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Sophie von der Heyden

Sophie von der Heyden

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
3987
World Ranking
7683
National Ranking
91

Overview

Sophie von der Heyden is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on biodiversity studies using environmental DNA and genetic diversity in marine and coastal ecosystems.

The main fields of study encompass Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, their work extends into specific subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, and Genetics.

Key topics explored in their research include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Selected recent publications highlight the scope of their work:

  • Environmental DNA surveys of African biodiversity: State of knowledge, challenges, and opportunities, 2022, Environmental DNA
  • Molecular ecology meets systematic conservation planning, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Distinct interspecific and intraspecific vulnerability of coastal species to global change, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Multi-model seascape genomics identifies distinct environmental drivers of selection among sympatric marine species, 2020, BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • A comparison of genetic and genomic approaches to represent evolutionary potential in conservation planning, 2020, Biological Conservation

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as Environmental DNA, African Journal of Marine Science, Global Change Biology, Diversity and Distributions, and Research Square.

Collaborations have been established with several co-authors, including:

  • Romina Henriques
  • Erica S. Nielsen
  • Andrew Ndhlovu
  • Maria Beger
  • Janine B. Adams

Best Publications

  • A review of marine phylogeography in southern Africa

    Peter R. Teske;Sophie von der Heyden;Christopher D. McQuaid;Nigel P. Barker

  • Global eukaryote phylogeny: Combined small- and large-subunit ribosomal DNA trees support monophyly of Rhizaria, Retaria and Excavata.

    David Moreira;Sophie von der Heyden;David Bass;Purificación López-García

  • Ribosomal RNA Phylogeny of Bodonid and Diplonemid Flagellates and the Evolution of Euglenozoa

    Sophie von der Heyden;Ema E Chao;Keith Vickerman;Thomas Cavalier-Smith

  • A synthesis of genetic connectivity in deep-sea fauna and implications for marine reserve design

    Amy R Baco;Ron J Etter;Pedro A Ribeiro;Sophie von der Heyden

  • Evolving coral reef conservation with genetic information

    Maria Beger;Kimberly A Selkoe;Eric A Treml;Paul H Barber

  • Phylogeography unplugged: comparative surveys in the genomic era

    Brian W Bowen;Kartik Shanker;Nina Yasuda;Maria Celia (Machel) D Malay

  • Polyubiquitin Insertions and the Phylogeny of Cercozoa and Rhizaria

    David Bass;David Moreira;Purificación López-García;Stephane Polet

  • Mitochondrial DNA is unsuitable to test for isolation by distance

    Peter R. Teske;Tirupathi Rao Golla;Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo;Arsalan Emami-Khoyi

  • The application of genetics to marine management and conservation: Examples from the Indo-Pacific

    Sophie von der Heyden;Maria Beger;Robert J. Toonen;Lynne van Herwerden

  • Molecular phylogeny, scale evolution and taxonomy of centrohelid heliozoa

    Thomas Cavalier-Smith;Sophie von der Heyden;Sophie von der Heyden

  • Mitochondrial DNA analyses of the Cape hakes reveal an expanding, panmictic population for Merluccius capensis and population structuring for mature fish in Merluccius paradoxus.

    Sophie von der Heyden;Marek R. Lipinski;Conrad A. Matthee

  • Culturing and environmental DNA sequencing uncover hidden kinetoplastid biodiversity and a major marine clade within ancestrally freshwater Neobodo designis

    Sophie von der Heyden;Thomas Cavalier-Smith

  • Significant population structure and asymmetric gene flow patterns amidst expanding populations of Clinus cottoides (Perciformes, Clinidae): application of molecular data to marine conservation planning in South Africa

    Sophie Von Der Heyden;Kim Prochazka;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Rauri C. K. Bowie

  • Genetic isolation by distance reveals restricted dispersal across a range of life histories: implications for biodiversity conservation planning across highly variable marine environments

    Daniel Wright;Jacqueline M. Bishop;Conrad A. Matthee;Sophie von der Heyden

  • Range expansions across ecoregions: interactions of climate change, physiology and genetic diversity.

    Marc Rius;Marc Rius;Marc Rius;Susana Clusella-Trullas;Christopher D. McQuaid;René A. Navarro

  • Evidence for panmixia despite barriers to gene flow in the southern African endemic, Caffrogobius caffer (Teleostei: Gobiidae).

    Marlene Neethling;Conrad A. Matthee;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Sophie Von der Heyden

  • Misleading the masses: detection of mislabelled and substituted frozen fish products in South Africa

    Sophie von der Heyden;Jaco Barendse;Anthony J. Seebregts;Conrad A. Matthee

  • Thermal selection as a driver of marine ecological speciation.

    Peter R Teske;Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo;Tirupathi Rao Golla;Arsalan Emami-Khoyi

  • Genetic diversity of goniomonads: an ancient divergence between marine and freshwater species

    Sophie von der Heyden;Ema Chao;Thomas Cavalier-Smith

  • Landscape Genomics: Understanding Relationships Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Genomic Characteristics of Populations

    Niko Balkenhol;Rachael Y. Dudaniec;Konstantin V. Krutovsky;Jeremy S. Johnson

  • Remarkably low mtDNA control region diversity in an abundant demersal fish

    Sophie von der Heyden;Marek R. Lipinski;Conrad A. Matthee

  • Why do we need to integrate population genetics into South African marine protected area planning?

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Conrad A. Matthee
Conrad A. Matthee Stellenbosch University
Maria Beger
Maria Beger University of Leeds
Peter R. Teske
Peter R. Teske University of Johannesburg
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Thomas Cavalier-Smith University of Oxford
Rauri C. K. Bowie
Rauri C. K. Bowie University of California, Berkeley
Cang Hui
Cang Hui Stellenbosch University
Kimberly A. Selkoe
Kimberly A. Selkoe University of California, Santa Barbara
Luciano B. Beheregaray
Luciano B. Beheregaray Flinders University
Giacomo Bernardi
Giacomo Bernardi University of California, Santa Cruz

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