Peer-reviewed

Publications

2024
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Extensive Population Structure Highlights an Apparent Paradox of Stasis in the Impala (Aepyceros melampus)

Garcia-Erill G., Wang X., Rasmussen M.S., Quinn L., Khan A., Bertola L.D., Santander C.G., Balboa R., Ogutu J.O., Pečnerová P., Hanghøj K.,, Kuja J., Nursyifa C., Masembe C., Muwanika V., Bibi F., Moltke I., Siegismund H.R., Albrechtsen A., Heller R.
Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17539

2024
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Use or abuse of trophy hunting for conservation genomics?

Klinga P., Pečnerová P., Baxter M., Höglund J.
The Journal of Wildlife Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22631

2024
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Temporal dynamics of woolly mammoth genome erosion prior to extinction

Dehasque M., Morales H., Díez-del-Molino D., Pečnerová P., Chacón-Duque J.C., Kanellidou F., Muller H., Plotnikov V., Protopopov A., Tikhonov A., Nikolskiy P., Danilov G.K., Gianni M., van der Sluis L., Higham T., Heintzam P.D., Oskolkov N., Gilbert M.T.P., Götherström A., van der Valk T., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Cell, 10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.033

2024
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Properties of vertebrate predator–prey networks in the high Arctic

Abrham M., Norén K., Fillela J.B., Angerbjörn A., Lecomte N., Pečnerová P., Freire S., Dalerum F.
Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11470

2024
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Introgression and disruption of migration routes have shaped the genetic integrity of wildebeest populations

Liu X.*, Lin L.*, Sinding M.-H.S.*, Bertola L.D., Hanghøj K., Quinn L., Garcia-Erill G., Rasmussen M.S., Schubert M., Pečnerová P., Balboa R., Li Z., Heaton M.P., Smith T.P.L., Pinto R.R., Wang X., Kuja J., Brüniche-Olsen A., Meisner J., Santander C.G., Ogutu J.O., Masembe C., de Fonseca R.R., Muwanika V., Siegismund H.R., Albrechtsen A., Moltke I., Heller R.
Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47015-y

* These authors contributed equally

2024
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Garbage consumption by Arctic terrestrial predators in one of the most pristine land areas on Earth

Gort-Esteve A., Abrham M., Carøe C., Måsviken J., Freire S., Lecomte N., Pečnerová P., Angerbjörn A., Filella J.B., Norén K., Dalerum F.
Polar Research, https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v43.9756

2024
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Population genomics of the muskox' resilience in the near absence of genetic variation

Pečnerová P., Lord E., Garcia-Erill G., Hanghøj K., Rasmussen M.S., Meisner J., Liu X., van der Valk T., Santander C.G., Quinn L., Lin L., Liu S., Carøe C., Dalerum F., Götherström A., Måsviken J., Vartanyan S., Raundrup K., Al-Chaer A., Rasmussen L., Hvilsom C., Heide-Jørgensen M.P., Sinding M.-H.S., Aastrup P., Van Coeverden de Groot P.J., Schmidt N.M., Albrechtsen A., Heller R., Moltke I., Siegismund H.R.
Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17205

2023
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Genomics of adaptive evolution in the woolly mammoth

Díez-del-Molino D., Dehasque M., Chacón-Duque J.C., Pečnerová P., Tikhonov A., Protopopov A., Plotnikov V., Kanellidou F., Nikolskiy P., Mortensen P., Danilov G.K., Vartanyan S., Gilbert M.T.P., Lister A.M., Heintzman P.D., van der Valk T., Dalén L.
Current Biology, 10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.084

2023
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Combining methods for non-invasive fecal DNA enables whole genome and metagenomic analyses in wildlife biology

de Flamingh A., Ishida Y., Pečnerová P., Vilchis S., Siegismund H.R., van Aarde R.J, Malhi R.S., Roca A.L.
Frontiers in Genetics, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1021004

2023
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Colonialism in South Africa leaves a lasting legacy of reduced genetic diversity in Cape buffalo

Quinn L., Garcia-Erill G., Santander C., Brüniche-Olsen A., Liu X., Sinding M.-H.S., Heaton M.P., Smith T.P.L., Pečnerová P., Bertola L.D., Hanghøj K., Rasmussen M.S., de Jager D., Siegismund H., Albrechtsen A., Heller R., Moltke I.
Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16851

2022
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Evolutionary consequences of genomic deletions and insertions in the woolly mammoth genome

van der Valk T., Dehasque M., Chacón-Duque J.C., Oskolkov N., Vartanyan S., Heintzman P.D., Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., Dalén L.
IScience, 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104826

2022
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Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy

Jensen E.*, Díez-del-Molino D.*, Gilbert M.T.P., Bertola L.D., Borges F., Cubric-Curik V., de Navascués M., Frandsen P., Heuertz M., Hvilsom C., Jimenéz-Mena B., Miettinen A., Moest M., Pečnerová P., Barnes I., Vernesi C.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010

* These authors contributed equally

2022
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Development and optimization of a silica column-based extraction protocol for ancient DNA

Dehasque M., Pečnerová P., Lagerholm V.K., Ersmark E., Danilov G.K., Mortensen P., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Genes, https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040687

2021
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Mammuthus sp. (Early and Middle Pleistocene Mammoths)

Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., van der Valk T., Dehasque M., Götherström A., Dalén L.
Trends in Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2021.04.006

2021
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Combining Bayesian age models and genetics to investigate population dynamics and extinction of the last mammoths in northern Siberia

Dehasque M., Pečnerová P., Muller H., Tikhonov A., Nikolskiy P., Tsigankova V.I., Danilov G.K., Díez-del-Molino D., Vartanyan S., Dalén L., Lister A.M.
Quaternary Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106913

2021
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Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths

van der Valk T.*, Pečnerová P.*, Díez-del-Molino D.*, Bergström A., Oppenheimer J., Hartmann S., Xenikoudakis G., Thomas J.A., Dehasque M., Sağlıcan E., Fidan F.R., Barnes I., Liu S., Somel M., Heintzman P.D., Nikolskiy P., Shapiro B., Skoglund P., Hofreiter M., Lister A.M., Götherström A., Dalén L.
Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03224-9

* These authors contributed equally

2021
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High genetic diversity and low differentiation reflect the ecological versatility of the African leopard

Pečnerová P.*, Garcia-Erill G.*, Liu X.*, Nursyifa C.*, Waples R.K.*, Santander C.G.*, Quinn L., Frandsen P., Meisner J., Stæger F.F., Rasmussen M.S., Brüniche-Olsen A., Hviid Friis Jørgensen C., da Fonseca R.R., Siegismund H.R., Albrechtsen A., Heller R., Moltke I., Hanghøj K.
Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.064

* These authors contributed equally

2020
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Competitive mapping allows for the identification and exclusion of human DNA contamination in ancient faunal genomic datasets

Feuerborn T.R., Palkopoulou E., van der Valk T., von Seth J., Munters A.R., Pečnerová P., Dehasque M., Ureña I., Ersmark E., Lagerholm V.K., Krzewińska M., Rodríguez-Varela R., Götherström A., Dalén L., Díez-del-Molino D.
BMC Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-07229-y

2020
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‘Semi‐dwarf’ woolly mammoths from the East Siberian Sea coast, continental Russia

Kirillova I.V., Borisova O.K., Chernova O.F., Van Kolfschoten T., Van Der Lubbe J.H., Panin A.V., Pečnerová P., van der Plicht J., Shidlovskiy F.K., Titov V.V., Zanina O.G.
Boreas, https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12431

2019
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4000-year-old reindeer mitogenomes from the Volga-Kama region reveal continuity among the forest reindeer in northeastern part of European Russia

Heino M.T., Akeyev I.V., Shaymuratova D.N., Askeyev O.V., Askeyev A.O., van der Valk T., Pečnerová P., Dalén L., Aspi J.
Archeology of the Eurasian Steppe, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. ISBN: 978-5-98946-313-8

2018
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Testosterone in ancient hair from an extinct species

Koren L., Matas D., Pečnerová P., Dalén L., Tikhonov A., Gilbert M.T.P., Wynne-Edwards K., Geffen E.
Palaeontology, https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12391

2017
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Mitogenome Evolution in the Last Surviving Woolly Mammoth Population Reveals Neutral and Functional Consequences of Small Population Size

Pečnerová P., Palkopoulou E., Wheat C.W., Skoglund P., Vartanyan S., Tikhonov A., Nikolskiy P., van der Plicht J., Díez-del-Molino D., Dalén L.
Evolution Letters, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.33

2017
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Genome-Based Sexing Provides Clues about Behavior and Social Structure in the Woolly Mammoth

Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., Dussex N., Feuerborn T., von Seth J., van der Plicht J., Nikolskiy P., Tikhonov A., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Current Biology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.064

2017
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Exploring the diet of Arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos) at their northern range limit

Dalerum F., Freire s., Angerbjörn A., Lecomte N., Lindgren Å., Meijer T., Pečnerová P., Dalén L.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2017-0054

2017
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Spatial variation in Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) populations around the Hall Basin

Dalerum F., Dalén L., Fröjd C., Lecomte N., Lindgren Å., Meijer T., Pečnerová P., Angerbjörn A.
Polar Biology, doi: 10.1007/s00300-017-2116-1

2016
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Changes in variation at the MHC class II DQA locus during the final demise of the woolly mammoth

Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Scientific Reports 6, 25274, doi: 10.1038/srep25274