Publications
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Johan Nordgren, Richard Ågren, David Ziliang Hu, Magdalena Neijd, Ainash Childebayeva, Kay Prüfer, Marie Hagbom, Lennart Svensson, Hugo Zeberg. 2025. “Natural Selection of a Virus-Protective FUT2 Variant Following the Transition to Agriculture” Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/10/msaf243/8296928
Childebayeva, A., K. Zhu, and A. W. Bigham. 2025. “Advances in Understanding Adaptive Hemoglobin Concentration at High Altitude.” American Journal of Human Biology 37, no. 7: e70087. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.70087
R. Zhanuzak, К. Sikhymbaeva, A. Childebayeva “New Data on the Anthropology of the Turkic Population of Zhetysu: Research Article”. Gumilyov Journal of History, 2025, vol. 150, no. 1, pp. 7-27
Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, Zsófia Rácz, Salvatore Liccardo, Juhyeon Lee, Yilei Huang, Luca Traverso, Rita Radzeviciute, Zsuzsanna Hajnal, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, Balázs Gyuris, Orsolya Mateovics-László, Zsolt Bernert, Tamás Szeniczey, Tamás Hajdu, Boglárka Mészáros, Marianna Bálint, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Bryan Miller, Samashev Zainolla, Ainash Childebayeva, Leyla Djansugurova22, Patrick Geary, Harald Ringbauer, Tivadar Vida, Choongwon Jeong, Walter Pohl, Johannes Krause & Zuzana Hofmanová. 2025. Ancient Genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(9), e2418485122.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418485122
Ghalichi, A., Reinhold, S., Rohrlach, A.B., Kalmykov A., Childebayeva A. et al. The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08113-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08113-5
Barquera, R., Del Castillo-Chávez, O., Nägele, K., Pérez-Ramallo, P., Hernández-Zaragoza, D.I., Szolek, A., Rohrlach, A.B., Librado, P., Childebayeva, A., Bianco, R.A. and Penman, B.S., 2024. Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá. Nature, pp.1-8.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07509-7
Childebayeva, A., Fricke, F., Rohrlach, A. B., Huang, L., Schiffels, S., Vesakoski, O., … & Haak, W. (2024). Bronze age Northern Eurasian genetics in the context of development of metallurgy and Siberian ancestry. Communications Biology, 7(1), 723.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06343-x
Sandra Penske, Mario Küßner, Adam B. Rohrlach, Corina Knipper, Jan Nováček, Ainash Childebayeva, Johannes Krause & Wolfgang Haak (2024). Kinship practices at the early bronze age site of Leubingen in central Germany. Sci Rep 14, 3871 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54462-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54462-6
Childebayeva A. and Zavala E. Review: Computational analysis of human skeletal remains in Ancient DNA and Forensic Genetics. iScience (2023): 108066.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223021430
Wang, K., Prüfer, K., Krause-Kyora, B., Childebayeva, A., Schuenemann, V. J., Coia, V., … & Krause, J. (2023). High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry. Cell Genomics, 3(9).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666979X2300174X
Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Ringbauer, H., Childebayeva, A., Mendisco, F., Barquera, R., … & Haak, W. (2023). Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community. Nature, 1-7.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06350-8
Penske, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G., Schmid, C., Spyrou, M. A., … & Haak, W. (2023). Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe. Nature, 1-8.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06334-8
Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., Childebayeva, A., … & Haak, W. (2022). Kinship practices in the early state El Argar society from Bronze Age Iberia. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-15.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36575206/
Childebayeva, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Barquera, R., Rivollat, M., Aron, F., Szolek, A., … & Haak, W. (2022). Population Genetics and Signatures of Selection in Early Neolithic European Farmers. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(6), msac108.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35578825/
James J. Yu, Amy L. Non, Erica C. Heinrich, Wanjun Gu, Joseph Alcock, Esteban A. Moya, Elijah S. Lawrence, Michael S. Tift, Katie A. O’Brien, Jay F. Storz, Anthony V. Signore, Jane I. Khudyakov, William K. Milsom, Sean M. Wilson, Cynthia M. Beall, Francisco C. Villafuerte, Tsering Stobdan, Colleen G. Julian, Lorna G. Moore, Mark M. Fuster, Jennifer A. Stokes, Richard Milner, John West, Jiao Zhang, John Y. Shyy, Ainash Childebayeva, José Pablo Vázquez-Medina, Luu V. Pham, Omar A. Mesarwi, James E. Hall, Zachary A. Cheviron, Jeremy Sieker, Arlin B. Blood, Jason X. Yuan, Graham R Scott, Paul J. Ponganis, Atul Malhotra, Frank L. Powell, Tatum S. Simonson. (2022). Time Domains of Hypoxia Responses and -Omics Insights. Frontiers in Physiology, 1177.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36035495/
He Yu, Marieke S van de Loosdrecht, Marcello A Mannino, Sahra Talamo, Adam B Rohrlach, Ainash Childebayeva, … & Johannes Krause. (2022). Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily. iScience, 104244.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222005144
Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Childebayeva, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., … & Haak, W. (2021). Genomic transformation and social organization during the Copper Age-Bronze age transition in Southern Iberia. Science Advances 7 (47), eabi7038.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34788096/
Rohrlach, A.B., Papac, L., Childebayeva, A. et al. Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe. Sci Rep 11, 15005 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94491-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94491-z
Childebayeva, A., Harman, T., Weinstein, J., Day, T., Brutsaert, T. D., & Bigham, A. W. (2021). Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Changes Associated with High-Altitude Acclimatization During an Everest Base Camp Trek. Frontiers in Physiology, 12.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.660906/full
Childebayeva, A., Goodrich, J. M., Chesterman, N., Leon-Velarde, F., Rivera-Ch, M., Kiyamu, M., … & Dolinoy, D. C. (2021). Blood lead levels in Peruvian adults are associated with proximity to mining and DNA methylation. Environment International, 155, 106587.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021002129
Ainash Childebayeva, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Fabiola Leon-Valerde, Maria Rivera-Chira, Melisa Kiyamu, Tom D. Brutsaert, and Dana C. Dolinoy, Abigail W. Bigham. Genome-Wide Epigenetic Signatures of Adaptive Developmental Plasticity in the Andes. Genome Biol Evol. 2021
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33185669/
Khamdiyeva, O.K., Tileulesa, Z.B., Baratzhanova, G.S., Murzataeva, S.S., Khussainova, E.M., Abdikerim, S., Childebayeva, A. and Djansugurova, L.D., 2020. Next Generation Sequencing in diagnosis of mitochondrial epilepsy. International Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 13(2), pp.53-58.
https://ijbch.kaznu.kz/index.php/kaznu/article/view/477
Ainash Childebayeva, Taylor Harman, Julien Weinstein, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Dana C. Dolinoy, Abigail W. Bigham, Tom D. Brutsaert. DNA methylation changes are associated with an incremental ascent to high altitude. Front Genet. 10:1062.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31737045/
Ainash Childebayeva, Tamara R. Jones, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Fabiola Leon-Valerde, Maria Rivera-Chira, Melisa Kiyamu, Tom D. Brutsaert, and Dana C. Dolinoy, Abigail W. Bigham. EPAS1 and LINE1 DNA Methylation Signatures of High-Altitude Adaptation in the Andes. Epigenetics: 1-15.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30574831/
Non, A., Hollister, B., Humphreys, K., Childebayeva, A., Esteves, K., Zeanah, C., Fox, N., Nelson, C., Drury, S. (2016). DNA methylation at stress-related genes is associated with exposure to early life institutionalization. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 161(1), 84–93.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27218411/