
Noritoshi KAWATE (Osaka Prefectural University)
Nam-Hyung KIM (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
Koji KIMURA (Okayama University)
Naoko KIMURA (Yamagata University)
Kenichi KOBAYASHI (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
Shiro KURUSU (Kitasato University)
Jibak LEE (Kobe University)
Hoon Taek LEE (Konkuk University, Korea)
An LEI (China Agricultural University)
Pasqualino LOI (University of Teramo, Italy)
Tetsuo MARUYAMA (Keio University)
Hiromichi MATSUMOTO (Utsunomiya University)
Pascal MERMILLOD (INRA, France)
Akio MIYAMOTO (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine) 		Kei MIYAMOTO (Kindai University)
Kazuchika MIYOSHI (Kagoshima University)
Masashi NAGANO (Hokkaido University)
Kenatro NAGAOKA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Yoshiaoki NAKAMURA (Hiroshima University)
Mark NOTTLE (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
Jun OHGANE (Meiji University)
Satoshi OHKURA (Nagoya University)
Takeshi OSAWA (University of Miyazaki)
Rangsun PARNPAI (Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand)
Björn PETERSEN (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany)
Minoru SAKAGUCHI (Kitasato University)
Ryosuke SAKUMOTO (Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO)
Toshihiro SAKURAI (Ohu University)
Motoki SASAKI (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
Ken SAWAI (Iwate University)
Satoshi SUGIMURA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Koji SUGIURA (The University of Tokyo)
Qing-Yuan SUN (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Toru TAKAHASHI (Iwate Univerity)
Toru TAKEO (Kumamoto University)
Teruko TAKETO (McGill University, Canada)
Satoshi TANAKA (The University of Tokyo)
Kentaro TANEMURA (Tohoku University)
Yukihiro TERADA (Akita University)
Xiuchun Cindy TIAN (University of Connecticut, USA)
Hideaki TOMURA (Meiji University)
Pei-Shue Jason TSAI (National Taiwan Univerity)
Padet TUMMARUK (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Yoshihisa UENOYAMA (Nagoya University)
Teruhiko WAKAYAMA (Yamanashi University)
Eckhard WOLF (LMU Munich, Germany)
Ming-Che WU (Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Taiwan, ROC)
Nobuhiko YAMAUCHI (Kyushu University)
Keiichiro YOGO (Shizuoka University)
Koji YOSHIOKA (Azabu University)
Goro YOSHIZAKI (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Special Advisory Board
Hideo MOHRI (University of Tokyo,National Institute for Basic Biology)
Takahide MORI (Kyoto University)
Jerome F STRAUSS III (Virginia Commonwealth University,University of Pennsylvania)
Ryuzo YANAGIMACHI (University of Hawaii)
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