Levon Yepiskoposyan

The paper identifies recent positive selection of MEFV mutations in Armenians linked to the first Yersinia pestis plague pandemic, suggesting resistance to plague as the selective agent.

Twenty-three new Yersinia pestis genomes from Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Iceland and Armenia extend the Second Plague Pandemic phylogeny, with the first Icelandic plague genome and eastward-spreading pestis secunda strains.

This study analyzes Late Chalcolithic bone artifacts from Yeghegis-1 using technological, traceological, and ZooMS methods to understand production strategies and use patterns.

This study combines palaeoproteomic and genetic analyses to show that dairy consumption in Armenia dates back to the late fourth millennium BCE, but lactase persistence variants remained rare, suggesting cultural adaptations to fermented dairy.

The paper investigates the association of UCP1 SNPs with cardiometabolic pathologies and risk factors in specific populations.

This study analyzes genomic data to show Armenians remained unadmixed until the Bronze Age, then experienced a Sardinian-like genetic input, suggesting large-scale population movements in the Middle East.

This study analyzes genome-wide data from inner Eurasian populations to characterize genetic admixture patterns and their historical context.

This study identifies genetic traces of historical admixture among Turkic-speaking populations, linking their ancestry to southern Siberia and Mongolia during the 9th-17th centuries.