Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴

Researcher at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) | Trustee of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA)

[Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴 @euglenadat]

🚨 New paper out in Genome Biology and Evolution!
We present new ancient DNA evidence from Central Italy suggesting that Eastern Mediterranean genetic influence predates the Roman Empire.
@Benjopop_1977

🧵👇
🔗 https://t.co/2ISI9rYmbc

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[bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv_genomic]

A segmental duplication-mediated deletion leads to neocentromere formation in orangutans https://t.co/dM8RSHgMgf #biorxiv_genomic

[Cesar Fortes-Lima @CesarFortesLima]

🚨 EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS TALKS!
6th HAAM-RADIO Webinar
🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past.
🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026
#AncientDNA
#HumanGenetics
#AfricanHistory
#HAAM #Webinar
Register here: 👉https://t.co/tfYtXfMeJ8

[Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴 @euglenadat]

Congrats to @Benjopop_1977 and all co-authors! 🎉

[Bioinformatics Advances @BioinfoAdv]

🧬 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: "DNPcall: A new pipeline for accurate double nucleotide polymorphism calling"

Read the full paper here: https://t.co/S6xaYOSKRh 

Authors include: @euglenadat

[Beniamino Trombetta @Benjopop_1977]

https://t.co/3VCSIWZZ6O

[Beniamino Trombetta @Benjopop_1977]

Not the Empire: The late republic roots of the Greek–Eastern Mediterranean ancestry in central Italy.

[Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴 @euglenadat]

📄Read the open-access paper for methods, results & context

Thanks to all collaborators and institutions involved!

#AncientDNA #Archaeogenetics #RomanRepublic #CentralItaly #GenomeHistory #VillaFalgari #Etruria #EasternMediterranean
#aDNA #genpop #populationgenetics

[Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴 @euglenadat]

🚨 New paper out in Genome Biology and Evolution!
We present new ancient DNA evidence from Central Italy suggesting that Eastern Mediterranean genetic influence predates the Roman Empire.
@Benjopop_1977

🧵👇
🔗 https://t.co/2ISI9rYmbc

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[Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴 @euglenadat]

🧬 Takeaway:
The transformation of the Central Italian gene pool didn’t start with Empire.
It began with earlier, gradual processes during the Republican phase—some driven from within Italy itself.

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[Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴 @euglenadat]

📄Read the open-access paper for methods, results & context

Thanks to all collaborators and institutions involved!

#AncientDNA #Archaeogenetics #RomanRepublic #CentralItaly #GenomeHistory #VillaFalgari #Etruria #EasternMediterranean
#aDNA #genpop #populationgenetics

[Eugenia D'Atanasio 🧬🦴 @euglenadat]

🧬 Takeaway:
The transformation of the Central Italian gene pool didn’t start with Empire.
It began with earlier, gradual processes during the Republican phase—some driven from within Italy itself.

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