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Overview

Jeffrey D. Jensen is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant concentration in Genetics. The scientist's work spans several subfields such as Epidemiology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, and Plant Science.

The research topics covered by Jensen include:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Jeffrey D. Jensen has published research in multiple frequent venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Heredity
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Jensen are:

  • "Toward an Evolutionarily Appropriate Null Model: Jointly Inferring Demography and Purifying Selection," published in 2020 in Genetics
  • "Effects of Selection at Linked Sites on Patterns of Genetic Variability," published in 2021 in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • "Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics," published in 2022 in PLoS Biology
  • "A chromosomal inversion contributes to divergence in multiple traits between deer mouse ecotypes," published in 2022 in Science
  • "The Impact of Purifying and Background Selection on the Inference of Population History: Problems and Prospects," published in 2021 in Molecular Biology and Evolution

Frequent coauthors working with Jensen include:

  • Susanne P. Pfeifer
  • Vivak Soni
  • Cyril J. Versoza
  • Parul Johri
  • Brian Charlesworth

Best Publications

  • A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

    Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs;Tomislav Maricic

  • Resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice yields markers for identifying agronomically important genes

    Xun Xu;Xin Liu;Song Ge;Jeffrey D Jensen

  • Complete Resequencing of 40 Genomes Reveals Domestication Events and Genes in Silkworm (Bombyx)

    Qingyou Xia;Qingyou Xia;Yiran Guo;Ze Zhang;Ze Zhang;Dong Li

  • Experimental illumination of a fitness landscape.

    Ryan T. Hietpas;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Daniel N. A. Bolon

  • Adaptive introgression underlies polymorphic seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares

    Matthew R. Jones;L. Scott Mills;L. Scott Mills;Paulo Célio Alves;Paulo Célio Alves;Colin M. Callahan

  • Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations

    Nicholas G. Crawford;Derek E. Kelly;Matthew E. B. Hansen;Marcia H. Beltrame

  • Adaptive Evolution of Multiple Traits Through Multiple Mutations at a Single Gene

    Catherine R. Linnen;Yu Ping Poh;Yu Ping Poh;Yu Ping Poh;Brant K. Peterson;Rowan D.H. Barrett

  • On the origin and spread of an adaptive allele in deer mice.

    Catherine Ramsay Linnen;Evan Prentice Kingsley;J. D. Jensen;Hopi E. Hoekstra

  • Population genetic inference from genomic sequence variation

    John E. Pool;Ines Hellmann;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Rasmus Nielsen

  • Distinguishing Between Selective Sweeps and Demography Using DNA Polymorphism Data

    Jeffrey D. Jensen;Yuseob Kim;Vanessa Bauer DuMont;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Extensive genome-wide variability of human cytomegalovirus in congenitally infected infants

    Nicholas Renzette;Bornali Bhattacharjee;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Laura L. Gibson

  • A Critical Assessment of Storytelling: Gene Ontology Categories and the Importance of Validating Genomic Scans

    Pavlos Pavlidis;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Wolfgang Stephan;Alexandros Stamatakis

  • The importance of the Neutral Theory in 1968 and 50 years on: A response to Kern and Hahn 2018

    Jeffrey D. Jensen;Bret A. Payseur;Wolfgang Stephan;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Antiviral drug resistance as an adaptive process

    Kristen K. Irwin;Kristen K. Irwin;Nicholas Renzette;Timothy F. Kowalik;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Jeffrey D. Jensen

  • Linking a mutation to survival in wild mice.

    Rowan D. H. Barrett;Stefan Laurent;Ricardo Mallarino;Ricardo Mallarino;Susanne P. Pfeifer

  • Controlling the false-positive rate in multilocus genome scans for selection.

    Kevin R. Thornton;Jeffrey D. Jensen

  • Searching for Footprints of Positive Selection in Whole-Genome SNP Data From Nonequilibrium Populations

    Pavlos Pavlidis;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Wolfgang Stephan

  • The consequences of not accounting for background selection in demographic inference.

    Gregory B. Ewing;Gregory B. Ewing;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Jeffrey D. Jensen

  • Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection

    Nicholas Renzette;Laura L. Gibson;Bornali Bhattacharjee;Donna Fisher

  • WFABC: a Wright–Fisher ABC‐based approach for inferring effective population sizes and selection coefficients from time‐sampled data

    Matthieu Foll;Matthieu Foll;Hyunjin Shim;Hyunjin Shim;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Jeffrey D. Jensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy F. Kowalik
Timothy F. Kowalik University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Robert W. Finberg
Robert W. Finberg University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Hopi E. Hoekstra
Hopi E. Hoekstra Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Celia A. Schiffer
Celia A. Schiffer University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Charles F. Aquadro
Charles F. Aquadro Cornell University
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Vitor C. Sousa
Vitor C. Sousa University of Lisbon
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth University of Edinburgh
L. Scott Mills
L. Scott Mills University of Montana

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