Elmira Mohandesan, BSc MSc PhD
Publications
Mohandesan, E 2026, 'GENOVIS: a Python package for the visualization of population genetic analyses: GENOVIS: a Python package for the visualization of population genetic analyses', BMC Genomics, vol. 27, no. 27:190, 27:190, pp. 190.
Salek Ardestani, S & Mohandesan, E 2026, 'GENOVIS: a Python package for the visualization of population genetic analyses', BMC Genomics, vol. 27, 190, pp. 190. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12598-x
Sharif, MB, Mohaseb, AF, Orlando, L, Saliari, K, Kunst, GK, Czeika, S, Mashkour, M, Cucchi, T, Peters, J, Trixl, S & Mohandesan, E 2025, 'Late Iron Age and Roman equine breeding north of the Alps: Genetic insights and cultural implications', iScience, vol. 28, no. 9, 113224, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113224
Sharif, MB, Mohaseb, AF, Orlando, L, Saliari, K, Kunst, GK, Czeika, S, Mashkour, M, Cucchi, T, Peters, J, Trixl, S & Mohandesan, E 2025, 'LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN EQUINE BREEDING NORTH OF THE ALPS: GENETIC INSIGHTS AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS', iScience, vol. 28, no. 9.
Sharif, MB, Fitak, RR, Wallner, B, Orozco-terWengel, P, Frewin, S, Fremaux, M & Mohandesan, E 2022, 'Reconstruction of the Major Maternal and Paternal Lineages in the Feral New Zealand Kaimanawa Horses: Animals', Animals, vol. 12, no. 24, 3508. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12243508
Sharif, MB, Mohaseb, AF, Zimmermann, MI, Trixl, S, Saliari, K, Kunsth, GK, Cucchi, T, Czeika, S, Mashkour, M, Orlando, L, Schäfer, K, Peters, J & Mohandesan, E 2022, 'Ancient DNA refines taxonomic classification of Roman equids north of the Alps, elaborated with osteomorphology and geometric morphometrics', Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 143, 105624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105624
Fitak, RR, Mohandesan, E, Corander, J, Yadamsuren, A, Chuluunbat, B, Abdelhadi, O, Raziq, A, Nagy, P, Walzer, C, Faye, B & Burger, PA 2020, 'Genomic signatures of domestication in Old World camels', Communications Biology, vol. 3, no. 1, 316, pp. 316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-1039-5
Mohandesan, E, Fitak, RR, Corander, J, Yadamsuren, A, Chuluunbat, B, Abdelhadi, O, Raziq, A, Nagy, P, Stalder, G, Walzer, C, Faye, B & Burger, PA 2017, 'Mitogenome Sequencing in the Genus Camelus Reveals Evidence for Purifying Selection and Long-term Divergence between Wild and Domestic Bactrian Camels', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 9970. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08995-8
Mohandesan, E, Speller, CF, Peters, J, Uerpmann, H-P, Uerpmann, M, De Cupere, B, Hofreiter, M & Burger, PA 2017, 'Combined hybridization capture and shotgun sequencing for ancient DNA analysis of extinct wild and domestic dromedary camel', Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 300-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12551
Almathen, F, Charruau, P, Mohandesan, E, Mwacharo, JM, Orozco-terWengel, P, Pitt, D, Abdussamad, AM, Uerpmann, M, Uerpmann, H-P, De Cupere, B, Magee, P, Alnaqeeb, MA, Salim, B, Raziq, A, Dessie, T, Abdelhadi, OM, Banabazi, MH, Al-Eknah, M, Walzer, C, Faye, B, Hofreiter, M, Peters, J, Hanotte, O & Burger, PA 2016, 'Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), vol. 113, no. 24, pp. 6707-6712. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519508113
Plasil, M, Mohandesan, E, Fitak, RR, Musilova, P, Kubickova, S, Burger, PA & Horin, P 2016, 'The major histocompatibility complex in Old World camelids and low polymorphism of its class II genes', BMC Genomics, vol. 17, no. 1, 167, pp. 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2500-1
Fitak, RR, Mohandesan, E, Corander, J & Burger, PA 2016, 'The de novo genome assembly and annotation of a female domestic dromedary of North African origin', Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 314-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12443
Ruiz, E, Mohandesan, E, Fitak, RR & Burger, PA 2015, 'Diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphism markers to identify hybridization between dromedary and Bactrian camels', Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 329-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-015-0420-z
Galik, A, Mohandesan, E, Forstenpointner, G, Scholz, UM, Ruiz, E, Krenn, M & Burger, P 2015, 'A sunken ship of the desert at the river Danube in Tulln, Austria', PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 4, e0121235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121235
Mohandesan, E, Subramanian, S, Millar, CD & Lambert, DM 2015, 'Complete mitochondrial genomes of Tuatara endemic to different islands of New Zealand', Mitochondrial DNA Part A, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 25-26. https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2013.840613
Subramanian, S, Mohandesan, E, Millar, CD & Lambert, DM 2015, 'Distance-dependent patterns of molecular divergences in Tuatara mitogenomes', Scientific Reports, vol. 5, 8703, pp. 8703. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08703
Stiller, M, Molak, M, Prost, S, Rabeder, G, Baryshnikov, G, Rosendahl, W, Münzel, S, Bocherens, H, Grandal-d'Anglade, A, Hilpert, B, Germonpré, M, Stasyk, O, Pinhasi, R, Tintori, A, Rohland, N, Mohandesan, E, Ho, SYW, Hofreiter, M & Knapp, M 2014, 'Mitochondrial DNA diversity and evolution of the Pleistocene cave bear complex', Quaternary International, vol. 339-340, pp. 224-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.09.023
Gingras, B, Mohandesan, E, Boko, D & Fitch, WT 2013, 'Phylogenetic signal in the acoustic parameters of the advertisement calls of four clades of anurans', BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 13, 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-134
Mohandesan, E, Prost, S & Hofreiter, M 2012, Case study: using a nondestructive DNA extraction method to generate mtDNA sequences from historical chimpanzee specimens. in Humana Press. vol. 840, Methods in Molecular Biology, pp. 101-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-516-9_14
Millar, CD, Huynen, L, Subramanian, S, Mohandesan, E & Lambert, DM 2008, 'New developments in ancient genomics', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 386-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.04.002