• Actuarial senescence in a long-lived orchid challenges our current understanding of ageing 

      Dahlgren, Johan P.; Colchero, Fernando; Jones, Owen R.; Øien, Dag Inge; Moen, Asbjørn; Sletvold, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The dominant evolutionary theory of actuarial senescence—an increase in death rate with advancing age—is based on the concept of a germ cell line that is separated from the somatic cells early in life. However, such a ...
    • Ancient DNA evidence for the ecological globalization of cod fishing in medieval and post-medieval Europe 

      Martinez Garcia, Lourdes; Ferrari, Giada; Cuevas, Angelica; Atmore, Lane Margaret; López-Arias, Begoña; Culling, Mark; Llorente-Rodríguez, Laura; Morales-Muñiz, Arturo; Roselló-Izquierdo, Eufrasia; Quirós, Juan Antonio; Marlasca-Martín, Ricard; Hänfling, Bernd; Hutchinson, William F.; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Jentoft, Sissel; Orton, David; Star, Bastiaan; Barrett, James (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Understanding the historical emergence and growth of long-range fisheries can provide fundamental insights into the timing of ecological impacts and the development of coastal communities during the last millennium. ...
    • Holocene deglaciation drove rapid genetic diversification of Atlantic walrus 

      Ruiz-Puerta, Emily J.; Keighley, Xénia; Desjardins, Sean P. A.; Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte; Pan, Shyong En; Star, Bastiaan; Boessenkool, Sanne; Barrett, James Harold; McCarthy, Morgan L.; Andersen, Liselotte W.; Born, Erik W.; Howse, Lesley R.; Szpak, Paul; Pálsson, Snæbjörn; Malmquist, Hilmar J.; Rufolo, Scott; Jordan, Peter D.; Olsen, Morten Tange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Rapid global warming is severely impacting Arctic ecosystems and is predicted to transform the abundance, distribution and genetic diversity of Arctic species, though these linkages are poorly understood. We address this ...
    • Holocene deglaciation drove rapid genetic diversification of Atlantic walrus 

      Ruiz-Puerta, Emily J.; Keighley, Xénia; Desjardins, Sean P. A.; Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte; Pan, Shyong En; Star, Bastiaan; Boessenkool, Sanne; Barrett, James Harold; McCarthy, Morgan L.; Andersen, Liselotte W.; Born, Erik W.; Howse, Lesley R.; Szpak, Paul; Pálsson, Snæbjörn; Malmquist, Hilmar J.; Rufolo, Scott; Jordan, Peter D.; Olsen, Morten Tange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Rapid global warming is severely impacting Arctic ecosystems and is predicted to transform the abundance, distribution and genetic diversity of Arctic species, though these linkages are poorly understood. We address this ...
    • Molecular clocks indicate turnover and diversification of modern coleoid cephalopods during the Mesozoic marine revolution 

      Tanner, Alastair R; Fuchs, Dirk; Winkelmann, Inger E; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Pankey, M Sabrina; Ribeiro, Angela; Kocot, Kevin M.; Halanych, Kenneth M; Oakley, Todd H; Da Fonseca, Rute R.; Pisani, Davide; Vinther, Jakob (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Coleoid cephalopod molluscs comprise squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, and represent nearly the entire diversity of modern cephalopods. Sophisticated adaptations such as the use of colour for camouflage and communication, ...
    • Social and genetic connectivity despite ecological variation in a killer whale network 

      Jourdain, Eve Marie; Karoliussen, Richard; Fordyce Martin, Sarah L.; Langangen, Øystein Ole Gahr; Robeck, Todd; Borgå, Katrine; Ruus, Anders; Foote, Andrew David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Philopatric kin-based societies encourage a narrow breadth of conservative behaviours owing to individuals primarily learning from close kin, promoting behavioural homogeneity. However, weaker social ties beyond kin, and ...
    • Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic 

      Ameen, Carly; Feuerborn, Tatiana R.; Brown, Sarah K.; Linderholm, Anna; Hulme-Beaman, Ardern; Lebrasseur, Ophelie; Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander; Lounsberry, Zachary T.; Lin, Audrey T.; Appelt, Martin; Bachmann, Lutz; Betts, Matthew; Britton, Kate; Darwent, John; Dietz, Rune; Fredholm, Merethe; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Goruinova, Olga I.; Grønnow, Bjarne; Haile, James; Hallsson, Jón Hallsteinn; Harrison, Ramona; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter; Knecht, Rick; Losey, Robert J.; Masson-MacLean, Edouard; McGovern, Thomas H.; McMagnus-Fry, Ellen; Meldgaard, Morten; Midtdal, Åslaug; Moss, Madonna L.; Nikitin, Iurii G.; Nomokonova, Tatiana; Palsdottir, Albina Hulda; Perri, Angela; Popov, Aleksandr N.; Rankin, Lisa; Reuther, Joshua D.; Sablin, Mikhail V.; Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth; Shirar, Scott; Smiarowski, Konrad; Sonne, Christian; Stiner, Mary C.; Vasyukov, Mitya; West, Catherine F.; Ween, Gro Birgit; Wennerberg, Sanne Eline; Wiig, Øystein; Woollett, James; Dalén, Love; Hansen, Anders J.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Sacks, Benjamin N; Frantz, Laurent A.F.; Larson, Greger; Dobney, Keith; Darwent, Christyann M.; Evin, Allowen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but ...
    • Walruses on the Dnieper: new evidence for the intercontinental trade of Greenlandic ivory in the Middle Ages 

      Barrett, James; Khamaiko, Natalia; Ferrari, Giada; Cuevas, Angelica; Kneale, Catherine; Hufthammer, Anne Karin; Palsdottir, Albina Hulda; Star, Bastiaan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Mediaeval walrus hunting in Iceland and Greenland—driven by Western European demand for ivory and walrus hide ropes—has been identified as an important pre-modern example of ecological globalization. By contrast, the main ...