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Professor Stuart Piertney

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Professor Stuart Piertney
Professor Stuart Piertney
Professor Stuart Piertney

Dean for Postgraduate Research, Chair in Molecular Ecology and Evolution

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Email Address
s.piertney@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272864
Office Address

Rooms 410 (Office) and 222 (Lab) Zoology Building

School/Department
Provost
School/Department
School of Biological Sciences




Research

Research Overview

Research within the Piertney-Lab focuses on the interplay between evolutionary and ecological dynamics in natural populations. From an eco-to-evo perspective, I examine how different ecological, environmental and behavioural processes drive microevolution, adaptation and speciation. Then from an evo-to-eco perspective, I link how genetic diversity affects individual fitness, population dynamics, ecosystem function and population persistence.

Studies have either a gene-centric focus, examining candidate genes of known ecological importance and adaptive significance (e.g. MHC, MC1R, IFN), or exploit next-generation 'omics technologies to gain a more holistic understanding of adaptation and genome-wide responses to environmental and ecological change.

 

Current Research

  • Piezophilic adaptation in deep-ocean amphipods (NERC).
  • The genomic landscape of speciation and adaptive variation in the intertidal isopod Jaera albifrons (NERC).
  • Emergence, spread and persistence of maine invasive non-native species (with Marine Scotland Science, and South Atlantic Environment Research Institute).
  • Genome-wide responses to demographic perturbation in insular populations of water voles (BBSRC)
  • PolyExESS - Extreme environment simulation system for experimental evolution (NERC).
  • The ecology, evolution and epidemiology of zoonotic pathogens in fragmented multi-host populations (BBSRC).
  • The epigenomic landscape of maternal effects in the soil mite Sancassania berlesei (NERC).
Teaching

Courses

Publications

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  • A comprehensive DNA barcode reference library for the macroinvertebrates of Scottish seagrass beds using Oxford Nanopore Flongle Flowcells

    Ross, E. G., Piertney, S., Sigwart, J. D., Crook, N., Moreau, A., Layton, K.
    Ecology and Evolution, vol. 15, no. 10, e72219
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  • A comprehensive DNA barcode reference library for the macroinvertebrates of Scottish seagrass beds using Oxford Nanopore Flongle Flowcells

    Ross, E. G., Sigwart, J., Piertney, S., Layton, K., Crook, N., Moreau, A.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
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  • Large effective population size masks population genetic structure in Hirondellea amphipods within the deepest marine ecosystem, the Mariana Trench

    Piertney, S., Wenzel, M., Jamieson, A. J.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 2206-2218
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  • Plasticity is a locally adapted trait with consequences for ecological dynamics in novel environments

    Bond, M. N., Piertney, S. B., Benton, T. G., Cameron, T. C.
    Ecology and Evolution, vol. 11, no. 16, pp. 10868-10879
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  • Surviving winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Pikas suppress energy demands and exploit yak feces to survive winter

    Speakman, J. R., Chi, Q., Ołdakowski, ?., Fu, H., Fletcher, Q. E., Hambly, C., Togo, J., Liu, X., Piertney, S. B., Wang, X., Zhang, L., Redman, P., Wang, L., Tang, G., Li, Y., Cui, J., Thomson, P. J., Wang, Z., Glover, P., Robertson, O. C., Zhang, Y., Wang, D.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 118, no. 30, e2100707118
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  • Scavenging amphipods from the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone: Extending the hadal paradigm beyond subduction trenches

    Weston, J. N., Peart, R. A., Stewart, H. A., Ritchie, H., Piertney, S. B., Linley, T. D., Jamieson, A. J.
    Marine Biology, vol. 168, no. 1, 1
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  • Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus

    Villanueva, R., Laptikhovsky, V. V., Piertney, S. B., Fernández-Álvarez, F. ?., Collins, M. A., Ablett, J. D., Escánez, A.
    Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 7, 561125
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  • Parasite-mediated selection in red grouse--consequences for population dynamics and mate choice

    MARTINEZ-PADILLA, J., Wenzel, M., MOUGEOT, F., PEREZ-RODRIGUEZ, L., PIERTNEY, S., REDPATH, S.
    Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application. Wilson, K., Fenton, A., Tompkins, D. (eds.), pp. 296-320
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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  • Microplastics and synthetic particles ingested by deep-sea amphipods in six of the deepest marine ecosystems on Earth

    Jamieson, A. J., Brooks, L. S., Reid, W. D., Piertney, S. B., Narayanaswamy, B. E., Linley, T. D.
    Royal Society Open Science, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1-11
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  • Author Correction: Signatures of balancing selection in toll-like receptor (TLRs) genes – novel insights from a free-living rodent (Scientific Reports, (2018), 8, 1, (8361), 10.1038/s41598-018-26672-2)

    Kloch, A., Wenzel, M. A., Laetsch, D. R., Michalski, O., Bajer, A., Behnke, J. M., Welc-Falęciak, R., Piertney, S. B.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 7394
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  • Heat-shock protein adaptation in abyssal and hadal amphipods

