Search Results - "Vågene, Åshild J."
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A seventeenth-century Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome supports a Neolithic emergence of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Published in Genome Biology (10-08-2020)“…Background Although tuberculosis accounts for the highest mortality from a bacterial infection on a global scale, questions persist regarding its origin. One…”
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A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch
Published in Nature communications (17-12-2019)“…The rise of ancient genomics has revolutionised our understanding of human prehistory but this work depends on the availability of suitable samples. Here we…”
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Geographically dispersed zoonotic tuberculosis in pre-contact South American human populations
Published in Nature communications (07-03-2022)“…Previous ancient DNA research has shown that Mycobacterium pinnipedii , which today causes tuberculosis (TB) primarily in pinnipeds, infected human populations…”
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Differential preservation of endogenous human and microbial DNA in dental calculus and dentin
Published in Scientific reports (29-06-2018)“…Dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) is prevalent in archaeological skeletal collections and is a rich source of oral microbiome and host-derived ancient…”
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Multi-omic detection of Mycobacterium leprae in archaeological human dental calculus
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (23-11-2020)“…Mineralized dental plaque (calculus) has proven to be an excellent source of ancient biomolecules. Here we present a Mycobacterium leprae genome (6.6-fold),…”
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Salmonella enterica genomes from victims of a major sixteenth-century epidemic in Mexico
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-03-2018)“…Indigenous populations of the Americas experienced high mortality rates during the early contact period as a result of infectious diseases, many of which were…”
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Parallel detection of ancient pathogens via array-based DNA capture
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (19-01-2015)“…DNA capture coupled with next generation sequencing is highly suitable for the study of ancient pathogens. Screening for pathogens can, however, be meticulous…”
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Population resequencing of European mitochondrial genomes highlights sex-bias in Bronze Age demographic expansions
Published in Scientific reports (21-09-2017)“…Interpretations of genetic data concerning the prehistory of Europe have long been a subject of great debate, but increasing amounts of ancient and modern DNA…”
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The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect
Published in Science advances (24-09-2021)“…The origin, development, and legacy of the enigmatic Etruscan civilization from the central region of the Italian peninsula known as Etruria have been debated…”
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Emergence of human-adapted Salmonella enterica is linked to the Neolithization process
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-03-2020)“…It has been hypothesized that the Neolithic transition towards an agricultural and pastoralist economy facilitated the emergence of human-adapted pathogens…”
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Community-curated and standardised metadata of published ancient metagenomic samples with AncientMetagenomeDir
Published in Scientific data (26-01-2021)“…Ancient DNA and RNA are valuable data sources for a wide range of disciplines. Within the field of ancient metagenomics, the number of published genetic…”
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Ancient Metagenomic Studies: Considerations for the Wider Scientific Community
Published in mSystems (21-12-2021)“…Like modern metagenomics, ancient metagenomics is a highly data-rich discipline, with the added challenge that the DNA of interest is degraded and, depending…”
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Facilitating accessible, rapid, and appropriate processing of ancient metagenomic data with AMDirT [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations]
Published in F1000 research (01-01-2023)“…Background Access to sample-level metadata is important when selecting public metagenomic sequencing datasets for reuse in new biological analyses. The…”
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Facilitating accessible, rapid, and appropriate processing of ancient metagenomic data with AMDirT [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Published in F1000 research (2023)“…Background: Access to sample-level metadata is important when selecting public metagenomic sequencing datasets for reuse in new biological analyses. The…”
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The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool
Published in Nature (London) (06-10-2022)“…The history of the British Isles and Ireland is characterized by multiple periods of major cultural change, including the influential transformation after the…”
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Corroborating written history with ancient DNA: The case of the Well-man described in an Old Norse saga
Published in iScience (15-11-2024)“…The potential of ancient DNA analyses to provide independent sources of information about events in the historical record remains to be demonstrated. Here we…”
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Parallel detection of ancient pathogens via array-based DNA capture
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (19-01-2015)“…DNA capture coupled with next generation sequencing is highly suitable for the study of ancient pathogens. Screening for pathogens can, however, be meticulous…”
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