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Einar Árnason - Professor Emeritus
–
Einar Árnason
Íslenska
Professor Emeritus
Evolutionary Biology ,Population Genetics and Biometry
Location
Askja / N-245
Phone
525 - 4613
Email
einararn [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Website
https://uni.hi.is/einararn
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3686-6407
Research portal – Einar Árnason
Education
1980
,
Ph.D.
,
University of California Santa Barbara
,
1974
,
MS
,
McGill University
,
1972
,
B.S.
,
University of Iceland
,
Professional Experience
1993 -
,
Visiting Scholar,
Lunds Universitet
1991 -
,
Professor of Evolutionary Biology,
University of Iceland
2011 -
,
Visiting Scholar,
Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California at Berkely
1997 -
,
Visiting Scholar,
Harvard University
1993 -
,
Visiting Scholar,
University of Edinburgh
2001 -
2002,
Visiting Associate,
California Institute of Technology
1988 -
1989,
Visiting Scholar,
Harvard University
1981 -
1982,
Associate professor,
University of Iceland
1980 -
1982,
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Harvard University
1975 -
1980,
Associate,
University of California at Santa Barbara
Published works
2024
Ice-inhabiting species of Bdelloidea Rotifera reveal a pre-Quaternary ancestry in the Arctic cryosphere
Biology Letters
2023
Sweepstakes reproductive success via pervasive and recurrent selective sweeps
eLife
2022
Low levels of hybridization between sympatric cold-water-adapted Arctic cod and Polar cod in the Beaufort Sea confirm genetic distinctiveness
Arctic Science
2019
Identifying loci under positive selection in complex population histories
Genome Research
Codweb: Whole-genome sequencing uncovers extensive reticulations fueling adaptation among Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific gadids
Science advances
2016
New DNA coalescent models and old population genetics software
ICES Journal of Marine Science
Colonization of maritime glacier ice by bdelloid Rotifera
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2015
Nucleotide variation and balancing selection at the Ckma gene in Atlantic cod
PeerJ
Trans-species polymorphism at antimicrobial innate immunity cathelicidin genes of Atlantic cod and related species
PeerJ
Commentary on models of biobanks and implications for reproductive health innovation
Monash bioethics review
Gene flow across the N-Atlantic and sex-biased dispersal inferred from mtDNA sequence variation in saithe, Pollachius virens
Environmental Biology of Fishes
2014
Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in whiting Merlangius merlangus in the North East Atlantic
Environmental Biology of Fishes
2013
Spatial and temporal microsatellite variation in spawning Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, around Iceland
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
2012
Mitochondrial DNA differentiation between the antitropical blue whiting species Micromesistius poutassou and Micromesistius australis
Journal of Fish Biology
2009
Organization of a β and α globin gene set in the teleost atlantic cod, gadus morhua
Biochemical Genetics
An assessment of mitochondrial variation in Arctic gadoids
Polar Biology
Intense habitat-specific fisheries-induced selection at the molecular Pan I locus predicts imminent collapse of a major cod fishery
PLoS ONE
Multiple linked β and α globin genes in Atlantic cod
Marine Genomics
2008
Rapid evolution of the intergenic T-P spacer in the mtDNA of Arctic cod Arctogadus glacialis
Marine Biotechnology
2004
Mitochondrial Cytochrome b DNA Variation in the High-Fecundity Atlantic Cod
Genetics
2003
Genetic heterogeneity of Icelanders
Annals of Human Genetics
Extent of mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in Atlantic cod from the Faroe Islands
Heredity
2002
Mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution and phylogeny of the Atlantic alcidae, including the extinct great auk (Pinguinus impennis)
Molecular Biology and Evolution
2001
Genetic diversity and population history of two related seabird species based on mitochondrial DNA control region sequences
Molecular Ecology
Cardiovascular risk factors and relatedness in an Icelandic subpopulation
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
2000
The icelandic healthcare database [4] (multiple letters)
New England Journal of Medicine
Genetic homogeneity of Icelanders
Nature Genetics
Mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequence variation of Atlantic cod from Iceland and Greenland
Journal of Fish Biology
1999
Iceland's database is ethically questionable
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
1998
Mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequence variation of atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, from the Baltic and the White seas
Hereditas
1996
Mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequence variation of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua, from Norway
Molecular Ecology
1994
Abstracts of papers presented at the Nordic Drosophila Meeting 1994, sponsored by Nordic Academy for Advanced Study (NorFA) and the University of Copenhagen August 13–16, 1994, Kristiansminde/Sorø, Denmark
Hereditas
Sequence variation for cytochrome b genes of three salmonid species from Iceland
Aquaculture
1992
Gene flow and lack of population differentiation in Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L., from Iceland, and comparison of cod from Norway and Newfoundland
Journal of Fish Biology
Heteroplasmy of short tandem repeats in mitochondrial DNA of atlantic cod, Gadus morhua
Genetics
1991
Perturbation-reperturbation test of selection vs. hitchhiking of the two major alleles of Esterase-5 in Drosophila pseudoobscura
Genetics
1987
Macromolecular interaction and the electrophoretic mobility of esterase-5 from Drosophila pseudoobscura
Biochemical Genetics
1982
An experimental study of neutrality at the malic dehydrogenase and esterase‐5 loci in Drosophila pseudoobscura
Hereditas
1978
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF KLEPTOPARASITISM DURING THE BREEDING SEASON IN A COLONY OF ARCTIC SKUAS STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS IN ICELAND
Ibis
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