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Professor Stuart Piertney

Professor Stuart Piertney
Professor Stuart Piertney
Professor Stuart Piertney

Chair in Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Dean for Postgraduate Research

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Email Address
s.piertney@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272864
Office Address

Rooms 410 (Office) and 222 (Lab) Zoology Building

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School of Biological Sciences
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Research

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).
Teaching

Courses

Publications

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  • DNA-based identification of salmonid prey species in seal faeces

    Parsons, K. M., Piertney, S. B., Middlemas, S. J., Hammond, P. S., Armstrong, J. D.
    Journal of Zoology, vol. 266, pp. 275-281
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Testosterone, immunocompetence, and honest sexual signaling in male red grouse

    Mougeot, F., Irvine, J. R., Seivwright, L., Redpath, S., Piertney, S. B.
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 930-937
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparison of the cost of short flights in a nectarivorous and a non-nectarivorous bird

    Hambly, C., Pinshow, B., Wiersma, P., Verhulst, S., Piertney, S. B., Harper, E. J., Speakman, J. R.
    Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 207, no. 22, pp. 3959-3968
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterisation and PCR multiplexing of novel highly variable tetranucleotide Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) microsatellites

    Paterson, S., Piertney, S. B., Knox, D. J., Gilbey, J., Verspoor, E.
    Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 4, pp. 160-162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Inferring patterns and process in small mammal metapopulations: insights from ecological and genetic data

    Lambin, X., Aars, J., Piertney, S. B., Telfer, S.
    Ecology, genetics and evolution in metapopulations, (eds Hanski I & Gaggiotti O), Elsevier, pp. 515-540, 25 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Parentage assignment detects frequent and large-scale dispersal in water voles

    Telfer, S., Piertney, S., Dallas, J., Stewart, W., Marshall, F., Gow, J., Lambin, X.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1939-1949
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Anopheles gambiae collagen IV genes: cloning, phylogeny and midgut expression associated with blood feeding and Plasmodium infection.

    Gare, D. C., Piertney, S. B., Billingsley, P. F.
    International Journal for Parasitology, vol. 33, pp. 681-690
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Demographic and genetic structure of fossorial water voles (Arvicola terrestris) on Scottish islands

    Telfer, S., Dallas, J. F., Aars, J., Piertney, S. B., Stewart, W. A., Lambin, X.
    Journal of Zoology, vol. 259, pp. 23-29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Major histocompatibility complex B-LB gene variation in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)

    Piertney, S. B.
    Wildlife Biology, vol. 9, pp. 251-259
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogenetic relationships among cirrate octopods (Mollusca:Cephalopoda) resolved using mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA sequences.

    Piertney, S. B., Hudelot, C., Hochberg, F. G., Collins, M. A.
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 27, pp. 348-353
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Population variation in the frequency of extra-pair paternity in the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.

    Piertney, S. B., Carss, D. N., Goostrey, A.
    Die Vogelwelt, vol. 124, pp. 149-155
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Similar estimates of population genetic composition and sex ratio from carcasses and faeces of Eurasian otter Lutra lutra

    Dallas, J. F., Coxon, K. E., Sykes, T., Chanin, P. R. F., Marshall, F., Carss, D. N., Bacon, P. J., Piertney, S. B., Racey, P. A.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 12, pp. 275-285
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Scottish Crossbill - what we know and what we don't

    Summers, R., Piertney, S. B.
    British Birds, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 100-111
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The use and abuse of microsatellite DNA markers in conservation biology

    Moss, R., Piertney, S. B., Palmer, S. C. F.
    Wildlife Biology, vol. 9, pp. 243-250
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Inbreeding depression and male fitness in black grouse

    Hoglund, J., Piertney, S. B., Alatalo, R., Lindell, J., Lundberg, A., Rintamaki, P. T.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 269, no. 1492, pp. 711-715
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterisation of microsatellite DNA markers in the white-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus)

    Piertney, S. B., Shorey, L., Hoglund, J.
    Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 2, pp. 504-505
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

    Thuman, K. A., Widemo, F., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 2, pp. 276-277
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evolutionary relationships of Southern Ocean Octopodidae (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) and a new diagnosis of Pareledone

    Allcock, L., Piertney, S. B.
    Marine Biology, vol. 140, pp. 129-135
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Spatially restricted gene flow and reduced microsatellite polymorphism in the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra in Britain

    Dallas, J. F., Marshall, F., Piertney, S. B., Bacon, P. J., Racey, P. A.
    Conservation Genetics, vol. 3, pp. 15-29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA homogeneity among phenotypically diverse crossbill taxa in the UK

    Piertney, S. B., Summers, R., Marquiss, M.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 268, no. 1475, pp. 1511-1517
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dispersal, intraspecific competition, kin competition, and kin facilitation: A review of the empirical evidence

    Lambin, X., Aars, J., Piertney, S. B.
    Dispersal. Clobert, J., Danchin, E., Dhondt, A. A., Nichols, J. D. (eds.). Oxford University Press
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in black grouse (Tetrao tetrix)

    Piertney, S. B., Hoglund, J.
    Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 1, pp. 303-304
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sex identification of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra by PCR typing of spraints

    Dallas, J. F., Carss, D. N., Marshall, F., Koepfli, K. P., Kruuk, H., Piertney, S. B., Bacon, P. J.
    Conservation Genetics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 181-183
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Fine-scale genetic structuring on Manacus manacus leks

    Shorey, L., Piertney, S., Stone, J., Hoglund, J.
    Nature, vol. 408, pp. 352-353
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Matrilineal genetic structure and female-mediated gene flow in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): An analysis using mitochondrial DNA

    Piertney, S. B., MacColl, A. D. C., Bacon, P. J., Racey, P. A., Lambin, X., Dallas, J. F.
    Evolution, vol. 54, pp. 279-289
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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