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This manuscript was rejected by Evolutionary Biology, on grounds of "The reviewers felt there was a need to demonstrate functional aspects of morphology moreso than the current version, while both felt that some novelty was lacking." One reviewer said the … Continue reading →

Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares Arnar Palsson and Sarah Elizabeth Steele. Perspective, in Molecular Ecology. Adaptations occur at many levels, from e.g. DNA sequence of regulatory elements and cellular homeostatic systems, to organismal physiology and behaviour … Continue reading →

Variation in personality shaped by evolutionary history, genotype, and developmental plasticity in response to feeding modalities in the Arctic charr AUTHORS Marion Dellinger, Sarah E. Steele, Evert Sprockel, Joris Philip, Arnar Pálsson, David Benhaïm Submitted manuscript, sorry not on BioRxiv. … Continue reading →

Diversity in the internal functional feeding elements of sympatric morphs of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Jónsdóttir, G.Ó., von Elm, L-M, Ingimarsson, F., Tersigni, S., Snorrason, S.S, Pálsson, A. and Steele, S.E. Submitted to Evolutionary Biology. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.17.528955v1 Abstract The diversity of … Continue reading →

This darling is nearly ready for submission. Very cool results from a study led by Guðbjörg Ósk Jónsdóttir and Sarah Steele, based on pioneering work by Finnur Ingimarsson and Sigurður S. Snorrason. Diversity in the internal functional feeding elements of … Continue reading →

A nice paper by Valgerður Hjaltalín and colleagues was accepted to Autophagy Reports. She worked on this during covid, with some help from us and others. Then added a nice experimental data to the manuscript during revisions. More on this … Continue reading →

DNA methylation differences during development distinguish sympatric morphs of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Sebastien Matlosz, Benjamín Sigurgeirsson, Sigrídur Rut Franzdóttir, Arnar Pálsson, Zophonías O. Jónsson Accepted in Molecular Ecology, first published: 18 July 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16620 Changes in DNA methylation in … Continue reading →

European fire ants found in Iceland. / Evrópskir eldmaurar (Myrmica rubra) á Íslandi. Marco Mancini, Andreas Guðmundsson og Arnar Pálsson. Accepted by the Icelandic naturalist (Náttúrufræðingurinn). Phylogenetic analyses revealed emergence in vertebrates of a novel region within a conserved domain … Continue reading →

DNA methylation differences during development distinguish sympatric morphs of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Sebastien Matlosz, Benjamin Sigurgeirsson, Sigrídur Rut Franzdóttir, Arnar Pálsson, Zophonías O. Jónsson. (not on bioRxiv, second revision sent in). Sebastien sent the revised manuscript again. Must say … Continue reading →

Now published (12. sept. 2019) in Ecology and Evolution - Extensive genetic differentiation between recently evolved sympatric Arctic charr morphs Jóhannes Guðbrandsson, Kalina H. Kapralova, Sigríður R. Franzdóttir, Þóra Margrét Bergsveinsdóttir, Völundur Hafstað, Zophonías O. Jónsson, Sigurður S. Snorrason, Arnar … Continue reading →