This paper shows that Crete is the likely origin of a family of related scripts that includes the
Cretan Hieroglyph, Linear A, Linear B and Cypriot syllabaries and the Greek, Phoenician …

This paper presents a novel semi-automatic translation method for the Phaistos Disk that
had no convincing translation for over a century. The method uses for a recently discovered …

This paper presents a translation of the Arkalochori Axe and the Malia Altar Stone
inscriptions, which are some of the longest known Cretan Hieroglyph inscriptions together …

This paper considers two types of protein data. First, data about protein function described in
a number of ways, such as, GO terms and PFAM families. Second, data about whether …

The invention of high-throughput sequencing has lead to an exponential increase in the
number of sequenced genomes in the last 20 years (Fig. 1.1)(1, 2). The relative ease at …

Crete was the birthplace of several ancient writings, including the Cretan Hieroglyphs, the
Linear A and the Linear B scripts. Out of these three only Linear B is deciphered. The sound …

The recent recovery of ancient DNA from a growing number of human samples shows that
mitochondrial DNA haplogroup I was introduced to Europe after the end of the Last Glacial …

For over a century the text of the Phaistos Disk remained an enigma without a convincing
translation. This paper presents a novel semi-automatic translation method that uses for the …

We introduce the idea of constructing hypothetical evolutionary trees using an incremental
algorithm that inserts species one-by-one into the current evolutionary tree. The method of …

The interface between the DnaG primase C-terminal domain (CTD) and the N-terminal
domain of DnaB helicase is essential for bacterial DNA replication because it allows …