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The AGP laboratory carries out research on the biological diversity and evolution of human populations, with the main objective of reconstructing the history of the world’s settlement since the origin of Homo sapiens.
Meet our principal investigators
Prof. Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
Full Professor / Professeure ordinaire
Dr Estella Poloni
Senior Lecturer Researcher
Dr Mathias Currat
Senior Lecturer
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Temporal variation in introgressed segments’ length statistics computed from a limited number of ancient genomes sheds light on past admixture pulses
Hybridization is recognized as an important evolutionary force, but identifying and timing admixture events between divergent lineages remains a major aim of evolutionary biology.
Past human expansions shaped the spatial pattern of Neanderthal ancestry
The worldwide expansion of modern humans (Homo sapiens) started before the extinction of Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis). This study shows that inferences about past human population dynamics can be made from the spatiotemporal variation in archaic introgression.
Joint Analysis of Phenotypic and Genomic Diversity Sheds Light on the Evolution of Xenobiotic Metabolism in Humans
Physicians often observe that their patients can react differently to the same medical treatment: for some patients, the drug will prove inefficient, whereas for others, it might provoke side effects, sometimes rather serious.
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The AGP offers a variety of monograph, master's, and doctoral thesis topics related to its research, and upon request to the laboratory's research directors.
Current research projects
We currently have three funded research projects running and numerous completed projects.