Publications
Publications
Sartorius AM, Rokicki J, Birkeland S, Bettella F, Barth C, de Lange A-M G, Haram M, Shadrin A, Winterton A, Steen NE, Schwarz E, Stein DJ, Andreassen OA, van der Meer D, Westlye LT, Theofanopoulou C, & Quintana DS (2024). An evolutionary timeline of the oxytocin signaling pathway. Communications Biology, 7(471), 1–13. Link
Marie-orleach L*, Glémin S*, Brandrud MK, Brysting AK, Gizaw A, Gustafsson ALS, Rieseberg LH, Brochmann C*, & Birkeland S* (2024). How does selfing affect the pace and process of speciation? Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 1–24. Link
Birkeland S (2022). To what degree does hybridization facilitate evolutionary radiations in mountain areas? National Science Review, 4–5. Link
Cerca J, Petersen B, Lazaro-Guevara JM, Rivera-Colón A, Birkeland S, Vizueta J, Li S, Li Q, Loureiro J, Chatchai K, Díaz PJ, Rivas-Torres G, Fernández-Mazuecos M, Vargas P, Mccauley RA, Petersen G, Santos-Bay L, Wales N, Catchen JM, Machado D, Nowak MD, Suh A, Sinha NR, Nielsen LR, Seberg O, Gilbert MTP, Leebens-Mack JH, Rieseberg LH, Martin MD (2022). The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies. Nature Communications, 13(1):3729. Link
Birkeland S, Slotte, T, Brysting, AK, Gustafsson, A L S, Hvidsten, TR, Brochmann, C, & Nowak, MD (2022). What can cold‐induced transcriptomes of Arctic Brassicaceae tell us about the evolution of cold tolerance? Molecular Ecology. 31(16):4271-4285. Link
Nowak MD, Birkeland S, Mandáková T, Choudhury RR, Guo X, Gustafsson ALS, Gizaw A, Schrøder-Nielsen A, Fracassetti M, Brysting AK, Rieseberg L, Slotte T, Parisod C, Lysak MA, Brochmann C (2021). The genome of Draba nivalis shows signatures of adaptation to the extreme environmental stresses of the Arctic. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(3):661–676. Main Cover Story. Link
Birkeland S, Gustafsson ALS, Brysting AK, Brochmann C, Nowak MD (2020). Multiple genetic trajectories to extreme abiotic stress adaptation in Arctic Brassicaceae. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(7): 2052–2068. Cover story. Link
Struck TH, Feder JL, Bendiksby M, Birkeland S, Cerca J, Gusarov VI, Kistenich S, Larsson K-H, Liow LH, Nowak MD, Stedje B, Bachmann L, Dimitrov D (2018). Finding Evolutionary Processes Hidden in Cryptic Species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 33(3):153–163. Link
Birkeland S*, Skjetne IEB*, Brysting AK, Elven R, Alsos IG (2017). Living on the edge: Conservation genetics of seven thermophilous plant species in a high Arctic archipelago. AoB Plants. 9(1):1-21 Link
Alsos IG, Ehrich D, Eidesen PB, Solstad H, Westergaard KB, Schönswetter P, Tribsch A, Birkeland S, Elven R, Brochmann C (2015). Long-distance plant dispersal to North Atlantic islands: Colonization routes and founder effect. AoB Plants. 7(1):1-19.Link
Westengen OT, Okongo MA, Onek L, Berg T, Upadhyaya H, Birkeland S, Khalsa SDK, Ring KH, Stenseth NC, Brysting AK (2014). Ethnolinguistic structuring of sorghum genetic diversity in Africa and the role of local seed systems. PNAS. 111(39):14100–14105. Link
*shared contribution
Preprints
Hämälä T, Moore C, Cowan L, Carlile M, Gopaulchan D, Brandrud MK, Birkeland S, Loose M, Kolář F, Koch MA, & Yant L (2023). Impact of whole-genome duplications on structural variant evolution in the plant genus Cochlearia. BioRxiv, 2023.09.29.560073. link