Dr Laurent Frantz

Laurent Frantz
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics

2024

bullet iconSandoval-Castellanos E, Hare AJ, Lin AT, Dimopoulos EA, Daly KG, Geiger S, Mullin VE, Wiechmann I, Mattiangeli V, Lühken G, Zinovieva NA, Zidarov P, Çakırlar C, Stoddart S, Orton D, Bulatović J, Mashkour M, Sauer EW, Horwitz LK, Horejs B, et al. (2024). Ancient mitogenomes from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Central Anatolia and the effects of a Late Neolithic bottleneck in sheep (Ovis aries). Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) vol. 10 (15) 
12-04-2024
bullet iconAbbona CC, Lebrasseur O, Prevosti FJ, Peralta E, Venanzi LG, Frantz L, Larson G, Gil AF and Neme GA (2024). Patagonian partnerships: the extinct Dusicyon avus and its interaction with prehistoric human communities. Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society vol. 11 (4) 
01-04-2024
bullet iconWard JA, Ng'ang'a SI, Randhawa IAS, McHugo GP, O'Grady JF, Flórez JM, Browne JA, O’Brien AMP, Landaeta-Hernández AJ, Garcia JF, Sonstegard TS, Frantz LAF, Salter-Townshend M and MacHugh DE (2024). Genomic insights into the population history and adaptive traits of Latin American Criollo cattle. Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society vol. 11 (3) 
01-03-2024
bullet iconTeng J, Gao Y, Yin H, Bai Z, Liu S, Zeng H, Bai L, Cai Z, Zhao B, Li X, Xu Z, Lin Q, Pan Z, Yang W, Yu X, Guan D, Hou Y, Keel BN, Rohrer GA, Lindholm-Perry AK, et al. (2024). A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues. Nature Genetics, Springer Nature vol. 56 (1), 112-123.  
01-01-2024

