Marcela Sandoval-Velasco

Marcela Sandoval-Velasco

Guest Researcher


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Ancient DNA reveals genetic admixture in China during tiger evolution

    Sun, X., Liu, Y. C., Tiunov, M. P., Gimranov, D. O., Zhuang, Y., Han, Y., Driscoll, C. A., Pang, Y., Li, C., Pan, Y., Velasco, M. S., Gopalakrishnan, S., Yang, R. Z., Li, B. G., Jin, K., Xu, X., Uphyrkina, O., Huang, Y., Wu, X. H., Gilbert, M. T. P. & 3 others, O’Brien, S. J., Yamaguchi, N. & Luo, S., 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 11, p. 1914-1929 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Demographic history and genetic structure in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico

    Villa-Islas, V., Izarraras-Gomez, A., Larena, M., Campos, E. M. P., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. E., Bravo-Lopez, M., Moguel, B., Fregel, R., Garfias-Morales, E., Medina Tretmanis, J., Velázquez-Ramírez, D. A., Herrera-Muñóz, A., Sandoval, K., Nieves-Colón, M. A., Moreno, G. Z. G., Villanea, F. A., Medina, E. F. V., Aguayo-Haro, R., Valdiosera, C. & 7 others, Ioannidis, A. G., Moreno-Estrada, A., Jay, F., Huerta-Sanchez, E., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Sánchez-Quinto, F. & Ávila-Arcos, M. C., 2023, In: Science. 380, 6645, 14 p., eadd6142.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    The ancestry and geographical origins of St Helena's liberated Africans

    Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Jagadeesan, A., Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Ávila-Arcos, M. C., Fortes-Lima, C. A., Watson, J., Johannesdóttir, E., Cruz-Dávalos, D. I., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Niemann, Jonas, Renaud, G., Brown, K. A. R., Bennett, H., Pearson, A., Helgason, A., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Schroeder, Hannes, 2023, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 110, 9, p. 1590-1599 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 2022
  6. Published

    The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic

    Gopalakrishnan, S., Ebenesersdóttir, S. S., Lundstrøm, I. K. C., Turner-Walker, G., Moore, K. H. S., Luisi, P., Margaryan, A., Martin, M. D., Ellegaard, M. R., Magnússon, Ó., Sigurðsson, Á., Snorradóttir, S., Magnúsdóttir, D. N., Laffoon, J. E., van Dorp, L., Liu, X., Moltke, I., Ávila-Arcos, M. C., Schraiber, J. G., Rasmussen, S. & 40 others, Juan, D., Gelabert, P., de-Dios, T., Fotaki, Anna Katerina, Iraeta Orbegozo, Miren, Vågene, Åshild Joanne, Denham, S. D., Christophersen, A., Stenøien, H. K., Vieira, Filipe Garrett, Liu, Shanlin, Günther, T., Kivisild, T., Moseng, O. G., Skar, B., Cheung, C., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Wales, N., Schroeder, Hannes, Campos, P. F., Guðmundsdóttir, V. B., Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Petersen, Bent, Halgunset, J., Gilbert, E., Cavalleri, G. L., Hovig, E., Kockum, I., Olsson, T., Alfredsson, L., Hansen, Thomas Folkmann, Werge, Thomas, Willerslev, Eske, Balloux, F., Marques-Bonet, T., Lalueza-Fox, C., Nielsen, Rasmus, Stefánsson, K., Helgason, A. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2022, In: Current Biology. 32, 21, p. 4743-4751.e6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 2021
  8. Published

    A genomic exploration of the early evolution of extant cats and their sabre-toothed relatives: [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

    Westbury, Michael Vincent, Barnett, R., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Gower, Graham, Vieira, Filipe Garrett, de Manuel, M., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Yamaguchi, N., Werdelin, L., Marques-Bonet, T., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lorenzen, Eline, 2021, In: Open Research Europe. 1, 16 p., 25.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    A genomic exploration of the early evolution of extant cats and their sabre-toothed relatives: [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

    Westbury, Michael Vincent, Barnett, R., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Gower, Graham, Vieira, Filipe Garrett, de Manuel, M., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Yamaguchi, N., Werdelin, L., Marques-Bonet, T., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lorenzen, Eline, 2021, In: Open Research Europe. 1, 15 p., 25.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of human pathogenic viruses into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade

    Guzmán-Solís, A. A., Villa-Islas, V., Bravo-López, M. J., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Wesp, J. K., Gómez-Valdés, J. A., Moreno-Cabrera, M. D. L. L., Meraz-Moreno, A., Solís-Pichardo, G., Schaaf, P., Tenoever, B. R., Blanco-Melo, D. & Ávila-Arcos, M. C., 2021, In: eLife. 10, 26 p., e68612.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  11. 2020
  12. Published

    Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia

    Loog, L., Thalmann, O., Sinding, M. H. S., Schuenemann, V. J., Perri, A., Germonpré, M., Bocherens, H., Witt, K. E., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Velasco, M. S., Lundstrøm, I. K. C., Wales, N., Sonet, G., Frantz, L., Schroeder, H., Budd, J., Jimenez, E. L., Fedorov, S., Gasparyan, B., Kandel, A. W. & 16 others, Lázničková-Galetová, M., Napierala, H., Uerpmann, H. P., Nikolskiy, P. A., Pavlova, E. Y., Pitulko, V. V., Herzig, K., Malhi, R. S., Willerslev, Eske, Hansen, Anders Johannes, Dobney, K., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Krause, J., Larson, G., Eriksson, A. & Manica, A., 2020, In: Molecular Ecology. 29, 9, p. 1596-1610 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Assessing matrilineal genetic diversity in Mexico through the analysis of ancient mitogenomes spanning 2,300-500 YBP

    Izarraras-Gomez, A., Villa-Islas, V., Bravo-Lopez, M., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Perez-Campos, E. M., Herrera-Munoz, A., Villanueva-Medina, E., Aguayo-Haro, R., Valdiosera, C. & Avila-Arcos, M. C., 2020, p. 129-129.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Ethno-geographic origins and genomic diversity of Afro-descendants in colonial Mexico City

    Wesp, J. K., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela & Avila-Arcos, M., 2020, p. 305-305.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Evolutionary History, Genomic Adaptation to Toxic Diet, and Extinction of the Carolina Parakeet

    Gelabert, P., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Serres, A., de Manuel, M., Renom, P., Margaryan, A., Stiller, J., de-Dios, T., Fang, Q., Feng, S., Mañosa, S., Pacheco, G., Ferrando-Bernal, M., Shi, G., Hao, F., Chen, X., Petersen, B., Olsen, R-A., Navarro, A., Deng, Y. & 6 others, Dalén, L., Marquès-Bonet, T., KU, thw266, Antunes, A., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 1, p. 108-114, e1-e5

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Genomic Adaptations and Evolutionary History of the Extinct Scimitar-Toothed Cat, Homotherium latidens

    Barnett, R., Westbury, M. V., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Vieira, F. G., Jeon, S., Zazula, G., Martin, M. D., Ho, S. Y. W., Mather, N., Gopalakrishnan, S., Ramos-Madrigal, J., de Manuel, M., Zepeda-Mendoza, M. L., Antunes, A., Baez, A. C., De Cahsan, B., Larson, G., O’Brien, S. J., Eizirik, E., Johnson, W. E. & 11 others, Koepfli, K., Wilting, A., Fickel, J., Dalén, L., Lorenzen, Eline, Marques-Bonet, T., Hansen, Anders Johannes, KU, thw266, Bhak, J., Yamaguchi, N. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, p. 5018-5025

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Genomic insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean

    Nägele, K., Posth, C., Iraeta Orbegozo, M., de Armas, Y. C., Hernandez Godoy, S. T., Herrera, U. M. G., Nieves-Colon, M. A., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Mylopotamitaki, D., Radzeviciute, R., Laffoon, J., Pestle, W. J., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Lamnidis, T. C., Schaffer, W. C., Carr, R. S., Day, J. S., Arredondo Antunez, C., Rangel Rivero, A., Martinez-Fuentes, A. J. & 9 others, Crespo-Torres, E., Roksandic, I., Stone, A. C., Lalueza-Fox, C., Hoogland, M., Roksandic, M., Hofman, C. L., Krause, J. & Schroeder, Hannes, 2020, In: Science. 369, 6502, p. 456-460

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Hi-C chromosome conformation capture sequencing of avian genomes using the BGISEQ-500 platform

    Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Rodríguez, Juan Antonio, Estrada, C. P., Zhang, G., Aiden, E. L., Marti-Renom, M. A., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Smith, O., 2020, In: GigaScience. 9, 8, 7 p., giaa087.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Paleogenomic insights into the red complex bacteria Tannerella forsythia in Pre-Hispanic and Colonial individuals from Mexico

