Pooja Swali

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

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.

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

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

Genomic history and selection in Roman and early medieval Britain

This study analyzes ancient genomes from Roman and early medieval Britain to uncover population history, ancestry shifts, and selection patterns shaping modern genetic diversity.

AncientMetagenomeDir dating metadataset highlights need for standardised radiocarbon reporting in ancient DNA

The paper adds standardized radiocarbon dating information to the AncientMetagenomeDir dataset, highlighting inconsistencies in radiocarbon reporting across ancient metagenomic studies.

Ancient Borrelia genomes document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever

The paper analyzes ancient Borrelia genomes to document the evolutionary transition from tick-borne to louse-borne transmission and shows rapid reductive evolution.