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Holocene and contemporary marine dinoflagellate community patterns predict expansion of generalist dinoflagellate blooms in warming oceans Open Access
Lemian Liu and others
The ISME Journal, wraf095, https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf095
Published: 14 May 2025
... title: Dinoflagellates expand in warming oceans © The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Microbial Ecology 1 UNCORRECTED MANUSCRIPT Key words: Dinoflagellate; Sedimentary ancient DNA; Harmful algal bloom; climate warming; human activity; South...
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Genomic data from the extinct California brown bear suggests a source population for reintroduction to California Open Access
T Brock Wooldridge and others
Journal of Heredity, esaf018, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf018
Published: 24 April 2025
... background is to be a consideration for reintroduction efforts in California, brown bears from Yellowstone might serve as a source population. extinction reintroduction ancient DNA population genomics brown bears Accepted Manuscript Genomic data from the extinct California brown bear suggests a source...
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An Ancient Epstein-Barr Virus Genome Recovered From a Museum Penis Sheath From Papua
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Anaïs Augias and others
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiaf189, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf189
Published: 09 April 2025
... the concerned populations. Samples were processed at the Paléogénomique et Génétique Moléculaire ancient DNA platform from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France. Swab samples (dry and/or moistened with DNAse-free water) were taken from the surface or inside of 19 sheaths from Vanuatu, Papua...
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Road to Extinction? Past and Present Population Structure and Genomic Diversity in the Koala Open Access
Binia De Cahsan and others
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 42, Issue 4, April 2025, msaf057, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf057
Published: 25 March 2025
... heterozygosity has decreased through time and unveil previously uncharacterized mitochondrial haplotypes and nuclear genotypes in the historic dataset, which are absent from today's koala populations. Koalas population genomics conservation genomics ancient DNA The current biodiversity crisis is marked...
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Genetic diversity, phylogeography, and sexual dimorphism in the extinct giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus)
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Alexander T Salis and others
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 203, Issue 2, February 2025, zlaf001, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf001
Published: 05 February 2025
... variation can be explained by sexual dimorphism. Arctodus simus phylogeography sexual dimorphism ancient DNA Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship FL140100260 U.S. National Science Foundation 10.13039/100000001 EAR/SGP#1425059 The giant short-faced bear, Arctodus simus...
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Estimating effective population size trajectories from time-series identity-by-descent segments Open Access
Yilei Huang and others
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Genetics, Volume 229, Issue 3, March 2025, iyae212, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae212
Published: 24 January 2025
.... Various methods have been developed to utilize IBD sharing for demographic inference in contemporary DNA data. Recent methodological advances have extended the screening for IBD segments to ancient DNA (aDNA) data, making demographic inference based on IBD also possible for aDNA. However, aDNA data...
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Read Length Dominates Phylogenetic Placement Accuracy of Ancient DNA Reads Open Access
Ben Bettisworth and others
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 42, Issue 2, February 2025, msaf006, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf006
Published: 17 January 2025
..., and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract A common problem when analyzing ancient DNA data is to identify the species that corresponds to the recovered analyzing ancient DNA sequence(s). The standard approach is to deploy sequence similarity-based tools, such as BLAST...
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Filtering out the noise: metagenomic classifiers optimize ancient DNA mapping Open Access
Shyamsundar Ravishankar and others
Briefings in Bioinformatics, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2025, bbae646, https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbae646
Published: 14 December 2024
...Shyamsundar Ravishankar; Vilma Perez; Roberta Davidson; Xavier Roca-Rada; Divon Lan; Yassine Souilmi; Bastien Llamas Corresponding author. Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) and The Environment Institute, The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide...
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The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes Open Access
Damla Kaptan and others
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 10, October 2024, msae158, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae158
Published: 22 October 2024
... for dispersal and admixture, sometimes being paralleled by their shepherds and in other cases not. domestication paleogenetics sheep ancient DNA Mouflon whole-genome sequencing introgression European Research Council 10.13039/501100000781 772390 (952317 111T464 114Z356 1929B011800100...
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Genomics of historical museum collections clarifies species diversity in Cuban hutias (Capromys)
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Rasmus Amund Henriksen and others
Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 105, Issue 6, December 2024, Pages 1365–1377, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae090
Published: 07 October 2024
... Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) Abstract Specimen-based taxonomic research is essential for understanding diversity and setting management frameworks for threatened mammal faunas, and ancient DNA techniques are increasingly used to extract information...
