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Antje Weihmann

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan

Stéphane Peyrégne, Diyendo Massilani, Yaniv Swiel, Michael James Boyle, Leonardo Nicola Martin Iasi, Arev Pelin Sümer, Alba Bossoms Mesa, Cesare de Filippo, Bence Viola, Elena Essel, Sarah Nagel, Júlia Richter, Antje Weihmann, Barbara Schellbach, Hugo Zeberg, , Janet F. Kelso

This paper presents a second high-quality Denisovan genome from a 200,000-year-old molar, revealing genetic contributions from multiple Denisovan groups and refining the Denisovan genetic lineage.

bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe

Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Kerttu Majander, Choongwon Jeong, Elina Salmela, Anna Wessman, Vyacheslav G. Moiseyev, Valeri I. Khartanovich, Oleg Pavlovich Balanovsky, Matthias Ongyerth, Antje Weihmann, Antti Sajantila, Janet F. Kelso, Svante Pääbo, Päivi Onkamo, Wolfgang Haak, , Stephan Schiffels

The paper analyzes ancient genomes from Finland and Northwest Russia to show Siberian ancestry in northern Europe dates back 3,500 years and influenced modern Uralic-speaking populations.

Nature Communications · Nov 21, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics

Long-term balancing selection in LAD1 maintains a missense trans-species polymorphism in humans, chimpanzees and bonobos

João C. Teixeira, Cesare de Filippo, Antje Weihmann, Juan R. Meneu, Fernando Racimo, Michael Dannemann, Birgit Nickel, Anne Fischer, Michel Halbwax, Claudine Andre, Rebeca Atencia, Matthias Meyer, Genís Parra, Svante Pääbo, Aida M. Andrés

Molecular Biology and Evolution · Feb 19, 2015Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology