Milla Salonen
PhD
milla.salonen@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9901-7923 |
Areas of expertise
behavioral ecology; animal personality; social behavior
behavioral ecology; animal personality; social behavior
Research community or research topic
Part of the NetResilience consortium
Part of the NetResilience consortium
Publications 
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- Close and more distant relatives are associated with child mortality risk in historical Finland (2025)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A new Finnish flavor of feline coat coloration, "salmiak," is associated with a 95-kb deletion downstream of the KIT gene (2024)
- Animal Genetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Development and validation of the puppy blues scale measuring temporary affective disturbance resembling baby blues (2024)
- Npj Mental Health Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fertility resilience varies by socioeconomic status and sex : Historical trends in childlessness across 150 years (2024)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Breed, age, and social environment are associated with personality traits in dogs (2023)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Feline litter box issues associate with cat personality, breed, and age at sterilization (2023)
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Identification of DHX40 as a candidate susceptibility gene for colorectal and hematological neoplasia (2023)
- Leukemia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Identification of novel genetic risk factors of dilated cardiomyopathy: from canine to human (2023)
- Genome Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pet and owner personality and mental wellbeing associate with attachment to cats and dogs (2023)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Age, breed, sex and diet influence serum metabolite profiles of 2000 pet dogs (2022)
- Royal Society Open Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aggressiveness, ADHD-like behaviour, and environment influence repetitive behaviour in dogs (2022)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fearfulness associates with problematic behaviors and poor socialization in cats (2022)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Personality traits associate with behavioral problems in pet dogs (2022)
- Translational Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aggressive behaviour is affected by demographic, environmental and behavioural factors in purebred dogs (2021)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Canine DVL2 variant contributes to brachycephalic phenotype and caudal vertebral anomalies (2021)
- Human Genetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Canine hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention share similar demographic risk factors and behavioural comorbidities with human ADHD (2021)
- Translational Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reliability and Validity of a Dog Personality and Unwanted Behavior Survey (2021)
- Animals
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reliability and Validity of Seven Feline Behavior and Personality Traits (2021)
- Animals
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Active and social life is associated with lower non-social fearfulness in pet dogs (2020)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Complex traits, complex results : The genetic, demographic, and environmental factors of cat and dog behaviour (2020) Salonen, Milla
(G5 Article dissertation )
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