Publications
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Reichel, K., Pohjoismäki, J., Astrin, J. et al. 2026: From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe. Molecular Ecology Resources 26, no. 2: e70100. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70100
Vihavainen, J., Kiljunen, N., Pohjola, P., McKeown, J., Oinonen, E., Mutanen, M. & Pohjoismäki, J.L. 2025: Megabarcoding dark taxa – Assessing the utility of mass DNA barcoding for phorid fly species discovery. PLOS ONE, 20: e0334948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334948
Löytynoja, A., Pohjoismäki, J., Valtonen, M., Laakkonen, J., Morita, W., Kunnasranta, M., Väinölä, R., Olsen, M.T., Auvinen, P. & Jernvall, J. 2025: Deep origins, distinct adaptations, and species-level status indicated for a glacial relict seal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A., 122: e2503368122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2503368122
Gaertner, K., Tapanainen, R., Saari, S. Fekete, Z., Goffart, S., Pohjoismäki, J.L. & Dufour, E. 2025: Exploring mitonuclear interactions in the regulation of cell physiology: insights from interspecies cybrids. Experimental Cell Research, 446: 114466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2025.114466
Fekete, Z., Absolon, D.E., Michell, C., Wood, J.M., Goffart, S. & Pohjoismäki, J.L. 2025: Chromosome-level reference genome assembly for the mountain hare (Lepus timidus). Peer Community Journal, 5: e14. https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.514.
Gaertner, K., Terzioglu, M., Michell, C., Tapanainen, R., Pohjoismäki, J.L., Dufour, E., Saari, S. 2025: Species differences in glycerol-3-phosphate metabolism reveals trade-offs between metabolic adaptations and cell proliferation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Bioenergetics, 1866: 149530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2024.149530.
Tapanainen, R., Aasumets, K., Fekete, Z., Goffart, S., Dufour, E. & Pohjoismäki, J.L. 2024: Species-specific variation in mitochondrial genome tandem repeat polymorphisms in hares (Lepus spp., Lagomorpha, Leporidae) provides insight into their evolution. Gene, 926: 148644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2024.148644
Michell, C., Collins, J., Laine, P.K., Fekete, Z., Tapanainen, R., Wood, J.M.D., Goffart, S. & Pohjoismäki, J.L. 2024: High quality genome assembly of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) with chromosome-level scaffolding. Peer Community Journal, 4: e26. https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.393
Gaertner, K., Michell, C., Tapanainen, R., Goffart, S., Saari, S., Soininmäki, M., Dufour, E., Pohjoismäki, J.L. 2023: Molecular phenotyping uncovers differences in basic housekeeping functions among closely related species of hares (Lepus spp., Lagomorpha: Leporidae). Molecular Ecology. 32:4097–4117. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16755
Michell, C. T., Pohjoismäki, J.L., Spong, G. & Thulin C.-G. 2022: Mountain- and brown hare genetic polymorphisms to survey local adaptations and conservation status of the heath hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus, Nilsson 1831). Scientific Data. 9:667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01794-5
Pohjoismäki, J.L., Michell, C.T, Levänen, R. & Smith, S. 2021: Hybridization with mountain hares increases the functional allelic repertoire in brown hares. Scientific Reports. 11:15771. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95357-0.
Lee, K. M., Zeegers, T., Mutanen, M. & Pohjoismäki, J.L. 2020: The thin red line between the species – Genomic dissection of a variable species complex of parasitoid flies Gymnosoma (Diptera: Tachinidae). Systematic Entomology.doi: 10.1111/syen.12450.