Jonas Niemann

TL;DR: A dataset of 48 resequenced genomes spanning all members of the genus Canis except the black-backed and side-striped jackals, encompassing the global diversity of seven extant canid lineages, finds gene flow between the ancestors of the dhole and African hunting dog and admixture between the gray wolf, coyote, golden jackal, and African golden wolf.

TL;DR: The results show that, though the four specimens represent extinct wolf lineages, they do not form a monophyletic group, and each Pleistocene Siberian canid branched off the lineage that gave rise to present-day wolves and dogs.

TL;DR: A 5,700 year-old piece of chewed birch pitch from Denmark is reported from which a complete ancient human genome and oral microbiome DNA is sequenced and it is found that the individual who chewed the pitch was female and that she was genetically more closely related to western hunter-gatherers from mainland Europe thanhunter-gathererrs from central Scandinavia.

TL;DR: This analysis indicates that sled dogs represent an ancient lineage going back at least 9500 years and that wolves bred with the ancestors of sled dogs and precontact American dogs, however, gene flow between sled Dogs and wolves likely stopped before ∼9500 years ago.

TL;DR: The Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postgraduate Scholarship (EPSPG/2015/158) as mentioned in this paper was the first recipient of a postgraduate scholarship from the Irish Research Council (IRC).