    Ritchie, H., Jamieson, A. J., Piertney, S. B.
    Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 155, pp. 61-69
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  • Microbiome composition within a sympatric species complex of intertidal isopods (Jaera albifrons)

    Wenzel, M. A., Douglas, A., Piertney, S. B.
    PloS ONE, vol. 13, no. 8, e0202212
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  • Mixed leptospira infections in a diverse reservoir host community, Madagascar, 2013–2015

    Moseley, M., Rahelinirina, S., Rajerison, M., Garin, B., Piertney, S., Telfer, S.
    Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1138-1140
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Signatures of balancing selection in toll-like receptor (TLRs) genes – novel insights from a free-living rodent

    Kloch, A., Wenzel, M. A., Laetsch, D. R., Michalski, O., Bajer, A., Behnke, J. M., Welc-Falȩciak, R., Piertney, S. B.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 8, 8361
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  • Phylogenomic signatures of speciation and phylogeography in a species complex of sympatric intertidal isopods (Jaera albifrons).

    Wenzel, M., Douglas, A., Piertney, S.
    Evolution 2018: Joint congress on Evolutionary Biology
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Estimating demographic contributions to effective population size in an age-structured wild population experiencing environmental and demographic stochasticity

    Trask, A. E., Bignal, E. M., McCracken, D. I., Piertney, S. B., Reid, J. M.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 86, no. 5, pp. 1082-1093
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Genome size variation in deep-sea amphipods

    Ritchie, H., Jamieson, A. J., Piertney, S. B.
    Royal Society Open Science, vol. 4, pp. 1-9
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  • Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in the deepest ocean fauna

    Jamieson, A. J., Malkocs, T., Piertney, S. B., Fujii, T., Zhang, Z.
    Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 1, 0051
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  • Population genetic structure of two congeneric deep-sea amphipod species from geographically isolated hadal trenches in the Pacific Ocean

    Ritchie, H., Jamieson, A. J., Piertney, S. B.
    Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 119, pp. 50-57
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  • RADseq-based phylogenomics fully resolves evolutionary relationships in a species complex of sympatric intertidal isopods (Jaera albifrons).

    Wenzel, M., Mifsud, D. V., Douglas, A., Piertney, S.
    European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) XVI Congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • The genomic landscape of pre-zygotic reproductive isolation in a sympatric species complex of intertidal isopods (Jaera albifrons)

    Wenzel, M., Mifsud, D. V., Douglas, A., Piertney, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • Phylogeography of Rattus norvegicus in the South Atlantic Ocean

    Hingston, M., Poncet, S., Passfield, K., Tabak, M. A., Gabriel, S. I., Piertney, S. B., Russell, J. C.
    Differentiation: Research in Biological Diversity, vol. 8, no. 4, 32
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  • The compensatory potential of increased immigration following intensive American mink population control is diluted by male-biased dispersal

    Oliver, M. K., Piertney, S. B., Zalewski, A., Melero, Y., Lambin, X.
    Biological Invasions, vol. 18, pp. 3047-3061
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  • Evidence of the phenotypic expression of a lethal recessive allele under inbreeding in a wild population of conservation concern

    Trask, A. E., Bignal, E. M., McCracken, D. I., Monaghan, P., Piertney, S. B., Reid, J. M.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 879-891
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  • Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite DNA Markers in the Deep-Sea Amphipod Paralicella tenuipes by Illumina MiSeq Sequencing

    Ritchie, H., Jamieson, A. J., Piertney, S. B.
    Journal of Heredity, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. 367-371
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  • Adaptive and neutral genetic differentiation among Scottish and endangered Irish red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

    Meyer-Lucht, Y., Mulder, K. P., James, M. C., McMahon, B. J., Buckley, K., Piertney, S. B., Höglund, J.
    Conservation Genetics, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 615-630
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  • Harvested populations are more variable only in more variable environments

    Cameron, T. C., O'Sullivan, D., Reynolds, A., Hicks, J. P., Piertney, S. B., Benton, T. G.
    Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 4179-4191
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  • Resolving patterns of population genetic and phylogeographic structure to inform control and eradication initiatives for brown rats Rattus norvegicus on South Georgia

    Piertney, S. B., Black, A., Watt, L., Christie, D., Poncet, S., Collins, M. A.
    Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 332-339
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  • Morphological and ontogenetic stratification of abyssal and hadal Eurythenes gryllus sensu lato (Amphipoda:Lysianassoidea) from the Peru-Chile Trench

    Eustace, R. M., Ritchie, H., Kilgallen, N. M., Piertney, S. B., Jamieson, A. J.
    Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 109, pp. 91-98
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  • The role of parasite-driven selection in shaping landscape genomic structure in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

    Wenzel, M. A., Douglas, A., James, M. C., Redpath, S. M., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 324-341
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  • Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Class II sequence polymorphism in long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) from the North Atlantic

