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Phd fellow in Pop gen at BHU | interested in studying domestication, human migration and archaic introgression, selection | Neolithic in India
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Our recent pri-print on COVID 19.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neanderthal Introgressed COVID-19 Risk Locus 3p21.31 Under Positive Selection in East Asia via LZTFL1-Driven Ciliary Changes
The Neanderthal introgressed 3p21.31 locus has been repeatedly associated as a major host genetic determinant of severe COVID-19, particularly in European and South Asian populations. However, the evo...
www.biorxiv.org
October 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Our latest articles on Whole genome sequencing and assembly of the house sparrow, Passer domesticus

#passer

gigabytejournal.com/articles/161
Whole genome sequencing and assembly of the house sparrow, Passer domesticus
Whole genome sequencing and assembly of the house sparrow, Passer domesticus
gigabytejournal.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Two useful new reviews on ancestry inference in population genetics:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
July 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Our recent articles on Pig domestication in India featured by Nature India.

www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Ancient DNA, rock art point to pig domestication in India
Genetic analysis traces a unique North Indian pig lineage to early farmers in the Ganga plains 5,000 years ago
www.nature.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Dogs? Dogs dogs dogs.

South American dogs? Ancient South American dogs?

Lots and lots of Ancient South American Dogs!

Huge effort by so many great people!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM