Zaruhi Khachatryan

Plague-driven selection enriched familial Mediterranean fever mutations in Armenia

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.

The Genomic Landscape of Post-Black Death Epidemics in Northern Europe and the Caucasus

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.

Palaeoproteomic and genetic insights into millennial-scale dairy consumption in Armenia

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.

Prevalence of uncoupling protein one genetic polymorphisms and their relationship with cardiovascular and metabolic health

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

AN ADMIXTURE SIGNAL IN ARMENIANS AROUND THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE REVEALS WIDESPREAD POPULATION MOVEMENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST

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.