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Mattias Jakobsson

Mattias Jakobsson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
30627
World Ranking
8935
National Ranking
120

Overview

Mattias Jakobsson is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and works primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research output includes 97 publications focused on a range of subfields, with particular emphasis on Genetics, Archaeology, Molecular Biology, Anthropology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Jakobsson has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Scientific Reports, and Current Biology. The number of publications in these venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory): 11
  • Nature: 4
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology: 4
  • Scientific Reports: 4
  • Current Biology: 3

Recent papers showcase the scientist's involvement in genetic population studies and evolutionary biology, including:

  • "Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania," 2021, Nature
  • "Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Khoe-San Genomes Reveal Unique Variation and Confirm the Deepest Population Divergence in Homo sapiens," 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Philippine Ayta possess the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world," 2021, Current Biology

Jakobsson has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Torsten Günther, Helena Malmström, Carina M. Schlebusch, Per Sjödin, and Anders Götherström, reflecting a network of ongoing partnerships in related genetic and anthropological research areas.

Best Publications

  • CLUMPP: a cluster matching and permutation program for dealing with label switching and multimodality in analysis of population structure

    Mattias Jakobsson;Noah A. Rosenberg

  • Clumpak: a program for identifying clustering modes and packaging population structure inferences across K

    Naama M. Kopelman;Jonathan Mayzel;Mattias Jakobsson;Noah A. Rosenberg

  • The pattern of polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Magnus Nordborg;Tina T Hu;Yoko Ishino;Jinal Jhaveri

  • Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Pontus Skoglund;Kelly E. Graf;Mait Metspalu

  • Genotype, haplotype and copy-number variation in worldwide human populations

    Mattias Jakobsson;Sonja W. Scholz;Sonja W. Scholz;Paul A Scheet;J. Raphael Gibbs;J. Raphael Gibbs

  • Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans

    Sijia Wang;Cecil M. Lewis;Mattias Jakobsson;Sohini Ramachandran

  • Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

    Pontus Skoglund;Helena Malmström;Maanasa Raghavan;Jan Storå

  • Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics

    Rasmus Nielsen;Joshua M. Akey;Mattias Jakobsson;Jonathan K. Pritchard

  • ADZE: a rarefaction approach for counting alleles private to combinations of populations

    Zachary A. Szpiech;Mattias Jakobsson;Noah A. Rosenberg

  • The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

    Morten Arendt Rendt Rasmussen;Sarah L. Anzick;Michael R. Waters;Pontus Skoglund

  • Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Matthias Steinrücken;Matthias Steinrücken;Kelley Harris;Stephan Schiffels

  • A worldwide survey of haplotype variation and linkage disequilibrium in the human genome

    Donald F Conrad;Mattias Jakobsson;Graham Coop;Xiaoquan Wen

  • Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago.

    Carina M. Schlebusch;Carina M. Schlebusch;Helena Malmström;Helena Malmström;Torsten Günther;Per Sjödin

  • Genomic Variation in Seven Khoe-San Groups Reveals Adaptation and Complex African History

    Carina M. Schlebusch;Pontus Skoglund;Per Sjödin;Lucie M. Gattepaille

  • Accurate sex identification of ancient human remains using DNA shotgun sequencing

    Pontus Skoglund;Jan Storå;Anders Götherström;Mattias Jakobsson;Mattias Jakobsson

  • Separating endogenous ancient DNA from modern day contamination in a Siberian Neandertal

    Pontus Skoglund;Bernd H. Northoff;Michael V. Shunkov;Anatoli P. Derevianko

  • Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers

    Pontus Skoglund;Helena Malmstrom;Ayca Omrak;Maanasa Raghavan

  • The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

    Maanasa Raghavan;Michael DeGiorgio;Anders Albrechtsen;Ida Moltke;Ida Moltke

  • Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques

    Torsten Günther;Cristina Valdiosera;Cristina Valdiosera;Cristina Valdiosera;Helena Malmström;Irene Ureña;Irene Ureña

  • The relationship between F(ST) and the frequency of the most frequent allele

    Mattias Jakobsson;Michael D. Edge;Noah A. Rosenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Götherström
Anders Götherström Stockholm University
Noah A. Rosenberg
Noah A. Rosenberg Stanford University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Marlize Lombard
Marlize Lombard University of Johannesburg
Anders Albrechtsen
Anders Albrechtsen University of Copenhagen
Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen
Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen University of Copenhagen
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Thomas W. Stafford
Thomas W. Stafford Aarhus University
Jonathan K. Pritchard
Jonathan K. Pritchard Stanford University

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