ADGAP: a user-friendly online ancient DNA database and genome analysis platform

Yanwei Chen; Yu Xu; Kongyang Zhu; Chuan-Chao Wang

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2025.05.006

Volume 52 Issue 8

Aug. 2025

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ADGAP: a user-friendly online ancient DNA database and genome analysis platform

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2025.05.006

1. Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China;
2. State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China;
6. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China

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We are grateful to the David Reich Lab for creating AADR. We also appreciate the authors of all open-source projects involved in ADGAP. This work was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFC3303701-02 and 2024YFC3306701), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (T2425014 and 32270667), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (2023J06013), the Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China granted to Chuan-Chao Wang (21&

ZD285), Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering at Fudan University (SKLGE-2310), and Open Research Fund of Forensic Genetics Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Public Security (2023FGKFKT07).

Received Date: 2025-04-13
Accepted Date: 2025-05-11
Rev Recd Date: 2025-05-08
Publish Date: 2025-05-16

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