CROSSHARES consortium - hare research
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Hare research at the department of Environmental and Biological Sciences begun in 2013. Our current research is continuation of the CROSSHARES-consortium, a joint Academy of Finland funded project with the mitochondrial metabolism and bioenergetics-research group in Tampere university. We are interested in investigating the cellular mechanisms that maintain species boundaries, hare population genetics, adaptation mechanisms of brown hares and the distribution histories of hares.
In our work we apply broad range of tools from genomics to cell and molecular biology. To facilitate our work, as well as for the benefit of everybody working on hare genetics, we have also published the first reference genome for the brown hare (Lepus europaeus). The genome can be accessed and viewed through the NCBI-genome browser.
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Manu Soininmäki
Publications
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Molecular phenotyping uncovers differences in basic housekeeping functions among closely related species of hares (Lepus spp., Lagomorpha: Leporidae)
Gaertner, Kateryna; Michell, Craig; Tapanainen, Riikka; Goffart, Steffi; Saari, Sina; Soininmäki, Manu; Dufour, Eric; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO. 2022. Molecular ecology. 2023; 32: 4097-4117 -
Mountain- and brown hare genetic polymorphisms to survey local adaptations and conservation status of the heath hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus, Nilsson 1831)
Michell, Craig T; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Spong, Göran; Thulin, Carl-Gustaf. 2022. Scientific data. 9: -
Hybridization with mountain hares increases the functional allelic repertoire in brown hares
Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Michell, Craig; Levänen, Riikka; Smith, Steve. 2021. Scientific reports. 11: 15771 -
Home ranges of semi-urban brown hares (Lepus europaeus) and mountain hares (Lepus timidus) at northern latitudes
Levänen, Riikka; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Kunnasranta, Mervi. 2019. Annales zoologici Fennici. 56: 107-120 -
Mitochondrial DNA introgression at the northern edge of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) range
Levänen, R; Kunnasranta, M; Pohjoismäki, J. 2018. Annales zoologici Fennici. 55: 15-24 -
Widespread introgression of mountain hare genes into Fennoscandian brown hare populations
Levänen, R; Thulin, CG; Spong, G; Pohjoismäki, JLO. 2018. PLoS ONE. 13: e0191790 -
Rusakon ja metsäjäniksen risteymiä myös Suomessa
Levänen R, Pohjoismäki J, Kunnasranta M. 2017. Metsästäjä. : 18-19