2023

bullet iconFiddaman SR, Dimopoulos EA, Lebrasseur O, du Plessis L, Vrancken B, Charlton S, Haruda AF, Tabbada K, Flammer PG, Dascalu S, Marković N, Li H, Franklin G, Symmons R, Baron H, Daróczi-Szabó L, Shaymuratova DN, Askeyev IV, Putelat O, Sana M, et al. (2023). Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) vol. 382 (6676), 1276-1281.  
14-12-2023
bullet iconLin AT, Hammond-Kaarremaa L, Liu H-L, Stantis C, McKechnie I, Pavel M, Pavel SSM, Wyss SSÁ, Sparrow DQ, Carr K, Aninta SG, Perri A, Hartt J, Bergström A, Carmagnini A, Charlton S, Dalén L, Feuerborn TR, France CAM, Gopalakrishnan S, et al. (2023). The history of Coast Salish “woolly dogs” revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) vol. 382 (6676), 1303-1308.  
14-12-2023
bullet iconRice ES, Alberdi A, Alfieri J, Athrey G, Balacco JR, Bardou P, Blackmon H, Charles M, Cheng HH, Fedrigo O, Fiddaman SR, Formenti G, Frantz LAF, Gilbert MTP, Hearn CJ, Jarvis ED, Klopp C, Marcos S, Mason AS, Velez-Irizarry D, et al. (2023). A pangenome graph reference of 30 chicken genomes allows genotyping of large and complex structural variants. BMC Biology, Springer Nature vol. 21 (1) 
22-11-2023
bullet iconMeadows JRS, Kidd JM, Wang G-D, Parker HG, Schall PZ, Bianchi M, Christmas MJ, Bougiouri K, Buckley RM, Hitte C, Nguyen AK, Wang C, Jagannathan V, Niskanen JE, Frantz LAF, Arumilli M, Hundi S, Lindblad-Toh K, Ginja C, Agustina KK, et al. (2023). Author Correction: Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture. Genome Biology, Springer Nature vol. 24 (1) 
07-11-2023
Relevant PublicationHoward-McCombe J, Jamieson A, Carmagnini A, Russo I-RM, Ghazali M, Campbell R, Driscoll C, Murphy WJ, Nowak C, O'Connor T, Tomsett L, Lyons LA, Muñoz-Fuentes V, Bruford MW, Kitchener AC, Larson G, Frantz L, Senn H, Lawson DJ and Beaumont MA (2023). Genetic swamping of the critically endangered Scottish wildcat was recent and accelerated by disease. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 33 (21), 4761-4769.e5.  
01-11-2023
Relevant PublicationJamieson A, Carmagnini A, Howard-McCombe J, Doherty S, Hirons A, Dimopoulos E, Lin AT, Allen R, Anderson-Whymark H, Barnett R, Batey C, Beglane F, Bowden W, Bratten J, De Cupere B, Drew E, Foley NM, Fowler T, Fox A, Geigl E-M, et al. (2023). Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 33 (21), 4751-4760.e14.  
01-11-2023
Relevant PublicationMeadows JRS, Kidd JM, Wang G-D, Parker HG, Schall PZ, Bianchi M, Christmas MJ, Bougiouri K, Buckley RM, Hitte C, Nguyen AK, Wang C, Jagannathan V, Niskanen JE, Frantz LAF, Arumilli M, Hundi S, Lindblad-Toh K, Ginja C, Agustina KK, et al. (2023). Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture. Genome Biology, Springer Nature vol. 24 (1) 
15-08-2023
Relevant PublicationCiucani MM, Ramos-Madrigal J, Hernández-Alonso G, Carmagnini A, Aninta SG, Sun X, Scharff-Olsen CH, Lanigan LT, Fracasso I, Clausen CG, Aspi J, Kojola I, Baltrūnaitė L, Balčiauskas L, Moore J, Åkesson M, Saarma U, Hindrikson M, Hulva P, Bolfíková BČ, et al. (2023). The extinct Sicilian wolf shows a complex history of isolation and admixture with ancient dogs. iScience, Elsevier vol. 26 (8) 
10-07-2023
Relevant PublicationWu H, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Frantz L, Roos C, Irwin DM, Zhang C, Liu X, Wu D, Huang S, Gu T, Liu J and Yu L (2023). Hybrid origin of a primate, the gray snub-nosed monkey. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) vol. 380 (6648) 
02-06-2023
Relevant PublicationSmith J, Alfieri JM, Anthony N, Arensburger P, Athrey GN, Balacco J, Balic A, Bardou P, Barela P, Bigot Y, Blackmon H, Borodin PM, Carroll R, Casono MC, Charles M, Cheng H, Chiodi M, Cigan L, Coghill LM, Crooijmans R, et al. (2023). Fourth Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2022. Cytogenetics and Genome Research, Karger Publishers 
30-01-2023

