Articles in press

Alho J.S., G.Herczeg, A. Laugen, K. Räsänen, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Allen’s rule revisited: genetics of extremity length in the common frog along a latitudinal gradient. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, in press.

Eeva, T., Ruuskanen, S., Salminen, J.-P., Belskii, E., Järvinen, A., Kerimov, A., Korpimäki, E., Krams, I., Moreno, J., Morosinotto, C., Mänd, R., Orell, M., Qvarnström, A., Siitari, H., Slater, F. M., Tilgar, V., Visser, M. E., Winkel, W., Zang, H. and Laaksonen, T. (2010): Geographical trends in the yolk carotenoid composition of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Oecologia, in press

Forsman A., J. Merilä & T. Ebenhard. Phenotypic evolution of dispersal-enhancing traits in insular voles. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B, in press.

Gienapp P. & J. Merilä. Sex-specific fitness consequences of dispersal in Siberian jays. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, in press.

Gonda A., N. Trokovic, G. Herczeg, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Predation- and competition-mediated brain plasticity in Rana temporaria tadpoles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, in press.

Herczeg, G., M. Turtiainen & J. Merilä. Morphological divergence of North-European nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius): signatures of parallel evolution. Biological Journal of Linnean Society, in press.

Holmen J, Vøllestad LA, Jakobsen KS, Primmer CRS. Cross-species amplification of 36 cyprinid microsatellite loci in Phoxinus phoxinus (L.) and Scardinius erythrophthalmus (L.). BMC Research Notes (in press)

Junge C, Primmer CR, Vøllestad LA & Leder EH. Isolation and characterization of 19 new microsatellites for European grayling, Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758), and their cross-amplification in four other salmonid species. Conservation Genetics Notes (in press)

Leinonen T., J. M. Cano & J. Merilä. Genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in the threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Heredity, in press.

Li M-H. & J. Merilä. Avian Z-specific microsatellites map to pseudoautosomal or autosomal chromosomes in the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus): insights into avian genome evolution from cross-species amplification tests. Journal of Genetics, in press.

Matsuba C., J. Alho & J. Merilä. Recombination rate between sex chromosomes depends on phenotypic sex in the common frog. Evolution, in press.

Nair A., S. Kumar, S. George, S. Gopalan, M-H. Li, E. Leder & J. Merilä. Sixty two new microsatellite markers for an endemic frog Indirana beddomii from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. Conservation Genetics Resources, in press.

Nikinmaa, M. Gas Transport and exchange – red blood cell function. In: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment. Farrell, A.P., Cech, J., Brauner, C. (eds.), Elsevier, San Diego, in press

Nikinmaa, M. Gas transport and exchange – hemoglobin. In: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment. Farrell, A.P., Cech, J., Brauner, C. (eds.), Elsevier, San Diego, in press

Nikinmaa, M., Gassmann, M. Bogdanova, A Oxygen sensing: the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In: Oxidative stresses in Aquatic Ecosystems (T. Zenteno-Savin, D. Abele and JP Vazques-Medina, eds), Blackwell, in press

Ozerov MY, Veselov AJ, Lumme J, Primmer CRS. Genetic structure of freshwater Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) populations from the lakes Onega and Ladoga of northwest Russia and implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics, in press.

Shikano T., J. Ramadevi & J. Merilä. Identification of local and habitat dependent selection: Scanning functionally important genes in nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius). Molecular Biology and Evolution, in press.

Shimada Y., T. Shikano & J. Merilä. A high incidence of selection on physiologically important genes in the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Molecular Biology and Evolution, in press.

Sillanpää, S., Salminen, J.-P., Eeva, T., Carotenoids in a food chain along a pollution gradient. Science of the Total Environment, in press

Sillanpää, S., Salminen, J.-P. and Eeva, T. Fluctuating asymmetry in Great tit nestlings in relation to diet quality, calcium availability and pollution exposure. Science of the Total Environment, in press

Sorvari, J. and Eeva, T. Pollution diminishes intra-specific aggressiveness between wood ant colonies. Science of the Total Environment, in press

Swatdipong A, Primmer CR & Vasemägi A. Historical and contemporary genetic bottlenecks in European grayling, Thymallus thymallus. Conservation Genetics (in press)

Tonteri A, Vasemägi A, Lumme J & Primmer CRS. Beyond MHC: signals of elevated selection pressure in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) immune relevant loci. Molecular Ecology ‘from the cover’ (in press- available online from Early February)

Waser, W. Gas Transport and Exchange: Root effect - Root effect definition, Functional role in oxygen delivery to the eye and swimbladder In: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment. Farrell, A.P., Cech, J., Brauner, C. (eds.), Elsevier, San Diego, in press