ArticleNature2025
Reply to: Insufficient evidence for natural selection associated with the Black Death.
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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Ancient DNA and Human Physiology.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Insights into infectious diseases through ancient pathogen genomics.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Insights into human adaptation from ancient DNA.Nature genetics · 2026Review
- Assessing Ancient DNA Sampling Strategies for Natural Selection Inference in Humans Using Allele Frequency Time Series Data.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
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Authors and funding
32 authors.
Tauras P VilgalysSection of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0615-6888
Jennifer KlunkMcMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Departments of Anthropology, Biology and Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6521-8516
Christian E DemeureInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, Microbiology Department, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-1645
Xiaoheng ChengDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Mari ShiratoriSection of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Julien MadejInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, Microbiology Department, Paris, France.
Rémi BeauInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, Microbiology Department, Paris, France.
Derek ElliDepartment of Microbiology, Ricketts Laboratory, University of Chicago, Lemont, IL, USA.
Maria I PatinoSection of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Rebecca RedfernCentre for Human Bioarchaeology, Museum of London, London, UK.
Sharon N DeWitteDepartment of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-8485
Julia A GambleDepartment of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Jesper L BoldsenUnit of Anthropology (ADBOU), Department of Forensic Medicine University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Ann CarmichaelHistory Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7516-7460
Nükhet VarlikDepartment of History, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.
Katherine EatonMcMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Departments of Anthropology, Biology and Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jean-Christophe GrenierMontreal Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7937-5160
G Brian GoldingMcMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Departments of Anthropology, Biology and Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7575-0282
Alison DevaultDaicel Arbor Biosciences, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Jean-Marie RouillardDaicel Arbor Biosciences, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Vania YotovaCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-2404
Renata SindeauxCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5527-5015
Chun Jimmie YeDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6560-3783
Matin BikaranDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Anne DumaineSection of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jessica F BrinkworthDepartment of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Dominique MissiakasDepartment of Microbiology, Ricketts Laboratory, University of Chicago, Lemont, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6482-9633
Guy A RouleauMontreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8403-1418
Matthias SteinrückenDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Javier Pizarro-CerdáInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, Microbiology Department, Paris, France.
Hendrik N PoinarMcMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Departments of Anthropology, Biology and Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. poinarh@mcmaster.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0314-4160
Luis B BarreiroSection of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. lbarreiro@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9456-367X
Funding
Population genetic methods to detect population structure and adaptation using modern and ancient genomic datasetsR01GM146051 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Matthias Steinruecken · 2022 to 2026
$1.7MNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM146051
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