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Archaeogenetics, Molecular Archaeology, Phylogeography

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Grand Valley State University: Allendale, MI, US

2001 to present | Professor (Biology)
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Alexey Nikitin

Education and qualifications (2)

Bowling Green State University: Bowling Green, OH, US

1992 to 1997 | Ph.D. (Biology)
Education
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Alexey Nikitin

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: Kyiv, UA

1986-09 to 1992-05 | BS./M.S., Genetics (Microbial) (Biology)
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Alexey Nikitin

Professional activities (1)

European Association of Archaeologists: Prague, CZ

2010 to present
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Alexey Nikitin

Works (35)

A genomic history of the North Pontic Region from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age

Nature
2025-03-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08372-2
Contributors: Alexey G. Nikitin; Iosif Lazaridis; Nick Patterson; Svitlana Ivanova; Mykhailo Videiko; Valentin Dergachev; Nadiia Kotova; Malcolm Lillie; Inna Potekhina; Marta Krenz-Niedbała et al.
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A genomic history of the North Pontic Region from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age

2024-04-18 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.17.589600
Contributors: Alexey G. Nikitin; Iosif Lazaridis; Nick Patterson; Svitlana Ivanova; Mykhailo Videiko; Valentin Dergachev; Nadiia Kotova; Malcolm Lillie; Inna Potekhina; Marta Krenz-Niedbała et al.
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Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe

Communications Biology
2023-08-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05131-3
Part of ISSN: 2399-3642
Contributors: Tiina Mattila; Emma M. Svensson; Anna Juras; Torsten Günther; Natalija Kashuba; Terhi Ala-Hulkko; Maciej Chyleński; James McKenna; Łukasz Pospieszny; Mihai Constantinescu et al.
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Alexey Nikitin

Interactions between Trypillian farmers and North Pontic forager-pastoralists in Eneolithic central Ukraine

PLOS ONE
2023-06-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285449
Contributors: Alexey G. Nikitin; Mateusz Baca; Mykhailo Videiko; Nick Patterson; Virginie Renson; David Reich
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A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia

Science
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abq0755
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Alexey Nikitin

Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia

Science
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abq0762
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Alexey Nikitin

Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe
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Alexey Nikitin

The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe

Science
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abm4247
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Alexey Nikitin
grade
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The Origins and Chronology of the Usatove Culture

Archaeologia Lituana
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15388/ArchLit.2022.23.9
Contributors: Nikitin Alexey G.; Ivanova, Svetlana
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Alexey Nikitin
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Long-distance exchanges along the Black Sea coast in the Eneolithic and the steppe genetic ancestry problem

2022-11-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.33774/coe-2022-7m315
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin; Svetlana Ivanova
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Interactions between Trypillian farmers and North Pontic forager-pastoralists in Eneolithic central Ukraine

2022-11-01 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.31.514526
Contributors: Alexey G. Nikitin; Mykhailo Videiko; Nick Patterson; Virginie Renson; David Reich
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THE YAMNA CULTURE: ORIGIN AND MIGRATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FRONTIER THEORY

Paper of Faculty of History
2020-12-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.18524/2312-6825.2020.31.220031
Part of ISSN: 2312-6825
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

Interactions between earliest Linearbandkeramik farmers and central European hunter gatherers at the dawn of European Neolithization

Scientific Reports
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56029-2
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Alexey Nikitin
grade
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Interactions between earliest Linearbandkeramik farmers and central European hunter gatherers at the dawn of European Neolithization

2019-08-21 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/741900
Contributors: Alexey G. Nikitin; Peter Stadler; Nadezhda Kotova; Maria Teschler-Nicola; T. Douglas Price; Jessica Hoover; Douglas J. Kennett; Iosif Lazaridis; Nadin Rohland; Mark Lipson et al.
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Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads

Science Advances
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4457
Part of ISSN: 2375-2548
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Alexey Nikitin
grade
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The genomic history of southeastern Europe

Nature
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nature25778
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
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Alexey Nikitin

PENDULUM MIGRATIONS IN THE CIRCUM-PONTIC STEPPE AND CENTRAL EUROPE DURING THE PALEOMETAL EPOCH AND THE PROBLEM OF GENESIS OF THE YAMNA CULTURE

Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine
2018-03-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.37445/adiu.2018.01.07
Part of ISSN: 2227-4952
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

First isotope analysis and new radiocarbon dating of Trypillia (Tripolye) farmers from Verteba Cave, Bilche Zolote, Ukraine

Documenta Praehistorica
2018-01-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4312/dp.44.18
Part of ISSN: 1854-2492
Part of ISSN: 1408-967X
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Alexey Nikitin

Subdivisions of haplogroups U and C encompass mitochondrial DNA lineages of Eneolithic–Early Bronze Age Kurgan populations of western North Pontic steppe

Journal of Human Genetics
2017-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2017.12
Part of ISSN: 1434-5161
Part of ISSN: 1435-232X
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Alexey Nikitin

Diverse origin of mitochondrial lineages in Iron Age Black Sea Scythians

Scientific Reports
2017-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep43950
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Alexey Nikitin

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of eneolithic trypillians from Ukraine reveals neolithic farming genetic roots

PLOS ONE
2017-02-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172952
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Alexey Nikitin
grade
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First Evidence for Interpersonal Violence in Ukraine ' s Trypillian Farming Culture: Individual 3 from Verteba Cave, Bilche Zolote

Trends in Biological Antrhopology
2015 | Book
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Alexey Nikitin

Paleo-Balkan and Slavic contributions to the genetic pool of Moldavians: insights from the Y chromosome.

PloS one
2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053731
PMID: 23341985
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1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking)
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Alexey Nikitin

Prehistoric populations of Ukraine: Migration at the later Mesolithic to Neolithic transition

Population Dynamics in Prehistory and Early History
2012 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1515/9783110266306.77
ISBN: 9783110266290
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Alexey Nikitin

Mitochondrial haplogroup C in ancient mitochondrial DNA from Ukraine extends the presence of East Eurasian genetic lineages in Neolithic Central and Eastern Europe.

Journal of human genetics
2012-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.69
PMID: 22673688
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1435-232X (Electronic)$\backslash$r1434-5161 (Linking)
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Alexey Nikitin

Bioarchaeological Analysis of Bronze Age Human Remains from the Podillya Region of Ukraine

Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica. Natural Sciences in Archaeology.
2011 | Journal article
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Alexey Nikitin

Comprehensive Site Chronology and Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Analysis from Verteba Cave – a Trypillian Culture Site of Eneolithic Ukraine

Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica. Natural Sciences in Archaeology.
2010 | Journal article
ISBN:

1804-848X
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Alexey Nikitin
grade
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Genetic variation at the mtDNA ND-1 locus among North American wild and hatchery brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Journal of Great Lakes Research
2009-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2008.09.001
Part of ISSN: 0380-1330
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in the Boyko, Hutsul, and Lemko populations of the Carpathian highlands.

Human biology
2009-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3378/027.081.0104
PMID: 19589018
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Alexey Nikitin

EFFECT OF VARYING DOSES OF CAFFEINE ON LIFE SPAN OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
2008-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.2.149
Part of ISSN: 1079-5006
Part of ISSN: 1758-535X
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

Genetic Identification of Hatchery Stocks of Brown Trout Using Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism

North American Journal of Fisheries Management
2007-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1577/m05-208.1
Part of ISSN: 0275-5947
Part of ISSN: 1548-8675
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

Cloning, characterization, and embryonic expression analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster gene encoding insulin/relaxin-like peptide

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
2002-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00653-8
Part of ISSN: 0006-291X
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

Role of transposable elements in age-related genomic instability

Genetical Research
1997-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0016672397002772
Part of ISSN: 0016-6723
Part of ISSN: 1469-5073
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

P DNA element movement in somatic cells reduces lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster: evidence in support of the somatic mutation theory of aging

Mutation Research/DNAging
1995-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8734(95)00009-u
Part of ISSN: 0921-8734
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

Somatic movement of the manner transposable element and lifespan of Drosophila species

Mutation Research/DNAging
1995-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8734(95)00010-4
Part of ISSN: 0921-8734
Contributors: Alexey Nikitin
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Alexey Nikitin

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