Torsten Günther
Universitetslektor vid Institutionen för organismbiologi; Människans evolution
- Telefon:
- 018-471 26 97
- E-post:
- torsten.gunther@ebc.uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- EBC - Norbyvägen 18 C
- Postadress:
- Norbyvägen 18 C
752 36 UPPSALA
Universitetslektor vid Institutionen för organismbiologi; Människans evolution
- E-post:
- torsten.gunther@ebc.uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- EBC - Norbyvägen 18 C
- Postadress:
- Norbyvägen 18 C
752 36 UPPSALA
- Akademiska meriter:
- PhD, Docent
- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-9460-390X
Kort presentation
I am a computational biologist with an interest in evolutionary biology and population genomics. With my team and international collaborators, I am studying the history of humans and domestic animals in Europe, using large genomic datasets from modern and ancient populations analyzed with state-of-the-art computational tools. My group is also actively developing such open-access tools that are widely used by the research community.
Find out more on my Group's website: http://www.gunther-lab.org
Biografi
Employments and Education
- Current position (since 2016, permanent employment): Researcher (Group Leader since 2018) at the Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
- 2013-2015: Postdoc, Uppsala University (Wenner-Gren Fellowship)
- 2013: Postdoc, University of Hohenheim, Germany
- 2011-2012: Visiting PhD student, University of California, Davis, USA
- 2009-2013: PhD student, University of Hohenheim, Germany
- 2003-2008: Diploma in Bioinformatics (equivalent to MSc), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Additional appointments and achievements
- SciLifeLab Group Leader (since 2024)
- Senior Bioinformatics Advisor, SciLifeLab Ancient DNA Unit (since 2023)
- Docent Biology with Specialization in Human Evolution and Genetics (since 2022)
- Editorial Board Member: Human Population Genetics and Genomics (since 2020)
- Recommender (comparable to Academic Editor) for the Peer Communities in Evolutionary Biology (since 2017) and Genomics (since 2022)

Publikationer
Urval av publikationer
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Ingår i Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI för Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman's territory
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman's territory
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The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
Ingår i eLIFE, 2025
- DOI för The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
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Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI för Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
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READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
Ingår i Genome Biology, 2024
- DOI för READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
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Ingår i Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI för Ancient Sheep Genomes reveal four Millennia of North European Short-Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea region
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Ancient Sheep Genomes reveal four Millennia of North European Short-Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea region
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The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
Ingår i Molecular biology and evolution, 2024
- DOI för The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
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Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
Ingår i Nature, s. 550-556, 2023
- DOI för Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
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Ingår i PLOS Genetics, 2019
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Ingår i PLoS biology, 2018
- DOI för Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation
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Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, s. 3428-3433, 2018
Senaste publikationer
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Ingår i Scientific Reports, 2026
- DOI för Genetic diversity and conservation implications for European Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus): Insights from mitochondrial D-loop HVR1
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genetic diversity and conservation implications for European Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus): Insights from mitochondrial D-loop HVR1
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Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers
Ingår i Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2026
- DOI för Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers
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Gone With the Wind: Exploring A Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone In The Sahara Desert
Ingår i Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI för Gone With the Wind: Exploring A Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone In The Sahara Desert
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Gone With the Wind: Exploring A Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone In The Sahara Desert
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Ingår i iScience, 2025
- DOI för Paleogenomic evidence on the temporal continuity of indigenous goat exploitation in the Canary Islands
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Paleogenomic evidence on the temporal continuity of indigenous goat exploitation in the Canary Islands
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Ingår i G3, 2025
- DOI för Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias
Alla publikationer
Artiklar i tidskrift
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Ingår i Scientific Reports, 2026
- DOI för Genetic diversity and conservation implications for European Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus): Insights from mitochondrial D-loop HVR1
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genetic diversity and conservation implications for European Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus): Insights from mitochondrial D-loop HVR1
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Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers
Ingår i Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2026
- DOI för Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers
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Gone With the Wind: Exploring A Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone In The Sahara Desert
Ingår i Ecology and Evolution, 2025
- DOI för Gone With the Wind: Exploring A Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone In The Sahara Desert
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Gone With the Wind: Exploring A Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone In The Sahara Desert
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Ingår i iScience, 2025
- DOI för Paleogenomic evidence on the temporal continuity of indigenous goat exploitation in the Canary Islands
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Paleogenomic evidence on the temporal continuity of indigenous goat exploitation in the Canary Islands
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Ingår i G3, 2025
- DOI för Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias
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Ingår i Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI för Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman's territory
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman's territory
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Revised phylogeny of mouflon based on expanded sampling of mitogenomes
Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI för Revised phylogeny of mouflon based on expanded sampling of mitogenomes
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Revised phylogeny of mouflon based on expanded sampling of mitogenomes
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The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
Ingår i eLIFE, 2025
- DOI för The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
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Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI för Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
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READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
Ingår i Genome Biology, 2024
- DOI för READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
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Ingår i Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI för Ancient Sheep Genomes reveal four Millennia of North European Short-Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea region
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Ancient Sheep Genomes reveal four Millennia of North European Short-Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea region
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Ingår i Ecology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI för A Tale of Two Lakes: Divergent Evolutionary Trajectories of Two Daphnia Populations Experiencing Distinct Environments
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av A Tale of Two Lakes: Divergent Evolutionary Trajectories of Two Daphnia Populations Experiencing Distinct Environments
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The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
Ingår i Molecular biology and evolution, 2024
- DOI för The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
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Ingår i Journal of Archaeological Science, 2024
- DOI för Sex estimation using long bones in the largest burial site of the Copper Age: Linear discriminant analysis and random forest
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Sex estimation using long bones in the largest burial site of the Copper Age: Linear discriminant analysis and random forest
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Ingår i Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI för Population Genomic History of the Endangered Anatolian and Cyprian Mouflons in Relation to Worldwide Wild, Feral, and Domestic Sheep Lineages
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Population Genomic History of the Endangered Anatolian and Cyprian Mouflons in Relation to Worldwide Wild, Feral, and Domestic Sheep Lineages
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Demographic reconstruction of the Western sheep expansion from whole-genome sequences
Ingår i G3, 2023
- DOI för Demographic reconstruction of the Western sheep expansion from whole-genome sequences
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Demographic reconstruction of the Western sheep expansion from whole-genome sequences
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Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe
Ingår i Communications Biology, 2023
- DOI för Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe
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Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
Ingår i Nature, s. 550-556, 2023
- DOI för Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
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Ingår i PLOS Genetics, 2023
- DOI för Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK
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The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 4743-4751000000, 2022
- DOI för The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic
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Ingår i Royal Society Open Science, 2022
- DOI för Ancient DNA from a 2700-year-old goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) supports gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Ancient DNA from a 2700-year-old goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) supports gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia
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Ingår i Journal of Archaeological Science, 2022
- DOI för Multidisciplinary investigation reveals an individual of West African origin buried in a Portuguese Mesolithic shell midden four centuries ago
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Multidisciplinary investigation reveals an individual of West African origin buried in a Portuguese Mesolithic shell midden four centuries ago
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Bioarchaeological evidence of one of the earliest Islamic burials in the Levant
Ingår i Communications Biology, 2022
- DOI för Bioarchaeological evidence of one of the earliest Islamic burials in the Levant
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Bioarchaeological evidence of one of the earliest Islamic burials in the Levant
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Ingår i Communications Biology, 2021
- DOI för Archaeogenetic analysis of Neolithic sheep from Anatolia suggests a complex demographic history since domestication
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Archaeogenetic analysis of Neolithic sheep from Anatolia suggests a complex demographic history since domestication
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Genome of Peştera Muierii skull shows high diversity and low mutational load in pre-glacial Europe
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 2973-U21, 2021
- DOI för Genome of Peştera Muierii skull shows high diversity and low mutational load in pre-glacial Europe
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genome of Peştera Muierii skull shows high diversity and low mutational load in pre-glacial Europe
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Disentangling adaptation from drift in bottlenecked and reintroduced populations of Alpine ibex
Ingår i Molecular Ecology Resources, s. 2350-2363, 2021
- DOI för Disentangling adaptation from drift in bottlenecked and reintroduced populations of Alpine ibex
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Disentangling adaptation from drift in bottlenecked and reintroduced populations of Alpine ibex
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Mobility patterns in inland southwestern Sweden during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
Ingår i Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021
- DOI för Mobility patterns in inland southwestern Sweden during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Mobility patterns in inland southwestern Sweden during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
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Human population dynamics and Yersinia pestis in ancient northeast Asia
Ingår i Science Advances, 2021
- DOI för Human population dynamics and Yersinia pestis in ancient northeast Asia
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Human population dynamics and Yersinia pestis in ancient northeast Asia
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Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 2455-2.468e+21, 2021
- DOI för Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes
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Ingår i Molecular biology and evolution, s. 2944-2954, 2020
- DOI för Khoe-San Genomes Reveal Unique Variation and Confirm the Deepest Population Divergence in Homo sapiens
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Khoe-San Genomes Reveal Unique Variation and Confirm the Deepest Population Divergence in Homo sapiens
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Ingår i Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI för Robust genome-wide ancestry inference for heterogeneous datasets: illustrated using the 1,000 genome project with 3D facial images
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Robust genome-wide ancestry inference for heterogeneous datasets: illustrated using the 1,000 genome project with 3D facial images
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Ingår i American Journal of Physical Anthropology, s. 638-649, 2020
- DOI för The Neolithic Pitted Ware culture foragers were culturally but not genetically influenced by the Battle Axe culture herders
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The Neolithic Pitted Ware culture foragers were culturally but not genetically influenced by the Battle Axe culture herders
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Viking warrior women?: Reassessing Birka chamber grave Bj.581
Ingår i Antiquity, s. 181-198, 2019
- DOI för Viking warrior women?: Reassessing Birka chamber grave Bj.581
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Viking warrior women?: Reassessing Birka chamber grave Bj.581
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Ingår i PLOS Genetics, 2019
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Ingår i BMC Biotechnology, 2019
- DOI för Copy number determination of the gene for the human pancreatic polypeptide receptor NPY4R using read depth analysis and droplet digital PCR.
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Copy number determination of the gene for the human pancreatic polypeptide receptor NPY4R using read depth analysis and droplet digital PCR.
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Ingår i Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2019
- DOI för The genomic ancestry of the Scandinavian Battle Axe Culture people and their relation to the broader Corded Ware horizon
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The genomic ancestry of the Scandinavian Battle Axe Culture people and their relation to the broader Corded Ware horizon
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Genetic data and radiocarbon dating question Plovers Lake as a Middle Stone Age hominin-bearing site
Ingår i Journal of Human Evolution, s. 203-209, 2019
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Ingår i PLoS biology, 2018
- DOI för Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation
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Estimating genetic kin relationships in prehistoric populations
Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2018
- DOI för Estimating genetic kin relationships in prehistoric populations
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Estimating genetic kin relationships in prehistoric populations
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Genomic and Strontium Isotope Variation Reveal Immigration Patterns in a Viking Age Town
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 2730-27380000000000, 2018
- DOI för Genomic and Strontium Isotope Variation Reveal Immigration Patterns in a Viking Age Town
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genomic and Strontium Isotope Variation Reveal Immigration Patterns in a Viking Age Town
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Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, s. 3428-3433, 2018
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Ingår i Current Biology, s. 3396-3402, 2017
- DOI för Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans
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Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago
Ingår i Science, s. 652-655, 2017
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Ingår i PLOS Genetics, 2017
- DOI för Northeast African genomic variation shaped by the continuity of indigenous groups and Eurasian migrations
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Northeast African genomic variation shaped by the continuity of indigenous groups and Eurasian migrations
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A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics
Ingår i American Journal of Physical Anthropology, s. 853-860, 2017
- DOI för A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics
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Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017
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Neolithic familial migration contrasts Bronze Age male migration inferred from ancient X chromosomes
Ingår i American Journal of Physical Anthropology, s. 196-196, 2017
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Ancient X chromosomes reveal contrasting sex bias in Neolithic and Bronze Age Eurasian migrations
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, s. 2657-2662, 2017
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Inferring Past Effective Population Size from Distributions of Coalescent Times
Ingår i Genetics, s. 1191-1206, 2016
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The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 2659-2666, 2016
- DOI för The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia
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Genomic Evidence Establishes Anatolia as the Source of the European Neolithic Gene Pool
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 270-275, 2016
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Ingår i Scientific Reports, 2016
- DOI för The mitogenome of a 35,000-year-old Homo sapiens from Europe supports a Palaeolithic back-migration to Africa
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The mitogenome of a 35,000-year-old Homo sapiens from Europe supports a Palaeolithic back-migration to Africa
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Ingår i Molecular Ecology, s. 3574-3592, 2016
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Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, s. 11917-11922, 2015
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Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers
Ingår i Science, s. 747-750, 2014
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Robust identification of local adaptation from allele frequencies.
Ingår i Genetics, s. 205-20, 2013
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Ingår i Molecular biology and evolution, s. 561-8, 2013
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Islands and streams: clusters and gene flow in wild barley populations from the Levant.
Ingår i Molecular Ecology, s. 1115-29, 2012
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Ingår i Omics, s. 507-12, 2011
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phenosim--A software to simulate phenotypes for testing in genome-wide association studies.
Ingår i BMC Bioinformatics, s. 265, 2011
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Ingår i BMC research notes, s. 232, 2011
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Whole-genome sequencing of multiple Arabidopsis thaliana populations.
Ingår i Nature genetics, s. 956-63, 2011
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Ingår i BMC Genomics, s. 188, 2010
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Deleterious amino acid polymorphisms in Arabidopsis thaliana and rice.
Ingår i Theoretical and Applied Genetics, s. 157-68, 2010
Artiklar, forskningsöversikt
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Genes mirror migrations and cultures in prehistoric Europe - a population genomic perspective
Ingår i Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, s. 115-123, 2016
Manuskript (preprint)
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Matrilineal phylogeography of wild and feral sheep from the Mediterranean and the Middle East
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The genomic history of the Iberian hunter-gatherers, from the Late Pleistocene to the Early Holocene
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Who were the Mesolithic people: the archaeogenomic perspective
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Genetic contrasts and connections between parallel cultures in Neolithic Scandinavia