![Professor Stuart Piertney Professor Stuart Piertney](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/nhi570/Stu2.jpg)
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
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
- School/Department
- Senior Vice Principals
- Research
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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
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- Publications
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DNA-based identification of salmonid prey species in seal faeces
Journal of Zoology, vol. 266, pp. 275-281Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836905006904
Testosterone, immunocompetence, and honest sexual signaling in male red grouse
Behavioral Ecology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 930-937Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arh087
Comparison of the cost of short flights in a nectarivorous and a non-nectarivorous bird
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 207, no. 22, pp. 3959-3968Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01233
Characterisation and PCR multiplexing of novel highly variable tetranucleotide Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) microsatellites
Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 4, pp. 160-162Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00598.x
Inferring patterns and process in small mammal metapopulations: insights from ecological and genetic data
Ecology, genetics and evolution in metapopulations, (eds Hanski I & Gaggiotti O), Elsevier, pp. 515-540, 25 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersParentage assignment detects frequent and large-scale dispersal in water voles
Molecular Ecology, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1939-1949Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01859.x
Anopheles gambiae collagen IV genes: cloning, phylogeny and midgut expression associated with blood feeding and Plasmodium infection.
International Journal for Parasitology, vol. 33, pp. 681-690Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00055-9
Demographic and genetic structure of fossorial water voles (Arvicola terrestris) on Scottish islands
Journal of Zoology, vol. 259, pp. 23-29Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836902003321
Major histocompatibility complex B-LB gene variation in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)
Wildlife Biology, vol. 9, pp. 251-259Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Phylogenetic relationships among cirrate octopods (Mollusca:Cephalopoda) resolved using mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA sequences.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 27, pp. 348-353Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00420-7
Population variation in the frequency of extra-pair paternity in the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.
Die Vogelwelt, vol. 124, pp. 149-155Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSimilar estimates of population genetic composition and sex ratio from carcasses and faeces of Eurasian otter Lutra lutra
Molecular Ecology, vol. 12, pp. 275-285Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01712.x
The Scottish Crossbill - what we know and what we don't
British Birds, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 100-111Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The use and abuse of microsatellite DNA markers in conservation biology
Wildlife Biology, vol. 9, pp. 243-250Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInbreeding depression and male fitness in black grouse
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 269, no. 1492, pp. 711-715Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1937
Characterisation of microsatellite DNA markers in the white-bearded manakin (Manacus manacus)
Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 2, pp. 504-505Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00292.x
Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 2, pp. 276-277Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00221.x
Evolutionary relationships of Southern Ocean Octopodidae (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) and a new diagnosis of Pareledone
Marine Biology, vol. 140, pp. 129-135Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270100687
Spatially restricted gene flow and reduced microsatellite polymorphism in the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra in Britain
Conservation Genetics, vol. 3, pp. 15-29Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014259218632
Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA homogeneity among phenotypically diverse crossbill taxa in the UK
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 268, no. 1475, pp. 1511-1517Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1015
Dispersal, intraspecific competition, kin competition, and kin facilitation: A review of the empirical evidence
Dispersal. Clobert, J., Danchin, E., Dhondt, A. A., Nichols, J. D. (eds.). Oxford University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPolymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in black grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 1, pp. 303-304Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSex identification of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra by PCR typing of spraints
Conservation Genetics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 181-183Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026551510861
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Fine-scale genetic structuring on Manacus manacus leks
Nature, vol. 408, pp. 352-353Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMatrilineal genetic structure and female-mediated gene flow in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): An analysis using mitochondrial DNA
Evolution, vol. 54, pp. 279-289Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMicrosatellite markers for the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
Molecular Ecology, vol. 9, pp. 489-490Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpatial arrangement of kin affects recruitment success in young male red grouse
Oikos, vol. 90, pp. 261-270Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGenetic diversity in the Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra, in Scotland. Evidence from microsatellite polymorphism
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 68, pp. 73-86Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIsolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the freshwater gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni
Molecular Ecology, vol. 8, pp. 2149-2151Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMetapopulation genetic structure in the water vole, Arvicola terrestris, in NE Scotland
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 68, pp. 159-171Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpatial distribution of genetic relatedness in a moorland population of red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 68, pp. 317-331Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Natural Environment Research Council-Royal Society of Edinburgh Symposium on Molecular Genetics in Animal Ecology, September 1998 - Foreword
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 68, no. 1-2, pp. 1-1Contributions to Journals: EditorialsLocal genetic structure in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): evidence from microsatellite DNA markers
Molecular Ecology, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1645-1654Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite markers in the Scottish crossbill (Loxia scotica)
Molecular Ecology, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1261-1263Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIsolation and characterization of highly polymorphic microsatellites in the water vole, Arvicola terrestris
Molecular Ecology, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1258-1259Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMicrosatellite primers for the Eurasian otter
Molecular Ecology, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1248-1251Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPopulation introgression and differentiation in the great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo in Europe
Molecular Ecology, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 329-338Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHighly polymorphic microsatellite markers in the great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Molecular Ecology, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 138-140Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterspecific comparisons of genetic population structure in members of the Jaera albifrons species complex
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 77-93Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIsolation and characterization of hypervariable microsatellites in the red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus
Molecular Ecology, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 93-95Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00154.x
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Sex ratio variation in the intertidal isopod, Jaera albifrons
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 825-828Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDETECTION OF HIGH-LEVELS OF GENETIC RELATEDNESS IN ROCK-POPULATIONS OF AN INTERTIDAL ISOPOD USING DNA-FINGERPRINTING
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 967-976Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMICROGEOGRAPHIC GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION IN THE INTERTIDAL ISOPOD JAERA ALBIFRONS LEACH .2. TEMPORAL VARIATION IN ALLELE FREQUENCIES
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 188, no. 2, pp. 277-288Contributions to Journals: Articles