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Einar Eg Nielsen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology as key subfields of study.

Their scientific work spans multiple main topics, including:

  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock

Einar Eg Nielsen has contributed to research published in several frequent venues, including:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Environmental DNA
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • PLoS ONE

Recent published papers include:

  • "Remote, autonomous real-time monitoring of environmental DNA from commercial fish," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The early marine distribution of Atlantic salmon in the North-east Atlantic: A genetically informed stock-specific synthesis," 2021, Fish and Fisheries
  • "First tagging data on large Atlantic bluefin tuna returning to Nordic waters suggest repeated behaviour and skipped spawning," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Genome-wide analysis clarifies the population genetic structure of wild gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Greenland - mixed-stock origin, diet, hydrographic conditions, and repeated catches in this new fringe area," 2020, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Dorte Bekkevold
  • Magnus W. Jacobsen
  • Brian Klitgaard Hansen
  • Belén Jiménez-Mena
  • Romina Henriques

Best Publications

  • Application of SNPs for population genetics of nonmodel organisms: new opportunities and challenges

    SJ Helyar;J Hemmer-Hansen;D Bekkevold;MI Taylor

  • hybridlab (version 1.0): a program for generating simulated hybrids from population samples

    Einar Eg Nielsen;Lars Arve Bach;Piotr Kotlicki

  • Population genomics of marine fishes: identifying adaptive variation in space and time.

    Einar E. Nielsen;Jakob Hemmer-Hansen;Peter Foged Larsen;Dorte Bekkevold

  • Monitoring adaptive genetic responses to environmental change.

    Michael M. Hansen;Isabelle Olivieri;Donald M. Waller;Einar E. Nielsen

  • Gene-associated markers provide tools for tackling illegal fishing and false eco-certification

    Einar E. Nielsen;Alessia Cariani;Alessia Cariani;Eoin Mac Aoidh;Gregory E. Maes

  • Evidence of a hybrid-zone in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic and the Danish Belt Sea revealed by individual admixture analysis.

    Einar E. Nielsen;Michael M. Hansen;Daniel E. Ruzzante;Dorte Meldrup

  • Environmental selection on transcriptome‐derived SNPs in a high gene flow marine fish, the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

    Morten T. Limborg;Sarah J. Helyar;Mark De Bruyn;Martin I. Taylor

  • Genomic signatures of local directional selection in a high gene flow marine organism; the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

    Einar E Nielsen;Jakob Hemmer-Hansen;Nina A Poulsen;Nina A Poulsen;Volker Loeschcke

  • Analysis of microsatellite DNA from old scale samples of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar: a comparison of genetic composition over 60 years

    Einar Eg Nielsen;Michael Møller Hansen;V. Loeschcke

  • The problem of sampling families rather than populations: Relatedness among individuals in samples of juvenile brown trout Salmo trutta L

    Michael Møller Hansen;Einar Eg Nielsen;Karen-Lise Dons Mensberg

  • Assigning individual fish to populations using microsatellite DNA markers

    Michael M. Hansen;Ellen Kenchington;Einar E. Nielsen

  • The sceptical optimist: challenges and perspectives for the application of environmental DNA in marine fisheries

    Brian Klitgaard Hansen;Dorte Bekkevold;Lotte Worsøe Clausen;Lotte Worsøe Clausen;Einar Eg Nielsen

  • Outlier SNP markers reveal fine-scale genetic structuring across European hake populations (Merluccius merluccius).

    Ilaria Milano;Massimiliano Babbucci;Alessia Cariani;Miroslava Atanassova

  • Long-term effective population sizes, temporal stability of genetic composition and potential for local adaptation in anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations.

    Michael Møller Hansen;D.E. Ruzzante;Einar Eg Nielsen;Dorte Bekkevold

  • Matrilinear phylogeography of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.) in Europe and postglacial colonization of the Baltic Sea area

    J. Nilsson;R. Gross;T. Asplund;O. Dove

  • Fragmentation by weirs in a riverine system: A study of genetic variation in time and space among populations of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) in a Danish river system

    Torben Meldgaard;Einar E. Nielsen;Volker Loeschcke

  • Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA polymorphism reveals life-history dependent interbreeding between hatchery and wild brown trout (Salmo trutta L.).

    Michael Møller Hansen;D.E. Ruzzante;Einar Eg Nielsen;Karen-Lise Dons Mensberg

  • Adaptive divergence in a high gene flow environment: Hsc70 variation in the European flounder ( Platichthys flesus L.)

    J Hemmer-Hansen;E E Nielsen;J Frydenberg;V Loeschcke

  • Evolutionary mechanisms shaping the genetic population structure of marine fishes; lessons from the European flounder ( Platichthys flesus L.)

    Jakob Hemmer-Hansen;Einar Eg Nielsen;Peter Grønkjaer;Volker Loeschcke

  • GENETIC VARIATION IN TIME AND SPACE: MICROSATELLITE ANALYSIS OF EXTINCT AND EXTANT POPULATIONS OF ATLANTIC SALMON.

    Einar Eg Nielsen;Michael Møller Hansen;V. Loeschcke

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Møller Hansen
Michael Møller Hansen Aarhus University
Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
Rob Ogden
Rob Ogden University of Edinburgh
Luca Bargelloni
Luca Bargelloni University of Padua
Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University
Peter Grønkjær
Peter Grønkjær Aarhus University
Mary S. Wisz
Mary S. Wisz World Maritime University
Tomaso Patarnello
Tomaso Patarnello University of Padua

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