Published in Am J Hum Genet on July 01, 2008
Ancient DNA from European early neolithic farmers reveals their near eastern affinities. PLoS Biol (2010) 4.43
Ancient DNA reveals key stages in the formation of central European mitochondrial genetic diversity. Science (2013) 2.23
Rapid, global demographic expansions after the origins of agriculture. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.96
High-throughput sequencing of complete human mtDNA genomes from the Philippines. Genome Res (2010) 1.56
Updated three-stage model for the peopling of the Americas. PLoS One (2008) 1.45
Climate change underlies global demographic, genetic, and cultural transitions in pre-Columbian southern Peru. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 1.42
Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome variation provides evidence for a recent common ancestry between Native Americans and Indigenous Altaians. Am J Hum Genet (2012) 1.31
Bayesian coalescent inference of major human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup expansions in Africa. Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.31
Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric gene-flow from siberia in the complex human population history of North East Europe. PLoS Genet (2013) 1.18
Haplotypic background of a private allele at high frequency in the Americas. Mol Biol Evol (2009) 1.08
Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas. Sci Adv (2016) 1.07
Native Americans experienced a strong population bottleneck coincident with European contact. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 0.97
Major population expansion of East Asians began before neolithic time: evidence of mtDNA genomes. PLoS One (2011) 0.95
MtDNA analysis of global populations support that major population expansions began before Neolithic Time. Sci Rep (2012) 0.92
Improved calibration of the human mitochondrial clock using ancient genomes. Mol Biol Evol (2014) 0.91
Cross-sectional dating of novel haplotypes of HERV-K 113 and HERV-K 115 indicate these proviruses originated in Africa before Homo sapiens. Mol Biol Evol (2009) 0.90
Archaeological support for the three-stage expansion of modern humans across northeastern Eurasia and into the Americas. PLoS One (2010) 0.80
Maternal ancestry and population history from whole mitochondrial genomes. Investig Genet (2015) 0.80
Inferring the population expansions in peopling of Japan. PLoS One (2011) 0.78
Ancient DNA reveals selection acting on genes associated with hypoxia response in pre-Columbian Peruvian Highlanders in the last 8500 years. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
Exploring the maternal history of the Tai people. J Hum Genet (2016) 0.75
A South American Prehistoric Mitogenome: Context, Continuity, and the Origin of Haplogroup C1d. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees. BMC Evol Biol (2007) 74.13
Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome. Nature (1981) 57.39
Bayesian coalescent inference of past population dynamics from molecular sequences. Mol Biol Evol (2005) 18.57
Mitochondrial genome variation and the origin of modern humans. Nature (2000) 11.92
Natural selection shaped regional mtDNA variation in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 6.95
Time dependency of molecular rate estimates and systematic overestimation of recent divergence times. Mol Biol Evol (2005) 6.77
The late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americas. Science (2008) 5.51
The role of selection in the evolution of human mitochondrial genomes. Genetics (2005) 4.56
DNA from pre-Clovis human coprolites in Oregon, North America. Science (2008) 3.92
The molecular dissection of mtDNA haplogroup H confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian glacial refuge was a major source for the European gene pool. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 3.51
Molecular clocks: when times are a-changin'. Trends Genet (2005) 3.40
Beringian standstill and spread of Native American founders. PLoS One (2007) 3.10
mtDNA variation predicts population size in humans and reveals a major Southern Asian chapter in human prehistory. Mol Biol Evol (2007) 2.67
Revealing the prehistoric settlement of Australia by Y chromosome and mtDNA analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 2.55
A three-stage colonization model for the peopling of the Americas. PLoS One (2008) 2.40
Evidence for time dependency of molecular rate estimates. Syst Biol (2007) 2.26
New approaches to dating suggest a recent age for the human mtDNA ancestor. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (1992) 2.14
Mitochondrial population genomics supports a single pre-Clovis origin with a coastal route for the peopling of the Americas. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 2.13
The phylogeny of the four pan-American MtDNA haplogroups: implications for evolutionary and disease studies. PLoS One (2008) 1.87
Climate change and evolving human diversity in Europe during the last glacial. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2004) 1.79
