See my Google Scholar page for the most up-to-date list of publications. PDFs for all published articles can be found below.
Pre-prints and under review.
28. Akopyan M.*, Jacobs A.*, Rick J.A., Wilder A.P, Baumann Z.A., Conover D., Baumann H. & Therkildsen N.O. (in review) Multiple chromosomal inversions modulate continuous local adaptation along a steep thermal cline. (*shared first authors)
Peer-reviewed papers
2025
27. Lim RM., Arme TM., Arinaitwe M, Barungi A., Crellen T., Jacobs A., Pedersen AB., Webster JP. & Lamberton PHL. How useful is Nanopore adaptive sampling for sequencing Schistosoma mansoni miracidia? Wellcome Open Research 10, 239.
26. Akopyan M., Tigano A., Jacobs A., Wilder A.P. & Therkildsen N.O (2025) Genetic differentiation is constrained to chromosomal inversions and putative centromeres in locally adapted populations with higher gene flow [PDF]. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42(5), msaf092.
25. Zeidler T., Ros A., Roch S., Jacobs A., Geist J. & Brinker A. (2025) Non-random mating behaviour between diverging littoral and pelagic three-spined sticklebacks in an invasive population from Upper Lake Constance [PDF]. R. Soc. Open Sci, 2241252.
2024
24. Riyahi S., Liebermann-Lilie ND., Jacobs A., Korsten P., Mayer U. & Schmoll T. (2024) Transcriptomic changes in the posterior pallium of male zebra finches associated with social niche conformance [PDF]. BMC Genomics 25:694.
23. Dahms C., Roch S., Elmer K.R., Ros A., Brinker A., Jacobs A. (2024) Intra-lake origin and rapid expansion of invasive pelagic three-spined stickleback in Lake Constance [PDF]. NeoBiota 92, 259-280.
22. Jacobs A., Velotta J., Tigano A., Wilder A.P., Baumann H. & Therkildsen N.O. (2024) Temperature-dependent gene regulatory divergence underlies local adaptation with gene flow in the Atlantic silverside [PDF]. Evolution 78(6), 1133-1149.
21. Verta J.P. & Jacobs A. (2024) The evolutionary significance of post-transcriptional gene regulation [PDF]. Editorial for Special Issue in Heredity 132, 117–119.
20. Fenton S., Jacobs A., Bean C.W., Adams C.E. & Elmer K.R. (2024) Genomic underpinnings of head and body shape in Arctic charr ecomorph pairs [PDF]. Molecular Ecology, 33, e1730.
2022
19. Akopyan M., Tigano A., Jacobs A., Wilder A.P., Baumann H. & Therkildsen N.O. (2022) Comparative linkage mapping uncovers recombination suppression across massive chromosomal inversions associated
with local adaptation in Atlantic silversides [PDF]. Molecular Ecology, 31, 3323–3341.
18. Hernandez-Castro L.E., Villacís A.G., Jacobs A., Cheaib B., Day C.C., Ocaña-Mayorga S., Yumiseva C.A., Andersson B, Matthews L., Landguth E.L., Costales J.A., Llewellyn M.S., Grijalva M.J. The genomic basis of domestic colonisation and dispersal in Chagas disease vectors [PDF]. PLoS Genetics 18(2): e1010019.
17. Verta J.P. & Jacobs A. (2022) The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution [PDF]. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37(4), 299-308
2021
16. Crespel A., Schneider K., Miller T., Rácz A., Jacobs A., Lindström J., Elmer K.R. & Killen S.S. (2021) Genomic basis of fishing-associated selection varies with population density [PDF]. PNAS 18(51):e2020833118.
15. Lou R.N., Jacobs A., Wilder A.P. & Therkildsen N.O. A Beginner’s Guide to Low-Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing for Population Genomics [PDF]. Molecular Ecology 30:5966–5993
14. Tigano A., Jacobs A., Wilder A.P., Nand A., Zhan Y., Dekker J. & Therkildsen N.O. (2021) Chromosome-level assembly of the Atlantic silverside genome reveals extreme levels of sequence diversity and structural genetic variation [PDF] . Genome Biology and Evolution 13(6).
13. Salmón P.*, Jacobs A.*, Ahrén D, Biard C., Dingemanse N.J., Dominoni D., Helm B., Lundberg M., Senar JC, Sprau P., Visser M.E. & Isaksson C. (2021) Repeated genomic signatures of adaptation to urbanisation in a songbird across Europe [PDF]. Nature Communications 12:2983. (*shared first authors)
12. Jacobs A. & Elmer K.R. (2021) Alternative splicing and gene expression play contrasting roles in the parallel phenotypic divergence of a salmonid fish [PDF]. Molecular Ecology, 30:4955-4969. ‘From the Cover’ article.
11. Schwabl P, Boité M.C., Bussotti G, Jacobs A. Andersson B, Moreira O, Freitas-Mesquita A.L., Meyer-Fernandes J.R., Telleria E.L., Traub-Csekö Y., Vaselek S., Leštinová T., Volf P., Morgado F.N., Porrozzi R., Llewellyn M., Späth G.F. & Cupolillo E. (2021) Colonization and genetic diversification processes of Leishmania infantum in the Americas [PDF]. Communications Biology, 4(139).
2020
10. Watson H., Powell D., Salmón P., Jacobs A. & Isaksson C. (2020) Urbanisation is associated with modifications in DNA methylation in a small passerine bird [PDF]. Evolutionary Applications 14(1), 85–98.
9. Jacobs A., Carruthers M., Yurchenko A., Gordeeva N.V., Alekseyev S.S., Hooker O., Leong J.S., Rondeau E.B., Koop B.F., Adams C.E. & Elmer K.R. (2020) Parallelism in eco-morphology and gene expression despite variable evolutionary and genomic backgrounds in a Holarctic fish [PDF]. PLOS Genetics 16(4):e1008658.
8. Burgon J., Vieites D., Jacobs A., Weidt S., Gunter H., Steinfartz S., Burgess K., Mable B. & Elmer K.R. (2020) Functional colour genes and signals of selection in colour polymorphic salamanders [PDF]. Molecular Ecology 29(7), 1284-1299.
2019
7. Jacobs A. & Therkildsen N.O. (2019) Excavating ghost footprints and tangled trees from modern genomes [PDF]. Molecular Ecology 28(14), 3287-3290. (News & Views article)
6. Jacobs A.*, Carruthers M.*, Eckmann R., Yohannes E., Adams C.E, Behrmann-Godel J. & Elmer K.R. (2019) Rapid niche expansion by selection on functional genomic variation after ecosystem recovery [PDF]. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3, 77–86. (*shared first authors)
2018
5. Jacobs A., Hughes M.R., Robinson P.C., Adams C.E., Elmer K.R. (2018). The genetic architecture underlying the evolution of a rare piscivorous life history form in brown trout after secondary contact and strong introgression [PDF]. Genes 9(280).
4. Jacobs A., Doran C., Murray D., Duffill Telsnig J., Laskowski K.L., Jones N.A.R., Auer S.K., Praebel K. (2018). On the challenges and opportunities facing fish biology: a discussion of five key knowledge gaps [PDF]. Journal of Fish Biology 92, 690–698.
3. Jacobs A., De Noia M., Praebel K., Kanstad-Hanssen Ø., Paterno M., Jackson D., McGinnity P., Sturm, A., Elmer K.R., Llewellyn M.S. (2018). Genetic fingerprinting of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) populations in the North-East Atlantic using a random forest classification approach [PDF]. Scientific Reports 8, 1203.
2017
2. Jacobs A., Womack R., Chen M., Gharbi K. & Elmer K.R. (2017). Significant synteny and co-localisation of ecologically relevant quantitative trait loci within and across species of salmonid fishes [PDF]. Genetics
2015
1. Recknagel H., Jacobs A., Herzyk P., & Elmer K. R. (2015). Double-digest RAD sequencing using Ion Proton semiconductor platform (ddRADseq-ion) with nonmodel organisms [PDF]. Molecular Ecology Resources 15(6), 1316-1329.
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