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Sean Dexter Denham

University of StavangerORCID 0000-0002-6364-428XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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The Genomic Landscape of Post-Black Death Epidemics in Northern Europe and the Caucasus

Cameron Robert Ferguson, Åshild J. Vågene‬, Marcel Keller, Caroline Arcini, Eveline Altena, Gorka Lasso, Axel Christophersen, Maria Cinthio, Sean Dexter Denham, Sascha Dreyer, S. Sunna Ebenesersdóttir, Martin R. Ellegaard, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Agnar Freyr Helgason, Miren Iraeta-Orbegozo, , Lucy van Dorp

Twenty-three new Yersinia pestis genomes from Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Iceland and Armenia extend the Second Plague Pandemic phylogeny, with the first Icelandic plague genome and eastward-spreading pestis secunda strains.

bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2026 · PreprintGenetics✦ In-depth digest

Genomic impact of the second plague pandemic on three human populations

Xiaodong Liu, Kristjan H. S. Moore, S. Sunna Ebenesersdóttir, Caroline Arcini, Gordon Turner‐Walker, Sean Dexter Denham, Philip Slavin, Maja Birk Søtofte, Sascha Dreyer, Martin R. Ellegaard, Åshild J. Vågene‬, Ashot Margaryan, Miren Iraeta-Orbegozo, Dorothea Mylopotamitaki, Jason E. Laffoon, , Ida Moltke

This study analyzes ancient DNA from three European sites to assess the genomic impact of the second plague pandemic, finding no strong positive selection but evidence of reduced long-range immigration post-pandemic.

bioRxiv · Aug 26, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages

Hugh McColl, Guus Kroonen, J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar, Frederik Valeur Seersholm, Gabriele Scorrano, Thomaz Pinotti, Tharsika Vimala, Søren M. Sindbæk, Per Ethelberg, Ralph Fyfe, Marie‐José Gaillard, Hanne Marie Ellegård Larsen, Morten Fischer Mortensen, Fabrice Demeter, Marie Louise Schjellerup Jørkov, , Václav Smrčka

This paper uses ancient genomes to trace the spread of Germanic languages in Europe, identifying a Baltic origin and migration patterns that challenge traditional timelines.

bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2024 · PreprintGenetics