Publications by authors named "Argyro Nafplioti"
Forensic Sci Int Genet
July 2024
Article Synopsis
- The Battle of Crete during WWII saw German forces suffer substantial civilian resistance, leading to mass executions as retribution, including the execution of 18 males in the village of Adele.
- This study is the first of its kind in Greece, identifying the victims' skulls through a request from the local community and utilizing advanced techniques like ancient DNA analysis and genome skimming.
- The findings highlight the methodology as a promising forensic tool for identifying war victims from degraded DNA, offering potential for similar applications in Greece and other conflict zones.
Article Synopsis
- - The study maps human genetic diversity across regions like Anatolia, Iran, and the Aegean, highlighting changes from the early Neolithic period to more complex societal structures using a combination of ancient and modern genomes.
- - Findings reveal that genetic diversity increased over time, with early Holocene populations in Southwest Asia and the East Mediterranean becoming more similar, followed by a divergence starting in the Bronze Age due to external gene flow, described as "the expanding mobility model."
- - The research also uncovers a trend of increasing male bias in admixture events throughout the Holocene, which is measured using specific genetic distance methods that are more effective than traditional F statistics.
