Selected Journal Articles of the Past 10
Years
2022 Royle, T. C. A., Guiry, E. J., Zhang, H., Clark, L. T., Missal, S. M.,
Rabinow, S. A., James, M., & Yang, D. Y. (2022).
Documenting the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria
albatrus) clades historically present in British
Columbia, Canada, through ancient DNA analysis of archaeological specimens.
Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9116. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9116
2022 Petrou,
EL, Kopperl R, Lepofsky D., Rodrigues, AT., Yang, D, Moss, ML,
Speller CF, Hauser, L. (2022) Ancient DNA reveals phenological diversity of
Coast Salish herring harvests over multiple centuries, Scientific Reports
12: 13512 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17656-4
2022 Wang Y, Sun Y, Royle
TC, Zhang X, Zheng Y, Tang Z, Clark LT, Zhao X, Cai D, Yang DY. (2022) Ancient DNA investigation of the domestication history of pigs
in Northeast China. Journal of Archaeological Science 141:105590.
2021 Morin J., Royle CA,
Zhang H., Speller C., Alcaide M. Morin R., Ritchie M., Cannon A., George
M., George M., Yang D., (2021) Indigenous Sex-Selective Salmon Harvesting
Demonstrates Pre-contact Marine Resource Management in
Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. Scientific Reports. 11(1),
21160.
2021 Petrou
EL, Fuentes-Pardo AP, Rogers LA, Orobko M, Tarpey C, Jiménez-Hidalgo I, Moss
ML, Yang D, Pitcher TJ, Sandell T, Lowry D. (2021) Functional genetic diversity in
an exploited marine species and its relevance to fisheries management. Proceedings
of the Royal Society B. 24;288(1945):20202398.
2021 Morin J, Zhang H, Royle
TC, Speller C, Alcaide M, Morin R, Yang D. (2021) DNA-based
species identification of ancient salmonid remains provides new insight into
pre-contact Coast Salish salmon fisheries in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia,
Canada. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 37:102956.
2020 Anza-Burgess K, Lepofsky
D, Yang D. (2020) “A Part of the People”: Human-Dog Relationships Among the
Northern Coast Salish of SW British Columbia. Journal of Ethnobiology,
40(4):434-50. DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-40.4.434.
2020 Royle, T.C.A., Yang, DY., and
Driver, J.C. (2020) Ancient DNA reveals northwest range extension of
Richardson’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii) into northeastern British
Columbia, Canada, during the Late Pleistocene. Canadian Journal of
Earth Sciences DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2018-0189.
2020 Guiry EJ, Orchard TJ, Royle TC, Cheung C, Yang, DY. (2020)
Dietary plasticity and the extinction of the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius). Quaternary Science
Reviews. 233:106225. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106225.
2020 Ewonus PA, Speller CF, Carlson RL, Yang, DY. (2020)
Toward a geography of foodways in the southern Gulf Islands, Pacific
Northwest Coast. North American Archaeologist 41:3-32.
DOI:10.1177/0197693120916965.
2020 Szpak P, Julien MH, Royle TC, Savelle JM, Yang, DY, Richards MP.
(2020) Sexual differences in the foraging ecology of 19th century beluga whales
(Delphinapterus leucas) from the Canadian High Arctic. Marine
Mammal Science. doi.org/10.1111/mms.12655.
2020 Guiry E, Royle TC, Matson RG, Ward H, Weir T, Waber N, Brown TJ, Hunt BP, Price MH, Finney BP, Kaeriyama M., Qin Y, Yang, DY, Szpak P. (2020) Differentiating salmonid migratory ecotypes
through stable isotope analysis of collagen: Archaeological and ecological
applications. PloS ONE 15(4):e0232180.
2020 Royle TC, Zhang H, Guiry EJ,
Orchard TJ, Needs-Howarth S, Yang, DY. (2020)
Investigating the sex-selectivity of a Middle Ontario Iroquoian Atlantic salmon
(Salmo salar) and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) fishery through ancient DNA analysis. Journal
of Archaeological Science: Reports. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102301.
