PROSPECTS FOR LIFE IN THE SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK, EAST ANTARCTICA by S. A. Bulat, D. Marie, J.-R. Petit

“…Flow cytometry showed the very low unevenly distributed biomass in both accretion (0–19 cells per ml) and glacier (0–24 cells per ml) ice and surface snow (0–0.02 cells per ml) as well while repeated microscopic observations were unsuccessful meaning that the whole Central East Antarctic ice sheet seems to be microbial cell-free.We used strategies of Ancient DNA research that include establishing contaminant databases and criteria to validate the amplification results. …”
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Wide-spread dispersal in a deep-sea brooding polychaete: the role of natural history collections in assessing the distribution in quill worms (Onuphidae, Annelida) by Nataliya Budaeva, Stefanie Agne, Pedro A. Ribeiro, Nicolas Straube, Michaela Preick, Michael Hofreiter

“…Results The application of ancient DNA extraction methodology in combination with single-stranded DNA library preparation and target gene capture resulted in successful sequencing of a 110-year-old collection specimen of quill worms. …”
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Biological and substitute parents in Beaker period adult–child graves by Nicoletta Zedda, Katie Meheux, Jens Blöcher, Yoan Diekmann, Alexander V. Gorelik, Martin Kalle, Kevin Klein, Anna-Lena Titze, Laura Winkelbach, Elise Naish, Laurent Brou, François Valotteau, Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, Joachim Burger, Maxime Brami

“…Here, we revisit two exceptional Beaker period adult–child graves using ancient DNA: Altwies in Luxembourg and Dunstable Downs in Britain. …”
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Population dynamics and demographic history of Eurasian collared lemmings by Edana Lord, Aurelio Marangoni, Mateusz Baca, Danijela Popović, Anna V. Goropashnaya, John R. Stewart, Monika V. Knul, Pierre Noiret, Mietje Germonpré, Elodie-Laure Jimenez, Natalia I. Abramson, Sergey Vartanyan, Stefan Prost, Nickolay G. Smirnov, Elena A. Kuzmina, Remi-André Olsen, Vadim B. Fedorov, Love Dalén

“…Abstract Background Ancient DNA studies suggest that Late Pleistocene climatic changes had a significant effect on population dynamics in Arctic species. …”
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From fossils to mind by Alexandra A. de Sousa, Amélie Beaudet, Tanya Calvey, Ameline Bardo, Julien Benoit, Christine J. Charvet, Colette Dehay, Aida Gómez-Robles, Philipp Gunz, Katja Heuer, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Shawn Hurst, Pascaline Lauters, Denné Reed, Mathilde Salagnon, Chet C. Sherwood, Felix Ströckens, Mirriam Tawane, Orlin S. Todorov, Roberto Toro, Yongbin Wei

“…Inferences about the development and physiology of the brains of extinct species can be experimentally investigated through brain organoids and transgenic models based on ancient DNA. Phylogenetic comparative methods integrate data across species and associate genotypes to phenotypes, and brains to behaviors. …”
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High Coverage Mitogenomes and Y-Chromosomal Typing Reveal Ancient Lineages in the Modern-Day Székely Population in Romania by Noémi Borbély, Orsolya Székely, Bea Szeifert, Dániel Gerber, István Máthé, Elek Benkő, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Balázs Egyed, Horolma Pamjav, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy

“…Phylogenetic analyses confirmed the presumed eastern origin of certain maternal (A, C, D) and paternal (Q, R1a) lineages, and, in some cases, they could also be linked to ancient DNA data from the Migration Period (5th–9th centuries AD) and Hungarian Conquest Period (10th century AD) populations.…”
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Wild cereal grain consumption among Early Holocene foragers of the Balkans predates the arrival of agriculture by Emanuela Cristiani, Anita Radini, Andrea Zupancich, Angelo Gismondi, Alessia D'Agostino, Claudio Ottoni, Marialetizia Carra, Snežana Vukojičić, Mihai Constantinescu, Dragana Antonović, T Douglas Price, Dušan Borić

