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Carles Lalueza-Fox

Carles Lalueza-Fox

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
24493
World Ranking
7646
National Ranking
123

Overview

Carles Lalueza-Fox is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work also conducted in arts and humanities. Within these broad fields, their subfields of study include genetics, archeology, paleontology, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist has explored several main topics during their career. These encompass forensic and genetic research, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, genetic diversity and population structure, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, research on Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites, as well as race, genetics, and society, and Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy.

Frequent co-authors in Carles Lalueza-Fox's publications include Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, Íñigo Olalde, David Reich, Esther Lizano, and Toni de-Dios. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse output across various prestigious scientific venues.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in:

  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Current Biology
  • Science

Carles Lalueza-Fox has authored the following recent papers:

  • The evolutionary history of Neanderthal and Denisovan Y chromosomes, 2020, Science
  • Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history, 2020, Nature
  • Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia, 2024, Nature
  • The dental proteome of Homo antecessor, 2020, Nature
  • The spread of steppe and Iranian-related ancestry in the islands of the western Mediterranean, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution

In addition to articles, Carles Lalueza-Fox has contributed to book publications. Notably, a book titled Inequality was published by The MIT Press in 2022.

Best Publications

  • A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

    Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs;Tomislav Maricic

  • Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians

    Iain Mathieson;Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick

  • The Derived FOXP2 Variant of Modern Humans Was Shared with Neandertals

    Johannes Krause;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Ludovic Orlando;Wolfgang Enard

  • The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

    Iñigo Olalde;Selina Brace;Morten E. Allentoft;Ian Armit

  • The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia

    Vagheesh M. Narasimhan;Nick Patterson;Nick Patterson;Priya Moorjani;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland

  • Targeted retrieval and analysis of five Neandertal mtDNA genomes

    Adrian W. Briggs;Jeffrey M. Good;Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause

  • Ancient gene flow from early modern humans into Eastern Neanderthals

    Martin Kuhlwilm;Ilan Gronau;Melissa J. Hubisz;Cesare de Filippo

  • The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.

    Iñigo Olalde;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

  • Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two extinct moas clarify ratite evolution.

    Alan Cooper;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Simon Anderson;Andrew Rambaut

  • Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus

    Laura S. Weyrich;Sebastian Duchene;Julien Soubrier;Luis Arriola

  • Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus

    Karen Hardy;Stephen Buckley;Matthew J. Collins;Almudena Estalrrich

  • The origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA.

    Albano Beja-Pereira;David Caramelli;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Cristiano Vernesi

  • Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments

    Viviane Slon;Charlotte Hopfe;Clemens L. Weiß;Fabrizio Mafessoni

  • Derived immune and ancestral pigmentation alleles in a 7,000-year-old Mesolithic European

    Inigo Olalde;Morten Erik Allentoft;Federico Sanchez-Quinto;Gabriel Santpere

  • A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying Pigmentation Among Neanderthals

    Carles Lalueza-Fox;Holger Römpler;David Caramelli;Claudia Stäubert

  • Evidence for a genetic discontinuity between Neandertals and 24,000-year-old anatomically modern Europeans

    David Caramelli;Carles Lalueza-Fox;Cristiano Vernesi;Martina Lari

  • Parallel palaeogenomic transects reveal complex genetic history of early European farmers.

    Mark Lipson;Anna Szécsényi-Nagy;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Annamária Pósa

  • Paleobiology and comparative morphology of a late Neandertal sample from El Sidrón, Asturias, Spain

    Antonio Rosas;Cayetana Martínez-Maza;Markus Bastir;Markus Bastir;Antonio García-Tabernero

  • Patterns of coding variation in the complete exomes of three Neandertals

    Sergi Castellano;Genís Parra;Federico A. Sánchez-Quinto;Fernando Racimo

  • Genetic evidence for patrilocal mating behavior among Neandertal groups

    Carles Lalueza-Fox;Antonio Rosas;Almudena Estalrrich;Elena Gigli

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Rosas
Antonio Rosas Spanish National Research Council
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Jaume Bertranpetit
Jaume Bertranpetit Pompeu Fabra University
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Nadin Rohland
Nadin Rohland Harvard University
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Rosa Huguet
Rosa Huguet Spanish National Research Council
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University

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