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Roberta Davidson

The University of AdelaideORCID 0000-0002-9909-2018Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 4 Research Focus:benchmarking· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:genome assembly· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Bastien LlamasiD· 4 shared Xavier Roca‐RadaiD· 4 shared Lars Fehren‐SchmitziD· 3 shared Matthew P. WilliamsiD· 3 shared Raymond TobleriD· 3 shared Ana María SilvaiD· 2 shared Anne‐France MaureriD· 2 shared Christian HaarkötteriD· 2 shared

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Palaeogenomics reveals 1,500 years of population history of the peoples of the Chonos Archipelago, Chile.

Roberta Davidson, Omar Reyes, Xavier Roca‐Rada, Epifanía Arango-Isaza, Kalina Kassadjikova, Chiara Barbieri, Bastien Llamas, Lars Fehren‐Schmitz

This study uses paleogenomics to analyze 20 ancient individuals from the Chonos Archipelago, revealing unique genetic clusters and connections to neighboring Indigenous groups.

bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years

Xavier Roca‐Rada, Roberta Davidson, Matthew P. Williams, Vanessa Villalba‐Mouco, António Faustino Carvalho, Shyamsundar Ravishankar, Evelyn Collen, Christian Haarkötter, Leonard Taufik, Daniel R. Cuesta‐Aguirre, Catarina Tente, Álvaro M. Monge Calleja, Rebecca Anne MacRoberts, Linda Elisabete Mendes Melo, Gludhug A. Purnomo, , João C. Teixeira

This study analyzes 68 ancient Portuguese genomes over 5,000 years, revealing migration patterns and genetic continuity, with influences from local, African, and Mediterranean populations.

Genome biology · Aug 18, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

Optimised in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs

Roberta Davidson, Xavier Roca‐Rada, Shyamsundar Ravishankar, Leonard Taufik, Christian Haarkötter, Evelyn Collen, Matthew P. Williams, Peter Webb, M. Irfan Mahmud, Erlin Novita Idje Djami, Gludhug A. Purnomo, Cristina Maria Pereira dos Santos, Assumpció Malgosa Morera, Linda Manzanilla, Ana María Silva, , Bastien Llamas

This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Twist Ancient DNA reagent for enriching ancient human SNPs, finding it robust for up to 27% endogenous DNA content with two rounds of enrichment.

bioRxiv · May 16, 2024 · PreprintGenomics

Allelic bias when performing in-solution enrichment of ancient human DNA

Roberta Davidson, Matthew P. Williams, Xavier Roca‐Rada, Kalina Kassadjikova, Raymond Tobler, Lars Fehren‐Schmitz, Bastien Llamas

The paper identifies a systematic bias in in-solution enrichment of ancient human DNA using the Prime Plus kit, affecting population genetics inferences and genetic relatedness.

Molecular Ecology Resources · Sep 15, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics