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Bea De Cupere

Institute of Natural SciencesORCID 0000-0001-7559-8965Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Claudio OttoniiD· 2 shared Hijlke BuitenhuisiD· 2 shared Joris PetersiD· 2 shared Ursula WiereriD· 2 shared Vedat OnariD· 2 shared Wim Van NeeriD· 2 shared Adina Boronenanţ· 1 shared Adrian BălăşescuiD· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 28, 2025

The dispersal of domestic cats from Northern Africa and their introduction to Europe over the last two millennia

M. De Martino, Bea De Cupere, Valentina Rovelli…·Claudio Ottoni

This study uses ancient and modern cat genomes to show domestic cats reached Europe within the last 2,000 years from North Africa, not with Neolithic farmers, and identifies an earlier wildcat introduction to Sardinia.

DOI 10.1101/2025.03.28.645893

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintOct 9, 2016

Of cats and men: the paleogenetic history of the dispersal of cats in the ancient world

Claudio Ottoni, Wim Van Neer, Bea De Cupere…·Eva-María Geigl

This paper analyzes ancient cat mtDNA sequences to trace the dispersal and domestication history of cats, showing contributions from Near Eastern and Egyptian populations over time.

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