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Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA

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By Adi Rotem, Sixian Qi, Aristeidis G Telonis, Meriam Guellil, Lucy van Dorp, Lehti Saag, Owyn Beneker, Biancamaria Bonucci, Tina Saupe, Anu Solnik, Helja Kabral, Raili Allmäe, Jessica Bates, Jenna M. Dittmar, Xiangyu Ge, Sarah Inskip, Stefania Sasso, Tõnno Jonuks, Victor N. Karmanov, Valeri I. K
| Science Magazine Verified
Abstract Human betaherpesviruses 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/6B) are DNA viruses, which integrate into the human genome, and are best known to cause “sixth disease.” Despite their recent discovery (1980s), they were speculated to have a much longer history within the human population than modern data suggest. We present the first 11 ancient genomes of HHV-6A and HHV-6B, dating as far back as the 8th to 6th century BCE.
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North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine from the Bronze Age to the early modern period

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By Lehti Saag, Olga Utevska, Stanislav Zadnikov, Iryna Shramko, Kyrylo Gorbenko, Mykola Bandrivskyi, Dmytro Pavliv, Igor Bruyako, Denys Grechko, Vitalii Okatenko, Gennadi Toshev, Svitlana Andrukh, Vira Radziyevska, Yurii Buynov, Viktoriia Kotenko
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Demographic history and genetic variation of the Armenian population

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By Anahit Hovhannisyan, Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Anna Hakobyan, Eppie Jones, Joshua G. Schraiber, Mariya Antonosyan, Ashot Margaryan, Zhe Xue, Sungwon Jeon, Jong Bhak, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Lehti Saag, Andrea Manica, Peter Hrechdakian, Zaruhi Khachatryan, Levon Yepiskoposyan
| The American Journal of Human Genetics Verified
Keywords genetic continuity Armenian highlands Armenians Balkan theory Bronze Age whole-genome study Introduction Armenians are recognized as one of the ancient populations in Western Asia and have historically inhabited the area of the Armenian highlands1 (Figure 1).
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