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Aveline’s Hole: an unexpected twist in the tale by Schulting, R, Booth, T, Brace, S, Diekmann, Y, Thomas. M, Barnes, I, Meiklejohn, C, Babb, J, Budd, C, Charlton, S, van der Plicht, H, Mullan, G, Wilson, L

“…The degree of population replacement now indicated by ancient DNA suggests that there was a substantial migration of farmers into Britain at the start of the Neolithic. …”

Genome-wide allele and haplotype-sharing patterns suggested one unique Hmong–Mein-related lineage and biological adaptation history in Southwest China by Guanglin He, Jiawen Wang, Lin Yang, Shuhan Duan, Qiuxia Sun, Youjing Li, Jun Wu, Wenxin Wu, Zheng Wang, Yan Liu, Renkuan Tang, Junbao Yang, Chao Liu, Buhong Yuan, Daoyong Wang, Jianwei Xu, Mengge Wang

“…Miao people derived their major ancestry from geographically close Guangxi Gaohuahua people and experienced a plausible population bottleneck which contributed to the unique pattern of their genetic diversity and structure. Future ancient DNA from Shijiahe and Qujialing will provide new insights into the origin of the Miao people.…”
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RETRACTED: Population genetic analysis of Shaanxi male Han Chinese population reveals genetic differentiation and homogenization of East Asians by Luyao Li, Xing Zou, Guanjun Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Yongdong Su, Mengge Wang, Guanglin He

“…The formation process of modern Shaanxi Han population reconstructed via the ancient DNA is on the way, however, the patterns of genetic relationships of modern Shaanxi Han, allele frequency distributions of high mutated short tandem repeats (STRs) and corresponding forensic parameters are remained to be explored. …”
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Amyloid Precursor Protein A713T Mutation in Calabrian Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Population Genomics Approach to Estimate Inheritance from a Common Ancestor by Paolo Abondio, Stefania Sarno, Cristina Giuliani, Valentina Laganà, Raffaele Maletta, Livia Bernardi, Francesco Bruno, Rosanna Colao, Gianfranco Puccio, Francesca Frangipane, Barbara Borroni, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Donata Luiselli, Amalia Bruni

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Molecular structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population in Russia and its interaction with neighboring countries by I Mokrousov

“…Large-scale SNP or WGS population-based studies targeting strains from indigenous populations and, eventually, analysis of ancient DNA will better test these hypotheses. Host genetics factors likely play the most prominent role in the differential dissemination of particular M. tuberculosis genotypes.…”
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Challenges and Opportunities behind the Use of <i>Herbaria</i> in Paleogenomics Studies by Simone Papalini, Valerio Di Vittori, Alice Pieri, Marina Allegrezza, Giulia Frascarelli, Laura Nanni, Elena Bitocchi, Elisa Bellucci, Tania Gioia, Luis Guasch Pereira, Karolina Susek, Maud Tenaillon, Kerstin Neumann, Roberto Papa

“…Paleogenomics focuses on the recovery, manipulation, and analysis of ancient DNA (aDNA) from historical or long-dead organisms to reconstruct and analyze their genomes. …”
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Helena’s Many Daughters: More Mitogenome Diversity behind the Most Common West Eurasian mtDNA Control Region Haplotype in an Extended Italian Population Sample by Martin Bodner, Christina Amory, Anna Olivieri, Francesca Gandini, Irene Cardinali, Hovirag Lancioni, Gabriela Huber, Catarina Xavier, Maria Pala, Alessandro Fichera, Lisa Schnaller, Mario Gysi, Stefania Sarno, Davide Pettener, Donata Luiselli, Martin B. Richards, Ornella Semino, Alessandro Achilli, Antonio Torroni, Walther Parson

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The impacts of bronze age in the gene pool of Chinese: Insights from phylogeographics of Y-chromosomal haplogroup N1a2a-F1101 by Hui-Xin Yu, Cheliger Ao, Xiao-Peng Wang, Xian-Peng Zhang, Jin Sun, Hui Li, Hui Li, Kai-Jun Liu, Lan-Hai Wei, Lan-Hai Wei

