Hofreiter, Michael

Genetic analyses from ancient DNA

Pääbo, S., Poinar, H., Serre, D., Jaenicke-Després, V., Hebler, J., Rohland, N., Kuch, M., Krause, J., Vigilant, L., & Hofreiter, M. (2004) · Annual Review of Genetics

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenetic diversity and population structure

Cited by 1,333

Recalibrating equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early middle pleistocene horse

Orlando, L., Ginolhac, A., Zhang, G., Froese, D., Albrechtsen, A., Stiller, M., Schubert, M., Cappellini, E., Petersen, B., Moltke, I., et al. (2013) · Nature

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesVeterinary Equine Medical Research

Cited by 841

Ancient DNA

Hofreiter, M., Serre, D., Poinar, H. N., Kuch, M., & Pääbo, S. (2001) · Nature Reviews Genetics

Forensic and Genetic ResearchPaleopathology and ancient diseases

Cited by 781

DNA sequences from multiple amplifications reveal artifacts induced by cytosine deamination in ancient DNA

Hofreiter, M. (2001) · Nucleic Acids Research

Forensic and Genetic ResearchMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications

Cited by 684

Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory

Gamba, C., Jones, E. R., Teasdale, M. D., McLaughlin, R. L., Gonzalez-Fortes, G., Mattiangeli, V., Domboróczki, L., Kővári, I., Pap, I., Anders, A., et al. (2014) · Nature Communications

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenetic diversity and population structure

Cited by 667

Assessing ancient DNA studies

Gilbert, M. T. P., Bandelt, H.-J., Hofreiter, M., & Barnes, I. (2005) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenetic diversity and population structure

Cited by 602

Optimal ancient DNA yields from the inner ear part of the human petrous bone

Pinhasi, R., Fernandes, D., Sirak, K., Novak, M., Connell, S., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Gerritsen, F., Moiseyev, V., Gromov, A., Raczky, P., et al. (2015) · PLoS ONE

Forensic and Genetic ResearchPaleopathology and ancient diseases

Cited by 487

Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians

Jones, E. R., Gonzalez-Fortes, G., Connell, S., Siska, V., Eriksson, A., Martiniano, R., McLaughlin, R. L., Gallego Llorente, M., Cassidy, L. M., Gamba, C., et al. (2015) · Nature Communications

Forensic and Genetic ResearchPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Cited by 417

Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths

van der Valk, T., Pečnerová, P., Díez-del-Molino, D., Bergström, A., Oppenheimer, J., Hartmann, S., Xenikoudakis, G., Thomas, J. A., Dehasque, M., Sağlıcan, E., et al. (2021) · Nature

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyGenetic diversity and population structure

Cited by 345

Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication

Schubert, M., Jónsson, H., Chang, D., Der Sarkissian, C., Ermini, L., Ginolhac, A., Albrechtsen, A., Dupanloup, I., Foucal, A., Petersen, B., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockForensic and Genetic Research

Cited by 324

A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying Pigmentation Among Neanderthals

Lalueza-Fox, C., Römpler, H., Caramelli, D., Stäubert, C., Catalano, G., Hughes, D., Rohland, N., Pilli, E., Longo, L., Condemi, S., et al. (2007) · Science

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeologymelanin and skin pigmentation

Cited by 292

Early Holocene chicken domestication in northern China

Xiang, H., Gao, J., Yu, B., Zhou, H., Cai, D., Zhang, Y., Chen, X., Wang, X., Hofreiter, M., & Zhao, X. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesLivestock and Poultry Management

Cited by 214

Nondestructive DNA extraction method for mitochondrial DNA analyses of museum specimens

Rohland, N., Siedel, H., & Hofreiter, M. (2004) · BioTechniques

Forensic and Genetic ResearchPaleopathology and ancient diseases

Cited by 183

Computational challenges in the analysis of ancient DNA

Prüfer, K., Stenzel, U., Hofreiter, M., Pääbo, S., Kelso, J., & Green, R. E. (2010) · Genome Biology

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesForensic and Genetic Research

Cited by 155

The genetic and evolutionary basis of colour variation in vertebrates

Hofreiter, M., & Schöneberg, T. (2010) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

melanin and skin pigmentationGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 128

Is amino acid racemization a useful tool for screening for ancient DNA in bone?

Collins, M. J., Penkman, K. E. H., Rohland, N., Shapiro, B., Dobberstein, R. C., Ritz-Timme, S., & Hofreiter, M. (2009) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Forensic and Genetic ResearchArchaeology and ancient environmental studies

Cited by 82

Road blocks on paleogenomes—polymerase extension profiling reveals the frequency of blocking lesions in ancient DNA

Heyn, P., Stenzel, U., Briggs, A. W., Kircher, M., Hofreiter, M., & Meyer, M. (2010) · Nucleic Acids Research

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 56

Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk

Thomas, J. E., Carvalho, G. R., Haile, J., Rawlence, N. J., Martin, M. D., Ho, S. Y., Sigfússon, A. Þ., Jósefsson, V. A., Frederiksen, M., Linnebjerg, J. F., et al. (2019) · eLife

Genetic diversity and population structureForensic and Genetic Research

Cited by 29

Ancient DNA Extracted from Danish Aurochs (Bos Primigenius): Genetic Diversity and Preservation

Gravlund, P., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Hofreiter, M., Meyer, M., Bollback, J. P., & Noe-Nygaard, N. (2012) · Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenetic diversity and population structure

Cited by 19

Revisiting Aurochs Haplogroup C: Paleogenomic Perspectives from Northeastern China

Zhu, Y., Hou, X., Zhao, J., Xiao, B., Song, S., Zou, X., Liu, S., Hofreiter, M., & Lai, X. (2025) · Genes

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenetic diversity and population structure

Cited by 2

Mitogenomic Crocodylia phylogeny and population structure of Crocodylus porosus including the extinct Seychelles crocodile

Agne, S., Arnold, P., Belle, B., Straube, N., Hofreiter, M., & Glaw, F. (2026) · Royal Society Open Science

Genetic diversity and population structureForensic and Genetic Research

Cited by 1