2022

bullet iconCabello-Aguilar S, Vendrell JA, Van Goethem C, Brousse M, Gozé C, Frantz L and Solassol J (2022). ifCNV: A novel isolation-forest-based package to detect copy-number variations from various targeted NGS datasets. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, Cell Press vol. 30, 174-183.  
13-12-2022
bullet iconStruebig MJ, Aninta SG, Beger M, Bani A, Barus H, Brace S, Davies ZG, De Brauwer M, Diele K, Djakiman C, Djamaluddin R, Drinkwater R, Dumbrell A, Evans D, Fusi M, Herrera-Alsina L, Iskandar DT, Jompa J, Juliandi B, Lancaster LT, et al. (2022). Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism. BioScience, Oxford University Press vol. 72 (11), 1118-1130.  
19-10-2022
bullet iconDimopoulos EA, Carmagnini A, Velsko IM, Warinner C, Larson G, Frantz LAF and Irving-Pease EK (2022). HAYSTAC: A Bayesian framework for robust and rapid species identification in high-throughput sequencing data. PLoS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, 2020.12.16.419085-2020.12.16.419085.  
30-09-2022
bullet iconTodd ET, Tonasso-Calvière L, Chauvey L, Schiavinato S, Fages A, Seguin-Orlando A, Clavel P, Khan N, Pardal LP, Rosa LP, Librado P, Ringbauer H, Verdugo M, Southon J, Aury JM, Perdereau A, Vila E, Marzullo M, Prato O, Tecchiati U, et al. (2022). The genomic history and global expansion of domestic donkeys. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science vol. 377 (6611), 1172-1180.  
08-09-2022
bullet iconZou T, Kuang W, Yin T, Frantz L, Zhang C, Liu J, Wu H and Yu L (2022). Uncovering the enigmatic evolution of bears in greater depth: The hybrid origin of the Asiatic black bear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (31) 
18-07-2022
bullet iconWard JA, McHugo GP, Dover MJ, Hall TJ, Ng'ang'a SI, Sonstegard TS, Bradley DG, Frantz LAF, Salter-Townshend M and MacHugh DE (2022). Genome-wide local ancestry and evidence for mitonuclear coadaptation in African hybrid cattle populations. iScience, Cell Press vol. 25 (7) 
15-07-2022
bullet iconBergström A, Stanton DWG, Taron UH, Frantz L, Sinding M-HS, Ersmark E, Pfrengle S, Cassatt-Johnstone M, Lebrasseur O, Girdland-Flink L, Fernandes DM, Ollivier M, Speidel L, Gopalakrishnan S, Westbury MV, Ramos-Madrigal J, Feuerborn TR, Reiter E, Gretzinger J, Münzel SC, et al. (2022). Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 607 (7918), 313-320.  
29-06-2022
bullet iconPeters J, Lebrasseur O, Irving-Pease EK, Paxinos PD, Best J, Smallman R, Callou C, Gardeisen A, Trixl S, Frantz L, Sykes N, Fuller DQ and Larson G (2022). The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (24) 
06-06-2022
bullet iconPlassais J, vonHoldt BM, Parker HG, Carmagnini A, Dubos N, Papa I, Bevant K, Derrien T, Hennelly LM, Whitaker DT, Harris AC, Hogan AN, Huson HJ, Zaibert VF, Linderholm A, Haile J, Fest T, Habib B, Sacks BN, Benecke N, et al. (2022). Natural and human-driven selection of a single non-coding body size variant in ancient and modern canids. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 32 (4), 889-897.e9.  
28-02-2022

2021

bullet iconFiddaman SR, Vinkler M, Spiro SG, Levy H, Emerling CA, Boyd AC, Dimopoulos EA, Vianna JA, Cole TL, Pan H, Fang M, Zhang G, Hart T, Frantz LAF and Smith AL (2021). Adaptation and Cryptic Pseudogenization in Penguin Toll-Like Receptors. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 39 (1) 
13-12-2021
