Search Results - "LAURILA, A"

Warm vegetarians? Heat waves and diet shifts in tadpoles by Carreira, B. M., Segurado, P., Orizaola, G., Gonçalves, N., Pinto, V., Laurila, A., Rebelo, R.

“…Temperature can play an important role in determining the feeding preferences of ectotherms. In light of the warmer temperatures arising with the current…”
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Aggressive combination drug therapy in very early polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (ACUTE-JIA): a multicentre randomised open-label clinical trial by Tynjälä, Pirjo, Vähäsalo, Paula, Tarkiainen, Maarit, Kröger, Liisa, Aalto, Kristiina, Malin, Merja, Putto-Laurila, Anne, Honkanen, Visa, Lahdenne, Pekka

“…In juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the efficacy of very early disease-modifying drug therapy, synthetic or biological, is not well known. Three…”
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Association between the skin microbiome and MHC class II diversity in an amphibian by Cortazar‐Chinarro, M., Richter‐Boix, A., Rödin‐Mörch, P., Halvarsson, P., Logue, J. B., Laurila, A., Höglund, J.

“…Microbiomes play an important role in determining the ecology and behaviour of their hosts. However, questions remain pertaining to how host genetics shape…”
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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Tonsillectomy in Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis Syndrome by Renko, M., MD, PhD, Salo, E., MD, PhD, Putto-Laurila, A., MD, PhD, Saxen, H., MD, PhD, Mattila, P.S., MD, PhD, Luotonen, J., MD, PhD, Ruuskanen, O., MD, PhD, Uhari, M., MD, PhD

“…Objective We carried out a prospective, randomized, controlled trial to clarify the effect of tonsillectomy on the clinical course of periodic fever, aphthous…”
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Chytrid fungus dynamics and infections associated with movement distances in a red‐listed amphibian by Kärvemo, S., Wikström, G., Widenfalk, L.A., Höglund, J., Laurila, A.

“…Amphibians are among the most threatened vertebrate taxa due to anthropogenic habitat change and emerging pathogens. The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis…”
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Genetic divergence and isolation by thermal environment in geothermal populations of an aquatic invertebrate by Johansson, M. P., Quintela, M., Laurila, A.

“…Temperature is one of the most influential forces of natural selection impacting all biological levels. In the face of increasing global temperatures, studies…”
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Signatures of historical selection on MHC reveal different selection patterns in the moor frog (Rana arvalis) by Cortázar-Chinarro, M., Meyer-Lucht, Y., Laurila, A., Höglund, J.

“…MHC genes are key components in disease resistance and an excellent system for studying selection acting on genetic variation in natural populations. Current…”
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Proximate causes of adaptive growth rates: growth efficiency variation among latitudinal populations of Rana temporaria by LINDGREN, B., LAURILA, A.

“…In ectothermic organisms, declining season length and lower temperature towards higher latitudes often select for latitudinal variation in growth and…”
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Androgen deprivation induces senescence characteristics in prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo by Ewald, Jonathan A., Desotelle, Joshua A., Church, Dawn R., Yang, Bing, Huang, Wei, Laurila, Timo A., Jarrard, David F.

“…BACKGROUND The treatment of non‐localized prostate cancer involves androgen deprivation (AD) therapy which results in tumor regression. Apoptosis has been…”
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Geographic variation in corticosterone response to chronic predator stress in tadpoles by DAHL, E., ORIZAOLA, G., WINBERG, S., LAURILA, A.

“…Chronic stress often affects growth and development negatively, and these effects are often mediated via glucocorticoid hormones, which elevate during stress…”
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Divergence of gastropod life history in contrasting thermal environments in a geothermal lake by Johansson, M. P., Ermold, F., Kristjánsson, B. K., Laurila, A.

“…Experiments using natural populations have provided mixed support for thermal adaptation models, probably because the conditions are often confounded with…”
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The quantitative genetic basis of adaptive divergence in the moor frog (Rana arvalis) and its implications for gene flow by HANGARTNER, S., LAURILA, A., RÄSÄNEN, K.

“…Knowledge on the relative contribution of direct genetic, maternal and environmental effects to adaptive divergence is important for understanding the drivers…”
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients with low inflammatory activity have increased adiposity by Grönlund, M-M, Kaartoaho, M, Putto-Laurila, A, Laitinen, K

“…Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), its subtypes and disease activity on anthropometric…”
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Costs and benefits of defences induced by predators differing in dangerousness by HETTYEY, A, VINCZE, K, ZSARNÓCZAI, S, HOI, H, LAURILA, A

“…While theoretical studies predict that inducible defences should be fine-tuned according to the qualities of the predator, very few studies have investigated…”
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Latitudinal countergradient variation in the common frog (Rana temporaria) development rates – evidence for local adaptation by Laugen, A. T., Laurila, A., Räsänen, K., Merilä, J.

“…Adaptive genetic differentiation along a climatic gradient as a response to natural selection is not necessarily expressed at phenotypic level if environmental…”
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Microgeographic variation in the effects of larval temperature environment on juvenile morphology and locomotion in the pool frog by Orizaola, G, Laurila, A

“…In animals with complex life cycles, the environment experienced early during the development may have strong effects on later performance and fitness. We…”
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Allen's rule revisited: quantitative genetics of extremity length in the common frog along a latitudinal gradient by ALHO, J.S, HERCZEG, G, LAUGEN, A.T, RÄSÄNEN, K, LAURILA, A, MERILÄ, J

“…Ecogeographical rules linking climate to morphology have gained renewed interest because of climate change. Yet few studies have evaluated to what extent…”
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Predation‐ and competition‐mediated brain plasticity in Rana temporaria tadpoles by GONDA, A, TROKOVIC, N, HERCZEG, G, LAURILA, A, MERILÄ, J

“…An increasing number of studies have demonstrated phenotypic plasticity in brain size and architecture in response to environmental variation. However, our…”
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Latitudinal divergence of common frog (Rana temporaria) life history traits by natural selection: evidence from a comparison of molecular and quantitative genetic data by Palo, J. U., O'Hara, R. B., Laugen, A. T., Laurila, A., Primmer, C. R., Merilä, J.

“…The relative roles of natural selection and direct environmental induction, as well as of natural selection and genetic drift, in creating clinal latitudinal…”
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Variation in the degree and costs of adaptive phenotypic plasticity among Rana temporaria populations by Merilä, J., Laurila, A., Lindgren, B.

“…Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the form of capacity to accelerate development as a response to pond drying risk is known from many amphibian species…”
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