Oliver Smith

The paper analyzes the genomes of Sicilian wolves to reveal their complex history of isolation and admixture with ancient dogs, showing admixture with European dog breeds and signs of inbreeding.

The paper sequenced the genome of an extinct Sardinian dhole to determine its evolutionary history and phylogenetic position, finding it diverged from Asian dholes and experienced gene flow before isolation.

The paper sequences ancient RNA from permafrost-preserved tissues and historical canids, showing that RNA can survive for over 14,000 years and retain tissue-specific features.

This study analyzes 185 paleogenomic datasets to model ancient DNA decay, finding cytosine deamination follows a thermal age model but DNA fragmentation does not correlate with age.

The paper analyzes 8,000-year-old wheat DNA from sediments, showing it meets authentic ancient DNA criteria through thermal age and cytosine deamination analysis.