bullet iconPetrelli S, Buglione M, Maselli V, Troiano C, Larson G, Frantz L, Manin A, Ricca E, Baccigalupi L, Wright D, Pietri C and Fulgione D (2021). Population genomic, olfactory, dietary, and gut microbiota analyses demonstrate the unique evolutionary trajectory of feral pigs. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 31 (1), 220-237.  
31-10-2021
bullet iconSinding M-HS, Ciucani MM, Ramos-Madrigal J, Carmagnini A, Rasmussen JA, Feng S, Chen G, Vieira FG, Mattiangeli V, Ganjoo RK, Larson G, Sicheritz-Pontén T, Petersen B, Frantz L, Gilbert MTP and Bradley DG (2021). Kouprey (Bos sauveli) genomes unveil polytomic origin of wild Asian Bos. iScience, Elsevier vol. 24 (11) 
06-10-2021
bullet iconFeuerborn TR, Carmagnini A, Losey RJ, Nomokonova T, Askeyev A, Askeyev I, Askeyev O, Antipina EE, Appelt M, Bachura OP, Beglane F, Bradley DG, Daly KG, Gopalakrishnan S, Murphy Gregersen K, Guo C, Gusev AV, Jones C, Kosintsev PA, Kuzmin YV, et al. (2021). Modern Siberian dog ancestry was shaped by several thousand years of Eurasian-wide trade and human dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 118 (39) 
20-09-2021
bullet iconSacks BN, Mitchell KJ, Quinn CB, Hennelly LM, Sinding MS, Statham MJ, Preckler‐Quisquater S, Fain SR, Kistler L, Vanderzwan SL, Meachen JA, Ostrander EA and Frantz LAF (2021). Pleistocene origins, western ghost lineages, and the emerging phylogeographic history of the red wolf and coyote. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 30 (17), 4292-4304.  
07-07-2021
bullet iconVan Marle-Köster E, Visser C, Sealy J and Frantz L (2021). Capitalizing on the Potential of South African Indigenous Beef Cattle Breeds: A Review. Sustainability, MDPI vol. 13 (8) 
15-04-2021
bullet iconLebrasseur O, Department of Archaeology CAE, Shaymuratova DN, Askeyev AO, Asylgaraeva GS, Frantz L, Larson G, Askeyev OV, Askeyev IV, Wealth TAOSIOPIEAM, Khalikov TAOSIOANAAK, University of Munich LM, University of London M and School of Archaeology UOO (2021). A Zooarchaeological and Molecular Assessment of Ancient Chicken Remains from Russia. Поволжская Археология, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences vol. 1 (35), 216-231.  
25-03-2021
bullet iconPerri AR, Feuerborn TR, Frantz LAF, Larson G, Malhi RS, Meltzer DJ and Witt KE (2021). Dog domestication and the dual dispersal of people and dogs into the Americas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 118 (6) 
09-02-2021
bullet iconPerri AR, Mitchell KJ, Mouton A, Álvarez-Carretero S, Hulme-Beaman A, Haile J, Jamieson A, Meachen J, Lin AT, Schubert BW, Ameen C, Antipina EE, Bover P, Brace S, Carmagnini A, Carøe C, Samaniego Castruita JA, Chatters JC, Dobney K, dos Reis M, et al. (2021). Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 591 (7848), 87-91.  
13-01-2021
bullet iconZeng L, Liu H-Q, Tu X-L, Ji C-M, Gou X, Esmailizadeh A, Wang S, Wang M-S, Wang M-C, Li X-L, Charati H, Adeola AC, Adedokun RAM, Oladipo O, Olaogun SC, Sanke OJ, F. MG, Ommeh SC, Agwanda B, Lichoti JK, et al. (2021). Genomes reveal selective sweeps in kiang and donkey for high-altitude adaptation. 动物学研究, Zoological Research vol. 42 (4), 450-460.  
01-01-2021
bullet iconBogaard A, Allaby R, Arbuckle BS, Bendrey R, Crowley S, Cucchi T, Denham T, Frantz L, Fuller D, Gilbert T, Karlsson E, Manin A, Marshall F, Mueller N, Peters J, Stépanoff C, Weide A and Larson G (2021). Reconsidering domestication from a process archaeology perspective. World Archaeology, Taylor & Francis vol. 53 (1), 56-77.  
01-01-2021

