Virpi Lummaa
Professor
Department of Biology virpi.lummaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 2097 +358 50 438 2044 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 242 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2128-7587 |
Areas of expertise
Evolutionary ecology and genetics; human life history; natural selection; evolutionary biology of Asian elephants; ageing; senescence; behavioural ecology; lifespan; reproductive success; endocrinology; health; sex differences; socio-econimic differences;
Evolutionary ecology and genetics; human life history; natural selection; evolutionary biology of Asian elephants; ageing; senescence; behavioural ecology; lifespan; reproductive success; endocrinology; health; sex differences; socio-econimic differences;
Publications 
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- The predictive adaptive response and metabolic syndrome: challenges for the hypothesis (2007)
- Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Are reproductive and somatic senescence coupled in humans? Late, but not early, reproduction correlated with longevity in historical Sami women (2005)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Heritability and genetic constraints of life-history trait evolution in preindustrial humans (2005)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Accelerated immunosenescence in preindustrial twin mothers (2004)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women (2004)
- Nature
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Menopause: why does fertility end before life? (2004)
- Climacteric
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Selection for increased brood size in historical human populations (2004)
- Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Month of birth predicted reproductive success and fitness in pre-modern Canadian women (2003)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Different responses to cold weather in two pied flycatcher populations (2002)
- Ecography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early development and determinants of reproductive success in humans (2002)
- American Journal of Human Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early development, survival and reproduction in humans (2002)
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of producing sons on maternal longevity in premodern populations - Response (2002)
- Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sons reduced maternal longevity in preindustrial humans (2002)
- Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gender difference in benefits of twinning in pre-industrial humans: boys did not pay (2001)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Induced abortion ratio in modern Sweden falls with age, but rises again before menopause (2001)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reproductive investment in pre-industrial humans: the consequences of offspring number, gender and survival (2001)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Spatial dynamics of adaptive sex ratios (2000)
- Ecology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does polyovulation counterbalance a high abortion rate in in humans? (1999)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Adaptive sex ratio variation in pre-industrial human (Homo sapiens) populations? (1998)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Natural selection on human twinning (1998) Lummaa V, Haukioja E, Lemmetyinen R, Pikkola M
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