Publications 2008

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Reviewed Book Chapters:
 

Agha S.H., Pilla F., Galal S., Shaat I., D'Andrea M., Reale S., Abdelsalam A.Z.A, Li M.H. Genetic diversity in Egyptian and Italian goat breeds measured with microsatellite polymorphism. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 125: 194-200. pdf

Alho J.S., Herczeg G., Merilä J. Female biased sex-ratios in subarctic common frogs. Journal of Zoology 275: 57-63. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00409.x

Backstrom N, Karaiskou N, Leder EH, Gustafsson L, Primmer CR, Qvarnstrom A & Ellegren H. A gene-based genetic linkage map of the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) reveals extensive synteny and gene-order conservation during 100 million years of avian evolution. Genetics 179: 1479-1495

Buggiotti L., Primmer C.R., Kouvonen P., Bureš S., Corthals G.L., Leder E.H. Identification of differentially expressed proteins in Ficedula flycatchers. Proteomics, 8:2150-2153

Cano J.M., Mäkinen H.S., Merilä J. Genetic evidence for male-biased dispersal in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Molecular Ecology 17: 3234-3242. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03837.x

Cano J.M., Mäkinen H., Leinonen T., Freyhof J., Merilä J. Extreme neutral genetic and morphological divergence supports classification of Adriatic three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations as distinct conservation units. Biological Conservation 141: 1055-1066. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.015

Cano J.M., Shikano T., Kuparinen A., Merilä J. Genetic differentiation, effective population size and gene flow in marine fishes: implications for stock management. Journal of Integrative Field Biology 5: 1-10. pdf

Eeva, T., Ahola, M., Laaksonen, T. and Lehikoinen, E. The effects of sex, age and breeding success on breeding dispersal of pied flycatchers along a pollution gradient. Oecologia 157:231–238

Gienapp P., Teplitsky C., Alho J.S., Mills J.A., Merilä J. Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and genetic responses. Molecular Ecology 17: 167-178. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03413.x

Herczeg G., Herrero, A., Saarikivi J., Gonda A., Jäntti M., Merilä, J. Experimental support for the cost–benefit model of lizard thermoregulation: the effects of predation risk and food supply. Oecologia 155: 1-10.  doi: 10.1007/s00442-007-0886-9

Jaari S., Välimäki K., Merilä J. Isolation and characterization of 100 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1469-1474. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02223.x

Jones O.R., Gaillard J.-M., Tuljapurkar S., Alho J.S., Armitage K.B., Becker P.H., Bize P., Brommer J., Charmantier A., Charpentier M., Clutton-Brock T., Dobson F.S., Festa-Bianchet M., Gustafsson L., Jensen H., Jones C.G., Lillandt B-G., McCleery R., Merilä J., Neuhaus P., Nicoll M.A.C., Norris K., Oli M.K., Pemberton J., Pietiäinen H., Ringsby T.H., Roulin A., Saether B.-E., Setchell J.M., Sheldon B.C., Thompson P.M., Weimerskirch H., Wickings E.J., Coulson T. Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum. Ecology Letters 11: 664-673. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01187.x

Järvinen E., Välimäki K., Pummila M., Thesleff I., Jernvall J. The Taming of the shrew milk teeth. Evolution and Development 19(4):477-486. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00258.x (pdf)

Karaiskou N and Primmer CR. PCR-multiplexing for maximising genetic analyses with limited DNA: an example in the collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis. Annales Zoologici Fennici45: 478-482.

Karaiskou N, Buggiotti L, Leder E & Primmer CRS. High degree of transferability of 86 newly developed zebra finch EST-linked microsatellite markers in 8 bird species. Journal of Heredity 6: 688-693.

Knopp T., Heimovirta M., Kokko H., Merilä J. Do moor frogs (Rana arvalis) lek with kin? Molecular Ecology 17: 2522-2530. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03748.x

Kuparinen A., Merilä J. The role of fisheries-induced evolution. Science 320: 47-48.

Kuparinen A., O'Hara R., Merilä J. Role of growth history in determining age and size at maturation in exploited fish populations. Fish and Fisheries 9: 201-207. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00284.x

Kuparinen, A., R. O'Hara & J. Merilä. Probabilistic reaction norms for continuous ontogenetic transition processes. PLoS One 3: 1-7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003677

Leder E.H., Karaiskou N., Primmer C.R. 70 new microsatellites for the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and amplification in other passerine birds. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 874-880

Leinonen T., O'Hara R., Cano J.M., Merilä J. Comparative studies of quantitative trait and neutral marker divergence: A meta-analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1-17. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01445.x

Lesbarreres, D., T. Lodé & J. Merilä. Male breeding success is predicted by call frequency in a territorial species, the agile frog (Rana dalmatina). Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1273-1279. link

Matsuba C., Maura I., Merilä, J. Disentangling genetic vs. environmental causes of sex determination in the common frog, Rana temporaria. BMC Genetics 3: 8. online

Mills J.A., Yarral J.W., Bradford-Grieve J.M., Uddstrom M.J., Renwick J.A., Merilä J. The impact of climate fluctuation on food availability and reproductive performance of the planktivorousred-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 1129-1142. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01383.x

Mutshinda, C.M., O'Hara, R.B. and Woiwod, I.P. Species abundance dynamics under neutral assumptions: a Bayesian approach to the controversy. Functional Ecology 22: 340-347. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01358.x

Mutshinda, C.M., Antai, I., O'Hara R.B. A probabilistic approach to exposure risk assessment. Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment 22: 441-449. doi:10.1007/s00477-007-0143-0

Mäkinen H., Cano J.M., Merilä J. Identifying footprints of directional and balancing selection in marine and freshwater three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations. Molecular Ecology 17: 3565-3582. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03714.x

Mäkinen H.S., Merilä J. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Europe - Evidence for multiple glacial refugia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 167-182. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.011

Mäkinen H., Shikano T., Cano J.M., Merilä J. Hitchhiking mapping reveals a large genomic region affected by natural selection in three-spined stickleback chromosome VIII. Genetics 178: 453-465. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.078782

Nikinmaa M., Leveelahti L., Dahl E., Rissanen E., Rytkönen K.T. , Laurila A. Population origin, development and temperature of development affect the amounts of HSP70,HSP90 and putative hypoxia-inducible factor in the tadpoles of the common frog Rana temporaria. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 1999-2004.

O'Hara B. Double-blind review: let diversity reign. (Correspondence) Nature 452: 28. doi:10.1038/452028d

O'Hara R.B., Cano J.M., Ovaskainen O., Teplitsky C., Alho J.S. Bayesian approaches in evolutionary quantitative genetics. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 949-957. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03714.x

O'Hara B. Journal club. Nature 452: 785. doi:10.1038/452785a

O'Hara B. European grants: a different view puts rich countries ahead. (Correspondence)
Nature 455, 285. doi:10.1038/455285c

Ortega-Garcia S., Ponce-Diaz G., O’Hara R., Merilä J. The relative importance of lunar phase and weather conditions on Striped Marlin (Tetrapturus audax) catches in sport fishing. Fisheries Research 93: 190-194. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.04.005

Ovaskainen O., Cano Arias J.M., Merilä J. A Bayesian framework for comparative quantitative genetics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 275: 669-678. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0949

Pagano, A., Lesbarreres, D., O'Hara, R., Crivelli, A., Veith, M., Lode, T., Schmeller, D.S. Geographical and ecological distributions of frog hemiclones suggest occurrence of both 'General-Purpose Genotype' and 'Frozen Niche Variation' clones. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46: 162-168. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00439.x

Routti H., Nyman M., Jenssen B.M., Backman C.,Koistinen J., Gabrielsen, G.W. Bone-related effects of contaminant in seals may be asociated with vitamin D and thyroid hormones. Enironmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27: 873-880

