Arild Husby
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Evolutionary Biology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 41 20
- E-mail:
- arild.husby@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum
Norbyvägen 18D
752 36 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum
Norbyvägen 18D
752 36 UPPSALA
Short presentation
I have broad interests in the fields of ecological genetics and genomics, but am particularly interested in how changing environmental conditions impact genetic variation.
Keywords
- evolutionary biology
- quantitative genetics
- phenotypic plasticity
- ecological genomics
- dna methylation
- wing polyphenism
Biography
2022 - Associate professor/Senior lecturer, Uppsala University
2018 - : Associate Senior Lecturer, Uppsala University
2014-2017: Assistant Professor, Helsinki University
2012-2014: Senior researcher, NTNU, Norway
2010-2012: Post doc Uppsala University
2006-2010: Marie Curie PhD, university of Edinburgh
Research
My research aims to understand how populations adapt to changing environmental conditions. To do so I work on different vertebrate and invertebrate study system depending on what is most suitable for the question of interest and combine sequencing techniques with experimental work, including functional tools.

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI for Demography and environment modulate the effects of genetic diversity on extinction risk in a butterfly metapopulation
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Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2024
- DOI for The Genetic Architecture of Recombination Rates is Polygenic and Differs Between the Sexes in Wild House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
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Functional genomic tools for emerging model species
Part of Trends in Ecology & Evolution, p. 1104-1115, 2022
- DOI for Functional genomic tools for emerging model species
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Wild epigenetics: insights from epigenetic studies on natural populations
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2022
- DOI for Wild epigenetics: insights from epigenetic studies on natural populations
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Rapid changes in DNA methylation associated with the initiation of reproduction in a small songbird
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 3645-3659, 2021
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Rapid evolution of sexual size dimorphism facilitated by Y-linked genetic variance
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 1394-1402, 2021
- DOI for Rapid evolution of sexual size dimorphism facilitated by Y-linked genetic variance
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On the Use of Blood Samples for Measuring DNA Methylation in Ecological Epigenetic Studies
Part of Integrative and Comparative Biology, p. 1558-1566, 2020
- DOI for On the Use of Blood Samples for Measuring DNA Methylation in Ecological Epigenetic Studies
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Consistent scaling of inbreeding depression in space and time in a house sparrow metapopulation
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 14584-14592, 2020
Support early-career researchers for post-pandemic prospects
Part of Nature, 2020
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, p. 970-983, 2019
- DOI for Seasonal Variation in Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns and the Onset of Seasonal Timing of Reproduction in Great Tits
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Part of PLoS biology, 2011
Recent publications
Part of Evolution Letters, p. 13-23, 2024
- DOI for A shared developmental genetic basis for sexually antagonistic male and female adaptations in the toothed water strider
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI for Demography and environment modulate the effects of genetic diversity on extinction risk in a butterfly metapopulation
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Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2024
- DOI for The Genetic Architecture of Recombination Rates is Polygenic and Differs Between the Sexes in Wild House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
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Calling Structural Variants with Confidence from Short-Read Data in Wild Bird Populations
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for Calling Structural Variants with Confidence from Short-Read Data in Wild Bird Populations
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Inheritance of Material Wealth in a Natural Population
Part of Ecology Letters, 2024
- DOI for Inheritance of Material Wealth in a Natural Population
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Evolution Letters, p. 13-23, 2024
- DOI for A shared developmental genetic basis for sexually antagonistic male and female adaptations in the toothed water strider
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI for Demography and environment modulate the effects of genetic diversity on extinction risk in a butterfly metapopulation
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Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2024
- DOI for The Genetic Architecture of Recombination Rates is Polygenic and Differs Between the Sexes in Wild House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)
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Calling Structural Variants with Confidence from Short-Read Data in Wild Bird Populations
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024
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Inheritance of Material Wealth in a Natural Population
Part of Ecology Letters, 2024
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The genetic basis of dispersal in a vertebrate metapopulation
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
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Maternal transmission gives way to social transmission during gut microbiota assembly in wild mice
Part of ANIMAL MICROBIOME, 2023
- DOI for Maternal transmission gives way to social transmission during gut microbiota assembly in wild mice
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Part of American Naturalist, p. 125-137, 2023
- DOI for Assortative Mating in an Ecological Context: Effects of Mate Choice Errors and Relative Species Abundance on the Frequency and Asymmetry of Hybridization
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Infection by a helminth parasite is associated with changes in DNA methylation in the house sparrow
Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Infection by a helminth parasite is associated with changes in DNA methylation in the house sparrow
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Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2022
- DOI for Photoperiod controls wing polyphenism in a water strider independently of insulin receptor signalling
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Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2022
- DOI for Effects of environment and genotype on dispersal differ across departure, transfer and settlement in a butterfly metapopulation
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Part of BMC Genomics, 2021
- DOI for Temporal changes in DNA methylation and RNA expression in a small song bird: within- and between-tissue comparisons
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Rapid changes in DNA methylation associated with the initiation of reproduction in a small songbird
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 3645-3659, 2021
- DOI for Rapid changes in DNA methylation associated with the initiation of reproduction in a small songbird
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Part of Diversity, 2021
- DOI for Patterns of Cryptic Diversity and Phylogeography in Four Freshwater Copepod Crustaceans in European Lakes
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Social networks strongly predict the gut microbiota of wild mice
Part of The ISME Journal, p. 2601-2613, 2021
- DOI for Social networks strongly predict the gut microbiota of wild mice
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4740-4756, 2021
- DOI for Dispersal in a house sparrow metapopulation: An integrative case study of genetic assignment calibrated with ecological data and pedigree information
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Rapid evolution of sexual size dimorphism facilitated by Y-linked genetic variance
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 1394-1402, 2021
- DOI for Rapid evolution of sexual size dimorphism facilitated by Y-linked genetic variance
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On the Use of Blood Samples for Measuring DNA Methylation in Ecological Epigenetic Studies
Part of Integrative and Comparative Biology, p. 1558-1566, 2020
- DOI for On the Use of Blood Samples for Measuring DNA Methylation in Ecological Epigenetic Studies
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Consistent scaling of inbreeding depression in space and time in a house sparrow metapopulation
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 14584-14592, 2020
Controlling for body size leads to inferential biases in the biological sciences
Part of Evolution Letters, p. 73-82, 2020
- DOI for Controlling for body size leads to inferential biases in the biological sciences
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 3812-3829, 2020
- DOI for Resistance to gapeworm parasite has both additive and dominant genetic components in house sparrows, with evolutionary consequences for ability to respond to parasite challenge
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Support early-career researchers for post-pandemic prospects
Part of Nature, 2020
Part of Scientific Data, 2019
- DOI for Temporally replicated DNA methylation patterns in great tit using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing
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Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, p. 970-983, 2019
- DOI for Seasonal Variation in Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns and the Onset of Seasonal Timing of Reproduction in Great Tits
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Avian ecological epigenetics: pitfalls and promises
Part of Journal of Ornithology, p. 1183-1203, 2019
- DOI for Avian ecological epigenetics: pitfalls and promises
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Accounting for heteroscedasticity and censoring in chromosome partitioning analyses
Part of Evolution Letters, p. 599-609, 2018
- DOI for Accounting for heteroscedasticity and censoring in chromosome partitioning analyses
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 3498-3514, 2018
Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 767-777, 2018
Part of Evolution Letters, p. 544-556, 2018
- DOI for Landscape permeability and individual variation in a dispersal-linked gene jointly determine genetic structure in the Glanville fritillary butterfly
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Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2015
- DOI for Genome-wide association mapping in a wild avian population identifies a link between genetic and phenotypic variation in a life-history trait
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Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 1248-1260, 2014
- DOI for Estimation of linkage disequilibrium and interspecific gene flow in Ficedula flycatchers by a newly developed 50k single-nucleotide polymorphism array
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Rapid and unpredictable changes of the G-matrix in a natural bird population over 25 years
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1-13, 2013
Part of Hormones and Behavior, p. 813-822, 2013
Sex chromosome linked genetic variance and the evolution of sexual dimorphism of quantitative traits
Part of Evolution, p. 609-619, 2013
Part of Evolution, p. 1167-1179, 2012
Part of American Naturalist, p. 132-136, 2012
Quantitative genetics of basal metabolic rate and body mass in free-living pied flycatchers
Part of Journal of Zoology, p. 245-251, 2012
Let's talk turkey: immune competence in domestic and wild fowl
Part of Heredity, p. 103-104, 2011
Part of PLoS biology, 2011
Part of American Naturalist, p. 202-213, 2011
Part of Evolution, p. 2221-2237, 2010
Articles, review/survey
Functional genomic tools for emerging model species
Part of Trends in Ecology & Evolution, p. 1104-1115, 2022
- DOI for Functional genomic tools for emerging model species
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Wild epigenetics: insights from epigenetic studies on natural populations
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2022
- DOI for Wild epigenetics: insights from epigenetic studies on natural populations
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4035-4058, 2014
- DOI for A high-density linkage map enables a second-generation collared flycatcher genome assembly and reveals the patterns of avian recombination rate variation and chromosomal evolution
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Manuscripts (preprints)
Part of Supplementary Data File 1. Wing polyphenism in a water strider is caused by photoperiod-induced expression of the Fat/Hippo pathway