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 Email: jc@vims.edu |
Jens Carlsson
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Research Interests
My research interests are in conservation, ecological and population genetics, as well as evolutionary biology. I use molecular markers at population or individual levels to study genetic questions (gene flow, genetic drift, effective population size and selection) and to couple genetics with behaviors (kin-biased behaviors, reproductive success, mate choice, migrations and life history). Conservation genetics and investigations combining of population genetics, behavior and ecology are approaches that I find appealing.
Shellfish genetics |
Salmonid genetics |
Fisheries genetics |
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Professional experience
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2004 – |
Assistant Research Scientist (population geneticists)
at the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science, College of William and Mary,
Gloucester Point, Virginia, USA.
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2002 – 2004 |
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (population
geneticists) at the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science, College of
William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia, USA.
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2001 – 2002 |
Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow (population
geneticist) at the Danish
Institute for Fisheries Research, Department
of Inland Fisheries, Silkeborg, Denmark.
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2000 – 2001 |
Scientist at the Department
of Aquaculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SUAS),
Sweden. |
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Selected Publications
Carlsson J. The effect of family structure on the likelihood for kin-biased distribution: an empirical study of brown trout populations. Journal of Fish Biology. Accepted
Carlsson J & Reece KS. 2007. Eight PCR primers to amplify EST-linked microsatellites in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica genome. Molecular Ecology Notes. 7: 257-259. Download PDF.
Carlsson J, McDowell JR, Carlsson JEL & Graves JE. 2007. Genetic identity of YOY bluefin tuna from the eastern and western Atlantic spawning areas. Journal of Heredity. 98: 23–28. Request reprint.
Carlsson J, Morrison CL & Reece KS. 2006. Wild and aquaculture populations of the eastern oyster compared using microsatellites. Journal of Heredity. 97: 595-598. Request reprint.
Carlsson J, McDowell JR, Carlsson JEL, Ólafsdóttir D & Graves JE. 2006. Genetic heterogeneity of Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 63: 1111-1117. Download PDF.
Jensen LF, Hansen MM, Carlsson J, Loeschcke V & Mensberg K-LD. 2005. Spatial and temporal genetic differentiation and effective population size of brown trout (Salmo trutta, L.) in small Danish rivers. Conservation Genetics. 6: 615-621. Request reprint.
Carlsson J, McDowell JR, Díaz-Jaimes P, Carlsson JEL, Boles SB, Gold JR & Graves JE. 2004. Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) population structure in the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology. 13: 3345-3356. Download PDF.
Carlsson J, Aarestrup K, Nordwall F, Näslund I, Eriksson T & Carlsson JEL. 2004. Migration of landlocked brown trout in two Scandinavian streams as revealed from trap data. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 13: 161-168. Download PDF.
Carlsson J, Carlsson JEL, Olsén KH, Hansen MM, Eriksson T & Nilsson J. 2004. Kin-biased distribution in brown trout: an effect of redd location or kin recognition? Heredity. 94: 53-61. Request reprint.
Carlsson J & Carlsson JEL. 2002. Micro-scale distribution of brown trout: an opportunity for kin-selection? Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 11: 234-239. Download PDF.
Carlsson J & Nilsson J. 2001. Effects of geomorphological structures on genetic differentiation among brown trout populations in a northern Boreal river drainage. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 130: 36-45. Download PDF.
Carlsson J & Nilsson J. 2000. Population genetic structure of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) within a northern boreal forest stream. Hereditas. 132: 173-181. Download PDF.
Carlsson J & Nilsson J. 1999. Genetisk variation hos öringpopulationer – vem är släkt med vem? (In: Fiske, skogsbruk och vattendrag – nyttjande i ett uthålligt perspektiv, Ammeråprojektet, ed. I. Näslund). Fiskeriverkets försökstation, 840 64 Kälarne.
Carlsson J, Olsén HK, Nilsson J, Øverli Ø & Stabell OB. 1999. Microsatellites reveal fine-scale genetic structure in stream-living brown trout. Journal of Fish Biology. 55: 1290-1303. Download PDF.
Nordwall F & Carlsson J. 1999. Fiskar kan vandra, men varför och vart vandrar de? (In: Fiske, skogsbruk och vattendrag – nyttjande i ett uthålligt perspektiv, Ammeråprojektet, ed. I. Näslund). Fiskeriverkets försökstation, 840 64 Kälarne.
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