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Uppsala University
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James McKenna, Carolina Bernhardsson, David Waxman, Mattias Jakobsson, Per Sjödin
The paper introduces a statistic to detect population continuity and ghost admixture in ancient genomes by analyzing temporal drift and admixture effects.
Human Population Genetics and Genomics · Sep 3, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetics
Gwenna Breton, Per Sjödin, Panagiotis Zervakis, Romain Laurent, Alain Froment, Agnès E. Sjöstrand, Barry S. Hewlett, Luis Bruno Barreiro, George H. Perry, Himla Soodyall, Évelyne Heyer, Carina M. Schlebusch, Mattias Jakobsson, Paul Verdu
This study uses whole-genome sequencing and machine learning to reconstruct demographic history and gene-flow patterns among African populations, finding that tree-like histories with gene-flow pulses better explain genetic diversity than continuous gene-flow.
bioRxiv · Jul 15, 2024 · PreprintGenetics
Per Sjödin, James McKenna, Mattias Jakobsson
This paper introduces two methods for estimating divergence times from DNA sequences using coalescent theory and demonstrates their robustness to demographic complexities.
Genetics · Jan 23, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics
Carina M. Schlebusch, Helena Malmström, Torsten Günther, Per Sjödin, Alexandra Coutinho, Hanna Edlund, Arielle R. Munters, Maryna Steyn, Himla Soodyall, Marlize Lombard, Mattias Jakobsson
The paper analyzes ancient genomes from southern Africa to show that modern human divergence occurred over 260,000 years ago, pushing back previous estimates and linking it to the Middle Stone Age and anatomical changes in the fossil record.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology