Viviane Slon

The paper identifies a period-3 base frequency pattern in DNA mixtures and develops an alignment-free algorithm to uncover its origin, showing it results from sequence-dependent fragment formation rather than intrinsic DNA bias.

This paper evaluates rapid DNA extraction methods for ancient DNA recovery from sediments, finding that an Amicon-based method outperforms others in recovering short and modern-simulated aDNA from various sediment types.

The paper develops a computational method to analyze low-quality archaic human genomes and applies it to the Teshik-Tash 1 Neandertal, showing genetic similarity to later Western Eurasian Neandertals.

This study evaluates kinship inference in sedimentary ancient DNA by simulating data and applying a heterozygosity-based test to identify multi-contributor samples.

The paper analyzes ancient genomic data to show increased disease burden in human populations over the past 12,000 years, linked to cultural shifts and domestication.

The paper produces gapless assemblies of ape sex chromosomes for five great apes and a lesser ape, revealing divergence in Y chromosomes and evolutionary dynamics.

The paper reports a high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave, revealing genetic features unique to Neandertals and population structure insights.

The paper uses ancient DNA data to trace the genetic origins and spread of Indo-European languages in South and Central Asia.