Svante Paabo

Specialty: Genetics (Genetics)

Location: Leipzig, Sweden

Tier: TITAN

H-Index: 160

Years Active: 0

Hospital Affiliations

• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology - Director

Techniques Invented

• Paleogenomics [Gold Standard]
• Ancient DNA extraction techniques [Gold Standard]

Key Publications

1. "Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: amplification and sequencing with conserved primers." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1989) [5021 citations]
2. "A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome" - Science (2010) [4505 citations]
3. "The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains" - Nature (2013) [2378 citations]
4. "Distribution, silencing potential and evolutionary impact of promoter DNA methylation in the human genome" - Nature Genetics (2007) [2248 citations]
5. "A High-Coverage Genome Sequence from an Archaic Denisovan Individual" - Science (2012) [2088 citations]
6. "Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia" - Nature (2010) [1998 citations]
7. "The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations" - Nature (2016) [1746 citations]
8. "Molecular evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language" - Nature (2002) [1595 citations]
9. "Mitochondrial genome variation and the origin of modern humans" - Nature (2000) [1551 citations]
10. "Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments" - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2013) [1485 citations]

Knowledge Graph Relationships

Svante Paabo is a Genetics specialist affiliated with Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Invented techniques: Paleogenomics, Ancient DNA extraction techniques. Authored 10 scholarly articles.