Esa Koskela

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ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9418-5733

Active JYU affiliations

Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Senior Lecturer

Research interests

Our research dives into the fascinating world of epigenetics, a mechanism able to change gene expression without changes in the DNA. Using the bank vole, a common small mammal, we explore whether stress and epigenetic changes during the early life allow individuals rapidly respond to environmental change.

Fields of science

1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology (118 Biological sciences)

Projects as Principal investigator

Opening the ‘black box’ of ribosomal DNA – rDNA methylation patterns in laboratory rats from contrasting lines and environments
- Emil Aaltonen Foundation
01/06/2021-31/12/2022

Publications

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Artificial selection for predatory behaviour results in dietary niche differentiation in an omnivorous mammal (2022) Hämäläinen, Anni; et al.; A1; OA
Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents : ten essential questions we still need to solve (2021) Andreassen, Harry P.; et al.; A2; OA
Rodent host population dynamics drive zoonotic Lyme Borreliosis and Orthohantavirus infections in humans in Northern Europe (2021) Aminikhah, Mahdi; et al.; A1; OA
Early life of fathers affects offspring fitness in a wild rodent (2019) Van Cann, Joannes; et al.; A1; OA
Intergenerational fitness effects of the early life environment in a wild rodent (2019) Van Cann, Joannes; et al.; A1; OA
Susceptibility to infection with Borrelia afzelii and TLR2 polymorphism in a wild reservoir host (2019) Gomez-Chamorro, Andrea; et al.; A1; OA
Borrelia afzelii alters reproductive success in a rodent host (2018) Cayol, Claire; et al.; A1; OA
Maintenance costs of male dominance and sexually antagonistic selection in the wild (2018) Boratynski, Zbigniew; et al.; A1; OA
Socio-Reproductive Conflicts and the Father’s Curse Dilemma (2018) Mökkönen, Mikael; et al.; A1; OA
Sympatric Ixodes-tick species : pattern of distribution and pathogen transmission within wild rodent populations (2018) Cayol, Claire; et al.; A1; OA
Balancing selection maintains polymorphisms at neurogenetic loci in field experiments (2017) Lonn, Eija; et al.; A1; OA
Biologian kenttäopetus yliopistoissa : yhteistyöllä uuteen nousuun (2017) Komonen, Atte; et al.; B1; OA
Stabilizing selection on microsatellite allele length at arginine vasopressin 1a receptor and oxytocin receptor loci (2017) Watts, Phillip; et al.; A1; OA
Temporal dynamics of the tick Ixodes ricinus in northern Europe : epidemiological implications (2017) Cayol, Claire; et al.; A1; OA
Evolutionary Conflict Between Maternal and Paternal Interests : Integration with Evolutionary Endocrinology (2016) Mökkönen, Mikael; et al.; A1