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Alexey G. Nikitin

Grand Valley State UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3897-4607Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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Tracing mobility among Eneolithic-Bronze Age Kurgan populations in the North Pontic steppe

Alexey G. Nikitin, Virginie Renson, Світлана Іванова, Nadia C. Neff, Haruan Straioto, Sofiia Svyryd

The paper uses strontium and stable isotope analysis to trace mobility patterns among North Pontic steppe populations during the Eneolithic-Bronze Age.

bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

A genomic history of the North Pontic Region from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age

Alexey G. Nikitin, Iosif Lazaridis, Nick J. Patterson, Світлана Іванова, Mykhailo Y. Videiko, Valentin Dergachev, Nadezhda Kotova, Malcolm C. Lillie, Inna D. Potekhina, Marta Krenz‐Niedbała, Sylwia Łukasik, Махортых Сергей Владимирович, Virginie Renson, Henry M. Shephard, Ghenadie Sîrbu, , David Reich

This study analyzes genomic data from 78 prehistoric North Pontic individuals to trace genetic ancestry and migration patterns from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.

Nature · Feb 5, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics

Interactions between Trypillian farmers and North Pontic forager-pastoralists in Eneolithic central Ukraine

Alexey G. Nikitin, Mykhailo Y. Videiko, Nick J. Patterson, Virginie Renson, David Reich

The paper analyzes a bone fragment from a Trypillian site in Ukraine, showing dietary and genetic evidence of interaction between Trypillian farmers and North Pontic forager-pastoralists.

PLoS ONE · Jun 14, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetics

Interactions between earliest Linearbandkeramik farmers and central European hunter gatherers at the dawn of European Neolithization

Alexey G. Nikitin, Peter Stadler, Nadezhda Kotova, Maria Teschler‐Nicola, T. Douglas Price, Jessica Hoover, Douglas J. Kennett, Iosif Lazaridis, Nadin Rohland, Mark Lipson, David Reich

The paper analyzes three LBK individuals to show early interbreeding between incoming Anatolian farmers and local hunter gatherers in central Europe.

Scientific Reports · Dec 20, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics