• An accurate assignment test for extremely low-coverage whole-genome sequence data 

      Ferrari, Giada; Atmore, Lane Margaret; Jentoft, Sissel; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Makowiecki, Daniel; Barrett, James; Star, Bastiaan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Genomic assignment tests can provide important diagnostic biological characteristics, such as population of origin or ecotype. Yet, assignment tests often rely on moderate- to high-coverage sequence data that can be difficult ...
    • Ancient DNA evidence for the ecological globalization of cod fishing in medieval and post-medieval Europe 

      Martinez Garcia, Lourdes; Ferrari, Giada; Cuevas, Angelica; Atmore, Lane Margaret; López-Arias, Begoña; Culling, Mark; Llorente-Rodríguez, Laura; Morales-Muñiz, Arturo; Roselló-Izquierdo, Eufrasia; Quirós, Juan Antonio; Marlasca-Martín, Ricard; Hänfling, Bernd; Hutchinson, William F.; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Jentoft, Sissel; Orton, David; Star, Bastiaan; Barrett, James (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Understanding the historical emergence and growth of long-range fisheries can provide fundamental insights into the timing of ecological impacts and the development of coastal communities during the last millennium. ...
    • Ancient DNA sequence quality is independent of fish bone weight 

      Atmore, Lane Margaret; Ferrari, Giada; Martinez Garcia, Lourdes; van der Jagt, Inge; Blevis, Rachel; Granado, José; Häberle, Simone; Dierickx, Katrien; Quinlan, Liz M.; Lõugas, Lembi; Makowiecki, Daniel; Hufthammer, Anne Karin; Barrett, James; Star, Bastiaan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The field of ancient DNA (aDNA) typically uses between 50 and 200 mg of minimum input weight of bone material for the extraction of DNA from archaeological remains. While laboratory and analysis techniques have focused on ...
    • Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics 

      Atmore, Lane Margaret; Martinez Garcia, Lourdes; Makowiecki, Daniel; André, Carl; Lõugas, Lembi; Barrett, James; Star, Bastiaan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The world’s oceans are currently facing major stressors in the form of overexploitation and anthropogenic climate change. The Baltic Sea was home to the first “industrial” fishery ∼800 y ago targeting the Baltic herring, ...