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Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs
(Amer Assoc Advancement Science, Washington, 2020)
Dogs were the first domestic animal, but little is known about their population history and to what extent it was linked to humans. We sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that all dogs share a common ancestry distinct ...
A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia
(Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2022)
Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period elites in Greece did not differ from the general ...
Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent
(Amer Assoc Advancement Science, Washington, 2019)
Genome-wide analysis of 67 ancient Near Eastern cattle, Bos taurus, remains reveals regional variation that has since been obscured by admixture in modern populations. Comparisons of genomes of early domestic cattle to ...
Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia
(Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2022)
We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show ...
Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus
(American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2023)
The pronounced growth in livestock populations since the 1950s has altered the epidemiological and evolutionary trajectory of their associated pathogens. For example, Marek’s disease virus (MDV), which causes lymphoid ...
The genetic history of the Southern Arc : a bridge between West Asia and Europe
(Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2022)
By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 ...