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Greger Larson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work covers a range of subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Archaeology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's publications frequently address topics related to Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Forensic and Genetic Research, Yersinia bacterium and plague research, and Livestock and Poultry Management.

Greger Larson has contributed to numerous publications with several recent papers including:

  • "863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken" (2020), published in Cell Research
  • "Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs" (2020), published in Science
  • "Animal domestication in the era of ancient genomics" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Genetics
  • "Dog domestication and the dual dispersal of people and dogs into the Americas" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs" (2022), published in Nature

The most frequent publication venues for Greger Larson include the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science, Current Biology, and Nature.

Throughout their career, Greger Larson has collaborated closely with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Laurent Frantz, Alberto Carmagnini, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, and Joris Peters.

Best Publications

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication

    Greger Larson;Keith Dobney;Umberto Albarella;Meiying Fang

  • Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

    Greger Larson;Dolores R. Piperno;Robin G. Allaby;Michael D. Purugganan

  • Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions

    Nicole L. Boivin;Melinda A. Zeder;Melinda A. Zeder;Dorian Q. Fuller;Alison Crowther

  • Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

    Jonas K Eriksson;Greger Larson;Ulrika Gunnarsson;Bertrand Bed’hom

  • The Evolution of Animal Domestication

    Greger Larson;Dorian Q. Fuller

  • Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography

    Greger Larson;Elinor K. Karlsson;Angela Perri;Matthew T. Webster

  • Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe

    Greger Larson;Umberto Albarella;Keith Dobney;Peter Rowley-Conwy

  • Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs.

    Laurent A. F. Frantz;Victoria E. Mullin;Maud Pionnier-Capitan;Maud Pionnier-Capitan;Ophélie Lebrasseur

  • Molecular clocks: when times are a-changin'

    Simon Y.W. Ho;Greger Larson

  • Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania.

    Greger Larson;Greger Larson;Thomas Cucchi;Masakatsu Fujita;Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith

  • Patterns of East Asian pig domestication, migration, and turnover revealed by modern and ancient DNA

    Greger Larson;Ranran Liu;Xingbo Zhao;Jing Yuan

  • Evidence of long-term gene flow and selection during domestication from analyses of Eurasian wild and domestic pig genomes.

    Laurent A F Frantz;Laurent A F Frantz;Joshua G Schraiber;Ole Madsen;Hendrik-Jan Megens

  • Mitochondrial DNA analysis shows a Near Eastern Neolithic origin for domestic cattle and no indication of domestication of European aurochs

    Ceiridwen J. Edwards;Ruth Bollongino;Amelie Scheu;Andrew Chamberlain

  • Contrasting mode of evolution at a coat color locus in wild and domestic pigs.

    Meiying Fang;Greger Larson;Helena Soares Ribeiro;Ning Li

  • A population genetics view of animal domestication

    Greger Larson;Joachim Burger

  • Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs

    Anders Bergström;Laurent Frantz;Laurent Frantz;Ryan Schmidt;Ryan Schmidt;Erik Ersmark

  • Pig Domestication and Human-Mediated Dispersal in Western Eurasia Revealed through Ancient DNA and Geometric Morphometrics

    Claudio Ottoni;Linus Girdland Flink;Linus Girdland Flink;Allowen Evin;Allowen Evin;Christina Geörg;Christina Geörg

  • The long and winding road: identifying pig domestication through molar size and shape

    Allowen Evin;Allowen Evin;Thomas Cucchi;Thomas Cucchi;Andrea Cardini;Andrea Cardini;Una Strand Vidarsdottir

  • Animal domestication in the era of ancient genomics

    Laurent A F Frantz;Daniel G Bradley;Greger Larson;Ludovic Orlando;Ludovic Orlando

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Dobney
Keith Dobney University of Sydney
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Simon Y. W. Ho
Simon Y. W. Ho University of Sydney
James Haile
James Haile Murdoch University
Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Hendrik-Jan Megens
Hendrik-Jan Megens Wageningen University & Research
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans Wageningen University & Research
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz

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