Tag: Europe
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Ancient DNA HLA typing reveals significant shifts in frequency in Europe since the Neolithic
Mattias and Federico are the co-authors of the new article published in Nature Scientific Reports. Plascencia, A.G., Jakobsson, M. & Sánchez-Quinto, F. Ancient DNA HLA typing reveals significant shifts in frequency in Europe since the Neolithic. Sci Rep 15, 6161 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82449-w Abstract Computational HLA typing has surged as a cost-effective strategy to uncover questions regarding the…
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Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers
Magdalena, Mattias and Helena are contributors to the paper: Seersholm, F. V., Sjögren, K. G., Koelman, J., Blank, M., Svensson, E. M., Staring, J., … & Sikora, M. (2024). Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers. Nature, 632(8023), 114-121. Abstract In the period between 5,300 and 4,900 calibrated years before present (cal. bp), populations across large parts of…
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Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe
A new paper by Tiina Mattila and others (2023) is published in Nature, Communications Biology Abstract The genomic landscape of Stone Age Europe was shaped by multiple migratory waves and population replacements, but different regions do not all show similar patterns. To refine our understanding of the population dynamics before and after the dawn of…