Iain Mathieson, PhD

Associate Professor of Genetics

Department: Genetics

Selected Publications

• Mathieson I : Book Review: Critical Perspectives on Ancient DNA Quarterly Review of Biology 101(3) : 258-259, September 2026
• Shi Z, Mandla R, Li J, Li X, Zhang ZE, Chen S, Lapinska S, Flynn-Carroll AO, Pasaniuc B, Epstein DJ, Mathieson I. : Genome-wide analysis implicates inner ear development in Ménière's disease Am J Hum Genet 113(7) : 1509-1520, Jul 2026
• Mies G, Mathieson I : Local ancestry inference identifies robust evidence of selection in Neolithic Europe bioRxiv Apr 2026
• Ramos-Almodóvar F, Gao Z, Voight BF, Mathieson I. : Methylation-associated mutagenesis underlies variation in the mutation spectrum across eukaryotes PNAS 123 : e2516368123, Mar 2026
• Costantino M, Fonseca R, Liu Z, Huang Z, Sankararaman S, Mathieson I*, Dahl A*. : Choice of phenotype scale is critical in biobank-based G×E tests bioRxiv Jan 2026
• Colbran LL, Terhorst J, Mathieson I. : Global patterns of natural selection inferred using ancient DNA bioRxiv Jan 2026
• Skoglund P, Mathieson I. : Genomic insights into natural selection in recent human history Nature Reviews Genetics : In Press, 2026
• Flint J, Mathieson I : What's in the junk? London Review of Books 47(21) Nov 2025
• Cox SL, Kaymak-Loveless K, Shin C, Alihodzic T, Alt KW, Atanassova N, Binder D, Causevic-Bully M, Chohadzhiev A, Chohadzhiev S, Duday H, Gaydarska B, Khudaverdyan A, Mico Perez R, Nicklisch N, Novak M, Oliart Caravatti C, Reveillas H, Rivollat M, Rottier S, Toncinic D, Zauner S, Mathieson I : Effects of ancestry, agriculture, and lactase persistence on the stature of prehistoric Europeans Curr Biol 35(22) : 5654-5665, Nov 2025
• Aw AJ, Mandla R, Shi Z; Penn Medicine Biobank; Pasaniuc B, Mathieson I. : Hidden structure in polygenic scores and the challenge of disentangling ancestry interactions in admixed populations Genetics 231 : iyaf213, Oct 2025