The paper presents paleogenomes of three Anatolian equids from the 1st millennium BCE, identifying them as the extinct European wild ass, E. hydruntinus, and revealing genetic relationships and diversity loss.

Molecular Ecology · Jul 1, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics

A genomic snapshot of demographic and cultural dynamism in Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition

N. Ezgi Altınışık, Duygu Deniz Kazancı, Ayça Aydoğan, Hasan Can Gemici, Ömür Dilek Erdal, Savaş Sarıaltun, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Dilek Koptekin, Kanat Gürün, Ekin Sağlıcan, Daniel Fernandes, Gökhan Çakan, Meliha Melis Koruyucu, Vendela Kempe Lagerholm, Cansu Karamurat, , Mehmet Somel

This study analyzes ancient genomes from Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition, revealing genetic diversity, immigration, and cultural practices such as head-shaping.

Science Advances · Nov 4, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics

MTaxi : A comparative tool for taxon identification of ultra low coverage ancient genomes

Gözde Atağ, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Damla Kaptan, Mustafa Özkan, Dilek Koptekin, Ekin Sağlıcan, Sevcan Doğramacı, Mevlüt Köz, Ardan Yılmaz, Arda Söylev, İnci̇ Togan, Mehmet Somel, Füsun Özer

MTaxi classifies closely related species from low coverage ancient DNA data using mitochondrial DNA substitutions, achieving 100% accuracy on tested samples.

Open Research Europe · Aug 22, 2022Peer-reviewedBioinformatics