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Marko Mutanen

Marko Mutanen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
8450
World Ranking
5749
National Ranking
87

Overview

Marko Mutanen is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and has an extensive research portfolio in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple related subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Insect Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's research focuses prominently on topics such as Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, genetic diversity and population structure, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, ecology and vegetation dynamics, and insect-plant interactions and control.

Marko Mutanen has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • High resolution DNA barcode library for European butterflies reveals continental patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity (2021), published in Communications Biology
  • A molecular-based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland (2021), published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Evaluating DNA Barcoding for Species Identification and Discovery in European Gracillariid Moths (2021), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • DNA barcode library for European Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) suggests greatly underestimated species diversity (2020), published in ZooKeys
  • Exchange of Microbiomes in Plant-Insect Herbivore Interactions (2023), published in mBio

Collaborative efforts feature prominently in their career, with frequent co-authors including Peter Huemer, Kyung Min Lee, Jaakko Pohjoismäki, Roger Vila, and Mukta Joshi.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in prominent publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Wellcome Open Research, ZooKeys, Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd, and Molecular Ecology.

Best Publications

  • Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Erik J. Van Nieukerken;Lauri Kaila;Ian J. Kitching;Niels P. Kristensen

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Comprehensive gene and taxon coverage elucidates radiation patterns in moths and butterflies

    Marko Mutanen;Niklas Wahlberg;Lauri Kaila

  • A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)

    Reza Zahiri;Ian J. Kitching;J. Donald Lafontaine;Marko Mutanen

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)

    Reza Zahiri;Jeremy D. Holloway;Ian J. Kitching;J. Donald Lafontaine

  • Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies

    Maria Heikkilä;Lauri Kaila;Marko Mutanen;Carlos Peña

  • Species-Level Para- and Polyphyly in DNA Barcode Gene Trees: Strong Operational Bias in European Lepidoptera.

    Marko Mutanen;Sami M. Kivelä;Rutger A. Vos;Camiel Doorenweerd

  • Molecular evolution of a widely-adopted taxonomic marker (COI) across the animal tree of life

    Mikko Pentinsaari;Heli Salmela;Marko Mutanen;Tomas Roslin

  • Barcoding beetles: a regional survey of 1872 species reveals high identification success and unusually deep interspecific divergences.

    Mikko Pentinsaari;Paul D. N. Hebert;Marko Mutanen

  • Genetic Patterns in European Geometrid Moths Revealed by the Barcode Index Number (BIN) System

    Axel Hausmann;H. Charles J. Godfray;Peter Huemer;Marko Mutanen

  • Testing DNA barcode performance in 1000 species of European lepidoptera: large geographic distances have small genetic impacts.

    Peter Huemer;Marko Mutanen;Kristina M. Sefc;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera).

    Maria Heikkilä;Marko Mutanen;Mari Kekkonen;Lauri Kaila

  • Comprehensive molecular sampling yields a robust phylogeny for geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).

    Pasi Sihvonen;Marko Mutanen;Lauri Kaila;Gunnar Brehm

  • Delineating species with DNA barcodes: a case of taxon dependent method performance in moths.

    Mari Kekkonen;Marko Mutanen;Lauri Kaila;Marko Nieminen

  • Subjective visual evaluation vs. traditional and geometric morphometrics in species delimitation: a comparison of moth genitalia

    Marko Mutanen;Etheresia Pretorius

  • Allopatry as a Gordian Knot for Taxonomists: Patterns of DNA Barcode Divergence in Arctic-Alpine Lepidoptera

    Marko Mutanen;Axel Hausmann;Paul D. N. Hebert;Jean-François Landry

  • Algorithmic single-locus species delimitation: effects of sampling effort, variation and nonmonophyly in four methods and 1870 species of beetles.

    Mikko Pentinsaari;Rutger Vos;Marko Mutanen

  • Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera)

    Maria Heikkilä;Marko Mutanen;Niklas Wahlberg;Niklas Wahlberg;Pasi Sihvonen

  • Relationships among the basal lineages of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on eight gene regions

    Reza Zahiri;Reza Zahiri;Donald Lafontaine;Christian Schmidt;Jeremy D. Holloway

  • Phylogeny of the mega-diverse Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera): adaptations and determinants of success.

    Lauri Kaila;Marko Mutanen;Tommi Nyman

  • Correction: Genetic Patterns in European Geometrid Moths Revealed by the Barcode Index Number (BIN) System

    Axel Hausmann;H. Charles J. Godfray;Peter Huemer;Marko Mutanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Vlad Dincă
Vlad Dincă University of Oulu
Tomas Roslin
Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Thibaud Decaëns
Thibaud Decaëns University of Montpellier
Ian D. Hogg
Ian D. Hogg University of Waikato
Dirk Steinke
Dirk Steinke University of Guelph
Scott E. Miller
Scott E. Miller National Museum of Natural History
Lauri Kaila
Lauri Kaila University of Helsinki
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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