Mi gente latino! Ya llegó ya está aquí. La primera reunión de Biomoleculas antiguas en Latinoamerica patrocinada por el @official-smbe.bsky.social . Reserven la fecha y estén al pendiente de las fechas importantes. Mas info en nuestra pagina web smbeperu.github.io/SMBEperu-esp/

we made a tool! ybyra is a lightweight, flexible Y-chromosome haplogroup caller. It is faster, easier to tune and more robust than other tools particularly for low-coverage or ancient DNA data. And it has lots of detailed output – including plots! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Delighted to see our paper on the evolutionary history of the CCR5Δ32 deletion published this week in @cellpress.bsky.social. Work led by @ravnkirstine.bsky.social, Leonardo Cobuccio and Rasa Muktupavela, and co-supervised by me and @simorasmu.bsky.social. See 🧵 for main findings...

@simorasmu.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ Out now in Cell: Our new study uncovers the ancient origins of a genetic mutation that protects against HIV — and rewrites the story of its surprising high frequency in Europe. Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Let’s dig in (popular science first, jump to 16 for technical details)

A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their population history and ancestry, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3YLNzfF 🏺 🧬 🧪

Ancient and present-day genomes from members of the Indigenous American tribe Picuris Pueblo in the US Southwest show genetic continuity with Ancestral Pueblo individuals from the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. https://go.nature.com/4cWV2Os

Indigenous American tribe’s ancestral history confirmed by genomes

Study reveals genetic continuity between Ancestral Puebloans from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, and present-day Picuris people.

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Excited to share our study on and with Picuris Pueblo! It’s a true honor to have worked alongside the community. Combining oral history and genomics, we show a long-standing continuity in the US Southwest and challenge ideas of pre-Columbian population collapse. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest - Nature

A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their po...

nature.com