Kjetill Sigurd Jakobsen is a Norwegian biologist. He is a professor at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) at the University of Oslo and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Jakobsen is known for sequencing the Atlantic cod, thereby adding it to the list of sequenced animal genomes, and population genomic studies of this species.
Jakobsen is also known for his contributions to protist evolution research,Refer to the following topics and Jakobsen's publications listed under them: SAR supergroup, Kingdom (biology), Telonemia, Holozoa, Capsaspora, Chromalveolate, Breviata, Rhizaria, Centrohelid, Ochrophyte, Chloroplast, and Lepidodinium. to the complex evolutionary processes of polyploids,Refer to the following topic and Jakobsen's publications listed under it: Viola (plant). and toxin genes in cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates.Refer to the following topics and Jakobsen's publications listed under them: Cyanopeptolin and Dinotoxin. Since 2018, Jakobsen has contributed to research on De novo gene birthRefer to the following topic and Jakobsen's publications listed under it: De novo gene birth. and Deep sea fish.Refer to the following topic and Jakobsen's publications listed under it: Deep sea fish.
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