André E. R. Soares

Revisiting the African mtDNA Landscape: A Continental Update from Complete Mitochondrial Genomes

The paper generates and analyzes 1,288 complete mitochondrial genomes from sub-Saharan Africa to update the understanding of maternal genetic diversity and demographic history.

Demographic Reconstruction of the Western Sheep Expansion from Whole-Genome sequences

This study uses whole-genome sequences of 63 sheep breeds and wild relatives to reconstruct the demographic history of Western sheep, finding a domestication event around 9000 years ago and a westward expansion around 5000 years ago.

Ancient DNA from a 2,700-year-old goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) confirms gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia

The paper reports ancient DNA from a 2,700-year-old goitered gazelle, confirming Iron Age hunting of the species in Central Asia and providing the first nuclear DNA sequences for this gazelle.

Ancient genomes from North Africa evidence prehistoric migrations to the Maghreb from both the Levant and Europe

This paper analyzes ancient genomes from North Africa to show prehistoric migrations brought genetic influences from both the Levant and Europe to the Maghreb.

Natural selection shaped the rise and fall of passenger pigeon genomic diversity

The paper analyzes genomic data from passenger pigeons and their relatives to show that natural selection reduced neutral genetic diversity despite large population size, challenging previous extinction theories.