Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen

The paper develops likelihood ratios for forensic DNA mixtures from shotgun sequencing data, showing they can be unreliable and proposing a combined evidence score to improve accuracy.

This paper identifies and validates ultra-short STRs for human identification using shotgun sequencing, showing they are highly polymorphic and suitable for degraded DNA analysis.

This study uses environmental DNA from Lake Tjornin to challenge the narrative of Norse-induced environmental collapse in Reykjavik, showing dynamic human-environment interactions shaped by both cultural practices and external stressors.

AdDeam estimates and clusters DNA damage profiles from ancient DNA fragments to identify contaminants and outliers efficiently.

ngsAMOVA provides a probabilistic framework for analyzing molecular variance and divergence with low-depth sequencing data, improving accuracy over genotype calling methods.

vcfgl simulates genotype likelihoods to study uncertainties and biases in genetic data, aiding in benchmarking GL-based methods.

The paper uses ancient DNA and strontium isotope analyses to show a deep east-west divergence in steppe ancestry in Southern Europe, supporting specific linguistic divergence models for Indo-European languages.

ngsBriggs estimates postmortem DNA damage using a fast regression method, outperforming existing tools in speed and accuracy for ancient DNA authentication.

The paper traces the evolutionary history of the CCR5delta32 deletion using ancient and modern genomes, finding it originated at least 7,000 years ago in Western Eurasia and underwent positive selection.

metaDMG estimates DNA damage in ancient metagenomic data, offering faster and more accurate results than existing methods for complex datasets.

This paper presents the first genome assembly and pangenome of Neonectria neomacrospora, revealing genetic diversity and functional features related to its plant pathogenic lifestyle.

This study uses whole-genome sequencing to analyze the population genetics of Neonectria neomacrospora, revealing clade divergence and gene flow patterns in Europe.

This study analyzes ancient genomes from the Viking Age to understand genetic structure and migration patterns, finding significant foreign gene flow and population differentiation.

This paper introduces a likelihood method to estimate present-day human contamination in ancient DNA samples using low-depth haploid chromosome data, showing improved accuracy compared to existing methods.

This paper introduces a statistical method for association testing in admixed populations that allows ancestry-dependent effect sizes, improving power to detect associations and helping identify causal SNPs.

The paper analyzes the genome of a Jomon individual to infer migration patterns into East Asia, finding multiple waves and a coastal route from Southeast Asia.

This study uses ancient population genomic techniques to trace the origin and evolution of maize in the American Southwest, identifying two diffusion routes and genetic adaptations to local environments.