Forensic and Genetic Research

The paper uses diffusion models and whole-genome sequence data to examine the impact of selection on demographic inference and mutation rate estimates in French Canadian individuals.

The paper analyzes mitogenomic data from Hungarian Conquerors to show their genetic origin includes admixture from Asian Huns and Pontic-Caspian steppe cultures.

The paper validates and extends a simulation-based approach for evaluating Y-profile evidence, incorporating relative data and mixture analysis.

SIGDA provides detailed, robust visualizations of human ancestry and population structure from genetic data, outperforming PCA in detecting population axes and relationships.

This study evaluates the use of Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencer for forensic STR profiling using standard primers and shows it can generate partial forensic profiles despite high error rates.

This paper analyzes ancient DNA from the Caucasus to show that a population around 26,000 years ago contributed significantly to modern West Eurasian ancestry.

This paper uses unsupervised machine learning to classify human genetic heritages and identifies previously unrecognized population strata in Japan.

The paper investigates the genetic history of southern African populations, finding an eastern African origin for Y-chromosome haplogroup E1b1b and significant sex-biased gene flow during the Bantu expansion.

This study uses whole-genome sequencing of 3,514 Sardinians to explore population history, finding genetic isolation in the Gennargentu region and sex-biased demographic patterns.

This paper introduces a grade of membership model to infer and visualize DNA damage patterns in ancient DNA, distinguishing ancient from modern samples and contamination.

The paper analyzes NRY and mtDNA data from Northwestern Amazonia to show how cultural practices like exogamy and residential rules influence genetic diversity patterns and demographic history.

This study presents a comprehensive catalog of genetic variation in Han Chinese using whole-genome sequencing, revealing population structure, admixture, and loci under local adaptation.

The paper analyzes ancient genomic DNA from two cemeteries associated with the Longobards to study social organization and migration patterns in 6th-century Europe.

The paper presents two methods for inferring population structure and admixture proportions in low depth NGS data using PCAngsd framework.

This study applies Y-chromosome capture-enrichment to ancient DNA libraries, showing increased recovery of Y-DNA sequences and enabling haplogroup assignment.

TranslucentID identifies contributors in saturated DNA SNP mixtures by desaturating them using minor allele ratios, improving detection confidence in forensic analysis.

The paper demonstrates how to assess the reliability of genetic clustering results from STRUCTURE/ADMIXTURE using simulated and real data with badMIXTURE.

This study reanalyzes ancient Eurasian DNA data using a broader reference panel, revealing greater ancestral heterogeneity and new insights into population movements and ancestry transitions.

This study sequenced and analyzed genomes from Native American and mestizo populations in Peru to reconstruct their demographic history and genetic admixture patterns.

This paper compares SNP selection and concordance across three DTC genetic testing platforms, finding low SNP overlap and platform-specific strategies for ancestry determination.

This study investigates the ability to re-identify individuals through long-range familial searches in consumer genomics databases, finding that half of European-descent searches could yield close matches enabling re-identification.

Loter is a software package for local ancestry inference across species, showing robustness to admixture time and outperforming existing tools in simulations.

The paper investigates mito-nuclear incompatibility in admixed populations, finding that mtDNA copy number decreases with increasing discordance between nuclear and mitochondrial ancestry.

The paper shows linkage disequilibrium can identify relatives using nonoverlapping genetic markers, with 30-36% accuracy for parent-offspring and sib pairs.

This paper analyzes ancient genomes from North Africa to show prehistoric migrations brought genetic influences from both the Levant and Europe to the Maghreb.

This paper introduces a stainless-steel mortar and pestle design for efficient ancient bone fragmentation, improving sample throughput and ease of use.

This paper introduces CubSFS, a method to estimate population size changes from the site frequency spectrum using cubic splines and validates it on simulated and human population data.

This study analyzes genome-wide data from inner Eurasian populations to characterize genetic admixture patterns and their historical context.

The paper analyzes genome-wide SNP data to assess Sephardic ancestry in Iberian Peninsula populations and surrounding regions, finding evidence of recent Sephardic admixture and challenges in ancestry assignment.