List of works - Mait Metspalu

"Like sugar in milk": reconstructing the genetic history of the Parsi population

scientific article

A "Copernican" reassessment of the human mitochondrial DNA tree from its root

scientific article

A Selective Sweep on a Deleterious Mutation in CPT1A in Arctic Populations

scientific article

A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

scientific article (publication date: 21 September 2016)

A prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: evaluating demic diffusion scenarios

scientific article

A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

scientific article

A “Copernican” Reassessment of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Tree from Its Root.

scientific article

Afghan Hindu Kush: where Eurasian sub-continent gene flows converge

scientific article published in 2013

An Aboriginal Australian genome reveals separate human dispersals into Asia

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2011)

An invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection in an Anglo-Saxon plague victim

scientific article published on 03 February 2022

Ancestral genomic contributions to complex traits in contemporary Europeans

scientific article published in 2022

Ancestry deconvolution and partial polygenic score can improve susceptibility predictions in recently admixed individuals

scientific article published on 02 April 2020

Ancestry-Specific Analyses Reveal Differential Demographic Histories and Opposite Selective Pressures in Modern South Asian Populations

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Ancient herpes simplex 1 genomes reveal recent viral structure in Eurasia

scientific article published in 2022

Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

scientific article

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

scientific article

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion

scientific article published in Science

Archaeogenomic distinctiveness of the Isthmo-Colombian area

scientific article published on 23 March 2021

Author Correction: The genetic legacy of continental scale admixture in Indian Austroasiatic speakers

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Autosomal and uniparental portraits of the native populations of Sakha (Yakutia): implications for the peopling of Northeast Eurasia ⬇️

scientific article

Beringian standstill and spread of Native American founders

scientific article published in 2007

Characterizing the genetic history of admixture across inner Eurasia

Continental-scale genomic analysis suggests shared post-admixture adaptation in the Americas

scientific article published on 01 November 2021

Deep common ancestry of indian and western-Eurasian mitochondrial DNA lineages

scientific article

Detailed mtDNA genotypes permit a reassessment of the settlement and population structure of the Andaman Islands

scientific article published in May 2008

Differences in local population history at the finest level: the case of the Estonian population

scientific article published on 25 July 2020

Disentangling Immediate Adaptive Introgression from Selection on Standing Introgressed Variation in Humans ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Dissecting the paternal founders of Mundari (Austroasiatic) speakers associated with the language dispersal in South Asia

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Divorcing the Late Upper Palaeolithic demographic histories of mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6 in Africa

scientific article

Early divergent strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 years ago

scientific article

East Eurasian ancestry in the middle of Europe: genetic footprints of Steppe nomads in the genomes of Belarusian Lipka Tatars

scientific article

Evaluating the mitochondrial timescale of human evolution

scientific article

Evidence of Early-Stage Selection on EPAS1 and GPR126 Genes in Andean High Altitude Populations

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Evolution of the pygmy phenotype: evidence of positive selection fro genome-wide scans in African, Asian, and Melanesian pygmies

scientific article

Extensive Farming in Estonia Started through a Sex-Biased Migration from the Steppe

scientific article

Extensive farming in Estonia started through a sex-biased migration from the Steppe

article

Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations

article

Genetic Heritage of the Balto-Slavic Speaking Populations: A Synthesis of Autosomal, Mitochondrial and Y-Chromosomal Data

scientific article

Genetic architecture of gene regulation in Indonesian populations identifies QTLs associated with global and local ancestries

scientific article published on 16 December 2021

Genetic characterization of northeastern Italian population isolates in the context of broader European genetic diversity

scientific article

Genetic evidence on modern human dispersals in South Asia: Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA perspectives: The world through the eyes of two haploid genomes

article

Genome-wide analysis of Corsican population reveals a close affinity with Northern and Central Italy

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Genome-wide analysis of cold adaptation in indigenous Siberian populations

scientific article

Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia

scientific article (publication date: 13 October 2016)

Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

scientific article

Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation

scientific article

Herders of Indian and European cattle share their predominant allele for lactase persistence

scientific article

Investigating the origins of eastern Polynesians using genome-wide data from the Leeward Society Isles

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Maternal footprints of Southeast Asians in North India

scientific article published on 28 January 2008

Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans

scientific article (publication date: 4 August 2005)

Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in south and southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans

scientific article

Multi-layered population structure in Island Southeast Asians

scientific article

Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods)

