Human Population Genetics and Genomics ISSN 2770-5005

Special Issue

Paleogenomics, ancient DNA, and genomic tales of human history

Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 30, 2023 Submit Now Special Issue Flyer

Guest Editors
  • Maanasa Raghavan
    Maanasa Raghavan

    Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

    Research Interests: paleogenomics (ancient DNA); human evolution; population history; disease evolution

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  • Daniel Wegmann
    Daniel Wegmann

    Professor of Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

    Research Interests: Computational biology; ancient DNA; low-depth sequencing; evolutionary genetics; biodiversity monitoring

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  • Lounès Chikhi
    Lounès Chikhi

    CNRS, Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique (EDB UMR 5174), IRD, CNRS, UPS, Université de Toulouse Midi‐Pyrénées, Toulouse, France
    Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Population and Conservation Genetics group, Oeiras, 2870-156 Oeiras, Portugal

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  • Joshua Akey
    Joshua Akey

    Professor, Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, 143 Carl Icahn Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

    Research Interests: Population Genomics; Molecular Evolution; Admixture; Natural Selection; Genetic Architecture of Complex and Quantitative Traits

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Introduction
Over the past decade, technological innovations in the sequencing and analysis of modern and ancient genomes have dramatically reshaped our understanding of human evolutionary history. For example, ancient DNA (aDNA) studies of extant and extinct hominin groups have revealed repeated episodes of archaic hominin admixture, increasingly detailed patterns of dispersal, population turnover, and genomic substrates of positive selection. This Special Topic will publish original research and review articles in the burgeoning area of paleogenomics and aDNA. Empirical, methodological, and theoretical studies in the following areas are welcome:
  • Archaic hominin admixture;
  • More recent admixture among modern human populations;
  • Leveraging aDNA to make Inferences of human history or the evolutionary processes that have shaped extant patterns of genomic variation;
  • Evolutionary history of Neanderthals or Denisovans;
  • Software that facilitates analyses of modern and ancient DNA.
Advantages to contributing to this Special Topic include all publication fees have been waived, rapid publication, and HPGG is an Open Access journal, which increases the visibility, accessibility, and impact of your work.
Although we ask authors to be succinct, there is no restriction on the length of manuscripts, number of figures, tables, or references. Authors are free to use their discretion in deciding on the optimal length and number of display items to effectively communicate their work.
Manuscript Submission Information

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor been under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blinded peer-review process. A guide for manuscript submission is available at Submission Instructions.

Published Papers
Original Research

Investigating population continuity and ghost admixture among ancient genomes

James McKenna, Carolina Bernhardsson, David Waxman, Mattias Jakobsson, Per Sjödin

Human Population Genetics and Genomics https://doi.org/10.47248/hpgg2404030009

Received: Apr 5, 2024 | Accepted: Aug 7, 2024 | Published: Sep 3, 2024
Original Research

Simulation-based benchmarking of ancient haplotype inference for detecting population structure

Jazeps Medina-Tretmanis, Flora Jay, María C. ávila-Arcos, Emilia Huerta-Sanchez

Human Population Genetics and Genomics https://doi.org/10.47248/hpgg2404010005

Received: Sep 28, 2023 | Accepted: Feb 19, 2024 | Published: Mar 19, 2024
Original Research

Medieval genomes from eastern Mongolia share a stable genetic profile over a millennium

Juhyeon Lee, Takehiro Sato, Atsushi Tajima, Tsend Amgalantugs, Batmunkh Tsogtbaatar, Shigeki Nakagome, Toshihiko Miyake, Noriyuki Shiraishi, Choongwon Jeong, Takashi Gakuhari

Human Population Genetics and Genomics https://doi.org/10.47248/hpgg2404010004

Received: Oct 12, 2023 | Accepted: Feb 15, 2024 | Published: Mar 1, 2024
Review

Tales from the end of the world: three decades of paleogenetic research in Patagonia

Constanza de la Fuente Castro, Josefina Motti, Valeria Arencibia, Pierre Luisi

Human Population Genetics and Genomics https://doi.org/10.47248/hpgg2404010003

Received: Nov 15, 2023 | Accepted: Feb 4, 2024 | Published: Feb 17, 2024
Original Research

Evaluation of ancient DNA imputation: a simulation study

Mariana Escobar-Rodríguez, Krishna R. Veeramah

Human Population Genetics and Genomics https://doi.org/10.47248/hpgg2404010002

Received: Sep 19, 2023 | Accepted: Dec 24, 2023 | Published: Jan 5, 2024
Original Research

GRUPS-rs, a high-performance ancient DNA genetic relatedness estimation software relying on pedigree simulations

Maël Lefeuvre, Michael David Martin, Flora Jay, Marie-Claude Marsolier, Céline Bon

Human Population Genetics and Genomics https://doi.org/10.47248/hpgg2404010001

Received: Sep 28, 2023 | Accepted: Dec 18, 2023 | Published: Jan 4, 2024
Original Research

An ancient genome perspective on the dynamic history of the prehistoric Jomon people in and around the Japanese archipelago

Gichan Jeong, Haechan Gill, Hyungmin Moon, Choongwon Jeong

Human Population Genetics and Genomics https://doi.org/10.47248/hpgg2303040008

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