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Staff Profile

Dr Evelyn Jensen

Senior Lecturer

Background
  • Email: evelyn.jensen[at]newcastle.ac.uk
  • Personal Website: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/evelynjensen/ 
  • Address: School of Natural and Environment Sciences

Room 6.06 Agriculture Building

Â鶹´«Ã½ Upon Tyne

NE1 7RU

  • Bluesky: @eljensen@bsky.social


Research

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

  • Articles

    • Jensen, EL, Gaughran, SJ, Fusco, NA, Poulakakis, N, Tapia, W, Sevilla, C, Malaga, J, Mariani, C, Gibbs, JP, Caccone, A. . Communications Biology 2022.
    • Gray, R, Fusco, N, Miller, JM, Tapia, W, Mariani, C, Caccone, A, Jensen, EL. . Integrative and Comparative Biology 2022.
    • Weston JNJ, Jensen EL, Hasoon MSR, Kitson JJN, Stewart HA, Jamieson AJ. . 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. . 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. . Communications Biology 2021, 4(1), 505.
    • Jensen EL, Gaughran SJ, Garrick RC, Russello MA, Caccone A. . Molecular Ecology 2021, 30(23), 6325-6339.
    • Poulakakis N, Miller JM, Jensen EL, Beheregaray LB, Russello MA, Glaberman S, Boore J, Caccone A. . 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. . Ecology and Evolution 2020, 10(8), 3706-3714.
    • Hayward KM, Harwood MP, Lougheed SC, Sun Z, Van Coeverden de Groot P, Jensen EL. . 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. . Heredity 2019, 122(4), 441-457.
    • Jensen EL, Miller JM, Edwards DL, Garrick RC, Tapia W, Caccone A, Russello MA. . 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. . 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. . Journal of Heredity 2018, 109(6), 611-619.

  • 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. . Nature Reviews Genetics 2021, 22, 791-807.