Publications, from most recent to oldest

  1. Liu S, Huang S, Chen F, Zhao L, Yuan Y, Starko Francis S,..., Yang MA, ..., Wang J, Albrechsten A, Jin X, Nielsen R, Xu X (37 co-authors total). 2018. "Genomic analyses from non-invasive prenatal testing reveal genetic associations, patterns of viral infections, and Chinese population history.” Cell. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.008 [LINK]

  2. Min-Shan Ko A, Zhang Y, Yang MA, Hu, Y, Cao P, Feng X, Zhang L, Wei F, Fu Q. 2018. “Mitochondrial genome of a 22,000-year-old giant panda from southern China reveals a new panda lineage.” Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.016 [LINK]

  3. Yang MA, Fu Q. 2018. “Insights into Modern Human Prehistory Using Ancient Genomes.” Trends in Genetics. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2017.11.008 [LINK]

  4. Yang MA, Gao X, Theunert C, Tong H, Aximu Petri A, Nickel B, Slatkin M, Meyer M, Pääbo S, Kelso J, Fu Q. 2017. “40,000-year-old individual from Asia provides insight into early population structure in Eurasia.” Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.030 [LINK]

  5. Yang MA and Slatkin M. 2016. “Using ancient samples in projection analysis.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. doi:10.1534/g3.115.023788 [LINK]

  6. Librado P, Der Sarkissian C, Ermini L, Schubert M, Jonsson H, Albrechtsen A, Fumagalli M, Yang MA, Gambo C, Seguin-Orlando A, et al. 2015. “Tracking the origins of Yakutian horses and the genetic basis for their fast adaptation to subarctic environments.” Proc Nat Acad Sci. 112(50). doi:10.1073/pnas.1513696112 [LINK]

  7. Der Sarkissian C, Ermini L, Schubert M, Yang MA, Librado P, Fumagalli M, Jonsson H, Bar-Gal GK, Albrechtsen A, Vieira FG, et al. 2015. “Evolutionary genomics and conservation of the endangered Przewalski’s horse.” Current Biology. 25(19). doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.032 [LINK]

  8. Yang MA , Harris K, and Slatkin M. 2014. “The projection of a test genome onto a reference population and applications to humans and archaic hominins.” Genetics. 198(4). doi:10.1534/genetics.112.145359 [LINK]

  9. Wall JD, Yang MA, Jay F, Kim SK, Durand EY, Stevison LS, Gignoux C, Woerner A, Hammer MF, and Slatkin M. 2013. “Higher levels of Neanderthal ancestry in East Asians that in Europeans.” Genetics. 194(1). doi:10.1534/genetics.112.148213 [LINK]

  10. Yang MA, Sapfo-Malaspinas A, Durand E, and Slatkin M. 2012. “Ancient structure in Africa unlikely to explain Neanderthal and non-African genetic similarity.” Mol Biol Evol. 29(10). doi:10.1093/molbev/mss117 [LINK]