B. M. Peter

Neandertal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans

The paper analyzes Neandertal ancestry in over 300 genomes to determine the timing and impact of gene flow from Neandertals to modern humans.

The evolutionary history of human spindle genes includes back-and-forth gene flow with Neandertals

The paper traces the evolutionary history of human spindle genes, revealing gene flow between modern humans and Neandertals, with some variants present in Neandertals and inherited by non-Africans.

Modelling complex population structure using F-statistics and Principal Component Analysis

This paper compares PCA and F-statistics for modeling human population structure, showing their relationship and developing new visualizations for genetic analysis.

An extended admixture pulse model reveals the limitations to Human-Neandertal introgression dating

This study introduces an extended admixture pulse model to estimate the timing and duration of Neandertal introgression into modern humans, finding that gene flow could have occurred over hundreds of generations.

Different historical generation intervals in human populations inferred from Neanderthal fragment lengths and patterns of mutation accumulation

The paper uses Neanderthal DNA fragment lengths in non-African genomes to infer historical differences in generation intervals across Eurasian populations.

Denisovan ancestry and population history of early East Asians

The paper analyzes the genome of a 34,000-year-old hominin from Mongolia, showing Denisovan ancestry and gene flow from West Eurasians in early East Asians.

100,000 years of gene flow between Neandertals and Denisovans in the Altai mountains

The paper uses a new population genetic method to show widespread gene flow between Neandertals and Denisovans in the Altai mountains over 100,000 years, with bidirectional admixture and no evidence of natural selection against it.

AuthentiCT: a model of ancient DNA damage to estimate the proportion of present-day DNA contamination

AuthentiCT estimates present-day DNA contamination in ancient DNA datasets using patterns of post-mortem damage, effective even with as few as 10,000 mapped sequences.

Genetic landscapes reveal how human genetic diversity aligns with geography

This paper uses spatially explicit methods to visualize human genetic diversity, revealing geographic patterns and factors influencing genetic differentiation.