Markus Rantala - UTU Research Portal

Markus Rantala

- University Lecturer,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Department of Biology)
- Docent,
Psychology (Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology)

mjranta@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4228

+358 50 465 3245

Vesilinnantie 5

Turku

http://users.utu.fi/mjranta/

Publications

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Sexual ornaments reveal the strength of melanization immune response and longevity of male paper wasps (2018)
- Journal of Insect Physiology
André Rodrigues de Souza, Talitta Guimarães Simões, Markus J. Rantala, Eduardo Fernando Santos, José Lino-Netto, Fábio Santos do Nasciment
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The role of mating context and fecundability in women's preferences for men's facial masculinity and beardedness (2018)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
Barnaby J. W. Dixson, Khandis R. Blake, Thomas F. Denson, Amany Gooda-Vossos, Siobhan M. O’Dean, Danielle Sulikowski, Markus J. Rantala, Robert C. Brooks
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
An Evolutionary Approach to Clinical Pharmacopsychology (2017)
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Rantala MJ, Luoto S, Krams I
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
Beards and the big city: displays of masculinity may be amplified under crowded conditions (2017)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
Dixson BJW, Rantala MJ, Melo EF, Brooks RC
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Correction to ‘Adiposity, compared to masculinity, serves as a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice’ (2017)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Rantala MJ, Coetzee V, Moore FR, Skrinda I, Kecko S, Krama T, Kivleniece I, Krams I
(Other publication)
Food quality affects the expression of antimicrobial peptide genes upon simulated parasite attack in the larvae of greater wax moth (2017)
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Indrikis Krams, Sanita Kecko, Inna Inashkina, Giedrius Trakimas, Ronalds Krams, Didzis Elferts, Jolanta Vrublevska, Priit Joers, Markus J. Rantala, Severi Luoto, Jorge Contreras-Garduno, Liga Jankevica, Laila Meija, Tatjana Krama
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Further Evidence Using a Continuous Measure of Conception Probability that Women's Preferences for Male Facial and Body Hair May Not Change with Fecundability (2017)
- Archives of Sexual Behavior
Dixson BJW, Rantala MJ
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
Habitat quality affects stress responses and survival in a bird wintering under extremely low ambient temperatures (2017)
- The Science of Nature - Naturwissenschaften
Cirule D, Krama T, Krams R, Elferts D, Kaasik A, Rantala MJ, Mierauskas P, Luoto S, Krams IA
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Men's Preferences for Female Facial Femininity Decline With Age (2017)
- Journals of Gerontology, Series B
Marcinkowska UM, Dixson BJ, Kozlov MV, Prasai K, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Metabolic rate associates with, but does not generate covariation between, behaviours in western stutter-trilling crickets, Gryllus integer (2017)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Krams IA, Niemela PT, Trakimas G, Krams R, Burghardt GM, Krama T, Kuusik A, Mand M, Rantala MJ, Mand R, Kekalainen J, Sirkka I, Luoto S, Kortet R
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Microbiome symbionts and diet diversity incur costs on the immune system of insect larvae. (2017)
- Journal of Experimental Biology
Krams IA, Kecko S, Joers P, Trakimas G, Elferts D, Krams R, Luoto S, Rantala MJ, Inashkina I, Gudra D, Fridmanis D, Contreras-Garduno J, Grantina-Ievina L, Krama T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Reproduction compromises adaptive immunity in a cyprinid fish (2017)
- Ecological Research
Krams IA, Rumvolt K, Saks L, Krams R, Elferts D, Vrublevska J, Rantala MJ, Kecko S, Cirule D, Luoto S, Krama T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Reproduction is costly in an infected aquatic insect (2017)
- Ethology Ecology and Evolution
Krams IA, Krama T, Trakimas G, Kaasik A, Rantala MJ, Skute A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sex-specific compensatory growth in the larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (2017)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Kecko S., Mihailova A., Kangassalo K., Elferts D., Krama T., Krams R., Luoto S., Rantala M., Krams I.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Specificity of Women's Sexual Response: Proximate Mechanisms and Ultimate Causes (2017)
- Archives of Sexual Behavior
Luoto S, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A dark cuticle allows higher investment in immunity, longevity and fecundity in a beetle upon a simulated parasite attack (2016)
- Oecologia
Krams I, Burghardt GM, Krams R, Trakimas G, Kaasik A, Luoto S, Rantala MJ, Krama T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Evoluutiopsykologia ja oikeustiede (2016)
- Oikeus
Anu Lähteenmäki-Uutela, Markus J. Rantala
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
Immune challenge has a negative effect on cuticular darkness in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor (2016)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
Kangassalo K, Kosonen K, Polkki M, Sorvari J, Krams I, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Is Juvenile Hormone a potential mechanism that underlay the "branched Y-model"? (2016)
- General and Comparative Endocrinology
Marquez-Garcia A, Canales-Lazcano J, Rantala MJ, Contreras-Garduno J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations (2016)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Tybur JM, Inbar Y, Aaroe L, Barclay P, Barlow FK, de Barra M, Becker DV, Borovoi L, Choi I, Choi JA, Consedine NS, Conway A, Conway JR, Conway P, Adoric VC, Demirci DE, Fernandez AM, Ferreira DCS, Ishii K, Jaksic I, Ji TT, van Leeuwen F, Lewis DMG, Li NP, McIntyre JC, Mukherjee S, Park JH, Pawlowski B, Petersen MB, Pizarro D, Prodromitis G, Prokop P, Rantala MJ, Reynolds LM, Sandin B, Sevi B, De Smet D, Srinivasan N, Tewari S, Wilson C, Yong JC, Zezelj I
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)