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Maximilian Larena

Uppsala UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8799-7645Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland

Magdalena Fraser, Federico Sánchez‐Quinto, Emrah Kırdök, Kristiina Ausmees, Gülşah Merve Kılınç, Maximilian Larena, Leonardo Correa-Mendoza, Adrien Le Meur, Antonio Blanchet, Nora Bergfeldt, Eduardo Arrieta-Donato, Mariana Escobar‐Rodríguez, Anders Götherström, Karla Lozano-Gonzalez, Israel Aguilar-Ordóñez, , Mattias Jakobsson

The paper analyzes ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in Neolithic farmers and foragers from Gotland, finding recent gene flow and widespread Yersinia pestis strains.

Communications Biology · Jul 13, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Wide-scale Geographical Analysis of Genetic Ancestry in the South African Coloured Population

Imke Lankheet, Rickard Hammarén, Lucía Ximena Alva Caballero, Maximilian Larena, Helena Malmström, Cécile Jolly, Himla Soodyall, Michael de Jongh, Carina M. Schlebusch

This study analyzes genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population, revealing regional variations and sex-biased admixture patterns.

BMC Biology · Jul 22, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

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

Imke Lankheet, Afifa Chowdhury, Christian Tellgren‐Roth, Cécile Jolly, André E. R. Soares, Miguel Navascués, Sara Pacchiarotti, Lorenzo Maselli, Guy Noël KOUARATA, Jean-Pierre Bunza Donzo, Vinet Coetzee, Minique H. de Castro, Peter Ebbesen, Edita Priehodová, Eliška Podgorná, , Carina M. Schlebusch

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.

bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Demographic history and genetic structure in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico

Viridiana Villa-Islas, Alan Izarraras-Gomez, Maximilian Larena, Elizabeth Mejía Pérez Campos, Marcela Sandoval‐Velasco, Juan Esteban Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Miriam Bravo-Lopez, Bárbara Moguel, Rosa Fregel, Ernesto Garfias-Morales, Jazeps Medina Tretmanis, David A. Velázquez-Ramírez, Alberto Juan Herrera Muñoz, Karla Sandoval, María A. Nieves-Colón, , María C. Ávila‐Arcos

The paper analyzes pre-Hispanic genetic data from Mexico to show population continuity despite climate change and identifies an ancient unsampled ghost population's contribution.

Science · May 11, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics