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Maternal ancestry and population history from whole mitochondrial genomes by Kivisild, Toomas

“…MtDNA has been a widely used tool in human evolutionary and population genetic studies over the past three decades. Its maternal inheritance and lack of…”
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Evaluating genotype imputation pipeline for ultra-low coverage ancient genomes by Hui, Ruoyun, D’Atanasio, Eugenia, Cassidy, Lara M., Scheib, Christiana L., Kivisild, Toomas

“…Although ancient DNA data have become increasingly more important in studies about past populations, it is often not feasible or practical to obtain high…”
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Use of y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA population structure in tracing human migrations by Underhill, Peter A, Kivisild, Toomas

“…Well-resolved molecular gene trees illustrate the concept of descent with modification and exhibit the opposing processes of drift and migration, both of which…”
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Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes by Spyrou, Maria A., Keller, Marcel, Tukhbatova, Rezeda I., Scheib, Christiana L., Nelson, Elizabeth A., Andrades Valtueña, Aida, Neumann, Gunnar U., Walker, Don, Alterauge, Amelie, Carty, Niamh, Cessford, Craig, Fetz, Hermann, Gourvennec, Michaël, Hartle, Robert, Henderson, Michael, von Heyking, Kristin, Inskip, Sarah A., Kacki, Sacha, Key, Felix M., Knox, Elizabeth L., Later, Christian, Maheshwari-Aplin, Prishita, Peters, Joris, Robb, John E., Schreiber, Jürgen, Kivisild, Toomas, Castex, Dominique, Lösch, Sandra, Harbeck, Michaela, Herbig, Alexander, Bos, Kirsten I., Krause, Johannes

“…The second plague pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis , devastated Europe and the nearby regions between the 14 th and 18 th centuries AD. Here we analyse…”
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A “Copernican” Reassessment of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Tree from its Root by Behar, Doron M., van Oven, Mannis, Rosset, Saharon, Metspalu, Mait, Loogväli, Eva-Liis, Silva, Nuno M., Kivisild, Toomas, Torroni, Antonio, Villems, Richard

“…Mutational events along the human mtDNA phylogeny are traditionally identified relative to the revised Cambridge Reference Sequence, a contemporary European…”
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Tracing the Route of Modern Humans out of Africa by Using 225 Human Genome Sequences from Ethiopians and Egyptians by Pagani, Luca, Schiffels, Stephan, Gurdasani, Deepti, Danecek, Petr, Scally, Aylwyn, Chen, Yuan, Xue, Yali, Haber, Marc, Ekong, Rosemary, Oljira, Tamiru, Mekonnen, Ephrem, Luiselli, Donata, Bradman, Neil, Bekele, Endashaw, Zalloua, Pierre, Durbin, Richard, Kivisild, Toomas, Tyler-Smith, Chris

“…The predominantly African origin of all modern human populations is well established, but the route taken out of Africa is still unclear. Two alternative…”
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Y Chromosome Sequences Reveal a Short Beringian Standstill, Rapid Expansion, and early Population structure of Native American Founders by Pinotti, Thomaz, Bergström, Anders, Geppert, Maria, Bawn, Matt, Ohasi, Dominique, Shi, Wentao, Lacerda, Daniela R., Solli, Arne, Norstedt, Jakob, Reed, Kate, Dawtry, Kim, González-Andrade, Fabricio, Paz-y-Miño, Cesar, Revollo, Susana, Cuellar, Cinthia, Jota, Marilza S., Santos, José E., Ayub, Qasim, Kivisild, Toomas, Sandoval, José R., Fujita, Ricardo, Xue, Yali, Roewer, Lutz, Santos, Fabrício R., Tyler-Smith, Chris

“…The Americas were the last inhabitable continents to be occupied by humans, with a growing multidisciplinary consensus for entry 15–25 thousand years ago (kya)…”
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The genetic legacy of the expansion of Turkic-speaking nomads across Eurasia by Yunusbayev, Bayazit, Metspalu, Mait, Metspalu, Ene, Valeev, Albert, Litvinov, Sergei, Valiev, Ruslan, Akhmetova, Vita, Balanovska, Elena, Balanovsky, Oleg, Turdikulova, Shahlo, Dalimova, Dilbar, Nymadawa, Pagbajabyn, Bahmanimehr, Ardeshir, Sahakyan, Hovhannes, Tambets, Kristiina, Fedorova, Sardana, Barashkov, Nikolay, Khidiyatova, Irina, Mihailov, Evelin, Khusainova, Rita, Damba, Larisa, Derenko, Miroslava, Malyarchuk, Boris, Osipova, Ludmila, Voevoda, Mikhail, Yepiskoposyan, Levon, Kivisild, Toomas, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Villems, Richard

“…The Turkic peoples represent a diverse collection of ethnic groups defined by the Turkic languages. These groups have dispersed across a vast area, including…”
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Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations by Tambets, Kristiina, Yunusbayev, Bayazit, Hudjashov, Georgi, Ilumäe, Anne-Mai, Rootsi, Siiri, Honkola, Terhi, Vesakoski, Outi, Atkinson, Quentin, Skoglund, Pontus, Kushniarevich, Alena, Litvinov, Sergey, Reidla, Maere, Metspalu, Ene, Saag, Lehti, Rantanen, Timo, Karmin, Monika, Parik, Jüri, Zhadanov, Sergey I, Gubina, Marina, Damba, Larisa D, Bermisheva, Marina, Reisberg, Tuuli, Dibirova, Khadizhat, Evseeva, Irina, Nelis, Mari, Klovins, Janis, Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tõnu, Balanovsky, Oleg, Balanovska, Elena, Khusnutdinova, Elza K, Osipova, Ludmila P, Voevoda, Mikhail, Villems, Richard, Kivisild, Toomas, Metspalu, Mait

“…The genetic origins of Uralic speakers from across a vast territory in the temperate zone of North Eurasia have remained elusive. Previous studies have shown…”
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An invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection in an Anglo-Saxon plague victim by Guellil, Meriam, Keller, Marcel, Dittmar, Jenna M, Inskip, Sarah A, Cessford, Craig, Solnik, Anu, Kivisild, Toomas, Metspalu, Mait, Robb, John E, Scheib, Christiana L

“…The human pathogen Haemophilus influenzae was the main cause of bacterial meningitis in children and a major cause of worldwide infant mortality before the…”
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A Selective Sweep on a Deleterious Mutation in CPT1A in Arctic Populations by Clemente, Florian J., Cardona, Alexia, Inchley, Charlotte E., Peter, Benjamin M., Jacobs, Guy, Pagani, Luca, Lawson, Daniel J., Antão, Tiago, Vicente, Mário, Mitt, Mario, DeGiorgio, Michael, Faltyskova, Zuzana, Xue, Yali, Ayub, Qasim, Szpak, Michal, Mägi, Reedik, Eriksson, Anders, Manica, Andrea, Raghavan, Maanasa, Rasmussen, Morten, Rasmussen, Simon, Willerslev, Eske, Vidal-Puig, Antonio, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Villems, Richard, Nielsen, Rasmus, Metspalu, Mait, Malyarchuk, Boris, Derenko, Miroslava, Kivisild, Toomas

“…Arctic populations live in an environment characterized by extreme cold and the absence of plant foods for much of the year and are likely to have undergone…”
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Genome-wide analysis of cold adaptation in indigenous Siberian populations by Cardona, Alexia, Pagani, Luca, Antao, Tiago, Lawson, Daniel J, Eichstaedt, Christina A, Yngvadottir, Bryndis, Shwe, Ma Than Than, Wee, Joseph, Romero, Irene Gallego, Raj, Srilakshmi, Metspalu, Mait, Villems, Richard, Willerslev, Eske, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Malyarchuk, Boris A, Derenko, Miroslava V, Kivisild, Toomas

