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Swapan Mallick is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Archaeology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Anthropology. The main topics covered by their work include forensic and genetic research, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, genetic diversity and population structure, race, genetics, and society, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as studies related to Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

Mallick has contributed frequently to several prominent publication venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cell
  • Nature Communications

The scientist has authored numerous papers, some of the recent significant publications are:

  • "Insights into human genetic variation and population history from 929 diverse genomes," published in 2020 in Science
  • "Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia," published in 2021 in Nature
  • "The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) a curated compendium of ancient human genomes," published in 2024 in Scientific Data
  • "A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes," published in 2022 in Science
  • "A Paleogenomic Reconstruction of the Deep Population History of the Andes," published in 2020 in Cell

Frequent collaborators include:

  • David Reich (58 coauthored works)
  • Nadin Rohland (44 coauthored works)
  • Ron Pinhasi (37 coauthored works)
  • Matthew Mah (34 coauthored works)
  • Ann Marie Lawson (28 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • Ancient Admixture in Human History

    Nick J. Patterson;Priya Moorjani;Yontao Luo;Swapan Mallick

  • The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains

    Kay Prüfer;Fernando Racimo;Nick Patterson;Flora Jay

  • Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia

    David Reich;Richard E. Green;Martin Kircher;Johannes Krause

  • A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual

    Matthias Meyer;Martin Kircher;Marie Theres Gansauge;Heng Li

  • Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

    Wolfgang Haak;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

  • 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

  • Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

    Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Alissa Mittnik;Gabriel Renaud

  • The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

  • The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans

    Sriram Sankararaman;Swapan Mallick;Michael Dannemann;Kay Prüfer

  • A framework for the interpretation of de novo mutation in human disease

    Kaitlin E Samocha;Elise B Robinson;Stephan J Sanders;Christine Stevens

  • The genetic history of Ice Age Europe

    Qiaomei Fu;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Mateja Hajdinjak;Martin Petr

  • Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East

    Iosif Lazaridis;Dani Nadel;Gary Rollefson;Deborah C. Merrett

  • An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

    Qiaomei Fu;Mateja Hajdinjak;Oana Teodora Moldovan;Silviu Constantin

  • The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

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

  • The genomic history of southeastern Europe

    Iain Mathieson;Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Anna Szécsényi-Nagy

  • The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia

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

  • Insights into human genetic variation and population history from 929 diverse genomes.

    Anders Bergström;Anders Bergström;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Ruoyun Hui;Ruoyun Hui;Mohamed A. Almarri

  • Partial uracil-DNA-glycosylase treatment for screening of ancient DNA.

    Nadin Rohland;Eadaoin Harney;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Susanne Nordenfelt

  • The Combined Landscape of Denisovan and Neanderthal Ancestry in Present-Day Humans

    Sriram Sankararaman;Swapan Mallick;Nick Patterson;David Reich;David Reich;David Reich

  • Genetic evidence for two founding populations of the Americas

    Pontus Skoglund;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Maria Cátira Bortolini;Niru Chennagiri;Niru Chennagiri

Frequent Co-Authors

David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Nadin Rohland
Nadin Rohland Harvard University
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Haak
Wolfgang Haak Max Planck Society
Heng Li
Heng Li Harvard University
Carles Lalueza-Fox
Carles Lalueza-Fox Pompeu Fabra University
Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer Max Planck Society
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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