The Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions (BIOINT)

Research output

Research output per year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016

• 66 Article
• 4 Review Article
• 2 Chapter
• 1 Conference article
• 1 More
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2016

  Different food sources elicit fast changes to bacterial virulence

  Ketola, T., Mikonranta, L., Laakso, J. & Mappes, J., 1 Jan 2016, In: Biology Letters. 12, 1, 4 p., 20150660.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2014

  Ant Larvae as Players in Social Conflict: Relatedness and Individual Identity Mediate Cannibalism Intensity

  Schultner, E., Gardner, A., Karhunen, M. & Helantera, H., 2014, In: American Naturalist. 184, 6, p. E161-E174 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Appetitive and aversive olfactory learning induce similar generalization rates in the honey bee

  Bos, N., Roussel, E., Giurfa, M. & d'Ettorre, P., Mar 2014, In: Animal Cognition. 17, 2, p. 399-406 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Are ant supercolonies crucibles of a new major transition in evolution?

  Kennedy, P., Uller, T. & Helantera, H., Sep 2014, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27, 9, p. 1784-1796 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Association of colony morphotype on virulence, growth and resistance against protozoan predation in the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare

  Zhang, J., Laakso, J., Mappes, J., Laanto, E., Ketola, T., Bamford, J., Kunttu, H. & Sundberg, L-R., 2014, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 89, p. 553-562 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Asymmetry in olfactory generalization and the inclusion criterion in ants

  Bos, N., 2014, In: Communicative & integrative biology . 7, 1, 5 p., e29163.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

• Coincidental Loss of Bacterial Virulence in Multi-Enemy Microbial Communities

  Zhang, J., Ketola, T., Örmälä, A-M., Mappes, J. & Laakso, J., 2014, In: PLoS One. 9, 11, 11 p., 111871.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

• Determining the impact of initial age structure on the recovery of a healthy over-harvested population

  Isomaa, M., Kaitala, V. & Laakso, J., 24 Aug 2014, In: Ecological Modelling. 286, p. 45-52 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Gene flow and immigration: genetic diversity and population structure of lions (Panthera leo) in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

  Morandin, C., Loveridge, A. J., Segelbacher, G., Elliot, N., Madzikanda, H., Macdonald, D. W. & Höglund, J., Jun 2014, In: Conservation Genetics. 15, 3, p. 697-706 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Inbreeding-related trade-offs in stress resistance in the ant Formica exsecta

  Freitak, D., Bos, N., Stucki, D. & Sundström, L., 2014, In: Biology Letters. 10, 11, 4 p., 20140805.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Insect immunity: oral exposure to a bacterial pathogen elicits free radical response and protects from a recurring infection

  Mikonranta, L., Mappes, J., Kaukoniitty, M. & Freitak, D., 7 Mar 2014, In: Frontiers in Zoology. 11, 7 p., 23.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Introgression in hybrid ants is favored in females but selected against in males

  Kulmuni, J. & Pamilo, P., 2 Sep 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 35, p. 12805-12810 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Muurahaisia ja ihmisiä - sota, rauha ja avunanto

  Sundström, L., 2014, In: Tieteessä tapahtuu. 32, 1, p. 3-8 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

• Not Only for Egg Yolk-Functional and Evolutionary Insights from Expression, Selection, and Structural Analyses of Formica Ant Vitellogenins

  Morandin, C., Havukainen, H., Kulmuni, J., Dhaygude, K., Trontti, K. & Helanterä, H., 2014, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31, 8, p. 2181-2193 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Precautionary management of Baltic Sea cod (Gadus morhua callarias) under different environmental noise and harvesting strategies

  Isomaa, M., Kaitala, V. & Laakso, J., 2014, In: Boreal Environment Research. 19, 1, p. 39-50 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Recognition of nestmate eggs in the ant Formica fusca is based on queen derived cues

  Helanterä, H., Martin, S. J. & Ratnieks, F. L. W., 2014, In: Current zoology. 60, 1, p. 131-136 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Top-down effects of a lytic bacteriophage and protozoa on bacteria in aqueous and biofilm phases

  Zhang, J., Örmälä-Odegrip, A-M., Mappes, J. & Laakso, J., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 23, p. 4444-4453 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Unmatedness Promotes the Evolution of Helping More in Diplodiploids than in Haplodiploids