2020

bullet iconKuang W, Hu J, Wu H, Fen X, Dai Q, Fu Q, Xiao W, Frantz L, Roos C, Nadler T, Irwin DM, Zhou L, Yang X and Yu L (2020). Genetic Diversity, Inbreeding Level, and Genetic Load in Endangered Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus). Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers vol. 11 
15-12-2020
bullet iconLiu L, Bosse M, Megens HJ, Frantz LAF, Lee YL, Irving-Pease EK, Narayan G, Groenen MAM and Madsen O (2020). Addendum: Genomic analysis on pygmy hog reveals extensive interbreeding during wild boar expansion. Nature Communications vol. 11 (1) 
01-12-2020
bullet iconLee C, Day J, Goodman SM, Pedrono M, Besnard G, Frantz L, Taylor PJ, Herrera MJ and Gongora J (2020). Genetic origins and diversity of bushpigs from Madagascar (Potamochoerus larvatus, family Suidae). Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 10 (1) 
26-11-2020
bullet iconBergström A, Frantz L, Schmidt R, Ersmark E, Lebrasseur O, Girdland-Flink L, Lin AT, Storå J, Sjögren KG, Anthony D, Antipina E, Amiri S, Bar-Oz G, Bazaliiskii VI, Bulatović J, Brown D, Carmagnini A, Davy T, Fedorov S, Fiore I, et al. (2020). Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs. Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 370 (6516), 557-564.  
30-10-2020
bullet iconRamos-Madrigal J, Sinding M-HS, Carøe C, Mak SST, Niemann J, Castruita JAS, Fedorov S, Kandyba A, Germonpré M, Bocherens H, Feuerborn TR, Pitulko VV, Pavlova EY, Nikolskiy PA, Kasparov AK, Ivanova VV, Larson G, Frantz LAF, Willerslev E, Meldgaard M, et al. (2020). Genomes of Pleistocene Siberian Wolves Uncover Multiple Extinct Wolf Lineages. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 31 (1), 198-206.e8.  
29-10-2020
bullet iconWang MS, Thakur M, Peng MS, Jiang Y, Frantz LAF, Li M, Zhang JJ, Wang S, Peters J, Otecko NO, Suwannapoom C, Guo X, Zheng ZQ, Esmailizadeh A, Hirimuthugoda NY, Ashari H, Suladari S, Zein MSA, Kusza S, Sohrabi S, et al. (2020). 863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken. Cell Research, Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com] vol. 30 (8), 693-701.  
01-08-2020
bullet iconSinding MHS, Gopalakrishnan S, Ramos-Madrigal J, de Manuel M, Pitulko VV, Kuderna L, Feuerborn TR, Frantz LAF, Vieira FG, Niemann J, Samaniego Castruita JA, Carøe C, Andersen-Ranberg EU, Jordan PD, Pavlova EY, Nikolskiy PA, Kasparov AK, Ivanova VV, Willerslev E, Skoglund P, et al. (2020). Arctic-adapted dogs emerged at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Science, AAAS vol. 368 (6498), 1495-1499.  
26-06-2020
bullet iconAllen R, Ryan H, Davis BW, King C, Frantz L, Irving-Pease E, Barnett R, Linderholm A, Loog L, Haile J, Lebrasseur O, White M, Kitchener AC, Murphy WJ and Larson G (2020). A mitochondrial genetic divergence proxy predicts the reproductive compatibility of mammalian hybrids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The vol. 287 (1928), 20200690-20200690.  
03-06-2020
bullet iconFrantz LAF, Bradley DG, Larson G and Orlando L (2020). Animal domestication in the era of ancient genomics. Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) vol. 21 (8), 449-460.  
07-04-2020
bullet iconLevy H, Fiddaman SR, Vianna JA, Noll D, Clucas GV, Sidhu JKH, Polito MJ, Bost CA, Phillips RA, Crofts S, Miller GD, Pistorius P, Bonnadonna F, Bohec CL, Barbosa AA, Trathan P, Rey AR, Frantz LAF, Hart T and Smith AL (2020). Evidence of pathogen-induced immunogenetic selection across the large geographic range of a wild seabird. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) 
25-02-2020
bullet iconLoog L, Thalmann O, Sinding MHS, Schuenemann VJ, Perri A, Germonpré M, Bocherens H, Witt KE, Samaniego Castruita JA, Velasco MS, Lundstrøm IKC, Wales N, Sonet G, Frantz L, Schroeder H, Budd J, Jimenez EL, Fedorov S, Gasparyan B, Kandel AW, et al. (2020). Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 29 (9), 1596-1610.  
02-01-2020
bullet iconHu JY, Hao ZQ, Frantz L, Wu SF, Chen W, Jiang YF, Wu H, Kuang WM, Li H, Zhang YP and Yu L (2020). Genomic consequences of population decline in critically endangered pangolins and their demographic histories. National Science Review vol. 7 (4), 798-814.  
01-01-2020

2019

bullet iconAmeen C, Feuerborn TR, Brown SK, Linderholm A, Hulme-Beaman A, Lebrasseur O, Sinding MHS, Lounsberry ZT, Lin AT, Appelt M, Bachmann L, Betts M, Britton K, Darwent J, Dietz R, Fredholm M, Gopalakrishnan S, Goriunova OI, Grønnow B, Haile J, et al. (2019). Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The vol. 286 (1916) 
27-11-2019
bullet iconFrantz LAF, Haile J, Lin AT, Scheu A, Geörg C, Benecke N, Alexander M, Linderholm A, Mullin VE, Daly KG, Battista VM, Price M, Gron KJ, Alexandri P, Arbogast RM, Arbuckle B, Bǎlǎşescu A, Barnett R, Bartosiewicz L, Baryshnikov G, et al. (2019). Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences vol. 116 (35), 17231-17238.  
27-08-2019
bullet iconVelsko IM, Fellows Yates JA, Aron F, Hagan RW, Frantz LAF, Loe L, Martinez JBR, Chaves E, Gosden C, Larson G and Warinner C (2019). Microbial differences between dental plaque and historic dental calculus are related to oral biofilm maturation stage. Microbiome, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
06-07-2019
bullet iconLiu L, Bosse M, Megens H-J, Frantz LAF, Lee Y-L, Irving-Pease EK, Narayan G, Groenen MAM and Madsen O (2019). Genomic analysis on pygmy hog reveals extensive interbreeding during wild boar expansion. Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 10 (1) 
30-04-2019
bullet iconOstrander EA, Wang GD, Larson G, Vonholdt BM, Davis BW, Jagannathan V, Hitte C, Wayne RK, Zhang YP, André C, Axelsson E, Boyko A, Forman O, Frantz L, Karlsson E, Kidd J, Leeb T, Lindblad-Toh K, Lohi H, Lohmueller KE, et al. (2019). Dog10K: An international sequencing effort to advance studies of canine domestication, phenotypes and health. National Science Review, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 6 (4), 810-824.  
10-04-2019
bullet iconKuang WM, Ming C, Li HP, Wu H, Frantz L, Roos C, Zhang YP, Zhang CL, Jia T, Yang JY and Yu L (2019). The Origin and Population History of the Endangered Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana). Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 36 (3), 487-499.  
01-03-2019