    Bravo-Lopez, M., Villa-Islas, V., Rocha Arriaga, C., Villasenor-Altamirano, A. B., Guzman-Solis, A., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Wesp, J. K., Alcantara, K., Lopez-Corral, A., Gomez-Valdes, J., Mejia, E., Herrera, A., Meraz-Moreno, A., Moreno-Cabrera, M. D. L. L., Moreno-Estrada, A., Nieves-Colon, M. A., Olvera, J., Perez-Perez, J., Iversen, K. H., Rasmussen, S. & 3 others, Sandoval, K., Zepeda, G. & Avila-Arcos, M. C., 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375, 1812, 13 p., 20190580.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Plasmodium vivax Malaria Viewed through the Lens of an Eradicated European Strain

    van Dorp, L., Gelabert, P., Rieux, A., de Manuel, M., de-Dios, T., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Caroe, C., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Fregel, R., Olalde, I., Escosa, R., Aranda, C., Huijben, S., Mueller, I., Marques-Bonet, T., Balloux, F., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2020, In: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION . 37, 3, p. 773-785 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    The evolutionary history of extinct and living lions

    de Manuel, M., Barnett, R., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Yamaguchi, N., Vieira, F. G., Mendoza, M. L. Z., Liu, S., Martin, M. D., Sinding, M-H. S., Mak, S. S. T., Caroe, C., Liu, S., Guo, C., Zheng, J., Zazula, G., Baryshnikov, G., Eizirik, E., Koepfli, K-P., Johnson, W. E., Antunes, A. & 9 others, Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Larson, G., Yang, H., O'Brien, S. J., Hansen, Anders Johannes, KU, thw266, Marques-Bonet, T. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 20, p. 10927-10934 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 2019
  23. Published

    Resolving a clinical tuberculosis outbreak using palaeogenomic genome reconstruction methodologies

    Jones, R., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Harris, L. G., Morgan, S., Temple, M., Ruddy, M. C., Williams, R., Perry, M. D., Hitchings, M., Wilkinson, T. S., Humphrey, T., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Davies, A. P., Dec 2019, In: Tuberculosis. 119, 5 p., 101865.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

    Cappellini, E., Welker, F., Pandolfi, L., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Samodova, D., Rüther, P. L., Fotakis, A. K., Lyon, D., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Bukhsianidze, M., Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, R., Mackie, M., Ginolhac, A., Ferring, R., Tappen, M., Palkopoulou, E., Dickinson, M. R., Stafford, T. W., Chan, Y. L., Götherström, A. & 23 others, Nathan, S. K. S. S., Heintzman, P. D., Kapp, J. D., Kirillova, I., Moodley, Y., Agusti, J., Kahlke, R. D., Kiladze, G., Martínez-Navarro, B., Liu, Shanlin, Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander, Kelstrup, C. D., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Orlando, L., Penkman, K., Shapiro, B., Rook, L., Dalén, L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Lordkipanidze, D. & Willerslev, Eske, 2019, In: Nature. 574, 7776, p. 103-107

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Genetic affinities of an eradicated European Plasmodium falciparum strain

    de-Dios, T., van Dorp, L., Gelabert, P., Carøe, C., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Fregel, R., Escosa, R., Aranda, C., Huijben, S., Balloux, F., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2019, In: Microbial Genomics. 5, 9, 7 p., 289.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    The genetic origins of Saint Helena’s liberated Africans

    Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Jagadeesan, A., Ávila-Arcos, M. C., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Renaud, Gabriel, Cruz-Dávalos, D. I., Johannesdóttir, E., Watson, J., Robson-Brown, K., Pearson, A., Helgason, A., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Schroeder, Hannes, 2019, bioRxiv, 16 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  27. 2018
  28. Published

    Ancient genomes from Iceland reveal the making of a human population

    Ebenesersdóttir, S. S., Sandoval Velasco, M., Gunnarsdóttir, E. D., Jagadeesan, A., Guðmundsdóttir, V. B., Thordardóttir, E. L., Einarsdóttir, M. S., Moore, K. H. S., Sigurðsson, Á., Magnusdóttir, D. N., Jonsson, H., Snorradóttir, S., Hovig, E., Møller, P., Kockum, I., Olsson, T., Alfredsson, L., Hansen, T. F., Werge, T., Cavalleri, G. L. & 10 others, Gilbert, E., Lalueza-Fox, C., Walser, J. ,. I., Kristjánsdóttir, S., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Árnadóttir, L., Magnússon, Ó. Þ., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Stefánsson, K. & Helgason, A., 2018, In: Science. 360, 6392, p. 1028-1032 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino

    Schroeder, H., Sikora, M., Gopalakrishnan, S., Cassidy, L. M., Delserc, P. M., Velasco, M. S., Schraiber, J. G., Rasmussen, S., Homburger, J. R., Avila-Arcos, M. C., Allentoft, M. E., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Renaud, G., Gomez-Carballa, A., Laffoon, J. E., Hopkins, R. J. A., Higham, T. F. G., Carr, R. S., Schaffer, W. C., Day, J. S. & 7 others, Hoogland, M., Salas, A., Bustamante, C. D., Nielsen, R., Bradley, D. G., Hofman, C. L. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 10, p. 2341-2346 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Paleogenomic study of Pre-Hispanic Civilizations in Central Mexico

    Villa-Islas, V., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Ramirez Cruz, E., Bravo-López, M. J., Pérez-Campos, E. M., Herrera Munoz, A., Huerta-Sanchez, E. & Ávila-Arcos, M. C., 2018, p. 288. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  31. 2017
  32. Published

    An ‛aukward’ tale: a genetic approach to discover the whereabouts of the last Great Auks

    Thomas, J. E., Carvalho, G. R., Haile, James Seymour, Martin, M. D., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Niemann, Jonas, Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander, Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Rawlence, N. J., Fuller, E., Fjeldså, Jon, Hofreiter, M., Stewart, J. R., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Knapp, M., 15 Jun 2017, In: Genes. 8, 6, 12 p., 164.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Relative performance of two DNA extraction and library preparation methods on archaeological human teeth samples

    Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Lundstrom, I. K. C., Wales, N., Ávila-Arcos, M. C., Schroeder, Hannes & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2017, In: Science and Technology of Archaeological Research. 3, 1, p. 80-88 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  34. 2016
  35. Published

    Mitochondrial DNA from the eradicated European Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum from 70-year-old slides from the Ebro Delta in Spain

    Gelabert, P., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Olalde, I., Fregel, R., Rieux, A., Escosa, R., Aranda, C., Paaijmans, K., Mueller, I., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 41, p. 11495-11500 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  36. 2015
  37. Published

    A common genetic origin for early farmers from Mediterranean Cardial and Central European LBK cultures

    Olalde, I., Schroeder, Hannes, Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Vinner, Lasse, Lobón, I., Ramirez, O., Civit, S., Borja, P. G., Salazar-García, D. C., Talamo, S., Fullola, J. M., Oms, F. X., Pedro, M., Martínez, P., Sanz, M., Daura, J., Zilhão, J., Marquès-Bonet, T., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2015, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32, 12, p. 3132-3142 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Ancient genomics

    Der Sarkissian, C., Allentoft, M. E., Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Barnett, R., Campos, P. F., Cappellini, E., Ermini, L., Fernandez Garcia, R., Rodrigues da Fonseca, R. A., Ginolhac, A., Hansen, A. J., Jónsson, H., Korneliussen, T. S., Margaryan, A., Martin, M. D., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Raghavan, M., Rasmussen, M., Sandoval Velasco, M., Schroeder, H. & 6 others, Schubert, Mikkel, Seguin-Orlando, A., Wales, N., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Willerslev, Eske & Orlando, L. A. A., 2015, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 370, 1660, 12 p., 20130387.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  39. Published

    Application of Ancient DNA Methods to the Study of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

    Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, 2015, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 333 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

  40. Published

    Comparative performance of two whole-genome capture methodologies on ancient DNA Illumina libraries

    Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Schroeder, Hannes, Carpenter, M. L., Malaspinas, A. S., Wales, N., Peñaloza, F., Bustamante, C. D. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2015, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 6, 6, p. 725-734 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Genome-wide ancestry of 17th-century enslaved Africans from the Caribbean

    Schroeder, Hannes, Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Malaspinas, A. S., Poznik, G. D., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Carpenter, M. L., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Sikora, Martin, Johnson, P. L. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Haviser, J. B., Dee, M. W., Stafford, T. W., Salas, A., Orlando, L. A. A., Willerslev, Eske, Bustamente, C. D. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 112, 12, p. 3669–3673 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    New insights on single-stranded versus double-stranded DNA library preparation for ancient DNA

    Wales, N., Carøe, C., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Gamba, C., Barnett, R., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Orlando, L. A. A. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2015, In: BioTechniques. 59, 6, p. 368-371 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  43. 2014
  44. Published

    Comparative Performance of Two Whole Genome Capture Methodologies on Ancient DNA Illumina Libraries

    Ávila-Arcos, M. C., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Schroeder, Hannes, Carpenter, M. L., Malaspinas, A., Wales, N., Peñaloza, F., Bustamante, C. D. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2014, 6 ed., bioRxiv, 37 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

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