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

Multiple Deeply Divergent Denisovan Ancestries in Papuans

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Multiplexed SNP typing of ancient DNA clarifies the origin of Andaman mtDNA haplogroups amongst South Asian tribal populations

scientific article

No evidence from genome-wide data of a Khazar origin for the Ashkenazi Jews

scientific article

Origin and diffusion of human Y chromosome haplogroup J1-M267

scientific article published on 23 March 2021

Origin and spread of human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U7.

scientific article published on 07 April 2017

Paleo-Eskimo mtDNA genome reveals matrilineal discontinuity in Greenland

scientific article published on 29 May 2008

Papuan mitochondrial genomes and the settlement of Sahul

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Patterns of genetic connectedness between modern and medieval Estonian genomes reveal the origins of a major ancestry component of the Finnish population

scientific article published on 18 August 2021

Peopling of South Asia: investigating the caste-tribe continuum in India

scientific article

Phylogenetic applications of whole Y-chromosome sequences and the Near Eastern origin of Ashkenazi Levites

scientific article

Phylogeography of mtDNA haplogroup R7 in the Indian peninsula

scientific article

Population genetic structure in Indian Austroasiatic speakers: the role of landscape barriers and sex-specific admixture

scientific article

Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia

scientific article published on June 2015

Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago

scientific article (publication date: 28 July 2009)

Population structure of modern-day Italians reveals patterns of ancient and archaic ancestries in Southern Europe

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Publisher Correction: Genome-wide analysis of Corsican population reveals a close affinity with Northern and Central Italy

scientific article published on 06 December 2019

Reconstructing recent population history while mapping rare variants using haplotypes

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Reconstructing the population history of the largest tribe of India: the Dravidian speaking Gond

scientific article

Reconstructing the population history of the largest tribe of India: the Dravidian speaking Gond

scientific article published on 01 November 2017

Reply to Winters

article

Reply to d'Huy et al.: Navigating biases and charting new ground in the cultural diffusion of folktales

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Role of DNA copy number variations in genetic predisposition to recurrent pregnancy loss

Selective sweep on human amylase genes postdates the split with Neanderthals

scientific article

Separating the post-Glacial coancestry of European and Asian Y chromosomes within haplogroup R1a

scientific article

Separating the post-Glacial coancestry of European and Asian Y chromosomes within haplogroup R1a.

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

Shared and unique components of human population structure and genome-wide signals of positive selection in South Asia

scientific article

Shifts in the Genetic Landscape of the Western Eurasian Steppe Associated with the Beginning and End of the Scythian Dominance

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

The Arrival of Siberian Ancestry Connecting the Eastern Baltic to Uralic Speakers further East

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

The Caucasus as an asymmetric semipermeable barrier to ancient human migrations

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

The Genetic Ancestry of Modern Indus Valley Populations from Northwest India.

scientific article

The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads Across Eurasia

The Genomic Impact of European Colonization of the Americas

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

The Place of the Indian Mitochondrial DNA Variants in the Global Network of Maternal Lineages and the Peopling of the Old World

The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

scientific article

The genetic heritage of the earliest settlers persists both in Indian tribal and caste populations

scientific article

The genetic history of admixture across inner Eurasia

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

The genetic legacy of continental scale admixture in Indian Austroasiatic speakers

scientific article published on 07 March 2019

The genetic legacy of the expansion of Turkic-speaking nomads across Eurasia

scientific article published on 21 April 2015

The genetic makings of South Asia

The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

scientific article

The genetic structure of south Asian populations as revealed by 650 000 SNPs.

scientific article

The genetic variation in the R1a clade among the Ashkenazi Levites' Y chromosome

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

scientific article

The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people

scientific article

The light skin allele of SLC24A5 in South Asians and Europeans shares identity by descent

scientific article published on 7 November 2013

Through the course of prehostory in India: tracing the mtDNA trail

doctoral thesis of Mait Metspalu

Unravelling the distinct strains of Tharu ancestry

scientific article

Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

scientific article

List of works by Mait Metspalu

"Like sugar in milk": reconstructing the genetic history of the Parsi population

A "Copernican" reassessment of the human mitochondrial DNA tree from its root

A Selective Sweep on a Deleterious Mutation in CPT1A in Arctic Populations

A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

A prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: evaluating demic diffusion scenarios

A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

A “Copernican” Reassessment of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Tree from Its Root.

