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Laura Castells Navarro

University of YorkORCID 0000-0002-4239-8366Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Ancient DNA reveals matrilineal organisation and recurrent unions between dominant matrilines in Iron Age Britain

Íñigo Olalde, Ian Armit, Lindsey Büster, Malcolm C. Lillie, Estibalitz Urkixo F. de Zuazo, Harald Ringbauer, Ali Akbari, Laura Castells Navarro, Diego Esteve-Gomez, Helen Goodchild, Derek Hamilton, Nuria Puig i Riera, Almudena Sánchez-Sanz, Jo Buckberry, Chelsea E. Budd, , David Reich

The paper uses ancient DNA to show matrilineal kinship structures and recurrent unions between dominant maternal groups in Iron Age Britain.

bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

A curated dataset and web application for Integrative Analysis of Ancient DNA from Britain and Ireland

Sebastián Metz, Claire-Élise Fischer, Madeleine Bleasdale, Laura Castells Navarro, Lindsey Büster, Michael Legge, David Reich, Ian Armit

The paper presents a curated dataset and web application for analyzing ancient DNA from Britain and Ireland, enabling non-experts to explore genetic connections between ancient and modern populations.

bioRxiv · May 30, 2025 · PreprintGenetics

The Beaker Phenomenon And The Genomic Transformation Of Northwest Europe

Íñigo Olalde, Selina Brace, Morten E. Allentoft, Ian Armit, Kristian Kristiansen, Thomas J. Booth, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy, Alissa Mittnik, Eveline Altena, Mark Lipson, Iosif Lazaridis, Thomas K. Harper, Nick J. Patterson, , Germán Delibes de Castro

This study uses ancient DNA data to show that the spread of the Beaker Complex to Britain was primarily due to migration, replacing most Neolithic gene pool and introducing Steppe ancestry.

Nature · Feb 21, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics