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Francesc Calafell

Francesc Calafell

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Genetics

D-Index
74
Citations
15333
World Ranking
1987
National Ranking
27

Overview

Francesc Calafell is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and specializes in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research output includes 52 publications concentrated predominantly in genetics and molecular biology, with additional contributions in general health professions, archeology, and ecology.

The scientist's primary research topics encompass forensic and genetic research, genetic diversity and population structure, Romani and Gypsy studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, race, genetics, and society, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as molecular biology techniques and applications.

Francesc Calafell has published extensively in several journals, with the most frequent publication venues including Scientific Reports, Forensic Science International Genetics, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Human Genetics, and Human Population Genetics and Genomics.

Recent publications by Calafell include:

  • "Genetic origins, singularity, and heterogeneity of Basques" (2021) in Current Biology
  • "Recent Common Origin, Reduced Population Size, and Marked Admixture Have Shaped European Roma Genomes" (2020) in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "A forensic population database in El Salvador: 58 STRs and 94 SNPs" (2021) in Forensic Science International Genetics
  • "The Counteracting Effects of Demography on Functional Genomic Variation: The Roma Paradigm" (2021) in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Second GHEP-ISFG exercise for DVI: 'DNA-led' victims' identification in a simulated air crash" (2021) in Forensic Science International Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francesc Calafell include:

  • David Comas
  • Neus Font-Porterias
  • Julen Aizpurua-Iraola
  • Carla García-Fernández
  • Jaume Bertranpetit

The combination of topics and publication venues highlights Calafell's involvement in interdisciplinary approaches that link forensic science with population genetics and molecular biology. The work on Romani populations and forensic population databases reflects a focus on genetic diversity and applications in forensic contexts. Frequent contributions to journals such as Forensic Science International Genetics and Molecular Biology and Evolution emphasize sustained engagement with scientific communities in molecular evolution and forensic genetics.

Best Publications

  • Trading genes along the silk road: mtDNA sequences and the origin of central Asian populations.

    David Comas;Francesc Calafell;Francesc Calafell;Eva Mateu;Anna Pérez-Lezaun;Anna Pérez-Lezaun

  • Statistical Power Analysis of Neutrality Tests Under Demographic Expansions, Contractions and Bottlenecks With Recombination

    Anna Ramírez-Soriano;Sebastià E. Ramos-Onsins;Julio Rozas;Francesc Calafell

  • High-Resolution Analysis of Human Y-Chromosome Variation Shows a Sharp Discontinuity and Limited Gene Flow between Northwestern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula

    Elena Bosch;Francesc Calafell;David Comas;Peter J. Oefner

  • Geographic Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Europe

    Lucia Simoni;Lucia Simoni;Francesc Calafell;Davide Pettener;Jaume Bertranpetit

  • Origins and Divergence of the Roma (Gypsies)

    David Gresham;Bharti Morar;Peter A. Underhill;Giuseppe Passarino

  • The genetic legacy of religious diversity and intolerance: paternal lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula.

    Susan M. Adams;Elena Bosch;Patricia L. Balaresque;Stéphane J. Ballereau

  • A Natural History of FUT2 Polymorphism in Humans

    Anna Ferrer-Admetlla;Martin Sikora;Hafid Laayouni;Anna Esteve

  • Human mitochondrial DNA variation and the origin of Basques.

    J. Bertranpetit;J. Sala;F. Calafell;P. A. Underhill

  • Potential Transmission of Human Polyomaviruses through the Gastrointestinal Tract after Exposure to Virions or Viral DNA

    Sı́lvia Bofill-Mas;Meritxell Formiga-Cruz;Pilar Clemente-Casares;Francesc Calafell

  • Gene mapping in Gypsies identifies a novel demyelinating neuropathy on chromosome 8q24.

    Luba Kalaydjieva;Luba Kalaydjieva;Joachim Hallmayer;David Chandler;Alexey Savov

  • Genetic studies of the Roma (Gypsies): a review

    Luba Kalaydjieva;Luba Kalaydjieva;David Gresham;Francesc Calafell

  • A Global Haplotype Analysis of the Myotonic Dystrophy Locus: Implications for the Evolution of Modern Humans and for the Origin of Myotonic Dystrophy Mutations

    S. A. Tishkoff;A. Goldman;F. Calafell;W. C. Speed

  • Balancing Selection Is the Main Force Shaping the Evolution of Innate Immunity Genes

    Anna Ferrer-Admetlla;Elena Bosch;Martin Sikora;Tomàs Marquès-Bonet

  • Admixture, migrations, and dispersals in Central Asia: evidence from maternal DNA lineages.

    David Comas;Stéphanie Plaza;R Spencer Wells;Nadira Yuldaseva;Nadira Yuldaseva

  • Mutation rates at Y chromosome specific microsatellites.

    L. Gusmão;P. Sánchez-Diz;F. Calafell;P. Martín

  • Neandertal Evolutionary Genetics: Mitochondrial DNA Data from the Iberian Peninsula

    Carles Lalueza-Fox;María Lourdes Sampietro;David Caramelli;Yvonne Puder

  • From Asia to Europe: mitochondrial DNA sequence variability in Bulgarians and Turks

    F. Calafell;P. Underhill;A. Tolun;D. Angelicheva

  • Geographic variation in human mitochondrial DNA control region sequence: the population history of Turkey and its relationship to the European populations.

    D Comas;F Calafell;E Mateu;A Pérez-Lezaun

  • Sex-specific migration patterns in Central Asian populations, revealed by analysis of Y-chromosome short tandem repeats and mtDNA.

    Anna Pérez-Lezaun;Francesc Calafell;David Comas;Eva Mateu

  • Genetic and demographic implications of the Bantu expansion: insights from human paternal lineages

    Gemma Berniell-Lee;Francesc Calafell;Elena Bosch;Evelyne Heyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaume Bertranpetit
Jaume Bertranpetit Pompeu Fabra University
David Comas
David Comas Pompeu Fabra University
Martin Sikora
Martin Sikora University of Copenhagen
António Amorim
António Amorim University of Lisbon
Luba Kalaydjieva
Luba Kalaydjieva University of Western Australia
Carles Lalueza-Fox
Carles Lalueza-Fox Pompeu Fabra University
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Lluis Quintana-Murci
Lluis Quintana-Murci Institut Pasteur
Angel Carracedo
Angel Carracedo University of Santiago de Compostela
Kenneth K. Kidd
Kenneth K. Kidd Yale University

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