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Ganyu Zhang

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyORCID 0000-0002-2240-9769Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Reconstructing their genomes confirms the historically attested genealogy of the two medieval emperors Otto I (the Great) and Heinrich II (Saint Henry)

Harald Ringbauer, Thomas Wozniak, Jörg Feuchter, Göran Runfeldt, Raffaela Angelina Bianco, Ganyu Zhang, Kay Prüfer, Jörg Orschiedt, Annika Simm, Paul Andrew Maier, Michael Sager, Veit Dresely, Johannes Krause, Harald Meller, Donat Wehner

This paper confirms the genealogical relationship between Otto I and Heinrich II through ancient DNA analysis and whole-genome sequencing.

bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2026 · PreprintGenetics