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Craig R. Primmer

Craig R. Primmer

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Ecology and Evolution
Finland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
76
Citations
19647
World Ranking
1005
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Craig R. Primmer is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science. Within these main disciplines, their work focuses on subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to aquatic species and their biology, including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, and Marine and fisheries research.

Craig R. Primmer has contributed to multiple academic journals and publication venues. The most frequent of these include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolutionary Applications

Recent notable publications by Craig R. Primmer include:

  • "Beyond large-effect loci: large-scale GWAS reveals a mixed large-effect and polygenic architecture for age at maturity of Atlantic salmon" (2020) in Genetics Selection Evolution
  • "The structural variation landscape in 492 Atlantic salmon genomes" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "Maturation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Salmonidae): a synthesis of ecological, genetic, and molecular processes" (2021) in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • "Captive-bred Atlantic salmon released into the wild have fewer offspring than wild-bred fish and decrease population productivity" (2020) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Polygenic and major-locus contributions to sexual maturation timing in Atlantic salmon" (2021) in Molecular Ecology

Throughout the course of their career, Craig R. Primmer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jaakko Erkinaro
  • Paul V. Debes
  • Tutku Aykanat
  • Annukka Ruokolainen
  • Andrew H. House

Best Publications

  • Efficiency of model-based Bayesian methods for detecting hybrid individuals under different hybridization scenarios and with different numbers of loci

    Juha-Pekka Vähä;Craig R. Primmer

  • Sex-dependent dominance at a single locus maintains variation in age at maturity in salmon

    Nicola J. Barson;Tutku Aykanat;Kjetil Hindar;Matthew Baranski

  • Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

    Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Paulo C. Alves;Linnea Bergstrom

  • A wide-range survey of cross-species microsatellite amplification in birds.

    C. R. Primmer;A. P. Møller;H. Ellegren

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Fitness loss and germline mutations in barn swallows breeding in Chernobyl

    Hans Ellegren;Gabriella Lindgren;Craig R. Primmer;Anders Pape Møller

  • Challenges for identifying functionally important genetic variation: the promise of combining complementary research strategies

    A. Vasemägi;C. R. Primmer

  • Life-history and habitat features influence the within-river genetic structure of Atlantic salmon

    Juha-Pekka Vähä;Jaakko Erkinaro;Eero Niemelä;Craig R. Primmer

  • Low Frequency of Microsatellites in the Avian Genome

    Craig R. Primmer;Terje Raudsepp;Bhanu P. Chowdhary;Anders Pape Møller

  • A wide‐range survey of cross‐species microsatellite amplification in birds

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  • Microsatellite ‘evolution’: directionality or bias?

    Hans Ellegren;Craig R. Primmer;Ben C. Sheldon;Ben C. Sheldon

  • Single-nucleotide polymorphism characterization in species with limited available sequence information: high nucleotide diversity revealed in the avian genome.

    C. R. Primmer;T. Borge;J. Lindell;G.‐P. Sætre

  • Contemporary fisherian life-history evolution in small salmonid populations

    Mikko T. Koskinen;Thrond O. Haugen;Craig R. Primmer

  • Expressed Sequence Tag-Linked Microsatellites as a Source of Gene-Associated Polymorphisms for Detecting Signatures of Divergent Selection in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.)

    Anti Vasemägi;Jan Nilsson;Craig R. Primmer

  • SNP-array reveals genome-wide patterns of geographical and potential adaptive divergence across the natural range of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    Vincent Bourret;Matthew P. Kent;Craig R. Primmer;Anti Vasemägi;Anti Vasemägi

  • Harnessing the Power of Genomics to Secure the Future of Seafood

    Louis Bernatchez;Maren Wellenreuther;Maren Wellenreuther;Cristián Araneda;David T. Ashton

  • Resolving genetic relationships with microsatellite markers: a parentage testing system for the swallow Hirundo rustica.

    C. R. Primmer;A. P. Møller;H. Ellegren

  • Directional evolution in germline microsatellite mutations.

    Craig R. Primmer;Hans Ellegren;Nicola Saino;Anders Pape Møller

  • Latitudinal divergence of common frog (Rana temporaria) life history traits by natural selection: evidence from a comparison of molecular and quantitative genetic data.

    Jukka Palo;Robert B. O'Hara;Ane T. Laugen;Anssi Laurila

  • Sex chromosome evolution and speciation in Ficedula flycatchers

    Glenn–Peter Sætre;Thomas Borge;Katarina Lindroos;Jon Haavie;Jon Haavie

  • Matrilinear phylogeography of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.) in Europe and postglacial colonization of the Baltic Sea area

    J. Nilsson;R. Gross;T. Asplund;O. Dove

  • Does habitat fragmentation reduce fitness and adaptability? A case study of the common frog (Rana temporaria)

    Markus Johansson;Craig R. Primmer;Juha Merilä

Frequent Co-Authors

Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Hans Ellegren
Hans Ellegren Uppsala University
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Mikko Nikinmaa
Mikko Nikinmaa University of Turku
Kjetil Hindar
Kjetil Hindar Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Toni Laaksonen
Toni Laaksonen University of Turku
Louis Bernatchez
Louis Bernatchez Université Laval
Esa Ranta
Esa Ranta University of Helsinki
Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad
Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad University of Oslo

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