  Rautiala, P., Helanterä, H. O. & Puurtinen, M., Sep 2014, In: American Naturalist. 184, 3, p. 318-325 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Variation in nestmate recognition ability among polymorphic leaf-cutting ant workers

  Larsen, J., Fouks, B., Bos, N., d'Ettorre, P. & Nehring, V., 2014, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 70, p. 59-66 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
• 2013

  A Metatranscriptomic Approach to the Identification of Microbiota Associated with the Ant Formica exsecta

  Johansson, H., Dhaygude, K., Lindström, S., Helanterä, H. O., Sundström, L. & Trontti, K., 18 Nov 2013, In: PLoS One.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Baltic cod (Gadus morhua callarias) recovery potential under different environment and fishery scenarios

  Isomaa, M., Kaitala, V. & Laakso, J., 24 Sep 2013, In: Ecological Modelling. 266, p. 118-125 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Chemical structure of odorants and perceptual similarity in ants

  Bos, N., d'Ettorre, P. & Guerrieri, F. J., Sep 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, 17, p. 3314-3320 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Coevolutionary feedbacks between family interactions and life history

  Stucki, D. & Kölliker, M., 22 Jul 2013, In: Evolution. 67, 11, p. 3208-3220 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Colony take-over and brood survival in temporary social parasites of the ant genus Formica.

  Chernenko, A., Vidal-Garcia, M., Helanterä, H. O. & Sundström, L., May 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 67, 5, p. 727-735 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Comparative genomics of chemosensory protein genes reveals rapid evolution and positive selection in ant-specific duplicates

  Kulmuni, J., Wurm, Y. & Pamilo, P., 2013, In: Heredity. 110, 6, p. 538-547 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Family-based guilds in the ant Pachycondyla inversa

  Helantera, H., Aehle, O., Roux, M., Heinze, J. & d'Ettorre, P., 2013, In: Biology Letters. 9, 3, 4 p., 20130125.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Female Fertilization: Effects of Sex-Specific Density and Sex Ratio Determined Experimentally for Colorado Potato Beetles and Drosophila Fruit Flies

  Vahl, W. K., Boiteau, G., de Heij, M. E., MacKinley, P. D. & Kokko, H., 2013, In: PLoS One. 8, 4, 10 p., 60381.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Fluctuating temperature leads to evolution of thermal generalism and preadaptation to novel environments

  Ketola, T., Mikonranta, L., Zhang, J., Saarinen, K., Örmälä, A-M., Friman, V-P., Mappes, J. & Laakso, J., 2013, In: Evolution. 67, 10, p. 2936–2944 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Identification of Optimum Sequencing Depth Especially for De Novo Genome Assembly of Small Genomes Using Next Generation Sequencing Data

  Desai, A., Marwah, V. S., Yadav, A., Jha, V., Dhaygude, K., Bangar, U., Kulkarni, V. & Jere, A., 12 Apr 2013, In: PLoS One. 8, 4, 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Insights into the Evolution of the CSP Gene Family through the Integration of Evolutionary Analysis and Comparative Protein Modeling

  Kulmuni, J. & Havukainen, H., 28 May 2013, In: PLoS One. 8, 5, 11 p., e63688.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Interplay of ecology and evolution under changing environmental conditions: Evolution experiments with heterotrophic bactera

  Pekkonen, M., 11 Oct 2013, 1 ed. Helsinki: Unigrafia. 105 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles

• Large-scale patterns in genetic variation, gene flow and differentiation in five species of European Coenagrionid damselfly provide mixed support for the central-marginal hypothesis

  Johansson, H., Stoks, R., Nilsson-Örtman, V., Ingvarsson, P. & Johansson, F., 2013, In: Ecography. 36, 6, p. 744-755 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Latitudinally structured variation in the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates

  Nilsson-Örtman, V., Stoks, R., De Block, M., Johansson, H. & Johansson, F., 2013, In: Ecology Letters. 16, 1, p. 64-71 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Loss of competition in the outside host environment generates outbreaks of environmental opportunist pathogens

  Anttila, J., Ruokolainen, L., Kaitala, V. & Laakso, J., 2013, In: PLoS One. 8, 8, 9 p., e71621.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Non-genetic inheritance in evolutionary theory: a primer.