Genetic analysis of early holocene skeletal remains from Alaska and its implications for the settlement of the Americas. Am J Phys Anthropol (2007) 1.69
Geological dates and molecular rates: fish DNA sheds light on time dependency. Mol Biol Evol (2008) 1.45
A Bayesian evaluation of human mitochondrial substitution rates. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 1.38
Relaxed phylogenetics and dating with confidence. PLoS Biol (2006) 37.68
Partitionfinder: combined selection of partitioning schemes and substitution models for phylogenetic analyses. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 11.97
Novel high-resolution characterization of ancient DNA reveals C > U-type base modification events as the sole cause of post mortem miscoding lesions. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 3.41
Accommodating the effect of ancient DNA damage on inferences of demographic histories. Mol Biol Evol (2008) 3.07
A Bayesian phylogenetic method to estimate unknown sequence ages. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 2.73
Mitochondrial DNA analysis shows a Near Eastern Neolithic origin for domestic cattle and no indication of domestication of European aurochs. Proc Biol Sci (2007) 2.61
Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans. Nature (2011) 2.60
Revealing the prehistoric settlement of Australia by Y chromosome and mtDNA analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 2.55
Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in south and southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans. BMC Genet (2004) 2.37
Radiation of extant cetaceans driven by restructuring of the oceans. Syst Biol (2009) 2.33
Assessing the fidelity of ancient DNA sequences amplified from nuclear genes. Genetics (2005) 2.21
The global spread of hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: a phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis. PLoS Med (2009) 2.06
The mitochondrial genome of Elodia flavipalpis Aldrich (Diptera: Tachinidae) and the evolutionary timescale of Tachinid flies. PLoS One (2013) 2.02
Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.78
Testing the impact of calibration on molecular divergence times using a fossil-rich group: the case of Nothofagus (Fagales). Syst Biol (2011) 1.77
Using genetic evidence to evaluate four palaeoanthropological hypotheses for the timing of Neanderthal and modern human origins. J Hum Evol (2010) 1.70
Evaluating the mitochondrial timescale of human evolution. Trends Ecol Evol (2009) 1.59
Intraspecific phylogenetic analysis of Siberian woolly mammoths using complete mitochondrial genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.53
Estimating the phylogeny and divergence times of primates using a supermatrix approach. BMC Evol Biol (2009) 1.52
One hundred twenty years of koala retrovirus evolution determined from museum skins. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 1.51
A prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: evaluating demic diffusion scenarios. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.47
Ancient DNA chronology within sediment deposits: are paleobiological reconstructions possible and is DNA leaching a factor? Mol Biol Evol (2007) 1.44
Evolution, systematics, and phylogeography of pleistocene horses in the new world: a molecular perspective. PLoS Biol (2005) 1.42
Comment on "Protein sequences from mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex revealed by mass spectrometry". Science (2008) 1.41
Tracing the temporal and spatial origins of island endemics in the Mediterranean region: a case study from the citrus family (Ruta L., Rutaceae). Syst Biol (2010) 1.39
A Bayesian evaluation of human mitochondrial substitution rates. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 1.38
Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity. Mol Ecol (2009) 1.34
Mutation rate is linked to diversification in birds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.33
Revealing the maternal demographic history of Panthera leo using ancient DNA and a spatially explicit genealogical analysis. BMC Evol Biol (2014) 1.20
Dating the origin and dispersal of hepatitis B virus infection in humans and primates. Hepatology (2013) 1.19
Divergent evolutionary processes associated with colonization of offshore islands. Mol Ecol (2013) 1.16
Positive selection on hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes of H1N1 influenza viruses. Virol J (2011) 1.14
Mitogenetic structure of brown bears (Ursus arctos L.) in northeastern Europe and a new time frame for the formation of European brown bear lineages. Mol Ecol (2007) 1.13
Evidence for Permo-Triassic colonization of the deep sea by isopods. Biol Lett (2012) 1.09
Taller plants have lower rates of molecular evolution. Nat Commun (2013) 1.07
Analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes from extinct and extant rhinoceroses reveals lack of phylogenetic resolution. BMC Evol Biol (2009) 1.07
