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PÄÄBO, Svante (1955 – )

1955 –

4 entries in the GMN corpus.

2010 CE

#7290

The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia.

Svante Pääbo and collaborators reconstructed the genome of the Denisova hominins and announced that they were a new species, that they interbred with our species, and that the DNA results suggest that they h…

2014 CE

#7289

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

First complete sequence of a Neanderthal genome. With more than 20 co-authors. In 2022 Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct homin…

2018 CE

#14099

The genome of the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father.

Paleogenomic study of a single bone fragment from a female hominin found in the Denisova Cave in the Altai mountains of Russia provided "direct evidence for genetic mixture between Neanderthals and Denisovans on at le…

2020 CE

#14098

The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neanderthals.

Expanding on previous findings by a genome wide association study of severe COVID-19, specifically with respiratory failure which had found that a gene cluster residing on chromosome 3 had a significant association wi…