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A runner up to Science's 2022 Breakthrough of the Year

The nomination caps off a productive year for the Poinar lab.

A 14th century CE Brucella melitensis genome and the recent expansion of the Western Mediterranean clade

A high-quality 14th C. CE Brucella melitensis genome points to a speciation event contemporaneous to sheep domestication.

A new approach to sedimentary ancient DNA analysis

Researchers at the Ancient DNA Centre outline new methods for the extraction and enrichment of ancient DNA from permafrost cores greatly increasing the amount ...

The continental migrations of American mastodons

As part of a large collaborative project, researchers at the Ancient DNA Centre conducted the first large scale phylogeographic analysis of American mastodons ...

Darwin 2009 celebration in France

Régis Debruyne had a recent opportunity to make use of his French at the colloque entitled "Cent Cinquante ans après l’Origine des espèces: du darwinisme de ...

Evoltree Ancient DNA Workshop

Regis participated in the Evoltree aDNA workshop in Borrowdale, UK May 4th to 7th.

Molecular analysis of a 11 700-year-old rodent midden from the Atacama Desert, Chile

We combined both ancient DNA and mascroscopic identification of 11,700 year old middens in the Atacama Desert, Chile to show that the past climate was much ...

Congratulations Jennifer Klunk

The entire McMaster Ancient DNA Centre would like to congratulate Jennifer on her successful PhD defence!

The genetics of Civil War era smallpox vaccination

McMaster Ancient DNA Centre researchers characterize the genetics of early smallpox vaccinations, extracting ancient DNA from the preserved scabs and lymph ...

Whole genomes reveal messy history of promiscuous proboscideans

A new collaboration between researchers at the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre and international researchers from across the United States, Europe, and Australia ...