Forensic and Genetic Research

The paper models genetic diversity in India by integrating geography, language, and social structure, finding language and social factors most influential in shaping genetic patterns.

The paper analyzes mitochondrial genome co-occurrence networks in Asian populations at different altitudes to understand high altitude adaptation mechanisms.

This study evaluates qpAdm's performance in admixture analysis through simulations, finding it robust in many scenarios but cautioning against certain practices.

This study provides genome-wide data for the Ukrainian population, identifying novel genetic variants and highlighting its unique genetic diversity.

The paper shows that increased Amerindigenous ancestry in Mexican Americans over time has altered the genetic architecture of traits like height and polygenic risk scores.

HaploNet uses neural networks to infer population structure from whole-genome sequencing data, outperforming standard methods in distinguishing closely related populations.

This study uses genome-wide data from pre-contact Caribbean individuals to trace population movements and genetic continuity across the region.

The paper characterizes human genomic variations and mutation burden in Botswana using whole genome sequencing, identifying damaging variants and admixture patterns.

This study finds parallel genetic and linguistic patterns among Finno-Ugric speakers and their neighbors, suggesting population-level convergence and possible origins in the Pontic-Caspian steppes.

The paper evaluates prediction accuracy for eye, hair, and skin pigmentation in admixed Latin Americans using genomic and phenotypic data, finding that Random Forest and regression perform best, and that pigmentation SNPs improve accuracy, especially for skin color.

The paper detects identity-by-descent segments in 487,409 UK Biobank samples to reveal population structure, evolutionary history, and trait associations.

The paper analyzes kinship and social organization in two Copper Age Bell Beaker cemeteries using archaeological, genetic, isotopic, and anthropological data.

PyLAE predicts local ancestry from whole-genome sequencing or high-density genotyping data, efficiently handling large numbers of ancestral populations.

Genome-wide SNPs from 211 Southern Chinese, analysed with over 1,200 ancient and modern genomes, split the Yangtze River Farmer lineage into four language-linked sub-ancestries and date later migrations.

This study analyzes genetic data from the Ural region and Hungary to show genetic continuity and connections between ancient Uralic populations and the Carpathian Basin.

This study reconstructs the 6,000-year genetic history of the Eastern Steppe using ancient genomes, revealing pastoralist expansions, population structuring, and the emergence of the Xiongnu and Mongols.

This study evaluates DNA preservation in ten skeletal elements from Medieval Germany, confirming the petrous pyramid as the best source and identifying seven alternative locations for aDNA extraction.

This study uses a graph embedding method to reconstruct the migration history of East Asian populations using SNP data from the 1000 Genomes Project and identifies SNPs associated with neurological diseases.

The paper estimates IBD segment endpoints with uncertainty quantification and detects recent selection signals using UK Biobank data.

The paper shows Ancient Beringians have admixture from Amur River Basin populations and are not the deepest American lineage.

The paper derives a relationship between heterozygosity and admixture proportions in admixed populations, showing that heterozygosity is at least as high as the least heterozygous source population.

The paper characterizes the genetic structure of South Asian populations, identifies founder effects and high homozygosity, and develops a custom SNP array for genetic studies in the region.

This study identifies pathogenic mitochondrial DNA variants in ancient Eurasian populations, revealing their presence in tRNA genes and potential clinical significance.

This study analyzes ancient genomes from the Viking Age to understand genetic structure and migration patterns, finding significant foreign gene flow and population differentiation.

The paper analyzes Dutch population structure using genome-wide data, identifying haplotypic clusters and showing that fine-grained haplotypic covariates reduce GWAS confounding.

This study shows that low coverage sequencing can effectively match relatives with genotyping arrays, achieving similar accuracy for close relatives and strong correlation for distant ones.

The paper analyzes mitochondrial genetic diversity in the Sabana de Bogota region to assess genetic continuity or discontinuity in prehispanic populations over the Holocene.

This study presents the first genomic analysis of early Islamic burials in the Levant, finding genomic similarity to modern Bedouins and Saudis rather than neighboring Levantine groups.

This paper introduces a method to estimate ancestry proportions of an individual's parents and grandparents using genetic data, showing it can distinguish between different ancestry combinations in ancestors.