2018

bullet iconOllivier M, Tresset A, Frantz LAF, Bréhard S, Bălăşescu A, Mashkour M, Boroneant A, Pionnier-Capitan M, Lebrasseur O, Arbogast RM, Bartosiewicz L, Debue K, Rabinovich R, Sablin MV, Larson G, Hänni C, Hitte C and Vigne JD (2018). Dogs accompanied humans during the Neolithic expansion into Europe. Biology Letters, Royal Society, The vol. 14 (10) 
17-10-2018
bullet iconFRANTZ LAF (2018). Paleogenomics of Animal Domestication. 
11-10-2018
bullet iconBeeravolu CR, Hickerson MJ, Frantz LAF and Lohse K (2018). ABLE: blockwise site frequency spectra for inferring complex population histories and recombination. Genome Biology, Springer Nature vol. 19 (1) 
25-09-2018
bullet iconVelsko IM, Frantz LAF, Herbig A, Larson G and Warinner C (2018). Selection of Appropriate Metagenome Taxonomic Classifiers for Ancient Microbiome Research. mSystems, American Society for Microbiology vol. 3 (4), 10.1128/msystems.000-10.1128/msystems.000.  
17-07-2018
bullet iconFRANTZ LAF (2018). The Evolutionary History of Dogs in the Americas. Science 
06-07-2018
bullet iconFRANTZ LAF and LARSON G (2018). A genetic perspective on the domestication continuum. Hybrid Communities: Biosocial Approaches to Domestication and Other Trans-species Relationships  
30-05-2018
bullet iconFrantz LAF, Rudzinski A, Nugraha AMS, Evin A, Burton J, Hulme-Beaman A, Linderholm A, Barnett R, Vega R, Irving-Pease EK, Haile J, Allen R, Leus K, Shephard J, Hillyer M, Gillemot S, van den Hurk J, Ogle S, Atofanei C, Thomas MG, et al. (2018). Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi's iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 285 (1876) 
11-04-2018
bullet iconIrving-Pease EK, Frantz LAF, Sykes N, Callou C and Larson G (2018). Rabbits and the Specious Origins of Domestication. Trends Ecol Evol vol. 33 (3), 149-152.  
14-02-2018

2017

bullet iconVelsko IM, Overmyer KA, Speller C, Klaus L, Collins MJ, Loe L, Frantz LAF, Sankaranarayanan K, Lewis CM, Martinez JBR, Chaves E, Coon JJ, Larson G and Warinner C (2017). The dental calculus metabolome in modern and historic samples. Metabolomics vol. 13 (11), 134-134.  
03-10-2017
bullet iconPrendergast ME, Buckley M, Crowther A, Frantz L, Eager H, Lebrasseur O, Hutterer R, Hulme-Beaman A, Van Neer W, Douka K, Veall M-A, Quintana Morales EM, Schuenemann VJ, Reiter E, Allen R, Dimopoulos EA, Helm RM, Shipton C, Mwebi O, Denys C, et al. (2017). Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets., Editors: Hoon Shin D. PLOS ONE vol. 12 (8), e0182565-e0182565.  
17-08-2017
bullet iconAdeola AC, Oluwole OO, Oladele BM, Olorungbounmi TO, Boladuro B, Olaogun SC, Nneji LM, Sanke OJ, Dawuda PM, Omitogun OG, Frantz L, Murphy RW, Xie H-B, Peng M-S and Zhang Y-P (2017). Analysis of the genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome sequences, and MC1R sheds light on the ancestry of Nigerian indigenous pigs. Genet Sel Evol vol. 49 (1), 52-52.  
26-06-2017

