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You can read more about our research publications on ancient DNA and the genetic history of Mongolia and neighboring regions:
- Lee JH, Miller BK, Bayarsaikhan J, Johannesson E, Ventresca Miller A, Warinner C, Jeong C. (2023) Genetic population structure of the Xiongnu Empire at imperial and local scales. Science Advances 9(15):eadf3904, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf3904
- Jeong C, Wang K, Wilkin S, Taylor WTT, Miller BK, Bemmann JH, Stahl R, Chiovelli C, Knolle F, Ulziibayar S, Khatanbaatar D, Erdenebaatar D, Erdenebat U, Ochir A, Ankhsanaa G, Vanchigdash C, Ochir B, Munkhbayar C, Tumen D, Kovalev A, Kradin N, Bazarov BA, Miyagashev DA, Konovalov PB, Zhambaltarova E, Ventresca Miller A, Haak W, Schiffels S, Krause J, Boivin N, Myagmar E, Hendy J, Warinner C. (2020) A dynamic 6,000-year genetic history of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe. Cell 183, 1-15. Article translation in Mongolian: Евразийн Зүүн тал нутаг дахь 6000 жилийн динамик генетик түүх
- Jeong C, Wilkin S, Amgalantugs T, Bouwman A, Taylor W, Bromage S, Tsolmon S, Hagan R, Trachsel C, Grossman J, Littleton J, Makarewicz C, Krigbaum J, Burri M, Irmer F, Scott A, Davaasambuu G, Wright J, Myagmar E, Boivin N, Robbeets M, Rühli F, Krause J, Frohlich B, Hendy J, Warinner C*. (2018) Bronze Age population dynamics and the rise of dairy pastoralism on the eastern Eurasian steppe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 115(48): E11248-E11255. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813608115.
- Myagmar, E., 2017. Dental caries prevalence in Xiongnu population from Mongolia: Age, sex, and regional variation. Asian Journal of Paleopathology, 1, pp.19-29.
- Б. БЯМБАДОРЖ1, М. ЭРДЭНЭ. (2022) ХҮННҮГИЙН ҮЕИЙН ХҮНИЙ ЯСАНД АЖИГЛАГДСАН НЭГЭН ӨВЧЛӨЛ. Mongolian Journal of Anthropology, Archaeology and Ethnology, 11, vol 1 (584): 41-53.
- Liu C, Witonsky D, Gosling A, Lee JH, Ringbauer H, Hagan R, Patel N, Stahl R, Novembre J, Aldenderfer M, Warinner C, Di Rienzo A, Jeong C*. (2022) Ancient genomes from the Himalayas illuminate the genetic history of Tibetans and their Tibeto-Burman speaking neighbors. Nature Communications 13:1203. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28827-2
- Zhang F, Chao N, Scott A, Fu Q, Bjorn R, Li W, Wei D, Wang W, Fan L, Abuduresule I, Hu X, Ruan Q, Niyazi A, Dong G, Cao P, Liu F, Dai Q, Feng X, Yang R, Tang Z, Ma P, Li C, Gao S, Xu Y, Wu S, Wen S, Zhu H, Zhou H, Roberts M, Kumar V, Krause J, Warinner C, Jeong C, Cui Y. (2021) The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim mummies. Nature 599: 256–261. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04052-7
- Skourtanioti E, Erdal YS, Frangipane M, Balossi Restelli F, Yener A, Pinnock F, Matthiae P, Özbal R, Schoop U, Guliyev F, Akhundof T, Lyonnet B, Hammer EL, Nugent SE, Burri M, Neumann G, Penske S, Ingman T, Akar M, Shafiq R, Palumbi G, Eisenmann S, d’Andrea M, Schachner A, Warinner C, Jeong C, Stockhammer P, Haak W, Krause J. (2020) Genomic history of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, Northern Levant and South Caucasus. Cell 181:1158-1175.
- Jeong C, Ozga AT, Witonsky D, Malmstrom H, Edlund H, Hofman CA, Hagan RW, Jakobsson M, Lewis CM, Aldenderfer M, Di Rienzo A, Warinner C*. (2016) Long-term genetic stability and a high altitude East Asian origin for the peoples of the high valleys of the Himalayan arc. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113(27):7485-7490.
- Orlando L, Allaby R, Skoglund P, Sarkissian C, Stockhammer PW, Avila M, Fu Q, Krause J, Willerslev E, Stone A, Warinner C. (2021) Ancient DNA analysis. Nature Reviews Methods Primers 1:14. https://doi.org/10.1038/ s43586-020-00011-0. Also available via ReadCube. Related PrimeView Highlights.
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