Professor Stuart Piertney
Chair in Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Dean for Postgraduate Research
- Email Address
- s.piertney@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272864
- Office Address
Rooms 410 (Office) and 222 (Lab) Zoology Building
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
- School/Department
- Senior Vice Principals
Research Overview
Research within the Piertney-Lab focuses on the interplay between evolutionary and ecological dynamics in natural populations. From an eco-to-evo perspective, I examine how different ecological, environmental and behavioural processes drive microevolution, adaptation and speciation. Then from an evo-to-eco perspective, I link how genetic diversity affects individual fitness, population dynamics, ecosystem function and population persistence.
Studies have either a gene-centric focus, examining candidate genes of known ecological importance and adaptive significance (e.g. MHC, MC1R, IFN), or exploit next-generation 'omics technologies to gain a more holistic understanding of adaptation and genome-wide responses to environmental and ecological change.
Current Research
- Piezophilic adaptation in deep-ocean amphipods (NERC).
- The genomic landscape of speciation and adaptive variation in the intertidal isopod Jaera albifrons (NERC).
- Emergence, spread and persistence of maine invasive non-native species (with Marine Scotland Science, and South Atlantic Environment Research Institute).
- Genome-wide responses to demographic perturbation in insular populations of water voles (BBSRC)
- PolyExESS - Extreme environment simulation system for experimental evolution (NERC).
- The ecology, evolution and epidemiology of zoonotic pathogens in fragmented multi-host populations (BBSRC).
- The epigenomic landscape of maternal effects in the soil mite Sancassania berlesei (NERC).
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A transcriptomic investigation of handicap models in sexual selection
Wenzel, M. A., Webster, L. M. I., Paterson, S., Mougeot, F., Martinez-Padilla, J., Piertney, S. B.Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 221-234Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1442-0
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5773/1/handicaptest_resub.pdf
Tools and approaches for disentangling the effects of parasite-driven processes on host neutral and adaptive genetic diversity
Wenzel, M., Douglas, A., Piertney, S.European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) XIV CongressContributions to Conferences: PostersThe discovery of the egg of jerdon's courser rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Blyth 1848)
Knox, A. G., Piertney, S. B.Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 109, no. 3, pp. 149-152Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Pronounced genetic structure and low genetic diversity in European red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) populations
Wenzel, M. A., Webster, L. M. I., Blanco, G., Burgess, M. D., Kerbiriou, C., Segelbacher, G., Piertney, S. B., Reid, J. M.Conservation Genetics, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1213-1230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-014-0681-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4681/1/manuscript_proof.pdf
Disease transmission in an extreme environment: nematode parasites infect reindeer during the Arctic winter
Carlsson, A. M., Irvine, K. J., Wilson, K., Piertney, S. B., Halvorsen, O., Coulson, S. J., Stien, A., Albon, S. D.International Journal for Parasitology, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 789-795Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.05.007
Selection maintains MHC diversity through a natural population bottleneck
Oliver, M. K., Piertney, S. B.Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 1713-1720Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss063
Genetic variation among endangered Irish red grouse (Lagopus lagopus hibernicus) populations: implications for conservation and management
McMahon, B. J., Johansson, M. P., Piertney, S. B., Buckley, K., Hoglund, J.Conservation Genetics, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 639-647Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0314-x
Impacts of climate, host and landscape factors on Culicoides species in Scotland
Purse, B. V., Falconer, D., Sullivan, M. J., Carpenter, S., Mellor, P. S., Piertney, S. B., Mordue (Luntz), A. J., Albon, S., Gunn, G. J., Blackwell, A.Medical and Veterinary Entomology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 168-177Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00991.x
Environmental and genetic influences on body mass and resting metabolic rates (RMR) in a natural population of weasel Mustela nivalis
Zub, K., Piertney, S., Szafranska, P. A., Konarzewski, M.Molecular Ecology, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1283-1293Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05436.x
