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Mariam Nawaz

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Research Focus:clustering· 3 Assay:DNA methylation· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Ancient DNA reveals matrilineal organisation and recurrent unions between dominant matrilines in Iron Age Britain

Íñigo Olalde, Ian Armit, Lindsey Büster, Malcolm C. Lillie, Estibalitz Urkixo F. de Zuazo, Harald Ringbauer, Ali Akbari, Laura Castells Navarro, Diego Esteve-Gomez, Helen Goodchild, Derek Hamilton, Nuria Puig i Riera, Almudena Sánchez-Sanz, Jo Buckberry, Chelsea E. Budd, , David Reich

The paper uses ancient DNA to show matrilineal kinship structures and recurrent unions between dominant maternal groups in Iron Age Britain.

bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

Buried in two places: Lineages from elite Maya tombs also found in distant caves

Esther S. Brielle, Elizabeth Dorgay, Douglas J. Kennett, Jose Mes, Emily Moes, Nadia C. Neff, Anna C. Novotny, Esteban Rangel, Erin E. Ray, Mark Edward Robinson, Amy E. Thompson, Monica Warner, Ali Akbari, Kimberly A. Callan, Ella Caughran, , Keith M. Prufer

The paper analyzes genetic data from Maya tombs and caves to show that elite lineages extended their ancestral connections across distant locations.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

Subsistence transition preceded population turnover in the eastern Colombian Andes

Kendra A. Sirak, Miguel Delgado, Angélica Triana, Sebastian Rivas, Pedro Argüello, Ana María Boada, Javier Sandoval, Germán Peña, Carl Henrik Langebaek, Juan Pablo Ospina, Sonia Archila, Saul Torres Orjuela, Martha Mejia Cano, Freddy Rodríguez, Alison R. Barton, , David Reich

The paper uses ancient DNA data from the eastern Colombian Andes to show that subsistence changes involving maize occurred without population replacement, followed by a major genetic turnover linked to the Herrera culture.

bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2026 · PreprintGenetics