Dr Johanna Paijmans
Lecturer in Zoology
Research
My research interests have a strong focus on tracing population shifts in response to environmental changes (e.g. climate change), using the palaeogenomic toolkit. Understanding the long-term movement of populations and species under the influence of changing environment is vital to understand how populations adapt (or fail to adapt) to new challenges. I am particularly excited about ancient DNA, as it allows for the investigation of extirpated populations and extinct species: these are essentially cases where the population failed to adapt to an environmental change, and thus of particular importance to study for future conservation of modern populations.
Research outputs (47)
- Published
A method for PCR-free library preparation for sequencing palaeogenomes
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
Postglacial recolonization of the Southern Ocean by elephant seals occurred from multiple glacial refugia
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Palaeogenomic data from a Late Pleistocene coprolite clarifies the phylogenetic position of Sicilian cave hyena
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review