Ekin Sağlıcan

This study compares ancient DNA yields among ossicles and the petrous bone, finding the stapes has higher endogenous DNA preservation than the petrous bone.

The paper analyzes genetic data from Neolithic Catalhöyük to show changes in kinship patterns and persistent female roles over time.

This paper compares methods to reduce reference bias and postmortem damage in ancient genome data, finding that graph alignment and bamRefine improve accuracy and genotyped loci.

The paper identifies age-specific burial practices at Neolithic Catalhöyük by analyzing ancient DNA preservation differences between subadults and adults.

The paper presents paleogenomes of three Anatolian equids from the 1st millennium BCE, identifying them as the extinct European wild ass, E. hydruntinus, and revealing genetic relationships and diversity loss.

This study benchmarks four kinship estimation tools for ancient genomes using simulated pedigrees and finds varying accuracy depending on the tool and SNP count.

This study analyzes ancient genomes from Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition, revealing genetic diversity, immigration, and cultural practices such as head-shaping.

MTaxi classifies closely related species from low coverage ancient DNA data using mitochondrial DNA substitutions, achieving 100% accuracy on tested samples.

This study shows inbreeding frequency decreased over time in ancient Eurasian populations, linked to population growth from agricultural practices.

The paper analyzes testis transcriptomes across primates to show convergent evolution linked to mating strategies, finding both tissue composition shifts and cell-autonomous changes.