“…After ~4 thousand years of bottleneck effect period, haplgroup N1a2a-F1101 experienced continuous expansion during the Chalcolithic age (~ 4.5 kya to 4 kya) and Bronze age (~ 4 kya to 2.5 kya) in northern China. Ancient DNA evidence supported that this haplogroup is the lineage of ruling family of Zhou Dynasty (~ 3 kya-2.2 kya) of ancient China.Discussion: In general, we proposed that the Bronze Age people in the border area between the eastern Eurasian steppe and northern China not only played a key role in promoting the early state and civilization of China, but also left significant traces in the gene pool of Chinese people.…”
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Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of human pathogenic viruses into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade by Axel A Guzmán-Solís, Viridiana Villa-Islas, Miriam J Bravo-López, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Julie K Wesp, Jorge A Gómez-Valdés, María de la Luz Moreno-Cabrera, Alejandro Meraz, Gabriela Solís-Pichardo, Peter Schaaf, Benjamin R TenOever, Daniel Blanco-Melo, María C Ávila Arcos

“…To uncover the diversity of viral pathogens during this period, we designed an enrichment assay targeting ancient DNA (aDNA) from viruses of clinical importance and applied it to DNA extracts from individuals found in a Colonial hospital and a Colonial chapel (16th–18th century) where records suggest that victims of epidemics were buried during important outbreaks in Mexico City. …”
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Reconstruction of health profiles of ancient residents in early China via archaeoparasitology perspective by Zhan, Xiaoya

“…HLA-B27 antigen is argued to be associated with several conditions of spondylarthritis. The follow-up of ancient DNA research is expected. Other than these, one individual was diagnosed with septic arthritis for the infectious manifestations on his left hip joint, with the intrigue of the infection remaining unclear. …”
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Encapsulated in sediments: eDNA deciphers the ecosystem history of one of the most polluted European marine sites by Ines Barrenechea Angeles, Maria Lorena Romero-Martínez, Marco Cavaliere, Stefano Varrella, Fabio Francescangeli, Roberta Piredda, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, Marina Montresor, Antonio Schirone, Ivana Delbono, Francesca Margiotta, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Salvatore Chiavarini, Maria Rita Montereali, Juri Rimauro, Luisa Parrella, Luigi Musco, Antonio Dell'Anno, Michael Tangherlini, Jan Pawlowski, Fabrizio Frontalini

“…Here, we used sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) archives encompassing all trophic levels of biodiversity to reconstruct the two century-natural history in Bagnoli-Coroglio (Gulf of Pozzuoli, Tyrrhenian Sea), one of the most polluted marine-coastal sites in Europe. …”
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Equity, diversity, and inclusion at the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health by Neerjah Skantharajah, Shakuntala Baichoo, Tiffany F. Boughtwood, Esmeralda Casas-Silva, Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Sanjay M. Dave, Khalid A. Fakhro, Aida B. Falcon de Vargas, Sylvia S. Gayle, Vivek K. Gupta, Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, Ashley E. Hobb, Stephanie Li, Bastien Llamas, Catalina Lopez-Correa, Mavis Machirori, Jorge Melendez-Zajgla, Mareike A. Millner, Angela J.H. Page, Laura D. Paglione, Maili C. Raven-Adams, Lindsay Smith, Ericka M. Thomas, Judit Kumuthini, Manuel Corpas

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Y-chromosome and Surname Analyses for Reconstructing Past Population Structures: The Sardinian Population as a Test Case by Viola Grugni, Alessandro Raveane, Giulia Colombo, Carmen Nici, Francesca Crobu, Linda Ongaro, Vincenza Battaglia, Daria Sanna, Nadia Al-Zahery, Ornella Fiorani, Antonella Lisa, Luca Ferretti, Alessandro Achilli, Anna Olivieri, Paolo Francalacci, Alberto Piazza, Antonio Torroni, Ornella Semino

“…Furthermore, the reconstruction and comparison of past genetic isolates represent a starting point to better assess the genetic information deriving from the increasing number of available ancient DNA samples.…”
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