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A. J. Hansen

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Assay:metagenomics· 6 Assay:DNA methylation· 5 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 5 Approach:experimental assay· 5 Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Organism:multiple species· 2

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New insights into 4,000 years of resource economy across Greenland using ancient DNA

F. V. Seersholm, H. Harmsen, A. B. Gotfredsen, C. K. Madsen, J. F. Jensen, J. Hollesen, M. Meldgaard, M. Bunce, A. J. Hansen

This study uses ancient DNA analysis to reveal the resource economy of prehistoric Greenlandic communities over 4,000 years, showing reliance on marine resources like whales and fish.

bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2022Paleontology

Treated like dirt: Robust forensic and ecological inferences from soil eDNA after challenging sample storage

T. G. Froslev, R. Ejrnaes, A. J. Hansen, H. H. Bruun, I. B. Nielsen, F. Ekelund, M. Vestergard, R. Kjoller

This study assesses how storage duration and temperature affect soil eDNA metabarcoding results, finding minimal changes under 20°C for up to 28 days.

bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2021Ecology

Detecting flying insects using mega-nets and meta-barcoding

C. S. Svenningsen, T. G. Froslev, J. Bladt, L. B. Pedersen, J. C. Larsen, R. S. Ejrnaes, C. Flojgaard, A. J. Hansen, J. Heilmann-Clausen, R. R. Dunn, A. P. Tottrup

This study uses car nets and DNA metabarcoding to sample and analyze flying insect diversity across Denmark, detecting 15 out of 19 insect orders and 319 new species.

bioRxiv · Nov 19, 2020 · PreprintEcology

Ancient DNA reveals the lost domestication history of South American camelids in Northern Chile and across the Andes

P. Diaz-Maroto, A. R. de la Iglesia, I. C. Fasting, L. N. Atencio, M. V. Westbury, V. Varas, M. M. Vergara, P. F. Campos, P. Orozco-terWengel, J. C. Marin, A. J. Hansen

This study uses ancient DNA and osteometric analysis to reveal the domestication history of South American camelids, finding lost genetic diversity and evidence of early interbreeding.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Contrasting impacts of urban and farmland cover on flying insect biomass

C. S. Svenningsen, D. E. Bowler, S. Hecker, J. Bladt, V. Grescho, N. M. van Dam, J. Dauber, D. Eichenberg, R. Ejrnaes, C. Flojgaard, M. Frenzel, T. G. Froslev, A. J. Hansen, J. Heilmann-Clausen, Y. Huang, , A. Bonn

This study finds urban land cover negatively affects flying insect biomass, while farmland has a positive effect, with varying impacts across spatial scales in Denmark and Germany.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2020 · PreprintEcology

Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century Middle Iron Age Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ancestral sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome

R. F. Rifkin, S. Vikram, J.-B. J. Ramond, A. Rey-Iglesia, T. B. Brand, G. Porraz, A. Val, G. Hall, S. Woodborne, M. Le Bailly, M. Potgieter, S. J. Underdown, J. E. Koopman, D. A. Cowan, Y. Van de Peer, , A. J. Hansen

The paper analyzes a mid-15th century Bantu-speaker faecal specimen to understand the ancestral sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome and its response to dietary and environmental changes.

Microbiome · May 6, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

A systematic survey of regional multitaxon biodiversity: evaluating strategies and coverage

A. K. Brunbjerg, H. H. Bruun, L. Broendum, A. T. Classen, L. Dalby, K. Fog, T. G. Froeslev, I. Goldberg, A. J. Hansen, M. D. D. Hansen, T. T. Hoeye, A. A. Illum, T. Laessoee, G. Newman, L. Skipper, , R. Ejrnaes

The paper evaluates a sampling strategy for regional multitaxon biodiversity, finding high coverage and spatial variation in species richness across Denmark.

BMC Ecology · Oct 15, 2019Peer-reviewedEcology

Man against machine: Do fungal fruitbodies and eDNA give similar biodiversity assessments across broad environmental gradients?

T. G. Froeslev, R. Kjoeller, H. H. Bruun, R. Ejrnaes, A. J. Hansen, T. Laessoee, J. Heilmann-Clausen

This study compares fungal biodiversity assessments using eDNA-metabarcoding and fruitbody surveys across environmental gradients, finding convergence in some metrics but differences in others.

bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2018Ecology

Predicting provenance of forensic soil samples: soil DNA predicts habitat and environmental properties

C. Flojgaard, T. G. Froslev, A. K. Brunbjerg, H. H. Bruun, J. Moeslund, A. J. Hansen, R. Ejrnaes

The paper uses soil eDNA to predict environmental conditions, habitat types, and geographic regions, showing high accuracy for some variables but limitations in others.

bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2018Ecology

Modern wolves trace their origin to a late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia

L. Loog, O. Thalmann, M.-H. S. Sinding, V. J. Schuenemann, A. Perri, M. Germonpre, H. Bocherens, K. E. Witt, J. A. Samaniego Castruita, M. S. Velasco, I. K. C. Lundstrom, N. Wales, G. Sonet, L. Frantz, H. Schroeder, , A. Manica

This study traces the origin of modern wolves to a late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia, using ancient mitochondrial genomes and spatial-temporal modeling.

bioRxiv · Jul 18, 2018Evolutionary Biology