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Päivi Onkamo

University of HelsinkiORCID 0000-0002-5213-0072Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 3 Organism:human· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Exploring the Evolution of the Cariogenic Oral Pathobiont Streptococcus mutans Using Ancient DNA

Megan Michel, Aida Andrades Valtueña, Murat Akar, Carmen Alonso Fernández, Micaela Álvarez Calmet, Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki, Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez, Eszter Bánffy, Rodrigo Barquera, María Inés Barreto Romero, Paula Becerra Fuello, Stuart Bedford, Andrey B. Belinskiy, Natalia Berezina, Kamen Boyadzhiev, , Cristina Tejedor Rodríguez

This study uses ancient DNA to analyze the evolution of Streptococcus mutans over 8,000 years, showing that some virulence traits emerged with agricultural diets.

bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Ancient bacterial genomes reveal a formerly unknown diversity of Treponema pallidum strains in early modern Europe

Kerttu Majander, Saskia Pfrengle, Arthur Kocher, Judith Neukamm, Louis du Plessis, Marta Pla-Díaz, Natasha Arora, Gülfirde Akgül, Kati Salo, Rachel Schats, Sarah A. Inskip, M. Oinonen, Heiki Valk, Martin Malve, Айвар Крийска, , Verena J. Schuenemann

This study identifies previously unknown Treponema pallidum strains in early modern Europe, suggesting a complex history of treponemal diseases.

Current Biology · Aug 13, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics

Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe

Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Kerttu Majander, Choongwon Jeong, Elina Salmela, Anna Wessman, Vyacheslav G. Moiseyev, Valeri I. Khartanovich, Oleg Pavlovich Balanovsky, Matthias Ongyerth, Antje Weihmann, Antti Sajantila, Janet F. Kelso, Svante Pääbo, Päivi Onkamo, Wolfgang Haak, , Stephan Schiffels

The paper analyzes ancient genomes from Finland and Northwest Russia to show Siberian ancestry in northern Europe dates back 3,500 years and influenced modern Uralic-speaking populations.

Nature Communications · Nov 21, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics