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Michael Hofreiter

Professor for Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, University of Potsdam
Verified email at uni-potsdam.de
Cited by 32917

Genetic analyses from ancient DNA

…, M Kuch, J Krause, L Vigilant, M Hofreiter - Annu. Rev …, 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract About 20 years ago, DNA sequences were separately described from the quagga
(a type of zebra) and an ancient Egyptian individual. What made these DNA sequences …

ancient DNA

M Hofreiter, D Serre, HN Poinar, M Kuch… - Nature Reviews …, 2001 - nature.com
DNA that has been recovered from archaeological and palaeontological remains makes it
possible to go back in time and study the genetic relationships of extinct organisms to their …

Assessing ancient DNA studies

MTP Gilbert, HJ Bandelt, M Hofreiter, I Barnes - Trends in ecology & …, 2005 - cell.com
The study of ancient DNA has the potential to make significant and unique contributions to
ecology and evolution. However, the techniques used contain inherent problems, particularly …

Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse

…, T Sicheritz-Ponten, LJ Jensen, JV Olsen, M Hofreiter… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The rich fossil record of equids has made them a model for evolutionary processes 1 . Here
we present a 1.12-times coverage draft genome from a horse bone recovered from …

[HTML][HTML] The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

…, W Haak, A Morales-Muńiz, N Benecke, M Hofreiter… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 .
However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage …

Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

…, R Willerslev, RK Wayne, A Cooper, M Hofreiter… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Despite decades of research, the roles of climate and humans in driving the dramatic extinctions
of large-bodied mammals during the Late Quaternary period remain contentious. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory

…, J Dani, P Raczky, TFG Higham, M Hofreiter… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The Great Hungarian Plain was a crossroads of cultural transformations that have shaped
European prehistory. Here we analyse a 5,000-year transect of human genomes, sampled …

DNA sequences from multiple amplifications reveal artifacts induced by cytosine deamination in ancient DNA

M Hofreiter, V Jaenicke, D Serre… - Nucleic acids …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
We show that DNA molecules amplified by PCR from DNA extracted from animal bones and
teeth that vary in age between 25 000 and over 50 000 years carry C→T and G→A …

Fossil dogs and wolves from Palaeolithic sites in Belgium, the Ukraine and Russia: osteometry, ancient DNA and stable isotopes

…, REM Hedges, M Hofreiter, M Stiller… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Using multivariate techniques, several skulls of fossil large canids from sites in Belgium, Ukraine
and Russia were examined to look for possible evidence of the presence of Palaeolithic …

[HTML][HTML] No evidence of Neandertal mtDNA contribution to early modern humans

…, M Paunovic, P Mennecier, M Hofreiter… - PLoS …, 2004 - journals.plos.org
The retrieval of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from four Neandertal fossils from
Germany, Russia, and Croatia has demonstrated that these individuals carried closely related …