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Johan Nordgren, Richard \u00c5gren, David Ziliang Hu, Magdalena Neijd, Ainash Childebayeva<\/strong>, Kay Pru\u0308fer, Marie Hagbom, Lennart Svensson, Hugo Zeberg. 2025. \u201cNatural Selection of a Virus-Protective FUT2 Variant Following the Transition to Agriculture\u201d Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/mbe\/article\/42\/10\/msaf243\/8296928<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childebayeva, A.<\/strong>, K. Zhu, and A. W. Bigham. 2025. \u201cAdvances in Understanding Adaptive Hemoglobin Concentration at High Altitude.\u201d American Journal of Human Biology 37, no. 7: e70087. https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ajhb.70087<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

R. Zhanuzak, \u041a. Sikhymbaeva, A. Childebayeva<\/strong> \u201cNew Data on the Anthropology of the Turkic Population of Zhetysu: Research Article\u201d. Gumilyov Journal of History, 2025, vol. 150, no. 1, pp. 7-27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, Zs\u00f3fia R\u00e1cz, Salvatore Liccardo, Juhyeon Lee, Yilei Huang, Luca Traverso, Rita Radzeviciute, Zsuzsanna Hajnal, Anna Sz\u00e9cs\u00e9nyi-Nagy, Bal\u00e1zs Gyuris, Orsolya Mateovics-L\u00e1szl\u00f3, Zsolt Bernert, Tam\u00e1s Szeniczey, Tam\u00e1s Hajdu, Bogl\u00e1rka M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros, Marianna B\u00e1lint, Bal\u00e1zs Guszt\u00e1v Mende, Bryan Miller, Samashev Zainolla, Ainash Childebayeva<\/strong>, Leyla Djansugurova22, Patrick Geary, Harald Ringbauer, Tivadar Vida, Choongwon Jeong, Walter Pohl, Johannes Krause & Zuzana Hofmanov\u00e1. 2025. Ancient Genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(9), e2418485122.
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Ghalichi, A., Reinhold, S., Rohrlach, A.B., Kalmykov A., Childebayeva A.<\/strong> 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barquera, R., Del Castillo-Ch\u00e1vez, O., N\u00e4gele, K., P\u00e9rez-Ramallo, P., Hern\u00e1ndez-Zaragoza, D.I., Szolek, A., Rohrlach, A.B., Librado, P., Childebayeva, A.<\/strong>, Bianco, R.A. and Penman, B.S., 2024. Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chich\u00e9n Itz\u00e1. Nature, pp.1-8.
https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-07509-7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childebayeva, A.<\/strong>, Fricke, F., Rohrlach, A. B., Huang, L., Schiffels, S., Vesakoski, O., \u2026 & 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Penske, Mario Ku\u0308\u00dfner, Adam B. Rohrlach, Corina Knipper, Jan Nov\u00e1\u010dek, Ainash Childebayeva<\/strong>, 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childebayeva A.<\/strong> 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang, K., Pr\u00fcfer, K., Krause-Kyora, B., Childebayeva, A.<\/strong>, Schuenemann, V. J., Coia, V., \u2026 & 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Ringbauer, H., Childebayeva, A<\/strong>., Mendisco, F., Barquera, R., \u2026 & 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Penske, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A<\/strong>., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G., Schmid, C., Spyrou, M. A., \u2026 & 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., Childebayeva, A.<\/strong>, \u2026 & 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childebayeva, A.<\/strong>, Rohrlach, A. B., Barquera, R., Rivollat, M., Aron, F., Szolek, A., \u2026 & 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/strong>, Jos\u00e9 Pablo V\u00e1zquez-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\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He Yu, Marieke S van de Loosdrecht, Marcello A Mannino, Sahra Talamo, Adam B Rohrlach, Ainash Childebayeva<\/strong>, \u2026 & Johannes Krause. (2022). Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily. iScience, 104244.
https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2589004222005144<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Childebayeva, A.,<\/strong> Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., \u2026 & 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rohrlach, A.B., Papac, L., Childebayeva, A<\/strong>. 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childebayeva, A.<\/strong>, 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childebayeva, A<\/strong>., Goodrich, J. M., Chesterman, N., Leon-Velarde, F., Rivera-Ch, M., Kiyamu, M., \u2026 & 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ainash Childebayeva<\/strong>, 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khamdiyeva, O.K., Tileulesa, Z.B., Baratzhanova, G.S., Murzataeva, S.S., Khussainova, E.M., Abdikerim, S., Childebayeva, A<\/strong>. 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ainash Childebayeva<\/strong>, 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ainash Childebayeva<\/strong>, 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non, A., Hollister, B., Humphreys, K., Childebayeva, A<\/strong>., 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\u201393.
https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27218411\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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