P. Moorjani

50,000 years of Evolutionary History of India: Insights from ~2,700 Whole Genome Sequences

This study analyzes 2,762 whole genome sequences from diverse Indian populations to reconstruct 50,000 years of evolutionary history, revealing major admixture events and archaic hominin gene flow.

The MUC19 Gene: An Evolutionary History of Recurrent Introgression and Natural Selection

The paper identifies a Denisovan-like MUC19 haplotype in Indigenous Americans and Neanderthals, showing it is under positive selection and has high copy numbers of a tandem repeat.

Limited role of generation time changes in driving the evolution of mutation spectrum in humans

The paper examines how changes in generation time affect human mutation spectra, finding that such changes cannot fully explain observed mutation patterns, suggesting other factors are involved.

Reconstructing the spatiotemporal patterns of admixture during the European Holocene using a novel genomic dating method

This paper introduces DATES, a genomic dating method to infer admixture timing in ancient genomes, revealing key migration events in Europe during the Holocene.

Mutationathon: towards standardization in estimates of pedigree-based germline mutation rates

The paper evaluates variation in germline mutation rate estimates across labs using a standardized pedigree of rhesus macaques, highlighting methodological differences and the need for standardization.

Reconstructing the history of founder events using genome-wide patterns of allele sharing across individuals

This study introduces ASCEND, a method to infer founder events using allele sharing patterns, and applies it to human and dog populations, finding widespread recent founder events.

A comparison of humans and baboons suggests germline mutation rates do not track cell divisions

This paper compares germline mutation rates between humans and baboons, finding similar male mutation bias despite differences in reproductive timing, challenging the cell division hypothesis.