Juha Laakkonen

This study identifies zoonotic viruses in Kenyan rodents and shrews, including rat hepatitis E virus and novel paramyxoviruses, highlighting the need for genomic surveillance.

The paper shows Saimaa ringed seals originated 60,000 years ago, long before their lake habitat formed, and have distinct adaptive traits.

This study investigates whether the minimum tooth size (realisation threshold) scales with body size by comparing variably present teeth across mammals, finding they are relatively small in large mammals but larger than the theoretical minimum.