Erica S. Nielsen

Selected Publications

We found that four different genetic metrics selected approximately similar conservation‐priority areas, and that fewer priority areas were selected for conservation plans based solely on habitat data than on plans including habitat and genetic data. Largely, our results suggest that multispecies genetic conservation objectives are vital to creating protected‐area networks that appropriately preserve community‐level evolutionary patterns.
In Conservation Biology, 2017
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Recent Publications

. Complex signatures of genomic variation of two non-model marine species in a homogeneous environment. In BMC Genomics, 2018.

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. Multispecies genetic objectives in spatial conservation planning. In Conservation Biology, 2017.

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Recent Posts

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Below is my entry to the Evolution Film Contest. _ Every year our university opens its doors to high school students, so that they can get an idea of what postgraduates do within each lab. My intention with this video is to open our lab doors to a much wider audience and offer a view into my world as a PhD student studying conservation genetics. I wanted to make a video that is not only fun to watch, but also describes the basic theories and methodologies used within molecular ecology.

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As Pooled sequencing gains popularity in the world of genomics, more and more programs are being introduced to specifically handle Pool-seq data. However, for students such as myself, it can be difficult to find the right program for each step of the bioinformatics process, and to know the correct data format and parameters used with each individual program. Here is a short recap of the Pool-seq bioinformatic programs that I have gathered, including input and output files, and any additional notes I had on the program.

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Multimedia Posts

Representation: The foundation of conservation

A case for habitat representation in 21st century conservation planning

Women in STEM

Girls just want to have FUN-ding for scientific research.

Teaching

I am currently involved in the following courses at Stellenbosch University:

  • Biology 124 (Teaching Assistant)
  • Biology 154 (Teaching Assistant)
  • Population genomics in R (Honours practical session)

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