Uplift of the Tibetan plateau: evidence from divergence times of glyptosternoid catfishes. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2005) 1.06
Developing multiplexed SNP assays with special reference to degraded DNA templates. Nat Protoc (2006) 1.06
Adaptive radiation of chemosymbiotic deep-sea mussels. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 1.02
Improving the analysis of dinoflagellate phylogeny based on rDNA. Protist (2005) 1.02
Global and local persistence of influenza A(H5N1) virus. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 0.98
Ancient DNA reveals that bowhead whale lineages survived Late Pleistocene climate change and habitat shifts. Nat Commun (2013) 0.97
Sudden expansion of a single brown bear maternal lineage across northern continental Eurasia after the last ice age: a general demographic model for mammals? Mol Ecol (2009) 0.97
Reconstructing genome evolution in historic samples of the Irish potato famine pathogen. Nat Commun (2013) 0.95
Disulfide bond acquisition through eukaryotic protein evolution. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 0.95
The history of the North African mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U6 gene flow into the African, Eurasian and American continents. BMC Evol Biol (2014) 0.93
Turnip mosaic potyvirus probably first spread to Eurasian brassica crops from wild orchids about 1000 years ago. PLoS One (2013) 0.93
The light skin allele of SLC24A5 in South Asians and Europeans shares identity by descent. PLoS Genet (2013) 0.93
A potentially fatal mix of herpes in zoos. Curr Biol (2012) 0.92
The influence of rate heterogeneity among sites on the time dependence of molecular rates. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 0.91
ClockstaR: choosing the number of relaxed-clock models in molecular phylogenetic analysis. Bioinformatics (2013) 0.88
The genetic legacy of aridification: climate cycling fostered lizard diversification in Australian montane refugia and left low-lying deserts genetically depauperate. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2011) 0.87
Are pollen fossils useful for calibrating relaxed molecular clock dating of phylogenies? A comparative study using Myrtaceae. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2011) 0.83
Statistical guidelines for detecting past population shifts using ancient DNA. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 0.83
Accounting for rate variation among lineages in comparative demographic analyses. Evolution (2014) 0.82
Hetero: a program to simulate the evolution of DNA on a four-taxon tree. Appl Bioinformatics (2003) 0.82
Temporal genetic variation of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes, across western Europe and the British Isles. Quat Sci Rev (2012) 0.82
Phylogenetic estimation of timescales using ancient DNA: the effects of temporal sampling scheme and uncertainty in sample ages. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 0.82
Evaluating the impact of post-mortem damage in ancient DNA: a theoretical approach. J Mol Evol (2011) 0.81
Diversification and Demography of the Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) on Hainan Island and the Adjacent Mainland. PLoS One (2013) 0.81
Evolution of MHC class I in the order Crocodylia. Immunogenetics (2013) 0.80
Quantifying species diversity with a DNA barcoding-based method: Tibetan moth species (Noctuidae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. PLoS One (2013) 0.79
Preferential access to genetic information from endogenous hominin ancient DNA and accurate quantitative SNP-typing via SPEX. Nucleic Acids Res (2009) 0.79
The Andaman Islanders in a regional genetic context: reexamining the evidence for an early peopling of the archipelago from South Asia. Hum Biol (2013) 0.79
Ancient hyaenas highlight the old problem of estimating evolutionary rates. Mol Ecol (2014) 0.79
Empirical calibrated radiocarbon sampler: a tool for incorporating radiocarbon-date and calibration error into Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of ancient DNA. Mol Ecol Resour (2014) 0.78
Divergence dates of libelluloid dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) estimated from rRNA using paired-site substitution models. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2007) 0.77
Molecular phylogeny of Australian Helicarionidae, Euconulidae and related groups (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) based on mitochondrial DNA. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2007) 0.77
Adaptive radiation of chemosymbiotic deep-sea mussels. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 0.75
Vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia into the twenty-first century. Biol Lett (2011) 0.75
Australian and Pacific contributions to the genetic diversity of Norfolk Island feral chickens. BMC Genet (2013) 0.75
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Regional population expansion in Eucalyptus globulus. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2013) 0.75
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