Search Results - "Naidoo, Thijessen"
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Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-09-2015)“…The consequences of the Neolithic transition in Europe—one of the most important cultural changes in human prehistory—is a subject of great interest. However,…”
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aMeta: an accurate and memory-efficient ancient metagenomic profiling workflow
Published in Genome Biology (23-10-2023)“…Abstract Analysis of microbial data from archaeological samples is a growing field with great potential for understanding ancient environments, lifestyles, and…”
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READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
Published in Genome Biology (12-08-2024)“…The advent of genome-wide ancient DNA analysis has revolutionized our understanding of prehistoric societies. However, studying biological relatedness in these…”
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Patterns of variation in cis-regulatory regions: examining evidence of purifying selection
Published in BMC genomics (26-01-2018)“…With only 2 % of the human genome consisting of protein coding genes, functionality across the rest of the genome has been the subject of much debate. This has…”
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SNaPshot minisequencing to resolve mitochondrial macro-haplogroups found in Africa
Published in Electrophoresis (01-11-2009)“…African mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups are divided into seven macro-haplogroups (L0'1'2'3'4'5'6), while the rest of the world's lineages are classified…”
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Khoe-San Genomes Reveal Unique Variation and Confirm the Deepest Population Divergence in Homo sapiens
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-10-2020)“…Abstract The southern African indigenous Khoe-San populations harbor the most divergent lineages of all living peoples. Exploring their genomes is key to…”
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Integrating multi-taxon palaeogenomes and sedimentary ancient DNA to study past ecosystem dynamics
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (25-08-2021)“…Ancient DNA (aDNA) has played a major role in our understanding of the past. Important advances in the sequencing and analysis of aDNA from a range of…”
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Y-Chromosome Variation in Southern African Khoe-San Populations Based on Whole-Genome Sequences
Published in Genome biology and evolution (01-07-2020)“…Abstract Although the human Y chromosome has effectively shown utility in uncovering facets of human evolution and population histories, the ascertainment bias…”
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Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis
Published in Science advances (30-08-2024)“…Between the 8th and 11th centuries CE, the Iberian Peninsula underwent profound upheaval due to the Umayyad invasion against the Visigoths, resulting in…”
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Development of a single base extension method to resolve Y chromosome haplogroups in sub-Saharan African populations
Published in Investigative genetics (01-09-2010)“…The ability of the Y chromosome to retain a record of its evolution has seen it become an essential tool of molecular anthropology. In the last few years,…”
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