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Metspalu E

Senior researcher, University of Tartu
Verified email at ut.ee
Cited by 16777

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

…, T Loukidis, RW Mahley, B Melegh, E Metspalu… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
We sequenced the genomes of a ∼7,000-year-old farmer from Germany and eight ∼8,000-year-old
hunter-gatherers from Luxembourg and Sweden. We analysed these and other …

The Simons genome diversity project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

…, A Di Rienzo, C Jeong, EB Starikovskaya, E Metspalu… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Here we report the Simons Genome Diversity Project data set: high quality genomes from 300
individuals from 142 diverse populations. These genomes include at least 5.8 million base …

Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

…, S Rasmussen, TW Stafford Jr, L Orlando, E Metspalu… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The origins of the First Americans remain contentious. Although Native Americans seem to
be genetically most closely related to east Asians 1 , 2 , 3 , there is no consensus with regard …

[HTML][HTML] Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

…, A Albrechtsen, I Moltke, M Metspalu, E Metspalu… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
We report here the genome sequence of an ancient human. Obtained from ∼4,000-year-old
permafrost-preserved hair, the genome represents a male individual from the first known …

An Aboriginal Australian genome reveals separate human dispersals into Asia

…, L Orlando, FM De La Vega, S Tridico, E Metspalu… - Science, 2011 - science.org
We present an Aboriginal Australian genomic sequence obtained from a 100-year-old lock
of hair donated by an Aboriginal man from southern Western Australia in the early 20th …

Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

…, PDB Damgaard, ME Allentoft, J Lindo, E Metspalu… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The consensus view on the peopling of the Americas is that ancestors of
modern Native Americans entered the Americas from Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge and …

A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

…, F Clemente, A Cardona, E Metspalu… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
… An increase in male migration rate might reduce the male N e but is unlikely to cause a
brief drastic reduction in N e as observed in our empirical data. Similarly, simple models of …

Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia

…, DM Behar, E Balanovska, A Metspalu… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
High-coverage whole-genome sequence studies have so far focused on a limited number 1
of geographically restricted populations 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , or been targeted at specific diseases, …

The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people

DM Behar, B Yunusbayev, M Metspalu, E Metspalu… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Contemporary Jews comprise an aggregate of ethno-religious communities whose worldwide
members identify with each other through various shared religious, historical and cultural …

[PDF][PDF] The genetic heritage of the earliest settlers persists both in Indian tribal and caste populations

…, S Mastana, K Kaldma, J Parik, E Metspalu… - The American Journal of …, 2003 - cell.com
Two tribal groups from southern India—the Chenchus and Koyas—were analyzed for variation
in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), the Y chromosome, and one autosomal locus and were …