Pooja Swali
@poojaswali.bsky.social
Pathogen evolution using Ancient DNA 🧬💀🦠
Postdoc at @ugiatucl.bsky.social van Dorp Group UCL
Previously @crick.ac.uk 👩🏽🔬👩🏽💻
Postdoc at @ugiatucl.bsky.social van Dorp Group UCL
Previously @crick.ac.uk 👩🏽🔬👩🏽💻
Reposted by Pooja Swali
Briefly, we identified three extinct mitochondrial bovine lineages in mid-latitude Asia: aurochs basal to haplogroup C, bison clade X, and a previously unknown yak-like clade X sister to all known yak diversity.
This yak X mitochondrial lineage diverged around 675,000 years ago from modern yak!
This yak X mitochondrial lineage diverged around 675,000 years ago from modern yak!
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Briefly, we identified three extinct mitochondrial bovine lineages in mid-latitude Asia: aurochs basal to haplogroup C, bison clade X, and a previously unknown yak-like clade X sister to all known yak diversity.
This yak X mitochondrial lineage diverged around 675,000 years ago from modern yak!
This yak X mitochondrial lineage diverged around 675,000 years ago from modern yak!
Reposted by Pooja Swali
If you like generating genomic data from unusual medical samples, past and contemporary epidemiology and advancing methods in phylo/population genetics please get in touch.
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL
New preprint on the early evolution of BA.2.86
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September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If you like generating genomic data from unusual medical samples, past and contemporary epidemiology and advancing methods in phylo/population genetics please get in touch.
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL