Katerina Guschanski

This study uses dental calculus metagenomics to show that domestication affects oral microbiomes across three mammalian genera, with genus-specific variations observed.

This study investigates chromosomal fissions in guenons, finding they may act as barriers to gene flow but with inconsistent evidence across species.

This study examines how lifestyle differences between social classes in Classical and Post-classical Italy are reflected in their oral microbiomes, finding significant variations across time periods and social classes.

This study examines dental calculus presence across 142 mammalian species to identify diet and phylogeny factors influencing its formation.

The paper analyzes oral microbiomes from museum specimens to show that diet drives oral microbiome evolution and some microbes have ancient origins.

This study uses non-invasive genomic sampling to analyze genetic diversity in wild gorillas, revealing population clusters and migration patterns, and predicts geographic origins with high accuracy.

This study sequences the holotype genome of the lesula to explore its evolutionary history and demographic patterns, revealing high genetic diversity and signatures of positive selection.

This study evaluates the impact of host traits on metagenomic library preparation from dental calculus across 32 mammals, identifying diet-related challenges and success factors.

This study analyzes dental calculus from Pleistocene and modern reindeer to reconstruct their oral microbiomes, digestive microbiomes, and diets using ancient metagenomics.

The paper identifies and resolves false population size peaks in PSMC analyses, showing they result from parameter settings and not true population dynamics.

The paper compares genomic diversity, inbreeding, and genetic load between insular and mainland populations of three West African primates, finding lower diversity and higher inbreeding in island populations but no evidence of increased deleterious variation.

The paper screens great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses, identifying multiple viruses and obtaining near-complete genomes, including high-coverage hepatitis B virus genomes.

The paper identifies a Y chromosome introgression between two guenon species, challenging Haldane's rule by showing viable hybridization over six million years.

This study uses whole-genome sequencing of 22 guenon species to show widespread ancient hybridization and gene flow across deeply divergent lineages, with immune-related genes overrepresented in introgressed regions.

The paper uses primate genetic data to predict human variant pathogenicity with a deep learning classifier trained on 4.3 million common missense variants.

This study presents whole-genome data from 233 primate species, revealing patterns of genetic diversity, mutation rates, and recurrent missense mutations across primate clades.

The paper estimates genetic load in mammals and finds that species with small population sizes and low diversity have lower genetic load due to purging of deleterious alleles.

The paper uses whole genome sequencing of a Dryas monkey to show its evolutionary relationship with vervets and suggests the Congo River's dynamic history and the species' genetic resilience.

This study quantifies index hopping rates on the Illumina HiSeqX platform and finds they are low, suggesting multiplexing does not significantly affect results compared to older platforms.