The promise of paleogenomics beyond our own species

K Brunson, D Reich - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
Paleogenomics, also known as genome-wide ancient DNA analysis, is transforming our
understanding of the human past, but has been much less intensively used to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Embracing heterogeneity: coalescing the Tree of Life and the future of phylogenomics

GA Bravo, A Antonelli, CD Bacon, K Bartoszek… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
ABSTRACT Building the Tree of Life (ToL) is a major challenge of modern biology, requiring
advances in cyberinfrastructure, data collection, theory, and more. Here, we argue that …

[HTML][HTML] Paleogenomics: reconstruction of plant evolutionary trajectories from modern and ancient DNA

C Pont, S Wagner, A Kremer, L Orlando, C Plomion… - Genome Biology, 2019 - Springer
How contemporary plant genomes originated and evolved is a fascinating question. One
approach uses reference genomes from extant species to reconstruct the sequence and …

SPLATCHE3: simulation of serial genetic data under spatially explicit evolutionary scenarios including long-distance dispersal

M Currat, M Arenas, CS Quilodran, L Excoffier… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
SPLATCHE3 simulates genetic data under a variety of spatially explicit evolutionary
scenarios, extending previous versions of the framework. The new capabilities include long …

Broadening the taxonomic scope of coral reef palaeoecological studies using ancient DNA

M del Carmen Gomez Cabrera, JM Young… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Marine environments face acute pressures from human impacts, often resulting in
substantial changes in community structure. On the inshore Great Barrier Reef (GBR) …

Balancing analytical goals and anthropological stewardship in the midst of the paleogenomics revolution

KA Sirak, JW Sedig - World Archaeology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Ancient DNA research is on a trajectory of rapid growth and is becoming an increasingly
important part of the archaeologist's toolkit. In this paper, we situate the current relationship …

The Sicilian wolf: genetic identity of a recently extinct insular population

FM Angelici, MM Ciucani, S Angelini, F Annesi… - Zoological science, 2019 - BioOne
Historically, many local grey wolf (Canis lupus) populations have undergone substantial
reductions in size or become extinct. Among these, the wolf population once living in Sicily …

Maximum likelihood estimation of natural selection and allele age from time series data of allele frequencies

Z He, X Dai, M Beaumont, F Yu - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Thanks to advances in ancient DNA preparation and sequencing techniques, time serial
samples of segregating alleles are becoming more widely available in ancestral …

Demographic expansion and contraction in a neotropical fish during the late pleistocene-holocene

CLN Costa, SI Perez, J Louvise… - Open Journal of …, 2019 - sedici.unlp.edu.ar
Demographic changes during the late Pleistocene-Holocene left signatures in the DNA of
contemporary populations. These signatures reveal demographic phenomena like the …

[PDF][PDF] Archive ouverte UNIGE

M Currat, M Arenas, C Quilodran, L Excoffier… - 2019 - access.archive-ouverte.unige.ch
SPLATCHE3 simulates genetic data under a variety of spatially explicit evolutionary
scenarios, extending previous versions of the framework. The new capabilities include long …