Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Animal Ecology, PhD, University of Uppsla
1992 → 1996
Award Date: 1 Jun 1996
Fields of Science
- 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
- 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Changing food availability and its effect on the heritability of offspring size in woodland passerine birds
Vatka, E., Orell, M., Rytkönen, S. & Merilä, J., 4 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome of the tropical loach (Oreonectes platycephalus)
Wang, X., Wang, D., Wang, H., Dudgeon, D., Reid, K. & Merilä, J., 7 Jan 2025, In: Scientific data . 12, 1, 10 p., 29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Dissecting Factors Behind Temporal Trends in the Timing of Breeding in Two Songbird Species-Evolutionary Change or Phenotypic Plasticity?
Vatka, E., Orell, M. & Merilä, J., 1 Oct 2025, In: American Naturalist. 206, 4, p. 335-346 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Dynamics of Deleterious Mutations and Purifying Selection in Small Population Isolates
Chen, Y., Feng, X., Reid, K., Zhang, C., Löytynoja, A. & Merilä, J., Jul 2025, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42, 7, 15 p., msaf110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Estimating Recent and Historical Effective Population Size of Marine and Freshwater Sticklebacks
Feng, X., Löytynoja, A. & Merilä, J., Jul 2025, In: Molecular Ecology. 34, 13, 13 p., e17825.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Huippuyksikköhakemuksen valmistelutuki
Merilä, J. (Participant)
05/01/2012 → …
Project: Research project
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Finnish School in Wildlife Biology, Conservation and Management (LUOVA graduate school)
Merilä, J. (Participant)
01/01/2006 → …
Project: Research project
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Graduate School in Population Genetics
Merilä, J. (Participant)
01/01/2005 → …
Project: Research project
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Parallel, convergent and cryptic evolution - uncovering the hidden adaptive differentiation in the wild
Merilä, J. (Project manager)
01/09/2011 → 31/08/2015
Project: Research project
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CIMO Indian Fellowship / Sujith V. Gopalan
Merilä, J. (Participant)
01/05/2011 → 31/07/2011
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Elected to Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Merilä, J. (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Activities
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University of British Columbia
Merilä, J. (Visiting researcher)
1 May 2016 → 31 Dec 2016Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences (Journal)
Merilä, J. (Editor)
1 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Genome Biology and Evolution (Journal)
Merilä, J. (Reviewer)
31 Jan 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Behavior Genetics (Journal)
Merilä, J. (Reviewer)
7 Jan 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Molecular Ecology (Journal)
Merilä, J. (Reviewer)
5 Jul 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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Ilmastonmuutos haastaa lajien sopetumiskyvyn
28/09/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview for Lab Times: Fishing for Evidence
22/09/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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