2016

bullet iconLinderholm A, Spencer D, Battista V, Frantz L, Barnett R, Fleischer RC, James HF, Duffy D, Sparks JP, Clements DR, Andersson L, Dobney K, Leonard JA and Larson G (2016). A novel MC1R allele for black coat colour reveals the Polynesian ancestry and hybridization patterns of Hawaiian feral pigs. Royal Society Open Science vol. 3 (9), 160304-160304.  
01-09-2016
bullet iconFrantz LAF, Mullin VE, Pionnier-Capitan M, Lebrasseur O, Ollivier M, Perri A, Linderholm A, Mattiangeli V, Teasdale MD, Dimopoulos EA, Tresset A, Duffraisse M, McCormick F, Bartosiewicz L, Gál E, Nyerges ÉA, Sablin MV, Bréhard S, Mashkour M, Bălăşescu A, et al. (2016). Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs. Science vol. 352 (6290), 1228-1231.  
03-06-2016

2015

bullet iconBosse M, Lopes MS, Madsen O, Megens H-J, Crooijmans RPMA, Frantz LAF, Harlizius B, Bastiaansen JWM and Groenen MAM (2015). Artificial selection on introduced Asian haplotypes shaped the genetic architecture in European commercial pigs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 282 (1821) 
22-12-2015
bullet iconFrantz L, Meijaard E, Gongora J, Haile J, Groenen MAM and Larson G (2015). The Evolution of Suidae. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, Annual Reviews vol. 4 (1), 1-25.  
02-11-2015
bullet iconBunnefeld L, Frantz LAF and Lohse K (2015). Inferring Bottlenecks from Genome-Wide Samples of Short Sequence Blocks. Genetics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 201 (3), 1157-1169.  
03-09-2015
bullet iconFrantz LAF, Schraiber JG, Madsen O, Megens H-J, Cagan A, Bosse M, Paudel Y, Crooijmans RPMA, Larson G and Groenen MAM (2015). Evidence of long-term gene flow and selection during domestication from analyses of Eurasian wild and domestic pig genomes. Nature Genetics, Springer Nature vol. 47 (10), 1141-1148.  
31-08-2015
bullet iconPaudel Y, Madsen O, Megens H-J, Frantz LAF, Bosse M, Crooijmans RPMA and Groenen MAM (2015). Copy number variation in the speciation of pigs: a possible prominent role for olfactory receptors. BMC Genomics, Springer Nature vol. 16 (1) 
22-04-2015
bullet iconFrantz LAF, Madsen O, Megens H-J, Schraiber JG, Paudel Y, Bosse M, Crooijmans RPMA, Larson G and Groenen MAM (2015). Evolution of Tibetan wild boars. Nature Genetics, Springer Nature vol. 47 (3), 188-189.  
25-02-2015
bullet iconBosse M, Madsen O, Megens H-J, Frantz LAF, Paudel Y, Crooijmans RPMA and Groenen MAM (2015). Hybrid origin of European commercial pigs examined by an in-depth haplotype analysis on chromosome 1. Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers vol. 5 
05-01-2015

