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Roberto Miccichè

University of PalermoORCID 0000-0002-2485-2019Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Research Focus:deconvolution· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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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, Patrizia Serventi, Marica Baldoni, Tullia Di Corcia, Sheila Geiger, Francesca Alhaique, Paulo C. Alves, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Emanuela Ceccaroni, Eugenio Cerilli, Jacopo De Grossi-Mazzorin, Cleia Detry, Marion Dowd, , 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.

bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

The Arrival of Steppe and Iranian Related Ancestry in the Islands of the Western Mediterranean

Daniel Fernandes, Alissa Mittnik, Íñigo Olalde, Iosif Lazaridis, Olivia Cheronet, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Rebecca L. Bernardos, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Jens Carlsson, Brendan J. Culleton, Matthew Ferry, Beatriz Gamarra, Martina Lari, Matthew Mah, , David Reich

The paper analyzes ancient DNA from the Balearic Islands, Sicily, and Sardinia to trace the arrival and spread of Steppe and Iranian-related ancestries in the western Mediterranean, revealing complex admixture histories.

bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2019 · PreprintGenomics