2020 Guiry EJ, Royle TC, Orchard TJ, Needs-Howarth S, Yang, DY, Szpak P. (2020) Evidence for freshwater residency among
Lake Ontario Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
spawning in New York. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
46(4):1036-1043. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.05.009
2019 Cheung, C, Zhang, H, Hepburn, JC, Yang, DY, Richards,
MP. (2019) Stable isotope and dental caries data reveal abrupt changes in
subsistence economy in ancient China in response to global climate
change. PloS One 14(7) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0218943
2019 Thompson
T.Q, Bellinger M.R, O’Rourke S.M, Prince DJ, Stevenson A.E, Rodrigues
A.T, Sloat M.R, Speller C.F, Yang, D.Y., Butler
V.L, Banks M.A. (2019) Anthropogenic habitat alteration leads to rapid loss of
adaptive variation and restoration potential in wild salmon populations. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(1):177-186.
2019 Petrou, E.L., Drinan,
D.P., Kopperl R., Lepofsky, D., Yang, D., Moss, M.L.,
Hauser, L. (2019) Intraspecific DNA contamination distorts subtle population
structure in a marine fish: Decontamination of herring samples before
restriction‐site associated sequencing and its effects on
population genetic statistics. Molecular Ecology Resources,19(5):1131-1143.
2018 Cai D, Zhang N, Shao X, Sun W, Zhu
S, Yang D.Y., (2018). New ancient DNA data on the origins and
spread of sheep and cattle in northern China around 4000 BP. Asian Archaeology.
2(1):51-67.
2018 Manin
A, Corona-M E, Alexander M, Craig A, Thornton E.K. & Yang, D.Y., Richards
M, Speller C.F, (2018). Diversity of management strategies in Mesoamerican
turkeys: archaeological, isotopic and genetic evidence.
Royal Society Open Science, 5(1):171613.
2018 Cai D, Zhang N, Zhu S,
Chen Q, Wang L, Zhao X, Ma X, Royle T.C, Zhou H, &
Yang, D.Y.
(2018).
Ancient DNA reveals evidence of abundant aurochs (Bos primigenius) in Neolithic
Northeast China. Journal of Archaeological Science, 98:72-80.
2018 Royle, T.C., Sakhrani, D., Speller, C.F., Butler, V.L., Devlin, R.H.,
Cannon, A. & Yang, D.Y. (2018). An efficient and reliable DNA-based sex
identification method for archaeological Pacific salmonid (Oncorhynchus
spp.) remains. PloS ONE, 13(3),
p.e0193212.
2018 Rodrigues, A.T.,
McKechnie, I. & Yang, D.Y. (2018). Ancient DNA analysis of Indigenous rockfish
use on the Pacific Coast: Implications for marine conservation areas and
fisheries management. PloS ONE, 13(2),
p.e0192716.
2017 Barrón-Ortiz,
C. I., Rodrigues, A. T., Theodor, J. M., Kooyman, B.
P., & Yang, D. Y. & Speller, C. F. (2017). Cheek tooth morphology
and ancient mitochondrial DNA of late Pleistocene horses from the western
interior of North America: Implications for the taxonomy of North American Late
Pleistocene Equus. PloS ONE,
12(8), e0183045.
2017 Zhang, H., Merrett, D.
C., Jing, Z., Tang, J., He, Y., Yue, H., Yue, Z. & Yang, D. Y. (2017).
Osteoarthritis, labour division, and occupational
specialization of the Late Shang China-insights from Yinxu
(ca. 1250-1046 BC). PloS ONE, 12(5),
e0176329.
2017 Wellman, H. P., Rick, T.
C., Rodrigues, A. T., & Yang, D. Y. (2017). Evaluating Ancient Whale Exploitation on the
Northern Oregon Coast through Ancient DNA and Zooarchaeological Analysis. The
Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 12:255-275.
2016 Brunson, K., Zhao, X.,
He, N., Dai, X., Rodrigues, A., & Yang, D. Y. (2016).
New insights into the origins of oracle bone divination: Ancient DNA from Late
Neolithic Chinese bovines. Journal of Archaeological Science, 74, 35-44.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.08.008
2016 Zhang, H., Merrett, D. C., Xiao, X.
M., Zhang, Q. C., Wei, D., Wang, L. X., Ma, X. L., Zhu, H., & Yang, D. Y. (2016). A
comparative study of oral health in three Late Bronze Age populations with
different subsistence practices in North China. Quaternary International,
405, 44-57. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.029
2016 Merrett, D. C., Zhang,
H., Xiao, X., Zhang, Q., Wei, D., Wang, L., Zhu, H., & Yang, D. Y. (2016). Enamel hypoplasia in Northeast China: Evidence
from Houtaomuga. Quaternary International,
405, 11-21. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.004
2016 Zhang, H., Merrett, D.
C., Jing, Z., Tang, J., He, Y., Yue, H., Yue, Z., & Yang, D. Y. (2016). Osteoarchaeological
Studies of Human Systemic Stress of Early Urbanization in Late Shang at Anyang,
China. PLoS ONE, 11(4), e0151854. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151854
2016 Speller, C. F., & Yang, D. Y. (2016). Identifying the sex of archaeological turkey
remains using ancient DNA techniques. Journal of Archaeological Science:
Reports, 10, 520-525. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.05.049
2016 Moss, M. L., Rodrigues,
A. T., Speller, C. F., & Yang, D.
Y. (2016). The
historical ecology of Pacific herring: Tracing Alaska Native use of a forage
fish. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 8, 504-512. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.10.005
2015 Zhao, X., Li, Y., Chen, H., Wang,
Z., Yuan, J., & Yang, D.
Y. (2015). Ancient
DNA Analysis of Archaeological Horse Remains from Zaoshougounao
site, Chunhua, Shaanxi, China. Cultural Relics in
Southern China(3), 70-76. (in
Chinese with English abstract)
2015 Halffman,
C. M., Potter, B. A., McKinney, H. J., Finney, B. P., Rodrigues, A. T., Yang, D. Y., &
Kemp, B. M. (2015). Early human use of anadromous salmon in North America at
11,500 y ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(40),
12344-12348.
2015 Ames, K. M., Richards, M. P.,
Speller, C. F., Yang, D. Y., Lyman, R. L., & Butler, V. L. (2015). Stable
isotope and ancient DNA analysis of dog remains from Cathlapotle
(45CL1), a contact-era site on the Lower Columbia River. Journal of
Archaeological Science, 57, 268-282. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.038
2014 Zhao, X., Rodrigues, A.
T., You, Y., Wang, J., Ma, J., Ren, M., Jing, Y., & Yang, D. Y. (2014).
Ancient DNA Analysis of Ancient Horse Remains from Shirenzigou
Site, Xinjiang, China. Quaternary Sciences, 34(1), 187-195. (in Chinese with English abstract)
2014 Speller, C. F., Kooyman, B., Rodrigues, A. T., Langemann,
E. G., Jobin, R. M., & Yang, D.
Y. (2014).
Assessing prehistoric genetic structure and diversity of North American elk (Cervus
elaphus) populations in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology,
92(4), 285-298. doi:10.1139/cjz-2013-0253
2013 Speller, C. F., Burley,
D. V., Woodward, R. P., & Yang, D.
Y. (2013).
Ancient mtDNA Analysis of Early 16th Century Caribbean Cattle Provides Insight
into Founding Populations of New World Creole Cattle Breeds. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e69584. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069584
2012 Thornton, E. K., Emery,
K. F., Steadman, D. W., Speller, C. F., Matheny, R., & Yang, D. Y. (2012).
Earliest Mexican Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in the Maya Region: Implications
for Pre-Hispanic Animal Trade and the Timing of Turkey Domestication. PLoS ONE, 7(8), e42630. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042630
2012 Speller, C. F., Spalding,
K. L., Buchholz, B. A., Hildebrand, D., Moore, J., Mathewes,
R., Skinner, M. F., & Yang, D.
Y. (2012).
Personal Identification of Cold Case Remains Through Combined Contribution from
Anthropological, mtDNA, and Bomb-Pulse Dating Analyses. Journal of Forensic
Sciences, 57(5), 1354-1360. doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02223.x
2012 Speller, C. F., Hauser,
L., Lepofsky, D., Moore, J., Rodrigues, A. T., Moss, M. L., McKechnie, I.,
& Yang, D. Y. (2012). High Potential for Using DNA from Ancient
Herring Bones to Inform Modern Fisheries Management and Conservation. PLoS ONE, 7(11), e51122. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051122
The Original 1998 Silica-spin Column Method Paper
1998 Yang,
D.Y., Eng, E., Waye, J.S., Dudar, J.C. and
Saunders, S.R. 1998. "Improved DNA extraction from ancient bones using silica- based spin
columns." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 105
(4): 539-543.[PDF]
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