2014

bullet iconFrantz LAF, Madsen O, Megens H, Groenen MAM and Lohse K (2014). Testing models of speciation from genome sequences: divergence and asymmetric admixture in Island South‐East Asian Sus species during the Plio‐Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 23 (22), 5566-5574.  
01-11-2014
bullet iconBosse M, Megens H-J, Frantz LAF, Madsen O, Larson G, Paudel Y, Duijvesteijn N, Harlizius B, Hagemeijer Y, Crooijmans RPMA and Groenen MAM (2014). Genomic analysis reveals selection for Asian genes in European pigs following human-mediated introgression. Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 5 (1) 
15-07-2014
bullet iconBosse M, Megens H, Madsen O, Frantz LAF, Paudel Y, Crooijmans RPMA and Groenen MAM (2014). Untangling the hybrid nature of modern pig genomes: a mosaic derived from biogeographically distinct and highly divergent Sus scrofa populations. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 23 (16), 4089-4102.  
16-06-2014
bullet iconRowntree JK, Zytynska SE, Frantz L, Hurst B, Johnson A and Preziosi RF (2014). The genetics of indirect ecological effects—plant parasites and aphid herbivores. Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers vol. 5 
08-04-2014
bullet iconLohse K and Frantz LAF (2014). Neandertal Admixture in Eurasia Confirmed by Maximum-Likelihood Analysis of Three Genomes. Genetics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 196 (4), 1241-1251.  
01-04-2014

2013

bullet iconZytynska SE, Frantz L, Hurst B, Johnson A, Preziosi RF and Rowntree JK (2013). Host‐plant genotypic diversity and community genetic interactions mediate aphid spatial distribution. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 4 (2), 121-131.  
15-12-2013
bullet iconFrantz LA, Schraiber JG, Madsen O, Megens H-J, Bosse M, Paudel Y, Semiadi G, Meijaard E, Li N, Crooijmans RP, Archibald AL, Slatkin M, Schook LB, Larson G and Groenen MA (2013). Genome sequencing reveals fine scale diversification and reticulation history during speciation in Sus. Genome Biology, Springer Nature vol. 14 (9) 
01-01-2013
bullet iconPaudel Y, Madsen O, Megens H-J, Frantz LA, Bosse M, Bastiaansen JW, Crooijmans RP and Groenen MA (2013). Evolutionary dynamics of copy number variation in pig genomes in the context of adaptation and domestication. BMC Genomics, Springer Nature vol. 14 (1) 
01-01-2013

2012

bullet iconOttoni C, Flink LG, Evin A, Geörg C, De Cupere B, Van Neer W, Bartosiewicz L, Linderholm A, Barnett R, Peters J, Decorte R, Waelkens M, Vanderheyden N, Ricaut F-X, Çakırlar C, Çevik Ö, Hoelzel AR, Mashkour M, Karimlu AFM, Seno SS, et al. (2012). Pig Domestication and Human-Mediated Dispersal in Western Eurasia Revealed through Ancient DNA and Geometric Morphometrics. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 30 (4), 824-832.  
22-11-2012
bullet iconTortereau F, Servin B, Frantz L, Megens H-J, Milan D, Rohrer G, Wiedmann R, Beever J, Archibald AL, Schook LB and Groenen MA (2012). A high density recombination map of the pig reveals a correlation between sex-specific recombination and GC content. BMC Genomics, Springer Nature vol. 13 (1) 
15-11-2012
bullet iconGroenen MAM, Archibald AL, Uenishi H, Tuggle CK, Takeuchi Y, Rothschild MF, Rogel-Gaillard C, Park C, Milan D, Megens H-J, Li S, Larkin DM, Kim H, Frantz LAF, Caccamo M, Ahn H, Aken BL, Anselmo A, Anthon C, Auvil L, et al. (2012). Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 491 (7424), 393-398.  
14-11-2012
bullet iconBosse M, Megens H-J, Madsen O, Paudel Y, Frantz LAF, Schook LB, Crooijmans RPMA and Groenen MAM (2012). Regions of Homozygosity in the Porcine Genome: Consequence of Demography and the Recombination Landscape. PLOS Genetics, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 8 (11) 
01-01-2012

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics
solid heart iconLinking livestock genetic diversity with three thousands years of agricultural crises and resilience
Laurent Frantz
£731,804 EU Commission - Horizon 2020 (01-04-2020 - 31-03-2025)


solid heart iconAfrican cattle genomics - SilverStreet Capital
Laurent Frantz
£95,000 SilverStreet Capital LLP (01-01-2021 - 31-12-2023)
solid heart iconBiodiversity, environmental change and land-use policy in Sulawesi and Maluku
Stephen Rossiter and Laurent Frantz
£196,494 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (15-11-2018 - 31-03-2022)
solid heart iconThe Consequences of Gene Flow between Wild and Domestic Populations during Livestock Evolution
Laurent Frantz
£190,197 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (01-10-2018 - 31-12-2022)