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Five-leaf Generalizations of the D-statistic Reveal the Directionality of Admixture Open Access
Kalle Leppälä and others
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 11, November 2024, msae198, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae198
Published: 20 September 2024
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An explanation for the sister repulsion phenomenon in Patterson's f-statistics Open Access
Gözde Atağ and others
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Genetics, Volume 228, Issue 3, November 2024, iyae144, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae144
Published: 18 September 2024
...-level admixture events when inferring demographic history using f-statistics. demographic inference f-statistics admixture deep ancestry ancient DNA In this model ( Fig. 2 ), one would naively anticipate f4(O, A; B, X) values to be negative since...
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Low Genetic Impact of the Roman Occupation of Britain in Rural Communities Open Access
Christiana L Scheib and others
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 9, September 2024, msae168, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae168
Published: 12 September 2024
.... 2013 ; Jones et al. 2015 ) is 0.43% and the average misincorporation of C > T in the first five base pairs (bp) is 8.11% ( supplementary Data S1a, Supplementary Material online). This range of these values is typical for ancient DNA. We studied the ancestry of 33 Late Iron Age...
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Fast and Accurate Estimation of Selection Coefficients and Allele Histories from Ancient and Modern DNA Open Access
Andrew H Vaughn and Rasmus Nielsen
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 8, August 2024, msae156, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae156
Published: 30 July 2024
... in more modern periods. ARGs ancient DNA selection HMMs lactase persistence One of the primary evolutionary forces that shapes the genetic variation of populations is natural selection, the causal effect of genotype on the reproductive success of an individual. While experimental evolution studies...
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Testing times: disentangling admixture histories in recent and complex demographies using ancient DNA Open Access
Matthew P Williams and others
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Genetics, Volume 228, Issue 1, September 2024, iyae110, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae110
Published: 16 July 2024
... article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Over the past decade, advances in ancient DNA...
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Ancient Sheep Genomes Reveal Four Millennia of North European Short-Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea Region Open Access
Martin N A Larsson and others
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2024, evae114, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae114
Published: 25 May 2024
.... The general pattern of runs-of-homozygosity (ROH) is comparable to the results for the pairwise mismatches with ASTF002 falling toward the lower end of modern NEST groups but we do not want to draw broader conclusions from this single sample ( Fig. 5c and d ). sheep ancient DNA Baltic breeds...
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Ancient Mitogenomes Reveal the Maternal Genetic History of East Asian Dogs Open Access
Ming Zhang and others
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 4, April 2024, msae062, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae062
Published: 20 March 2024
... domesticated during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Siberia, which contrasts with previous proposed domestication centers (e.g. Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia). Ancient DNA provides a powerful resource for the study of mammalian evolution and has been widely used to understand the genetic history...
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Predicting Functional Consequences of Recent Natural Selection in Britain Open Access
Lin Poyraz and others
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 3, March 2024, msae053, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae053
Published: 11 March 2024
... substantially affected the expression of several nearby genes. Our work demonstrates the utility in incorporating functional information into genome-wide scans for selection. Ancient DNA (aDNA) time series can provide direct evidence of natural selection on specific variants, avoiding confounding factors...
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Ancient and Modern Genomes Reveal Microsatellites Maintain a Dynamic Equilibrium Through Deep Time Open Access
Bennet J McComish and others
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2024, evae017, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae017
Published: 27 February 2024
.... In this study, we make use of exceptionally well-preserved ancient DNA from a unique set of Adélie penguin samples reported here for the first time and genotype 177,974 microsatellites of periods 2 to 6 in both modern and ancient genomes, including some dating to ∼46.5 ka. In addition, we are able to time...
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Plankton community changes during the last 124 000 years in the subarctic Bering Sea derived from sedimentary ancient DNA Open Access
Stella Z Buchwald and others
The ISME Journal, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2024, wrad006, https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrad006
Published: 10 January 2024
..., and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. phytoplankton zooplankton sedimentary ancient DNA paleoecology Bering Sea marine ecosystem carbon cycle German Ministry of Education and Research 03G0672A Recent global warming is known to alter marine phytoplankton [ 1...
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