Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution

A Kocher, L Papac, R Barquera, FM Key, MA Spyrou… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been infecting humans for millennia and remains a global health
problem, but its past diversity and dispersal routes are largely unknown. We generated HBV …

Ancient genome-wide DNA from France highlights the complexity of interactions between Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers

M Rivollat, C Jeong, S Schiffels, İ Küçükkalıpçı… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Starting from 12,000 years ago in the Middle East, the Neolithic lifestyle spread across
Europe via separate continental and Mediterranean routes. Genomes from early European …

Mobility and social change: understanding the European Neolithic period after the archaeogenetic revolution

M Furholt - Journal of archaeological research, 2021 - Springer
This paper discusses and synthesizes the consequences of the archaeogenetic revolution to
our understanding of mobility and social change during the Neolithic period in Europe (6500 …

Ancient genomes from present-day France unveil 7,000 years of its demographic history

S Brunel, EA Bennett, L Cardin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Genomic studies conducted on ancient individuals across Europe have revealed how
migrations have contributed to its present genetic landscape, but the territory of present-day …

Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society

F Sánchez-Quinto, H Malmström… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Paleogenomic and archaeological studies show that Neolithic lifeways spread from the
Fertile Crescent into Europe around 9000 BCE, reaching northwestern Europe by 4000 …

On the origin of European sheep as revealed by the diversity of the Balkan breeds and by optimizing population-genetic analysis tools

E Ciani, S Mastrangelo, A Da Silva, F Marroni… - Genetics Selection …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Neolithic, domestic sheep migrated into Europe and
subsequently spread in westerly and northwesterly directions. Reconstruction of these …

Toward high-resolution population genomics using archaeological samples

I Morozova, P Flegontov, AS Mikheyev, S Bruskin… - DNA …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The term 'ancient DNA'(aDNA) is coming of age, with over 1,200 hits in the PubMed
database, beginning in the early 1980s with the studies of 'molecular paleontology'. Rooted …

A systematic investigation of human DNA preservation in medieval skeletons

C Parker, AB Rohrlach, S Friederich, S Nagel… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Ancient DNA (aDNA) analyses necessitate the destructive sampling of archaeological
material. Currently, the cochlea, part of the osseous inner ear located inside the petrous …

Amplitude of travelling front as inferred from 14C predicts levels of genetic admixture among European early farmers

F Silva, M Vander Linden - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Large radiocarbon datasets have been analysed statistically to identify, on the one hand, the
dynamics and tempo of dispersal processes and, on the other, demographic change. This is …

A comprehensive analysis of the genetic diversity and environmental adaptability in worldwide Merino and Merino-derived sheep breeds

S Ceccobelli, V Landi, G Senczuk… - Genetics selection …, 2023 - Springer
Background To enhance and extend the knowledge about the global historical and
phylogenetic relationships between Merino and Merino-derived breeds, 19 populations …