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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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  • 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. 221-234
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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 Congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • The 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. 149-152
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 1213-1230
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 789-795
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Selection maintains MHC diversity through a natural population bottleneck

    Oliver, M. K., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 1713-1720
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 639-647
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 168-177
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 1283-1293
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 737-740
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 111-125
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 127-140
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Frontiers in host-parasite ecology and evolution

    Paterson, S., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 869-871
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • 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. 305-313
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 713-725
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 920-931
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 629-641
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Beyond splitting hares and rabbiting on about major histocompatibility complex complexity

    Oliver, M., Piertney, S.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 19, no. 19, pp. 4099-4101
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 1579
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 902-913
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 419-432
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 643-650
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 400-407
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 5207-5217
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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. 437-448
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The development of a molecular assay to distinguish droppings of black grouse Tetrao tetrix from those of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus and red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

    A'Hara, S. W., Hancock, M., Piertney, S. B., Cottrell, J. E.
    Wildlife Biology, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 328-337
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Culicoides dewulfi should not be considered part of the Culicoides obsoletus complex

    Schwenkenbecher, J., Mordue, A. J., Piertney, S. B.
    Bulletin of Entomological Research, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 371-375
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Discrimination of Culicoides Midge Larvae Using Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays Based on DNA Sequence Variation at the Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase I Gene

    Schwenkenbecher, J. M., Mordue(Luntz), A. J., Switek, K., Piertney, S. B.
    Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 610-614
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Landscape barriers reduce gene flow in an invasive carnivore: geographical and local genetic structure of American mink in Scotland

    Zalewski, A., Piertney, S. B., Zalewska, H., Lambin, X.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1601-1615
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Physiological stress mediates the honesty of social signals

    Bortolotti, G. R., Mougeot, F., Martinez-Padilla, J., Webster, L. M. I., Piertney, S. B.
    PloS ONE, vol. 4, no. 3, e4893
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Honest sexual signalling mediated by parasite and testosterone effects on oxidative balance

    Mougeot, F., Martinez-Padilla, J., Webster, L. M., Blount, J. D., Perez-Rodriguez, L., Piertney, S. B.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 276, no. 1659, pp. 1093-1100
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heterozygote superiority to natural multi-parasite infections in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris)

    Oliver, M. K., Telfer, S. E., Piertney, S. B.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 276, no. 1659, pp. 1119-1128
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Spatio-temporal variation in the strength and mode of selection acting on major histocompatibility complex diversity in water vole (Arvicola terrestris) metapopulations

    Oliver, M. K., Lambin, X., Cornulier, T., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 80-92
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Development of a real-time PCR assay for detection of Mytilus species specific alleles: Application to a sampling survey in Scotland

    Dias, P. J., Sollelis, L., Cook, E. J., Piertney, S. B., Davies, I. M., Snow, M.
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 367, no. 2, pp. 253-258
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Incursion and range expansion in the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola in the Mediterranean basin: a phylogeographic analysis

    Nolan, D. V., Dallas, J. F., Piertney, S. B., Mordue (Luntz), A. J.
    Medical and Veterinary Entomology, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 340-351
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mussel aquaculture in Scotland: managing mixed species Mytilus cultivation

    Dias, P. J., Bland, M., Shanks, A. M., Beaumont, A., Piertney, S., Davies, I., Snow, M.
    Journal of shellfish research, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1003
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Spatial distribution of mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA variation in Daubenton's bat within Scotland

    Ngamprasertwong, T., Mackie, I. J., Racey, P. A., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 14, pp. 3243-3258
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temporal changes in kin structure through a population cycle in a territorial bird, the red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

    Piertney, S. B., Lambin, X., Maccoll, A. D. C., Lock, K., Bacon, P. J., Dallas, J. F., Leckie, F., Mougeot, F., Racey, P. A., Redpath, S., Moss, R.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 2544-2551
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogeography of the European capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and its implications for conservation

    Segelbacher, G., Piertney, S.
    Journal of Ornithology, vol. 148, no. 2 Suppl., pp. 269-274
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Rapid diagnostic PCR assays for members of the Culicoides obsoletus and Culicoides pulicaris species complexes, implicated vectors of bluetongue virus in Europe

    Nolan, D. V., Carpenter, S., Barber, J., Mellor, P. S., Dallas, J. F., Mordue, A. J. (., Piertney, S. B.
    Veterinary Microbiology, vol. 124, no. 1-2, pp. 82-94
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Inferring local adaptation from Q(ST)-F(ST) comparisons: neutral genetic and quantitative trait variation in European populations of great snipe

    Saether, S. A., Fiske, P., Kalas, J. A., Kuresoo, A., Luigujoe, L., Piertney, S. B., Sahlman, T., Hoglund, J.
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1563-1576
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microsatellite DNA polymorphism confirms reproductive isolation and reveals differences in population genetic structure of cryptic pipistrelle bat species

    Racey, P. A., Barratt, E. M., Burland, T. M., Deaville, R., Gotelli, D., Jones, G., Piertney, S. B.
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 539-550
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Absence of spatial and temporal genetic differentiation at microsatellite loci in north east Atlantic anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius)

    O'Sullivan, M., Wright, P. J., Verspoor, E., Knox, D., Piertney, S.
    Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 69, no. Supplement SC, pp. 261
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Avian conservation genetics in the era of genomics

    Piertney, S.
    Journal of Ornithology, vol. 147, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 17-18
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Widespread gene flow and high genetic variability in populations of water voles Arvicola terrestris in patchy habitats

    Aars, J., Dallas, J. F., Piertney, S. B., Marshall, F., Gow, J. L., Telfer, S., Lambin, X.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1455-1466
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Elevated spring testosterone increases parasite intensity in male red grouse

    Mougeot, F., Redpath, S. M., Piertney, S. B.
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 17, pp. 117-125
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Isolation and characterization of a MHC class II DRB locus in the European water vole (Arvicola terrestris)

    Oliver, M. K., Piertney, S. B.
    Immunogenetics, vol. 58, no. 5-6, pp. 390-395
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The evolutionary ecology of the major histocompatibility complex

    Piertney, S. B., Oliver, M. K.
    Heredity, vol. 96, pp. 721
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Separating behavioral and physiological mechanisms in testosterone-mediated trade-offs

    Mougeot, F., Redpath, S. M., Piertney, S. B., Hudson, P. J.
    The American Naturalist, vol. 166, no. 2, pp. 158-168
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogeographic structure and postglacial evolutionary history of water voles (Arvicola terrestris) in the United Kingdom

    Piertney, S. B., Stewart, W. A., Lambin, X., Telfer, S., Aars, J., Dallas, J. F.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1435-1444
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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