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Abteilung für Evolutionäre Genetik

Director: Prof. Dr. Svante Pääbo

The Department of Evolutionary Genetics studies the genetic history of humans, apes and other organisms. We are interested in both the forces that affect the genome directly, such as mutation and recombination, and in the effects of selection and population history.

The department consists of four tenured faculty members: Svante Pääbo, Mark Stoneking, Janet Kelso and Matthias Meyer; and two non-tenured members: Ben Peter and Benjamin Vernot. 

Genome Projects

The Department of Evolutionary Genetics has been working on a number of genome sequencing projects. Researchers of the department have sequenced and analyzed Neandertal genomes, a Denisovan genome and a bonobo genome.

News

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New timeline for Neandertal gene flow event

Evolutionary Genetics

Scientists unravel timing and impact of Neandertal gene flow into early modern humans

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Not all bonobos are the same – three genetically distinct populations in the Congo

Evolutionary Genetics

Historically small population at high risk of extinction

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Cell atlas of regenerating liver

Evolutionary Genetics

Leipzig scientists analyse 21,000 cells from tissue samples

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