    Monteiro, S. S., Vingada, J. V., Lopez, A., Pierce, G. J., Ferreira, M., Brownlow, A., Mikkelsen, B., Niemeyer, M., Deaville, R. J., Eira, C., Piertney, S.
    Marine Biology Research, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 595-607
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  • Connectivity and Dispersal Patterns of Protected Biogenic Reefs: Implications for the Conservation of Modiolus modiolus (L.) in the Irish Sea

    Gormley, K., Mackenzie, C., Robins, P., Coscia, I., Cassidy, A., James, J., Hull, A., Piertney, S., Sanderson, W., Porter, J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 12, e0143337
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  • Phylogenetic relationships among hadal amphipods of the Superfamily Lysianassoidea: Implications for taxonomy and biogeography

    Ritchie, H., Jamieson, A. J., Piertney, S. B.
    Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 105, pp. 119-131
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  • Gene dynamics of toll-like receptor 4 through a population bottleneck in an insular population of water voles (Arvicola amphibius)

    Gavan, M. K., Oliver, M. K., Douglas, A., Piertney, S. B.
    Conservation Genetics, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1181-1193
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  • Long-finned pilot whale population diversity and structure in Atlantic waters assessed through biogeochemical and genetic markers

    Monteiro, S. S., Mendez-Fernandez, P., Piertney, S., Moffat, C. F., Ferreira, M., Vingada, J. V., Lopez, A., Brownlow, A., Jepson, P., Mikkelsen, B., Niemeyer, M., Carvalho, J. C., Pierce, G. J.
    Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 536, pp. 243-257
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  • Genome-wide association and genome partitioning reveal novel genomic regions underlying variation in gastrointestinal nematode burden in a wild bird

    Wenzel, M. A., James, M. C., Douglas, A., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 24, no. 16, pp. 4175-4192
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  • In silico identification and characterisation of 17 polymorphic anonymous non-coding sequence markers (ANMs) for red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

    Wenzel, M. A., Piertney, S. B.
    Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 319-323
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  • Digging for gold nuggets: uncovering novel candidate genes for variation in gastrointestinal nematode burden in a wild bird species

    Wenzel, M. A., Piertney, S. B.
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 807-825
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  • Identification and characterisation of 17 polymorphic candidate genes for response to parasitic nematode (Trichostrongylus tenuis) infection in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

    Wenzel, M. A., Webster, L. M. I., Paterson, S., Piertney, S. B.
    Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 23-28
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  • Fine-scale epigenetic structure in relation to gastrointestinal parasite load in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica).

    Wenzel, M., Piertney, S.
    European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) XV Congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Landscape genomics patterns in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) – a role for parasites?

    Wenzel, M., Douglas, A., Piertney, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • Roosting habits of Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) during reproduction differs between adjacent river valleys

    Ngamprasertwong, T., Piertney, S. B., Mackie, I., Racey, P. A.
    Acta Chiropterologica, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 337-347
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  • Fine-scale population epigenetic structure in relation to gastrointestinal parasite load in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

    Wenzel, M. A., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 23, no. 17, pp. 4256-4273
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  • A genetic screen of the island races of Wren Troglodytes troglodytes in the North-east Atlantic

    Shannon, T. J., McGowan, R. Y., Zonfrillo, B., Piertney, S., Collinson, J. M.
    Bird Study, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 135-142
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  • Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics: Experiments in a Model System

    Cameron, T. C., Plaistow, S., Mugabo, M., Piertney, S. B., Benton, T. G.
    Advances in Ecological Research: Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics. MoyaLarano, J., Rowntree, J., Woodward, G. (eds.). Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 171-206, 36 pages
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  • Population genetic structure of the abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus) around the mid-Atlantic ridge

    Ritchie, H., Cousins, N. J., Cregeen, S. J., Piertney, S. B.
    Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 98, no. B, pp. 431-437
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  • Using population genetic structure of an invasive mammal to target control efforts: an example of the American mink in Scotland

    Fraser, E. J., Macdonald, D. W., Oliver, M. K., Piertney, S., Lambin, X.
    Biological Conservation, vol. 167, pp. 35-42
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  • Corrigendum to Cameron et al. 2013

    Cameron, T. C., O'Sullivan, D., Reynolds, A., Piertney, S. B., Benton, T. G.
    Ecology Letters, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1330-1330
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  • The supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea (Crustacea: Alicellidae) from hadal depths in the Kermadec Trench, SW Pacific Ocean

    Jamieson, A. J., Lacey, N. C., Loerz, A. -., Rowden, A. A., Piertney, S. B.
    Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 92, pp. 107-113
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  • A systematic review of phenotypic responses to between-population outbreeding

    Whitlock, R., Stewart, G. B., Goodman, S. J., Piertney, S. B., Butlin, R. K., Pullin, A. S., Burke, T.
    Environmental Evidence, vol. 2, 13
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