“…Following the dispersal out of Africa, where hominins evolved in warm environments for millions of years, our species has colonised different climate zones of…”
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The Andean adaptive toolkit to counteract high altitude maladaptation: genome-wide and phenotypic analysis of the Collas by Eichstaedt, Christina A, Antão, Tiago, Pagani, Luca, Cardona, Alexia, Kivisild, Toomas, Mormina, Maru

“…During their migrations out of Africa, humans successfully colonised and adapted to a wide range of habitats, including extreme high altitude environments,…”
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Reconstructing the Origin of Andaman Islanders by Thangaraj, Kumarasamy, Chaubey, Gyaneshwer, Kivisild, Toomas, Reddy, Alla G, Singh, Vijay Kumar, Rasalkar, Avinash A, Singh, Lalji

“…The origin of the Andaman "Negrito" and Nicobar "Mongoloid" populations has been ambiguous. Our analyses of complete mitochondrial DNA sequences from Onges and…”
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The role of contactin-associated protein-like 2 in neurodevelopmental disease and human cerebral cortex evolution by St George-Hyslop, Frances, Kivisild, Toomas, Livesey, Frederick J

“…The contactin-associated protein-like 2 gene is associated with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intellectual…”
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Beringian standstill and spread of Native American founders by Tamm, Erika, Kivisild, Toomas, Reidla, Maere, Metspalu, Mait, Smith, David Glenn, Mulligan, Connie J, Bravi, Claudio M, Rickards, Olga, Martinez-Labarga, Cristina, Khusnutdinova, Elsa K, Fedorova, Sardana A, Golubenko, Maria V, Stepanov, Vadim A, Gubina, Marina A, Zhadanov, Sergey I, Ossipova, Ludmila P, Damba, Larisa, Voevoda, Mikhail I, Dipierri, Jose E, Villems, Richard, Malhi, Ripan S

“…Native Americans derive from a small number of Asian founders who likely arrived to the Americas via Beringia. However, additional details about the initial…”
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Malagasy Genetic Ancestry Comes from an Historical Malay Trading Post in Southeast Borneo by Brucato, Nicolas, Kusuma, Pradiptajati, Cox, Murray P, Pierron, Denis, Purnomo, Gludhug A, Adelaar, Alexander, Kivisild, Toomas, Letellier, Thierry, Sudoyo, Herawati, Ricaut, François-Xavier

“…Malagasy genetic diversity results from an exceptional protoglobalization process that took place over a thousand years ago across the Indian Ocean. Previous…”
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The genetic legacy of continental scale admixture in Indian Austroasiatic speakers by Tätte, Kai, Pagani, Luca, Pathak, Ajai K., Kõks, Sulev, Ho Duy, Binh, Ho, Xuan Dung, Sultana, Gazi Nurun Nahar, Sharif, Mohd Istiaq, Asaduzzaman, Md, Behar, Doron M., Hadid, Yarin, Villems, Richard, Chaubey, Gyaneshwer, Kivisild, Toomas, Metspalu, Mait

“…Surrounded by speakers of Indo-European, Dravidian and Tibeto-Burman languages, around 11 million Munda (a branch of Austroasiatic language family) speakers…”
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Global patterns of diversity and selection in human tyrosinase gene by Hudjashov, Georgi, Villems, Richard, Kivisild, Toomas

“…Global variation in skin pigmentation is one of the most striking examples of environmental adaptation in humans. More than two hundred loci have been…”
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Multi-layered population structure in Island Southeast Asians by Mörseburg, Alexander, Pagani, Luca, Ricaut, Francois-Xavier, Yngvadottir, Bryndis, Harney, Eadaoin, Castillo, Cristina, Hoogervorst, Tom, Antao, Tiago, Kusuma, Pradiptajati, Brucato, Nicolas, Cardona, Alexia, Pierron, Denis, Letellier, Thierry, Wee, Joseph, Abdullah, Syafiq, Metspalu, Mait, Kivisild, Toomas

“…The history of human settlement in Southeast Asia has been complex and involved several distinct dispersal events. Here, we report the analyses of 1825…”
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