Isolation and characterisation of 17 microsatellite loci for the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Wenzel, M. A., Webster, L. M. I., Segelbacher, G., Reid, J. M., Piertney, S. B.Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 737-740Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-011-9446-z
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4680/1/manuscript_proof.pdf
Fine-scale genetic structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Atlantic coastal waters of the Iberian Peninsula
Fernandez, R., Santos, M. B., Pierce, G. J., Llavona, A., Lopez, A., Silva, M. A., Ferreira, M., Carrillo, M., Cermeno, P., Lens, S., Piertney, S. B.Hydrobiologia, vol. 670, no. 1, pp. 111-125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0669-5
Survey and management of mussel Mytilus species in Scotland
Dias, P. J., Piertney, S. B., Snow, M., Davies, I. M.Hydrobiologia, vol. 670, no. 1, pp. 127-140Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0664-x
Frontiers in host-parasite ecology and evolution
Paterson, S., Piertney, S. B.Molecular Ecology, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 869-871Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04991.x
Identification of genes responding to nematode infection in red grouse
Webster, L. M. I., Mello, L. V., Mougeot, F., Martinez-Padilla, J., Paterson, S., Piertney, S. B.Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 305-313Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02912.x
Spatial association of nest construction by brown trout Salmo trutta
Youngson, A. F., Piertney, S. B., Thorley, J. L., Malcolm, I. A., Soulsby, C.Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 713-725Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02883.x
Transcriptomic response of red grouse to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites and testosterone: implications for population dynamics
Webster, L. M. I., Paterson, S., Mougeot, F., Martinez-Padilla, J., Piertney, S. B.Molecular Ecology, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 920-931Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04906.x
Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations
Foote, A. D., Vilstrup, J. T., de Stephanis, R., Verborgh, P., Nielsen, S. C. A., Deaville, R., Kleivane, L., Martin, V., Miller, P. J. O., Oien, N., Perez-Gil, M., Rasmussen, M., Reid, R. J., Robertson, K. M., Rogan, E., Similae, T., Tejedor, M. L., Vester, H., Vikingsson, G. A., Willerslev, E., Gilbert, M. T. P., Piertney, S. B.Molecular Ecology, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 629-641Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04957.x
Beyond splitting hares and rabbiting on about major histocompatibility complex complexity
Oliver, M., Piertney, S.Molecular Ecology, vol. 19, no. 19, pp. 4099-4101Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04812.x
Corrigendum: Physiological stress links parasites to carotenoid-based colour signals (vol 23, pg 643, 2010)
Mougeot, F., Martinez-Padilla, J., Bortolotti, G. R., Webster, L. M. I., Piertney, S. B.Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 1579Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02045.x
Testing the interactive effects of testosterone and parasites on carotenoid-based ornamentation in a wild bird
Martinez-Padilla, J., Mougeot, F., Webster, L. M. I., Perez-Rodriguez, L., Piertney, S. B.Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 902-913Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01956.x
Characterising functionally important and ecologically meaningful genetic diversity using a candidate gene approach
Piertney, S. B., Webster, L. M. I.Genetica, vol. 138, no. 4, pp. 419-432Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-008-9322-2
Physiological stress links parasites to carotenoid-based colour signals
Mougeot, F., Martinez-Padilla, J., Bortolotti, G. R., Webster, L. M. I., Piertney, S. B.Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 643-650Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01926.x
Oxidative stress and the effect of parasites on a carotenoid-based ornament
Mougeot, F. R., Martinez-Padilla, J., Blount, J. D., Perez-Rodriguez, L., Webster, L., Piertney, S. B.Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 213, no. 3, pp. 400-407Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.037101
Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations
Foote, A. D., Newton, J., Piertney, S. B., Willerslev, E., Gilbert, M. T. P.Molecular Ecology, vol. 18, no. 24, pp. 5207-5217Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04407.x
Mytilus species under rope culture in Scotland: implications for management
Simoes Dias, P. J., Bland, M., Shanks, A. M., Beaumont, A., Piertney, S. B., Davies, I. M., Snow, M.Aquaculture International, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 437-448Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-008-9214-6
