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 Imprinting on Facial Traits of Opposite-Sex Parents in Humans (2012)
- Evolutionary Psychology: an International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior
Marcinkowska UM, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The Effects of Defoliation-Induced Delayed Changes in Silver Birch Foliar Chemistry on Gypsy Moth Fitness, Immune Response, and Resistance to Baculovirus Infection (2012)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
Martemyanov VV, Dubovskiy IM, Rantala MJ, Salminen JP, Belousova IA, Pavlushin SV, Bakhvalov SA, Glupov VV
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effects of simulated acid rain and heavy metal pollution on the mountain birch-autumnal moth interaction (2012)
- Chemoecology
van Ooik T, Rantala MJ, Salminen JP, Yang SY, Neuvonen S, Ruuhola T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
There is more than one way to skin a G matrix (2012)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Roff DA, Prokkola JM, Krams I, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Transgenerational Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on Immune Defense of the Blow Fly Protophormia terraenovae (2012)
- PLoS ONE
Polkki M, Kangassalo K, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Transgenerational Effects of Parental Larval Diet on Offspring Development Time, Adult Body Size and Pathogen Resistance in Drosophila melanogaster (2012)
- PLoS ONE
Valtonen TM, Kangassalo K, Polkki M, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
You mob my owl, I'll mob yours: birds play tit-for-tat game (2012)
- Scientific Reports
Krama T, Vrublevska J, Freeberg TM, Kullberg C, Rantala MJ, Krams I
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Analysis of the effects of early nutritional environment on inbreeding depression in Drosophila melanogaster (2011)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Valtonen TM, Roff DA, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Analysis of the effects of inbreeding on lifespan and starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster (2011)
- Genetica
Valtonen TM, Roff DA, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Boldness as a consistent personality trait in the noble crayfish, Astacus astacus (2011)
- Acta ethologica
Vainikka A, Rantala MJ, Niemela P, Hirvonen H, Kortet R
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Boron Fertilization Enhances the Induced Defense of Silver Birch (2011)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
Ruuhola T, Leppanen T, Julkunen-Tiitto R, Rantala MJ, Lehto T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of inbreeding on potential and realized immune responses in Tenebrio molitor (2011)
- Parasitology
Rantala M, Viitaniemi H, Roff D
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Female choice reveals terminal investment in male mealworm beetles, Tenebrio molitor, after a repeated activation of the immune system (2011)
- Journal of Insect Science
Krams I, Daukste J, Kivleniece I, Krama T, Rantala MJ, Ramey G, Sausa L
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Overwinter survival depends on immune defence and body length in male Aquarius najas water striders (2011)
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Krams I, Daukste J, Kivleniece I, Krama T, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Predation selects for increased immune function in male damselflies, Calopteryx splendens (2011)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Rantala MJ, Honkavaara J, Dunn DW, Suhonen J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Prenatal Influences on Sexual Orientation: Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Number of Older Siblings (2011)
- Evolutionary Psychology: an International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior
Kangassalo K, Polkki M, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effects of dietary nickel on the detoxification enzymes, innate immunity and resistance to the fungus Beauveria bassiana in the larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (2011)
- Chemosphere
Dubovskiy IM, Grizanova EV, Ershova NS, Rantala MJ, Glupov VV
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The role of sexual imprinting and the Westermarck effect in mate choice in humans (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Rantala MJ, Marcinkowska UM
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Activation of the immune system promotes insect dispersal in the wild (2010)
- Oecologia
Suhonen J, Honkavaara J, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Copulation enhances resistance against an entomopathogenic fungus in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor (2010)
- Parasitology
Valtonen T, Viitaniemi H, Rantala M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)