Afghan Hindu Kush: where Eurasian sub-continent gene flows converge

An Aboriginal Australian genome reveals separate human dispersals into Asia

An invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection in an Anglo-Saxon plague victim

Ancestral genomic contributions to complex traits in contemporary Europeans

Ancestry deconvolution and partial polygenic score can improve susceptibility predictions in recently admixed individuals

Ancestry-Specific Analyses Reveal Differential Demographic Histories and Opposite Selective Pressures in Modern South Asian Populations

Ancient herpes simplex 1 genomes reveal recent viral structure in Eurasia

Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion

Archaeogenomic distinctiveness of the Isthmo-Colombian area

Author Correction: The genetic legacy of continental scale admixture in Indian Austroasiatic speakers

Autosomal and uniparental portraits of the native populations of Sakha (Yakutia): implications for the peopling of Northeast Eurasia ⬇️

Beringian standstill and spread of Native American founders

Characterizing the genetic history of admixture across inner Eurasia

Continental-scale genomic analysis suggests shared post-admixture adaptation in the Americas

Deep common ancestry of indian and western-Eurasian mitochondrial DNA lineages

Detailed mtDNA genotypes permit a reassessment of the settlement and population structure of the Andaman Islands

Differences in local population history at the finest level: the case of the Estonian population

Disentangling Immediate Adaptive Introgression from Selection on Standing Introgressed Variation in Humans ⬇️

Dissecting the paternal founders of Mundari (Austroasiatic) speakers associated with the language dispersal in South Asia

Divorcing the Late Upper Palaeolithic demographic histories of mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6 in Africa

Early divergent strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 years ago

East Eurasian ancestry in the middle of Europe: genetic footprints of Steppe nomads in the genomes of Belarusian Lipka Tatars

Evaluating the mitochondrial timescale of human evolution

Evidence of Early-Stage Selection on EPAS1 and GPR126 Genes in Andean High Altitude Populations

Evolution of the pygmy phenotype: evidence of positive selection fro genome-wide scans in African, Asian, and Melanesian pygmies

Extensive Farming in Estonia Started through a Sex-Biased Migration from the Steppe

Extensive farming in Estonia started through a sex-biased migration from the Steppe

Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations

Genetic Heritage of the Balto-Slavic Speaking Populations: A Synthesis of Autosomal, Mitochondrial and Y-Chromosomal Data

Genetic architecture of gene regulation in Indonesian populations identifies QTLs associated with global and local ancestries

Genetic characterization of northeastern Italian population isolates in the context of broader European genetic diversity

Genetic evidence on modern human dispersals in South Asia: Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA perspectives: The world through the eyes of two haploid genomes

Genome-wide analysis of Corsican population reveals a close affinity with Northern and Central Italy

Genome-wide analysis of cold adaptation in indigenous Siberian populations

Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia

Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation

Herders of Indian and European cattle share their predominant allele for lactase persistence

Investigating the origins of eastern Polynesians using genome-wide data from the Leeward Society Isles

Maternal footprints of Southeast Asians in North India

Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans

Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in south and southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans

Multi-layered population structure in Island Southeast Asians

Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods)

Multiple Deeply Divergent Denisovan Ancestries in Papuans

Multiplexed SNP typing of ancient DNA clarifies the origin of Andaman mtDNA haplogroups amongst South Asian tribal populations

No evidence from genome-wide data of a Khazar origin for the Ashkenazi Jews

Origin and diffusion of human Y chromosome haplogroup J1-M267

Origin and spread of human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U7.

Paleo-Eskimo mtDNA genome reveals matrilineal discontinuity in Greenland

Papuan mitochondrial genomes and the settlement of Sahul

Patterns of genetic connectedness between modern and medieval Estonian genomes reveal the origins of a major ancestry component of the Finnish population

Peopling of South Asia: investigating the caste-tribe continuum in India

Phylogenetic applications of whole Y-chromosome sequences and the Near Eastern origin of Ashkenazi Levites

Phylogeography of mtDNA haplogroup R7 in the Indian peninsula

Population genetic structure in Indian Austroasiatic speakers: the role of landscape barriers and sex-specific admixture

Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia

Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago

Population structure of modern-day Italians reveals patterns of ancient and archaic ancestries in Southern Europe

Publisher Correction: Genome-wide analysis of Corsican population reveals a close affinity with Northern and Central Italy

Reconstructing recent population history while mapping rare variants using haplotypes

Reconstructing the population history of the largest tribe of India: the Dravidian speaking Gond

Reconstructing the population history of the largest tribe of India: the Dravidian speaking Gond

Reply to Winters

Reply to d'Huy et al.: Navigating biases and charting new ground in the cultural diffusion of folktales

Role of DNA copy number variations in genetic predisposition to recurrent pregnancy loss

Selective sweep on human amylase genes postdates the split with Neanderthals

Separating the post-Glacial coancestry of European and Asian Y chromosomes within haplogroup R1a

Separating the post-Glacial coancestry of European and Asian Y chromosomes within haplogroup R1a.