  Uller, T. & Helanterä, H. O., 2013, In: Non-genetic Inheritance. 1, p. 27-32 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

• On depending on fish for a living, and other difficulties of living sustainably

  Kokko, H. & Heubel, K., 2013, Cooperation and its Evolution: Book Series. Sterelny, K., Joyce, R., Calcott, B. & Fraser, B. (eds.). MIT Press, p. 75-88 13 p. (Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology ).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Resource Availability and Competition Shape the Evolution of Survival and Growth Ability in a Bacterial Community

  Pekkonen, M., Ketola, T. & Laakso, J., 30 Sep 2013, In: PLoS One. 8, 9, p. e76471 12 p., e76471.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Sociala interaktioner: evolution på gen-, cell- och individnivå

  Sundström, L., 2013, In: Sphinx. 2012-2013, 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

• Social conflict in ant larvae: egg cannibalism occurs mainly in males and larvae prefer alien eggs

  Schultner, E., d'Ettorre, P. & Helanterä, H. O., 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology. 24, 6, p. 1306-1311 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Sources of Variation in Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Ant Formica exsecta

  Martin, S. J., Vitikainen, E., Shemilt, S., Drijfhout, F. P. & Sundstrom, L., Dec 2013, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 39, 11-12, p. 1415-1423 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• The value of oviposition timing, queen presence and kinship in a social insect

  Ozan, M., Helanterä, H. & Sundström, L., 2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences. 280, 1766, 6 p., 20131231.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• To be or not to be a Queen: the dark side of the ant genome

  Morandin, C. M., Watanabe, Y., Okamoto, M., Tin, M. Y. & Mikheyev, A. S., 18 Mar 2013, In: Epigenetics & chromatin. 6, Suppl 1, p. P55 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › Scientific › peer-review

• Towards greater realism in inclusive fitness models: the case of worker reproduction in insect societies

  Wenseleers, T., Helantera, H., Alves, D. A., Duenez-Guzman, E. & Pamilo, P., 2013, In: Biology Letters. 9, 6, 7 p., 20130334.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Transcriptome characterisation of the ant Formica exsecta with new insights into the evolution of desaturase genes in social Hymenoptera

  Badouin, H., Belkhir, K., Gregson, E., Galindo, J., Sundström, L., Martin, S. J., Butlin, R. K. & Smadja, C. M., 2013, In: PLoS One. 8, 7, 14 p., e68200.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Vitellogenin Recognizes Cell Damage through Membrane Binding and Shields Living Cells from Reactive Oxygen Species

  Havukainen, H., Muench, D., Baumann, A., Zhong, S., Halskau, O., Krogsgaard, M. & Amdam, G. V., 2013, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288, 39, p. 28369-28381 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
• 2012

  A vitellogenin polyserine cleavage site: highly disordered conformation protected from proteolysis by phosphorylation

  Havukainen, H., Underhaug, J., Wolschin, F., Amdam, G. & Halskau, O., Jun 2012, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 215, 11, p. 1837-1846 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Bet-hedging - a triple trade-off between means, variances and correlations

  Starrfelt, J. & Kokko, H., 2012, In: Biological Reviews. 87, 3, p. 742-755 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Colony kin structure and queen recruitment in the ant Formica fusca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

  Chernenko, A., Helanterä, H. O. & Sundström, L., Jan 2012, In: Myrmecological news. 16, p. 93-100 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Comparison of liquid chromatography-microchip/mass spectrometry to conventional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for the analysis of steroids

  Ahonen, L., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Saarelainen, T., Paviala, J., Ketola, R. A., Auriola, S., Poutanen, M. & Kostiainen, R., 2012, In: Analytica Chimica Acta. 721, p. 115-121 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Complexity and Variability of Gut Commensal Microbiota in Polyphagous Lepidopteran Larvae

  Tang, X., Freitak, D., Vogel, H., Ping, L., Shao, Y., Cordero, E. A., Andersen, G., Westermann, M., Heckel, D. G. & Boland, W., 17 Jul 2012, In: PLoS One. 7, 7, p. e36978 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review