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Staff Profile
Dr Evelyn Jensen
Lecturer in Molecular Ecology
Background
- Email: evelyn.jensen[at]newcastle.ac.uk
- Personal Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-4oxnFQAAAAJ&hl=en
- Address: School of Natural and Environment Sciences
Room 6.06 Agriculture Building
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
- Twitter: @evie_jensen
Research
The case for genetics in conservation…
The case for genetics in conservation…
Written in the DNA of every individual are not just the instructions for building the organism, but also the history of its ancestors. When populations of individuals are analyzed together, their DNA can tell an even larger story of population dynamics, demography and divergences, both recent and ancient. Genetic approaches allow us to interpret the historical information contained in DNA, which can provide insights difficult or otherwise impossible to obtain. The DNA of populations can also influence the future, as it is the genetic variation within populations and the resulting differential fitness that is the raw material on which natural selection acts.
Teaching
Genetics and Evolution (NES1300)
Evolutionary Biology (NES2309)
Residential Field Course (NES2312)
Africa Field Course (NES3313)
Publications
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Articles
- Weston JNJ, Jensen EL, Hasoon MSR, Kitson JJN, Stewart HA, Jamieson AJ. Barriers to gene flow in the deepest ocean ecosystems: Evidence from global population genomics of a cosmopolitan amphipod. Science Advances 2022, 8(43), eabo6672.
- Jensen EL, Quinzin MC, Miller JM, Russello MA, Garrick RC, Edwards DL, Glaberman S, Chiari Y, Poulakakis N, Tapia W, Gibbs JP, Caccone A. A new lineage of Galapagos giant tortoises identified from museum samples. Heredity 2022, 128(4), 261-270.
- Hekkala E, Gatesy J, Narechania A, Meredith R, Russello M, Aardema ML, Jensen E, Montanari S, Brochu C, Norell M, Amato G. Paleogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene “horned” crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus. Communications Biology 2021, 4(1), 505.
- Jensen EL, Gaughran SJ, Garrick RC, Russello MA, Caccone A. Demographic history and patterns of molecular evolution from whole genome sequencing in the radiation of Galapagos giant tortoises. Molecular Ecology 2021, 30(23), 6325-6339.
- Poulakakis N, Miller JM, Jensen EL, Beheregaray LB, Russello MA, Glaberman S, Boore J, Caccone A. Colonization history of Galapagos giant tortoises: Insights from mitogenomes support the progression rule. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 2020, 58(4), 1262-1275.
- Jensen EL, Tschritter C, de Groot PVC, Hayward KM, Branigan M, Dyck M, Clemente-Carvalho RBG, Lougheed SC. Canadian polar bear population structure using genome-wide markers. Ecology and Evolution 2020, 10(8), 3706-3714.
- Hayward KM, Harwood MP, Lougheed SC, Sun Z, Van Coeverden de Groot P, Jensen EL. A real-time PCR assay to accurately quantify polar bear DNA in fecal extracts. PeerJ 2020, 8, e8884.
- Reid BN, Kass JM, Wollney S, Jensen EL, Russello MA, Viola EM, Pantophlet J, Iverson JB, Peery MZ, Raxworthy CJ, Naro-Maciel E. Disentangling the genetic effects of refugial isolation and range expansion in a trans-continentally distributed species. Heredity 2019, 122(4), 441-457.
- Jensen EL, Miller JM, Edwards DL, Garrick RC, Tapia W, Caccone A, Russello MA. Temporal mitogenomics of the Galapagos giant tortoise from Pinzón reveals potential biases in population genetic inference. Journal of Heredity 2018, 109(6), 631-640.
- Jensen EL, Edwards DL, Garrick RC, Miller JM, Gibbs JP, Cayot LJ, Tapia W, Caccone A, Russello MA. Population genomics through time provides insights into the consequences of decline and rapid demographic recovery through head-starting in a Galapagos giant tortoise. Evolutionary Applications 2018, 11(10), 1811-1821.
- Miller JM, Quinzin MC, Edwards DL, Eaton DAR, Jensen EL, Russello MA, Gibbs JP, Tapia W, Rueda D, Caccone A. Genome-wide assessment of diversity and divergence among extant Galapagos giant tortoise species. Journal of Heredity 2018, 109(6), 611-619.
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Review
- Leigh DM, van Rees CB, Millette KL, Breed MF, Schmidt C, Bertola LD, Hand BK, Hunter ME, Jensen EL, Kershaw F, Liggins L, Luikart G, Manel S, Mergeay J, Miller JM, Segelbacher G, Hoban S, Paz-Vinas I. Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies. Nature Reviews Genetics 2021, 22, 791-807.