Husby lab

Phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary adaptation

Our research group focus on the genetic basis of adaptive traits in natural populations and we are especially interested in the genetic mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and the role of plasticity in adapting to changing environmental conditions.

Check out our description of current research projects and publication list for more details.

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Group members

Research leader: Arild Husby

Group members: Erik Gudmunds

Publications

The genetic basis of dispersal in a vertebrate metapopulation

Saatoglu, Dilan; Lundregan, Sarah L.; Fetterplace, Evelyn; Goedert, Debora et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
- DOI for The genetic basis of dispersal in a vertebrate metapopulation
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Inheritance of Material Wealth in a Natural Population

Ålund, Murielle; McFarlane, S. Eryn; Husby, Arild; Knape, Jonas et al.

Part of Ecology Letters, 2024
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Calling Structural Variants with Confidence from Short-Read Data in Wild Bird Populations

David, Gabriel; Bertolotti, Alicia; Layer, Ryan; Scofield, Douglas et al.

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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The Genetic Architecture of Recombination Rates is Polygenic and Differs Between the Sexes in Wild House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

McAuley, John B.; Servin, Bertrand; Burnett, Hamish A.; Brekke, Cathrine et al.

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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Demography and environment modulate the effects of genetic diversity on extinction risk in a butterfly metapopulation

Dileo, Michelle F.; Nair, Abhilash; Kardos, Marty; Husby, Arild et al.

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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Assortative Mating in an Ecological Context: Effects of Mate Choice Errors and Relative Species Abundance on the Frequency and Asymmetry of Hybridization

Qvarnström, Anna; Veen, Thor; Husby, Arild; Ålund, Murielle et al.

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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Maternal transmission gives way to social transmission during gut microbiota assembly in wild mice

Wanelik, Klara M.; Raulo, Aura; Troitsky, Tanya; Husby, Arild et al.

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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Photoperiod controls wing polyphenism in a water strider independently of insulin receptor signalling

Gudmunds, Erik; Narayanan, Shrinath; Lachivier, Elise; Duchemin, Marion et al.

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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Effects of environment and genotype on dispersal differ across departure, transfer and settlement in a butterfly metapopulation

DiLeo, Michelle F.; Nonaka, Etsuko; Husby, Arild; Saastamoinen, Marjo

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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Functional genomic tools for emerging model species

Gudmunds, Erik; Wheat, Christopher W.; Khila, Abderrahman; Husby, Arild

Part of Trends in Ecology & Evolution, p. 1104-1115, 2022
- DOI for Functional genomic tools for emerging model species
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Research areas

Evolutionary Biology