Jenni Pettay
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jeelko@utu.fi Vesilinnantie 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7768-5883 |
Areas of expertise
Evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, life history theory, kin selection, reproductive conflict, human evolutionary evolution
Evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, life history theory, kin selection, reproductive conflict, human evolutionary evolution
Biography
Research
I have been interested in various topics related to fitness
variation in humans. For example, how environment affect selection on
life-history traits and how social environment and presence of kin affects
reproductive behaviour. I have been using pedigree data from historical Finnish
populations collected from church book records.
Publications
- Grandparental Support Varies Asymmetrically According to Family Socioeconomic Status, Parental Gender, and Lineage (2026)
- Journal of population ageing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pair-bond and survival in historical population: Marriage, widowhood, and social class (2026)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Less support is provided to stepparents than biological parents (2024)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Popularised blog post) - Reply to: Maternal capacity, twinning and fertility: the last birth matters (2024)
- Nature Communications
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Step-gap in Upward Support: The Role of Biological Relatedness and Childhood Co-residence Duration (2024)
- Journals of Gerontology series B, psychological sciences and social sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of mating effort and co-residence history in step-grandparental investment (2024)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Grandparental co-residence and grandchild survival: the role of resource competition in a pre-industrial population (2023)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kolmen sukupolven perheet ja resurssikilpailu esiteollisessa Suomessa (2023)
- Väestöliitto : Tietovuoto
(Other publication) - Parental Investment by Birth Fathers and Stepfathers - Roles of Mating Effort and Childhood Co-residence Duration (2023)
- Human Nature
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals (2023)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



