Guillaume Laval

This study uses genomic data from ancient and present-day individuals to trace the 4,000-year demographic history of Bantu speakers in the Congo rainforest, revealing early dispersals and a population crisis.

This study identifies shared genetic variants and pathways across ten uterine disorders, revealing evolutionary influences on disease risk.

The paper uses deep learning to analyze DNA sequences and shows that the Duffy-null allele, protective against P. vivax, was retained in Africa due to selection pressures, with evidence of its spread linked to the Bantu expansion.

This study uses ancient genomics to show that genetic adaptation to pathogens in post-Neolithic Europe increased inflammatory disease risk through antagonistic pleiotropy.

This study identifies genomic signatures of adaptive admixture in 15 admixed populations, finding evidence of beneficial mutations acquired through population mixing.

The paper investigates the evolutionary history of the CDHR3 locus, finding that the protective variant against RV-C and asthma has been subject to selection in recent human evolution, though not as a classical selective sweep.