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Zophonías Oddur Jónsson - Professor

Zophonías Oddur Jónsson

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Zophonías Oddur Jónsson

Professor

Professor of molecular genetics

Location
Askja / N-345
Phone
5254084
Email
zjons [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Website
http://www.hi.is/~zjons

Published works

2026

Gene Flow and Habitat Heterogeneity Shape Coexistence Dynamics of Arctic Charr Morphs in Connected LakesMolecular Ecology

2025

Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals How Plasticity and Genetic Differentiation Underlie Sympatric Morphs of Arctic CharrMolecular Ecology

2024

DNA methylation reprogramming in teleostsEvolution and Development
The European Reference Genome AtlasNPJ Biodiversity
Author CorrectionNPJ Biodiversity

2023

Rapid and biased evolution of canalization during adaptive divergence revealed by dominance in gene expression variability during Arctic charr early developmentCommunications Biology
Genome-phenotype-environment associations identify signatures of selection in a panmictic population of threespine sticklebackMolecular Ecology
Genome‐phenotype‐environment associations identify signatures of selection in a panmictic population of threespine sticklebackMolecular Ecology
Insights into Early Ontogenesis of Salmo salarAnimals
Genetic structure and relatedness of brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in the drainage basin of the Ölfusá river, South-Western IcelandPeerJ

2022

DNA methylation differences during development distinguish sympatric morphs of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)Molecular Ecology

2021

RAD sequencing of common whelk, Buccinum undatum, reveals fine-scale population structuring in Europe and cryptic speciation within the North AtlanticEcology and Evolution

2020

Differences among families in craniofacial shape at early life-stages of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)BMC Developmental Biology
Emerging from the shell: development of the common whelk as a novel model of phenotypic variation. The Malacologist. Bulletin of the Malacological Society

2019

Revised phylogeography of the common whelk Buccinum undatum (GastropodaBiological Journal of the Linnean Society
A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systemsBiological Reviews
Extensive genetic differentiation between recently evolved sympatric Arctic charr morphsEcology and Evolution
Morphological variation in genetically divergent populations of the common whelk, Buccinum undatum (GastropodaBiological Journal of the Linnean Society

2018

Gene expression in the phenotypically plastic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): A focus on growth and ossification at early stages of developmentEvolution and Development
Inducers of salmon innate immunityFish and Shellfish Immunology
Differential gene expression during early development in recently evolved and sympatric Arctic charr morphsPeerJ

2016

Investigation of the effects of estrogen on skeletal gene expression during zebrafish larval head developmentPeerJ

2015

High-throughput sequencing in studies of lichen population biology
Bones in motion: Ontogeny of craniofacial development in sympatric arctic charr morphsDevelopmental Dynamics
Differential expression of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway associates with craniofacial polymorphism in sympatric Arctic charrEvoDevo
The developmental transcriptome of contrasting Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) morphsF1000Research
Bones in motionDevelopmental Dynamics

2014

Insect stage-specific receptor adenylate cyclases are localized to distinct subdomains of the Trypanosoma brucei flagellar membraneEukaryotic Cell
Transcriptional dynamics of a conserved gene expression network associated with craniofacial divergence in Arctic charrEvoDevo
Divergence and molecular variation in common whelk Buccinum undatum (GastropodaBiological Journal of the Linnean Society
Patterns of MiRNA expression in arctic charr developmentPLoS ONE

2013

Validation of Reference Genes for Expression Studies during Craniofacial Development in Arctic CharrPLoS ONE

2012

The acute phase response of cod (Gadus morhua L.)Fish and Shellfish Immunology
MMS19 assembles iron-sulfur proteins required for DNA metabolism and genomic integrityScience
Mitochondrial genomes from the lichenized fungi Peltigera membranacea and Peltigera malaceaFungal Biology

2011

The acute phase response of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)Fish and Shellfish Immunology
Novel core promoter elements and a cognate transcription factor in the divergent unicellular eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalisMolecular and Cellular Biology
A Dbf4 mutant contributes to bypassing the Rad53-mediated block of origins of replication in response to genotoxic stressJournal of Biological Chemistry
Independent analysis of the flagellum surface and matrix proteomes provides insight into flagellum signaling in mammalian-infectious Trypanosoma bruceiMolecular and Cellular Proteomics

2010

Damage-induced phosphorylation of Sld3 is important to block late origin firingNature

2009

Proteomic analysis of murine Piwi proteins reveals a role for arginine methylation in specifying interaction with Tudor family membersGenes and Development
Human-specific transcriptional regulation of CNS development genes by FOXP2Nature
Isolation of two C-reactive protein homologues from cod (Gadus morhua L.) serumFish and Shellfish Immunology
Cloning and heterologous transcription of a polyketide synthase gene from the lichen Solorina croceaMycological Research

2004

Rvb1p/Rvb2p recruit Arp5p and assemble a functional Ino80 chromatin remodeling complexMolecular Cell

2003

Identification and nucleotide sequence analysis of a cryptic plasmid, pRM21, from Rhodothermus marinusPlasmid
Small RNAs with imperfect match to endogenous mRNA repress translation. Implications for off-target activity of small inhibitory RNA in mammalian cellsJournal of Biological Chemistry
Elongation by RNA polymerase II on chromatin templates requires topoisomerase activityNucleic Acids Research

2001

Rvb1p and Rvb2p are Essential Components of a Chromatin Remodeling Complex that Regulates Transcription of over 5% of Yeast GenesJournal of Biological Chemistry
In Eukaryotic Flap Endonuclease 1, the C Terminus Is Essential for Substrate BindingJournal of Biological Chemistry

2000

A coordinated interplay
A DNA ligase from the psychrophile Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis gives insights into the adaptation of proteins to low temperaturesEuropean Journal of Biochemistry
A CAF-1-PCNA-mediated chromatin assembly pathway triggered by sensing DNA damageMolecular and Cellular Biology
The PCNA from Thermococcus fumicolans functionally interacts with DNA polymerase δBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
A direct interaction between proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Cdk2 targets PCNA-interacting proteins for phosphorylationJournal of Biological Chemistry
Optimised ligation of oligonucleotides by thermal ligasesNucleic Acids Research

1999

Dual mode of interaction of DNA polymerase ε with proliferating cell nuclear antigen in primer binding and DNA synthesisJournal of Molecular Biology
Functional analysis of DNA replication accessory proteins
Long patch base excision repair with purified human proteins. DNA ligase I as patch size mediator for DNA polymerases δ and εJournal of Biological Chemistry

1998

The solution structure of functionally active human proliferating cell nuclear antigen determined by small-angle neutron scatteringJournal of Molecular Biology
Regulation of DNA replication and repair proteins through interaction with the front side of proliferating cell nuclear antigenEMBO Journal

1997

Replication factor C interacts with the C-terminal side of proliferating cell nuclear antigenJournal of Biological Chemistry
Proliferating cell nuclear antigenBioEssays

1996

Interaction studies between the p21Cip1/Waf1 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) by surface plasmon resonanceFEBS Letters

1995

Tyrosine 114 is essential for the trimeric structure and the functional activities of human proliferating cell nuclear antigenEMBO Journal
Cloning and sequence analysis of the DNA ligase-encoding gene of rhodothermus marinus, and overproduction, purification and characterization of two thermophilic DNA ligasesGene

1994

Sequence of the DNA ligase-encoding gene from Thermus scotoductus and conserved motifs in DNA ligasesGene

Keywords for Specialisation:

Gene regulation in yeast and arctic charr

DNA replication

Chromatin remodeling