Rytkönen K.T., Ryynänen H.J., Nikinmaa M. and Primmer C.R. Variable patterns in molecular evolution of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha gene in teleost fishes and mammals. Gene 420: 1-10

Räsänen K., Söderman F., Laurila A., Merilä J. Geographic variation in maternal investment: Acidification affects egg size and fecundity in Rana arvalis. Ecology 89(9): 2553-2562. pdf

Schmeller D., Palo J.U., Merilä J. A contact zone between two distinct Rana temporaria lineages in Northern Germany. Alytes 25 (3/4): 93-98. pdf

Shikano T., Shimada Y., Suzuki H. Comparison of genetic diversity at microsatellite loci and quantitative traits in hatchery populations of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. Journal of Fish Biology 72:386-399.  doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01702.x

Shikano T. Estimation of quantitative genetic parameters using marker-inferred relatedness in Japanese flounder: A case study of upward bias.  Journal of Heredity 99: 94-104. doi:10.1093/jhered/esm105

Snäll, T., O'Hara, R.B., Ray, C., Collinge, S.K. Climate-driven spatial dynamics of plague among prairie dog colonies. American Naturalist 171: 238-248. doi:10.1086/525051

 

Teplitsky, C., J.A. Mills, J.S. Alho, J.W. Yarall & J. Merilä. Bergmann's Rule and climate change: Disentangling environmental and genetic responses in a wild bird population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A, 105: 13492-13496. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800999105

Tonteri A, Vasemägi A, Lumme J & Primmer CRS (2008) Use of differential expression data for identification of novel immune relevant expressed sequence tag-linked microsatellite markers in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Molecular Ecology Resources 6: 1486-1490.

Vuori, K.A., Kanerva, M., Ikonen, E. and Nikinmaa, M. Oxidative stress during Baltic salmon feeding migration may be associated with yolk-sac fry mortality. Environmental Science & Technology, 42:2668-2673.

Vuori, K.A., Nordlund, E., Kallio, J., Salakoski, T., Nikinmaa, M. Tissue-specific expression of aryl hydrocarbon receptor and putative developmental regulatory modules in Baltic salmon yolk-sac fry. Aquatic Toxicology 87:19-27.

Vähä J.-P.K., Erkinaro J., Niemelä E., Primmer C.R. Retrospective genetic monitoring of Atlantic salmon populations within a river system over two decades –implications for management. Evolutionary Applications 1: 137-154.

Välimäki K., Jaari S., Piha M., Pakkala T., Merilä J. Isolation and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1152-1154. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02209.x

Webb, T.J., O'Hara, B, Freckleton, R.P. Does double-blind review benefit female authors? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 23: 351-353. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.03.003

Other publications:

 

Nikinmaa M. Miksi linnut pystyvät lentämään (Why are birds able to fly; in Finnish). Luova. Nuorten Tiedeverkkolehti, Kysy tutkijalta.  28.2.2008.

Merilä J. Kuinka nopeasti sisiliskon katkennut häntä uusiutuu? Tiede 8: 64. pdf

Merilä J., Kuparinen A. Laitostuvat lohikalat. Suomen Kalastuslehti 115(3): 14-16. pdf

Merilä J. Kysymyksiä koirasta [In Finnish: Question marks about dogs]. Luonnon Tutkija 112: 22. ; pdf

Merilä J. Seikkaillen kohti sukupuuttoa [In Finnish: Adventuring towards extinction]. Luonnon Tutkija 112: 23.. pdf

Merilä J. Modernisoitu Moby Dick? [In Finnish: A modernized Moby-Dick?]. Luonnon Tutkija 112: 73. pdf

 

Merilä J. Maailman merien mennyt loisto [In Finnish: The past glory of our oceans]. Luonnon Tutkija 112: 96-97. pdf