Dilek Koptekin

mixKIN improves kinship estimation from low-coverage genomes by accounting for ancestry, outperforming existing methods in admixed and heterogeneous populations.

The paper analyzes genetic data from Neolithic Catalhöyük to show changes in kinship patterns and persistent female roles over time.

This study uses 30 new palaeogenomes to show that Neolithic expansion into Western Anatolia involved both indigenous assimilation and eastern population influx, with cultural diversity decoupled from genetic differences.

This paper compares methods to reduce reference bias and postmortem damage in ancient genome data, finding that graph alignment and bamRefine improve accuracy and genotyped loci.

The paper presents paleogenomes of three Anatolian equids from the 1st millennium BCE, identifying them as the extinct European wild ass, E. hydruntinus, and revealing genetic relationships and diversity loss.

This study benchmarks four kinship estimation tools for ancient genomes using simulated pedigrees and finds varying accuracy depending on the tool and SNP count.

CONGA genotypes copy number variants in ancient genomes and low-coverage data, showing coherent deletion frequencies and purifying selection across 50 ancient human genomes.

This study analyzes ancient genomes from Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition, revealing genetic diversity, immigration, and cultural practices such as head-shaping.

MTaxi classifies closely related species from low coverage ancient DNA data using mitochondrial DNA substitutions, achieving 100% accuracy on tested samples.

This study shows inbreeding frequency decreased over time in ancient Eurasian populations, linked to population growth from agricultural practices.