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 restrictionsite 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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